Roc music, a la Yep Roc, Thursday from 2-4 on Centripetal Sounds. Yep Roc label has a number of class acts in the music business: Dave Alvin, John Doe, Rodney Crowell, Nick Lowe, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul Weller, Todd Snider, Grant Lee Phillips, and Josh Rouse. Bands include some of my very favorites: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Reverand Horton Heat, The Sadies, The Fleshtones, The Gourds, and Mercury Rev, all of which you have heard before on my program. It's a party sampler this week, get ready to rock and roll with the best of them. The G Man

(Read to bottom of article for play list) Virtually, all new music on this evening with kick-off by Shins lead-man, James Mercer, collaborating with Danger Mouse with 2010 band/CD, Broken Bells (photo).  With imminent CD release from UK's Morcheeba, we reflect on some of their more recent tracks, "Everybody Loves A Loser" and "Gained the World".  Look for May 2010 article in The Iowa Source for more information and recommendations on this band. As the evening unfolds, Cat Power (photo right) offers two tracks. She is known for her minimalist approach with guitar, keyboards and breathy vocal stylizing.  She's easy on the eyes, too. (READ MORE)

Andy Mac's "Intercranial, etc" has already premiered the latest discovery of new/old Jimi Hendrix tracks from Jimi's 1969 Electric Ladyland recording session that are (for logistical and legal reasons) just now being heard in the light of day. The album features some new versions of old songs and a few that have never been heard. Warning: these are rough demos of final versions that would never be made, so understand that the vocals are more than rough and the arrangements are sketchy. Nonetheless, you will not have heard these sounds before.

But new music has also been released in 2010 that is new in every sense of the word.

The second CD from Vampire Weekend (left) called "Contra" is more consistent--though with perhaps fewer highs--than their premiere 2008 self-titled CD. This release shows that they have much to say musically and lyrically. Hailing from NYC, they show a Paul Simon-like depth to their lyrics, a similar sparce (but stronger) vocal style, and a freshness to their performance and arrangements. "Horchata" is a gem.

Last week's show featured tracks from the newly-released Jimi Hendrix album, Valleys of Neptune, and just a few days before that show I started looking around to see if there were any interesting cover versions of classic Hendrix songs.  I expected to find a few versions of "Purple Haze" (I found over 40) and maybe a few others, since I knew of at least one Hendrix-tribute album, and of course Stevie Ray Vaughan threw down the gauntlet with a Hendrix cover on almost every album.  But I found hundreds: jazz, orchestral, funk, bluegrass - even an all-sitar tribute album(!) - from all over the world.

Join Grandpa D tonight as he welcomes Matthew MacLeod back to Fairfield for a preview of his children's concert this Sunday, March 21st at 7pm at Revelations. Matthew has been performing children's concerts and teaching music classes across the globe to young children for the past seven years. The concert will feature crowd pleasers such as "Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum", "Potato Chips", "Never Swat A Fly" and "Red Winged Blackbird" by Raffi, Slim Galliard and David Francey. Expect sing-a-longs, clapping, stomping and a silly dance contest. Which of those songs will Matt play live on Sleepytime? What story will Grandpa D read? You're just going to have to listen tonight at 7pm and let Sleepytime work it's magic on you.

Gustavo Collantes is a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, who focuses on energy and climate change policy, particularly as they relate to transportation, and the economics and politics of low-carbon energy alternatives.

Rebroadcast of interview with Jesse Ventura who was elected in the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998 as an Independent and member of the Reform Part. His victory is considered one of the greatest political upsets in U.S. history. His
most recent book is entitled, "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me."

Loved my baby, ain't that enough?
Why'd you have to go and make a widow of
My Hallelujah
~ My Hallelujah, Sweet Talk Radio

Sweet Talk Radio is the husband and wife team of Kathrin Shorr and Tim Burlingame. With a sound that has been described as alt-folk or americana-pop, the seasoned musicians have that magic chemistry of two people who have each others backs, and are passionate about making music. As they seamlessly trade vocals, guitar riffs and even instruments, they always give their songs room to breathe. The metaphors and imagery in the lyrics paint characters and whole relationships with just a few well chosen words.

Sweet Talk Radio will be at Cafe Paradiso on Saturday March 20th at 8pm.  Previous Lyrical Venus guest Mary McAdams will open that show!

Tune in to Lyrical Venus this Tuesday, March 15th from 9-10am Central and get to know Sweet Talk Radio!  Interview at 9:30am.

Michael Linenberger is being called the "Efficiency Guru". He's a renowned speaker, teacher, and consultant, and author of four top-selling productivity books, including Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook, the #1 bestselling book on Microsoft Outlook for four years running.

His new Master Your Workday Now! Proven Strategies to Control Chaos, Create Outcomes & Connect Your Work to Who You Really Are focuses on managing email and task lists, maximizing productivity, and finding your "life's work". Monica Hadley and Caroline Kilbourn are looking forward to welcoming Michael Linenberger this Friday at 1pm on KRUU.

Sunday night March 14th 2010
Beginning @ 11e/10c/9m/8p
::Obvious World::

Wow,

This is an epic Fail. We have once again tried and failed to bring you a new show. I'm not sure exactly what went wrong. We'll have to spar with the muckety-muck higher-ups here. I promise if we ever get a new show on the air it will be an epic success.

Luke

Yo Luke, David and Ca Va fans!

This is James Muckety-Muck. Sorry about our special presentation of "Groundhog Gaze." You know what they say... You can never be thin enough or hear Shoegazer 2-27 enough. If it was three weeks in a row, it is the first time in the history of SOLA POWA Central that such a tri-defecta hath thus spake! As they said to Socrates, pick your poison, dood. Me, I'm going grab some fresh crow, add a little paprika, a dash of A-1 mistake sauce, and fry those suckers up on the solar arrays. Or better yet go wash the station mascot. She rolled in enough forest gump today to paint the Sistine Chapel brown. That'll show me.