Uncle Hub at their Bellevue home, overlooking Seattle.

RIP Herbert Broadwell, my Uncle "Hub," gone at age 92 (pictured with my Aunt Edith). I'll miss his bad jokes, whispered under his breath like Popeye, and his urging us to have another cocktail whenever we visited.

Happy Birthday Caryn Havlik!

Streaming live in about 15 minutes at 2pm eastern, Sam Amidon and his band are recording a session for Soundcheck: http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/2013/may/21/sam-amidon-in-studio/?utm_source=showpage&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=featured&utm_content=item0

Folk musician Sam Amidon can't be contained to just one instrument. On his latest album, Bright Sunny South, he plays banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar, and piano. He also sprinkles in horns and drums to fatten up the sound in key places, sometimes emphasizing the "bright and sunny of the alb...

My mom, Lois Trudel, was a remarkable woman, and a loving, cheerful, creative spirit. As Lois Woodbury, born on Long Island outside Portland, ME, she joined the Navy as a radioman listening for enemy submarines in WW II, and as a second act worked for Western Union in Newport, RI. She later went to art school in NYC, where she met and later married my father, Ralph, and had also designed department store displays in the city. She raised five of us children, and never worked for pay again, but I never thought of her as just a housewife. Lois painted, drew, created crafts projects, and was very active in her church and American Legion activities. And she loved a good joke, the sillier the better. She instilled in me a love of radio and music that I'm grateful for every day. Mom passed in September of 2007, and I still miss her laugh and twinkling eyes. Love you Mom! <3

My mom, Lois Trudel, in 2004. Lois was a remarkable woman, and a loving, cheerful, creative spirit. As Lois Woodbury, born on Long Island outside Portland, ME, she joined the Navy as a radioman listening for enemy submarines in WW II, and as a second act worked for Western Union in Newport, RI. She later went to art school in NYC, where she met and later married my father, Ralph, and had also designed department store displays in the city. She raised five of us children, and never worked for pay again, but I never thought of her as just a housewife. Lois painted, drew, created crafts projects, and was very active in her church and American Legion activities. And she loved a good joke. Mom passed in September of 2007, and I still miss her laugh and twinkling eyes. Love you Mom! <3

All ready for tonight's WQXR broadcast from Carnegie Hall. I'm mixing the music. Great in rehearsal!

Getting set to mix The National Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, airing at 7:30pm tonight on WQXR-- a program featuring Shostakovich, Schnittke and Shchedrin. http://www.wqxr.org/#!/programs/live-broadcasts/2013/may/11/?utm_source=local&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=carousel&utm_content=item0

Listen to the live WQXR broadcast at 7:30pm tonight. Click this link to launch the stream. The National Symphony Orchestra, led by Christoph Eschenbach, caps the Spring for Music festival with "A Tribute to Slava." The NSO features works associated with the late cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostro...

Nice new collaboration between Daniel Bachman and Ryley Walker.

Skyline Boogie - Daniel Bachman & Ryley Walker Forrest on Steel

In honor of a new Jazz Butcher album being released, I give you this:
http://youtu.be/qbLyZkHi_f8 (new album on bandcamp: http://tundraducks.bandcamp.com/album/last-of-the-gentleman-adventurers)

From Bloody Nonsense - 1986

I am going to Paris, France for 30 months...

Today at noon on WFMU I'll be tickling the keys to your ears. http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/50524

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Kitty just wants to "help."

Sam was creating a video presentation about the Lego Town project he does for his son’s school when he got some unexpected help from his cat.

As Ivy Vale says, "No May 1st would be complete without this little ditty from The Wicker Man."

Heading off to Brooklyn tonight with fellow WFMU host Jeffrey Davison to see Don Bikoff and Daniel Bachman at Union Pool! http://union-pool.com/calendar/

Union Pool, Brooklyn

Today at noon on WFMU, lots of strings, ringing in the fingers of some fine players. A good ol' music show is in the works for my program. http://www.wfmu.org/~irene/index.html

At 2pm today, Iron and Wine's Sam Beam plays live for Soundcheck. Stream it here: http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/2013/apr/30/iron-wine/?utm_source=showpage&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=featured&utm_content=item0

Sam Beam, the singer and guitarist who goes by Iron and Wine, first turned heads with 2002's The Creek Drank the Cradle, a compilation of bare acoustic demos. Since then, Beam's sound has expanded; Iron and Wine's latest album, Ghost On Ghost, features lush string arrangements, Motown-inspired…

Today at noon on my WFMU program: Yet Another More or Less Annual Citizen Kafka Memorial Broadcast! Old time fiddler, band leader, 78 record collector, poet, artist, unterKultur archivist and antiques dealer Richard Shulberg created the Citizen Kafka persona ca. 1976. "Shulky," as he is fondly referred to, passed a few years ago but he still lives afloat the radio waves and myspace rebroadcasts of the much adored/reviled "Citizen Kafka Show." Longtime co-conspirators Marty Cutler, Edward Haber and Kenny Kosek drop by to pay homage to the Citizen on Irene's show. http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/50348

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Shown along with Buster Keaton's "The Navigator" at Film Forum NYC during their annual donors brunch, "The Critic," with Mel Brooks brilliant commentary. http://youtu.be/DiYjwRZK_NM

Mel Brooks is probably the greatest comedic genius that this world has seen. From the underrated Silent Movie to the hysterical 2000 Year Old Man the man's a...

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