I’ve been listening music my whole life, but despite the longevity of this broadcasting show, I’ve only came across it a couple of years ago or three.
I was driving a lot because of work and this show was a big company along the way, up to a point that I was desperately waiting for broadcasting days for the programs to be available to listening on the road.
The way the hosts (all of you) speak about the music feels really raw and genuine; very professional, and yet, you get the feeling that you are talking to a friend about your favourite records and artists.
For a while I used to have a weekly call with a friend where we would recommend a record to each other for the following week, and share our feelings; for whatever reason it fell off, but your show is my idea of what we wanted to do as friends, but made professional and for thousands (or millions??) of music lovers to enjoy, and still feel personal. Obviously I knew ours was not any original idea, but it is not that easy to find someone doing exactly something you dreamt of, specially if you have to look in another country (I’m from Spain). The world is vast!!
Apologies for the long post, but you guys transmit too much to me, and I guess to all your listeners. I love the friendship between you all that seems obvious when you do your “New music Friday” show, the variety of genres you cover to cater for everyone, the proximity of your Tiny Desk Concerts... but perhaps what I do love most are your interviews; to me they are a very personal, closer looks into the world of the artists, and the intimacy and empathy that you show with them make me fall deep into it and forget about everything, which I guess is one of the big pleasures of music. It really makes me see and listen to an artist and/or record in another way.
Finally I wanted to tell you that one of my favourite shows ever is that one that you called “La vie en rose” (or something like that), when you gather at someone’s house to enjoy a glass (or a few bottles...) of rose wine and talk about music; it was so authentic!!
Thanks for what you do; if I think of what public radio should be, it is what you do, really.
Keep well all of you, and take care, specially in the times we are living now. Thanks for sharing your world with us. Love you all!!
