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NY Standard – Episode 136 – Happy & Merry 2015

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This year’s Christmas show is unique & yet, a lot of it is the same.  You can still hear the entire original Nat King Cole Christmas record – long since out of print – in its entirety here.  You can also hear some lovely singer/songwriters do their takes on more modern winter songs & a few of my choice Irish traditional Christmas music, too.

But, as it is, week-in week-out, this show is mostly dedicated to traditional Christmas music from my childhood.

I love them all & I hope you do, too.

May you ALL have a Happy & Merry season!

NY Standard – Episode 124 – My Roots In Pop Music

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This is a very special episode for me.  There’s little-to-no jazz in this show, there’s no Broadway, but there are standards of a different kind.  These are the songs I cut my teeth on as a kid.  These songs start with the late 1960s & run through to today.

If you’re looking for a musical Rosetta Stone for me, this is it.

Enjoy!

NY Standard – Episode 103 – Ode To Eireann

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This week’s show is another special one for me & for Jennifer.

Ireland has meant so much to us both over the years – her trip when she was a little girl & our trips together through the years.

So, this year’s show is a reflection of that emotion.  It’s long, but it’s beautiful – just like its inspiration.

Enjoy!

 

NY Standard – Episode 99 – My Funny Valentine – Still & Always

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This episode is dedicated to Jennifer Rose Mullin – “Isn’t that the most beautiful name in the world?”

All of these songs – in some form or fashion – bring me to her.

Hope they bring you to the loves of your life, too!

Enjoy!

  • Chet Baker
  • Ellis Paul
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  • Clifford Brown
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Nat King Cole
  • Coleman Hawkins
  • The Afghan Whigs
  • American Music Club
  • James Vincent McMorrow
  • Bread
  • Bobby Darin
  • Bonnie Raitt
  • The BoDeans
  • Bruce Robison
  • Zach Williams
  • Nick Drake
  • Mark Eitzel
  • Otis Redding
  • The Twilight Singers
  • U2
  • Damien Rice
  • Luka Bloom
  • Martin Sexton
  • The Lumineers
  • Mandy Patinkin
  • The Twilight Singers
  • Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
  • Etta James
  • Johnny Hartman
  • Nat King Cole
  • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
  • The Commodores
  • Walter Jackson
  • Roberta Flack
  • Maxwell
  • Joe Cocker
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Neil Young
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Pippin
  • Guys & Dolls
  • Bernadette Peters
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. & Paula Wayne
  • Elvis Costello
  • Maria McKee
  • Billy Eckstine
  • Nat King Cole
  • Helen Merrill
  • Olivia Newton-John
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Pal Joey
  • Aaron Zigman

NY Standard – Episode 93 – Happy 2015 – Let The Sun Shine In

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This is my first new show in about 4 weeks.  The Christmas show was a smash as was the Thanksgiving show – and thank you for listening!

This week – since it’s still somewhat the holiday season until Monday January 5th – I decided to put up a new show that is true to the core of the show…but, with some nuance.

To me, any New Year is about rebirth, renewal & new beginnings.  We get these everyday in the form of sunrise & sunshine.  So, I have an around-the-world view of sunrise & sunshine in this show.  The acts included in that set are below but they are all over the map from Cream to Stevie Wonder.

Happy New Year, everyone!  May 2015 be as prosperous for you in every sense of the word as possible!

ENJOY!

  • Mandy Patinkin
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Billy Eckstine
  • Sonny Rollins
  • Miles Davis
  • Rory Gallagher
  • The Beatles
  • The 5th Dimension
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Donovan
  • B.B. King
  • Cream
  • The Divine Comedy
  • Mark Lanegan
  • Duran Duran
  • U2
  • Helen Merrill
  • Glen Miller
  • Les Paul
  • Nat King Cole
  • Johnny Hartman
  • Bud Powell
  • Charlie Parker
  • Fletcher Henderson
  • Benny Goodman
  • Billie Holiday
  • Bing Crosby
  • Al Jolson
  • Bobby Darin

NY Standard – Episode 92 – Christmas 2014

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This year’s Christmas show clocks in at well over 4 hours – and I couldn’t be happier about that!

If you love Nat King Cole or Ella Fitzgerald or nearly any form of traditional Christmas music, you’ll enjoy this show.

Here’s the list of the other artist’s featured on this year’s show:

  • Perry Como
  • Bing Crosby
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Andy Williams
  • Doris Day
  • Vince Guaraldi
  • Ashley MacIssac
  • Declan Masterson
  • The Night Heron Consort
  • Altan
  • Cormac Breatnach
  • Aine Minogue
  • Loreena McKennitt
  • Anuna
  • George Winston
  • Burl Ives
  • Mel Torme
  • Bobby Helms
  • Brenda Lee
  • Bessie Smith
  • Otis Redding
  • Lyle Lovett
  • Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
  • Roy Orbison
  • Elvis Presley
  • U2
  • Lisa Hannigan
  • Sufjan Stevens
  • Kate Bush
  • John Gorka
  • Gene Autry
  • The Boston Pops as conducted by Arthur Fiedler
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Harry Connick, Jr.
  • Nat King Cole
  • Julie Andrews
  • The Robert Shaw Chorale
  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Luciano Pavarotti
  • Leontyne Price
  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  • Judy Garland
  • Guy Lombardo

See what I mean?  4 and 1/2 hours!

I wish you all an AMAZING holiday season & a WONDERFUL New Year!

Enjoy!