Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).
For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.
| Composer | Performer | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
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St. Vincent |
Laughing with a Mouth of Blood |
Rock, modern, indie |
4AD, 2009 |
No mouths were harmed in the making of this song... or so I'm told | |
Marrow |
Some need help more than others... | ||||
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Portishead |
Small |
Rock, modern, ambient, "trip hop" |
Go! Discs, 2008 |
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Sigur Ros |
Takk |
Rock, Indie, avant garde, ambient |
Geffen, 2005 |
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Glósóli |
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Charles Ives |
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. |
Three Places in New England |
Classical, 20th Century, American |
RCA Victor, 2002 |
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Soundgarden |
Jesus Christ Pose |
Hard Rock, metal, "grunge" |
A&M, 1991 |
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The Day I Tried to Live |
A&M, 1994 |
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Like Suicide |
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New Order |
Round and Round |
Rock, alternative, techno |
Qwest, 1989 |
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Bizzare Love Triangle |
Qwest, 1986 |
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Love Less |
Qwest, 1989 |
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Erik Satie |
Claire Chevallier, piano |
Trois Gnossiennes |
Classical, late 19th century, post-Romantic, music for solo piano |
Zigzag-Territories, 2008 |
A lovely set of solo piano pieces, nicely realized by a noted Satie scholar; Satie's music is actually an intimate conversation between the composer and the performer, and we are blessed to be able to sit in on it. Here's an interesting discussion of some of his notable eccentricies. |
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The Beatles |
This Boy |
rock, pop, British Invasion |
Capitol, 1963 |
This and She Loves You were recorded 10/17/1963 | |
We Can Work It Out |
Capitol, 1965 |
B-side to Day Tripper | |||
I Want To Tell You |
Capitol, 1966 |
A great George Harrison tune with some daring vocal and instrumental harmonies | |||
Across the Universe |
Capitol, 1969 |
Released as part of a compilation benefitting the World Wildlife fund. The version found on Let It Be is slowed down by a semitone and has orchestral overdubs added | |||
And Your Bird Can Sing |
Capitol, 1966 |
I want a bird that can sing Sinatra | |||
The Inner Light |
Capitol, 1968 |
Another beautiful Harrison tune (which I find to be highly underrated, with nice classical Indian touches and a lovely message), written at the request of a Cambridge Sanskrit scholar, and featuring local musicians assembled to record a movie soundtrack. | |||
She Loves You |
Capitol, 1963 |
yeah... yeah... yeah.... | |||
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