Secret Music News, January 2018

Hi -

  Sorry about the delay in sending this. Winter is not my time of year,
and it's been abnormally busy for me. So I'm trying to play catchup when I'm not hibernating. It's
a changing world, especially in the music industry. As it gets easier for
people to compose and release music, it gets harder for people to make
money from it. More and more it's becoming apparent that the real reason
one makes music, or any art form for that matter, is because it's driven
by passion.

  And perhaps that's the point. In today's world, passion is something we
need. I'm reminded of the story of Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, He dreamed of
a dystopian world where everything was gray and soulless. But there was a
bar with bright lights and music and people smiling and enjoying
themselves. And he resolved to compose the music for the band in that bar.
Thus became the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. I'm not saying this is a gray and
soulless world, far from it. But a little more passion, a little more joy,
are certainly welcome. That's what drives you to create music, and that's
what drives me to play it. Not always the easiest thing for either of us,
but it's worth the effort.

  I've gotten some great new music lately, and I always appreciate it. If
you've got something new you'd like me to hear, just let me know. CD's are always appreciated,
but downloads are fine and dandy as well. Whichever you prefer.

  No scheduled interviews or performances at the moment, but I'm always
looking. If you're in the area on a Sunday morning, let me know and we'll work something out.

  Here's my address for those of you who need it:

Scott Raymond/WVKR
PO Box 146
Fishkill, NY 12524                   

  For more info or weekly playlists, check out my website below. I'm also
on Facebook, so look for me there too. Here's my top 20 playlists for December, 2017 and
January, 2018, as well as my top 25 albums for 2017. Enjoy!      

http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM

    WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
        December, 2017

1. The Ministry Of Inside Things - Trilogy - Industry8
2. Arranged Marriage NP - Arranged Marriage NP - Team Love Records
3. Masako - Piano Sanctuary - Self Released
4. Richard Leo Johnson - Language - Blue Note Records
5. Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Ports of Call - Culburnie Records
6. Javi Canovas - Monochrome Time - Self Released
7. Max Corbacho - Source of Present - Silent Sun
8. Aglaia - Lunares Nectare - Hic Sunt Leones
9. Aglaia - Akupanga - Hic Sunt Leones
10. Palancar - Shallow River Flowing - Emergent World
11. Blackmore's Night - Winter Carols - 2017 - Minstrel Hall Music
12. Christen Lien - Elpis - Self Released
13. Robert Logan - Sculptor Galaxy - Projekt
14. Jarguna And Friends - Trapped Vol.1 - Projekt
15. Gregg Kowalsky - L'Orange, L'Orange - Kranky
16. Mathias Grassow - Divinations - gterma
17. Matt Marshak - Year's End - Nuance Music Group
18. Akikaze - Solstice - Spheric
19. Bing Satellites - Snow Day - Self Released
20. Altus - Winter Embrace - Self Released

    WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
        January, 2018

1. Matteo Palmer - Opaline Sky - Self Released
2. Pauline Anna Strom - Trans-Millennia Music - RVNG
3. Sequential Dreams - Metamorphic Waves - Borders Edge
4. TM Solver - Atmosphere - Syngate
5. MTA Lab - In Luv - Syngate
6. Tastenklang - Polyphony - Syngate
7. Luna Firma - Falling Towards Atlantis - Borders Edge
8. Luna Firma - New Horizons - Borders Edge
9. Dan Pound - Dreams That Take You - Pound Sounds
10. Matthew Labarge - Spiriti - Cynelic Gast Music
11. Áine Minogue - In the Name of Stillness - Little Miller Records
12. Mis+ress - Mis+ress - Self Released
13. Ann Sweeten - Flying Solo Silhouette - Orange Band Records
14. Bing Satellites - Real Life and How to Avoid It
15. Robert Schroeder - D.MO Vol. 4 - Spheric Music
16. Bertrand Loreau - Finally - Spheric Music
17. Richard Dillon - Irish Mist - Self Released
18. Camille Nelson - Lead Me Home - Stone Angel Music
19. Andrew Douglas - The Voyage of Cassini - Self Released
20. Anaamaly - Urban Metta, Vol. 2 - Planet27music

     WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 25 Albums of 2017

1. FLOW - FLOW - LMB Music
2. Campfire's Edge - The Last Lighthouse - Bluehill
3. The Fragile Fate - Lilliam Ocean - Carpe Sonum
4. Antoine Dufour - Back & Forth - Candy Rat
5. Robert Rich and Markus Reuter - Lift a Feather to the Flood - Soundscape Productions
6. ARC - Fleet - DiN
7. The Ministry Of Inside Things - Trilogy - Industry8
8. Steve Roach - Spiral Revelation - Projekt
9. Air Sculpture - Vanishing Point Vol.3 - Self Released
10. Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks - Selected Works - Self Released
11. Carl Weingarten and Catherine Marie Charlton - Where There Is Light - Spotted Peccary Music
12. Forrest Fang - Following the Ether Sun - Projekt
13. Markus Reuter & Ian Boddy - Memento - DiN
14. Peter Calandra - The Road Home - PCM
15. Scott Helland - Never Mind The Rocket Century - Exotic Aquatic
16. Hammock - Mysterium - Hammock Music, LLC
17. Penguin Cafe - The Imperfect Sea - Erased Tapes
18. Robert Rich - Live at the Gatherings 2015 - Industry8
19. Sensitive Chaos - Live at the Mudlark Theater - Subsequent Records
20. Vangelis - Rosetta - Decca Records
21. Vidna Obmana - Refined On Gentle Clouds - Self Released
22. Jeff Pearce - From the Darker Seasons - Jeff Pearce Music
23. Stephan Micus - Inland Sea - ECM
24. Matteo Palmer - Embers - Self Released
25. Arranged Marriage NP - Arranged Marriage NP - Team Love Records

Secret Music Playlist, January 28, 2018

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, January 28, 2018. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond

            Secret Music Playlist, 1/28/2018

   Artist            Song            Album

Andrew Douglas         The Voyage Of Cassini        The Voyage Of Cassini

Mis+ress            Derealization        Mis+ress
Anaamaly        I Am Ready To Forgive        Urban Metta Vol.2
Aine Minogue        In The Name Of Solitude        In The Name Of Stillness

Tetsu Inoue            Remote            Yolo
Jason Joseph            Cliff Dwellings II    Steps Of The Pilgrim
Rafael Anton Irisarri        Passage            The North Road

Biff Johnson            Lost Caravan        Reading The Bones
itsnotyouitsme        Throne Built For The Past    Walled Gardens
Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri       One More Zombie    Stories Across Borders

Steve Roach            Looking For Safety    Dreamtime Return

Tastenklang            Prologue        Polyphony
Jon Jenkins & Paul Lackey    In An Instant        Continuum
Steve Jolliffe            Part 3            Zanzi

Mark Jenkins            The God Of All Daleks    Live In The USA
Mark Jenkins            Endless Space        Moog Meditations
Mark Jenkins            Metuchen        This Island Earth

Secret Music Playlists, January 7, 14 & 21

Hi -

  Here's my playlists for the last 3 Sundays. Got some catching up to do.
  Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM


   Secret Music Playlist, 1/7/2018

   Artist            Song            Album

Air Sculpture            Ranger Station        Vanishing Point Vol.3

Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks    Pocket Universe      Selected Works
Forrest Fang            Hinterlands        Following The Ether Sun
Hammock                Things Of Beauty Burn    Mysterium
Vidna Obmana            Related Between        Refined On Gentle Clouds
Jeff Pearce            Midnight Snow        From The Darker Seasons

Robert Rich & Markus Reuter   Glistening On Wet Tarmac    Lift A Feather To
The Flood
Markus Reuter & Ian Boddy    Memento            Memento
Robert Rich             Edge Of Nowhere        Live At The Gatherings 2015

Steve Roach            A Righteous Thing    Spiral Revelation
Vangelis            Albedo 0.06        Rosetta
ARC                Fleet            Fleet

Campfire's Edge            March Of The Tortoise    The Last Lighthouse
Pete Calandra            The Road Home        The Road Home
Scott Helland        Never End The Rocket Century    Never End The Rocket Century
The Fragile Fate        Rolled Over        Lilliam Ocean

FLOW                Flow            Flow
Penguin Cafe            Ricercar        The Imperfect Sea
Carl Weingarten & Catherine Marie Charlton   Space Race      Where There Is Light
Sensitive Chaos            Best Bank Second Line    Live At The Mudlark

Stephan Micus            Haze            Inland Sea
Matteo Palmer            Northern Hemisphere    Embers
Antoine Dufour    Electromagnetic Sun Powered Starship    Back & Forth
Ministry Of Inside Things  Canopy And Constellations    Trilogy


   Secret Music Playlist, 1/14/2018

   Artist            Song            Album

Robert Schroeder    Harmonic Decadence Side A    DMO Vol.4

Pauline Anna Strom        Energies        Trans-Millennia Music
Anaamaly            I Am A Co-Creator    Urban Metta Vol.2
Aine Minogue        In The Name Of Stillness    In The Name Of Stillness

Dan Pound            Darkness Falls        Dreams That Take You
Bertrand Loreau            A Tear Of Luciana    Finally
Sequential Dreams        The Last Ship        Metamorphic Waves

Tastenklang            Electricity        Polyphony
TM Solver            Under The C        Atmosphere
MTA Lab                Synergy            In Luv

Mis+tress            Nested Infinities    Mis+tress
Luna Firma            Albedo 0.6        New Horizons
Luna Firma        Between Me And The Sea        Falling Towards Atlantis

Jim Kirkwood        Requiem For An Immortal        Tower Of Darkness
Jim Kirkwood    Upon The Face Of The Timeless Deep    A Point Of Light...

Matteo Palmer            57            Opaline Sky
Matthew Labarge            Spiriti            Spiriti
Ann Sweeten            Elysian Fields        Flying Solo
Richard Dillon            Shadows On The Wall    Irish Mist
Camille Nelson            Amazing Grace        Lead Me Home


   Secret Music Playlist, 1/21/2018

   Artist            Song            Album

Bing Satellites      How Do You Know When You're Finished? Real Life And How
To Avoid It

TM Solver            Sweetness        Atmosphere
MTA Lab                In Luv            In Luv

Luna Firma            Open Night Air        Falling Towards Atlantis
Luna Firma    Snowcaps On The Edge Of Darkness    New Horizons
Pauline Anna Strom        Spatial Spectre        Trans-Millennia Music

Jean-Michel Jarre        Magnetic Fields        In Concert
Jean-Michel Jarre        Souvenir Of China    In Concert
Jean-Michel Jarre        Oxygene Part IV        The Essential Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre        Fourth Rendez-vous    Rendez-vous
Jean-Michel Jarre        Ethnicolor II         Zoolook

Sequential Dreams        Beyond Darkness        Metamorphic Waves
Bertrand Loreau            Valentin        Finally
Dan Pound            Deeper Still        Dreams That Take You

Kubusschnitt            Phoenix Part 2    Journey Through A Burning Cube
Kubusschmitt            Perpetual Chaos        Entropy's Evolution

Matteo Palmer            Opaline Sky        Opaline Sky
Matthew Labarge            Six Hundred Years    Spiriti
Richard Dillon            Mother Ireland        Irish Mist
Ann Sweeten            Afterglow        Flying Solo

Secret Music Playlist, December 24, 2017

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 24, 2017. My annual holiday
  music special. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM

   Secret Music Playlist, 12/24/2017

   Artist            Song            Album

Jeff Pearce         A Long Winter's Sleep        Winter Calm

Triona Ni Dhmomhnaill        Solus            Celtic Christmas
Aine Minogue            The Dove's Return       Celtic Christmas II
Snuffy Walden            Sails Of Galway        Celtic Christmas III
Michael O'Dhomnaill & Paddy Glackin  Sweeney's Buttermilk   Celtic Christmas IV

George Winston            Sleep Baby Mine        December
Art Labriola            Silent Night        Silent Night
Paul Sullivan            Moonlight On Snow    Christmas In Maine
Stanton Lanier        In The Bleak Midwinter        December Peace
Kyle Pederson            Infant Holy        12.25

Meg Bowles            Solstice Chant        Solstice Dreams
Jonn Serrie        O Come O Come Emmanuel        Upon A Midnight Clear
Sensitive Chaos        Spirit Of The Season    Remembering Chestnuts, Icy Cold & Bells
Forrest Fang        God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen    Ornamental
Erik Wollo            Crystal Bells 4        Crystal Bells

Will Ackerman            New England Morning    A Winter's Solstice
Michael Manring         Sung To Sleep        A Winter's Solstice II
John Gorka            Christmas Bells        A Winter's Solstice III
Nightnoise        Snow Is Lightly Falling        A Winter's Solstice III
Barbara Higbie            We Three Kings        A Winter's Solstice IV

The Roches            Star Of wonder        We Three Kings
Leslie Ritter & Scott Petito    If Mary Knew        This Christmas Morning
Enya            Journey Of The Angels        And Winter Came...
Kaur/Evenson/D'Rachael    Angels We Have Heard On High    What Child Is This?.
Loreena McKennitt    In Praise Of Christmas         To Drive The Cold Winter Away

Friedemann        The Man From Ceasaria        Narada Christmas Collection
Wall Matthews        O Come, O Come Emmanuel     Christmas Guitar
Tim Farrell            Across The Northlands    The Gifts Of The Season
Ed Gerhard            O Holy Night        On A Cold Winter's Night
Peter Janson        When Autumn Brings Winter    Winter Gifts

Secret Music Playlist, December 10. 2017

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 10, 2017. I was out sick on the
17th, but I'll be back on Christmas Eve with my annual holiday music special. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM

            Secret Music Playlist, 12/10/2017

   Artist            Song            Album

Bing Satellites        Song For A Snow Day        Snow Day

Aglaia                Angelus            Lunares Nectare
Aglaia                Cupressus        Akupanga
Jarguna                Crystal Cave        Trapped Vol.1

Max Corbacho            Soul Of The World    Source Of Present
Gregg Kowalsky            Ritual Del Croix    L'Orange, L'Orange
Palancar        The Tall Grass Their Monument    Shallow River Flowing

Arranged Marriage NP        Malkauns        Arranged Marriage NP
Akikaze                Jacob's Ladders        Solstice
Javi Canovas            Demarcation        Monochrome Time

The Ministry Of Inside Things    The Edge Of The Wilderness    Trilogy
Robert Logan            Climber            Sculptor Galaxy
Christen Lien            Bitter Majesty        Elpis

Al Petteway & Amy White        The Holly & The Ivy    Winter Tidings
Liz Story            Greensleeves        The Gift
Keola Beamer    Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening    The Coming Of The Snow
Robin Speilberg        In The Heart Of Winter        In The Heart Of Winter
Blackmore's Night        Christmas Eve        Winter Carols

Richard Leo Johnson    Happy Talk/Dream A Dream    Language
Masako                The Lost Estate        Piano Sanctuary
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas    Waltzska For Su-a    Ports Of Call
Matt Marshak            Walk In The Forest    Year's End
Ken Elkinson            The Huron Carol        Generations Of Yuletide

Secret Music News, December 2017

Hi -

  Not much new going on here. It's getting colder, and the year is almost over.
No recent concerts, but I'll likely be visiting Cape Cod for the holidays if anyone
around wants to say hello. It's been a good year for music and a good year
overall.  

  I've gotten some great new music lately, and I always appreciate it. If
you've got something new you'd like me to hear, just let me know. CD's
are always appreciated, but downloads are fine and dandy as well. Whichever you prefer.

  No scheduled interviews or performances at the moment, but I'm always
looking. If you're in the area on a Sunday morning, let me know and we'll work something out.

  Here's my address for those of you who need it:

Scott Raymond/WVKR
PO Box 146
Fishkill, NY 12524                   

  For more info or weekly playlists, check out my website below. I'm also
on Facebook, so look for me there too. Here's my top 20 playlist for November, 2017.
Enjoy!      

http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM


 WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
  November, 2017

1. The Fragile Fate - Lilliam Ocean - Carpe Sonum
2. ARC - Fleet - DiN
3. Jeff Pearce - From the Darker Seasons - Jeff Pearce Music
4. Faith Angelina - Reaching 12 - Faith Angelina Music
5. Balmorhea - Clear Language - Western Vinyl
6. Centrozoon - 217 XVI - Iapetus
7. Jeffrey Koepper - Transmitter - Projekt
8. Alpha Wave Movement - Echoes In The Vacuum - Harmonic Resonance Recordings
9. Michael Kollwitz - Serenity - Self Released
10. Frore & Shane Morris - Eclipse - Spotted Peccary Music
11. Darshan Ambient - Lingering Day - Spotted Peccary Music
12. Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements - Even This Late It Happens - Greydisc Records
13. Todd Boston - One - Self Released
14. Dracarys - Dreaming - Self Released
15. Perge - Catharsis - Self Released
16. Eyes Cast Down - The White Island - Self Released
17. Gypsy Witch - Journey Through Wild Places - Aural Films
18. Bernhard Wostheinrich & David Rothenberg - Live In Beacon 2015 - Iapetus
19. Steven Lance - Sp-azz - Self Released
20. Robert Thies and Damjan Krajacic - Blue Landscapes II: Discoveries - Gentle Rain Music

Secret Music Playlist, December 3, 2017

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, 12/3/2017. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM


   Secret Music Playlist, 12/3/2017

   Artist            Song            Album

Mathias Grassow        The Stars Cry In Silence    Divinations

Arranged Marriage NP        Hemant            Arranged Marriage NP
The Ministry Of Inside Things    Interlock        Trilogy

Masako                When You Were Little    Piano Sanctuary
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas    Silver And Stuff    Ports Of Call
Matt Marshak            Thanksgiving Day    Year's End
Richard Leo Johnson        Hip Hop Zep        Language

Javi Canovas            Outward            Monochrome Time
Robert Logan            Binary Star        Sculptor Galaxy
Christen Lien            Fog Of Fear        Elpis

Aglaia                In The Open Air        Lunares Nectare
Aglaia                Airglow            Akupanga
Jarguna                Red Petroglyph        Trapped Vol.1

Michael Hedges            Captain Kennedy     Unreleased
Michael Hedges            The Rootwitch        Taproot
Michael Hedges        Fusion Of The Five Elements    Torched
Michael Hedges        All Along The Watchtower    Live On The Double Planet
Michael Hedges            The Streamlined Man    Watching My Life Go By

Blackmore's Night        Emmanuel        Winter Carols
Erwilian            Midwinter's Night    Midwinter's Night
Peter Brown            O Holy Night        Kinsfolk
Adam Rafferty            What Child Is This?    A Christmas Guitar Celebration
Paul Winter        Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day    Wintersong

Palancar            Crowd Of Stars        Shallow River Flowing
Gregg Kowalsky        Maliblue Dream Sequence        L'Orange, L'Orange
Max Corbacho            Echoing Shade        Source Of Present
Steve Roach            Unseen Hand        Spiral Revelation