Darkling Eclectica Playlists

Of this week's program were taken up by the UCI Anteaters losing their game with the CSUN Matadors. So this is what I did after that.

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                     Episode 2188: Baseball Truncation                       Sun., March 8, 2026                     4:12PM to 6PM

Artist                                     Title                                        Album                                        Genre           New?
Anat Cohen Tentet                          Goodbye                                      Happy Song                                   Jazz
The BOBS                                   Santa Ana Woman                              Songs for Tomorrow Morning                   A-Play
Peter & Will Anderson                      Blue Skies                                   Best of Berlin                               Jazz              XX
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                         Choros No.4                                  Choroi                                       Classical
George Selden; M Payne                     Harry Cat's Pet Puppy, Part 3                read live                                    Spoken
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Stan Kenton & his Orchestra                Harlem Nocturne                              Sketches on Standards                        Jazz
The Tannahill Weavers                      Geese in the Bog/Jig of Slurs                The Tannahill Weavers                        World
Brendan Evans                              Fantasia #21                                 Tiento                                       Classical         XX
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Yonder Mountain String Band                Brand New Heartache                          Good as True                                 Folk              XX
Oliver Nelson & his Orchetra               Theme from Mr. Broadway                      More Blues & the Abstract Truth              Jazz
Bare Necessities                           Dick's Maggot                                English Contry Dances                        Folk
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Joe Farnsworth                             You Already Know                             The Big Room                                 Jazz              XX
Turtle Island String Quartet               Milestones                                   Turtle Island String Quartet                 Jazz
Janis Carper                               Stone in My Pocket                           No Place to Land                             Folk
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Vassar Clements                            Caravan                                      Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again                   Jazz
Nick Drake                                 Bryter Layter                                Bryter Layter                                A-Play
Terry Klein                                Try Again                                    Hill Country Folk Music                      Folk              XX
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David Grisman's Dawg Trio                  Dawg on a String                             Plays Tunes & Sings Songs                    Jazz
The Mills Brothers                         I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home        Anthology 1931 - 1968                        Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 8:22 PM 0 Comments

Took up most of the program this week, but I did get the following broadcast!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the             Episode 2187: The Baseball Eclectica              Sun., March 1, 2026                  5:34PM to 6PM

Artist                                        Title                               Album                                 Genre       New?
Dave Frishberg                                Zs                                  Frishberg Songbook, vol.1             Jazz
Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz                    Ahma                                Ahma                                  World
Riders in the Sky                             Cimarron Moon                       A Great Big Western Howdy             Country
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Yoko Yates                                    Winter Calls                        Eternal Moments                       Jazz          XX
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The Mills Brothers                            I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go
                                                Home                              Anthology 1931 - 1968                 Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 7:21 PM 0 Comments

Wrapped up about two minutes after four, so I hope you'll forgive my imprecision where I put that the show lasted from 4PM to 6PM...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                              Episode 2186                             Sun., Feb. 22, 2026                            4PM to 6PM

Artist                                     Title                                            Album                                      Genre       New?
John McCutcheon                            Hangman's Reel/Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap    Wind That Shakes the Barley                Folk
Flying Horse Big Band w/George Garzone     Chasin' Tail                                     Unbridled                                  Jazz          XX
Deanta                                     Lilac Reel/Sean Ryan's Star of Munster/The
                                             Maid from the Bronx                            Ready for the Storm                        Folk
/
Wild Iris Brass Band                       Bramble Ramble                                   Way Up                                     Jazz          XX
Old Crow Medicine Show                     Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat                        50 Years of Blonde on Blonde               Country
Roy Shield; Beau Hunks                     Blue Blue                                        Original Little Rascals Music              Soundtrack
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                         Choros No.4                                      Choroi                                     Classical
George Selden; M Payne                     Harry Cat's Pet Puppy, Part 2                    read live                                  Spoken
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Steve Allee Big Band                       Ransom Place                                     Full Circle                                Jazz          XX
Gerald Trimble                             The Captain's Hornpipe/The First Flight of
                                             Geese                                          First Flight                               World
Stefon Harris                              Prelude                                          Grand Unification Theory                   Jazz
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Karen LeFrak; William Ross, London
  Symphony Orchestra                       Prairie Dawn                                     American Promise                           Classical     XX
Ken Peplowski Quintet                      Smada                                            Illuminations                              Jazz
Kapelye                                    Albukerke                                        Chicken                                    World
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Antibalas                                  Oasis                                            Hourglass                                  Jazz          XX
Cache Valley Drifters                      Boy in the Bubble                                White Room                                 Country
Brave Combo                                Potato Chips Polka                               Polkas for a Gloomy World                  World
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David Grisman Quintet                      Janice                                           Hot Dawg                                   Jazz
The Mills Brothers                         I've Found a New Baby                            Chronological, vol.2                       Jazz
The Mills Brothers                         I Guess I'll Get the Pspers & Go Home            Anthology, 1931 - 1968                     Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 7:20 PM 0 Comments

So much going on this time of year! I can scarcely manage to not find music that fits all the occasions!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the               Episode 2185: Valentines, Presidents, Etc.             Sun., Feb. 15, 2026                 4PM to 6PM

Artist                                 Title                                     Album                                    Genre        New?
Andy Narell                            One Last Goodbye                          Down the Road                            Jazz
Yoko Yates                             The Flower Before Its Last Day            Eternal Moments                          Jazz           XX
Tom Waits                              Blue Valentines                           Blue Valentine                           A-Play
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Nation Beat                            Archaic Humans                            Archaic Humans                           Jazz
Boys of the Lough                      Cup of Tea                                Regrouped                                World
Ellie Martin                           Spring's Around the Corner                Morning Glories                          Jazz           XX
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                     Choros No.4                               Choroi                                   Classical
George Selden; M Payne                 Harry Cat's Pet Puppy, Part 1             read live                                Spoken
/
They Might Be Giants                   James K. Polk                             Istanbul (Not Constantinople)            B-Play
Colcannon                              General Grant's Visit to Dundee           The Life of Riley's Brother              Folk
Norman Blake                           President Garfield's Hornpipe             Lighthouse on the Shore                  Folk
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Tessa Souter & Erik Satie              Rayga's Song (Gymnopedie No.1)            Shadows & Silence                        Jazz           XX
Michelle Shocked & the Hothouse
  Flowers                              Over the Waterfall                        Arkansas Traveler                        Country
Robert Earl Keen                       Over the Waterfall                        Picnic                                   Country
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Anita Donndorff                        No Moon at All                            Thirsty Soul                             Jazz           XX
Tony Trischka                          Sea Shank                                 A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas        Folk
Ken Nordine                            Looks Like It's Going to Rain             The Best of Word Jazz, vol.1             Jazz
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David Grisman Quintet                  Caliente                                  Mondo Mando                              Jazz
The Mills Brothers                     You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You
                                         Mine                                    Chronological, vol.6                     Jazz
The Mills Brothers                     I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home     Anthology, 1931 - 1968                   Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 7:30 PM 0 Comments

Digging into the archives again this year--except in so far as I've been playing some of these songs for forty-two years now...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                        Episode 2184: 42nd Anniversary                           Sun., Feb. 8, 2026                       4PM to 6PM

Artist                                      Title                                            Album                                         Genre       New?
Blue Murder                                 I Bid You Goodnight                              Out on the Rolling Sea                        Folk
Jesse Belvin                                Goodnight, My Love                               Oldies But Goodies vol.2                      A-Play
Los Lobos                                   Let's Say Goodnight                              ...And a Time to Dance                        A-Play
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My Little Pony                              Make a Wish                                      Magical Friendship Tour                       Soundtrack
Yoko Yates                                  Spirits of the Night                             Eternal Moments                               Jazz          XX
Brendan Evans                               Mysterious Habitats                              Tiento                                        Classical     XX
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                          Choros No.4                                      Choroi                                        Classical
James Howe; M Payne                         The Celery Stalks At Midnight, Part 4            read live                                     Spoken
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The Battlefield Band                        Bagpipe Music                                    Room Enough for All                           World
McCoy Tyner                                 Rio                                              Revelations                                   Jazz
Tone of Voice Orchestra                     Dominoes                                         Running from the Devil                        Folk          XX
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Slim Gaillard Trio                          How High the Moon                                Dot Sessions                                  Jazz
Robert Earl Keen                            Death of Tail Fitzsimmons                        No Kinda Dancer                               Folk
Joe Farnsworth                              Continuance                                      The Big Room                                  Jazz          XX
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Fiddlers 4                                  E. St. Louis Todalo                              Fiddlers 4                                    World
Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz                  Bingjo                                           Ahma                                          World
Anita Donndorff                             Charade                                          Thirsty Soul                                  Jazz          XX
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David Grisman Quintet                       Opus 57                                          David Grisman Quintet                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                          Let Me Dream                                     Chronological, vol.5                          Jazz
The Mills Brothers                          I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home            Anthology 1931 - 1968                         Jazz


          
posted by MHPayne  # 7:14 PM 0 Comments
  
		

Seems to have become the month for anniveraries 'round my particular parts. There's the 42nd for the program next week, then my own personal 61st a few days later, and the 21st for my Daily Grind webcomic at the end of the month. I'll be eating cake non-stop if everything works out!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                            Episode 2183                              Sun., Feb. 1, 2026                            4PM to 6PM

Artist                                    Title                                         Album                                       Genre        New?
Lee Presson & the Nails                   Goodbye, Goodbye                              Playing Dirty                               Lounge
Brendan Evans                             Petenera                                      Tiento                                      Classical      XX
Michael O'Neill Quintet w/Kenny
  Washington                              Invitation                                    Still Dancin'                               Jazz
/
Irish Millie                              Nonsense                                      Grace                                       World          XX
Joe Farnsworth                            Prime Time                                    The Big Room                                Jazz           XX
John Renbourne & Stefan Grossman          Why A Duck?                                   Snap a Little Owl                           Folk
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                        Choros No.4                                   Choroi                                      Classical
James Howe; M Payne                       The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Part 3         read live                                   Spoken
/
Thomas Roth                               Swedish Pictures                              Maskenball                                  Classical      XX
Benny Carter & his Orchestra              The Midnight Sun Will Never Set               Further Definitions                         Jazz
John McCutcheon                           Barefoot Boy With Boots On                    Barefoot Boy With Boots On                  Folk
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Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer          Here Comes the Flood                          Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer            Jazz           XX
Tom Russell                               The Boy Who Cried Wolf                        Modern Art                                  Country
Hot Club de Norvege                       Swing for Ninine                              Hot Shots                                   Jazz
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Tone of Voice Orchestra                   Dans om Efteraaret                            Running from the Devil                      Folk           XX
Stan Kenton & his Orchestra               Waltz of the Prophets                         Adventures in Jazz                          Jazz
Natalie McMaster & Donnell Leahy          Galicia (Paschal's Jig/Sylvia's Reel)         Canvas                                      World
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David Grisman Quintet                     Sea of Cortez                                 Quintet '80                                 Jazz
The Mills Brothers                        Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere                     Chronological, vol.2                        Jazz
The Mills Brothers                        I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home         Anthology, 1931 - 1968                      Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 7:19 PM 0 Comments

Will be the week before the 42nd Anniversary Episode. Start preparing now!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                                Episode 2182                               Sun., Jan 25, 2026                               4PM to 6PM

Artist                                          Title                                          Album                                        Genre        New?
Kerry Politzer Quintet                          Goodbye                                        In a Heartbeat                               Jazz
Tone of Voice Orchestra                         Trommedans                                     Running from the Devil                       Folk           XX
Dave Frishberg                                  Blizzard of Lies                               The Frishberg Songbook, vol.1                Jazz
/
Remi Goode                                      Posterity                                      Things I've Said Before                      Folk           XX
Steve Allee Big Band                            Brothers                                       Full Circle                                  Jazz           XX
The Kingston Trio                               Colorado Trail                                 String Along                                 Folk
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                              Choros No.4                                    Choroi                                       Classical
James Howe; M Payne                             The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Part 2          read live                                    Spoken
/
The Flying Horse Big Band w/George Garzone      It Gets Better                                 Unbridled                                    Jazz           XX
The Battlefield Band                            The Cowal Gathering/The Iron Man/Dancing
                                                  Feet/Dick Gossip's Reel                      Home is Where the Van Is                     World
Mose Allison                                    Look What You Made Me Do                       I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'                Jazz
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Doug Adamz                                      Horse Sense                                    Guitar Solos                                 Folk
Yoko Yates                                      Collage of Life                                Eternal Moments                              Jazz           XX
Irish Millie                                    Slip Reel Set                                  Grace                                        World          XX
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Django Reinhart Quintet                         Troublant Bolero                               Brussels and Paris                           Jazz
Orbestra                                        Trans-Danubian Swineherds' Music               Trans-Danubian Swineherds                    World
Robert Earl Keen                                Farm Fresh Onions                              Farm Fresh Onions                            Country
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David Grisman Quintet                           Happy Birthday, Bill Monroe                    Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                              Smoke Rings                                    Chronological, vol.6                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                              I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home          Anthology 1931 - 1968                        Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 7:23 PM 0 Comments