Fluxedo Junction Radio On WBCQ/The Planet
By Scott Kuchler
Fluxedo Junction Radio On WBCQ/The PlanetApr 21, 2024
Fluxedo Junction - 4/20/24 (John Sinclair Tribute)
WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 4/20/24
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we pay tribute to the recently deceased poet, activist, and rock impresario John Sinclair.
FLUXEDO JUNCTION RADIO - 4/13/24 (Johnny A.)
WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 4/13/24
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction. Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we’ll be speaking with musician, guitarist, and songwriter Johnny A. Having come to prominence as the music director of J. Giles Band singer Peter Wolf’s outfit, coordinating the onstage arrangements, playing on several tours, and co-producing Wolf’s 1996 album “Long Time”, Johnny was asked to join The Yardbirds as their lead guitarist in 2015. On top of all, of this, Johnny has maintained a prolific solo career, spanning three full-length albums, a Grammy nomination, the honor of Boston Music Awars “Blues Artist Of The Year 2010”, and a spot in the revered Boston Music Hall Of Fame. His latest project is Beck-Ola, a career retrospective of Jeff Beck's music that he’ll be bringing to the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, NY on Sunday, April 21st. More information is available at www.johnnya.com/
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 4/6/24 (David Starobin)
WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 4/6/24
Interview conducted on 3/20/24
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with guitarist, record producer, composer, writer, and filmmaker David Starobin.
David Starobin is a highly honored figure in the world of classical guitar. Called "arguably the most influential American classical guitarist of the 20th century by Soundboard magazine), Starobin was inducted into the Guitar Foundation of America's Hall of Fame in 2011, was awarded Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Award (in 1988), and is the dedicatee of more than three hundred new compositions including music by composers Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Poul Ruders and Gunther Schuller.
A native of New York City. Starobin performs on both nineteenth century and modern guitars, and has received Grammy nominations as guitarist and as Classical Producer of the Year. In 1981, he founded Bridge Records, a record company which has been honored with 36 Grammy nominations. Starobin is a co-founder of the guitar department at the Curtis Institute of Music, and also teaches at Manhattan School of Music, where he was the holder of MSM's Andres Segovia Chair. Starobin studied guitar with Manuel Gayol, Alberto Valdes Blain and with Aaron Shearer at the Peabody Institute. His musical compositions are published by Editions New Rochelle (New York) and Edition Wilhelm Hansen (Copenhagen).
His latest release on Bridge Records, Virtousi, is an homage to seven leading composer/guitarists of the past two centuries. Virtuosi presents eight previously unissued tracks, alongside remastered versions of five Starobin classics. More information is available at bridgerecords.com
FLUXEDO JUNCTION - 4/4/21 (Ted Neeley of Jesus Christ Superstar)
WBCQ/The Planet: Airdate - 4/16/22, 7-8 pm EST
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this episode we speak with actor/musician Ted Neeley. Ted has had an extensive career in theater, film, and music - having performed onstage in both the rock musical Hair and the rock opera Tommy, along with his work with his band The Ted Neeley Five. He is, however, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Jesus in the 1973 film of Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice. A new documentary about the making of that film called Superstars: The Documentary has debuted this weekend - TUBI will be having a special free streaming Easter Weekend showing from April 2 – 5… (with commercials). Vimeo will have the doc for “VOD Video On Demand” rental or purchase all of April. (commercial free). More information on the film is available at https://tedneeley.com/
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 3/16/24 (John Ford)
WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 3/16/24
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with legendary British musician John Ford. Best known for his work as a member of Velvet Opera, The Strawbs, Hudson Ford, and The Monks, John has a new EP out called 'Heading For The Unkown', which was released on all streaming services on March 15th.
FLUXEDO JUNCTION RADIO - 3/9/24 (Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds/Renaissance)
WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 3/9/24
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction. Each week we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we’ll be speaking with musician Jim McCarty. Best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance, Jim has had a long career working alongside some of the most famous musicians in history, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, And Jimmy Page. This month he’ll be out on the road again with the newest line-up of The Yardbirds, and he has a new single out through all major streaming services.
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 3/2/24 (Will Angeloro/League of Joy)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode, we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we’ll be speaking with musician, producer and composer Will Angeloro. Amongst his many many credits in various styles of music, Will has been recording and releasing music under the moniker of League Of Joy since 1989. From his current base of operations in Frome in the U.K., he continues composing and producing techno, house, breakbeat, ambient, experimental and electro funk. His most current release is the first full length League Of Joy LP in 2 years, titled Semi Autonomous Avian Drones. He describes it as a gaggle of 80s influenced synth Pop mixed with smatterings of existential dread.
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 2/24/24 (Jeremy Gilchrist)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with singer-songwriter Jeremy Gilchrist. Jeremy is a Raleigh, North Carolina songwriter by way of New York and Vermont, whose music contends with the era of late-stage capitalism and the trials and tribulations that brings. You can check him out on the web at jeremygilchrist.bandcamp.com
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 2/17/24 (Robert Phillips)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with classical guitarist Robert Phillips.
Robert has brought his brilliant interpretations to a diverse range of venues – from traditional concert halls including New York’s prestigious Town Hall, and Lincoln Center to jazz nightclubs. His performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall was sold out. In addition to the standard repertory, Robert performs his own compositions, and has premiered works by three-time Pulitzer nominee, Frank Brazinski, Eric Ross, Alfred Giusto, and Meyer Kupferman, as well as a concerto written for him by three-time Grammy winner, Michael Colina. The works by Kupferman and Colina were written for him.
Robert’s recordings include Guitarre Nouveau on TPL records and Lo Mestre, the Music of Miguel Llobet on Centaur records, as well as his self-re-released two volume set, Great Themes and Variations for Classic Guitar (originally released by Mel Bay as a companion to his anthology.)
More information is available on his website at www.robert-phillips.com
FLUXEDO JUNCTION - 2/13/21 (Mike McCartney)
WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 2/10/24
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with artist and photographer Mike McCartney. Having worked under the name Mike McGear in the 1960's to distinguish himself from his brother, Paul McCartney of The Beatles, Mike became a key part of the satire boom in the U.K. with the poetry-comedy-musical groups The Scaffold and Grimms. He enjoyed a successful musical career throughout the 60's and 70's, but photography was always his first love. His new book, Mike McCartney's Early Liverpool, is a celebration of the city where it all started for him, and it's currently available through Genesis Publishing.
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 1/27/24 (Livingston Taylor)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with Livingston Taylor. Livingston’s career as a professional musician has spanned over 50 years, encompassing performance, songwriting, and teaching. Described as "equal parts Mark Twain, college professor, and musical icon, Livingston maintains a performance schedule of more than a hundred shows a year, delighting audiences with his charm and vast repertoire of his 22 albums and popular classics. Livingston has written top-40 hits recorded by his brother James Taylor and has appeared with Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimmy Buffet. He is equally at home with a range of musical genres - folk, pop, gospel, jazz - and from upbeat storytelling and touching ballads to full orchestra performances. In addition to his performance schedule, Livingston has been a full professor at Berklee College of Music for 30 years, passing on the extensive knowledge gained from his long career on the road to the next generation of musicians. Liv is an airplane-flying, motorcycle-riding, singing storyteller, delighting audiences with his charm for over 50 years. He'll be performing at the Boulton Center in Bay Shore, NY on Saturday, February 3rd promoting his latest release - Man's Best Friend, and you can get more information from his website at livingstontaylor.com/
Fluxedo Junction - 1/20/24 (Jenny Boyd)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each week we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we’ll be speaking with author Jenny Boyd. The last time she was on the show, back in 2020, was to promote her autobiographical book Jennifer Juniper: A Journey Beyond The Muse - which detailed her life as a model in the Swinging Sixties, spending time in the company of some of the world’s most famous musicians - having been married to both Mick Fleetwood and Ian Wallace, and also being at different times a sister-In-Law to both George Harrison and Eric Clapton. That book was also a story of self-discovery, after courageously moving on from a divorce and substance abuse, Jenny earned her master's in counseling psychology and a PhD in Humanities. Which is where another of her books - Icons of Rock: In Their Own Words, comes from. That book, now available in hardback, Kindle, and Audiobook, is a major rewriting of her first book, Musicians in Tune. It was born out of interviews she conducted over the last thirty years, and it’s a compelling and groundbreaking work on the creative process featuring insights from the likes of Sinead O’Connor, Mick Fleetwood, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks, Ronnie Wood, George Harrison, Phil Collins, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Peter Gabriel, Ringo Starr, and Huey Lewis.
Information about all of her books is available at thejennyboyd.com
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 1/6/24 (Jesse Cutler)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with musician, composer, actor, producer, entrepreneur and even a Playgirl centerfold Jesse Cutler. Jesse has spent an illustrious career, beginning at age 12, starting in New York City in the 1960s and then in Los Angeles from the early ‘70s through the late ‘90s, Jesse performed with his bands and in the original cast of Godspell on Broadway, made records that saw Billboard’s Top 100, formed his own companies and appeared on TV and radio and in national print. His most recent album is called Speed Of Sound, and you can check out all of Jesse's activities by visiting his website at www.jessecutler.com
Fluxedo Junction - 12/23/23 (REPLAY: Mark Kendall of Great White/Christmas Special)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we present a replay of our 2016 interview with Mark Kendall of Great White, along with a festive mix of holiday music.
FLUXEDO JUNCTION - 12/13/20 (Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna & John Hurlbut)
Fluxedo Junction - 12/9/23 (John & Yoko Special with John Kruth & Madeline Bocaro)
Fluxedo Junction - 11/18/23 (D.D. Danahy)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with our old friend, composer and multi-instrumentalist Darren Douglas Danahy. Darren has been making music for several decades with a wide variety of bands, but on his latest solo release - Soul Climate - he plays all of the instruments. The EP is available through all major streaming services, as well as Darren's Bandcamp site at www.dddanahy.bandcamp.com.
Fluxedo Junction Radio - 11/11/23 (Paul Schmitz of The Last Hombres)
Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we’ll be speaking with singer, guitarist, producer and engineer Paul Schmitz. As a member of the Long Island based Americana group The Last Hombres, Paul worked extensively with the legendary Levon Helm of The Band, as well as Buddy Cage of New Riders Of The Purple Sage. The Hombres, featuring Paul along with Michael Meehan on bass and vocals, Russ Seeger on guitar, vocals and violin, Buddy Cage on pedal steel, Cathy Kreger on vocals, and Levon Helm on drums, signed to KOCH Records in 2003 - releasing their album Redemption to critical acclaim from publications such as Pulse Magazine, while also enjoying Americana airplay all over the country. In 2014 their follow up album, Odd Fellow Rest, was released with Chris James on keyboards and pedal steel and Tom Ryan on drums. Paul continues to work with fellow Hombre Mike Meehan, and they will be apearing at U.S. Brews in Centerport, NY on December 30th. You can visit them on the web at www.reverbnation.com/thelasthombres
