Playlists
158R An Evening with Stephen Sondheim
We do promise you something different, and this show was an example. A set of superb musical theater songs from original cast recordings for the most part, recalling the life’s work of a truly original composer and lyricist.
The preshow consisted of interpretations of the songs from West Side Story by a range of artists, showing how wide his influence was.
282 Oddly Entertaining
A show to keep you on your toes, with unrepresentative tracks from bands, some well known, others not so, but all entertaining none the less. Assembled by our good friend Martin Lewis, to whom we owe great thanks.
157R Going Dutch
Prog rock from the Netherlands in the early Seventies, a show curated for us by Martin Lewis. Deliberately without Focus, having had a show about them recently, but we did relent and had them in the preshow.
281 Laura Nyro
A look at the songs and performances of one of the most under-appreciated songwriters and singers of the late sixties, a poet, wearing her heart on her sleeve and performing her songs with unbridled conviction and honesty. 20 listeners joined us, a good number these days. The preshow was of Laura’s songs performed by and being hits for other people, and the postshow was Laura live.
156R Singing Together
A show dedicated to vocal harmoies in rock and pop, and full of rich fare. A tech problem meant that we were only audible through one ear, but the music was in full glorious stereo, so nothing important was lost.
155R Richard Thompson
A show highlighting just some of the talents of Richard Thompson, guitarist singer and songwriter of unnervingly great skill and seemingly no specific desire for fame. We covered a bit of his days with Fairport Convention, some of his work with Linda Peters/Thompson, some acoustic and some electric solo guitar work. Up to 19 connections, not bad for the weekend of Mysterium.
As promised, here’s the link to the schedule for the 2025 MOULa Summerfest as a pdf. Note that each event has a link, as either video stream or music stream, which will take you to the relevant stream on the day.
280 Live, All Over the Place
A set of live tracks, slightly heavy on the jazz side but with a nice feel and some excellent live performances. Our thanks to Hugh and Nigel for this one.
278 Talking Heads
A refreshing change, a New Wave band of impeccble credentials and excellent musicianship. David Byrne was the mover behind it, and with his individual performance style, became the face of the band, to their occasional chagrain. We covered the whole of their recording history, and did not ignore all of their big hits. A big success with our audience too
152R Astronomy
A stellar show,well,I thought so, and so did our audience who were effusive in their enthusiasm. Ranging from orchestral to rock, the music was all positive and very listenable, and just what was needed on a hot summer’s day.
277 Hawkwind : By The Book
A show concentrating on the multiple literary references drawn by Hawkwind throughout their career, of which there are more than enough to fill several hours.
I promised I’d link the lyrics of Steven Savitsky’s filk song “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” which contains the line about rockets landing on their tailfins. So here it is.
https://thestarport.org/people/steve/Doc/Songs/stuff/
The future isn’t like it used to be.