This is show #176 of the Series "Blues For Modern Times", (formerly called Blues For Modern Man). This show is produced to be broadcast as either a weekly Series, or it can be easily be used as a stand-alone episode. The focus of this Series is to support today's Modern Blues music and working Blues Artists, and it highlights the great variety of music that they record. My shows use mainly just received new, and artists latest Blues releases in each show, though I occasionally blend in other modern Blues music. Today’s Blues are a diverse and exciting genre, as todays Blues Artists play in various styles of Blues. This allows me to create a true Blues variety show that should appeal to most any curious music lover. These programs DO NOT have to be ran in order-however-the higher the show number, the newer the music in the program. These shows ARE NOT dated at all, so that this Series can begin to be run at any point or show number, at your Stations discretion.
  This show is designed for the music lover, with a great variety of music. It's also for the Blues lover, to check out the latest from some of their favorite artists, and to discover new Blues artists and their recordings. And this show is a good intro to the Blues for new Blues listeners, to help them discover the diversity in today’s modern Blues music. I produce this show solely to be a part of a NPR/Community Station's regular weekly 1 hour show lineup. This show focus is on the music, and I inform listeners of the songs I've played, what album it's from, and an occasional tidbit or two on the Artist or the tune.  I post my playlists and more on my Facebook Page for the Show, Blues For Modern Times. Since the show is aired regularly on several stations, I produce and upload NEW SHOWS EVERY WEEK. My hope is to grow both the number of stations and listeners of this program, thereby fulfilling my mission to support working Artists, and share today’s Blues music with as many listeners as possible...Upon request, I also can produce 25 second spots for each show if desired by your station, leaving :05 to announce show day and time.

TO: All Stations

FR: Tony Morris

DT: July 4, 2022

RE: ***** CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE!   22-27 Music by Bach, Albeniz, Ponce, John Brunning, and Adam Levin interview

Total length:58:58

INTRODUCTION:

  Bizet:  Carmen Suite: Prelude             Los Romeros, guitar quartet

                                                              (Philips 412-609)

PROGRAM BEGINS:

  Bach: Organ Concerto BWV 593, after a Vivaldi Concerto    In Tempore Belli Guitar Trio

                       “Bach: Sinfonias, Preludes, Fantasias”  (Da Vinci Classics 2022) 10:10

  John Brunning: Concerto Magna Carta       Xuefei Yang, guitar,

                                                                     Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Clark Rundell, conductor

               “Magna Carta: The Complete Works for Guitar of John Brunning”  (Xuefei Yang 2022) 23:23

 Ponce: Balleto                                                 Adam Holzman, guitar

               “Ponce: Guitar Music, Vol. 2”  (Naxos 1999) 2:54

  Interview: Adam Levin: “So, the inception of ‘Impressions of Spain’…    … 75 minutes of Spanish music.”

 Albeniz: Magic Opal Suite, arr. Greg Nestor                          Great Necks Guitar Trio

                          “Impressions of Spain”                   (Navona Records 2022) 14:49

  Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K141                     Eden-Stell Guitar Duo

                      “Guitar Gala Night: Bach, Scarlatti, Praetorius” (Hanssler Classic 2000) 3:55

CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS

This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features music by Bach, British composer and broadcaster John Brunning, Albeniz, Ponce, and a 2022 interview with Adam Levin of the Great Necks Guitar Trio.

CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a weekly one-hour music with interviews program that is sound-rich, energetic, and has a positive vibe. It is an audience bridge-builder program that attracts both core classical audience and fans of all kinds of acoustic music.

Classical Guitar Alive! celebrates 25 years of national distribution and airs each week on over 250 stations. FUNDRAISER EDITION of Classical Guitar Alive! is available here to all stations: http://www.prx.org/pieces/187790-fundraiser-editio

CGA! is a winner at PRX's 13th Annual Zeitfunk Awards: #1 Most Licensed Producer, and #2 Most Licensed Series.

A Fresh Look! Could you possibly be ‘helping’ your songbirds to a painful and premature death by providing food and water for them over the summer? On this episode of You Bet Your Garden, Mike discusses startling findings that’ll have you taking down those feeders and bird baths post haste! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!

¡A bailar! Time to dance! It's officially summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, and Beat Latino has your dance needs covered with a selection of mostly new releases that set our feet tapping and our bodies swaying! Cumbia? ✓ Electronica? ✓ Mambo ✓ and so much more! Chile, México, España, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Cuba and other lands of nuestras Américas and beyond... check out their most irresistible beats! Enjoy!

This is the three hundred-twenty-second episode in a thematic series focused on jazz, blues, and spoken word.

Art Blakey has been quoted as saying, "Jazz washes away the dust of the everyday life." While true for many, in most circumstances water is a requisite part of any washing activity. Water is the essence of life, and jazz is a blessed solvent, but as of this recording, water and oppressive heat have been prevalent in the southwestern corner of the country. As such, most anyone in these parts would relish a dose of water and its refreshing cleanse. In this hour, we will explore the music of water.