Host Derk Richardson welcomes acclaimed acoustic fingerstyle guitarists Teja Gerken (Germany/California), Alberto Lombardi (Italy), and Janet Noguera (California/Mexico) to the KPFA performance studio. They play live on the air, with the sound engineered by Tony Ferro. It’s a preview of the threesome’s concert, Jan. 24, at the Back Room in Berkeley.
PLAYLIST: artist: song title / album (label)
Moby Grape: Naked, If I Want To / Vintage: The Very Best of Moby Grape (Legacy/Columbia)
LIVE IN-STUDIO CONCERT & INTERVIEW with TEJA GERKEN, ALBERTO LOMBARDI, and JANET NOGUERA / “International Fingerstyle Guitar Summit” / TONY FERRO, engineer
Teja: “Precision and Emergency”
Alberto: “Bird”
Janet: “Mysterious Adventures”
Teja: Dale Miller’s “Noe Valley Sunday”
Alberto: “Volare”
Janet: “Amateur Spirit”
Teja, Alberto, and Janet: “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!”
Hawktail: Annbjørg / Formations (Padiddle Records)
Simon & Garfunkel: A Hazy Shade Of Winter / The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970) (Columbia/Legacy)
Simon & Garfunkel: The Only Living Boy in New York / Bridge Over Troubled Water (50th anniversary this week) (Columbia)
Van Morrison: Into The Mystic / Moondance (50th anniversary this week) (Warner Bros.)
David Olney (died Jan. 18, age 71): Sunset on Sunset Boulevard / Real Lies (Philo)
Chicago: 25 Or 6 To 4 / Chicago (Album released Jan. 23, 1970; guitarist Terry Kath died Jan. 23, 1978) (Rhino)
Stomu Yamash’ta, Steve Winwood, et al: Air Voice and Crossing the Line / Go – Live From Paris (Hip-O Select)
David Bowie: Wild Is The Wind / Station to Station (Released Jan. 23, 1976) (Ryko)
Bill Frisell: Nowhere Man / All We Are Saying … (Savoy Jazz)