Live From SugarHill Studios – Radio project

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Robert Ellis, Benjamin Wesley and Grandfather Child with Sad Gorilla are the guests on our inaugural episode.

Live from SugarHill features live music and interviews from Studio A at Sugarhill.

“The Abbey Road of the South” historic SugarHill Studios in Houston, TX. This 67 year old facility has played home to sessions by Archie Bell and The Drells, The Big Bopper, Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, Freddy Fender, Beyonce Knowles, Destiny’s Child… the list goes on.

This broadcast was recorded December 4, 2008… monthly broadcasts will be featured here for free download as they become available.

   

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Austin’s The Blue Hit and Houston’s own Buxton are the guests.

The Blue Hit, a progressive folk trio, features Grace Rowland’s angelic voice with David Moss on cello and John McGee on guitar. The precocious lyrics and the delicate instrumental arrangements are mesmerizing, and quite unlike any sound out there. Psychedelic, rock, folk fusion? We’re just not sure… but it is something quite special.

Buxton is a rock band based in the LaPorte/Houston area. They’ve played with such notable acts as Okkervil River, Akron/Family, Man Man, Great Lake Swimmers, Maria Taylor, Copeland, Colour Revolt, Anathallo, Look Mexico, Gatsbys American Dream, Statistics and Denison Witmer. Buxton also has a folk influence but that is blended with flavors of Wilco and hard rock as well. Buxton turns in a rock solid live performance filled with energy and not just a little virtuosity.

The show is hosted by Rosa Guerro and Dan Workman. It is Produced by Gina Miller. Studio A engineering by John Griffin and Chris Longwood. HD video is filmed and posted by W. Ross Wells, Jarrod Gullett and Travis Johns of Zenfilm.

   

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Episode 3 features Jennifer Grassman and MacAdams.

Jennifer Grassman is a uniquely talented, classically-inspired, celtic, goth, rock, singer/songwriter. She performs songs from her debut CD “At the Back of the North Wind” as well as tunes from her upcoming release “Serpents Tales and Nightingales.” She even belts out a unique version of happy birthday for a member of the production team.

MacAdams is a driving, progressive rock power trio. Robyn MacAdams vocals and mellifluous guitar work are rounded out by the rock solid rhythm section of drummer Perry MacAdams and Bassist Jake Bramwell. Intricate, unusual, rock and roll that defines yet another eclectic facet of the Houston sound.

Lou Congelio, founder of onlyinhouston.com and President of STANANLOU advertising joins the show as our pioneer “audience of one”, warming up the big recliner for our upcoming guests.

Our show is hosted by record producer and SugarHill CEO Dan Workman and Rosa Guerro, founder of Ditchwater Records and host of KTRU’s Mutant Hardcore Flower Hour.

LFSH is produced by Gina Miller. Engineered by John Griffin and Chris Longwood. Uplink and webcast services by Troy Burwell of ecslive.com. Video production and podcasting services provided by Zenfilm. Still photography this week provided by Everett Taasevigen. A very special thanks to Fox 26 News for visiting the show.

   

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Singer/songwriter Elaine Greer and psychedelic rockers The TonTons turn in performances that make this a very exciting hour of new music Live From SugarHill.Free Press Houston says singer songwriter Elaine Greer has “been playing intricate compositions that complement and are enhanced by her candid, sincere and credible voice.”

The TonTons vocalist, Asli Omar, has been touted as “the finest young female vocalist in Houston” and emanating elements of Bjork and Billie Holiday. The band was the recipient of the 2008 Houston Press Music Awards “Best New Act” award.

Elaine and The TonTons are joined by our guest “Audience of One”… Farrah Akhtar from Yelp.com

The performers give very entertaining interviews. Hosts: Rosa Guerro and Dan Workman. Broadcast originally aired on April 2, 2009

   

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John Ramirez
Los Skarnales

Live From SugarHill’s May episode celebrates Cinco de Mayo and features rock en español band Los Skarnales and world-class accordionist John Ramirez.

The hour-long program includes a short set by two guests and candid interviews with Rosa Guerrero (KTRU’s Mutant Hardcore show) and award-winning producer Dan Workman.

Our community guest and ‘audience of one’ is Joey Guerra, music critic for the Houston Chronicle, one of the country’s largest newspapers and the largest daily in Texas. He does artist interviews, reviews concerts and also blogs regularly at chron.com and at http://www.29-95.com, a new entertainment/lifestyle website.

Seventeen year-old accordion player John Ramirez is the first performer. Ramirez is as amazing to watch as he is to listen to. He is the winner of 2008′s “The Big Squeeze” accordion competition, a multi-state competition for nonprofessional players under the age of 25. The event, sponsored by Texas Folklife, was recently the subject of a documentary by director Hector Galán. The documentary aired on PBS May 8th.

Los Skarnales is one of Houston’s foremost rock en espa?ol acts. The seven-piece rock band mixes in the genres of danzon, cumbia, reggae, ska and cantina music with a punk rock attitude. The band formed in 1993 and has opened for international stars like The Specials and King Chango. The band also traveled to Mexico for a series of gigs that culminated in a performance on the nationally televised variety show Desvelados.

   

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Andrew Karnavas
The Freddie Steady 5

Andrew Karnavas and 60s garage-rock legends The Freddie Steady 5 are the musical guests.

The hour-long program includes short sets by each guest and candid interviews with Rosa Guerrero and award-winning record producer, Dan Workman. Community guest and ‘audience of one’ is Chris Gray, music editor for The Houston Press, a weekly publication with almost 645,000 readers and more than 2 million online hits each month.

Andrew Karnavas’ acoustic melodies are a blend of straightforward chord progressions and slow finger picking that combine elements of blues and folk. The songs are largely introspective, image-driven stories that seek to make listeners examine a man’s relationships and his opinions in both pastoral and urban settings. In July 2009, Andrew will release The Bridge, a ten-song Blues Rock and Americana LP from his band Runaway Sun, and this fall, Film Noir, a thirteen-song solo debut with acoustic guitar, cello, piano and violin arrangements.

The Freddie Steady 5 is classified as Tex-Pop; a package of jangly, Beatlesque pop with a Texas touch. Texas Music Hall-of-Famer Freddie Krc (rhymes with search) has played drums behind renowned singer/songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker and Roky Erickson; and been in the studio with Carole King, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, and the Small Faces’ Ronnie Lane. All along, he has also been out front on his own projects and produces Jenny Wolfe and the Pack.

   

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Glasnost
The Sour Notes

Electro-pop outfit, Glasnost and Austin pop quartet The Sour Notes are the musical guests.

The program includes short sets and candid interviews with Rosa Guerrero and award-winning record producer, Dan Workman. Community guest and ‘audience of one’ is freelance writer Chris Henderson, who covers Houston nightlife in 29-95.com, Houston Press, Houston Magazine and Texas Music Magazine.

Bands Das Automatic & DJ Cuba Gooding Jr. merged to form Glasnost. Fusing elements of bands such as New Order and Cut Copy while combining the energy of a live rock show, Glasnost has become known for their stellar live performances. Their sound is far from typical: driving dance beats, lush vocal arrangements and multi-layered instrumentation. Influences include MSTRKRFT, Midnight Juggernauts, Justice and Gang of Four. Their forthcoming EP, The Great Divide, is out soon.

The Sour Notes are a dreamy pop band hailing from Austin. Beginning in Houston as the solo project of songwriter Jared Boulanger, it wasn’t until moving to Austin that he transformed The Sour Notes into the full-fledged performance ensemble it is today. Since 2008, the band has released two full-length albums, The Meat of the Fruit and Received in Bitterness, as well as a 7″ single. They’ve toured nationally and appeared on Austin’s KVRX-FM program ‘Local Live’.

   

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Two Star Symphony
Chase Hamblin

Two Star Symphony is known as Houston’s ‘first call’ commissioned independent orchestra. Comprised of Jerry Ochoa (violin), Debra Brown (violin), Jo Bird (viola), and Margaret Lejeune (cello), they perform on a matched set of instruments handcrafted by Master Luthier Anton Krutz. Notable works include an original composition for “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, 24 shorts from Unseen Cinema: “Experimental Treasures from the World’s Leading Archives” for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and a feature-length score for Harold Lloyd’s film “Girl Shy”. In 2004, The American Ballet Theatre enlisted them for the Dominic Walsh-choreographed dance “Alchemy” that premiered in New York. They recently unveiled their first full-length ballet score for a production of Titus Andronicus. They won the 2009 Houston Press Music Award for “Best Unclassifiable Band” and have been mentioned in Spin Magazine.

Chase Hamblin is a descendent of one of America’s first Gypsies. The great grandson of a Vaudeville songwriter, Hamblin has clearly inherited the traits of his freewheeling elders. Born in Italy and raised throughout Europe and Southeast Asia, Hamblin grew up with an odd yet influential mix of culture, art, and music. He worked as a model and movie extra while studying at NYU before moving to Houston where he joined the critically acclaimed group Penny Royal. After the band’s demise, Hamblin began work on his debut solo EP, A Fine Time, Derek Dunivan at the helm as producer and arranger. The upbeat, yet contemplative, late ’60s vibe of the album has garnered comparisons to The Beatles and The Kinks, as well as contemporaries like Elliot Smith and Grandaddy. Hamblin’s live ensemble includes local heavyweights Derek Dunivan (piano), Corey Power (guitar), Geoffery Muller (bass) and Robert Ellis (drums).

The program includes candid interviews with Rosa Guerrero and award-winning record producer, Dan Workman. Community guest and ‘audience of one’ is freelance writer David A. Cobb of local music and events blog Houston Calling.net

   

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Johnny Bush
Roy Head

Johnny Bush and Roy Head, legendary Texas performers perform their hits…. and things get a bit out of hand… but that’s live TV…

Singer/songwriter Johnny Bush’s set includes his huge hit “Whiskey River. Roy Head performs his #2 rock hit from 1965 “Treat Her Right” in the same studio where it was recorded 44 years ago…a great SugarHill moment…not without surprises.

On this episode, SugarHill chief engineer Andy Bradley celebrates his 25th year at the studio. Andy interviews guests along with host and award-winning record producer, Dan Workman.

Community guest and ‘audience of one’ is Andrew Dansby. Dansby is a Kentucky native and former New York resident who survived stints in the film and book publishing industry. He’s currently an entertainment columnist for the Houston Chronicle, where he spends most of his time thinking and writing about music.

   

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