The middle part of this week’s proGram could get around after squeezing thru.
Il diavolo- New Sound Quartet
Taurus- Modern Sound Quartet
Eat Your Greens- Parlor Greens
Hot Pants- Lee Mason and His Orchestra
Bootsie- Lee Mason and His Orchestra
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Straighten Up and Fly Right- El Combo Batanga Ft. Natty Bo
AMHARA RUMBA- Either/Orchestra
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greenarrowradio Theme- Mister Rourke
Green and Gold- Azam Ali
This House Is on Fire- Azam Ali
Cadenza (Original Mix)- YES TO ALL
The first part of this week’s proGram got there from here or the others way round.
Pajarito- José González
Near But Far- Legendary Ten Seconds
Lake View Samuri- Refestramus
Belle Du Jour- Himmelaya
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Feel Me Better- G. Love & Special Sauce & R.L. Boyce Ft. Evan Nicole Bell
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Clipse-O- LaMP Ft. Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski {live}
One Of Us- LaMP Ft. Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski {live}
I See Poseurs Every Day- Winged Wheel
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Sesshins 4- Lettuce
Storm Coming- Lettuce
Share Your Peace- Destani Wolf Ft. Connie Price & The Keystones
Get Back- Samm Henshaw
Float- Samm Henshaw
Thollem is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, singer-songwriter, activist, author & teacher. He has toured throughout North America & Europe as an itinerant artist for 2 decades, performing, teaching & collaborating in myriad situations across the idiomatic spectrum. Thollem’s known in concentric circles as an acoustic piano player in the free jazz & post-classical worlds, as the lead vocalist for the Italian agit-punk band Tsigoti, and as an electronic keyboardist through a multitude of projects. His lifelong interest has been to work with people from all walks of life, bringing artists & communities together in ways that may create something uniquely valuable to everyone involved. He is currently focused primarily on his multimedia collaboration with New Mexican visual artist ACVilla, his solo piano work Infinite-Sum Game, his new autobiographical songs project Godammit Tommy!, and workshops on the collaborative process. Since 2005, he has played over 3,000 concerts throughout N. America & Europe, releasing more than 100 albums on 27 different vanguard labels. A very brief cross section of his many collaborators include William Parker, Pauline Oliveros, Stefano Scodanibbio, Nels Cline, Sara Lund, Rob Mazurek, Michael Wimberly, Mike Watt, Susan Alcorn, & Carmina Escobar. Thollem is a published author about art, politics and his travels in NewMusic Box, The Anthology of Essays On Deep Listening, Full Moon Magazine (Prague) & First American Art Magazine. 2 years ago Other Minds Records released The Light Is Real with Terry Riley, Thollem, & Nels Cline. This latest album, ‘The Right Is Real’ features Mr. Terry Riley, and is a return to the original duo concept, starting from scratch. Tracks 1 – 4 are the recordings from the 1st session Terry & Thollem recorded on-line. The rest of the album are samples of these recordings played by Thollem through a Wavestate, in real-time. The impetus for this project together was a kind of epiphany he had when he walked into his Suegra’s bathtub room in northern New Mexico surrounded by her mural of a Redwood forest. Thollem was so captivated that he took a photo and simultaneously thought “the light is real” & “Terry Riley”. Mr. Riley and Thollem have been friends for many years and Thollem shared this epiphany with him. They decided to improvise with their voices while meditating on this photo & concept. Now, on the Winter solstice, ‘The Light Is Real (VOICES)’ has been let out into the world.
I had the chance to get back together with family to the proGram, Thollem to discuss this recent offering into the sonic landscape. We get into the original ideas, hearing them back now since it has been ‘released’ and the work that went into it once the thoughts were shared. In the early Spring, Post Consumer Records will be doing a physical release of this album for people to get a chance to hold it in their hands. Thollem assures us (there is no doubt) that the art that will accompany will be yet another part to this gift. He reminds us of the music he is creating for his forst autobiographical project, Godammit Tommy!, from which I have shared a few tracks, and this is a completely different beast than this work with Mr. Riley. COMPLEETELY! There is no reason to not be reminded about the work he and Angela have done with the documentary series Artists Engaged, as we talk about how we both find new people to become immersed into because of each other. This space is a place where open minded deep listeners can go to be introduced to ‘off the beaten path’ artists to feel.
The final part of the proGram this week was one in many.
You Better Watch Out- El Combo Batanga
La Cuota- El Combo Batanga
Bènè Mot- Muluken Mellesse
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HULET WEDDO AYHONEM- Either/Orchestra
AMBASSEL- Either/Orchestra
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Brother Earl- Work Money Death
Sometimes It’s Death- Work Money Death
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greenarrowradio Theme- Mister Rourke
Chilly Winds Don’t Blow (Bolden. Remix)- Nina Simone
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? (Two Another Remix)- Ella Fitzgerald
I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Yesking Remix)- Billie Holiday
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Merengue x Fantasy- Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project
My Three Suns- Vance Thompson
The middle part of the proGram saw it and wondered.
New Land- Lucas de Mulder
Cook- Lettuce
Keep On- Lettuce
Dusty Groove- The New Mastersounds (live)
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Bedhead- Gold Leader
Imprevedibile- Modern Sound Quartet
Confabulante- Modern Sound Quartet
Any Flavour- Kaidi Tattham
Busted- The Putbacks
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Superpower (Sensible J Remix)- Zretro
Voodoo Love- David Walters
The first part of this week’s proGram got things in gEAR.
Let Down, Forgotten and Alone- Supersuckers
Pictures Of Matchstick Men- The Chesterfield Kings
Hey Joe- The Chesterfield Kings
MASTERS OF WAR- grandson
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Hey Baby You Gotta Move- Father’n’Son
Cash Jam- Angel Ocasio Jr. Ft. Blind Dog Mayer
Cussin’ Cryin’ & Carryin’ On- Paul Boddy Ft. Jessie Wagner
Need Your Love So Bad- Paul Boddy Ft. Sonny Landreth
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Awaken- Devon Allman & nightvision
Sea Otter Goes To College- Detroit Illharmonic Symphony
Night Of The Raccoons- Detroit Illharmonic Symphony
If You Cooperate- Detroit Illharmonic Symphony
The final part of the proGram had some points to make.
open your own treasure house- Nicholas Payton
Get Out Of Town- Doug Raney Quartet
Bud Powell- Vance Thompson
Vance Thompson Sleight Of Hand- Vance Thompson
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Pent-Up House- Al Foster (Live at Smoke)
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Köln, January 24, 1975, Part II a (Live)- Keith Jarrett
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Impromptu- Yako Trio Ft. Harris Lambrakis & James Wylie
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Open Your Eyes- Adam Meckler Ft. Cameron Kinghorn & DJ Stepmom) [Remix]
Do You Feel Good- Adam Meckler Orchestra
The middle part of this week’s proGram turned on the side.
Sesshins 1- Lettuce
The Matador- Lettuce
It’s Almost Here- The Allergies
Auld Lang Syne- Parlor Greens
Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday- Parlor Greens
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas- Davis Hall & The Green Lanterns
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When Tomorrow Christmas Comes- Alex Puddu Ft. Simone Miller & Toke Bo Nisted
I Can’t Wait (For Christmas Time)- Kelly Finnigan
Snowy Night In Ohio- Kelly Finnigan
‘Zat You, Santa Claus? (The Heavy Remix)- Louis Armstrong
Silent Night (Brazilian Girls Remix)- Dinah Washington
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Name Dropping is the Lowest form of Conversation (Waltz)- Brandon Seabrook
Passages- Luke Marantz & Simon Jermyn
Shori- Luke Marantz & Simon Jermyn
The first part of this week’s proGram was flavor filled shaded.
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis- Laptop
White Christmas- The Chesterfield Kings
Santa Claus- Soraia
Get Down Moses- Beauty in Chaos
Santa Won’t You Please Bring Me Some Beer- The Mojo Gurus
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You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch- Emmaline
Winter Wonderland- Jennifer Porter
Winter Blues- Vaneese Thomas
This Christmas- Georgie Sweet
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Canyon Jam (live at Sunset Sound)- Michael Hampton
4 Out Of 5 Doctors (live at Sounset Sound)- Michael Hampton
Jasper’s World- LaMP Ft. Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski) {live at TRS}
Stalker List- LaMP Ft. Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski) {live at TRS}
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Going Down The Alley- Mike Mattison & Trash Magic
The final part of this week’s proGram knew the art from how it shines.
Didn’t Make It 2: Angeloid- Aksak Maboul
Edele Wijn / Skålen tillhör dig min vän- WÖR & Kongero (Live)
Bayrak/ Flag/ Знаме- Elena Baklava
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Mr. McCoy- Yako Trio Ft. Harris Lambrakis & James Wylie
Ghostly Wind- Yako Trio Ft. Harris Lambrakis & James Wylie
Nacho Supreme- Out Of/Into Ft. Gerald Clayton, Immanuel Wilkins, Joel Ross, Kendrick Scott & Matt Brewer
Sack & Ash- Spinifex Ft. Evi Filippou, Elisabeth Coudoux & Jessica Pavone
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Walk Spirit Talk Spirit- Muriel Grossmann
The Music Never Stopped- Muriel Grossmann
I Hear a Rhapsody- Doug Raney Quartet
The middle part of the proGram made an ice sword to fight them off.
Haziza Has Got the Juice- Shay Hazan
Honey Bea- The Olympians
Dancing Back To Life- Cerrone & The Flints
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Ain’t so…- Nightmares On Wax Ft. LSK
Wind of Change- Nightmares On Wax & Yarah Bravo
Starting Point- Duid
Hole In My Plants- Duid
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Conta- Space Charanga
Terreiro Sem Cerca- Coco Fulo de Barro
YèMendja shègga- Muluken Mellesse With The Dahlak Band
Woub Abèba- Muluken Mellesse With The Dahlak Band
The first part of this week’s proGram was to remind you about people needed the heat.
The Gift- Bill Sibley
Merlot Dodge Dart- Sophie Gault
Unbroken- Honeybear, the Band
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Chicken Pickin’- GA-20
Stranger Blues- GA-20
Chevrolet- The Black Crowes
Here Is No Why (2.4.96. Los Angeles)- The Smashing Pumpkins
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Canyon Jam- Michael Hampton
***pre-recorded conversation with Michael Hampton***
Savanna- Michael Hampton
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One Of Us- LaMP Ft. Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski (live)
Backfire- LaMP Ft. Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski (live)
Sessins 2- Lettuce
Gold Tooth- Lettuce
Parliament- Funkadelic legacy guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Michael Hampton‘s Into the Public Domain, a mini-album produced by 9-time Grammy Award winner/Ruffhouse Records co-founder Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo. A founding father of power-funk electric guitar, Hampton edges into new territory on Into the Public Domain, a meld of rock & world music with jazz & western overtones, hallmarked by Michael’s trademark sizzling leads. This EP inaugurates a series of 2 mini albums and a full length release from Michael to be released from December 2025 -> Spring of 2026, all on Nicolo’s personal imprint, Sound Mind Records. Into the Public Domain was co-produced by Joe Nicolo, Michael Hampton, Philip Samuel Smith & John Schreffler, the latter three of whom wrote and played on all songs on the EP. Some Into the Public Domain sessions were held at the famed Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, California, a favorite studio of Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Van Halen, Michael Jackson, Prince, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, & Tom Petty. Grammy-winner Shooter Jennings, a musician & producer known for blending outlaw country with rock & experimental styles, guested on keys and co-production at Michael’s Sunset Sound sessions. After receiving his first guitar at age 10, a determined Michael became self-taught with the help of his bedroom radio, spending days on end playing along with Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery & B.B. King records. After studying jazz guitar in high school, an impromptu backstage audition for George Clinton in 1974 earned 17-year-old Michael a seat on the Parliament mothership alongside the immortal Eddie Hazel, under the name “Kidd Funkadelic”. He has spent the past half-century playing nearly 400 shows with the band, in 25 countries across 6 continents. Highlights include multiple appearances at world-renowned festivals like Montreux Jazz, Glastonbury, Reading, Woodstock ’99, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Roskilde, Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock, and Isle of Wight, and venues like the Apollo Theater, The Fillmore, Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Troubadour, Red Rocks, The Beacon, and Sydney Opera House. Among hiss Funkadelic writing credits are group staples like “Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock?!” & “Funk Gets Stronger”, both released during the group’s late-’70s/early-’80s hit run. His lead guitar is also embedded in the DNA of 90s hip-hop’s G-Funk movement—Dr. Dre’s “Let Me Ride” samples Parliament’s “Mothership Connection”, Ice Cube’s “Bop Gun” borrows elements of Funkadelic’s “One Nation Under a Groove”, while De La Soul’s “Me Myself and I”, Digital Underground’s “Kiss You Back”, and Snoop Dogg’s “What’s My Name?” all draw from Funkadelic’s “(Not Just) Knee Deep”. Michael’s colleagues include George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Maceo Parker, Charlie Wilson, Dewayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight, Fred Wesley & The JB’s, Chuck Treece, Dean Ween, Primal Scream, Digital Underground, Too $hort, and Deee-Lite. Michael’s contributions to the Parliament Funkadelic catalog have also influenced famed artists like Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Outkast, D’Angelo and Janelle Monáe, among many others. As of 2025, Michael has appeared on over 30 separate major label releases. I had the chance to catch up with Michael shortly before the 12/13 release date of the first EP. We get into all the planning, work and amazing music that on Into Public Domain. We get into a little bit of what is to follow and just how this project has come together. Michael also shares a little about what working with The Parliament Funkadelic crew helped him prepare for this kind of effort.
Ben Tyree’s Activator Trio: Ben Tyree: Guitar Chris Eddleton: Drums Leon Gruenbaum: Keyboards and Samchillian
LIVE! FOH – Nublu151 – 12.03.2025
The final part of the proGram knew that three would be better than the one.
Capadócia- Sambanzo
Mutum- Marcus Simon
Jakub Reggae (MF Dub)- Total Hip Replacement
Watch It Burn (Oliver Frost Dub)- Total Hip Replacement
Make It Reggay- The Appetizers
Echo45- Nightmares On Wax & Liam Bailey
Under They Skin- Koncept
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Did we ever dance- Peppermoth
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Asmalı- İlhan Erşahin’s Istanbul Sessions
Lasting Impression- Brandon Sanders
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Something From Home- Omar Sosa
Shirma- Omar Sosa
Amanhecer- Gilmar Gomes
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Cal’s Guajira- Roger Glenn
The middle part of the proGram found it without trying too hard.
Taste This Sound- Fabric
Embrace- Shay Hazan
Move On- Shay Hazan
Verstehen- Erobique Ft. Ada & Arnim Teutoburg-Weiss
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In Like A Lion- Zach Tenorio
Start With Something Simple- Zach Tenorio
Runnin’- Lance Ferguson
Grewt Up- Lettuce
Clav it Your Way- Lettuce
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Yellow Dan- Ghost Note Ft. Marcus Miller
***pre-recorded conversation with Robert ‘Sput’ Searight***
Nard’s Right- Ghost Note Ft. Bernard Wright
Move With a Purpose- Ghost Note Ft. Karl Denson)
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Public Domaine- Michael Hampton
The first part of this week’s proGram got cccooolllldddd quickly, warmed up even faster.
Please Mister Conductor- Danny Marks
Circle in the Sky- Duwayne Burnside
Nightmare Blues- Duwayne Burnside
Crazy One- Altered Five Blues Band
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Tied Up and Swallowed (2025 Mix)- The Black Crowes
High Headed Blues- The Black Crowes (Live London 10/25/1994)
Siva (Live: 6.30.96. Detroit)- Smashing Pumpkins
Zero (Live: 6.29.96. Detroit)- Smashing Pumpkins
Dear Anyone- The Modern Era
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Heavy Lite Darkness- Geiger von Müller
Analytical Cube- Geiger von Müller
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The Modern Ark- Jake Mason Trio Ft. Kurt Elling
Big Bad Winston- Pierpont & Helgeson
Goblin Mode- Temporary Blessings
Headed by Snarky Puppy’s multi-Grammy–winning percussion duo of Robert “Sput” Searight & Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is a complete explosion of sound. With an expansive roster of next-level musicians—representing members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake, and more—the band is pushing funk music into the future, building on the uplifting, pioneering foundations laid out by the likes of James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone and infusing their fresh take with tastes of afrobeat, hip-hop, psychedelia, world folklore, and more. After forming in 2015, Ghost-Note has already begun to take the world by storm. The group’s two studio albums—2018’s Swagism and 2015’s Fortified—have earned critical acclaim and popular success around the globe, with both albums hitting the #1 spot on the iTunes Jazz Charts. The most recent album Mustard n’onions (2024) via Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group is a complete banger from start to end. Continuing to tour the world after the release of this highly acclaimed album, Ghost-Note is a tour de force of funk with dazzling solos and air-tight arrangements that will have any crowd dancing.
I had the opportunity to get some time with ‘Sput’ ahead of the December 11th event here in Madison at High Noon Saloon. We paint the picture of what a Ghost Note vibe will be like, including a run down of each member of the group. It was no surprise to hear, but still a treat to get to hear ‘Sput’ talk about his mentorship to new artists throughout his career, the several connections to Prince and other innovative people in the funk (and beyond) scenes and some of the differences between this group and being a part of Snarky Puppy. We dive ear first into Ghost Notes latest release, Mustard n’onions, and how it went from concept to release. It was fun to talk about and hear about a couple of the special guests that appear on the album and how this record fits into the times of the day. I could not let him go without getting to ask just some of those artists that he listens to to give him some healing and we hear about some of the OGs….but the imagery he paints about the band and sharing playlists, felt like a smiling rising.
The final part of this week’s proGram knew how I make things seen.
Lost in the Light- Eric Hilton Ft. Natalia Clavier
Boss Mode- Lovespirals
Okay- Lovespirals
Nighthawks- Bastien Keb
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Trance End- Oliver Night & David Mrakpor
ACIDitious- Berdano
greenarrowradio Theme- Mister Rourke
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Love Garden- Double Tiger
Bad Man Country- Junior Delgado
Kombo Na Yesu- BJ Sam
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Bueno Ahora- Zemog El Gallo
Unsaved- Gilles Laval
Transform- Kennebec Ft. Charles Overton
The First of the Salmonflies-Kennebec
Cantador- Gilmar Gomes
The mid part of the proGram could see you from then on.
When They Call- Or Kantor
Ritual in the Bay- Or Kantor
Wonderful- Zach Tenorio
Field Trip- Zach Tenorio
Clean Up (EP Mix)- Royce Wood Junior
Go Get Your Money- Royce Wood Junior
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Dig On It- Lance Ferguson
Caveman Boogie- Lance Ferguson
Bad Machine- Pierpont & Helgeson
Billy The Kid- Pierpont & Helgeson
Ya Lookin’ Tight (7″edit)- Soopasoul
Love Grows Younger- Jeb Loy Nichols
Without You- Belleruche
