Fewsh is a music program. The only thing that distinguishes it from its nearly countless contemporaries is the simple fact that it is not one of its nearly countless contemporaries. This is not to say that Fewsh is unprecedented in any way, shape, or form. It is actually intended to point out quite the reverse! Fewsh is much like a single hotel room in a vast hotel. Though room C23 might be identical to every other room in a given hotel, it is individual by virtue of the fact that it is no other room than C23. However, it should be stated that Fewsh aims to provide a slightly different aesthetic approach, thereby justifying its existence.
What the above paragraph failed to communicate is that Fewsh's mission is to celebrate music in a very all-genres-welcome fashion. This is exemplified by the new segment Dark Alley Knife Fight wherein two songs so dissimilar as to be considered aesthetic enemies are heard tandem. Tune in and hear it for yourself Mondays from 6 to 8 pm here on G-Town Radio. Fewsh; it's 81% music, 19% oh my gosh!
Reade McCardell is the host of Fewsh (or maybe Fewsh is the host of Reade McCardell, it's anyone's guess). He's a pale fellow with a sizable affection for music. He knows you like music too, and hopes you can find some satisfaction in the material he plays.
A laden sack of excruciatingly good music! Contents included: Tom Russell, 3 Mustaphas 3, Buddy & Bob, Andrew Bird, 24-Carat Black, The Holy Modal Rounders, etc.
Three musicophiles shared one vision this evening. Reade McCardell (the usual suspect) joined forces with the endlessly imaginative and idiosyncratic producer, DJ, and tech-sorcerer Mark Adams and the incomparable music archivist, teacher and archaeologist Aram Yardumian to create a musical tapestry so thick, challenging, and varicolored not even they quite understood the final product.
Some live recordings, selections from a Time Life box set focused on the history of folk-rock, some suggestions from FEWSH contributor Anders Fehon, and a breathy oddity from Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq.
This evening's FEWSH featured a Static-ridden Phone Interview with the rather enchanting and singular Carla Bean (complete with companion videos on YouTube captured by Luke Howard). An enriching variety of music was heard (including a live performance by Carla) and enjoyment was had by all.
Two tracks from J. Tillman's new album Year In The Kingdom, a number from Justin Vernon's new project Volcano Choir, something rather entrancing by Lal Waterson (and her son Oliver), and ever so much more.
The guide rail for tonight's program was the famed (in certain circles) Nurse With Wound List. This list was compiled by the members of the band Nurse With Wound and included in the packaging of their debut album, Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table of A Sewing Machine and An Umbrella. It consists of many bands/artists; most of them fairly unknown. Thanks goes to contributor/music-curator Aram Yardumian (a fine gentleman indeed) for making this fascination possible.
Much like Francis Bacon's Painting (1946), this installment was (at least in part) a satisfying accident. Mind you, some of the program was rather carefully thought out, but the evening overall was not without a tinge of flavorful chaos. Why I'm pointing this out is anyone's guess, seeing as this could be said of just about every episode in this show's history.
Recordings by The Music Tapes, Scarling, Black Mountain, Pink Mountaintops (headed by Stephen McBean also of Black Mountain), Robert Ashley, The Police, The Dodos and more.
I desperately wanted to compare this episode to a chevron bead but just couldn't for the life of me come up with a suitable way to do so. Suffice it to say chevron beads are very pleasant, as was this episode. We heard a number of Rykodisc recordings, a lovely track by A CAMP, a drastic rendering of a Carol King song by Nick Ingman's Moody, and quite a bit more.
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