Believe it or not, being on radio gives me special powers. I have developed a sixth sense: musical clairvoyance. I can reach into the future, and see which unreleased albums you'll be buying this fall and winter!
Dave Stephens has a vision. He wrote around 60 songs, whittled them down to just enough to fit on an album. He then polished them, and recorded them in his Long Beach, California studios. The album is in the can, ready to go. Only one thing left to go before his Time Will Tell release can hit the streets: money to manufacture and promote it.
This is where you can help. Right now, Dave's got a Kickstarter campaign in progress to help him fund Time Will Tell. Once you hear his songs, you're going to want to buy the album anyway. But if you pre-order it, and kick in money at a specified level, you'll get the disc when it's ready, and/or a digital download. And most importantly—you're supporting and encouraging the arts in general, and a worthy artist in particular. We'll hear one of Dave's prerelease tracks on this week's show.
www.davestephens.ca/kickstarter
Spencer Berger. Wow—can you make a sentence using just a proper name, like I just did? Sure you can, if it's the Los Angeles-based vocalist who we've championed here at Recharged Radio for the last year-plus. He's just that good!
When Alex and Jordan discovered this incomparable singer, his band's name was Field. He put together an album called Be Brave, and had it mastered, but still hasn't released it yet. I was trying to “be brave” and patiently wait for the release, but nothing. Finally—I found out why it's not out yet. Because Spencer changed his band name to Auditorium. Seems there was some confusion with other bands who go by the same name. So Auditorium it is. Be Brave looks like it's now on track for release in January 2011. In the meantime, we'll play one of his great songs, and you'll hear exactly why you should save up your allowance money for this one now.
www.myspace.com/auditoriumband
If you've listened to the Tuesday Night Diner at all over these last 10 months on the air, then you've undoubtedly heard Liverpool singer-songwriter Maxi Dunn. Her dramatic, personal, and quite listenable pop songs are by turns charming and intense. She released her debut album nearly a year ago, and immediately charged ahead into her next one, The Neglected Gambit. She's let me listen to several of the advance tracks, and I can tell you that this is going to be a great album.
Maxi again teams up with super producer Pete Hackett, from Cult of Wedge, to bring her vision to life. Theirs is an interesting partnership—it's cyber! They live a couple of hours apart, so she records vocals, and sends massive audio files to Pete over the internet. He adds instrumentation and production, and together, they shape an album from far-flung locations. And you know what? It works! They have the push and pull of an intuitive artist-producer relationship, and it makes for great music. We'll hear a track from Gambit, scheduled for release in early 2011.
www.maxidunn.info
www.myspace.com/cultofwedge
If you'd like to make a request, just drop me a line at mike(at)rechargedradio.com. If you'd like to become an honorary California citizen, drop me a line at the same address. And if you'd like to hear all this great music—simply tune in to the Tuesday Night Diner, Tuesday night, 8:00-10:00 p.m. (GMT), 12:00-2:00 p.m. Pacific, only at Recharged Radio—www.rechargedradio.com.
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See you then!
Chef Mike
mike(at)rechargedradio.com
MN2BDNC
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Duncan Faure - Nightfall
Leyli - Le Bout De Ses Doigts
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Skip Heller - Falling For You
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