Monday, September 16

Night Train kicks off the week with a long list of birthday artists, including blues legend B.B. King, vocalese great Jon Hendricks, Brazilian, jazz and classical guitarist Charlie Byrd, baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, and jazz violin pioneer Joe Venuti (featured in a special with early guitar great Eddie Lang in hour two of the show). Plus more for the September Jazz Meets Classical feature and new music from the Eyal Vilner Big Band, Paul Combos and Nicki Parrott.

Tuesday, September 17

Concert previews, new music from guitarist Steve Khan and also from organist Tony Monaco with saxophonist Richie Cole, and birthday celebrations for drummer Jeff Ballard (heard tonight with Brad Mehldau and Danilo Perez) and soul jazz organist Jack McDuff (including a special featuring him in hour two of the show) all on tap tonight on the Night Train.

Wednesday, September 18

Night Train marks birthdays of trombonist John Fedchock and guitarist Emily Remler (including a special about her in hour two of the show) and continues the September Classical Music Month feature with music from Tessa Souter and Oregon. Plus percussionist Poncho Sanchez returns after seven years with a new album in tribute to John Coltrane.

Thursday, September 19

Tonight on the Night Train, more classical meets jazz for the September Classical Music Month feature, including an early birthday celebration for pioneering chamber jazz drummer Chico Hamilton. Plus new music, classic recording and more.

Monday, September 16

Sudden Swoon is the latest release from Young Mister, we’ll hear selections from that as well as music Luke Temple’s Both-And.

We'll also remember Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The band emerged from the Boston music scene in the late 1970s and combined elements of New Wave and the avant-garde with a subtle but undeniable sense of humor. We'll hear songs from his work with The Cars as well as albums he produced, including the 1999 released from Ohio's Guided By Voices, Do The Collapse. Ocasek died on Sunday, September 15. 

Tuesday, September 17

Released in 2005, In Space is the fourth and final studio album from Big Star. Formed in 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee, the group’s early releases languished in obscurity until, during the 1980s, the then-defunct band was championed by younger bands, including The Replacements, who recorded a loving ode to Big Star frontman, Alex Chilton on the album Pleased To Meet Me. When Chilton reactivated the band in the 1990s, along with original drummer Jody Stephens, he invited Jonathan Auer and Ken Stringfellow of The Posies to join on bass and guitar. That lineup remained intact until Chilton’s death in 2010. In Space will be reissued in October with additional tracks. We’ll hear selections from the original release as well as music from the upcoming Replacements’ boxed set, Dead Man’s Pop.

Wednesday, September 18

We’ll hear music from 18th & Addison’s Old Blues/Modern Love in addition to selections from Jeremy Ivey’s The Dream and The Dreamer.

Thursday, September 19

Taking their name from their grandfather, as well as the small town in Oregon where they grew up. twin sisters Allison and Meegan Closner, who perform as Joseph, have just released the album, Good Luck, Kid. We’ll hear music from that as well as selections from Sweden’s First Aid Kit.

Friday, September 20

English-French rock band Stereolab has just reissued, in expanded form, its 1996 LP Emperor Tomato Ketchup listen for selections from it as well as from Mike Keneally’s 1999 LP Nonkertompf.

Saturday, September 21

Recovering from cancer, legendary songwriter John Prine found that he was often too tired to write new tunes of his own. However, he knew that he wanted to make another album. The answer? He’d record a series of duets with some of his favorite female vocalists and written by some of his favorite writers. The result was In Spite of Ourselves, one of Prine’s most revered recordings. The LP features appearances from Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Iris Dement. We’ll hear music from that release as well as selections from Vince Gill’s 2011 album, Guitar Slinger.

Monday, September 16

Global Village celebrates Mexican Independence Day with music from Mexico – including a wide variety of regional styles, traditional and contemporary approaches, and American artists of Mexican heritage. Among the artists featured are Café Tacuba, Maldita Vecindad, Lila Downs, Los Lobos, Sones de Mexico, and Esquivel.

Tuesday, September 17

Tuesday’s Global Village continues the September feature with a program devoted to some of the many sounds and influences of Cuban music – from groundbreaking modern bands like Irakere and Buena Vista Social Club, to contemporary jazz performers like Harold Lopez-Nussa and Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, along with some different Cuban-inspired sounds from bands like  Senegal’s band Orchestra Baobab, Cuba-based Haitian group Desandann, and the classical meets Cuba music of the Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion.

Wednesday, September 18

Global Village marks Chilean Independence Day, pays tribute to the spirit of the Bahamas with music from the islands, and continues the September Cuban Music feature with music from the historic Cuban Jam Sessions recordings and a new Congolese Rumba inspired release from Dizzy Mandjeku & Ale Kuma.

Thursday, September 19

It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! In honor of the occasion, Global Village has a special show filled with songs about pirates from the likes of Roger McGuinn, Marianne Faithfull, Bob Marley, Al Stewart, the Almanac Singers with Woody Guthrie, and of course, some music from the Pirates of Penzance!

Friday, September 20

Global Village pays tribute to “Egypt’s Ambassador of Rhythm,” Hossam Ramzy, who passed away on September 10th. The acclaimed percussionist recorded over a score of albums under his own name and worked with an illustrious collection of musicians from all over the globe. We’ll hear some of his own releases here, including his popular release Rock the Tabla, along with guest appearances he made with Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame, Afro Celt Sound System, Joan Armatrading, Rai star Khaled, Hungarian cimbalom master Kalman Balogh, Morocco’s Hassan Hakmoun, and Anne Dudley (Art of Noise) with Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke) from the Songs from the Victorious City album that takes its name from the translation of Cairo, where Hossam Ramzy was born.