Adapt or Die | Everything But the Girl (S3 | E147)
PIVOT: From Exquisite Lyrics and Strumming Guitars to dreamy electropop and DJ Mixes. Adapt or Die.
Everything But The Girl (S3 | E146)
Everything... but the girl. Think about that. Then think about the band that reflects that sentiment. Then listen to this show!
Detroit Rock & Roll | The 70’s (S3 | E145)
Detroit Rock & Roll (The 70's). Ron Chambers of the Cadillac Kidz in part two of The Lester the Nightfly Interview with PJ Ewing.
The Cadillac Kidz with Drummer Ron Chambers (S3 | E144)
Ron Chambers from Cadillac Kids brings great joy this week and next. Punk, Detroit, Rock & Roll. What more could you ask for?
MR. SCRUFF (S3 | E143)
Adelaide and Finn host this week's show as PJ lost his voice. They do just great!
Waxahatchee | with Taylor Watkins (S3 | E142)
Taylor Watkins brings us Waxahatchee and some other new indie rockers in part 3 of our series.
Big on The Beths | with Taylor Watkins (S3 | E141)
We spend lots of time with this New Zealand indie rock band, formed in Auckland in 2014
Watkins Coyote (S3 | E140)
I marked five total gems across these two shows. Man! What gift to our ears!!
Shannon Keegan | Rückert Lieder (S3 | E139)
Shannon Keegan is back with a deep dive into her career to date - and some Rückert Lieder to boot.
Bubblegum House | A Summertime Collection (S3 | 138)
Before summertime just ebbs away from us, take your shoes off. Be blissful for an hour of digital bits and bobs from the freshest music producers in the world.
The Most Dangerous Game Radio Edit (S3 | E137)
A "Radio Edit" from Lester the Nightfly | Set to the house/trance classic album Northern Exposure East Coast Edition.
Operatic Mezzo Soprano Shannon Keegan (S3 | E136)
Shannon Keegan was one of the stars at Carnegie Hall Song Studio earlier this year. And she came out... singing!
Sing Joy Spring | VOCALESE III (S3 | E135)
Sing Joy Spring | Clifford Brown's name for his wife and the centerpiece of VOCALESE jazz by The Manhattan Transfer.
I Remember Clifford Brown | Vocalese Part 2 (S3 | E134)
I Remember Clifford Brown | Vocalese Part 2. We dive into more Manhattan Transfer's Vocalese album and hear some Clifford Brown.
VOCALESE (S3 | 133)
This is Episode One of a three-part series on a jazz vocal genre called Vocalese.
The Veldt Radio Edit (S3 | 132)
The Veldt Radio Edit (S3 | 132) | “George, I wish you’d look at the nursery.” The short story by the great Ray Bradbury
Deep Breakfast (Swedish House) S3 | E131
Step into my apartments and we'll suffer through a deep breakfast of pure sunlight.
The Swingin’s Mutual (S3 | E130)
Found one! And it's a gem! The Swingin's Mutual from 1961. George Shearing and Nancy Wilson.
Der Fliegende Hollander (for Opera Box Score)
Listen to this brief piece made for Opera Box Score recording just prior to the opera at The Met Opera on a spring Tuesday evening. In addition to a pronunciation lesson, we hear about the story and production from Donald Levine.
Tamara Gamez Burning (S3 | 129)
Tamara Gamez Burning. Enjoy this two-part series with guest Tamara Gamez, on Lester the Nightfly.
Tamara Gamez Genesis (S3 | E128)
Genesis is the record. And it tells the tale of love, the dissolution of a band and a long-term relationship, childhood friends turned lovers. And a beautiful marriage in late 2022.
Wayne Shorter Weather Report (S3 | E127)
Three songs from Wayne Shorter Weather Report and three renditions of the great track Green Dolphin Street. Yeah man!
Wayne Shorter | Jazz Messenger (S3 | E126)
Wayne Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
Circling Wayne Shorter (S3 | E125)
Part One of our series on the outstanding jazz composer and improvisationist.
Hey. Punk! | Part Two with Peter Abzug (S3 | E124)
Hey. Punk! Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want.
Phases of Punk | Part One with Peter Abzug (S3 | E123)
Phases of Punk | Part One with Peter Abzug (S3 | E123). Our guest this week is Peter Abzug from WPVMFM First Wave Radio Show.
Ease Your Mind (S3 | E121)
Ease your mind with the most advanced music producers in the world of art pop, electronica, deep house music.
All Day I Dream of House Music (S3 | E120)
All Day I Dream of House Music (S3 | E120 | Our Spring 2023 series on beats - three in a row this year on Lester the Nightfly.
Far From the Hearth | The Ambients (S3 | E119)
This show is like a game of ping pong. Jonathan serves them up and I return the shots - most of the time. Jonathan has lots of winners.
Headspace with Jonathan Ammons (S3 | E118)
Headspace with Jonathan Ammons (S3 | E118). We have the pleasure of listening to the inspirations behind Far from the Hearth.
IRISH KINETIC (S3 | E117)
We feature the music of Solas, Seamus Eagan, Dervish, and other fast-moving tracks. IRISH KINETIC
Bryter Layter | Nick Drake (S3 | E116)
Spend an hour listening to singer-songwriter Nick Drake. You'll be glad you did.
It’s All Happening | Teen Sensibilities (S3 | E115)
What does the world look like from the perspective of a teen girl? The answer is not simple or straightforward. There are probably millions of different answers to that question…
Carnegie Hall SongStudio 2023 | Part Two (S3 | E114)
SongStudio. More great singing from Charlotte Wajnberg, Maire Therese Carmack, Shannon Keegan, Yuriy Hadzetskyy, and Vinicius Costa.
Carnegie Hall SongStudio 2023 | Part One (S3 | E113)
Carnegie Hall SongStudio | Part One (S3 | E113). Jamie Barton. Renee Fleming Hartmut Höll, Golda Schultz on Lester the Nightfly.
Operatic Soprano Tori Davis (S3 | E111)
Operatic Soprano Tori Davis (S3 | E111). R&B and, yes, opera this week on Lester the Nightfly radio show. On PRX / Pacifica Radio.