May 12, 2025

For the first time this calendar year, I decided, very close to airtime, that this edition of Breaking The Tethers was going to be an "all-new" show. And that's what it ended up being; eight songs played, in a variety of styles (perhaps leaning more to the outside?), all of which are newly-released or newly-re-released. While I dug them all, my favourite was probably "34a" by Steve Lehman from The music of Anthony Braxton. The recording of all of this is here.

Monday, May 19 features the next BTT program. Join me for more music and more music from 10 to 11 am MT at cjsw.com or 90.9 FM.

I'll also be making a couple of appearances on Alternative To What? in May, on Thursday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16, 4 to 6 pm both days. A tip of the hat to regular host Kerry Clarke for letting me do my thing on her show.

Thanks.

Andrew

May 5, 2025

May arrives for Breaking The Tethers and brings a show that definitely leans to more out there sounds leavened by some soul jazz ("Trane's terrain" by Jon Bentley) and a tribute to Joe Williams ("Sad song" by Planet D Nonet with Leonard King). The craziest of the crazy music had to be "Il Teatro Rosso, scene II - the spasms of trapped animals" by No Hay Banda / Steven Takasugi / Huei Lin which I described in an internal CJSW review of the album (Il Teatro Rosso) as, to paraphrase myself, "free jazz or chamber music made by rodents on meth". It's wild stuff; the last few minutes of the track sound like the end of the world is coming. You can listen to it, and the rest of the program here.

There will be more great music, wild and otherwise, on the next edition of BTT, on Monday, May 12, 10 to 11 am MT, at cjsw.com or 90.9 FM. Please join me if you can (and I hope you can!)

Thanks.

Andrew

PS I'll also be guest hosting on Alternative To What on two Thursdays in May, May 15 and 22. More on this soon.