May 24, 2021

There was definitely an out-there lean to the music on today's show, though not exclusively (e.g. the song by Erin Propp and Larry Roy was pretty mellow). My favourite tracks were probably "Frankenstein" by Archie Shepp, which I thought was a really good way to start the program, and "Mais non" from the Hugh Hopper Band, the late Hugh being a favourite of mine. And, of course, it's always fun to play the Aaron Keele version of the Smith's "What difference does it make". You can take it all in at bit.ly/34eyF4I

What will we get next week? As always, tune in to find out! Go to cjsw.com or 90.9 FM from 10 to 11 am MT on Monday, May 31.

Thanks.

Andrew

PS I accidentally chopped off the first couple of minutes of the show. The podcast begins with the start of Shepp's "Frankenstein"; the only thing missing are my introductory words (which is probably no great loss 😆) Apologies for this.

May 17, 2021

No Andrew for this program (last-minute family thing) but my spot was ably taken by Brennan Chaudry, regular host of another CJSW show, Prisoners Dilemma. Brennan did his usual great job and played some nifty tunes. Give it a listen here.

I'll be back for the Monday, May 24 edition of Breaking The Tethers. Join me at cjsw.com or 90.9 FM from 10 to 11 am MT. 

Thanks.

Andrew

May 10, 2021

I should have got to this earlier (apologies) but I invite you to check out the May 10 show, tracklist and podcast here.  There was definitely a lean "out there" this week, with a fair amount of variation within that. I also managed to fit in a few items that were on my backlog list of songs to play e.g."Jamaica east" by Randy Weston and "That's America fer ya" by Howard Roberts. Fave track this week? Probably "The creator is so far out" by the Phil Musra Group (I'm going to play something by Musra's brother, Michael Cosmic, sometime in the next few weeks, maybe even on May 24, when I'm back on air).

Thanks. Stay tuned for the next posting, on the May 17 show.

Andrew

May 3, 2021

Lots of good music played this week, in a variety of styles, as per usual, but perhaps the most striking tracks revolved around interstellar space and the planet Mars. Allow me to explain. I figured this week's show needed to start with a bang. I've had Nels Cline and Gregg Bendian's version of John Coltrane's "Mars" (from their album Interstellar space revisited) on my to-play list for a while. This piece definitely has a kick, to say the least, so I put it on as first song, first set. I think it accomplished its task. For a comparison of sorts, I ended the set with the original version of "Mars", played by Coltrane and Rashied Ali, originally recorded in 1967 but not released until 1974, a track that is no shrinking violet either.

There may be more craziness next week. Join me to find out on Monday, May 10 from 10 to 11 am MT. Go to cjsw.com or 90.9 FM.

Thanks.

Andrew