May 23, 2022

Whereas the last Breaking The Tethers show, on May 16, ended up being kinda straight-ahead, partly by default, today's episode was fairly deliberately on the outside side of things (gotta have balance!). The show also came together and flowed well. For me, musically, some of the high points were "Down void way" by Dickey, Parker, and Shipp, "Minitrue (reprise)" by Hugh Hopper, "Creative musicians" by Jazzanova, and "Mild" by Brian Baggett. 

Next week, join me on the last Monday in May, Monday, May 30 for Breaking The Tethers again.  More interesting music is on deck to be featured. Go to cjsw.com or 90.9 FM from 10 to 11 am MT.

Thanks.

Andrew

May 16, 2022

I didn't quite plan it this way but this edition of  the show ended up being kinda straight-ahead, at least by Breaking The Tethers standards. There was a bit of oddness in the first track, "To do nothing" by the World's Experience Orchestra, and definitely in the last, "No. 5" by Sam Gendel, but the rest was, perhaps, surprisingly "normal". I'll have to "fix" that next week 😆.  Anyway, you can listen to the whole thing here.

And, as always, there is a show next week, on Monday, May 23, from 10 to 11 am MT. Tune yourself to cjsw.com or 90.9 FM. Hope you can join me!

Thanks.

Andrew

May 9, 2022

For the most part, this edition of Breaking The Tethers resided in the out there/avant/experiment side of town. No apologies on my part for this; I always like to feature the freakier stuff, the more the merrier 😁. However, perhaps I should apologize for playing Soft Machine yet again ("Esther's nose job/Pigling bland"); I almost certainly play them a bit too much. Then again, it was a track from the recently-released Facelift live album and we always like to showcase the new stuff at CJSW. Anyway, take it all in here.

Hang with me at the next BTT program, on Monday, May 16, at 10 am MT at cjsw.com or 90.9 FM.

Thanks.

Andrew

March 7, 2022

For me, the key tune played here was “India” by John Coltrane, from the complete Village Vanguard set. It’s an awesome track, melding west and east, and pointing a bit to Coltrane’s future directions. I’ve played a version of “India” from this collection before but I’m not sure if the one I played today was the same one in the past; there are four versions of “India” on the record. Anyway, you can listen to “India” and the rest of the songs in this show at bit.ly/3vXLQ7H

Thanks.

Andrew

March 14, 2022

For lack of a better description, this was an all-new show without quite being an an all-new show. My faves: The Sonata Islands Komandoh song (it has a long, odd title), “New sky” by Azar Lawrence, and the Weiss and Okazaki guitar and drums freak out.

Thanks.

Andrew

March 21, 2022

I was away (in Mexico!) for the week that included that this edition. The guest host was Brennan Chaudry, the man behind another fine CJSW program, Prisoner’s Dilemma. Brennan has hosted BTT several times in the past, always doing a great job, something he continued with the March 21 show. Lots of nifty music played. Listen to it here. 

Thanks.

Andrew

March 28, 2022

Many tracks played today, all new or new-ish (it wasn’t quite an all-new program, which I haven’t done for a while… maybe I should amend that…). Plenty of variation, from straight to weird and some points in between. Not much more to say, just listen. 

Thanks.

Andrew

May 2, 2022

There were only six tracks played in today’s program but they were mighty tunes. For me, the mightiest were the first piece, “Nation time” by Joe McPhee from the album of the same name (which is a great record!), and the third piece, “Twister Uranus” from the always-interesting Rob Mazurek (who I haven’t played for ages). Everything is worth checking out, though, and you can do that here.

We head further into May next week with the next BTT episode. On Monday, May 9, go to cjsw.com or 90.9 FM from 10 to 11 am MT. As usual, great music shall be played.

Thanks.

Andrew

April 4, 2022

There’s a fine mix of sounds, styles, and dates here but the key tune is the first one played, “Facelift” by Soft Machine from their newly-released live album, Facelift France and Holland. It’s great stuff. I have to restrain myself from playing many more tracks from this album, at least on air :-) You can take in the show at bit.ly/39vPJZY.

Thanks.

Andrew