Simon Barrett

Avant Garde music aficionados across the globe are excited about the forthcoming second album by Dutch visual sound artist René van Commenée under the guise Mr Averell titled 'Gridlock'. Van Commenée is known in The Netherlands for his music (sound) art objects, theatrical performances and soundtracks for theatre, fireworks spectacles and film.

Badi Assad is one of the most innovative, passionate and talented artists of her generation and listed by Rolling Stone as a top guitarist from Brazil. She transcends traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with a mixture of pop, jazz and ethnic sounds from around the world. As a result, the singer, guitarist and songwriter is successfully forging an exhilarating genre of music that quite literally defies categorization. 'Between Love and Luck' is her first CD of all original material and sung in both English and Portuguese

The weekly look at crime and politics. Who knows where the program will go!

I will be sitting down with Sepand Samzadeh to talk about his second CD In Extremis. In the prog music world  Days Beteen Stations is making waves. So much so that they managed to get guest appearences from YES members Rick Wakeman and the alas now departed Peter Banks.

Our weekly round up of Crime and Politics in the news.

I will be sitting down with the co-authors, Denny Griffin and Vito Colucci to discuss their book Rogue Towm. It is a fabulous read about corruption and organized crime in the 1970's. This is undercover police work that will blow your mind!

This week the panel will be looking at what happenned last Monday in Boston. It opens many questions.

Prog music aficionados across the planet are beaming with excitement over the second CD release by keyboard master Tim Morse. 'Faithscience' is the long awaited follow-up to Tim's debut album 'Transformation', featuring a guest appearance by legendary David Ragsdale of Kansas. Tim spent two years working with different musicians (including Ragsdale), writing, arranging, and recording until he'd conjured up what he'd been hearing in his head. The music on 'Faithscience' is in keeping with the grand tradition of progressive rock, painting a large musical landscape to express universal lyrical ideas.  

The Casey Anthony story just never seems to go away. Little makes any sense, but it continues on. This week the team are going to take a long hard look at what is going on.

An interview with author Eric Wentz about his new book Killing Sharks: De Profundis. While it is a work of fiction, it is an interesting look behind the scenes of international terrorism.

This week we are going to do something slightly different. A look at a 30 year old cold case, a double homicide. When I say cold, well it was being cryogenitly preserved at absolute zero. The file was in some dark dusty corner of some long forgotten storeage room. It is a compelling story. The case was 'solved; bu the release of a book! But is the case closed?

Damien Lewis is a bestselling author in the UK. Alas he is less well known in the US. I will be talking to Damien about his new book Zero Six Bravo. It is the #3 bestseller in the UK and has already been optioned for a movie.

An interview with Ben Lang of San Francisco based Indie Folk Rock Band, Biv and the Mnemonics about their upcoming CD, The Pace.

A weekly look at crime and politics. Yes they go hand in hand!

Stuebenville, CPAC and a new Pope.... need I say more

When two of the best musicians on the planet decide to combine their estimable talents to create a band without boundaries, the result is the WOLFF & CLARK EXPEDITION. Dizzy Gillespie famously said that jazz must have “one foot in the past and one in the future.” With the Wolff & Clark Expedition, the music embraces the past, ventures into the future, but remains rooted in the improvisatory present. After several high profile performances in 2012, jazz legends Michael Wolff and Mike Clark, the Wolff & Clark Expedition, are preparing to release their self-titled debut album in February 2013. Performing with creative bassist Chip Jackson, the Expedition's initial outing aims for uncharted, compelling musical territories while still entertaining a wide audience of astute listeners.

Join us for our weekly look at current news, politics and crime.

It has been a busy week. John Boehner played Basketball with Noth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Dennis Rodman failed to unite the Congress into averting the sequester, and Jodie Arias won an Oscar for her performance in court. Oops maybe that is not quite the way it went. Please join us for our weekly look back at crime and politics.

A round up of crime and politics from the past week

Americana music artist Sugarman, will be releasing his second album 'After The Blackout', a collection of well-crafted songs that reflects Noah Sugarman's heart and soul from his past and rumination. Sugarman's debut release on the Unison Music Label in 2009 'Art Of Starting A Fire' received rave reviews from fans and music critics alike. 'After The Blackout' is scheduled for release on March 12, 2013 in the US and a heavy touring schedule will begin March 8 that will take Noah and his band throughout markets in the Mid-West, South, and parts of the Eastern territories of the US.