WFMU: Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 21, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 11:47am Sean in Bristol UK: Good evening Irene, hello one and all. Happy Winter Soltice for Northern Hemisphere folks, light starts returning in our favour and boy, is that relevant now. Happy Holidays. The tree looks fab, Irene.
	♥ 11:55am Irene Trudel: Ah, good to have you here, Sean! We can begin now that you're here. BTW, today show will be an extra-long one. I'm filling in for Kenzo from 3-5pm, so lots more music for the holidaze!
	12:01pm YETI BOB: Irene - you're doing a double-shift? How lucky for us.
	12:02pm Sylvia (France-NYC): Hello Irene, Sean, Yeti Bob!
	♥ 12:02pm Brian in UK: Hello Irene. No sleep 'til teatime!
	♥ 12:02pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Irene & Peter! Happy Solstice!
	♥ 12:02pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Irene and all!
	12:02pm TDK60: Hi Irene.
	♥ 12:03pm Sean in Bristol UK: Happy days, a longer show,
	♥ 12:03pm listener james from westwood: Love the silhouetted water towers along the horizon out the window!
	12:05pm YETI BOB: (zooms in to try to read spines of Irene and Peter's CD collection)
	♥ 12:06pm Irene Trudel: Welcome YETI BOB, Sylvia, Brian, Henry, james and TDK60! Trying to get us all in some kind of decent spirits for the holidays.
	♥ 12:07pm Irene Trudel: James, that's the view out our westward window in the dark. YETI BOB, those CDs are mostly our classical, soundtrack and Christmas CDs. The rest stretch down a long hallway. I'll have to post a picture of that someday.
	12:08pm YETI BOB: @Irene: I'm in a pretty good mood, we heard Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang do their morning solstice concert today via livestream, their 30th year doing this. It was inspiring.
	♥ 12:08pm doctorjazz: HI-Loving this Fahey! (I've never been a big Fahey fan, always thought his shtick was to recycle blues guitar back ups without the vocals, but have to reevaluate it seems).
	12:11pm YETI BOB: @doctorjazz: his recorded output is vast and there's a lot of variety. his late records got pretty strange.
	♥ 12:12pm doctorjazz: So I see, I developed my take on him from the solo guitar things he did, which were very derivative to my ears. But, I obviously shut out other stuff he did, will have to investigate (it's on my very long list of music to check out).
	♥ 12:14pm Brian in UK: YETI BOB, saw Hamid Drake with William Parker at Cafe Oto. Confess I watched the drummer more than the bass player.
	12:15pm YETI BOB: @Brian: Parker/Drake is a great duo. I saw them at Jazz Fest a few years ago, William Parker was supposed to give a lecture about the art of improvisation
	12:15pm Wolfgang: Gutars a guitarin' and violins a-violinin' - it's Monday at Irene's! We're settling in for the day with you, Irene!
	♥ 12:16pm Irene Trudel: doctorjazz, you really must check out Fahey's "Requia" album, and the Portland Cement Factory, etc. There's a lot more going on in his music, even the solo stuff.
	12:16pm YETI BOB: He started with: "Well, I'm supposed to talk about improvising. We're going to start off with a demonstration, and after that I'll talk and take questions"
	12:16pm YETI BOB: You can probably guess what happened. Hamid and William played for the whole hour, then "Oops, out of time!"
	♥ 12:17pm Brian in UK: doctorjazz to paraphrase the Handsome Family's 'So Much Wine' there is only so much music you can hear in one life.
	♥ 12:18pm Sean in Bristol UK: Gone from ‘Grinch’ to totally embracing the holidays this year, your show at this time of year is the icing on the cake
	♥ 12:18pm doctorjazz: BiUK, think I already have more than that in the house...
	12:19pm βrian: Just pulled Bob Cratchit's turkey out of the freezer to thaw.
	♥ 12:21pm Irene Trudel: Hi Wolgang and βrian! All the strings and trimmings today
	♥ 12:21pm Michael 98145: Happy Solstice, everyone 🔔
	12:21pm YETI BOB: Almost every guitar player I like is either influenced by Fahey, or trying somehow to get around the influence of Fahey. It's hard for me to imagine contemporary guitar music without him.
	♥ 12:28pm Irene Trudel: Happy Solstice Michael and all listening in! As I mentioned earlier, it's an extra-long show today in honor of the shortest day of this horrible year (thanks to Kenzo).
	♥ 12:32pm Sean in Bristol UK: The scratchy record, Christmas has arrived!
	12:33pm TDK60: Melachrino strings! Constance & Leland were playing the other night. Charming couple.
	12:33pm Wolfgang: A Skippy-Krunchy Kristmas to all!!
	♥ 12:33pm Sean in Bristol UK: And the skip, wonderful!
	♥ 12:34pm Michael 98145: Actually, you could just let it play ...
	12:37pm YETI BOB: Santa Claus if you are reading this please send me the Robbie Basho box set. I've been very good this year.
	12:39pm Wolfgang: It's time for me to dust off my wife's Xmas fave: Christmas Dancing, by James Last and Orchestra. It's the German version of George Melachrino
	♥ 12:40pm Brian in UK: Irene we are about to cast off with no rudder or compass.
	♥ 12:41pm Michael 98145: ( Axial Tilt Is The Reason For The Season )
	12:43pm Wolfgang: HELLO!! Call me Claire Voyant, the famous french psychic who can predict the next guitarist! My Ralph Towner wish has been granted without asking!
	12:43pm βrian: Now, doesn't that just tilt your axis?
	♥ 12:43pm Sean in Bristol UK: Here in Bristol we dropped from Tier 3 to 2, you can go to the pub to have a beer or ten as long as you order a scotch egg!
	♥ 12:45pm Michael 98145: If Ivanka knew that, she'd be selling scotch eggs.
	♥ 12:45pm doctorjazz: I never tire of this Joni tune!
	12:45pm Wolfgang: Joni. I must be in Heaven
	♥ 12:45pm Brian in UK: Scott Chegg, lovely fella!
	♥ 12:46pm Irene Trudel: Brian, I can't imagine what you folks in the UK are going through, what with the pandemic AND Brexit to deal with! Sean, that's good to hear. Maybe pockets of people will listen to reason and get this thing under control.
	♥ 12:46pm Brian in UK: Sean, was in Hereford today. So busy; level 1 now; go figure.
	12:47pm βrian: France does not want to import COVID, even.
	♥ 12:48pm Sean in Bristol UK: Brian, I can drive 30 miles south and I can be Tier 1
	♥ 12:48pm Michael 98145: So sorry for our friends in the UK. It's bad enough here.
	♥ 12:49pm doctorjazz: I'm quarantined-tested positive on Friday. I've been feeling fine, but stuck in a spare bedroom nonstop until next Monday. More FMU time, not all bad...
	12:49pm βrian: When I was a kid, I thought that being able to skate to a destination (via frozen canals, say) would be the coolest thing ever.
	♥ 12:50pm doctorjazz: (I'd advise you all to wear a mask when using the portal while I'm on, and stay 6 feet away from it while you're at it).
	12:50pm Wolfgang: Love to you all in the UK. Hang on.
	12:50pm YETI BOB: doctor j: sorry to hear about your positive test. i hope your symptoms remain mild.
	12:51pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @doctorjazz :-/ I hope you'll get some rest and feel better
	♥ 12:51pm Brian in UK: Music & alcohol seem to work well. Thanks for the kind thoughts.
	12:51pm Dean: Holy crap, pardon my French, doctorjazz! So sorry to hear this.
	12:51pm βrian: I'm trying to stay negative, myself.
	12:51pm Wolfgang: Oh, Doctorjazz! Everything crossed for you! May you remain asymptomatic.
	♥ 12:53pm Brian in UK: doctorjazz. Positive thoughts to you, oh maybe not too positive.
	♥ 12:53pm Irene Trudel: Oh No, doctorjazz! Hope it doesn't progress beyond the mild symptoms. Sending healing thoughts your way!
	♥ 12:54pm Michael 98145: enjoying the musics ♫
	♥ 12:54pm doctorjazz: So far, so good! The worst issue is boredom. Not leaving 1 room in the house to avoid spreading any virus to others in the house (get trays of food delivered to my door-not all bad...). The dog is very confused, though, can't figure out why he can't see me...
	♥ 12:55pm doctorjazz: Thanks for all the good wishes-this is very healing music!
	♥ 12:55pm Sean in Bristol UK: Christmas tree all lit up along with a plethora of lanterns, baubles and shiny, flashing things, my pup, Lola by my side and this most wonderful show playing, life is feeling positive, thank you Irene for lifting my spirits.
	♥ 12:56pm Michael 98145: be well, dr jz
	♥ 12:57pm Sean in Bristol UK: Doctorjazz, sending healing thoughts to you, get well, my friend
	♥ 12:57pm Doug Schulkind: Seasons groovings, everyone!
	♥ 1:01pm Irene Trudel: Hoping to keep in this nice groove, Doug!
	♥ 1:03pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Good morning-ish, Irene. Happy Christmas!
	♥ 1:06pm Irene Trudel: Greetings Summer and Michael and Sylvia (and Dean, who I think missed earlier).
	♥ 1:07pm doctorjazz: Hey, Dean, still interested in a vinyl or CD exchange? (OK if you're not).
	1:09pm Dean: Yes! Sorry, I've been distracted. So far, I've uncovered only two CDs and a handful of LPs. I'll enumerate them to you in an email soon. Expect it from a new email account at fastmail, no longer Yahoo!
	♥ 1:19pm doctorjazz: No worries, Dean!
	♥ 1:28pm Sean in Bristol UK: Oh my goodness, what a set and this track by Pete Wyer, stunning
	♥ 1:36pm Irene Trudel: Here's a link to that Wainwright Family show:rufuswainwright.veeps.com...
	♥ 1:39pm Irene Trudel: Sean, this track by Pete M. Wyer is part of a larger work called For Love and Only Love, and it's being presented outdoors at New York Botanical Garden. I've know Pete for years, and he asked me to help aspprove sound levels. Here's a link to the event: www.nybg.org...
	♥ 1:41pm Sean in Bristol UK: Irene, the harmonies, everything about this track has just blown me away, will definitely be checking out the link, thank you for that
	♥ 1:43pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got to do my ‘Star Trek’ thing, “Captain, the engines canna not take it!”. Beautiful, beautiful set.
	♥ 1:45pm Irene Trudel: Thanks Sean!
	♥ 1:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: just checked the link, oh, to be there to witness this event,
	♥ 1:52pm Irene Trudel: The music is available on Bandcamp, BTW.
	1:59pm BillD: Good afternoon Irene . Merry Christmas !
	♥ 2:07pm Webhamster Henry: Somewhere around here I have an aircheck of the Roches singing Xmas tunes on Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight. They were a Holiday tradition!
	♥ 2:10pm Irene Trudel: Hi Bill and Henry! I do remember those Vin Scelsa appearances. They were on WNYC/Soundcheck a few times too.
	2:10pm Cronbat: Lovely, lovely show Irene Thanks, and Merry Christmas!
	2:13pm βrian: T'is the season to sing of ice shanties.
	♥ 2:15pm Irene Trudel: My gift to you all, Cronbat. Thanks!
	♥ 2:40pm Sean in Bristol UK: Last time this particular alignment happened was back in the year 1226
	♥ 2:44pm Sean in Bristol UK: Didn’t The Black Death make an appearance round about then, probably a far reach on celestial conspiracy theories!
	2:45pm βrian: We'll have to see if Little Human is up for a short hike to a likely lookout point.
	♥ 2:46pm listener james from westwood: Oh hells yes to this Weyes Blood.
	2:47pm βrian: Santa's gonna put buboes in Donnie's stocking.
	♥ 2:47pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Wow, this is a super interesting track, Irene. The backing almost sounds like William Basinski ran the piano through one of his "Disintegration Loops"...
	♥ 2:50pm Irene Trudel: Interesting point, Sean. Maybe the pandemic goes hand-in-hand with the alignment of planets? Probably just a coincidence. Summer and Michael and Sylvia, I didn't notice it before but this Weyes Blood track does definitely echo Disintegration Loops a little.
	2:51pm Sylvia (France-NYC): oh, it's me!
	2:52pm βrian: Tu blagues ?
	♥ 2:52pm Sean in Bristol UK: I am so not up to speed, is this you, Sylvia?
	♥ 2:53pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Thank you! <3
	2:53pm Dean: Black Death, 1347-1351.
	2:53pm Sylvia (France-NYC): yeah, it's us! Bipolar Explorer, aka listeners Summer&Michael&Sylvia and, well, me!
	2:54pm βrian: Quelle merveille !
	2:54pm Sylvia (France-NYC): thank you so much, Irene
	♥ 2:54pm Sean in Bristol UK: Love this track, will be checking you out,
	2:55pm Sylvia (France-NYC): thanks @βrian, we're on bandcamp :) bipolarexplorer.bandcamp.com
	2:55pm Sylvia (France-NYC): followed by Julianna Barwick, wow
	♥ 2:55pm Bas NL: Very nice, Sylvia! And greetings Irene; i love your selection!
	♥ 2:56pm Michael 98145: Thank you again, Irene. Happy Holidays, everyone. Heatlh to you all.
	♥ 2:56pm Irene Trudel: You're quite welcome, Summer and Michael and Sylvia! A beautiful seasonal album from Bipolar Explorer.
	♥ 2:59pm Sean in Bristol UK: So I have a subscription to a fruit based streaming service, checked the Biplolar Explorer content and I have so much to choose from. Hints to start my journey with you guys would be greatly appreciated, maybe your most recent album ‘deluxe Anges’ perhaps
	♥ 3:00pm Sean in Bristol UK: Sorry, Deux Anges
	3:01pm Wolfgang: Lovely piece by Julianna Barwick.
	3:02pm Wolfgang: We have achieved overtime! Repeat: we have entered overtime!
	3:04pm TDK60: Hello. Just back after a trip via subway to Upper West Side and Harlem, back in the Heights.
	♥ 3:05pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yet another epic set with loads of extra innings to come, marvellous.
	♥ 3:05pm Irene Trudel: Yesss. More show coming!
	3:06pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean yes, good choice! It's a double album of shoegaze, ambient, spoken word
	♥ 3:06pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Love this Low album. They are probably our most beloved - part of our DNA. And we remember that great show of yours, Irene, when you had them on at Christmas, live, with all these songs. We actually taped it off 91.1, later burning it to CD-R and listen still every year!
	♥ 3:06pm Irene Trudel: Welcome back TDK60. There's another two hours to go!
	3:07pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean we have a special mini website to go with Deux Anges, deuxanges.sluggrecords.com
	♥ 3:07pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Sylvia, downloading to my fruit based device as we speak
	3:08pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean thank you! :) I hope you like it
	♥ 3:09pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: @sean - thank you so much! Sylvia is right. Plus our Bandcamp page is good because it's got lots of introductory text, lyrics, etc to the entire "catalog" such as it is...
	♥ 3:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hopefully in the not too distant future Bipolar Explorer will come to Bristol to play
	3:11pm Wolfgang: This Sigurðsson is very evocative of cold, starry winter skies. It's misty, wet and cloudy here in northern Germany. Wish I could see the dang planets doing thier convergence thing but the whole week will be clouds.
	♥ 3:13pm Michael 98145: More time! A lovely present.
	3:13pm Sylvia (France-NYC): of course Sylvia is right what a fantastic set, and show, Irene, quite a gift
	♥ 3:15pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Wolfgang, where in northern Germany is your abode? Got great memories of living over there in the Eighties.
	3:15pm βrian: Hey, DJ Skippy!
	3:18pm TDK60: Was just going to ask the same, Wolfgang. And by the way, are you the same fellow known as DJ Storkenflächendecker?
	3:19pm βrian: Boo: "Scattered rain and snow showers before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy ..."
	3:20pm Sylvia (France-NYC): Hi @TDK60, eggnog?
	3:21pm TDK60: Bonjour Sylvia, why sure, merci.
	♥ 3:22pm Sean in Bristol UK: Watched ‘Crock of Gold’ over the weekend, brilliant but sad, a poet devastated by booze and drugs, highly recommended
	♥ 3:24pm Sean in Bristol UK: ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ highest grossing Christmas song of the 21st Century apparently
	♥ 3:26pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Sylvia, a glass of port perchance?
	♥ 3:27pm Bas NL: Puts a new log on the fire
	3:28pm βrian: I list to Port, myself.
	3:29pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean sure! I'm currently multitasking, listening to the show and watching my son play Among Us
	♥ 3:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: I will charge the decanter and raise a glass to our happy gang of listeners and of course to you Irene, Happy holidays.
	♥ 3:33pm Sean in Bristol UK: ‘Island’ is my album of the year, man, this record is just lights out majestic
	3:33pm βrian: Tawny? I remember the first time I had good port. Daaamn, I thought I wouldn't like it.
	3:34pm TDK60: Only first heard of this Owen P. guy just recently. Here?
	♥ 3:36pm Irene Trudel: Sean, I haven't heard of 'Fairy Tale of New York.' As for Owen, I agree with Sean. One of my favorites of the year. I'll be hosting a best-of show either next week or the first Monday in January.
	♥ 3:37pm doctorjazz: Been listening while taking care of some business, been lovely. Really like the Kurt Rosenwinkel!
	♥ 3:38pm Sean in Bristol UK: ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ is one of those Christmas ditties that makes my teeth itch, made Shane McGowen a very wealthy man
	♥ 3:41pm Irene Trudel: Ah, now I know the song Sean. Yeah, one I can do without hearing again. doctorjazz, Kurt is one of my fave jazz guitarists. His Heartcore album is a particular fave.
	♥ 3:43pm doctorjazz: I know I have something by him, don't think it's that one, though, I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendations, Irene! Now I'm curious about Island as well, just checking it out at Bandcamp.
	3:45pm johnc: I hadn't heard of Kurt Rosenwinkel before. Thanks, Irene. I'm going to check out more stuff from him now
	3:45pm Dean: He appears on Paul Motian's EBB records.
	♥ 3:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: A couple of interesting videos for two of the tracks from ‘Island’, ‘Fire-Mare’ and ‘A Bloody Morning’
	3:47pm johnc: not now. after this show is over
	3:47pm Dean: And I think I have stuff with Chris Cheek on which he appears.
	3:48pm johnc: Thanks, Dean
	♥ 3:50pm Irene Trudel: Kurt also did a really nice album called Caipi, featuring a lot of young Brazilian artists.
	4:00pm Wolfgang: "Reflections" is another nice album of his.
	4:01pm Sylvia (France-NYC): this is so beautiful
	4:03pm Dean: Vladimir Martynov's "Come In!" would fit nicely in this set, the recording by Gidon Kremer and his ensemble. Radiant.
	4:03pm Dean: ISWYDT, Irene Trudel.
	♥ 4:08pm Sean in Bristol UK: Just checking Irene but are we going to blessed by another show on Boxing Day?
	♥ 4:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Sorry ‘be blessed’
	♥ 4:13pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yikes another gorgeous set. For some reason the scratchy record made Lola jump, she isaid s now looking at the speakers, head tilted to the side with her inquisitiveness!
	4:14pm Dean: Longest night, you mean?
	♥ 4:14pm Sean in Bristol UK: Sorry the port has made my fingers quishy!
	4:17pm Gary via app: Hola!
	4:20pm redkayak: Happy Holidays all! Tuning in late, I know ;)
	4:21pm redkayak: Wishing everyone a happy & healthy '21 too...
	♥ 4:21pm Irene Trudel: Heya Gary and redkayak! Glad to have you here even at this late hour
	♥ 4:22pm doctorjazz: Sun Ra EVERY WEEK!!!
	4:22pm redkayak: @Irene - Cloudy here in Chicago. Looks like the conjunction will have to wait a day!
	4:23pm redkayak: @dr jazz - - indeed so
	4:24pm redkayak: Okay, back to work for me....... Be well everybody!
	4:29pm Dean: Spent a couple hours last week watching early appearances of Bill Evans, a BBC show with the trio, and an interview with his brother Harry.
	♥ 4:30pm Sean in Bristol UK: Don’t think I have been on the ‘naughty list’ this year, Bill
	♥ 4:30pm deesat: Hi Irene! Enjoying the show - and just appreciating again that your show is back!
	4:30pm northguineahills: Finally got my unemployment check (for the last 6 months). Hora de sacrificar a la diosa chaichiuhtlicue!
	4:31pm northguineahills: Bill Evans was the first jazz musician record I bought....
	4:34pm Sylvia (France-NYC): that's great news @ngh
	4:37pm Dean: Tull?!
	4:37pm northguineahills: Thanks, Sylvia! (why yes, I'm dork for the Aztec deity pantheon)
	4:38pm Dean: Don't forget Gryphon's "Glastonbury Carol."
	♥ 4:38pm Irene Trudel: Yep-- or whoever Ian Anderson was calling Tull in 2004. Recorded by and engineer friend for a now defunct NYC radio station.
	♥ 4:39pm Irene Trudel: Sorry, forgot to post the listing to the playlist. I'll re-link it later.
	♥ 4:42pm Phillippe Bastille: howdy
	♥ 4:42pm Phillippe Bastille: Hey drjazz, how's that back?
	♥ 4:43pm doctorjazz: Liked hearing that Anderson, and, Prine, well, terrific! This set is as good as Christmas music can get (said as a Bah Humbug type).
	♥ 4:43pm Phillippe Bastille: hey sylvia, ngh
	♥ 4:43pm Sean in Bristol UK: Christmas is complete, Dan Hicks, splendid.
	♥ 4:44pm Irene Trudel: Hey deesat, ngh and Philippe! Glad to get you in near the end here.
	♥ 4:45pm doctorjazz: Thanks for asking, Phillippe (feel like a bit of a medical hardship case...), been doing much yoga (will be doing it soon, have that 2 hour GTDS live show gap). YouTube has lots), think it has been helping.
	♥ 4:46pm doctorjazz: Joseph Spense, what a trip!
	♥ 4:46pm Irene Trudel: Ooh, some good suggestions Dean but I probably won't get to them. Running out of steam!
	♥ 4:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: Scratch my last comment, this is THE Christmas track from Mr Spence
	♥ 4:47pm Phillippe Bastille: definitely some good stretches in yoga for sure. I could fall asleep in child's pose
	♥ 4:48pm doctorjazz: You're more flexible than I am for sure, Phillippe, child's pose (and many others) is painful (but getting less so as I stick with it).
	4:50pm Sylvia (France-NYC): Hello Phillippe
	♥ 4:50pm Phillippe Bastille: I'm probably just more of a child...
	4:50pm Cronbat: Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas / preferred winter winter festival, and a propitious proximal solar orbit!
	♥ 4:50pm Phillippe Bastille: (maturity level, not age-wise)
	♥ 4:51pm doctorjazz: My wife would likely disagree, Phillippe.
	4:51pm northguineahills: Thanks, Irene!
	♥ 4:51pm Sean in Bristol UK: Wow, “Tommy’ on a different level, love it!
	4:52pm Sylvia (France-NYC): thank you, Irene, for such a great (Christmas) show
	♥ 4:53pm doctorjazz: Wish I could clicky star the show again, but it only allows me once, which I already did. Thanks, Irene, Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays, all!
	♥ 4:54pm Phillippe Bastille: Thanks Irene!
	♥ 4:55pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got to do my ‘ye olde England’ sketch, you play ‘my queen’, I am ‘Walter Raleigh”. “My Queen, I usually present you a potato but I bestow on you some figgy pudding” What a show!
	♥ 4:56pm Bas NL: Thanks Irene!
	4:56pm TDK60: Thanks Irene. Happy holidays.
	♥ 4:56pm Irene Trudel: Thank you all for joining me for this spirited show for the Holidaze! As I said, I'm doing a fill in on Saturday night 7-9pm for The Knave.
	♥ 4:57pm Sean in Bristol UK: Thank you Irene for lifting our spirits during a time of despondency, wishing you a fab and merry Christmas. Happy holidays to one and all.
	4:58pm Listener Robert: Yay!
	4:58pm Cronbat: Thank you Irene! Merry Christmas!
	5:00pm Listener Robert: Your pix of the Croton Reservoir remind me of the funny associative way my mind works. Early this century, when I was biking the Old Croton Aqueduct, what movie was I reminded of? "Gangs of New York", because I was thinking about the anti-cholera spray truck because they were using the local ground for both water supply and disposal.

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 21, 2020

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December 21, 2020: (Stayin' at) Home for the Holidaze.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
John Fahey	Christ's Saints of God Fantasy	The New Possibility: John Fahey’s Guitar Soli Christmas Album	Takoma	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Glenn Jones	A Different Kind of Christmas Carol (Listen: Pop-up)	The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar	Thrill Jockey	0:10:18 (Pop-up)
Wall Matthews	O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Listen: Pop-up)	Star of Wonder	Zen Gardens Music	0:13:25 (Pop-up)
Leo Kottke	In Christ There Is No East Or West (Listen: Pop-up)	Greenhouse	Capitol Records	0:16:34 (Pop-up)
Robbie Basho	Gypsy Rosary (Listen: Pop-up) "Gypsy Rosary" by "Robbie Basho"	Song of the Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes	Tompkins Square	0:18:43 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas /Silent Night /Little Brown Jug /Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer /The Skater's Waltz /Adeste Fidelis /I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	0:31:46 (Pop-up)
Ralph Towner	Sacred Place (Listen: Pop-up) "Sacred Place" by "Ralph Towner"	Chiaroscuro	ECM Records	0:40:20 (Pop-up)
Joni Mitchell	River (Listen: Pop-up) "River" by "Joni Mitchell"	Blue	A&M Records	0:44:25 (Pop-up)
James Blackshaw	O True Believers (Listen: Pop-up) "O True Believers" by "James Blackshaw"	O True Believers	Bo'Weavil Recordings	0:48:27 (Pop-up)
Gyan Riley	Elsetimes (Listen: Pop-up) "Elsetimes" by "Gyan Riley"	Shelter in Space	Agyanamus Music	0:54:07 (Pop-up)
John McLaughlin and the One Truth Band	Guardian Angels (Listen: Pop-up)	Electric Dreams	Columbia	0:59:10 (Pop-up)
John McLaughlin and the One Truth Band	Love and Understanding (Listen: Pop-up)	Electric Dreams	Columbia	1:00:02 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas /Silent Night /Little Brown Jug /Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer /The Skater's Waltz /Adeste Fidelis /I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	1:06:39 (Pop-up)
Tony Trischka	Precious Child (Listen: Pop-up) "Precious Child" by "Tony Trischka"	Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection	Rounder	1:15:45 (Pop-up)
Rotary Connection	Peace at Least (Listen: Pop-up) "Peace at Least" by "Rotary Connection"	Peace	Cadet Concept	1:19:06 (Pop-up)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, w/Rufus & Martha Wainwright	Some Children See Him (Listen: Pop-up)	The McGarrigle Christmas Hour	Nonesuch	1:23:13 (Pop-up)
Pete M. Wyer	Nia Wen (Listen: Pop-up) "Nia Wen" by "Pete M. Wyer"	For Love and Only Love	Pete M. Wyer	1:27:10 (Pop-up)
The Roches	Star of Wonder (Listen: Pop-up) "Star of Wonder" by "The Roches"	We Three Kings	MCA Records	1:40:50 (Pop-up)
The Pentangle	Cherry Tree Carol (Listen: Pop-up) "Cherry Tree Carol" by "The Pentangle"	Solomon's Seal	Reprise Records	1:42:43 (Pop-up)
Tim Eriksen	Occom's Carol (Listen: Pop-up) "Occom's Carol" by "Tim Eriksen"	Star in the East	Tim Eriksen	1:45:44 (Pop-up)
Soeur Sourire	J'ai Trouve Le Seigneur (I Have Found the Lord) (Listen: Pop-up)	The Singing Nun	Phillips	1:48:13 (Pop-up)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Wise Men (Listen: Pop-up) "Wise Men" by "Kate & Anna McGarrigle"	The McGarrigle Christmas Hour	Nonesuch	1:51:10 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas /Silent Night /Little Brown Jug /Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer /The Skater's Waltz /Adeste Fidelis /I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	1:55:17 (Pop-up)
Anna Von Hausswolff	Liturgy of Light (Listen: Pop-up)	Ceremony	Other Music Recording Co.	2:06:05 (Pop-up)
Rio en Medio	Peace (Listen: Pop-up) "Peace" by "Rio en Medio"	Peace Sequence	Women's Work Recordings	2:11:45 (Pop-up)
R. Carlos Nakai	Star Chant (Listen: Pop-up) "Star Chant" by "R. Carlos Nakai"	Earth Spirit	Canyon Records	2:15:27 (Pop-up)
Bruno Hoffman	Nauman: Duo for Glass Harmonica (Listen: Pop-up)	Music for Glass Harmonica	Candide	2:22:27 (Pop-up)
Jane Siberry	How Beautiful are the Feet (Listen: Pop-up)	Shushan the Palace (Hymns of Earth)	Sheeba Records	2:32:56 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas /Silent Night /Little Brown Jug /Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer /The Skater's Waltz /Adeste Fidelis /I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	2:36:33 (Pop-up)
Weyes Blood	Some Winters (Listen: Pop-up) "Some Winters" by "Weyes Blood"	The Innocents	Mexican Summer	2:44:49 (Pop-up)
Bipolar Explorer	Led By the Star (Listen: Pop-up) "Led By the Star" by "Bipolar Explorer"	Til Morning Is Nigh: A Dream Of Christmas	Slugg Records	2:50:54 (Pop-up)
Julianna Barwick	In Light (feat. Jonsi) (Listen: Pop-up)	Healing Is A Miracle	Ninja Tune	2:54:44 (Pop-up)
Low	Long Way Around the Sea (Listen: Pop-up) "Long Way Around the Sea" by "Low"	Christmas	Kranky Records	3:00:26 (Pop-up)
Valgeir Sigurðsson	The Stars are Aligning (Listen: Pop-up)	An Acceptable Loss (OST)	Bedroom Community	3:05:04 (Pop-up)
Portland Cello Project	This Little Babe (Listen: Pop-up)	Winter: The Best Nine Months of the Year	Portland Cello Project	3:09:37 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas /Silent Night /Little Brown Jug /Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer /The Skater's Waltz /Adeste Fidelis /I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	3:13:40 (Pop-up)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Christmas Time Is Here (Listen: Pop-up)	A Charlie Brown Christmas	Fantasy Jazz	3:24:46 (Pop-up)
Owen Pallett	Perseverance Of The Saints (Listen: Pop-up)	Island	Domino Recording Company	3:30:49 (Pop-up)
Kurt Rosenwinkel	Déja Vu (Listen: Pop-up) "Déja Vu" by "Kurt Rosenwinkel"	Star of Jupiter	Wommusic	3:34:35 (Pop-up)
Christian McBride Trio	Silent Night (Listen: Pop-up)	VA: It's Christmas on Mack Avenue	Mack Avenue	3:45:20 (Pop-up)
Immanuel Wilkins	Grace and Mercy (Listen: Pop-up) "Grace and Mercy" by "Immanuel Wilkins"	Omega	Blue Note	3:52:02 (Pop-up)
Ólafur Arnalds	For Now I Am Winter (Listen: Pop-up)	For Now I Am Winter	Mercury Classics	3:58:47 (Pop-up)
Paul Winter Consort	Bansuri & Saxophone / Yangjin (Words of Wish Fulfillment) (Listen: Pop-up)	Miho: Journey to the Mountian	Shumel	4:02:58 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas /Silent Night /Little Brown Jug /Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer /The Skater's Waltz /Adeste Fidelis /I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	4:11:20 (Pop-up)
The Sun Ra Trio	God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (Listen: Pop-up)	God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be	Cosmic Myth Records	4:20:24 (Pop-up)
Bill Evans	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Listen: Pop-up)	VA: Christmas Songs	Milestone Records	4:27:14 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis feat. Bob Dorough	Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) (Listen: Pop-up)	VA: Jingle Bell Jazz	Columbia	4:31:44 (Pop-up)
Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull	We Five Kings (Listen: Pop-up)	(Live on WAXQ, NYC 11/24/2004)		4:34:25 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Christmas in Jail (Listen: Pop-up) "Christmas in Jail" by "John Prine"	Sweet Revenge	Atlantic Records	4:38:37 (Pop-up)
Dan Hicks with The Christmas Jug Band	I Know What I'm Gettin' (Listen: Pop-up)	Rhythm on the Roof	Globe Records	4:41:50 (Pop-up)
Joseph Spence	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Listen: Pop-up)	VA: Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album	Rounder	4:44:57 (Pop-up)
Clive Palmer	Christmas Carol (Listen: Pop-up) "Christmas Carol" by "Clive Palmer"	Clive Palmer's Banjoland	Cherry Red Records	4:47:49 (Pop-up)
The Special Pillow	1921 (Listen: Pop-up) "1921" by "The Special Pillow"	(single)	The Special Pillow	4:50:18 (Pop-up)
The Smithereens	Christmas (from Tommy) (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas With the Smithereens	Entertainment One Music	4:53:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas /Silent Night /Little Brown Jug /Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer /The Skater's Waltz /Adeste Fidelis /I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Listen: Pop-up)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	4:56:34 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 11:47am Sean in Bristol UK: Good evening Irene, hello one and all. Happy Winter Soltice for Northern Hemisphere folks, light starts returning in our favour and boy, is that relevant now. Happy Holidays. The tree looks fab, Irene.
	♥ 11:55am Irene Trudel: Ah, good to have you here, Sean! We can begin now that you're here. BTW, today show will be an extra-long one. I'm filling in for Kenzo from 3-5pm, so lots more music for the holidaze!
	12:01pm YETI BOB: Irene - you're doing a double-shift? How lucky for us.
	12:02pm Sylvia (France-NYC): Hello Irene, Sean, Yeti Bob!
	♥ 12:02pm Brian in UK: Hello Irene. No sleep 'til teatime!
	♥ 12:02pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Irene & Peter! Happy Solstice!
	♥ 12:02pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Irene and all!
	12:02pm TDK60: Hi Irene.
	♥ 12:03pm Sean in Bristol UK: Happy days, a longer show,
	♥ 12:03pm listener james from westwood: Love the silhouetted water towers along the horizon out the window!
	12:05pm YETI BOB: (zooms in to try to read spines of Irene and Peter's CD collection)
	♥ 12:06pm Irene Trudel: Welcome YETI BOB, Sylvia, Brian, Henry, james and TDK60! Trying to get us all in some kind of decent spirits for the holidays.
	♥ 12:07pm Irene Trudel: James, that's the view out our westward window in the dark. YETI BOB, those CDs are mostly our classical, soundtrack and Christmas CDs. The rest stretch down a long hallway. I'll have to post a picture of that someday.
	12:08pm YETI BOB: @Irene: I'm in a pretty good mood, we heard Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang do their morning solstice concert today via livestream, their 30th year doing this. It was inspiring.
	♥ 12:08pm doctorjazz: HI-Loving this Fahey! (I've never been a big Fahey fan, always thought his shtick was to recycle blues guitar back ups without the vocals, but have to reevaluate it seems).
	12:11pm YETI BOB: @doctorjazz: his recorded output is vast and there's a lot of variety. his late records got pretty strange.
	♥ 12:12pm doctorjazz: So I see, I developed my take on him from the solo guitar things he did, which were very derivative to my ears. But, I obviously shut out other stuff he did, will have to investigate (it's on my very long list of music to check out).
	♥ 12:14pm Brian in UK: YETI BOB, saw Hamid Drake with William Parker at Cafe Oto. Confess I watched the drummer more than the bass player.
	12:15pm YETI BOB: @Brian: Parker/Drake is a great duo. I saw them at Jazz Fest a few years ago, William Parker was supposed to give a lecture about the art of improvisation
	12:15pm Wolfgang: Gutars a guitarin' and violins a-violinin' - it's Monday at Irene's! We're settling in for the day with you, Irene!
	♥ 12:16pm Irene Trudel: doctorjazz, you really must check out Fahey's "Requia" album, and the Portland Cement Factory, etc. There's a lot more going on in his music, even the solo stuff.
	12:16pm YETI BOB: He started with: "Well, I'm supposed to talk about improvising. We're going to start off with a demonstration, and after that I'll talk and take questions"
	12:16pm YETI BOB: You can probably guess what happened. Hamid and William played for the whole hour, then "Oops, out of time!"
	♥ 12:17pm Brian in UK: doctorjazz to paraphrase the Handsome Family's 'So Much Wine' there is only so much music you can hear in one life.
	♥ 12:18pm Sean in Bristol UK: Gone from ‘Grinch’ to totally embracing the holidays this year, your show at this time of year is the icing on the cake
	♥ 12:18pm doctorjazz: BiUK, think I already have more than that in the house...
	12:19pm βrian: Just pulled Bob Cratchit's turkey out of the freezer to thaw.
	♥ 12:21pm Irene Trudel: Hi Wolgang and βrian! All the strings and trimmings today
	♥ 12:21pm Michael 98145: Happy Solstice, everyone 🔔
	12:21pm YETI BOB: Almost every guitar player I like is either influenced by Fahey, or trying somehow to get around the influence of Fahey. It's hard for me to imagine contemporary guitar music without him.
	♥ 12:28pm Irene Trudel: Happy Solstice Michael and all listening in! As I mentioned earlier, it's an extra-long show today in honor of the shortest day of this horrible year (thanks to Kenzo).
	♥ 12:32pm Sean in Bristol UK: The scratchy record, Christmas has arrived!
	12:33pm TDK60: Melachrino strings! Constance & Leland were playing the other night. Charming couple.
	12:33pm Wolfgang: A Skippy-Krunchy Kristmas to all!!
	♥ 12:33pm Sean in Bristol UK: And the skip, wonderful!
	♥ 12:34pm Michael 98145: Actually, you could just let it play ...
	12:37pm YETI BOB: Santa Claus if you are reading this please send me the Robbie Basho box set. I've been very good this year.
	12:39pm Wolfgang: It's time for me to dust off my wife's Xmas fave: Christmas Dancing, by James Last and Orchestra. It's the German version of George Melachrino
	♥ 12:40pm Brian in UK: Irene we are about to cast off with no rudder or compass.
	♥ 12:41pm Michael 98145: ( Axial Tilt Is The Reason For The Season )
	12:43pm Wolfgang: HELLO!! Call me Claire Voyant, the famous french psychic who can predict the next guitarist! My Ralph Towner wish has been granted without asking!
	12:43pm βrian: Now, doesn't that just tilt your axis?
	♥ 12:43pm Sean in Bristol UK: Here in Bristol we dropped from Tier 3 to 2, you can go to the pub to have a beer or ten as long as you order a scotch egg!
	♥ 12:45pm Michael 98145: If Ivanka knew that, she'd be selling scotch eggs.
	♥ 12:45pm doctorjazz: I never tire of this Joni tune!
	12:45pm Wolfgang: Joni. I must be in Heaven
	♥ 12:45pm Brian in UK: Scott Chegg, lovely fella!
	♥ 12:46pm Irene Trudel: Brian, I can't imagine what you folks in the UK are going through, what with the pandemic AND Brexit to deal with! Sean, that's good to hear. Maybe pockets of people will listen to reason and get this thing under control.
	♥ 12:46pm Brian in UK: Sean, was in Hereford today. So busy; level 1 now; go figure.
	12:47pm βrian: France does not want to import COVID, even.
	♥ 12:48pm Sean in Bristol UK: Brian, I can drive 30 miles south and I can be Tier 1
	♥ 12:48pm Michael 98145: So sorry for our friends in the UK. It's bad enough here.
	♥ 12:49pm doctorjazz: I'm quarantined-tested positive on Friday. I've been feeling fine, but stuck in a spare bedroom nonstop until next Monday. More FMU time, not all bad...
	12:49pm βrian: When I was a kid, I thought that being able to skate to a destination (via frozen canals, say) would be the coolest thing ever.
	♥ 12:50pm doctorjazz: (I'd advise you all to wear a mask when using the portal while I'm on, and stay 6 feet away from it while you're at it).
	12:50pm Wolfgang: Love to you all in the UK. Hang on.
	12:50pm YETI BOB: doctor j: sorry to hear about your positive test. i hope your symptoms remain mild.
	12:51pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @doctorjazz :-/ I hope you'll get some rest and feel better
	♥ 12:51pm Brian in UK: Music & alcohol seem to work well. Thanks for the kind thoughts.
	12:51pm Dean: Holy crap, pardon my French, doctorjazz! So sorry to hear this.
	12:51pm βrian: I'm trying to stay negative, myself.
	12:51pm Wolfgang: Oh, Doctorjazz! Everything crossed for you! May you remain asymptomatic.
	♥ 12:53pm Brian in UK: doctorjazz. Positive thoughts to you, oh maybe not too positive.
	♥ 12:53pm Irene Trudel: Oh No, doctorjazz! Hope it doesn't progress beyond the mild symptoms. Sending healing thoughts your way!
	♥ 12:54pm Michael 98145: enjoying the musics ♫
	♥ 12:54pm doctorjazz: So far, so good! The worst issue is boredom. Not leaving 1 room in the house to avoid spreading any virus to others in the house (get trays of food delivered to my door-not all bad...). The dog is very confused, though, can't figure out why he can't see me...
	♥ 12:55pm doctorjazz: Thanks for all the good wishes-this is very healing music!
	♥ 12:55pm Sean in Bristol UK: Christmas tree all lit up along with a plethora of lanterns, baubles and shiny, flashing things, my pup, Lola by my side and this most wonderful show playing, life is feeling positive, thank you Irene for lifting my spirits.
	♥ 12:56pm Michael 98145: be well, dr jz
	♥ 12:57pm Sean in Bristol UK: Doctorjazz, sending healing thoughts to you, get well, my friend
	♥ 12:57pm Doug Schulkind: Seasons groovings, everyone!
	♥ 1:01pm Irene Trudel: Hoping to keep in this nice groove, Doug!
	♥ 1:03pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Good morning-ish, Irene. Happy Christmas!
	♥ 1:06pm Irene Trudel: Greetings Summer and Michael and Sylvia (and Dean, who I think missed earlier).
	♥ 1:07pm doctorjazz: Hey, Dean, still interested in a vinyl or CD exchange? (OK if you're not).
	1:09pm Dean: Yes! Sorry, I've been distracted. So far, I've uncovered only two CDs and a handful of LPs. I'll enumerate them to you in an email soon. Expect it from a new email account at fastmail, no longer Yahoo!
	♥ 1:19pm doctorjazz: No worries, Dean!
	♥ 1:28pm Sean in Bristol UK: Oh my goodness, what a set and this track by Pete Wyer, stunning
	♥ 1:36pm Irene Trudel: Here's a link to that Wainwright Family show:rufuswainwright.veeps.com...
	♥ 1:39pm Irene Trudel: Sean, this track by Pete M. Wyer is part of a larger work called For Love and Only Love, and it's being presented outdoors at New York Botanical Garden. I've know Pete for years, and he asked me to help aspprove sound levels. Here's a link to the event: www.nybg.org...
	♥ 1:41pm Sean in Bristol UK: Irene, the harmonies, everything about this track has just blown me away, will definitely be checking out the link, thank you for that
	♥ 1:43pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got to do my ‘Star Trek’ thing, “Captain, the engines canna not take it!”. Beautiful, beautiful set.
	♥ 1:45pm Irene Trudel: Thanks Sean!
	♥ 1:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: just checked the link, oh, to be there to witness this event,
	♥ 1:52pm Irene Trudel: The music is available on Bandcamp, BTW.
	1:59pm BillD: Good afternoon Irene . Merry Christmas !
	♥ 2:07pm Webhamster Henry: Somewhere around here I have an aircheck of the Roches singing Xmas tunes on Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight. They were a Holiday tradition!
	♥ 2:10pm Irene Trudel: Hi Bill and Henry! I do remember those Vin Scelsa appearances. They were on WNYC/Soundcheck a few times too.
	2:10pm Cronbat: Lovely, lovely show Irene Thanks, and Merry Christmas!
	2:13pm βrian: T'is the season to sing of ice shanties.
	♥ 2:15pm Irene Trudel: My gift to you all, Cronbat. Thanks!
	♥ 2:40pm Sean in Bristol UK: Last time this particular alignment happened was back in the year 1226
	♥ 2:44pm Sean in Bristol UK: Didn’t The Black Death make an appearance round about then, probably a far reach on celestial conspiracy theories!
	2:45pm βrian: We'll have to see if Little Human is up for a short hike to a likely lookout point.
	♥ 2:46pm listener james from westwood: Oh hells yes to this Weyes Blood.
	2:47pm βrian: Santa's gonna put buboes in Donnie's stocking.
	♥ 2:47pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Wow, this is a super interesting track, Irene. The backing almost sounds like William Basinski ran the piano through one of his "Disintegration Loops"...
	♥ 2:50pm Irene Trudel: Interesting point, Sean. Maybe the pandemic goes hand-in-hand with the alignment of planets? Probably just a coincidence. Summer and Michael and Sylvia, I didn't notice it before but this Weyes Blood track does definitely echo Disintegration Loops a little.
	2:51pm Sylvia (France-NYC): oh, it's me!
	2:52pm βrian: Tu blagues ?
	♥ 2:52pm Sean in Bristol UK: I am so not up to speed, is this you, Sylvia?
	♥ 2:53pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Thank you! <3
	2:53pm Dean: Black Death, 1347-1351.
	2:53pm Sylvia (France-NYC): yeah, it's us! Bipolar Explorer, aka listeners Summer&Michael&Sylvia and, well, me!
	2:54pm βrian: Quelle merveille !
	2:54pm Sylvia (France-NYC): thank you so much, Irene
	♥ 2:54pm Sean in Bristol UK: Love this track, will be checking you out,
	2:55pm Sylvia (France-NYC): thanks @βrian, we're on bandcamp :) bipolarexplorer.bandcamp.com
	2:55pm Sylvia (France-NYC): followed by Julianna Barwick, wow
	♥ 2:55pm Bas NL: Very nice, Sylvia! And greetings Irene; i love your selection!
	♥ 2:56pm Michael 98145: Thank you again, Irene. Happy Holidays, everyone. Heatlh to you all.
	♥ 2:56pm Irene Trudel: You're quite welcome, Summer and Michael and Sylvia! A beautiful seasonal album from Bipolar Explorer.
	♥ 2:59pm Sean in Bristol UK: So I have a subscription to a fruit based streaming service, checked the Biplolar Explorer content and I have so much to choose from. Hints to start my journey with you guys would be greatly appreciated, maybe your most recent album ‘deluxe Anges’ perhaps
	♥ 3:00pm Sean in Bristol UK: Sorry, Deux Anges
	3:01pm Wolfgang: Lovely piece by Julianna Barwick.
	3:02pm Wolfgang: We have achieved overtime! Repeat: we have entered overtime!
	3:04pm TDK60: Hello. Just back after a trip via subway to Upper West Side and Harlem, back in the Heights.
	♥ 3:05pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yet another epic set with loads of extra innings to come, marvellous.
	♥ 3:05pm Irene Trudel: Yesss. More show coming!
	3:06pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean yes, good choice! It's a double album of shoegaze, ambient, spoken word
	♥ 3:06pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Love this Low album. They are probably our most beloved - part of our DNA. And we remember that great show of yours, Irene, when you had them on at Christmas, live, with all these songs. We actually taped it off 91.1, later burning it to CD-R and listen still every year!
	♥ 3:06pm Irene Trudel: Welcome back TDK60. There's another two hours to go!
	3:07pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean we have a special mini website to go with Deux Anges, deuxanges.sluggrecords.com
	♥ 3:07pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Sylvia, downloading to my fruit based device as we speak
	3:08pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean thank you! :) I hope you like it
	♥ 3:09pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: @sean - thank you so much! Sylvia is right. Plus our Bandcamp page is good because it's got lots of introductory text, lyrics, etc to the entire "catalog" such as it is...
	♥ 3:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hopefully in the not too distant future Bipolar Explorer will come to Bristol to play
	3:11pm Wolfgang: This Sigurðsson is very evocative of cold, starry winter skies. It's misty, wet and cloudy here in northern Germany. Wish I could see the dang planets doing thier convergence thing but the whole week will be clouds.
	♥ 3:13pm Michael 98145: More time! A lovely present.
	3:13pm Sylvia (France-NYC): of course Sylvia is right what a fantastic set, and show, Irene, quite a gift
	♥ 3:15pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Wolfgang, where in northern Germany is your abode? Got great memories of living over there in the Eighties.
	3:15pm βrian: Hey, DJ Skippy!
	3:18pm TDK60: Was just going to ask the same, Wolfgang. And by the way, are you the same fellow known as DJ Storkenflächendecker?
	3:19pm βrian: Boo: "Scattered rain and snow showers before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy ..."
	3:20pm Sylvia (France-NYC): Hi @TDK60, eggnog?
	3:21pm TDK60: Bonjour Sylvia, why sure, merci.
	♥ 3:22pm Sean in Bristol UK: Watched ‘Crock of Gold’ over the weekend, brilliant but sad, a poet devastated by booze and drugs, highly recommended
	♥ 3:24pm Sean in Bristol UK: ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ highest grossing Christmas song of the 21st Century apparently
	♥ 3:26pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Sylvia, a glass of port perchance?
	♥ 3:27pm Bas NL: Puts a new log on the fire
	3:28pm βrian: I list to Port, myself.
	3:29pm Sylvia (France-NYC): @Sean sure! I'm currently multitasking, listening to the show and watching my son play Among Us
	♥ 3:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: I will charge the decanter and raise a glass to our happy gang of listeners and of course to you Irene, Happy holidays.
	♥ 3:33pm Sean in Bristol UK: ‘Island’ is my album of the year, man, this record is just lights out majestic
	3:33pm βrian: Tawny? I remember the first time I had good port. Daaamn, I thought I wouldn't like it.
	3:34pm TDK60: Only first heard of this Owen P. guy just recently. Here?
	♥ 3:36pm Irene Trudel: Sean, I haven't heard of 'Fairy Tale of New York.' As for Owen, I agree with Sean. One of my favorites of the year. I'll be hosting a best-of show either next week or the first Monday in January.
	♥ 3:37pm doctorjazz: Been listening while taking care of some business, been lovely. Really like the Kurt Rosenwinkel!
	♥ 3:38pm Sean in Bristol UK: ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ is one of those Christmas ditties that makes my teeth itch, made Shane McGowen a very wealthy man
	♥ 3:41pm Irene Trudel: Ah, now I know the song Sean. Yeah, one I can do without hearing again. doctorjazz, Kurt is one of my fave jazz guitarists. His Heartcore album is a particular fave.
	♥ 3:43pm doctorjazz: I know I have something by him, don't think it's that one, though, I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendations, Irene! Now I'm curious about Island as well, just checking it out at Bandcamp.
	3:45pm johnc: I hadn't heard of Kurt Rosenwinkel before. Thanks, Irene. I'm going to check out more stuff from him now
	3:45pm Dean: He appears on Paul Motian's EBB records.
	♥ 3:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: A couple of interesting videos for two of the tracks from ‘Island’, ‘Fire-Mare’ and ‘A Bloody Morning’
	3:47pm johnc: not now. after this show is over
	3:47pm Dean: And I think I have stuff with Chris Cheek on which he appears.
	3:48pm johnc: Thanks, Dean
	♥ 3:50pm Irene Trudel: Kurt also did a really nice album called Caipi, featuring a lot of young Brazilian artists.
	4:00pm Wolfgang: "Reflections" is another nice album of his.
	4:01pm Sylvia (France-NYC): this is so beautiful
	4:03pm Dean: Vladimir Martynov's "Come In!" would fit nicely in this set, the recording by Gidon Kremer and his ensemble. Radiant.
	4:03pm Dean: ISWYDT, Irene Trudel.
	♥ 4:08pm Sean in Bristol UK: Just checking Irene but are we going to blessed by another show on Boxing Day?
	♥ 4:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Sorry ‘be blessed’
	♥ 4:13pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yikes another gorgeous set. For some reason the scratchy record made Lola jump, she isaid s now looking at the speakers, head tilted to the side with her inquisitiveness!
	4:14pm Dean: Longest night, you mean?
	♥ 4:14pm Sean in Bristol UK: Sorry the port has made my fingers quishy!
	4:17pm Gary via app: Hola!
	4:20pm redkayak: Happy Holidays all! Tuning in late, I know ;)
	4:21pm redkayak: Wishing everyone a happy & healthy '21 too...
	♥ 4:21pm Irene Trudel: Heya Gary and redkayak! Glad to have you here even at this late hour
	♥ 4:22pm doctorjazz: Sun Ra EVERY WEEK!!!
	4:22pm redkayak: @Irene - Cloudy here in Chicago. Looks like the conjunction will have to wait a day!
	4:23pm redkayak: @dr jazz - - indeed so
	4:24pm redkayak: Okay, back to work for me....... Be well everybody!
	4:29pm Dean: Spent a couple hours last week watching early appearances of Bill Evans, a BBC show with the trio, and an interview with his brother Harry.
	♥ 4:30pm Sean in Bristol UK: Don’t think I have been on the ‘naughty list’ this year, Bill
	♥ 4:30pm deesat: Hi Irene! Enjoying the show - and just appreciating again that your show is back!
	4:30pm northguineahills: Finally got my unemployment check (for the last 6 months). Hora de sacrificar a la diosa chaichiuhtlicue!
	4:31pm northguineahills: Bill Evans was the first jazz musician record I bought....
	4:34pm Sylvia (France-NYC): that's great news @ngh
	4:37pm Dean: Tull?!
	4:37pm northguineahills: Thanks, Sylvia! (why yes, I'm dork for the Aztec deity pantheon)
	4:38pm Dean: Don't forget Gryphon's "Glastonbury Carol."
	♥ 4:38pm Irene Trudel: Yep-- or whoever Ian Anderson was calling Tull in 2004. Recorded by and engineer friend for a now defunct NYC radio station.
	♥ 4:39pm Irene Trudel: Sorry, forgot to post the listing to the playlist. I'll re-link it later.
	♥ 4:42pm Phillippe Bastille: howdy
	♥ 4:42pm Phillippe Bastille: Hey drjazz, how's that back?
	♥ 4:43pm doctorjazz: Liked hearing that Anderson, and, Prine, well, terrific! This set is as good as Christmas music can get (said as a Bah Humbug type).
	♥ 4:43pm Phillippe Bastille: hey sylvia, ngh
	♥ 4:43pm Sean in Bristol UK: Christmas is complete, Dan Hicks, splendid.
	♥ 4:44pm Irene Trudel: Hey deesat, ngh and Philippe! Glad to get you in near the end here.
	♥ 4:45pm doctorjazz: Thanks for asking, Phillippe (feel like a bit of a medical hardship case...), been doing much yoga (will be doing it soon, have that 2 hour GTDS live show gap). YouTube has lots), think it has been helping.
	♥ 4:46pm doctorjazz: Joseph Spense, what a trip!
	♥ 4:46pm Irene Trudel: Ooh, some good suggestions Dean but I probably won't get to them. Running out of steam!
	♥ 4:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: Scratch my last comment, this is THE Christmas track from Mr Spence
	♥ 4:47pm Phillippe Bastille: definitely some good stretches in yoga for sure. I could fall asleep in child's pose
	♥ 4:48pm doctorjazz: You're more flexible than I am for sure, Phillippe, child's pose (and many others) is painful (but getting less so as I stick with it).
	4:50pm Sylvia (France-NYC): Hello Phillippe
	♥ 4:50pm Phillippe Bastille: I'm probably just more of a child...
	4:50pm Cronbat: Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas / preferred winter winter festival, and a propitious proximal solar orbit!
	♥ 4:50pm Phillippe Bastille: (maturity level, not age-wise)
	♥ 4:51pm doctorjazz: My wife would likely disagree, Phillippe.
	4:51pm northguineahills: Thanks, Irene!
	♥ 4:51pm Sean in Bristol UK: Wow, “Tommy’ on a different level, love it!
	4:52pm Sylvia (France-NYC): thank you, Irene, for such a great (Christmas) show
	♥ 4:53pm doctorjazz: Wish I could clicky star the show again, but it only allows me once, which I already did. Thanks, Irene, Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays, all!
	♥ 4:54pm Phillippe Bastille: Thanks Irene!
	♥ 4:55pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got to do my ‘ye olde England’ sketch, you play ‘my queen’, I am ‘Walter Raleigh”. “My Queen, I usually present you a potato but I bestow on you some figgy pudding” What a show!
	♥ 4:56pm Bas NL: Thanks Irene!
	4:56pm TDK60: Thanks Irene. Happy holidays.
	♥ 4:56pm Irene Trudel: Thank you all for joining me for this spirited show for the Holidaze! As I said, I'm doing a fill in on Saturday night 7-9pm for The Knave.
	♥ 4:57pm Sean in Bristol UK: Thank you Irene for lifting our spirits during a time of despondency, wishing you a fab and merry Christmas. Happy holidays to one and all.
	4:58pm Listener Robert: Yay!
	4:58pm Cronbat: Thank you Irene! Merry Christmas!
	5:00pm Listener Robert: Your pix of the Croton Reservoir remind me of the funny associative way my mind works. Early this century, when I was biking the Old Croton Aqueduct, what movie was I reminded of? "Gangs of New York", because I was thinking about the anti-cholera spray truck because they were using the local ground for both water supply and disposal.

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 21, 2020

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