SongStudio 2024 Part One (S4 | E166)
An art song is a Western vocal music composition, for voice and piano, and usually in the classical art music tradition. SongStudio 2024.
BELA FLECK BLUEGRASS (S4 | E165)
Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso. Lester the Nightfly Bela Fleck.
DEEP HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA (S4 | E164)
DHSA has a wide range of music producers doing work worthy of note. Let's listen.
FAVORITES FROM 2023 WITH EITAN BATTAT (S4 | E163)
This is our first review of the year prior with Eitan Battat. Eitan brings us Mario Biondi, Chris Le Blanc, FAVORITES FROM 2023.
Khruangbin (S4 | E162)
In this episode we add to the genius of hipster rockers Khruangbin. Plus music from Hans Zimmer, Tusca, Led Zeppelin, and Jeff Beck.
2023 Selections with David Goldman (S4 | E161)
2023 Selections with David Goldman (S4 | E150) Cat Power, Janelle Monae, Jack Johnson, Jason Isbel... and it works!!!
FAVS FROM 2023 with David Goldman (S4 | E160)
FAVS FROM 2023 with David Goldman (S4 | E160) | Our annual review of what captured the attention of Mr. Goldman in 2023.
A Year in Review | Lester the Nightfly (S3 | 159)
A Year in Review | Lester the Nightfly (S3 | 159) | We interviewed musicians and talked jazz and innovative approaches to music and life.
An Opera Career Advances | Shannon Keegan (S3 | E153)
In this episode, we discuss getting an agent (for an opera singer) and winning a singing contest.
The Future of Opera (2023 Edition) S3 | E151
The Future of Opera | The Giulio Gari Foundation 2023 Winners Concert from New York, New York on Lester the Nightfly Radio.
Anna Kelly | Some Musicals (S3 | E150)
Anna Kelly | Some Musicals (S3 | E150) We really cover a lot of ground on this one - From Florence and the Machine to Julie Andrews.
Anna Kelly Mezzo-Soprano | Part One (S3 | E149)
Anna Kelly Mezzo-Soprano | Part One (S3 | E149). From Mary Poppins and Rogers and Hammerstein to Elise Witt.
Everything But the Girl Inspirations (S3 | E148)
Everything But the Girl Inspirations with music from Laura Veirs, Kings of Convenience, Feivel is Glaque, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.
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.