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New Loudon Wainwright III CD Out Now |
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Written by John Cutliffe
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Sunday, 16 August 2009 |
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 Loudon Wainwright III, together with producer Dick Connette, has created one of the most ambitious projects of his career with the 2 CD set High Wide & Handsome - a grand gathering of songs, both old and original, revisiting the life, times and recorded legacy of legendary singer and banjo picker Charlie Poole (1892-1931).
The music ranges from old-timey to dixieland, from parlor songs to acapella gospel, a compendium of the strains that have created and continue to create American popular music. Greil Marcus wrote in his notes for the project, "Poole might have been waiting all these years for someone to talk back to him so completely in his own language; Wainwright might have been waiting since he first heard Charlie Poole to get up the nerve to do it."
Guests on the album include Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Sloan Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, the Roches, and Chris Thile.
I met up with Loudon some months back at a gig in Atlanta where he played some of the songs from the CD. I will certainly be playing some tracks from the new CD on the show and hopefully get a chance to talk to Loudon about the project very soon. |
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Across The Pond - 47 - Centra's Cafe |
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Written by John Cutliffe
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Saturday, 15 August 2009 |
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Welcome to your weekly radio ramblings from Suwanee in the great state of Georgia. This week thanks go to Maureen Lynch again for bringing back memories of Centra's Cafe which is part of my youth that remains etched in my mind. Also thanks to Kevin in Talullah Gorge for the lovely email. I hope to have some of his music on the show soon.  Music on this week's show from former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, a classic track from Paul Brady, some great tunes from The String Sisters and Slide and great bluegrass from Jeremy Garrett. Don't forget you can subscribe for the podcast on i-Tunes or any podcast catcher of your choicevia the link on the left. Also please tell people about the Across The Pond fan page and you will get notifications of when I am streaming live video as I produce the show. There is a chat room so you can join in the fun.
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Acoss The Pond - Episode 46 - The String Sisters |
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Written by John Cutliffe
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 |
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 This week on Across The Pond I have two tracks from the incredible String Sisters. The String Sisters is a collaboration of the Celtic music world’s top female fiddlers; Annbjørg Lien from Norway, Catriona Macdonald from Shetland, Liz Carroll and Liz Knowles from the US, Mairead ni Mhaonaigh (Altan) from Ireland and Emma Härdelin from Sweden. Originally brought together for a special one-time show at Glasgow’s annual Celtic Connections festival to celebrate each of their region’s musical traditions, the results of this live recording contain some of the most brilliant fiddling heard in Celtic music. On Live, the String Sisters are joined by David Milligan (piano), Conrad Ivitsky (double bass), Tore Bruvoll (guitar) and James Mackintosh (drums).
This is one of most beautiful, uplifting and inspiring albums I have heard in years. So expect more tracks from it in future shows. It is on repeat mode on my iPod in the car righ now. Also on this week's show music from Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Seamus Begley and Stephen Cooney, The Bluegrass Cardinals and more. So please tell your friends to listen on on www.icrfm.ie or to the Archive here. Or you can even subscribe directly to the podcast on i-Tunes. Also don't forget to join me on Facebook at the Across The Pond fan page
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