Today in our Featured Music we look at the progression from folk into rock in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, we present another edition of “Where Have You” Been?, where we discover things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid. Plus “Engines of Our Ingenuity” every four hours from 4am Pacific.
Woodwinds
Today’s programme features members of the woodwind family — oboe, clarinet, flute, bassoon, recorder and more, including the gamut of Early Music woodwinds like the shawn (the predecessor of the oboe), curtal (a proto-bassoon) and crumhorn.
Of course, the majority of orchestral music includes a woodwind section, so the criterion for inclusion in today’s show was that a member of the woodwind family is the lead instrument — a “wind band” is not sufficient (and they’re generally usually brass-heavy anyway), but a concerto for bassoon (yes there is at least one) counts.
Jack Flanders in Steam Dreamers of Inverness — Series 4
Tune in on Friday for the next episode of another exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: “Steam Dreamers of Inverness — Series Four” - in which Jack Flanders and his friends continue their exciting Steampunk adventure!
The complete adventure consists of 16 half-hour episodes, in four series of four episodes each, broadcast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Fridays.
Currently we are broadcasting the four episodes of the fourth and final series.
Now read on…
Tarot @ Teatime Episode 39: Tarot Storytelling
Tune in for the final episode of the current season of our original series, “Tarot @ Teatime” as we discuss Tarot Storytelling.
Episode 39: Tarot Storytelling
In this episode we talk about Tarot storytelling, and why this is so important to both developing as a reader as well as to providing querents with a really powerful, compelling narrative.
Narrative – storytelling – is an important part of a Tarot reader’s toolbox, and in fact, Tarot readers have traditionally been storytellers, tellers of tales that they see in their cards.
We talk about how Tarot readers can develop this skill, and how they can use their cards to begin developing a narrative — a story that is unique and germane to their querent.
“Tarot @ Teatime” is broadcast on Thursdays and Sundays at noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.
This is the final episode of the current series of Tarot @ Teatime. You can find the existing shows in the series on Mixcloud.
A new series begins on Sunday, April 14th. In each episode, Honey Heart will discuss one card from the popular Rider Waite Smith deck, covering several different aspects of the card and including a sample 3‑card reading featuring the card in the key position in the layout. Watch this space for more information.
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March 3: Celebrate the Music of Mardi Gras & Carnivale!
Does the winter lull before the true arrival of spring have you melancholy?
Dress up in something bright and join us in the beautiful, exotic Willow Grove Ballroom — or live on the air — on March 3rd, from 1:30–3:00pm SLT/Pacific as we celebrate… celebrating!
VCRadio DJs Caledonia Skytower and Elrik Merlin will be featuring the music of Mardi Gras and Carnivale from around the world.
Let your spirit rejoice to the sounds of New Orleans Jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, Zydeco, and other world music. Dress: Formal or Carnivale.
This is one of a series of formal events VCRadio is presenting monthly during the course of this year. Stay Tuned!
Jack Flanders in Steam Dreamers of Inverness — Series 3
Tune in on Friday for the next episode of another exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: “Steam Dreamers of Inverness — Series Three” - in which Jack Flanders and his friends continue their exciting Steampunk adventure!
The complete adventure consists of 16 half-hour episodes, in four series of four episodes each, broadcast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Fridays.
Currently we are broadcasting the four episodes of the third series.
Now read on…
Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler! Mardi Gras on VCRadio
It’s Mardi Gras time here on Virtual Community Radio, and our Featured Genre will be the music of Carnival and Mardi Gras, from New Orleans to Latin America and beyond, plus some old-time R&B and Trad Jazz.
In addition, you can hear an episode of our original series, Where Have You Been? where we discuss things to do and places to visit across the SL Grid: 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific.
And don’t miss The Engines of Our Ingenuity from The University of Houston’s College of Engineering — a series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them — every four hours from 4am SLT/Pacific.
Main image: “Mardi Gras on Canal postcard by Hirschwitz” by Infrogmation is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Early Music on Virtual Community Radio
Today, tune in to Virtual Community Radio via the link — or simply “Play Virtual Community Radio” on your Alexa smart speaker — for a programme of Early Music.
We’re featuring music of the High Renaissance, with contributions from France, Spain, England and Germany. There are also some modern interpretations thrown in for good measure.
“Where Have You Been?”, our original series on things to do and places to visit around the Second Life Grid, airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time — and don’t miss Engines of Our Ingenuity every 4 hours from 4am Pacific.
Celtic Music for Imbolc
Welcome to a Celtic Music (and more!) Festival featuring (among many other things) music from around the Celtic Lands, alongside music inspired by or expressing Celtic themes, in celebration of Imbolc.
Today you’ll hear a wide variety of Celtic and Celtic-influenced material, with orchestral works like Shaun Davey’s Brendan Voyage; a wide range of performances by traditional Celtic artists; and music inspired by the Celtic heritage. There are also some large-scale performances from artists like Celtic Woman, Celtic Thunder and even the Cincinnati Pops! And listen out for some of the Celtic/Goddess themed pieces from Nashville-based artist Laura Powers’ Legends of the Goddess trilogy, along with Rutland Boughton’s seldom-heard classic, first performed in Glastonbury between the wars, The Immortal Hour.
Then tune in at 12 noon or 4pm Pacific Time/SLT, 8pm or midnight in the UK, for episodes from our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we discuss things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid. And catch “Engines of Our Ingenuity” from the University of Houston every four hours from 4am Pacific.
Hits In Hi-Fi
Today we’ll take a nostalgic journey back to the 1960s and beyond, when music was on vinyl and home stereo was new and excitingly futuristic… with Hits In Hi-Fi.
In the early days of stereo, a significant number of albums were released that were designed especially to show off the wonders of this new way of presenting musical entertainment. Sounds “ping-ponged” across the stereo soundstage; instruments appeared hard on one side and then hard on the other… and there were a lot of space references, bloops and bleeps starting and ending the pieces — and once the Moog Synthesiser became available, that was included in the mix too.
A selection of these albums forms the core of our music today. Often the tracks consist of instrumental arrangements of popular songs, but there are also plenty of original tunes too.
