Saturday, October 18, 2008

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