Desolation Angel Radio

Desolation Angel Radio November 24th, 2023 - Thanksgiving weekend/Comstock 75 Breakfast Club Editon

This one's a special one. On top of being Thanksgiving weekend, and right after my birthday, for the first time in a year, you get to actually find out who picks out what music and why they do. I have Diane Parker, John Stanaszek, Steve Schultz, Gina Hammond all talk about what they're picking out and why. Tom Bennett send one in with why he wanted it as did Jill Baskerville. It's a first, because up until now, I've never said who picked what out and why, and the conversation took a pretty intimate, profound turn as people revealed things about themselves. As well, being this close to Thanksgiving and my birthday, I find myself talking about some pretty personal things. Tune in, and give it a listen. I think you'll find yourself knowing us better. (And any Comstock person, this is for you to listen to, there's a message for all y'all in there too). 
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Enjoy 
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio Oct 25th 2023 - KerryKate Abel and Hoarding Hope

This episode of the podcast catches up in the first hour with KerryKate Able, a good friend, and a great singer and performer who wrote, directed, produced and debuted a brand new important work here in Buffalo, Hoarding Hope (and can also be caught in another production in town, and singing basically everywhere). It's an important powerful piece of work and a thoroughly delightful conversation. The music in the first hour is all about show tunes and Broadway musicals, and her and my love of them.
The second hour focuses on the the greatest rock and roll band in the world, The Rolling Stones, and Hackney Diamonds, the newest album and yes, they're still putting out great music with some incredible collaborations, and my own other tastes in music and goes into blues, jazz, r & b, and the other niches you may not know that I love and listen to everyday along with the gritty r & b and country tinged rock that everyone knows I love. 
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Enjoy 
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio - Oct2023 Breakfast Club Comstock 75 edition

This episode of the podcast finds another meeting of the Breakfast Club. Diane Parker LaPiana, Tom Bennett, Steve Schultz and myself got together last week. The conversation ranged, and got pretty in depth, as we talked about life, love, loss,, a gathering that took place lately. and everything else. Those 3 picked the bulk of the music. In the back half of the episode, you're going to find a world premiere. After 7 years of not writing and not performing, I put together a spoken word piece and it's in here. (Comstock folks, and my present day Heron crew don't know that I wrote and performed regularly when I lived in New Orleans) and I picked the back half of the music, (there's even a tune specifically dedicated to Diane, Mary, Lola, Laurie, Gayle, all of you, that whole bunch) and if you listen real close, there's a story and a message in that set. 
Kip
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Desolation Angel Radio Sept. 29th, 2023

This episode goes into a category of music I love. Music I discovered, listened to, musicians I got to know when I lived in New Orleans. An entire show of music, that unless you live there, that unless you dive deep into that style of music, probably haven't heard. It will be next week before we have a meeting of the Comstock Breakfast Club 75 (and there's information in this one about Lola's service on Friday the 29th and how to see it or listen to it and information on helping her family out), and it will be a couple of weeks before I do a wrap up show for the Heron 2023 season, so we're still doing music that I love and listen to, and is part of the fabric of my life. 
Enjoy, Kip
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Desolation Angel Radio - Sept.13th 2023

This episode opens with a short 3 song tribute set and takes off into a couple of hours of new music, music that I love and is the soundtrack of my day. Music from Steve Earle, Lucero, Jason Isbell,  Sturgill Simpson of course and new tracks from brand new albums or upcoming albums from Morgan Wade, Margo Price, Zach Bryan, Lydia Loveless, Lincoln Durham, Grace Potter, Ashley McBryde, Caleb Caudle, Chris Stapleton, Grace Potter and a whole lot more. 
Enjoy
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Kip

Desolation Angel Radio - August 15th, 2023 - Just music

This episode of the podcast calls itself "just music", but that's probably an understatement. In recognition of 30,000 listeners, of being both national and international, it's a thank you from me to you. A throwback to when it started 13 years ago, and all music, the music I listen to everyday, loud, my tunes, the things that get me through a day, so there's of course Lucero, both starting it and closing it, and Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson (always those 3) and Chris Stapleton, Ryan Bingham, Beth Hart, Lucinda Williams, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Reckless Kelly, Lincoln Durham, The Revivalists, The Record Company, Social Distortion and originals like Steve Earle, John Mellencamp and Bruce sneaking in and dueting with a couple of people. The Gaslight Anthem, Allison Russell, Elle King, Ashley McBryde. The music that built this podcast, and is the soundtrack of my life. For anyone who knows me, yup, the songs are picked on purpose because each of them holds a piece of me, and if you put the pieces together, there's a very true narrative in them.
Enjoy, and Thank You, all of you, Thank Y'all. . so much
Kip
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Again, thank you

Desolation Angel Radio - July 21st, 2023 -CBC75

This episode of the podcast sees me checking in with the Comstock Breakfast Club 75 edition. Steve Schultz, Jill Baskerville, Gina Thomas (Hammond) and John Stanaszek makes it in at the beginning to say Hi before having to attend to things he had going on that evening. Musically, it's a set of absolute masters. Artists that were relevant then, and still relevant and putting out new creative works now. Sit back, enjoy and listen. Once again, old friends that are a lot more than old friends, as we talk about some pretty deep relevant things. 
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Kip

Desolation Angel Radio July 18th 2023 - Stranger in the Valley episode

This episode of Desolation Angel Radio takes me to an interview with Gregory Haley, an old friend, who's just published a novel, Stranger In The Valley. It's a good conversation about the book, where it came from, and some of the ideas and complex interwoven stories in the narrative, and an enjoyable conversation between old friends.
The music this episode is selected with a definite end in mind, every cut, every piece has a connection to a literary piece or pieces, and there's a definite prize for the person, or group that can figure that puzzle out.
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Kip