Hello and thank you for your interest in all things related
to Acoustic Alternative. It’s a labor of
love to assemble playlist, do a radio show at a non-commercial radio station
and the podcast. Without viewers or
listeners like you, it means a bit less, so again, thank you.
This week, I’ll start with talking about the radio
show. It’s on live Thursday from 10 AM –
Noon.
https://whfr.fm/
Possibly not convenient for those of you who work, but you
can stream it from anywhere during that time if it works for you. The radio show is a different take on the
music that fits into this category. For
instance, the past week I highlighted David Wilcox quite a bit. In fact, when I did the show at WHFR before I
got my job in Ann Arbor, David was an in studio guest once and on that visit he
did something pretty special. I
offhandedly asked him if he would want to create a theme song for my show and
pretty much immediately, without too much thought he created a song that I use
at the beginning of each show. He’s
released over 20 albums since 1987 and you won’t find that song on any of them.
This past week I also featured brand new music from The
Verve Pipe. I know what you may be thinking, “Hey, they are a rock band!” Sometimes, yes for sure. The sure rocked The Ark in Ann Arbor last
night. However, Brian Vander Ark is a great lyricist and capable of softer
moments.
For example, from “Found,” one of the new songs:
I am just a pin drop in the map of their hometown
Out there chasing melodies with madness all around
The song “First Fire Of Winter” is full of great lines, but my
favorite:
I don’t know why were surprised
were so surprised by a fire in the furnace
We paid for the oil, it’s feeding
the flames as autumn leaves
I discuss in great detail with
Brian the new album due out November 5th called Threads. The plan is for that podcast to make it’s
debut on all the platforms on October 27th. If you want to hear it or see it, please subscribe
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The session I did with The
Accidentals had an accidental mishap during the session. It turns out the microphone
I was using to interview the band wasn’t part of the mix. Fortunately there were
room microphones picking up everything that was going on. Hopefully it sound good in the end because
the performance was killer. Look for it
on October 13th.
Finally, there is the weekly YouTube
playlist. This was the first thing to emerge when I got furloughed from the
radio station last Spring. This week you can hear great tunes from Rachael
Davis, NEEDTOBREATHE, Ryan Racine, Clark Beckham and The Verve Pipe.
The playlist is brought to you by two great listening rooms
in Michigan:Seven Steps Up and 20 Front Street.
View or listen and subscribe to my channel by going to:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbntNtWVbW3WT0u_YyQ7LyA/playlists?view_as=subscriber
Acoustic Alternatives October 10th, 2021
Artist-Song Title-Concert Date
AZTEC CAMERA-BIRTH OF THE TRUE-very place
deserves a curse or two,
RACHAEL DAVIS-ANGELINE THE BAKER (LIVE FROM 20 FRONT
STREET)-For making me so far away from you.
CRYSTAL BOWERSOX-MARLBORO MAN-10/9 & 10/10 7 STEPS UP
RACHAEL SAGE-NO ONE IS TO BLAME-10/13 SEVEN STEPS UP
RALSTON BOWLES-FRAGILE (LIVE)-10/13 SEVEN STEPS UP
SOPHIE B HAWKINS-DAMN, I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER (ACOUSTIC)-10/16
SEVEN STEPS UP
AMY PETTY-I JUST KNOW-10/16 TRINITY HOUSE
CHAIN OF LAKES-BRAVE MARIE (ACOUSTIC)-10/16 TRINITY HOUSE
DAVE HAUSE-WE COULD BE KINGS (ACOUSTIC)-2 SHOWS ON 10/14 20
FRONT STREET
TREVOR GORDON HALL-THIS BEAUTIFUL CHAOS-10/15 20 FRONT
STREET
CLARK BECKHAM-GRAVITY (FEATT YEBBA)-10/16 20 FRONT STREET
CLARK BECKHAM-HOCUS POCUS (ACOUSTIC)-10/16 20 FRONT STREET
MAY ERLEWINE-SHINE ON-
RYAN RACINE-BURNED IT DOWN (LIVE AT ADORN)-
RYAN RACINE-LONG RIDE-
VANDER ARK/LEE-FOUND-
THE VERVE PIPE-NO ONE'S GONNA BREAK THIS HEART (AGAIN)-
RACHAEL DAVIS-RIVER OF TEARS (LIVE AT 20 FRONT STREET)-
RACHAEL DAVIS-BERGON'S TUNE (LIVE AT 20 FRONT STREET)-
NEEDTOBREATHE-I AM YOURS (DARK HORSE SESSIONS)-
NEEDTOBREATHE-CARRY ME (DARK HORSE SESSIONS)-
DREW HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS-WITHOUT A LIGHT (LIVE)-
WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS-JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT IT-
SETH GLIER-SOMEBODY BREAK MY HEART-
MARIE MILLER-LITTLE DREAMS (ACOUSTIC)-
CARBON LEAF-THE WAR WAS IN COLOR (LIVE)-
Next show October 17th: Forest Blakk, Joseph, The
Brothers Koren, Noah Gundersen and more!
As usual, the hub to find it all is my personal web site:
https://johnmbommarito.wixsite.com/johnbommarito/acoustic-alternatives
Thanks for being here with me.
John
