Saturday 19 February 2022

 

stream this recent edition of the program now for exotica organica, greasy groundhog grooves and, best of all, the introduction of a new member of the organ grinder team. for the first edition of tammy-jo mortensen's feature stops & swells, a closer look at a beautiful piece of ultra-local organ music.
 

Saturday 12 February 2022

 

sure, you could let the bastards grind you down. or, you could catch up on this gem of an organ grinder featuring olivia street and stew kirkwood in an exclusive discussion of the new king of foxes single seven years, not to mention other important topics like iron butterfly at lethbridge churches and the organ sound on squeeze's tempted.

 
also: remembering the late, great harpdog brown (edmonton blues giant), r. dean taylor (canadian motown man), ronnie spector (i said ronnie spector), hugo bakker (terribly young organ great), sir francis jackson (wonderfully old organ great) and of course... peter bogdanovich?

playlist:

trudy pitts - organology (these blues of mine)
michel legrand and delaney bramlett - run, brother rabbit, run (la piscine ost)
harpdog brown - no eyes for me (for love and money)
r. dean taylor - there's a ghost in my house (the essential collection)
bobby taylor & the vancouvers - so this is love (bobby taylor & the vancouvers)
mott the hoople - sucker (live (30th anniversary edition))
hugo bakker, arie hoek & sintmaartencantorij zaltbommel - psalm: geweldige, gedreven wind (wachters op de morgen)
mark swinton - scherzetto pastorale, op. 20 (100+ organ music by francis jackson)
iron butterfly - real fright (ball)
king of foxes - seven years (single)
otis clay - trying to live my life without you (trying to live my life without you)
nick lowe - true love travels on a gravel road (the impossible bird)
connie smith with dallas frazier - if that ain't strong enough (if it ain't love and other great dallas frazier songs)
ronnie spector - how can you mend a broken heart (english heart)
cory weeds - mr. lucky (o sole mio!)
horace finch - it's only a paper moon (cinema organ encores vol 57)