As shadows move and change (away from the sundial each day), and the nights get longer, listen to music of the season from Jeremiah Lockwood's 2021 new record of old traditional Hanukkah songs and the John Fahey album of Christmas songs that inspired him. Plus, Hanukkah tunes arranged by Athens, Georgia-based guitarist Shane Parish and by chamber orchestra, The Knights. Jeremiah Lockwood is the leader of the band Sway Machinery, a group that blends both West African pop and Hebrew prayers. (Lockwood’s grandfather was the famous cantor Jacob Konigsberg (1921-2007).) With his 2021 record, A Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood’s Guitar Soli Chanukah Record, the musician who got his start as a blues guitarist (studying with Carolina Slim) offers a solo guitar tribute to the holiday. The title is an overt nod to the 1968 record, The New Possibility: John Fahey’s Guitar Soli Christmas Record. Hear several acoustic blues-rooted selections from Lockwood’s Hanukkah album. Then, there’s also more acoustic guitar tunes from the aforementioned John Fahey record of Christmas song arrangements and Fahey's Volume two of those holiday-themed works, along with selections of Hanukkah tunes from the album, December, by Shane Parish “for people who love holiday music, and for people who hate it.” Parish is one half of the instrumental avant-math-prog punk duo Ahleuchatistas, who has also recorded fingerstyle acoustic guitar records of fractured folk songs and traditional melodies. Plus, music for Hanukkah by chamber band The Knights, from their holiday-themed album, Before Christmas. – Caryn Havlik Program #4567, Seasonal Songs of December (First Aired 12/02/2021) ARTIST: John FaheyWORK: Joy to the World [:40]RECORDING: The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas AlbumSOURCE: Takoma Records 8912INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Little Dreydel [:48]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Al Hanisim [3:55]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: John FaheyWORK: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy [2:40]RECORDING: The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas AlbumSOURCE: Takoma Records 8912INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Al Hanisim Izhar Cohen [2:53]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Mi Yemalel [3:03]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: John FaheyWORK: Hark the Herald Angels Sing O Come Let Us Adore Him Medley [3:11]RECORDING: The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas AlbumSOURCE: Takoma Records 8912INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music ARTIST: John Fahey, Richard RushkinWORK: Carol of the Bells [2:41]RECORDING: Christmas with John Fahey Vol. IISOURCE: Takoma Records 7045INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Maoz Tzur [3:13]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: I Have a Little Dreidel [2:28]RECORDING: DecemberSOURCE/INFO: shaneparish.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Drey Dreydl [2:40]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: Hanukkah, O Hanukkah [1:45]RECORDING: DecemberSOURCE/INFO: shaneparish.bandcamp.com ARTIST: The KnightsWORK: Haneros Haluli (arr. Colin Jacobsen) [7:24]RECORDING: Before ChristmasSOURCE: Bright Shiny ThingsINFO: brightshiny.ninja ARTIST: John Fahey, Richard RushkinWORK: Russian Christmas Overture (based on Prokofiev) [6:49]RECORDING: Christmas with John Fahey Vol. IISOURCE: Takoma Records 7045INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music ARTIST: Classical SundaysWORK: Maoz Tzur (Winter Tales Version) [1:00]RECORDING: Winter TalesSOURCE: Deutsche GrammophonINFO: hdeutschegrammophon.com
As shadows move and change (away from the sundial each day), and the nights get longer, listen to music of the season from Jeremiah Lockwood's 2021 new record of old traditional Hanukkah songs and the John Fahey album of Christmas songs that inspired him. Plus, Hanukkah tunes arranged by Athens, Georgia-based guitarist Shane Parish and by chamber orchestra, The Knights.
Jeremiah Lockwood is the leader of the band Sway Machinery, a group that blends both West African pop and Hebrew prayers. (Lockwood’s grandfather was the famous cantor Jacob Konigsberg (1921-2007).) With his 2021 record, A Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood’s Guitar Soli Chanukah Record, the musician who got his start as a blues guitarist (studying with Carolina Slim) offers a solo guitar tribute to the holiday. The title is an overt nod to the 1968 record, The New Possibility: John Fahey’s Guitar Soli Christmas Record. Hear several acoustic blues-rooted selections from Lockwood’s Hanukkah album.
Then, there’s also more acoustic guitar tunes from the aforementioned John Fahey record of Christmas song arrangements and Fahey's Volume two of those holiday-themed works, along with selections of Hanukkah tunes from the album, December, by Shane Parish “for people who love holiday music, and for people who hate it.” Parish is one half of the instrumental avant-math-prog punk duo Ahleuchatistas, who has also recorded fingerstyle acoustic guitar records of fractured folk songs and traditional melodies. Plus, music for Hanukkah by chamber band The Knights, from their holiday-themed album, Before Christmas. – Caryn Havlik
Program #4567, Seasonal Songs of December (First Aired 12/02/2021)
ARTIST: John FaheyWORK: Joy to the World [:40]RECORDING: The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas AlbumSOURCE: Takoma Records 8912INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music
ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Little Dreydel [:48]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Al Hanisim [3:55]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: John FaheyWORK: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy [2:40]RECORDING: The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas AlbumSOURCE: Takoma Records 8912INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music
ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Al Hanisim Izhar Cohen [2:53]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Mi Yemalel [3:03]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: John FaheyWORK: Hark the Herald Angels Sing O Come Let Us Adore Him Medley [3:11]RECORDING: The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas AlbumSOURCE: Takoma Records 8912INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music
ARTIST: John Fahey, Richard RushkinWORK: Carol of the Bells [2:41]RECORDING: Christmas with John Fahey Vol. IISOURCE: Takoma Records 7045INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music
ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Maoz Tzur [3:13]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: I Have a Little Dreidel [2:28]RECORDING: DecemberSOURCE/INFO: shaneparish.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jeremiah LockwoodWORK: Drey Dreydl [2:40]RECORDING: Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood's Guitar Soli Chanukah RecordSOURCE: Reboot RecordsINFO: rebootrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: Hanukkah, O Hanukkah [1:45]RECORDING: DecemberSOURCE/INFO: shaneparish.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: The KnightsWORK: Haneros Haluli (arr. Colin Jacobsen) [7:24]RECORDING: Before ChristmasSOURCE: Bright Shiny ThingsINFO: brightshiny.ninja
ARTIST: John Fahey, Richard RushkinWORK: Russian Christmas Overture (based on Prokofiev) [6:49]RECORDING: Christmas with John Fahey Vol. IISOURCE: Takoma Records 7045INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music
ARTIST: Classical SundaysWORK: Maoz Tzur (Winter Tales Version) [1:00]RECORDING: Winter TalesSOURCE: Deutsche GrammophonINFO: hdeutschegrammophon.com