ProgNotFrog Radio Presents The Voice of The Moon #006 With The Herbalist (Mix of great tracks with strange words from a messed up mind)

Another week has sunk into the past and millions of songs have been performed, played and aired on this troubled planet. This is our humble contribution to the general cacophony.

We start in Brazil with Milton Nascimento, one of the founders of the Tropicalia movement. We’ll let ourselves flow with Francis Cabrel who will take us to the border between France and Spain.

One high point in this week's travel is going to be Charming Hostess a peculiar female band founded in Israel some years ago.

We’ll visit Sweden with Midaircondo, We’ll be amazed by an Italian cover of a Robet Wyatt tune and finally we’ll go back to the south American jungle with Simon Diaz and Caetano Veloso.

Thanks for your encouraging comments about the previous shows.

I hope you like this sixth blend.

It was done for you.

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ProgNotFrog Radio Presents The Voice of The Moon #005 With The Herbalist (Another Eclectic Blend of This and That Seasoned With Some Inspiring Words )

Well, this fifht show has gone a bit deeper and darker than the previous ones. That doesn't mean we're following that direction from now on. It just developed itself that way.This is meant to be an eclectic show (as the blog is meant to be as eclectic as possible). So it is impossible that one person likes all the songs in the show as it is impossible that someone might like every recommendation we put here. (See the comments under Tom Robinson's North by Northwest).

Our goal is to open people's ear and expand their harmonic references to new forms of sound organization. We encourage a "progressive" way of appreciating music, and here progressive means an attitude, not a musical genre (and for sure not that rock genre, although we have deep respect and admiration for it)Ok. Having that in mind, this week's journey starts with percussionist Glen Velez, and his dazzling frame drumming, then we'll move to the meeting point of Pablo Neruda's poetry and Avant-garde propositions with Pan Optikon, from germany.

Soon we'll find ourselves in the depths of the nocturnal ensemble Woven Hand, and after that we'll fly back to Trugunska with our old acquaintance Alan Parson and we'll end in the sweet embrace of Anja Garbarek's voice.

But do not believe all I write. Listen for yourself because there are a few hidden surprises.

The Moon is a Lunatic Factory.
Get Crazy.

Become a Selenite by coming here.

Prog Not Frog Radio Presents The Voice of The Moon # 004 With The Herbalist (Another Collection of Great Music Followed By Comments by You-Know-Who)

Here we go again. As you know, in The Voice of The Moon, we play music that we will never post in ProgNotFrog sites for a variety of reasons, although we think it must be made known by all of you.

The Voice of The Moon is still in an experimental stage and we're doing efforts to make every new chapter better.It is also the first step of ProgNotFrog Radio, a project we will be developing in the next few months.

Thanks to all the people who have commented the previous shows.

This week we'll start by appreciating some artists that belong to the Americana movement (16 Horsepower, some rare Sufjan Stevesn songs) then we'll jump to France (with the exquisite Jorane), Norway (guided by Ketil Bjornstad), Germany (to be psyched out by Fit & Limo and finnally we'll end in England with Michael Brook and Sir Robert Wyatt (What? Haven't them named him Sir yet...?). But that's not all, there other surprises in this new Voice of The Moon broadcast that mixes the Sublime (Ostrich Janota) with the Cruel (Nick Cave), The Modern (Millenium) and the Antique (Garmarna).

I blend my elixirs and infusions, just for you.

Enjoy them and...Keep Listening...!!!


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Prog Not Frog radio Presents The Voice of the Moon # 3, with the Herbalist (Best Radio Show on Earth Wannabe)

Well, here we go again. Another show. Another podcast. This one might be considered the birth of Prog Not Frog Radio as I believe we have reached a turning point here and I do hope that we’ll have in the future several webcasts from our team or some similar way to spread music to the general public. Time will tell.Mean while I invite you to enjoy today’s eclectic selection of music.

We’ll start with the art avant-rock band TuxedoMoon to move then to the twisted mind of Mr. Blixa Bargel, the brainchild of the influential Einsturzende Neubauten. Ahead you’ll find some mind spinning songs by Jaguares from Mexico, or from that beautiful sorceress and wandered known las Lhasa de Sela. From there you’ll go to India with Thierry Zaboitzeff one of the men behind Art Zoyd.

Beyond that exotic horizon we’ll listen to some amazing surprises from eastern Europe, among them the angelic voice and demonic percussion of Arto Tuncboyaciyan. I will soothe your psychic turmoil at the end with a rare but very acid improvised track by those post-prog heroes that hide behind the words Porcupine and Tree.

I really wish you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed doing it.

I think you’ll discover some great music in this podcast.

Actually The Voice of The Moon goal is to spread music we will not post in the blog for a variety of reasons.

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The Voice of the Moon # 2, with The Herbalist (Second podcast, egocentric amusing collection of great songs mixed with self indulgent babbling)

I did it again. Another Podcast. This is much better than the first one, I think. I bought a better microphone (cheap!) and had more time to think about the music. I also fixed some sound glitches in the teasers and intro. It is still far from what I want to do in podcasting and I need further practice on my english flux and rythm, but it is an improvement, that I dedicate to you all.Your comments helped me a lot. Thanks to all who listened.This time I wanted to broadcast music that is very unknown among the usual public that comes to this blog. Bands like Drums & Tuba, Blackbright Morning Light or The Changelings are not what proggers and psychers are used to listen to. I did that on purpose so people here get to listen to new and a bit different things.The good thing about proggers and psychers is that their ears are alwayes wide open to new sounds. This collection of songs is an tribute to that virtue.I hope you all enjoy it.Please write something in the comment's section. Your opinions are highly appreciated.Big Hug from Herbaltown, in Prognotfrogland.Your friend and BrainSmasher,

The Herbalist

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The Voice of The Moon -> A Music Podcast, Webradio Show, or whatever you wanna call it, performed and conceived by The Herbalist

I've been thinking about doing a few experiments in podcasting. So this is the result of the first one.Although I have had some experience in radio, I have never done a show in english, so forgive my pronuntiation or any grammar mistake I might have done.I am not sure if I am going to do this regularly. I wish I had the time. We'll see. I also wish I could get paid for this.Podacst should be kept light, so don't expect the sound quality you're used to when you get any recommendation from ProgNotFrog. Anyway I am sure it reaches an enjoyable level.I kept information about the music at a minimal level. A radio show is not a lesson on the history of a songor a band . The star is the music itself, not the DJ, even if he/she is a walking music encyclopedia.I had a lot of fun doing the sound effects , intro, teasers and outro. Music selection was entirely a quasi-random process. If I keep doing this you should expect in eclectcism, in big quantities. I've never liked be constrained or imprisoned in any genre. Not even rock or prog. Not even western or modern music for that matters. I wish I had albums recorded in Pluto. I am sure they are great. (Unless the RIAA has an office there).

Please leave some comments (or I'll never do another podcast)

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