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Music
Audio Bahn: 'Sonorous nights' in Lyon and Simian Mobile Disco
Friday, 18 May, 2012Laura Lieshman broadcasts from Lyon where some of the biggest names are performing at the Nuits Sonores festival, including the English duo Simian Mobile Disco, with whom she chats with backstage:
Friday, 18 May, 2012Laura Lieshman broadcasts from Lyon where some of the biggest names are performing at the Nuits Sonores festival, including the English duo Simian Mobile Disco, with whom she chats with backstage:
Lunch with WRS: In the studio with Sinplus, Eurovision hopefuls
Wednesday, 16 May, 2012Sinplus, Switzerland’s Eurovision contenders will take to the stage next Tuesday night in Baku, Azerbaijan, hoping to win a place in the grand final on May 26. WRS’s Susan Flory visits the band’s brothers Ivan and Gabriel Broggini in their home city of Locarno. She started by asking for a quick acoustic rendition of their Eurovision entry Unbreakable:
Wednesday, 16 May, 2012Sinplus, Switzerland’s Eurovision contenders will take to the stage next Tuesday night in Baku, Azerbaijan, hoping to win a place in the grand final on May 26. WRS’s Susan Flory visits the band’s brothers Ivan and Gabriel Broggini in their home city of Locarno. She started by asking for a quick acoustic rendition of their Eurovision entry Unbreakable:
Yvan Peacemaker and Peter King in session
Friday, 11 May, 2012Host Pete Forster is joined by Lausanne hit maker and stars producer Yvan Peacemaker, who releases his first album as producer called The Elixir. Peacemaker worked with a number of artists, including singer songwriter Peter King who performs a song live in studio:
Friday, 11 May, 2012Host Pete Forster is joined by Lausanne hit maker and stars producer Yvan Peacemaker, who releases his first album as producer called The Elixir. Peacemaker worked with a number of artists, including singer songwriter Peter King who performs a song live in studio:
East River Pipe's sound emerges from the underworld
Friday, 13 January, 2012The Shed host Mark Coles will be in Klosters next weekend recording his weekly show live from the Altitude Festival. Today he’s telling us about an American one-man “band” called East River Pipe and his track Cold Ground from the album “We Live In Rented Rooms.”
Friday, 13 January, 2012The Shed host Mark Coles will be in Klosters next weekend recording his weekly show live from the Altitude Festival. Today he’s telling us about an American one-man “band” called East River Pipe and his track Cold Ground from the album “We Live In Rented Rooms.”
Electrifying defiance in the music of Niger's Bombino
Thursday, 12 January, 2012Ahead of his appearance next Saturday at the Altitude Festival in Klosters, The Shed’s Mark Coles takes us to Niger with Bombino’s Iyat Idounia Ayasahen from the album “Agadez” on Cumbancha Discovery:
Thursday, 12 January, 2012Ahead of his appearance next Saturday at the Altitude Festival in Klosters, The Shed’s Mark Coles takes us to Niger with Bombino’s Iyat Idounia Ayasahen from the album “Agadez” on Cumbancha Discovery:
Introducing the heartfelt R&B of Cuban singer Danay Suarez
Wednesday, 11 January, 2012Mark Coles, host of The Shed, is back to introduce another band before his Jan. 21 appearance at the Altitude Festival in Klosters. Today he brings us the earnest sounds of singer and rapper Danay Suarez, whose R&B evokes the sound of contemporary Cuba in Yo Aprendi from the album “Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: The Search Continues”:
Wednesday, 11 January, 2012Mark Coles, host of The Shed, is back to introduce another band before his Jan. 21 appearance at the Altitude Festival in Klosters. Today he brings us the earnest sounds of singer and rapper Danay Suarez, whose R&B evokes the sound of contemporary Cuba in Yo Aprendi from the album “Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: The Search Continues”:
Pop rock kiwis The Bats still growing
Tuesday, 10 January, 2012Mark Coles, host of The Shed talks to WRS’s Alex Helmick ahead of his Jan. 21 appearance at the Altitude Festival in Klosters, to explain his philosophy of world music—no indigenous beats or obscure experimental sounds, just the best tracks, rock’n’roll included, from around the world. Today he introduces The Bats from New Zealand, with a track called Simpletons from their album “Free All the Monsters” on Flying Nun Records:
Tuesday, 10 January, 2012Mark Coles, host of The Shed talks to WRS’s Alex Helmick ahead of his Jan. 21 appearance at the Altitude Festival in Klosters, to explain his philosophy of world music—no indigenous beats or obscure experimental sounds, just the best tracks, rock’n’roll included, from around the world. Today he introduces The Bats from New Zealand, with a track called Simpletons from their album “Free All the Monsters” on Flying Nun Records:
Duran Duran fans in for 'nice surprise' at Klosters
Monday, 9 January, 2012Ahead of his Saturday appearance at the Altitude Festival in Klosters January 21 and 22 where he’ll record The Shed live, Mark Coles is back with WRS’s Alex Hlemick all week to bring us neglected gems from the past year. Today he introduces us to Naina Lagai Ke from Indian singer Asha Bhosle and sitar player Shujaat Khan:
Monday, 9 January, 2012Ahead of his Saturday appearance at the Altitude Festival in Klosters January 21 and 22 where he’ll record The Shed live, Mark Coles is back with WRS’s Alex Hlemick all week to bring us neglected gems from the past year. Today he introduces us to Naina Lagai Ke from Indian singer Asha Bhosle and sitar player Shujaat Khan:
WRS Music Review 2011: Mark Coles
Tuesday, 27 December, 2011With so many albums released around the globe these days, it can’t be easy to filter through it all and pick just five songs that stand out as the year’s best, but WRS’s Alex Helmick has asked our resident music experts to do it anyway. Today, Mark Coles, host of the internationally syndicated music show The Shed: A Whole New World of Music, shares his top tracks from 2011:
Tuesday, 27 December, 2011With so many albums released around the globe these days, it can’t be easy to filter through it all and pick just five songs that stand out as the year’s best, but WRS’s Alex Helmick has asked our resident music experts to do it anyway. Today, Mark Coles, host of the internationally syndicated music show The Shed: A Whole New World of Music, shares his top tracks from 2011:
Get into the Harlem Gospel Singers groove
Friday, 16 December, 2011The Harlem Gospel Singers are bringing their unique sound from New York City to several cities in Switzerland over the holidays as part of their 20th anniversary tour. Alex Helmick talks to the group’s founder and 70-year-old star, “First Lady of Gospel” Queen Esther Marrow, about what keeps her going and what gets her European audiences movin’:
Friday, 16 December, 2011The Harlem Gospel Singers are bringing their unique sound from New York City to several cities in Switzerland over the holidays as part of their 20th anniversary tour. Alex Helmick talks to the group’s founder and 70-year-old star, “First Lady of Gospel” Queen Esther Marrow, about what keeps her going and what gets her European audiences movin’:
Anna Rossinelli proves there is life after Eurovision
Monday, 12 December, 2011Anna Rossinelli and her band were Switzerland’s 2011 entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. Though the song was a sweet, well-crafted pop tune performed by good musicians and a beautiful singer with a great voice, they finished last. Luckily, the story did not end there. Anna and her band were signed by a major record label (Universal) and released their first album, Bon Voyage, on December 9. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Anna Rossinelli, Georg Dillier and Manuel Meisel about the new album, Eurovision and gets the band to play Joker and See What You’ve Done in studio:
Monday, 12 December, 2011Anna Rossinelli and her band were Switzerland’s 2011 entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. Though the song was a sweet, well-crafted pop tune performed by good musicians and a beautiful singer with a great voice, they finished last. Luckily, the story did not end there. Anna and her band were signed by a major record label (Universal) and released their first album, Bon Voyage, on December 9. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Anna Rossinelli, Georg Dillier and Manuel Meisel about the new album, Eurovision and gets the band to play Joker and See What You’ve Done in studio:
Adam Cohen, son of Leonard, embraces his father
Thursday, 1 December, 2011Canadian musician Adam Cohen was born into music royalty. The son of Leonard Cohen, Adam is on his way to Switzerland and will be performing at Les Docks in Lausanne on Sunday night. WRS’s Pete Forster speaks to the artist about his music and his complicated relationship with his father. They talk about his early life—he lived in France, Canada and Greece as a child—and Forster asks Cohen what he listened to then that influenced his music now:
Thursday, 1 December, 2011Canadian musician Adam Cohen was born into music royalty. The son of Leonard Cohen, Adam is on his way to Switzerland and will be performing at Les Docks in Lausanne on Sunday night. WRS’s Pete Forster speaks to the artist about his music and his complicated relationship with his father. They talk about his early life—he lived in France, Canada and Greece as a child—and Forster asks Cohen what he listened to then that influenced his music now:
Lunch with WRS: Swiss rapper Stress unwinds story of his success
Wednesday, 30 November, 2011They call him Stress because of his high energy. WRS’s Lucas Chambers talks to the Estonia-born Swiss rapper Andres Andrekson. Stress is Switzerland’s best-known rapper and he’s also known for his virulent attacks on those who would stigmatize immigrants for their own political ends. He also talks about his new album which he says is his favorite:
Wednesday, 30 November, 2011They call him Stress because of his high energy. WRS’s Lucas Chambers talks to the Estonia-born Swiss rapper Andres Andrekson. Stress is Switzerland’s best-known rapper and he’s also known for his virulent attacks on those who would stigmatize immigrants for their own political ends. He also talks about his new album which he says is his favorite:
Joan as Police Woman on the glory and vulnerability of being a frontwoman
Thursday, 10 November, 2011Joan Wasser, perhaps better known as Joan as Police Woman, has played with music’s elite as a classically trained violinist and studio musician. But for years now, she’s been fronting rock bands, playing the guitar and writing songs, including the hit The Magic. Alex Helmick talks to Joan Wasser about the glory and the vulnerability of going from the back of the stage to the front and how she came up with the name Joan as Police Woman:
Thursday, 10 November, 2011Joan Wasser, perhaps better known as Joan as Police Woman, has played with music’s elite as a classically trained violinist and studio musician. But for years now, she’s been fronting rock bands, playing the guitar and writing songs, including the hit The Magic. Alex Helmick talks to Joan Wasser about the glory and the vulnerability of going from the back of the stage to the front and how she came up with the name Joan as Police Woman:
Kaiser Chiefs 'reinvigorated' after hiatus
Tuesday, 8 November, 2011The Kaiser Chiefs are an English rock band which continues to innovate. And after a three-year break, the band returns with a clever way to sell the group’s fourth album, The Future is Medieval. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Kaiser Chiefs keyboardist Nick “Peanut” Baines about the new album and world tour, the state of the music industry and the band’s upcoming dates in Switzerland:
Tuesday, 8 November, 2011The Kaiser Chiefs are an English rock band which continues to innovate. And after a three-year break, the band returns with a clever way to sell the group’s fourth album, The Future is Medieval. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Kaiser Chiefs keyboardist Nick “Peanut” Baines about the new album and world tour, the state of the music industry and the band’s upcoming dates in Switzerland:
