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Spinning On Air with David Garland, WNYC-FM 93.9 / wnyc.org. July 6, 2008, 7 pm—Avocet. Amplified dangling forks and spoons provide accompaniment to the songs of Avocet. Avocet is Meara O’Reilly, who has visited Spinning On Air before with the band Feathers. This time she brings her voice, guitar, and the extraordinary amplified silverware instrument she created, to the WNYC Studio for performances with her friends Eban Portnoy and Sarah Magenheimer of the band Flying. An avocet is a kind of water bird, and avian themes abound in Meara’s songs. She talks about this, her instruments, and more, with host David Garland.
below: Composer/pianist Sufjan Stevens and his orchestra perform on Spinning On Air, premiering parts of “The BQE.” Info on wnyc.org. Links to additional Sufjan Stevens Spinning On Air sessions.
David Garland has been hosting, programming, and producing radio shows in New York City for 24 years. Since 1987, he has programmed and presented music on WNYC-FM 93.9, America’s most listened-to public radio station. His shows Spinning On Air and Evening Music offer wide-ranging variety, including in-studio performances, imaginative recordings from the past, premiers of new works, in-depth features, and nine centuries of great music. Hear WNYC broadcast live on the Web; many past programs are available in a Spinning On Air audio archive at www.wnyc.org.
gallery of guests
In addition
to documenting my Spinning On Air guests with microphones, I’ve also
brought my camera to many sessions since 2004. The links below each photo
lead to RealPlayer audio
of the shows archived on wnyc.org (
),
Flickr slideshows if they’re available (
),
and more information on wnyc.org (
).
The alphabetical
list below is a more complete list of Spinning On Air guests since 2002.
All photos © David
Garland, except photos of Robert Wyatt and Stew, and photo of Andy Partridge © Steve
Gulick.
2008
W-S Burn
airs this summer
Meara O’Reilly
airs July 6
R. Stevie Moore
Ferron
Ed Askew
Grey Reverend
Golden Ghost
Fern Knight
Peter Morén
Ilham
Lightspeed Champion
Ikue Mori
Eric Carbonara
Sian Alice Group
Osso
Laura Marling
Quinn Walker
Arborea
2007
Common Rotation
The Fiery Furnaces
Orion Rigel Dommisse
Ora Cogan
Milo Jones
Sean Smith
Valerie Project
Spider
Robert Wyatt
more
Sufjan Stevens
more
James Blackshaw
Corey Dargel
Live at Joe’s Pub
Christy & Emily
Cameron Hull
Gretchen Phillips
Castanets
Phosphorescent
Viking Moses
more
Stew
Jana Hunter
more
Rio en Medio
Glenn Jones
Scott Matthew
Larkin Grimm
more
Holcombe Waller
Apothecary Hymns
Deerhoof
Natalie Rose LeBrecht
Noah Georgeson
Bitch
Essie Jain
Andy Partridge
Peter Walker
2006
White Magic
Wooden Wand
more
Ann Bannon
Vashti Bunyan
more
Death Vessel
Weird Weeds
Akron/Family
more
Juana Molina
Lisa Germano
more
Bridget St. John
more
Vetiver
Nomi
Seductive Sprigs
Feathers
Danielson
more
Et Ret
Vashti Bunyan
more
W-S Burn
Au Revoir Simone
Currituck County
Mi & L’au
Wooden Wand & VV
more
Finnish Psych-Folk
Jesse Sparhawk
Timesbold
Deertick
Nat Baldwin
Sam Rosen
2005 & earlier
Akron/Family
more
Antony & The Johnsons
Doveman
Wingdale Com. Singers
Colleen
Sufjan Stevens
more
Dave Deporis
more
Angels of Light
more
Sylvain Chauveau
Viking Moses
more
Devendra Banhart
more
Brian Lipson
The Books
Hannah Marcus
more
Mike Wexler
Diane Cluck
more
Dirty Projectors
Espers
Incredible String Band
Jana Hunter
more
Jose Gonzalez
Silver Mt. Zion
Spenking
John Vanderslice
Brother Danielson
more
Craig Thompson
Dewanatron
Donovan
Spinning On Air
Spinning On Air in-studio performances & interviews
Shows broadcast before August 2005 are two hours long; in RealPlayer, hour two will load automatically at the conclusion of hour one. Guests who’ve been on the show more than once have multiple links.
- Akron/Family
- Angels of Light
- Animal Collective
- Antony & The Johnsons
- Apothecary Hymns
- Arborea
- Ed Askew
- Au Revoir Simone
- Nat Baldwin
- Devendra Banhart
- Ann Bannon (author)
- Elmer Bernstein
- Bitch
- James Blackshaw
- The Books
- Vashti Bunyan
- Eric Carbonara
- Castanets
- Sylvain Chauveau
- Christy & Emily
- Diane Cluck
- Ora Cogan
- Common Rotation
- Colleen
- Currituck Co. (Kevin Barker)
- Danielson
- Corey Dargel
- Death Vessel
- Deerhoof
- Deertick
- Gene Deitch & Kim Deitch (authors)
- Dave Deporis
- Dewanatron
- Dirty Projectors
- Orion Rigel Dommisse
- Donovan
- Doveman
- David Driver on Scott Walker
- Espers
- Et Ret
- Feathers
- Fern Knight
- Ferron
- The Fiery Furnaces
- Finnish Psych-Folk
- Fog (Andrew Broder)
- The Four Bags
- James Gavin (author) on Chet Baker
- Noah Georgeson with Pete Newsom
- Lisa Germano
- Golden Ghost
- Goldfrapp
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Jose Gonzalez
- Grey Reverend
- Larkin Grimm
- Cameron Hull
- Jana Hunter
- Will Holshouser
- Michael Holt
- Ilham
- Incredible String Band
- Essie Jain
- Johann Johannsson
- Glenn Jones
- Milo Jones
- John Kelly performs Joni Mitchell
- Amy Kohn
- Pamelia Kurstin
- Lambchop
- Natalie Rose LeBrecht
- Lightspeed Champion
- Kelly Link (author)
- Brian Lipson
- Rachel Lipson
- Fay Lovsky
- Karen Mantler
- Hannah Marcus
- Laura Marling
- Scott Matthew
- Metallic Falcons
- Mi & L’au
- Mice Parade (Adam Pierce)
- Juana Molina
- R. Stevie Moore
- Peter Morén
- Ikue Mori
- Múm
- Sport Murphy
- Amy X. Neuburg
- Nomi
- Marianne Nowottny
- O.blatt (Keiko Uenishi)
- Jim O’Rourke
- Osso
- Andy Partridge
- Annette Peacock
- Harvey Pekar & Joyce Brabner (authors)
- Gretchen Phillips
- Phillips & Driver
- Phosphorescent
- Bobby Previte
- Rio en Medio
- Sam Rosen
- Bridget St. John
- Seductive Sprigs
- Aiko Shimada with Eyvind Kang
- Howard Shore
- Sian Alice Group
- Silver Mt. Zion
- P.F. Sloan
- Bill Smith (William O. Smith)
- Sean Smith
- Jesse Sparhawk
- Spenking (Spencer Kingman)
- Spider
- Art Spiegelman (author)
- Sufjan Stevens
- Stew
- Nobukazu Takemura
- William Tenn (author)
- They Might Be Giants
- Craig Thompson (author)
- Timesbold
- Mia Doi Todd
- Rokia Traoré
- Valerie Project
- John Vanderslice
- Laura Veirs
- Vetiver
- Viking Moses
- W-S Burn
- Peter Walker
- Quinn Walker
- Holcombe Waller
- M. Ward
- Weird Weeds
- Mike Wexler
- White Magic
- Wingdale Community Singers
- Wooden Wand
- Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice
- Robert Wyatt
- John Zorn