Something Blue - Shine

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Something Blue - Shine

DJ Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents John T. Parks Playing Life From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-04-14 Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a little philosophy from a fine Arkansas songwriter. One of the benefits of volunteering to work at KASU and recording for Something Blue is that I get to meet so many great musicians. That's how I met John Parks, recording him at KASU live events. And there's been quite a few of them. I can even say that over the years we've become friends in music, one of the best kind of friends that you can have. On November 11, 2014, KASU booked John T. Parks to play at the KASU Coffeehouse held at the Arts@311 in downtown Jonesboro. He played solo, standing there singing while accompanying himself on a 6 string guitar. I love duets, trios, and bands, and I've recorded John in all of these configurations. But there's just something powerful about a solo performance. Especially when the performer is playing all original songs. The truth rings clear from a single voice, words and music written by the singer. Now John does a great job on other people's songs too. I especially like to hear him covering songs by The Band. But still ... Like I said ... John T. Parks lives in Batesville, Arkansas. He teaches for a living and he practices what he teaches with his songwriting. He has several albums full of his own songs. I found two on the internet that you can listen to, "Sleeping In The Henhouse" and "Northern Girl". He ends the album "Northern Girl" with the song "Life" and he also chose that song to end his KASU Coffeehouse show. I will include links to the albums and the concert at the Something Blue website at sbblues.com. Don't be afraid of the philosophy. It's not like Kant or Wittgenstein. The philosophy in his song "Life" is more of the Arkansas homespun variety. Now here's John T. Parks singing "Life" recorded at a KASU Coffeehouse concert on November 11, 2014. DJ Hairy Larry Presents John T. Parks Playing Life From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-04-14 https://sbblues.com/2024/04/14/dj-hairy-larry-presents-john-t-parks-playing-life/ John T. Parks At The Kasu Coffeehouse November 11 2014 Something Blue Archives https://archive.org/details/jp2014-11-11 Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate John T. Parks - Northern Girl https://www.reverbnation.com/johntparks/song/21159101-northern-girl John T. Parks - Sleeping In The Henhouse https://johntparks.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-in-the-henhouse music And that's John T. Parks singing "Life", a song he wrote recorded at a KASU Coffeehouse. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear Robert Glasper and Cory Henry. And that's John T. Parks singing "Life", a song he wrote recorded at a KASU Coffeehouse. Don't miss Something Blue, tonight at 10:00, to hear Robert Glasper and Cory Henry. --- DJ Hairy Larry With Robert Glasper Playing Shine Something Blue - Shine - 29 second spot This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Robert Glasper and Cory Henry. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org. --- Something Blue - Shine - April 20, 2024 Robert Glasper - Black Radio III https://www.robertglasper.com/ https://robertglasper.bandcamp.com/album/run-the-world-season-2-music-from-the-starz-original-series Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles - Operation Funk Live https://coryhenry.com/ https://coryhenry.bandcamp.com/ --- Robert Glasper, Shine (feat. D Smoke & Tiffany Gouche) Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and i've got the blues, for you. Robert Glasper, Why We Speak (feat. Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding) Now that's what I'm talking about. From his album "Black Radio III" that's Robert Glasper playing "Why We Speak" featuring Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding. Robert Glasper blends jazz, blues, gospel, and funk on this amazing album. I recommend listening with headphones for the full stereo effect. Kicking us off tonight he did "Shine" featuring D Smoke & Tiffany Gouche. Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org. I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to listen anytime and for links to more music by the featured musicians. You can also hear my Arkansas Roots musicology podcast, From The Archives Of Something Blue, at sbblues.com. Ok now, coming up next here's Robert Glasper doing "Out Of My Hands" featuring Jennifer Hudson. Then we'll hear Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles sing "Alone" featuring some amazing sax work by Kamasi Washington. Robert Glasper, Out of My Hands (feat. Jennifer Hudson) Cory Henry, Alone (Feat. Kamasi Washington) --- Cory Henry, Something New All right now, that's Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles playing "Something New" on Something Blue. Cory Henry grounds his jazz with some amazing gospel organ work. The Cory Henry songs we're hearing tonight are from his album "Operation Funk Live". As we hear again and again, there's no music like live music. Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org. I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. For more great music by contemporary jazz composers visit my website, 21st Century Jazz Composers at jazzcomposers.net. And if you're on Mastodon or on another federated social network you can follow me at gamerplus.org/@hairylarry for all my posts about my music projects. Closing the show here's Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles playing "Rise" featuring legendary Memphis guitarist, Eric Gales. Bringing it all back home. Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, blues is the mainstream. Cory Henry, Rise (Feat. Eric Gales) --- Now Online - Something Blue - Dreams https://sbblues.com/2024/04/13/dreams/