My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #61 – The It Is All New edition airs Monday, 11h, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com
This edition is a programme filled with 18 new, newish songs like You Can’t Always Win Wolf Manhattan single from the second upcoming album, and a cover of a decades long Portuguese song, Mariazinha by José Mário Branco here interpreted by JP Simões.
As is often the case with my radio shows, the selection is eclectic, from established to new names, from Portuguese to American songs.
Tracklist: 01 – The Black Keys – I Forgot To Be Your Lover 02 – Been Stellar – Passing Judgment 03 – Bodega – Tarkovski 04 – Crumbs – DIY SOS 05 – Blind Zero – Running Back To You 06 – P. S. Lucas – Black Sand 07 – James – Our World 08 – Pete Astor – Chinese Cadillac 09 – The Sex Organs – Sex Shop 10 – La Luz – Strange World 11 – Wolf Manhattan – You Can’t Always Win 12 – Nourished By Time – Hand On Me 13 – Girl and Girl – Hello 14 – Six Organs of Admittance – The Mission 15 – Liam Gallagher & John Squire – Make It Up As You Go Along 16 – JP Simões – Mariazinha 17 – The Libertines – Night Of The Hunter 18 – Corridor – Mon Argent
Here is the Family Affair programme. The songs my brother Renato and I sing along through technology – we’re over one thousand kilometers apart – including Canção de Embalar by José Afonso my niece’s favourite song.
Trackist: 01 – José Afonso – Canção de Embalar (Gaia) 02 – Manu Chao – Mi Vida (Renato) 03 – La Rue Ketanou – Sur Les Chemins De La Bohême (Gaia & Renato) 04 – Gojira – Born in Winter (Gaia) 05 – Faith No More – I Started a Joke (Raquel) 06 – Blur feat Noel Gallagher & Paul Weller – Tender live at Tennage Cancer Trust (R&R) 07 – McAlmont & Butler – Yes – 20 years live on Andrew Marr (Raquel) 08 – Muse – Darkshines (Renato) 09 – Blur – Coffee & TV (Gaia) 10 – Radiohead – Man Of War (Renato) 11 – Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger (R&R) 12 – Queens Of The Stone Age – Mosquito Song (Raquel) 13 – The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (R&R) 14 – The Stranglers – Golden Brown (R&R) 15 – The Beatles – A Day In The Life (Renato)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #60 The A Family Affair edition by Gaia, Renato & Raquel Pinheiro airs tomorrow Monday, 26th , 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
The A Family edition programme has songs by brother Renato and I sing together, through WhatsApp, including my niece, Gaïa, favourite song: Canção de Embalar by José Afonso.
My brother and Iive over a thousand kilometers apart. We made good use of the fairies of technology. He is usually on speaker, strumming his Takamine or unplugged Les Paul model and singing, I’m not on speaker and or may not, be stunning my, unplugged, Strat model., and singing. Or humming the bass line.
The Beatles grace this post since they are a family affair. Our mum and her sisters, who were teenagers and young women in the 60s,lovec them. The first sing our parents dance to was a Beatles song. As a child I saw Yellow Submarine at least once a year on a movie theater,aming with every time it was shown on television. Help would be another much seen film.
There are two bands with two songs on the programe. The Beatles and Blur. We sing many Beatles and Blur songs. My niece loves Coffee & TV and its video. There is also the most Beatlesnesque song ever, not written by the Beatles, Oasis’ Don’t Look Back In Anger.
Trackist: 01 – José Afonso – Canção de Embalar (Gaia) 02 – Manu Chao – Mi Vida (Renato) 03 – La Rue Ketanou – Sur Les Chemins De La Bohême (Gaia & Renato) 04 – Gojira – Born in Winter (Gaia) 05 – Faith No More – I Started a Joke (Raquel) 06 – Blur feat Noel Gallagher & Paul Weller – Tender live at Tennage Cancer Trust (R&R) 07 – McAlmont & Butler – Yes – 20 years live on Andrew Marr (Raquel) 08 – Muse – Darkshines (Renato) 09 – Blur – Coffee & TV (Gaia) 10 – Radiohead – Man Of War (Renato) 11 – Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger (R&R) 12 – Queens Of The Stone Age – Mosquito Song (Raquel) 13 – The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (R&R) 14 – The Stranglers – Golden Brown (R&R) 15 – The Beatles – A Day In The Life (Renato)
Monday February 12th was International Epilepsy Day. I have two types of epilepsy, photosensitive – in my case affected both by light, and certain types of sounds – and atonic (my muscles suddenly lose contraction and I fall or things slip from my hands). For many people with epilepsy the condition is like traversing mountains and Valleys. In my case that happens mostly with photosensitive epilepsy.
Through mountains and valleys is also, literally, what me and my friend Matt do. Me when walking up and down the more, or less, urbanized areas of Porto – Porto is at the end of a mountain range. Matt lives in Los Angeles and if often at places like Laurel Canyon where, in the 60s and 70s, many musicians lived at, including Neil Young who has epilepsy.
The songs selected for the programme comprise those from musicians with epilepsy as well as those from bands and artists that lived at Laurel Canyon
Trackist: 01 – Antony & The Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing 02 – Joni Mitchell – Michael From Mountains 03 – Chris Knox – Grand Mal 04 – The Byrds – Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) 05 – Spandau Ballet – Gold (HD remastered) 06 – The Mothers of Invention – Anywhere The Wind Blows 07 – The Streets – Dry Your Eyes 08 – Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box 09 – Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl 10 – Joy Division – Transmission 11 – Prince – Purple Rain 12 – Elton John – Bennie And The Jets 13 – The Olympic Symphonium – Thanks a Lot 14 – Jimmy Reed – Too Much 15 – Black Light White Light – Epilepsy
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #59 The Through Mountains & Valleys aka The Epilepsy edition airs Monday, 12th , 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).Monday February 12th is International Epilepsy Day. I have two types of epilepsy, photosensitive – in my case affected both by light, and certain types of sounds – and atonic (my muscles suddenly lose contraction and I fall or things slip from my hands). For many people with epilepsy the condition is like traversing mountains and Valleys. In my case that happens mostly with photosensitive epilepsy. Through mountains and valleys is also, literally, what me and my friend Matt do. Me when walking up and down the more, or less, urbanized areas of Porto – Porto is at the end of a mountain range. Matt in Los Angeles and its sorrpunding areas. Like Laurel Canyon where many musicians lived in the 60s and 70s. Among them, Neil Young who has epilepsy. The songs selected for the programme comprise those from musicians with epilepsy as well as those from bands and artists that lived at Laurel Canyon. To me, Nirvana’s Heart Shaped Box gives the idea of the sudden, stop, motion, electrical discharges of photosensitive epilepsy which is why it is on the tracklist. The colour of epilepsy is purple-lavender, hence Prince’s Purple Rain. Prince had epilepsy until he was seven years old, a fwct he mentions in The Sacrifice of Victor.
Trackist: 01 – Antony & The Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing 02 – Joni Mitchell – Michael From Mountains 03 – Chris Knox – Grand Mal 04 – The Byrds – Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) 05 – Spandau Ballet – Gold (HD remastered) 06 – The Mothers of Invention – Anywhere The Wind Blows 07 – The Streets – Dry Your Eyes 08 – Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box 09 – Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl 10 – Joy Division – Transmission 11 – Prince – Purple Rain 12 – Elton John – Bennie And The Jets 13 – The Olympic Symphonium – Thanks a Lot 14 – Jimmy Reed – Too Much 15 – Black Light White Light – Epilepsy
My next Amazing Songs & Other Delights is #58 – Your Surprise, is My Surprise and airs Monday, 29th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
This edition is wide choices range from a a excerpt of Waṯu, a song that is, at least, 60 thousand years old voiced by brothers David and Daniel Wilfred, singing in Wagiläk language (an Australian Indigenous language. David and Daniel are keepers from Arnhem Land) to just released songs thorough some that would horrify my teenage and younger self.
The programme title comes from four things. My surrprise finding a fabulous Joan Baez song – just marvel at the lyrics, the voice, the, guitar -, dad rock aka The Dire Straights mega hit Sultans of Swing being able to pass for a groovy indie song (it all depends, of context),Mantra, the gentle instrumental by Dave Ghrol Josh Homme and Trent Reznor, and the absolute beauty of a song that is Blunt Knives, by Basalto.
Elaborating a little. I’ve could never could stand Joan Baez. She was always a pet peeve for me. When, by chance, I recently happened upon Diamonds and Rust I was, amazed. The song may ecen gain a place among my all time favourite songs.
The Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing? It played all the time, everywhere. Dad and his, friends, loved the Dire Straits. Indie kids would get anywhere, near Mark Knopfler’s band. Yet, the song, and probably always was, upbeat and danceable. Besides, Mark Knopfler plays mostly with his fingers rather than with a plectrum and for many years his guitar of choice was a, Strat the guitar he plays on Sultans of Swing. Since I start replaying guitar I have a Strat model and I have always mostly play guitar plectrum less.
Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor’s Mantra came from my brother Renato. I wasn’t convinced it would be that interesting, he insisted it was, but I didn’t listen to it for a, while. Turned out to be a great instrumental.
Basalto was a fabulous surprise too. I don’t know how I hadn’t noticed Basalto before, but I’m very happy to have it sent to me. Portuguese singer-songwriter Guilherme de Sousa newest single is a delicate, intense, marvelous song.
Trackist: 01 – Basalto – Blunt Knives; 02 – Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing; 03 – Corridor – Mourir Demain; 04 – Aziza Brahim – Bubisher; 05 – Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor – Mantra; 06 – Dragged Up – Missing Person; 07 – Hand to Earth – Waṯu (excerpt); 08 – Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust; 09 – Michael Platter – The Alchemist; 10 – Mitski – I’m Your Man (live @ blogotheque); 11 – Paul Weller – You Do Something To Me; 12 – Pete Astor – Model Village; 13 – Vitória & The Kalashnicoles – New World; 14 – Zenxith – She is Lying
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights,returns Monday 15th with programme #57 – The I’m Back edition 3-4pm (gmt) @ Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app)..After the festive season and the repetition of The Poetry edition on New Year’s Day. the show is back with seventeen new or quite new songs showcasing some of what musical 2024 has in store and some things released late last year.
Tracklist:01 – Frances Chang – Eye Land; 02 – Naoise Roo – Falling Stars; 03 – Gruff Rhys – Bad Friend; 04 – Future Islands – Say Goodbye; 05 – Young Lagoon – Football; 06 – Ty Segall – My Best Friend; 07 – A. Savage – David’s Dead; 08 – The Children’s Hour – Bright Lights; 09 – Kula Shaker – Indian Record Player; 10 – MGMT – Nothing To Declare; 11 – Omni – Plastic Pyramid (feat. Izzy Glaudini); 12 – P. S. Lucas – Villian; 13 – The Smile – Friend of a Friend; 14 – Duffhues – Hunting; 15 – Rain To Rust – Tonight I Will Meet My Friends Who Died Untimely; 16 – Laetitia Sadier – Une Autre Attente; 17 – True Green – My Lost Decade
For tomorrow, Monday, January 1st,, Amazing Songs & Other Delighs is a repeat. Issue #5 The Poetry edition, 9ne of my favourite editions that fits beautifully on New Year’s Day. You can hear it on Yé Yé Radio: /yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app), 3-4pm (gmt).
The poetry edition starts with Marianne Faithfull reading Ode to a Nightingale by Keats with music by Warren Ellis and ends with The Smiths’ Cemetry Gates. Between those there are other 15 songs ranging from Suede’s Heroine to Amália Rodrigues singing Barco Negro, a fado with a David Mourão Ferreira poem, through The Cranberries, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Carla Bruni or Rufus Wainwright.
Tracklist: 01 – Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis – Ode to a Nightingale (Keats poem) 02 – Suede – Heroine (Byron She Walks in beauty 1st lines) 03 – The Cranberries – Yeats Grave 04 – Amália Rodrigues – Barco Negro (David Mourão-Ferreira poem) 05 – Secos & Molhados – Não não digas nada (Fernando Pessoa poem) 06 – Annie Lennox – Live With Me And Be My Love (Christopher Marlowe poem) 07 – The Waterboys – Stolen Child (Yeats poem) 08 – Bob Dylan – On the Road Again (Bob Dylan poem) 09 – Radio Bukowski – The Genius of The Crowd (Charles Bukowski poem) 10 – Carla Bruni – If You Were Coming In The Fall (Emily Dickinson poem) 11 – Rufus Wainwright – When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes (William Shakespeare, Sonnet 29th) 12 – Fagner – Fanatismo (Florbela Espanca poem) 13 – Ralph Schuckett and Richard Butler – Alabama song (Bertolt Brecht poem, Kurt Weill music) 14 – Patti Smith – Changing of the Guards (Bob Dylan cover and poem) 15 – Phil Ochs – The Bell (Edgar Allan Poe poem) 16 – Quilapayun – Complainte de Pablo Neruda 17 – The Smiths – Cemetry Gates (Keats, Yeats, Wilde came to play)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #56 – The Winter is Here edition is tomorrow, Monday 18th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).I’m a literal Winter Solstice baby a ND this time of the year always feels like home. The 16 songs and instrumentals chosen include the traditional California Dreamin’ and Here Comes the Sun that are usually played on my Winter programmes (and not just) here respectively by Diana Krall and Yusuf (Cat Stevens).
Tracklist: 01 – Ariel Nina’s, Catarina Moura, César Prata – Bento Airoso 02 – Bill Rivers – If I Knew Real Magic 5, 2019 early audio recording song idea) 03 – Canto Nono – É Hora do Sol Pôr 04 – Diana Krall – California Dreamin’ 05 – Felt – The Stagnant Pool (Raquel’s instrumental edit) 06 – Frederico BC – Sol de Inverno (Live) 07 – Led Zeppelin – Winter Sun 08 – Lewis Barfoot – The Snows They Melt The Soonest 09 – Luxury – The Wilderness/The Color of Gold 10 – Madredeus – Solstício 11 – Mão Morta – Sinto Tanto Frio 12 – Monique Danielle – Carol of the Bells 13 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze 14 – The Stone Roses – I Am the Resurrection 15 – Yo La Tengo – Winter A-Go-Go. 16 – Yusuf (Cat Stevens) – Here Comes the Sun (Acoustic)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #55 -The Such Lovely Songs edition airs tomorrow, Monday 4th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).
The Such Lovely Songs edition os a collection of bestiful songs I’ve happen upon in different ways, or have been listening to more attentively. In a way, it goes back to the joy of listening to songs on the radio. Be it on John Peel’s show (o de here listened to is am) or António Sérgio’s shows.
Some songs,Iike the Stone Roses one I had totally forgot about. Although the spirit of this edition arrises from those radio shows of the past, and the songs cross several decades, the feel is very now. A if all songs as just been released.
Tracklist: 01 De Jolie Laide (Nina Nastasia & Jeff MacLeod) – Blue as Blue; 02 – Teenage Waitress – Grey Sky; 03 – Sam Lee – Bushes and Briars; 04 – Jackson Harden – Doris Day; 05 – Genghis Cohn – She Who Calls; 06 – Wurld Series – Illustrious Plates; 07 – Jonathan Richman – I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar; 08 – Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes; 09 – PJ Harvey – Seem An I; 10 Television – Venus; 11 Lloyd Cole And The Commotion – Rattlesnakes; 12 – The Stone Roses – Love Spreads;13 – Hot Apple Band – The Hill; 14 – Laura Veirs – July Flame; 15 – Frost Children – Bernardette;16 – MGMT- Bubblegum Dog
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