DJ Carl Hamm's Blog *~*~*~*~*~: December 2014

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - Dec 14, 2014

Some funk, jazz, blues, and 60s rock...

plus, music from Israel, Russia, and the Ukraine

...and a few "international" holiday songs too

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Monday, December 08, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - Dec 7, 2014 - Vietnamese vinyl

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Wednesday, December 03, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - Dec 2, 2014

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - Nov 23, 2014 - feat. a 2014 GRIME set by guest DJ : "Badman" Brad Stabler

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feat. a 2014 GRIME set by guest DJ Badman Brad Stabler (twitter)

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - Nov 9, 2014 - mis-matched genres

Curiosity can mess up the flow of a set...

However, in this case, perhaps there was never much hope of a flow.

This show started off with three really crackly ghanaian 45s that skipped frequently...

(*They've been re-ripped and replaced in the podcast with no skips and fewer pops and cracks - maybe it was the needle or arm weight being unbalanced on the station turntable.. )

But I'll be honest, this set is basically not flowing very well / at all

Here you will find a ton of music that I'm either currently "checking out" for curiosity's sake, or music that I am totally into.. but there's very little soulful blending here..... just ... song a. wow.. song b. hmm... interesting and so on...

Some of the records i played this Sunday came from a junk store record hunt in NoVa on Saturday...

.... Others were chosen during an afternoon of digging through a few stacks of random vinyl on Sunday afternoon.

I'll try to plan the set better ahead of time next week (but I'll probably include more random finds from this weekend). If you like anything you here, please leave a comment here!

I am grateful to WRIR and our community of supporters and volunteers to be able to do this show every week... it's always an interesting journey and I hope y'all enjoy it too... (even if you don't always like everything you hear)

Thanks for Listening!

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Monday, October 20, 2014

If Music Could Talk - Oct 19, 2014 - Fall Fund drive

Lightly edited to remove excessive banter because I know you're already going to donate to WRIR during our fund drive.... right?!?!! THANK YOU!!!! you're so kind!

please donate at http://WRIR.org and keep our radio station going for another 6 months!

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

If Music Could Talk - Podcast - Oct 12, 2014

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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST- Oct 5, 2014 - Old 78s, and lots more

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Monday, September 29, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - Sep 28, 2014

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Monday, September 22, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - Sep 21, 2014

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

If Music Could Talk - Podcast - Sep 14, 2014

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Monday, September 08, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - July 20, 2014 - new French music - Guest: Olivier

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If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - July 13, 2014 - Eva Rocha - Brasil for better or for worse

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If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - July 7, 2014

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including some relatively rare local 45s (Richmond and other parts of VA)

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - June 29, 2014 - Live "Veena" performance by Mrs. Uma Ettigi

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Monday, June 23, 2014

If Music Could Talk - Podcast - June 22, 2014

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If Music Could Talk - Podcast link - June 15, 2014

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If Music Could Talk - Podcast - June 7, 2014

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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

NON STOP K-POP -- THIS SATURDAY at BALLICEAUX

Monday, June 02, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - June 1, 2014 - Special Guest Khalid Thompson

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If Music Could Talk - June 1, 2014 - Special guest Khalid Thompson

Friday, May 30, 2014

This Sunday on "If Music Could Talk" - a musical conversation with artist Khalid Thompson

Tune in this Sunday at 7pm for "If Music Could Talk" on 97.3 FM, or online at http://wrir.org/) for a special musical conversation with talented artist and renaissance man Khalid Thompson.

We'll be discussing his upcoming art show, FREQUEN-SEE (opening Friday June 13 at 7pm at C'est Le Vin in Shockoe Bottom), as well as his views on art and music!

Here's the link to his art show event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1428955674030488/ ( please attend, share the link, and invite your friends! )

If you dig his work and want to get inside the mind of this talented artist this is your opportunity!

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - May 25, 2014

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Monday, May 19, 2014

If Music Could Talk - Podcast - May 18, 2014

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Monday, May 12, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - May 11, 2014

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If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - May 4, 2014

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If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - April 27, 2014 - Special Guest Dr. Ram Bhagat

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

60s music from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and China mix by djcarlito

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CHINESE 60s/70s Pop Mix (Mixcloud)

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Saturday, April 12, 2014

MIXCLOUD : KOREAN ROCK PROG ELECTRO PSYCH PUNK AND OTHER STUFF - dj carlito - 2014

http://www.mixcloud.com/djcarlito13/korean-rock-prog-electro-psych-punk-and-other-stuff/

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

"ECM - A Cultural Archaeology"

My mother, Monica Rumsey, who runs her own editing company (Scholarly Editing, Inc.),  just gave me her copy of an incredible book that she copyedited called ECM:  A Cultural Archaeology.

Anyone who loves Jazz -- especially the late 70s experimental stuff that musicians like Keith Jarrett, L. Shankar, Stanley Clarke, Jan Garbarek, Steve Tibbets, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Art Ensemble of Chicago, and so many other legendary artists created on the ECM label (Edition of Contemporary Music) -- should definitely pick up a copy of this book. (As far as fancy art books go.. for 50 dollars it's certainly worth the price in my opinion.)

One of the Editors of this book is Okwui Enwezor, Nigerian-born American curator, art critic, writer, poet, educator who specializes in art history. You can read about him in this article announcing that he will curate the 2015 Venice Biennale.   Over the years, I've become a fan of many of Okwui Enwezor's publications (my mother has worked on a number of his recent ones) including Contemporary African Art since 1980 - also an absolutely incredible book - which he put together with Chika Okeke-Agulu.

Other authors of ECM: A cultural Archaeology are Markus Mueller (Editor), Diedrich Diederichsen(Contributor), Kodwo Eshun (Contributor), Renée Green (Contributor).

BUY IT HERE

Art Ensemble of Chicago - 1979

Pat Metheny Group

Paul Bley - 1970s

By the way, one of my favorite records of all time, and the album that made me really start paying attention to ECM, was "Bye Bye Safe Journey" By Steve Tibbets.

Highly recommended... you can buy it here (or via emusic or itunes) ... but I personally suggest the vinyl!)

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - March 31, 2014 - La Musique Française w special guest Djs Lightning's Girl and Sister Goldenhaze

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If Music Could Talk - PODCAST - March 24, 2014

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Another K-pop review written for kpopstarz.com

Check out the latest review I've written for K-Pop website kpopstarz!

(and here's the previous one I wrote)

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Interview with Mikey McCleary of the Bartender (Mumbai based group) on If Music Could Talk

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Birthday Madhubala!! (and Happy Valentines Day too!)

Many people (especially classic Bollywood fans) claim that legendary Indian actress Madhubala was the most beautiful woman who ever lived.... here are a few photos I found online..... a couple of them are from her famous photo shoot with LIFE magazine..... She was born on Valentines day and died too young at the age of 36 in 1969...