The biggest curse of commercial radio isn't the commercials.  Its the enervating mediocrity of programming done by focus groups in other cities and slammed in your face day after day.  Month by month.  Year after year.

That particular spelling of music dates back at least to the early 1600's--and--symbolizes our exploration of the antiquarian marrying the modern this Saturday night.  From modern melodies to ancient... old Albion has given us a treasure of  songs and tunes that have survived centuries... sometimes in original but often modified forms that carry the same spirit of the past.

This is the time of the year when I especially enjoy epic adventures...both sonic and cinematic.  That quickly brings us round to this Saturday night's show.   While epic usually denotes "length of time"--thats only one dimension.  The sublime talent of Rachel Bissex was cut way too short with breast cancer.  Yet I define her musical career clearly in the realm of epic when you hear her December Moon which opens the show.