ATG's July 2008 Webcast: Rock and Roll

Webcast Title: ATG 28, The Rock and Roll Edition
Webcast Date: beginning July 2008
Webcast Time: daily at 9-1 AM and 7-11:00 PM (MST)

This month on Ain't That a Groove we'll put our right hand on our heart and pledge allegiance to the united states of pop music, digging on the nuveau funk of the New Mastersounds, getting tight with Lenny Kravitz and the Black Keys, rising down with Questlove and The Roots, and traveling on a government mule to the third stone from the sun.

This month's show is the rock and roll edition of Ain't That a Groove number 28, first webcast the week of July 4th, 2008. I'll post other, genre-based editions of the webcast in the upcoming weeks, including jazz, world grooves, and percussion ensembles.

The webcast has a running time just short of two hours, during which I spin sixteen rock-oriented songs, old and new, which I think deserve the attention of drummers and just-plain folks. As always, I aim to compile a wide ranging list of rock styles and influences, as well as tempos and moods, while mostly avoiding songs that you already know too well.

For the first time, ATG's webcast features comments by our listeners, including reviews and analysis about songs by The BlackKeys, Porcupine Tree, Ringo Starr, and many more. In fact, listeners in 15 countries submitted more then 300 comments and analysis about the tracks featured on today's show. Most of the listener responses came from the United States, France, the Netherlands, and Taiwan, but I also received firm opinions about drums, drummers, and drum tracks from countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South America.

The proposed playlist for the upcoming jazz edition of ATG will soon be posted at ainthatagroove.blogspot.com, and so there's still timeto get in the game as a analyst for ATG by submitting a comment about a recording featured on the jazz mix, or by introducing a featured artist and their catalog to our audience. As always, forward your words of wisdom to me at aintthatagroove@gmail.com

ATG's Proposed Playlist for May 08: Pop and Rock

If you want to be part of Ain't That a Groove's upcoming webcast, send your comments about any of the following songs to aintthatagroove@gmail.com. I'll read your comments 'on the air' and attribute them to you. My goal is to use between two and four listener comments per song for no less than half of the recordings featured on the show. Naturally, if you don't like a song or drum track, I'll probably not use your comment about same unless it demonstrates exceptional insight -- or humor.

There are lots of ways to discuss the artists and songs on this month's pop and rock set. You could, for example....

• Explain what you like about a featured drum track


• Analyze the technical merits of a featured drum track


• Introduce a featured artist and discuss their discography


• Explain why you think a particular artist or recording is important


• Point listeners in the direction of similar recordings

Here are several examples of comments already submitted by ATG listeners for May’s pop and rock webcast. The track they are discussing is entitled Pure, from The New Mastersounds’ CD, This is What We Do.

• From Brooklyn, Robert Z says, “This is quite the ear candy. Once you start listening to this Mastersounds’ CD, it’s almost impossible to hit the stop button.”
  
• And in the windy city, drummer and conguero Tom writes: “what a nice treat: trapdrum tracks and conga drum tracks that are very well recorded. And FYI, this is a great record to play along with. I use it to get warmed up for my Saturday night gigs.”

And finally, here's our tentative Pop and Rock playlist as of May 8. And do note that it is possible for the playlist to change before I publish the final webcast. I must meet certain time and storage requirements for the webcast, most of which cannot be precisely calibrated until the production process is almost finished.

1. Shallow, Porcupine Tree, Deadwing



2. Bring It On, Lenny Kravitz, It's Time for a Love Revolution



3. Strange Times, The Black Keys, Attack & Release



4. Aretha, Sing One for Me, Cat Power, Jukebox



5. Pure, The New Mastersounds, This is What We Do



6. Four Kicks, Kings of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak



7. Mission Control, The Whigs, Mission Control



8. 2 Circles, Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun



9. Panda, Panda, Panda -- Deerhoof, Apple O'



10. Sunrise, Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals



11. Sissyneck, Beck, Odelay (Deluxe Edition)



12. The Valentyne Suite: January's Search, Colosseum,
    The Valentyne Suite



13. Killing Floor, The Electric Flag, A Long Time Comin'



14. Third Stone from the Sun, Gov't Mule,
    Live...With a Little Help from Our Friends
    
    
15. For Love, Ringo Starr, Liverpool 8

ATG 27: Winter Solstice edition for 2007

Webcast Title: ATG 27, Our Winter Solstice Edition
Webcast Date: beginning February 2008
Webcast Time: daily at 9-1 AM and 7-11:00 PM (MST)

On the winter's solstice edition of ATG, we'll light a fire under Charles Brown's now-famous baby, issue orders for a 21-drum salute to Jeff Porcaro, climb a rope ladder to the moon, then selflessly breach the boundaries of good taste and propriety simply to save a poor, innocent drum track from the thought police.

This edition of ATG is the 27th installment of our periodic program,Odds and Sods, first webcast in February of 2008, with a running time of approximately three and one half hours. Highlights of the 'cast include the poetry and percussion of Tom Teasley and Charles Williams, a demonstration of the nine-drum tabla tarang, the triumphant return of drummer Levon Helm, and newly minted performances by drummers Mickey Hart, Dave King, Poncho Sanchez, and Craig Pilo.

The webcast will be streamed daily at 9-1 AM and 7-11 PM fromwww.live365.com/stations/flamdaddy


The Playlist

Opening Set
1. Physical Cities, The Bad Plus (Prog)
2. The Low Road, John Scofield (This Meets That)
3. Bird Flu, M.I.A. (Kala)
4. Baba, Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain (Global Drum Project)
5. Dancer, Word-Art (Poetry, Prose, Percussion, , and Song)

Set 2: Rock and Pop
6. Revolution, Derek Trucks Band (Songlines)
7. Star Spangled, Trances Arc (XOXOX)
8. Full Grown, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Orange)
9. False-Hearted Lover Blues, Levon Helm (Dirt Farmer)

Set 3: Electric Jazz
10. Perceptual, Brian Blade Fellowship (Perceptual)
11. Tumbleweed, Michael Brecker (Pilgrimage)

Set 4: Electronic or Esoteric
12. Drum Sketch Number Eight, Susie Ibarra (Drum Sketches)
13. If We Can Ever Find a Way, Guillermo E. Brown (Soul at the Hands of the Machine)
14. Migraine 42, Migraine (Blue Glow)
15. Raag Deen Todi, Pandit Kamalesh Matira (Tabla Tarang)

Set 5: Big Band
16. Oleo, GRP All-Star Big Band (Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band: Live!)
17. Joys & Desires #2, John Hollenbeck and Jazz Big Band Graz (Joys & Desires)

Set 6: Classics and Covers
18. Funky On My Back, Cold Blood (Sisyphus)
19. Rope Ladder to the Moon, Colosseum (An Introduction to Colosseum)
20. Cloud Nine, Mongo Santamaria (Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits)

Set 7: World Percussion
21. Injecao, Deise Tigrona (Slum Dunk Presents Funk Carioca)
22. Come and Check Your Head, Blue King Brown (Stand Up)

Set 8: Old Masters
23. Go Ahead, Stan; Elements (Illumination)
24. 21-drum Salute, Jeff Garfield et all (Tribute to Jeff)

Set 9: World Percussion Redux
25. Beiba, Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective (Watina)
26. El Guapo, Los Diablos Rojos (The Roots of Chicha)

Set 10: Free Jazz
27. Rug Boy, The Claudia Quintet (For)
28. Arc of the Day, Chris Potter (Song for Anyone)

Set 11: Mainstream Jazz or Thereabouts
29. Red Clay, Craig Pilo (Just Play)
30. A Few Miles from Memphis, Tim Alexander (Dead Center)
31. Tin Tin Deo, Poncho Sanchez (Do It!)
32. I'm an Old Cowhand, Joshua Redman (Back East)