May 18, 2026

There was one longish new track to start off the show this week, "Black cat" by Phil Miller/In Cahoots from 2003. After that, it was all new stuff, six tunes in all. A surprising amount of new content has headed toward me and CJSW in recent weeks and months (so much that I'm backed up, in fact!). I've mentioned this before and I've played a lot of new stuff on BTT already but I still needed to have an "almost all-new" program. Regardless of the label, it was all good music and well worth listening to here.

There's still one more episode of Breaking The Tethers left in May 2026, on Monday, May 25. You can join me for that one starting at 10 am MT at cjsw.com or 90.9.

This week, you can also hang with me as I fill in on Alternative To What again. This will be on Thursday, May 21, 4 to 6 pm MT, same radio station. 

Thanks.

Andrew

April 27, 2026

I've recently returned to doing the occasional "all-new" Breaking The Tethers program (that new music just comes my way) and this was another one of those shows. All good stuff was played but probably my top tracks were the first and last ones played: "The longest night" by Soft Machine from their new release, Thirteen (yay! new Soft Machine!) and "Hold on tight to your music" (always good advice!) by the Setting from their self-titled album. Check this out here. 

Thanks.

Andrew

May 11, 2026

Nine tracks played this week, which is a fair number given the fact that BTT is only an hour long and a jazz show (jazz not being known for very short tunes); I guess I packed 'em in! A nice mix of old and new and various styles. Here's a few of the tunes played that you might want to focus on:

"Five" by Ivo Perelman and Damon Smith: Straight-up free jazz. Haven't played anything quite like this in a little while.

"Three headed dragon" by Jimmy Farace: It's always good to hear some baritone sax.

"Uncommon notion" by Lukas Ligeti: This one went almost everywhere.

"Turmoil" by Soft Machine: New Soft Machine! Always a good thing!

Go to this spot to listen to the show.

Breaking The Tethers returns very soon, on Monday, May 18, starting at 10 am MT. Go to 90.9 FM or cjsw.com and take it all in.

Thanks.

Andrew

May 4, 2026

Part new, part old, part this, part that... A good way to describe the May 11 Breaking The Tethers program. Alternately, I could just point out the lengthy title of the first piece played in the show, some Indo-Jazz from Shakti with the name "What need have I for this, what need have I for that, I am dancing at the feet of my lord, all is bliss, all is bliss". John McLaughlin was WAY INTO his guru at that point, wasn't he? Anyway, the whole show is here for you to listen to.

Thanks.

Andrew

April 30, 2026 - Alternative To What?

I hosted Alternative To What three times in April 2026 and this was the last of the three times. It was interesting how the show turned out. The first hour ended up being mostly older tracks (led by the 23+ minute "Septober energy, pt. 2" by the 54 - I think I counted correctly! - person band, Centipede, from 1971) while the second hour presented all newly-released music. I didn't quite plan it this way but this is how it turned out and I think it turned out fine. Go here to listen to it all.

I'll be making a return to Alternative To What on Thursday, May 21. It'll be fun! Please join me from 4 to 6 pm MT at cjsw.com or 90.9 FM.

And my regular hosting gig, Breaking The Tethers, continues as well. I'll be back on air for that on Monday, May 18, 10 to 11 am MT, same station.

Thanks.

Andrew

April 23, 2026 - Alternative To What?

This was the first of two Alternative To What episodes hosted by me at the end of April 2026. Only 14 tracks played, in two hours (when I last hosted ATW, on April 2, I played 22 tracks). So, longer pieces played this week. The overall tone of the program was interesting, too; experimental-ambient-rock? I'm sure there are better terms that can be employed but these will do for now. My fave song from this show was "Buffet tea for two" by Family, from their last album, It's only a movie, released in 1973; it's a nifty, well-structured song with nice solos (piano and guitar) and I've become somewhat obsessed with it. You can listen to this song and the rest of the show here.

My second April ATW hosting gig will take place on Thursday, April 30, from 4 to 6 pm MT, at 90.9 or cjsw.com. Please join me.

I'll also put a plug in for my regular CJSW hosting job, Breaking The Tethers. The next edition of BTT will take place on Monday, April 27, 10 to 11 am MT, the usual place. Please join me then and there too.

Thanks.

Andrew

April 20, 2026

This week, I did what I was planning to do last week. I played a big, old tune (in this case, it was “Sahara” by McCoy Tyner from the 1972 album of the same name, a great trip into sonic space) followed by five great newly-released songs. It’s all here for your listening pleasure.

There’ll be more of the same, at least in a general sense, next week on Breaking The Tethers. Go to 90.9 FM or cjsw.com from 10 to 11 am MT on Monday, April 27.

Thanks.

Andrew