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On the Beat: David Menconi on music
News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.
Radio Free Raleigh
Submitted by dmenconi on 06/30/2008 - 16:47
If you're looking for a radio station that's free-form but leans toward jazz, man, are you ever in luck. Say howdy and lend an ear to taintradio.org -- an online station that debuted last week with the slogan, "We're revolting," playing everything from spoken-word master Ken Nordine to African superstar Youssou N'Dour. Bob Rogers and Dave Tilley, longtime public-radio fixtures in the Triangle, are among the ringleaders; and for now, at least, the all-volunteer station's sole source of income is an online tip jar.
Anyway, take a listen...
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David Menconi
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent a few years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo.; and before that, he earned a masters degree in journalism from the University of Texas (on top of an English degree from Southwestern University).
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taintradio hits the netwaves
Thu, 07/03/2008 - 18:11 — johndjThanks for the mention - this is radio as it should be, and perhaps never has been. And as I say at my post on www.raleighrambles.com, you have no frigging idea what might be coming next - not because it's random, but because the wonderful contributor djs are hooking us up with stuff we didn't know about but are loving to hear.