Sat. 5 pm ET-This week, P.T. Bridgeport put a chicken on the grill and it cooked in record time. And he never turned on the gas. It’s getting to be summer in Savannah – time for cool of the evening music. This week, Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, Hiroshi Yamimura, a gypsy mashup of a Russian classic with a Yves Montand tune, and Leo Kottke on Bach. Join us.06/01/2019
Sat. 5 pm ET- No, that’s not a typo. This week, P. T. Bridgeport explores the swing era and the big bands. These were the years of the Great Depression and the Second World War, and music helped the entire country through those times. We’ll certainly have the big names, but we’ll also have Jimmy Lunceford, Will Bradley, and Ray Noble, who aren’t as well remembered. P.T. stays off the soapbox this week – it was probably still full in this era. Join us. 05/25/2019
Sat. 5 pm ET- It’s all music tonight, starting with a most surprising tune from a most surprising source. We also have a modern artist covering a jazz classic in his way, some Japanese environmental music, a fairly new Al Van der beek composition, and much piano-based reflection. P. T. notices the soapbox getting warmer. Join us this Saturday at 5 pm. 05/18/2019
Sat. 5 pm ET- Savannah Art Association will join us. Carol is also the founder and director of the International Student Climate Art Project, known as ISCAP. ISCAP collects student art from around the world for exhibit on their website. You’ll find entries from Brazil, Argentina, Germany, The Czech Republic, Watkinsville, Saint Louis, and many other places (including Savannah). Musically, it’s Drum Week on WRUU and When The Moon Sings is ready. We’ll start with Frank Sinatra’s iconic version of I’ve Got You Under My Fin and then go to Kay Kyser and his 1939 classic Three Little Fishies. And then…Not that kind of drum? Oh, okay. Instead, we’ll have JL Hannah’s Sum Voices, the Steve Gadd Band, Evelyn Glennie, and Airto Moriera. Join us. 05/11/2019
Sat. 5 pm ET- This week, P. T. Bridgeport returns and chats with Beth Logan, the Director of Marketing and Volunteer Services at Hospice Savannah. Hospice Savannah has a traditional interest in encouraging art, and their gallery in the building on Eisenhower Avenue attracts the best of the local artists. Beth is a return guest on When The Moon Sings, and we will review the place of Hospice Savannah in the Savannah art scene and look ahead to the 40th Anniversary Party and Auction, which features works by 40 of Savannah’s best known artists. Musically, we have Jon Schmidt, Chris Botti, and Adam Hurst, among others. P.T. Bridgeport wonders if they have rental units in virtual reality, given the way things are going in real reality. Join us. 05/04/2019
Sat. 5 pm ET- This week, Wotan hosts a barbecue on the Metropolitan Opera. The party lasts well into the night, consuming most of our time slot. But there will be Norns and Gibichungs, and when was the last time you saw in decent Norn in the Coastal Empire? Siegfried should have struck to beer. Anyway, we’ll be back next week, May the 4th, with an interview and some quieter music. This is your chance to stock up on Gibichungs – don’t miss it. 04/27/2019.
Sat. 5 pm ET- No, Mr. Eliot, April is not the cruelest month, not here in Savannah. We’re past all that now. P.T. went to the beach and chose his play list there. It wasn’t exactly hot, but that wasn’t what he was there for. He’ll talk about that late in the show, but before that, we have the Scottish rock group Runrig, Miles Davis, Ed Gerhard and his Ed Gerhard signature guitar, Gustavo Santaolalla with a very long car trip, frolicking in the rain, and much more. When The Moon Sings is entering its daylight phase. Join us. “Winter kept us warm, covering Earth with forgetful snow, feeding a little life with dried tubers”, said no Georgian, ever. 04/20/2019
Sat. 5:30 pm ET- On April 13th, The Metropolitan Opera will perform Siegfried, a very long production. In the last act, Siegfried rescues Brunnhilde from the ring of fire, and that will burn, burn, burn until about 5:30. When the fire department leaves, P.T. Bridgeport will chat with artist Kathy Varadi about the show Anthropocene. In our era, atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and other earth system processes are altered by humans. What does that mean? Join P.T. and Kathy for a discussion. The show will run at Alexander Hall, 688 Indian Street from May 4th to May 26th. There will be an opening reception on May 10th, from 6 to 9. 04/13/2019
Sat. 5 pm ET-This week, we have Ulrich Schnauss of Tangerine Dream, Gustavo Santaolalla, John Mills (the Australian one) and his guitar, Stanton Lanier and his piano, and Opa Tsupa. Gustavo Santaolalla is a composer who has done film scores you might recognize. His latest project is scoring the computer game The Last Of Us, Part 2, a highly anticipated sequel to (as you might expect) The Last Of Us, Part 1.There’s John Mills, the British classical guitarist and then there’s Big John Mills, who plays honky tonk. My John Mills this week is neither one – he an Australian guitarist who plays more personal and reflective music and does it very well.P.T. reflects on the habits of azaleas from the Soapbox. 04/06/2019
Fri. 11 am ET-Salt water seeps into just about every music genre – rock, classical, jazz, even electronic music. This week Brian Renner and P. T. Bridgeport splash around in some of the shallows. We’ll have some Pacific music, some Atlantic music, and some music that could come from any deep. Join us. 04/05/2019
