LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1214Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 31, 2024  Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYHaskell Small: Haunted Housefrom Visions of ChildhoodThe Rothko Room — Journeys in SilenceMSR Classics/2014piano: Haskell Small; recorded at the Westmoreland Church of Christ, Bethesda, Maryland; composition […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1213Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 24, 2024 Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEGeorge Crumb: Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965 (Echoes I) (selections)Eco 1. Fantastico (1:17)Eco 2. Languidamente, quasi lontano (“Hauntingly”) (1:27)Eco 3. Prestissimo (1:23)Complete Crumb Edition Vol. 12Bridge Records/2008The International […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1212Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 15, 2024 (audio files to be posted)Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYFrank Pahl: Columbus on GuadeloupeTransforms — The Nerve Events Project (various artists)Cuneiform Records/1993brass instruments, guitar, electronics: Frank Pahl; time: 2:04 SET ONENatalia Cappa: […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1211Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 7, 2024 Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEAnna Weesner: My Mother In Love (selections)a. Reading Before Sleeping (3:22)b. Okay? (4:19)My Mother In LoveBridge Records/2024soprano: Tony Arnold; Cygnus Ensemble, conductor: Ryan McAdams; recorded at […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1210Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 26, 2024Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONETina Davidson: TrembleBarefootNew Focus Recordings/2024members of the Jasper String Quartet (violin: J. Freivogel; cello: Rachel Henderson Freivogel); piano: Natalie Zhu; recorded at Gore Recital Hall, University of […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1209Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 17, 2024Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEKen Field: The ServingThe CanopyNeuma Records/2024alto saxophone, shakers: Ken Field; recorded at the Studio at Black Hill, Orleans, Massachusetts; time: 2:24 Manuel Zurria: Chromatic Canon (J. Tenney)Fame di […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1208Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 8, 2024Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYSteven Mackey: Memoir, Act II (selections)a. Jerry versus Jim (3:55)b. Jitterbug (3:48)c. Hard Ten (2:30)d. Only Make Believe (5:05)MemoirBridge Records/2024narrators: Natalie Christa Rakes, Steven Mackey; Dover Quartet […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1207Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsAugust 29, 2024Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONERoger Reynolds: Blind MenModern Choral Music (various composers)Composers Recordings, Inc./1970(for mixed chorus and chamber ensemble); The Peabody Concert Singers and Chamber Ensemble; text: Herman Melville, Journey Up […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1206Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsAugust 21, 2024Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYSteven Mackey: Memoir, Act Ia. Introductions (4:09)b. Aunts (4:03)c. Cars (4:57)d. More Machines (9:01)MemoirBridge Records/2024narrators: Natalie Christa Rakes, Steven Mackey; Dover Quartet (violins: Joel Link, Bryan Lee; […]

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LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1205Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsAugust 14, 2024Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYTina Davidson: LeapI. Uncertain Ground (5:16)II. Sudden Passage (5:51)BarefootMusic by Tina DavidsonNew Focus Recordings/2024Jasper String Quartet (violin: J. Freivogel; viola: Andrew Gonzalez; cello: Rachel Handerson Freivogel; piano: […]

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