Weekly Variety Show of music expressed by a theme. Every week a fresh look at the human condition, its components and variables, through song, sound, rhythms, and beats.
he latest installment to Prisms guide to music instruments. This week is all about the brass and woodwind family. Here you will find music by Herbie Mann, The Artifacts, Paul Horn, Morphine, a King Tubby production, Mulatu Astatke, The Plugz, and more.
Carrying on with this months subject, Families of Instruments. This episode of Prism showcases the String Family......here you will find music by Spirit, Gaslamp Killer & Gonjasufi (Sumach), Piero Piccioni, The Dramtics, Nasir Eddin, John Barry, Chris Biantoro & Orkes Lokananta, The El Michels Affair, and more.
Taking a slight departure from our regularly scheduled program for a Birthday. This is a suite for Ma Dukes. Here you will find music by Jesse Pearson, King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, The Beach Boys, Dorothy Ashby, Dean Carter, Can, Jim Morrison, and others.
DRUMS! ALIVE! The first installment of Prisms showcase of primary-cornerstone-integral instruments of music expression. Each program for the month of April will showcase a different instrument. This program has work by Gerard Levecque & Claude Romat, The Sparkles, Herbie Hancock, Horace Andy, Ferrante & Teicher, Madlib, and Kalyanji Anandji.
Prisms last installment for the month of March will focus on a small sample of women led songs and musical musings. Showcased here are the treatises of enigmatic artists such as Lyn Christopher, Bang Chan, Karen Dalton, Warrior Queen, Esther, Blossom Dearrie, Jane Birkin, and the Sharades. There isnt enough time.....
Music invoking the mixed emotions of dealing with money. C.R.E.A.M. Here you will find music by Trybal Men, David T. Walker, Gayngs, Decayes, King Tubby, Spontaneous Overthrow, Rosebud, and more.
With Winter to our back, Prism looks to the coming effervescence of spring and summer with music to move and groove you. Here you will find songs by Motion, Tasha Thomas, Royalcash, Timex Social Club, Os Kiezos, The Main Ingredient, Herb Alpert, and more.
American Roots music of the not so distant past. Here you will find songs by Bob Landers, John Lee Hooker, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Columbus Mann, John Ashby, Johnny Cash, Joe Tex, Jay Stutes, and more.
The last installment for Black History Month is about strength and power. Edie Hooper, Harley Hatcher, Paul Ngozi, Marijuana Deathsquads, Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun, and more.
For the remainder of February, Prism will be showcasing music inspired by the principles of Black History Month. This weeks program is about Determination.
