Sun Ra on Night Air

I just listened to a great send up to the space traveller who was Sun Ra. There is no way you can have Sun Ra explained to you in 25 minutes, but this radio production does a pretty good job scratching the surface. I won't attempt it, but Online Magazine does it here, and the Arkestra keeps the ball rolling fifteen years after his departure from this astral plane.

By the way, the program I refer to is The Night Air. It's a production of ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. I love the show and receive it in the form of a weekly podcast, although individual shows are available as streams or mp3 downloads. The show is usually in the form of audio collage, so is very experimental and exercises the listener's imagination. Check it out when you can.
- Jay King

RiverFest, the tail end

Robert Earl Keen was Sunday's headliner on the Triple S Alarm Stage. He and his band put on a great show, with the audience singing along with nearly every song. They even rocked out on a Jimmie Driftwood song, to everyone's delight.





What I want to know: Whose decision was it to schedule Robert Earl Keen and ZZ Top at the same time?












The old trestle bridge, now a pedestrian bridge, looked like DisneyWorld on Sunday afternoon, what with the long line. Maybe we'll wait 'til next week to cross.

KABF at Riverfest: or We are mellltttiiiingggg

Ok, KABF actually had a booth at Riverfest this year. Right next to the Triple S Alarm Stage where Johnny Lang performed last night. Chad, Diana, Flap, Jody Luv worked the booth during the day. In the evening, Deb, AmyB, Clyde, Marky joined them to help out.
All agreed that it was hotter than hell and the humidity was stifling. We met lots of cool folks and got lots of feedback with the listener survey. We passed out tons of KABF cups and just had a good time.
Chad and Flap emceed the stage all day and evening and did a fine job. Johnny Lang wanted NO introductions. He is still a man child, in my opinion, and his voice is still rather soft. There was a huge crowd to see him though.
Here are a few pics from the affair courtesy of Deb's camera.



Deb, AmyB & Rose at the VIP tent where, of course, there was plenty of free beer and catfish on Friday night.









Clyde & Deb at the KABF Booth













Deb & Diana at the KABF booth.

Audio 101 - Tuesday 10 pm to midnight

Artist / selection / CD

Galactic w/ Z Trip / Bounce Baby / From the Corner To the Block
Nickodemus w/ Mitch Stein / Back From Africa / Endangered Species
Galactic w/ Vursatyl & Ohmega Watts / Find My Home / From the Corner To the Block
The Valentine Six / Bad Penny; Sonic / The Valentine Six
Alabama 3 / Speed of the Sound of Lonliness / Exile on Cold Harbor
Alabama 3 / Woke Up This Morning / The Sopranos sndtrk.
Aimee Mann / Borrowing Time / @#%&*! Smilers
Tom McRae / Karaoke Soul / Just Like Blood
Bum Tech / Breekbaar / Beware of D-G
Jonathan Goldstein & Sam Shelabi / Old Scores / WireTap (CBC Radio)

Marseille Figs / Sonny Gone To Heaven / Boum Boum Constant
Tha' MuseMeant / Sweet / Silver Seed
Vinc2 / Valkeakoski / Exoplanete
Jose Gonzales / Cycling Trivialities / In Our Nature
Charles Amirkhanian / Mental Radio / New American Radio
mixed with:
Anima Sound System / Csillogtolan / Hungarian Astronaut
and: Anima Sound System / Hungarian Astronaut / Hungarian Astronaut
and: DJ Food / The Crow (Kaleidoscope version) / Zen Rmx
The Valentine Six / Always Is My Name / The Valentine Six
The Wood Brothers / Angel / Loaded

Next week's Rural War Room: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Show

World Tour playlist - Sunday May 18, noon - 2pm

Sinead O'Connor / The Moorlough Shore / Sean Nos Nua / Vanguard
Kila / Ril a Do / Tog e Go Bog e / Green Linnet
Dead Can Dance / Song of the Nile / Spiritchaser / 4AD
Rupa & the April Fishes / La Peinture; Yaad / Extraordinary Rendition / Cumbancha
Krishna Das / Baba Hanuman (Dub Farm mix) / Earth 'n Bass / Triloka
Ar Rahman / Missing You; Revival / Vande Mataram / Sony
Miriam Stockley / Massai Rain / Second Nature / Narada
Mama Sissoko / Manssane Cisse / Soleil de Minuit / Tinder
Seba / Kayen De / Ewa! / Tinder
Justin Adams / Discovery; Desert Searchers / Kin sndtrk / Wayward
Kabul Workshop / Dance / Trigana / Tinder
State of Bengal / Red Earth / Visual Audio / Six Degrees
Liu Fang & Farhan Sabbagh / The Night of Bonfire / Chine (comp.) / World Music Network
Bonten / Midare Uchi / Asian Drums II / Pacific Moon
Albert Kuvezin & Yat Kha / Ramblin' Man / Re-Covers / World Village
Zap Mama / Go Boy / Superman / Heads Up
Garifuna Womens' Project / Hattie; Lunuburi Sigala / Umalali / Cumbancha
Rupa & the April Fishes / La Pecheuse / Extraordinary Rendition / Cumbancha

Grant usually hosts the third Sunday of the month, but we switched this month. He'll be doing next week's show. - Jay King

Collage playlist - Sat., May 17, 2008 - 12-3 PM

Artist - Song - Album (Label/Year of release)

The Darbuki Kings - No Habibi No - Lawrence Of Suburbia (Darbuki King Records/2008)
Al Green - Take Your Time (w/Corinne Bailey Rae) - Lay It Down (Blue Note/2008)
Spoon - They Never Got You - Gimme Fiction (Merge/2006)
Spoon - Merchants Of Soul - Gimme Fiction (Merge/2006)
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells - Black Listed (Mint/Anti-/2007)
Steve Winwood - Dirty City - Nine Lives (Columbia/2008)
Goldfrapp - Little Bird - Seventh Tree (Mute/2008)
Terry Reid - Tinker Taylor - Superlungs (Astralwerks/2005)
Eliza Gilkyson - Runaway Train - Beautiful World (Red House/2008)
Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Kahin Mot Se Bhi Na Jao - Dub Qawwali (Six Degrees/2007)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - Lightbulb Sun (Kscope - UK/2000)
Autorickshaw - Surya - So The Journey Goes (Tala-Wallah - Canada/2007)
Bert Jansch - My Pocket's Empty - The Black Swan (Drag City/2006)
Bert Jansch - Watch The Stars - The Black Swan (Drag City/2006)
Stanton Moore Trio - (Who Ate The) Layer Cake - Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) (Telarc/2008)
Sheila Chandra - Song To A Siren - Gifted: Women Of The World - V. A. (Real World/2001)
Tim Buckley - Dolphins - Dream Letter: Live In London 1968 (Manifesto/1995)
Tinariwen - Toumast - Aman Iman (World Village/2007)
Chatham County Line - The Carolinian - IV (Yep Roc/2008)
Otis Redding - Wonderful World - Otis Blue (Volt/Atco/1965)
The Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World - Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings (Grateful Dead/2008)
Ofra Haza - Rachamim - Earth (Hed Arzi - Israel/1994)
David Broza - Painted Postcard - Painted Postcard (Rounder/2002)
Carbon/Silicon - Acton Zulus - The Last Post (Caroline/2007)
Kate Rusby - My Young Man - Little Lights (Compass/2001)
Alejandro Escovedo - Evita's Lullaby - The Boxing Mirror (Back Porch/2006)
Plastiscines - (Zazie Fait De La) Bicyclette - LP 1 (Caroline/2007)
James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor (Capitol/1991)

Going On by Gnarls Barkley

World Tour playlist - Sunday May 11, noon to 2pm

JayKing, host
artist / selection / CD / label

Lawson Rollins / Through the Night; Ceremony / Infinita / Infinita Records
Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra / Lake of Exploits / Beggars & Saints / Pavana Suta
BioMusique (Lizbeth Scott & Greg Ellis) / Ohroo / The 10,000 Steps / kosmicmusic
Jai Uttal & Ben Leinbach / Prayer to the Buddha Maitreya / Loveland / Sounds True

Darbuki Kings / Nile Sunset / Lawrence of Suburbia / robinanders.com
Chantal Chamandy / Salma Ya Salama / Beladi / Nine Music
Alisa Fineman / Iti Milvanon / Closing the Distance / Cup of Kindness
children of Barnawar / practice a traditional wedding song / Gypsy Caravan / World Village
Esma Redzepova w/ Fanfare Ciocarlia / Nakalavishe / Gypsy Caravan / World Village
Fanfare Ciocarlia / Asfalt Tango / Gypsy Caravan / World Village

Darbuki Kings / Yassar Ubetcha / Lawrence of Suburbia / robinanders.com
Nicky Skopelitis / Omens / Next To Nothing / Virgin
Hedningarna / Viima (Cold Wind) / Karelia Visa / NorthSide

Hedningarna / Neidon Laulu (Song of a Maiden) / Karelia Visa / NorthSide
BioMusique / Persephone / The 10,000 Steps / kosmicmusic
Jai Uttal & Ben Leinbach / Radiance; Prayer to the Goddess Saraswati / Loveland / Sounds True

Gang Of Four Minus Two

Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham have departed the band. You may read about it here.

Audio 101 - Tuesday May 6, 10 to midnight

Robin Holcomb / When I Stop Crying / Rockabye
Aimee Mann / Little Tornado / @#%&*! Smilers
Eliza Gilkyson / Runaway Train / Beautiful World
Suzzy Roche / Born Yesterday / Songs From an Unmarried Housewife
Robyn Hitchcock / No, I Don't Remember Guildford / Storefront Hitchcock
Kim Fowley & Ben Vaughn / Livin' On the Edge / Kings of Saturday Night
Talking Heads / What a Day That Was / Stop Making Sense
Adrian Sherwood / x-Planation / Never Trust a Hippy
Carbon/Silicon / Tell It Like It Is / The Last Post
Kiril / Swimmer / Homebound
Aimee Mann / The Great Beyond / @#%&*! Smilers
Or The Whale / Fight Song / Light Poles and Pines
Eliza Gilkyson / Beautiful World / Beautiful World
The Pines / Throw Me In the River / Sparrows in the Bell
Joe Frank / part 1 of 'Home' / joefrank.com
BT / Lullabye For Gaia / ESCM
Joe Frank / part 2 of 'Home' / joefrank.com
Cinematic Orchestra w/ Fontella Bass / Evolution / Everyday
Pretty & Twisted / The Highs Are Too High / Pretty & Twisted

So Advise Us Already!

Did we mention this is community radio? Last time we checked, that's you and us.
So if it's ours, shouldn't we take charge?

What do YOU want your radio station to be? Tell us.

Tell us what issues you want addressed. Tell us how we can improve our programming. Tell us what we're doing right and tell us what we're doing wrong. Tell us in person, at the KABF Community Advisory Meeting. Thursday, May 8th. 6 pm. in the downstairs meeting room at 2101 South Main Street in Little Rock.

(And please take a few minutes to complete our listener survey. Thanks.)

Collage playlist - Sat., May 3, 2008 - 12-3 PM

Artist - Song - Album (Label/Year of release)

Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express - Minimum-Maximum (Astralwerks/2005)
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Nothin' - Raising Sand (Rounder/2007)
Stanton Moore Trio - (Late Night At The) Maple Leaf - Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) (Telarc/2008)
Goldfrapp - Happiness - Seventh Tree (Mute/2008)
Richard Thompson - Gethsemane - The Old Kit Bag (Cooking Vinyl/2003)
Coldplay - Violet Hill - Viva La Vida ... (Capitol/2008) *
Bonnie Raitt (w/Habib Koite) - Back Around - Silver Lining (Capitol/2002)
Steve Winwood - Raging Sea - Nine Lives (Columbia/2008)
The Black Keys - I Got Mine - Attack & Release (Nonesuch/2008)
Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Kahin Mot Se Bhi Na Jao - Dub Qawwali (Six Degrees/2007)
U2 - I Fall Down - October (Island/1981)
U2 - I Threw A Brick Through A Window - October (Island/1981)
Etran Finatawa - Kel Tamascheck - Desert Crossroads (Riverboat Records/2008)
Gary Wright - Fascinating Things - Footprint (BGO - UK/2005)
My Morning Jacket - I'm Amazed - Evil Ways (ATO/2008) *
Otis Spann - I Got A Feeling - The Blues Never Die (Original Blues Classics/1969)
Aterciopelados - Panal - Oye (Nacional/2006)
Richard Thompson - Guns For Tongues - Sweet Warrior (Shout! Factory/2007)
Stereolab - Fluorescences - Oscillons From The Anti-Sun (Too Pure - UK/2005)
Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop - In Our Nature (Imperial/Mute/2007)
Can - Sing Swan Song - Ege Bamyasi (Spoon/Mute/2007)
The Clash - Revolution Rock Radio Special (Legacy/Sony/2008)
Can - Spoon - Ege Bamyasi (Spoon/Mute/2007)

* New albums from My Morning Jacket and Coldplay are due out June 10 & 17 respectively.

World Tour - Sunday May 4, noon - 2pm

Paul Kelly hosts the first Sunday of the month

Baka Beyond / 1000 Curses of Love; Silver Whistle / East to West / Narada
Andrea Echeverri / Baby Blues; A Eme O / Andrea Echeverri / Nacional
Kine Lam / Home / Praise / Shanachie
Guardabarranco / Asturias / Spain in My Heart / Appleseed
Joel Rafael & Jamaica Rafael / Llago Con Tres Heridas / Spain in My Heart / Appleseed
Hart Rouge / Danny Gaudry; Brave Martin / New France / Red House
Wa-Zimba / It's So That I l Love; Sweet Flute / Mande Wazy / Tinder
Najma / Maiden Home; Calling You / Calling You / Last Minute
Angelique Kidjo / Battu / African Playground / Putumayo
Mahotella Queens / Mbube / African Playground / Putumayo
Natacha Atlas / Adam Lulabye; Man's World / Something Dangerous / Mantra
Mafalda Arnauth / Bendito Fado; E Sempre Cedo / Encantamento / Narada
Ralph Thamar / Mi Se La / French Caribbean / Putumayo
Kassav / Rete / French Caribbean / Putumayo
Samite / Embalasasa / Embalasasa / Triloka
Absolut Quartet / The Stutterer / Da Fris Prieto / Zho Music
Susheela Raman / What Silence Said / Music For Crocodiles / Narada
Thomas Mapfumo And The Blacks Unlimited / Kuvarira Mukati / Africa Calling / Rhino