March 25, 2024

The main event in this week's program was the first track played, "Africa" by Alice Coltrane, off the just-released-last-week album, The Carnegie Hall concert. This record documents a February 1971 concert by Alice and group (which includes two drummers, two sax players, two bass players, an harmonium player, a tamboura player, and Alice herself on piano and harp). While there is definitely structure, "Africa" is basically a half-hour long freakout, where Alice and the boys kick out the jams (as I read in a review of a bootleg version of the concert). It's a fine trip. You can listen to "Africa" and the other tunes featured in this show here.

Breaking The Tethers shows up again on April Fool's Day, Monday, April 1. I'm not sure if there will be any tricks but there will be treats of the musical variety (yes, I'm mixing up special days, I know). Check this out from 10 to 11 am MT at cjsw.com or 90.9 FM.

Thanks.

Andrew