Music
Currency Exchange – Latin Funk
Saturday, February 4th, 2012 by The Professor
Sunday 2/5/12 at 11am The Currency Exchange features the sounds of Latin Funk!
Latin music has been incorporated into American dance music since before the mambo, but In the 1960’s and 70’s something really exciting began to happen. While the African-American sounds of R&B and disco floated across the water into Puerto Rico and Cuba, “Nu Yorican” immigrants from those countries living here in America began to exert their own influence on our soil. This cross-pollination of international influence truly represents the spirit of the Currency Exchange International Music Hour, something new and exciting created from multiple sources. (more…)
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Centsable Finance: The Basics of Tax Preparation
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 by The Professor
Centsable Finance today at 1pm 02/02/12
The Basics of Tax Preparation
Sam Handwerger, CPA, Partner, H C F & L, a full service accounting firm offers concrete steps to better understand how to approach filing your taxes. What forms are needed and what basic information? This is your chance to virtually “meet” with an accountant and at no charge.
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New Releases 1/22/12
Monday, January 30th, 2012 by Kaitlyn Connaughton
Co-produced with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Canadian singer Kathleen Edwards’ Voyageur brings a unique blend of musical and lyrical sound spanning influences from folk to pop, a recent heartbreak, and a new relationship. On Voyageur, Edwards’ lyrics and instrumentals offer a very different feel from her three previous studio albums while evoking a similar sound to artists including She & Him and Florence + The Machine. Other new releases include Factories’ Together, channeling the electropop sound of M83 and Foster The People, and We Are The Ocean’s Go Now and Live, likened to pop-rock bands like Blink 182. Additionally, Capsula, a punk rock band from Buenos Aires, has released their highly anticipated album In The Land of Silver Souls in North America. Similar to their 2009 release, Rising Mountains, Capsula’s latest album brings listeners back to the great garage band influences of the past and popular artists like The Black Keys. Alt-indie bands The Milkman’s Union and The Wheel Workers have also recently released Roads In and Unite respectively with a sound similar to the two-man band, Girls. (more…)
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Currency Exchange: German Electronica 1/29/11
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 by The Professor
Tune in to The Currency Exchange every Sunday at 11am on WLOY. Today’s theme: German Electronica! It took me a long time to appreciate electronic music in general, and ambient music in particular. As a drummer, the first thing I look for is rhythm and beat, both of which are missing from most of this music. My interest in the Krautrock exploration of the 70′s and 80′s eventually led me to the work of drummer Harald Grosskopf on albums by Klaus Schulze and YOU (both of which are played on this show, but only the latter with Grosskopf’s drums). I found myself getting lost in the repeating patterns, waves, and oscillations of synthesizers and string instruments, and peeling back interwoven layers of science fiction noise and rich harmonies. If you have a good pair of headphones, they are highly recommended for this show. (more…)
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Centsable Finance: Community Development Banking
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 by The Professor
Centsable Finance today at 1pm 01/26/12
Financial Literacy/Community Develop Banking
William Backstrom, VP, Territory Manager PNC Bank. PNC Bank’s CDB works to improve low and moderate income neighborhoods though innovative banking solutions and grants to community organizations providing local services. William Backstrom, VP Territory Mgr for PNC Bank is our guest.
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