Episode 068 - feat. Tad Marks, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Boldwood, Sophie Serafino

Tad Marks - "Mr. X"
Stephen Nachmanovitch - "Continents Like to Play Too"
Boldwood - "The Shepherd and Shepherdess"
Sophie Serafino - "Apassionato"

Hosted on Bloomsday

http://bowed.org/068/068.mp3

Hello everyone,

Tad Marks is a fiddle champion from the Washington DC area. He has played with many popular bluegrass outfits such as The Del McCoury Band , Lynn Morris Band, James King Band, and Big Hillbilly Bluegrass. This cut is from his recent disc Callin' In the Dogs.

Do a web search on Stephen Nachmanovitch and you are likely to find more on his written work than his violin playing. In the past year he has released two concurrent albums of new music for electric violin. This track is from one of these discs, Ludi Fecundus.

Boldwood, presented here for their second time, once again graces us with their neo-Renaissance style. This is the lead track from their disc Feet, Don't Fail Me Now.

Closing things off is Sophie Serafino, an australian violinist making her third appearance on this show. This tune is a Bowed Radio Exclusive, put together while wrking on her new album.

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Thanks everyone!

Mark Allender, producer-host
web: www.bowed.org
email: string@bowed.org
phone: 330-781-4387
skype: mark.allender

Episode 045 - feat. Zach Brock, Sophie Serafino, Jeff Shippy and Matt Gray, Ben Heaney

Zach Brock and the Coffee Achievers - "Now I Know"
Sophie Serafino - "Summertime"
Jeff Shippy and Matt Gray - "Old Joe Clark"
Ben Heaney - excerpt from "Dust Blower"

http://bowed.org/045/045.mp3

Hosted from the New Madrid Bend

Hello kids,

This week finds me in the New Madrid Bend. I found myself with an open weekend - and I have wanted to see this place for some time. So I went out there to shoot some pictures, record the show, and see what exactly goes on there. For the uninitiated, the New Madrid Bend is a small hunk of land at the western end of Kentucky - physically separated from the rest of the state by the Mississippi River and a small finger of Missouri. A very peaceful place.

Zach Brock is a jazz violinist from New York City. He has released a new disc entitled Live At the Jazz Factory with his band The Coffee Achievers - and I have to say I haven't been able to stop playing the thing. This is the opening track from that disc.

Australian violinist Sofie Serafino appeared earlier on Episode 012 of this program. She dips her toes into many different styles including electronica and jazz. She appears on this show with a recording of Gershwin's "Summertime."

Jeff Shippy and Matt Gray are a pair of musicians from Portland Oregon. They have played together in several bands - notably one called Mollybloom. Jeff is the current reigning Oregon state fiddle champion and Matt is the reigning Oregon state banjo champion.

Closing up the show is another repeat guest, Ben Heaney - an experimental violinist from the UK and the first electric violinist in the UK to be invited to advertise in the British & International Music Year Book and in Classical Music Magazine. His work plays predominantly with tone and texture over melody. Challenging and breathtaking.

Check out my photo gallery The New Madrid Bend.

Thanks everybody! Take care!

Mark Allender, producer-host
web: www.bowed.org
email: string@bowed.org
phone: 330-781-4387
skype: mark.allender

Episode 012 - Hosted by cellist Corbin Keep

Cellorhythmics - "Essex Road"
Amledd - "Can Mabon"
Nick Ogawa - "If It Feels Good"
Sophie Serafino - "Liquid Crystal"
phearnone - "War's Favorite Things"
Turtle Island String Quartet - "Model Trane"
Tricks Upon Travelers - "Knocker Boys"
Ritsu Katsumata - Duckworth 6

http://www.bowed.org/012/012.mp3

Hello,

This is by far the longest episode I have assembled since the very first one - clocking in at nearly 60 minutes. Lots of fun stuff here - notably the Cellorhythmics track and the absolutely infectious "If It Feels Good" by Nick Ogawa (that one will stick your head for days and days). Also worthy of note is the show's first political piece, phearnone's "War's Favorite Things."

This show is also home to a Bowed Radio Exclusive... The world-renown Turtle Island String Quartet appears on this episode with a new track that is unavailable on any recording - an homage to John Coltrane entitled "Model Trane."

What with my "straight job" situation coming to a resolution here - not to mention the new resources available as a member of the MySpace community, these episodes will return to their previous frequency here shortly. Many surprises yet to come.\

Hosting this episode is Corbin Keep the Wild Cellist of Bowen Island, British Columbia. Corbin was a guest on Episode 004 of this program.

Enjoy the music!

AMK
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