The name of the show: Blackbeard's Delight
Your host: Prof. Kitty
The station: WVEW 107.7 Brattleboro, VT
August was largely a month of themes for Blackbeard's Delight, starting with a not-in-English show ranging from France to the subcontinent, continuing on with a fun show of what I might have listened to if I'd grown up in England rather than upstate New York, and also including a Great Vocalists of the 20th Century show and a Contra dance show inspired by the twice-annual Brattleboro Dawn Dance. This last takes place all through the night around every Memorial Day and Labor Day and is a tradition going back to 1976, the year in which the album I was playing from was recorded... right in West Brattleboro. See the bottom of this post for a pic of the LP, which I was given for Christmas as a child without ever realizing where exactly it came from.
August 1, 2013—International!
- Bonnie & Clyde: Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
- Coulibaly: Amadou & Mariam
- Luna y Sol: Manu Chao
- The Nightingale: Ivan Rebroff
- Capt Bares: Mondfähre
- Tritala: field recording called "Songs & Instruments of Northern India"
- Soukora: Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
- De Camino a la Vereda: Buena Vista Social Club s/t
- UFO: Michel Sardou
- Janamaan: Natacha Atlas with Kalia
- Fantasia Arlatane: Manitas de Plata
- Carasu no Kobin: 800 Cherries
- Padidadidub: Armchair
- Lisbou a Noite: Tony de Matos
August 8, 2013—My Imaginary English Childhood
- On My Radio: The Selecter
- Happy Hour: The House Martins
- Life From a Window: The Jam
- Stereotype: The Specials
- Games without Frontiers: Peter Gabriel
- Madness: Madness
- Some Girls are Bigger than Others: The Smiths
- Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3: Ian Dury & the Blockheads
- Guns of Brixton: The Clash
- Twist & Crawl: The English Beat
- Doledrum: The La's
- Soul Mining: The The
- It Must Be Love: Madness
- The Selecter: The Selecter
- Love Will Tear Us Apart: Joy Division
- Click Click: The English Beat
August 15, 2013—Great vocalists I love
- Blue Skies: Ella Fitzgerald
- That's My Weakness Now: Bing Crosby with Bix Beiderbecke
- Can Can: Bobby Short
- I Happen to Like New York: Judy Garland
- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans: Billie Holiday
- Out of Nowhere: Lena Horne (with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra)
- If You Can't Smile and Say Yes: Nat "King" Cole (with his Trio)
- All of Me: Frank Sinatra
- I Used to Be Color Blind: Anita O'Day
- Jump Back: Hadda Brooks
- Roll 'em Pete: Joe Williams (with Count Basie)
- Me & My Gin: Dinah Washington
- Steppin' out with My Baby: Fred Astaire
- Top Hat, White Tie & Tails: Fred Astaire
- When You're Smiling: Hot Lips Page
August 22, 2013
- Hotel Song: Regina Spektor
- Renaissance Girls: Oh Land
- Summer: The Atypicals
- Me & You & Jackie Mittoo: Superchunk
- Strange Times: Black Keys
- Great Defector: Bell X1
- Real Life: Tanlines
- Chain My Name: Poliça
- Animal: Miike Snow
- Prefiero Asfalto: Niña Dioz
- Little Bit: Lykke Li
August 29, 2013—Contra Dance! (inspired by Brattleboro Dawn Dance)
- Hall's Victory: Strathspey
- Ferny Hill: The Chieftains
- Busted Bicycle: Leo Kottke
- So What: Garcia & Grisman
- Salamanca Reel/The Hunter's Purse/Tarbolten: Arm & Hammer String Band
- Le Tambourin: John Renbourn Group
- Ye Jacobites by Name: Fir Soar
- Kissing Dance Medley: Figgy Duff
- Flowers of Edinburgh/The White Cockade/East Neuk o' Fife: Thistledown
- Soraidh Bhuam Gu Barraidh: Capercaillie
- [youtube medley]: Boys of the Lough
- Eminstra: Pentangle
- New England Contra Dance tracks from this album, recorded in Brattleboro in 1976:
