Author: ConservativeLA

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday night, 08/15/14, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will concern itself with Cuban music–specifically (and exclusively), the soundtrack from The Lost City. JazzTimes.com provides a good overview: It is clear from the opening scene in Andy García’s film The Lost City that Cuban music is the protagonist. García’s passion for Cuban music and his devotion as a producer and advocate are also clear. The Cuban-born actor-director began as a collector of classic recordings, then worked as an apprentice musician and producer for one of Cuba’s living legends, Israel “Cachao” López. The bassist-composer was the subject...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday night, 08/08/14, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will be the best edition of the show yet, guaranteed. Guest programmer Matthew Berg, AKA @wnyconservative, has gifted us all with a wonderful overview of West Coast Blues, to invoke a short-form description of the genre–and one that doesn’t really do it justice. As Matthew put it: I think the over-arching theme is of Los Angeles as a key epicenter of urban blues, and of the development of R&B and rock. There are a number of clear influences in the music–the adaption of swing to smaller, tighter...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday night, 08/01/14, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will celebrate the 104th edition of the show. I don’t cheat and count reruns, so to heck with the calender. This will be 52 episodes x 2 = Second Anniversary, thus applying the GAAP modifying convention of conservatism to my little music show. The selections will attempt to provide an incoherent overview of the semi-organized chaos that has occurred weekly since the show began. Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat! Spoiler set list: CLAR Faux Ad: Cyniloft CLAR Jingle: Mary...

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday night, 07/25/14, 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern) will be all about the Blues. Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat! Spoiler set list: B.B. King: Every Day I Have the Blues Mamie Smith: Crazy Blues Mississippi John Hurt: I’m Satisfied R.L. Burnside: Goin’ Down South Robert Johnson: Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) Howlin’ Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin’ Seasick Steve: Down on the Farm Peetie Wheatstraw: Drinking Man Blues Taj Mahal: Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes Allman Brothers: Stormy Monday Jimmy Reed: Honest I Do Big Joe Williams: Don’t...