My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Barry Taylor stand up comic & founder of Comedy Records.
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Smoother than Voltron coming together Nikki Ashworth (The Jilted Lovers Club) and multi-instrumentalist Neil Gray (A Quiet End) have joined forces to become Fools.
Run is the startlingly Portishead like first song from this dynamic project: this song lingers like an unacknowledged ghost. I’m so in..I wanna see what other sounds they sculpt.
A few listens inspired the following stream of consciousnesses…
Half of Seal 6 Radio Jaren Hayman stepped out of the Girth Radio booth to write and produce a clever Walking Dead spoof. Only this time instead of zombies it’s…alpacas.
The Horror!!
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Beloved Word Nerd and G.I. Joe aficionado Wordburglar has returned like the Dark Knight with a new album and a bold new track celebrating Halifax:
I dunno who programed Panamania but this week the acts are beyond astonishing.
If you’ve never seen The Flaming Lips, please go. Just to see it, let your thirsty eyes drink it all in…even if you don’t know their music. Go! It’s FREE and fun music.
And The Stars! Also free. What? Yo…
Charles Bradley…if you’ve never seen James Brown live this will do: phenomenal.
All live and in colour at Nathan Phillips Square.
There’s a great irony in rap music. The lyrics in rap are supposed to spring forth as a kind of rough street poetry. Poetry by any standard demands proficient articulation, profound thought and pleasurable connection. Yet despite the surge of rappers and rap music many of these specific elements are missing, either in action or…
I dunno if it’s gonna be sublime but it’s gonna be engaging. Just like a Neon Bible.
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Laura Danowski half of the comedy duo Cheap Smokes. Heh…we talk about farts!
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Heard this track on Sirius and was engaged; easily digestible non-threatening pop with hip hop flourishes. Reminds me of Estelle’s American Boy.
New York Raining can be found on the Empire soundtrack…I don’t watch Empire but soundtrack seems decent. Wonder if there are any additional Hidden Gems on that soundtrack?
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