Sun. 9 pm ET-This Sunday on Evening Eclectic, April 7thfeatures a celebration of the Savannah Music Festival. I have an interview with choreographer Kate Weare whose dance company will be collaborating with Union Tanguera and composer/pianist Gustavo Beytelmann to present the dance program Sin Salida based upon a modern interpretation of the tango. In addition I have an interview with Robbie Fulks – one of my favorite folk/country performers who will be talking about his two appearances at the Savannah Music Festival: one with Jenny Scheinman and her music and film project “Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait” and his duet with Robbie Gjersoe. In addition I will be having music by other musicians who will be performing at the Festival. 04/07/2019
Sun. 9 pm ET-Sunday on Evening Eclectic we have the first episode celebrating the Savannah Music Festival which runs from this past Thursday through April 13th. Tonight we have my interviews with songwriter/performers Sam Reider and Kat Edmonson and music by Sam Reider and the Human Hands, Kat Edmonson, Fatoumata Diawara, I’m With Her, John Pizzarelli Trio, Catherine Russell, Jerry Douglas, Molly Tuttle, Caterina Lichtenberg & Mike Marshall. Evening Eclectic is Sunday from 9-11 pm ET. 03/31/2019
Sun. 9 pm ET- This Sunday on Evening Eclectic is a wrap up of the non-contemporary classical events at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville TN. We will be playing music from Edmar Castaneda the harpist from Columbia – who was my big discovery of the festival. Also featured are Rachel Grimes, Derek Gripper, Rhiannon Giddens, Wadada Leo Smith, Mary Halvorson, Hawktail, Punch Brothers, Bill Frisell, and Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider. Evening Eclectic is Sunday from 9-11 pm ET. 03/24/2019
Sun. 9 pm ET-This week Evening Eclectic is honoring the memory of Hal Blaine, the drummer for the Los Angeles group of studio musicians “The Wrecking Crew”. We will be featuring a discussion of his role in “The Wrecking Crew” and playing a number of great hits for which he was the drummer. 03/17/2019
Sun. 9 pm ET- YES new time – now an hour earlier a “New Acquisitions” show on Evening Eclectic featuring Ozomatli, Lula Wiles, Weezer, Ben Reimer, Architek, Animals as Leaders, Laurie Anderson & the Kronos Quartet, Fatoumata Diawara, Mason Bates, Bearthoven, Cecile McLorin Salvant, J.S. Ondara, Lela McCalla, Gustavo Beytelmann and Bad Religion. A truly Eclectic group of artists you won’t find any where else. 03/10/2019
Sun. 9 pm ET- On Evening Eclectic, I am honoring Andre Previn who passed away two days ago. He was jazz musician and composer of film scores and classical music and conductor of 4 major symphony orchestras. He is one of the most eclectic musicians I know so, I feel I must honor him on Evening Eclectic this week. 03/03/2019
Sun. 9 pm ET- This week on Evening Eclectic is Crossroads where jazz and classical piano meets. This is in celebration of the Piano in the Arts concert scheduled at the Armstrong Campus of Georgia Southern University. We are going to explore jazz piano and classical piano and piano works which are hard to classify. 02/23/2019
Sun. 10 pm ET- Sunday night is still the end of the Valentine’s Day weekend – so some love is still in the air – and that is Sunday’s theme on Evening Eclectic– Love. We will have an eclectic mix of pop, classical music, film music and jazz on the topic of love. 02/17/2019
Sun. 10 pm. ET – Sunday night February 10thon Evening Eclectic is a celebration of the new book by Ian S. Port “The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ‘n’ Roll” It….02/10/2019
Sun. 10 pm ET – Sunday February 3rd is the 60th anniversary of the “Day the Music Died” and to honor that day I will be featuring Buddy Holly on Evening Eclectic from 10-midnight ET this Sunday night on WRUU – 107.5 Savannah and streaming on www.wruu.org 02/03/2019
