Sunday, January 29, 2017

Galactic Travels Top 20 Report for January, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/top20-01jan.html

WDIY 88.1 FM "Galactic Travels" Top 20 for January, 2017.
Shows #1031 to #1034; 5-January-2017 to 26-January-2017
Reported in non-ranked, alphanumeric order.
Compiled by Bill Fox

The Special Focus for January was Alpha Wave Movement.


ARTIST - ALBUM TITLE - LABEL
========================================================================
Alpha Wave Movement - Beyond Silence - HRR
Alpha Wave Movement - Cosmic Mandala - HRR
Alpha Wave Movement - Harmonic Currents - HRR
Alpha Wave Movement - Soniq Variants - HRR
Alpha Wave Movement - The Mystic & the Machine - HRR
Bertrand Loreau and Lambert - In Search of Silence - Spheric Music
Betzler & Brückner - Triplet - Groove Unltd.
Carl Weingarten and Catherine Marie Charlton - Where the Light Is - Spotted Peccary
Church of Hed - Brandenburg Heights - Eternity's Jest
Claudio Casanueva - My Favorite Songs Vol. 6 - none
Jim Ottaway - Timeless e-Motion - none
Michael Brückner and Detlev Everling - Sparrows - SynGate/Luna
Open Canvas - Relics of the Sun - HRR
Palancar - Many Worlds - none
Robert Rich - Vestiges - Soundscape
Sensiive Chaos - Live at the Mudlark Theater - Subsequent
Steve Roach - Spiral Revelation - Projekt
Vanderson - Vandisphere - Spheric Music
Various Artists - Silver - Spheric Music
Within Reason - Subtle Shift - HRR

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9 FM
in Easton and Phillipsburg, and on 93.7 FM in Trexlertown and
Fogelsville.

Galactic Travels web site: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://soundscapes.us/gt/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
To subscribe to the galactic-travels mailing list, click on [Join This
Group!] at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic-travels
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Thought Radio Playlist #397 for January 28, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio/playlists/2017/170128.html

Thought Radio, hosted by Bill Fox, is the Saturday edition of The AM/FM
Show.  You can expect to hear electronic, ambient, spacemusic,
Progressive Rock, and an eclectic mix of other genres.  The show airs
from 6:00 am to 8:00 am EDT/GMT-5 on WMUH Allentown, 91.7 FM and
streaming on the internet.

                Show #397                January 28, 2017.

Recap:
In Phase 1, I played new music by Palancar.


Phase I/Space:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Jean Michel Jarre    Part IV               Oxygene (Dreyfus)
Jean Michel Jarre    Part V                Oxygene (Dreyfus)
Jean Michel Jarre    Part VI               Oxygene (Dreyfus)
Steve Roach          Arrival               Empetus (Fortuna)
Steve Roach          Seeking               Empetus (Fortuna)
Steve Roach          Conquest              Empetus (Fortuna)
Palancar             Moon Princess         Many Worlds (none)


Phase II/Eclectic:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Nancy Shoop-Wu       Pulelehua             Rainbow Road (Lei Hoku Music)
Karen Olson          Seasons of the Soul   Seasons of the Soul
                                           (Soundview)
Georg Faust and      Among Clouds          Human (Visionsound)
Ben Dowling
Voces 8              The Darkness Is No    Winter (Decca)
                     Darkness
Terra Guitarra       Estrella              Of Seas & Stars (Earthsign)
Terra Guitarra       Algeria               Of Seas & Stars (Earthsign)


Phase III/Progressive Rock:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Happy the Man        Contemporary Insanity The Muse Awakens (InsideOut)
Happy the Man        The Muse Awakens      The Muse Awakens (InsideOut)
Finneus Guage        One Inch of the Fall  One Inch of the Fall (Train)
Camel                For Today             Nearfest 2002
The Beatles          Flying                The Beatles (EMI)


 * = excerpt
++ = Advanced CDR from artist
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
 x = Aborted by CD player

Bill Fox
========================================================================
Host of Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show every
other Saturday at 6:00 am.
Phase 1: Electronic, ambient, and space music.
Phase 2: Mixed bag of acoustic, electric, pop, or New Age.
Phase 3: Progressive rock from past masters to contemporary releases.
Website: http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
MySpace: http://myspace.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/thoughtradio
Listen to WMUH Allentown locally at 91.7 FM or on-line at
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================

Friday, January 27, 2017

Galactic Travels Playlist #1034 for January 26, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/170126.html

Galactic TravelsTM is an electronic, ambient, and space music show, that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and Bethlehem,
PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, and webcasting on the internet.

                Show #1034                January 26, 2017.

RECAP:
On this show, I celebrated the show's 20th Anniversary by playing a
healthy excerpt of the Robert Rich concert that I played on this show's
first broadcast.  Then I concluded the month-long focus on Alpha Wave
Movement.  The Featured CD at Midnight was "Beyond Silence" on Harmonic
Resonance Recordings. 


PLAYLIST:

11:04 pm
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Kevin Braheny        Starflight 1 *       Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Robert Rich          Concert Excerpt      Open Space Gallery 1996


12:00 am
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Alpha Wave Movement  Departure Point      Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Sunburst Shift       Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  The Zen Machine      Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Farewell Voyager     Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Further Out          Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Two Dimension        Beyond Silence (HRR)
                     Xpansion
Alpha Wave Movement  Tales of Ancient     Beyond Silence (HRR)
                     Travellers
Alpha Wave Movement  Kinetic Transfer     Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Echoes               Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Electrik Religions   Beyond Silence (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Ode to an Era        Beyond Silence (HRR)


1:00 am

 * = excerpt
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
++ = Advance CDR from Artist
-- = Background music under interview
** = Continued


NEXT SHOW:
On the next Galactic TravelsTM, I'll begin a month-long focus on
Arcane.  The Featured CD at Midnight will be "Pulse" which is a self
released title.
                           WDIY Announcement

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9 FM
in Easton and Phillipsburg, and on 93.7 FM in Trexlertown and
Fogelsville.

Galactic Travels web site: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://soundscapes.us/gt/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
To subscribe to the galactic-travels mailing list, click on [Join This
Group!] at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic-travels
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

FoxNet News Service

FoxNet News for Thursday, January 26, 2017.
=======================================================================
Welcome to FoxNet, the newsletter for information about my musical
activities such as Galactic Travels, The Municipal Band of Allentown,
Pinnacle, and much more!

Bill Fox
http://soundscapes.us/bill
http://facebook.com/ultramusicman
http://twitter.com/ultramusicman


QUICK LOOK - MORE SHOWS AND DETAILS BELOW

Today:
11:00 pm       - Galactic Travels on WDIY
January 28     - Thought Radio on WMUH
January 28     - Chez Mosc

Coming this week:

Coming soon:
February 4     - Thought Radio on WMUH
February 4     - Chez Mosc
March 25       - Twyndyllyngs at Cosmic Crossings
April 25       - Festival of Bands


MY EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.


Today:


GALACTIC TRAVELS ON WDIY:                   http://galactictravels.info
=======================================================================
Today at 11 pm EDT/GMT-4 on Galactic Travels, the month-long Special
Focus on Alpha Wave Movement concludes.  The Featured CD at Midnight
will be "Beyond Silence" on Harmonic Resonance Recordings.  The
Special Focus page is at:
http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/focus.html#jan

This program marks the TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY of Galactic Travels.  To
mark the event, I will replay music from the first broadcast, a 1996
local concert given by Robert Rich.

Galactic Travels is an electronic, ambient, and space music show that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and
Bethlehem, 93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, on the internet, and in High Definition Radio at 88.1
FM.  Listen at http://wdiy.org on the internet.



COMING THIS WEEK:


THOUGHT RADIO:                       http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
=======================================================================
Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show, is every
Saturday 6:00 am EST/GMT-4.

Thought Radio features electronic, ambient, and spacemusic at the
beginning, an eclectic mix of genres in the middle, and winds up with
Progressive Rock.

Tune in at 91.7 FM or on the internet at
http://muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html


CHEZ MOSC:                                   http://tinyurl.com/o2b5qyx
=======================================================================
Chez Mosc is the weekly concert that is streamed live on Saturdays at
6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 featuring Twyndyllyngs.  Listen and chat at
http://radio.electro-music.com

Twyndyllyngs, consisting of Howard Moscovitz and Bill Fox, play
electronic chamber music.  Both members have played all over North
America and Europe.

Guest musicians and audience members are welcomed.



COMING SOON:


TWYNDYLLYNGS:                        http://soundscapes.us/twyndyllyngs
                                       http://twyndyllyngs.bandcamp.com
=======================================================================
Twyndyllyngs is the longest word in the English language that has no
vowels.  It is also the duo of Howard Moscovitz and Bill Fox who play
experimental electronic chamber music.  Listen to and buy music at
http://twyndyllyngs.bandcamp.com

Twyndyllyngs will perform on Saturday, March 25, at MEME 2016, Cosmic
Crossings.  More information coming soon.


MUNICIPAL BAND OF ALLENTOWN                    http://municipalband.org
=======================================================================
The next concert by the Municipal Band of Allentown will be at
Northampton Area High School as part of the 65th Annual Festival of
Bands.

On Sunday, April 30, 2:30 pm, we will play our first concert of the
year. We will play as part of the 100-member band comprised of
musicians from the four Allentown bands; The Allentown Band, The
Pioneer Band, the Marine Band, and, of course, the Municipal Band of
Allentown.

The four bands combine to highlight music in our community and to raise
awareness of the needs of children and adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities. This year, the concert's theme is Broadway
Show Stoppers. Admission is FREE.

Please visit the band website for the schedule as well as maps and
directions to all events.

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Thought Radio Playlist #396 for January 21, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio/playlists/2017/170121.html

Thought Radio is the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show hosted by
Bill Fox.  You can expect to hear electronic, ambient, spacemusic,
Progressive Rock, and an eclectic mix of other genres.  The show airs
from 6:00 am to 8:00 am EDT/GMT-5 on WMUH Allentown, 91.7 FM and
streaming on the internet.

                Show #396                January 21, 2017.

Recap:
In Phase 1, I played new music by Betzler & Brückner.


Phase I/Space:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Jean Michel Jarre    Part I                Oxygene (Dreyfus)
Jean Michel Jarre    Part II               Oxygene (Dreyfus)
Jean Michel Jarre    Part III              Oxygene (Dreyfus)
Betzler & Brückner   Doublette             Triplet (Groove Unltd.)
Alpha Wave Movement  Kinetic               Kinetic (HRR)
VA [Lambert]         Silver                Silver (Spheric Music)


Phase II/Eclectic:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Craig Urquhart       Calm Seas             Calm Seas (Heart Earth Music)
Mirabai Ceiba        El Angel              Eyes Like Stars (Spirit
                                           Voyage)
Vin Downes           Everything Ahead      When the Sea Lets Go
                                           (Riverwide)
Lawson Rollins       Island Time           3 Minutes to Midnight
                                           (Infinita)
Dyan Garris          Cloud 9               Mystic's Nine (none)


Phase III/Progressive Rock:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
The Mahavishnu       The Dance of Maya     The Inner Mounting Flame
Orchestra                                  (Columbia)
The Mahavishnu       Noonward Race         Phase 2 (Aggregate Music)
Project
Iluvatar             Marionette            Sideshow (Kinesis)
Iluvatar             Emperor's New Clothes Sideshow (Kinesis)
Iluvatar             Funk Massage *        Sideshow (Kinesis)
The Beatles          Flying                The Beatles (EMI)


 * = excerpt
++ = Advanced CDR from artist
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
 x = Aborted by CD player

Bill Fox
========================================================================
Host of Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show every
other Saturday at 6:00 am.
Phase 1: Electronic, ambient, and space music.
Phase 2: Mixed bag of acoustic, electric, pop, or New Age.
Phase 3: Progressive rock from past masters to contemporary releases.
Website: http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
MySpace: http://myspace.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/thoughtradio
Listen to WMUH Allentown locally at 91.7 FM or on-line at
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================

Friday, January 20, 2017

Galactic Travels Playlist #1033 for January 19, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/170119.html

Galactic TravelsTM is an electronic, ambient, and space music show, that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and Bethlehem,
PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, and webcasting on the internet.

                Show #1033                January 19, 2017.

RECAP:
On this show, I continued the month-long focus on Alpha Wave Movement.
The Featured CD at Midnight was "Soniq Variants" on Harmonic Resonance
Recordings.  I also played new music by Betzler & Brückner, Palancar,
Vanderson, and Sensitive Chaos.


PLAYLIST:

11:04 pm
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Kevin Braheny        Starflight 1 *       Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Betzler & Brückner   Trilogy              Triplet (Groove Unltd.)
Sensiive Chaos       Android Cat Watches  Live at the Mudlark Theater
                     Birds                (Subsequent)
Palancar             Laughter-Silver      Many Worlds (none)
                     Wings
Open Canvas          Ka-Noon Dub          Relics of the Sun (HRR)
Vanderson            Something That       Vandisphere (Spheric Music)
                     Never Happened
VA [Klangwelt]       Starlight            Silver (Spheric Music)
Church of Hed        Brandenburg Heights, Brandenburg Heights (Eternity's
                     Part 1 *             Jest)


12:00 am
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Alpha Wave Movement  Sundial West         Soniq Variants (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Eternal Panorama     Soniq Variants (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Transwave Oscilla-   Soniq Variants (HRR)
                     tors
Alpha Wave Movement  Sustained Environ-   Soniq Variants (HRR)
                     ment
Alpha Wave Movement  Sweeping the Soniq   Soniq Variants (HRR)
                     Spectrum
Alpha Wave Movement  Dynamic Atmosphere   Soniq Variants (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Wave Gliding         Soniq Variants (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Contours & Cloud-    Soniq Variants (HRR)
                     forms


1:00 am

 * = excerpt
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
++ = Advance CDR from Artist
-- = Background music under interview
** = Continued


NEXT SHOW:
On the next Galactic TravelsTM, I'll conclude the month-long focus on
Alpha Wave Movement.  The Featured CD at Midnight will be "Beyond
Silence" on Harmonic Resonance Recordings.  I will celebrate twenty years
of Galactic Travels by playing music from the first broadcast; a Robert
Rich concert.
                           WDIY Announcement

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9 FM
in Easton and Phillipsburg, and on 93.7 FM in Trexlertown and
Fogelsville.

Galactic Travels web site: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://soundscapes.us/gt/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
To subscribe to the galactic-travels mailing list, click on [Join This
Group!] at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic-travels
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Thursday, January 19, 2017

FoxNet News Service

FoxNet News for Thursday, January 19, 2017.
=======================================================================
Welcome to FoxNet, the newsletter for information about my musical
activities such as Galactic Travels, The Municipal Band of Allentown,
Pinnacle, and much more!

Bill Fox
http://soundscapes.us/bill
http://facebook.com/ultramusicman
http://twitter.com/ultramusicman


QUICK LOOK - MORE SHOWS AND DETAILS BELOW

Today:
11:00 pm       - Galactic Travels on WDIY
January 21     - Thought Radio on WMUH
January 21     - Chez Mosc

Coming this week:

Coming soon:
January 28     - Thought Radio on WMUH
January 28     - Chez Mosc
March 25       - Twyndyllyngs at Cosmic Crossings
April 25       - Festival of Bands


MY EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.


Today:


GALACTIC TRAVELS ON WDIY:                   http://galactictravels.info
=======================================================================
Today at 11 pm EDT/GMT-4 on Galactic Travels, the month-long Special
Focus on Alpha Wave Movement continues.  The Featured CD at Midnight
will be "Soniq Variants" on Harmonic Resonance Recordings.  The Special
Focus page is at:
http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/focus.html#jan

Galactic Travels is an electronic, ambient, and space music show that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and
Bethlehem, 93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, on the internet, and in High Definition Radio at 88.1
FM.  Listen at http://wdiy.org on the internet.



COMING THIS WEEK:


THOUGHT RADIO:                       http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
=======================================================================
Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show, is every
Saturday 6:00 am EST/GMT-4.

Thought Radio features electronic, ambient, and spacemusic at the
beginning, an eclectic mix of genres in the middle, and winds up with
Progressive Rock.

Tune in at 91.7 FM or on the internet at
http://muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html


CHEZ MOSC:                                   http://tinyurl.com/o2b5qyx
=======================================================================
Chez Mosc is the weekly concert that is streamed live on Saturdays at
6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 featuring Twyndyllyngs.  Listen and chat at
http://radio.electro-music.com

Twyndyllyngs, consisting of Howard Moscovitz and Bill Fox, play
electronic chamber music.  Both members have played all over North
America and Europe.

Guest musicians and audience members are welcomed.



COMING SOON:


TWYNDYLLYNGS:                        http://soundscapes.us/twyndyllyngs
                                       http://twyndyllyngs.bandcamp.com
=======================================================================
Twyndyllyngs is the longest word in the English language that has no
vowels.  It is also the duo of Howard Moscovitz and Bill Fox who play
experimental electronic chamber music.  Listen to and buy music at
http://twyndyllyngs.bandcamp.com

Twyndyllyngs will perform on Saturday, March 25, at MEME 2016, Cosmic
Crossings.  More information coming soon.


MUNICIPAL BAND OF ALLENTOWN                    http://municipalband.org
=======================================================================
The next concert by the Municipal Band of Allentown will be at
Northampton Area High School as part of the 65th Annual Festival of
Bands.

On Sunday, April 30, 2:30 pm, we will play our first concert of the
year. We will play as part of the 100-member band comprised of
musicians from the four Allentown bands; The Allentown Band, The
Pioneer Band, the Marine Band, and, of course, the Municipal Band of
Allentown.

The four bands combine to highlight music in our community and to raise
awareness of the needs of children and adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities. This year, the concert's theme is Broadway
Show Stoppers. Admission is FREE.

Please visit the band website for the schedule as well as maps and
directions to all events.



FRIENDS' ACTIVITIES:


NITE FLYTE:                                   http://niteflytemusic.com
=======================================================================
Rob Ballonoff, the guitarist in Sonic Rock Orchestra, is in the duo Rob
and Marty and the band Nite Flyte.  He also plays solo and with other
people.

Rob & Marty:
January 19, 9:00 pm
Fogelsville Hotel
7921 Main Street
Fogelsville, PA 18051
610-395-3999
http://www.hopsfogelsville.com/

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Thought Radio Playlist #395 for January 14, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio/playlists/2017/170114.html

Thought Radio is the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show hosted by
Bill Fox.  You can expect to hear electronic, ambient, spacemusic,
Progressive Rock, and an eclectic mix of other genres.  The show airs
from 6:00 am to 8:00 am EDT/GMT-4 on WMUH Allentown, 91.7 FM and
streaming on the internet.

Recap:
In Phase 1, I played new music by Sensitive Chaos, Palancar, and Steve
Roach.  In Phase 3, I played new music by Pravda.


Phase I/Space:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Steve Roach          Spiral Revelation     Spiral Revelation (Projekt)
Sensitive Chaos      Groove Static         Live at the Mudlark Theater
                                           (Subsequent)
Within Reason        Bodhi                 Subtle Shift (HRR)
Palancar             F Ring                Many Worlds (none)


Phase II/Eclectic:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Georg Faust and      The Sea               Human (Vision Sound)
Ben Dowling
Voces 8              Balulalow             Winter (Decca)
Stephen Peppos       Finalis               Leaving Terra Firma (Sonic
                                           Bear Music)
Vin Downes           Just Before You       When the Sea Lets Go
                     Leave                 (Riverwide)
Nick Decesare        Morning               Openings (none)


Phase III/Progressive Rock:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Steve Hackett        Watcher of the Skies  Watcher of the Skies
                                           (Guardian)
Steve Hackett        Dance on a Volcano    Watcher of the Skies
                                           (Guardian)
Pravda               The Long Goodbye      The Rising Mediocrity (Sonus
                                           West)
Tiles                Hide & Seek           Fly Paper (InsideOut)
IZZ                  Can't Feel the Earth  The Darkened Room (Doone)
The Beatles          Flying                The Beatles (EMI)


 * = excerpt
++ = Advanced CDR from artist
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
 x = Aborted by CD player

Bill Fox
========================================================================
Host of Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show every
other Saturday at 6:00 am.
Phase 1: Electronic, ambient, and space music.
Phase 2: Mixed bag of acoustic, electric, pop, or New Age.
Phase 3: Progressive rock from past masters to contemporary releases.
Website: http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
MySpace: http://myspace.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/thoughtradio
Listen to WMUH Allentown locally at 91.7 FM or on-line at
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================

Friday, January 13, 2017

Galactic Travels Playlist #1032 for January 12, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/170112.html

Galactic TravelsTM is an electronic, ambient, and space music show, that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and Bethlehem,
PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, and webcasting on the internet.

                Show #1032                January 12, 2017.

RECAP:
On this show, I continued the month-long focus on Alpha Wave Movement.
The Featured CD at Midnight was "Cosmic Mandala" on Harmonic Resonance
Recordings.  I also played new music by Palancar and Steve Roach.


PLAYLIST:

11:04 pm
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Kevin Braheny        Starflight 1 *       Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Steve Roach          We Continue          Spiral Revelation (Projekt)
Steve Roach          Unseen Hand          Spiral Revelation (Projekt)
Steve Roach          Finger on the Pulse  Spiral Revelation (Projekt)
Palancar             Silence in the       Many Worlds (none)
                     Canyons
Jim Ottaway          Reality's Edge       Timeles e-Motion (none)
Within Reason        Memory Filament      Subtle Shift (HRR)
VA [Rinse, Repeat]   Tunaverse            electro-music 2016 Sampler
                                          (electro-muic media)


12:00 am
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Alpha Wave Movement  Cosmic Mandala       Cosmic Mandala (HRR)
                     Suite
Alpha Wave Movement  Full Circle          Cosmic Mandala (HRR)
                     (Ohm....Om)
George Wallace       Within the Dream     Live from Planet Earth
B. Ashra             Depth of Focus       Atomic World (Separated Beats)
B. Ashra             Magical Meditation   Atomic World (Separated Beats)
B. Ashra             Pass to Infinity *   Atomic World (Separated Beats)


1:00 am

 * = excerpt
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
++ = Advance CDR from Artist
-- = Background music under interview
** = Continued


NEXT SHOW:
On the next Galactic TravelsTM, I'll continue the month-long focus on
Alpha Wave Movement.  The Featured CD at Midnight will be "Soniq
Variants" on Harmonic Resonance Recordings.
                           WDIY Announcement

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9 FM
in Easton and Phillipsburg, and on 93.7 FM in Trexlertown and
Fogelsville.

Galactic Travels web site: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://soundscapes.us/gt/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
To subscribe to the galactic-travels mailing list, click on [Join This
Group!] at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic-travels
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Thursday, January 12, 2017

FoxNet News Service

FoxNet News for Thursday, January 12, 2017.
=======================================================================
Welcome to FoxNet, the newsletter for information about my musical
activities such as Galactic Travels, The Municipal Band of Allentown,
Pinnacle, and much more!

Bill Fox
http://soundscapes.us/bill
http://facebook.com/ultramusicman
http://twitter.com/ultramusicman


QUICK LOOK - MORE SHOWS AND DETAILS BELOW

Today:
11:00 pm       - Galactic Travels on WDIY

Coming this week:
January 14     - Thought Radio on WMUH
January 14     - Chez Mosc

Coming soon:
January 21     - Thought Radio on WMUH
January 21     - Chez Mosc
April 30       - Festival of Bands


MY EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.


Today:


GALACTIC TRAVELS ON WDIY:                   http://galactictravels.info
=======================================================================
Today at 11 pm EDT/GMT-4 on Galactic Travels, the month-long Special
Focus on Alpha Wave Movement continues.  The Featured CD at Midnight
will be "Cosmic Mandala" on Harmonic Resonance Recordings.  The Special
Focus page is at:
http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/focus.html#jan

You will hear new music from Palancar and Steve Roach.

Galactic Travels is an electronic, ambient, and space music show that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and
Bethlehem, 93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, on the internet, and in High Definition Radio at 88.1
FM.  Listen at http://wdiy.org on the internet.



COMING THIS WEEK:


THOUGHT RADIO:                       http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
=======================================================================
Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show, is every
Saturday 6:00 am EST/GMT-4.

Thought Radio features electronic, ambient, and spacemusic at the
beginning, an eclectic mix of genres in the middle, and winds up with
Progressive Rock.

You will hear new music from Palancar and Steve Roach.

Tune in at 91.7 FM or on the internet at
http://muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html


CHEZ MOSC:                                   http://tinyurl.com/o2b5qyx
=======================================================================
Chez Mosc is the weekly concert that is streamed live on Saturdays at
6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 featuring Twyndyllyngs.  Listen and chat at
http://radio.electro-music.com

Twyndyllyngs, consisting of Howard Moscovitz and Bill Fox, play
electronic chamber music.  Both members have played all over North
America and Europe.

Guest musicians and audience members are welcomed.



COMING SOON:


MUNICIPAL BAND OF ALLENTOWN                    http://municipalband.org
=======================================================================
The next concert by the Municipal Band of Allentown will be at
Northampton Area High School as part of the 65th Annual Festival of
Bands.

On Sunday, April 30, 2:30 pm, we will play our first concert of the
year. We will play as part of the 100-member band comprised of
musicians from the four Allentown bands; The Allentown Band, The
Pioneer Band, the Marine Band, and, of course, the Municipal Band of
Allentown.

The four bands combine to highlight music in our community and to raise
awareness of the needs of children and adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities. This year, the concert's theme is Broadway
Show Stoppers. Admission is FREE.

Please visit the band website for the schedule as well as maps and
directions to all events.



FRIENDS' ACTIVITIES:


NITE FLYTE:                                   http://niteflytemusic.com
=======================================================================
Rob Ballonoff, the guitarist in Sonic Rock Orchestra, is in the duo Rob
and Marty and the band Nite Flyte.  He also plays solo and with other
people.

Rob & Marty:
January 13, 6:00 pm
Slopeside Pub and Grill
Blue Mtn Ski1660 Blue Mountain Dr  
Palmerton, PA 18071
(610) 826-7700
http://www.skibluemt.com/seasonal-activities/slopeside-pub-grill/

Nite Flyte:
January 14, 10:00 pm
Cigars International
1635 Mountain Rd
Hamburg, PA 19526
(610) 562-0500
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/retail/store/ci-hamburg-super-store

Saturday, January 07, 2017

Thought Radio Playlist #394 for January 7, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio/playlists/2017/170107.html

Thought Radio is the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show hosted by
Bill Fox.  You can expect to hear electronic, ambient, spacemusic,
Progressive Rock, and an eclectic mix of other genres.  The show airs
from 6:00 am to 8:00 am EDT/GMT-4 on WMUH Allentown, 91.7 FM and
streaming on the internet.

                Show #394                January 7, 2017.

Recap:
In Phase 1, I played new music by Bertrand Loreau & Lambert and Robert
Rich.  In Phase 3, I played new music by Pravda.


Phase I/Space:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Alpha Wave Movement  Stellar Mantra        Celestial Chronicles (HRR)
Bertrand Loreau and  Walking on Dunes of   In Search of Silence (Spheric
  Lambert            Time                  Music)
Robert Rich          Obscured by Leaf      Vestiges (Soundscape)
                     Shadows
Robert Rich          Equipoise and         Vestiges (Soundscape)
                     Dissolution
Vin Downes           Dust and Drag         When the Sea Lets Go
                                           (Riverwide)


Phase II/Eclectic:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Stephen Peppos       Praesentia Animi      Leaving Terra Firma (Sonic
                                           Bear Music)
Kathryn Kaye         The Stillness Before  Reflected in a Flowing Stream
                     Dawn                  (none)
Shambhu              Knowingness           Soothe (none)
Vin Downes           Evening in Berkeley   When the Sea Lets Go
                                             (Riverwide)
Voces 8              Come Wander with Me   Winter (Decca)


Phase III/Progressive Rock:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ==============================
Advent               Ramblin' Sailor       Cantus Firmus (none)
Pravda               Burning Down          The Rising Mediocrity (Sonus
                                           West)
Glass Hammer         Dear Daddy            Cor Cordium (Arion)
IZZ                  Fine                  Ampersand Vol. 2 (Doone)
The Beatles          Flying                The Beatles (EMI)


 * = excerpt
++ = Advanced CDR from artist
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
 x = Aborted by CD player

Bill Fox
========================================================================
Host of Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show every
other Saturday at 6:00 am.
Phase 1: Electronic, ambient, and space music.
Phase 2: Mixed bag of acoustic, electric, pop, or New Age.
Phase 3: Progressive rock from past masters to contemporary releases.
Website: http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
MySpace: http://myspace.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/thoughtradio
Listen to WMUH Allentown locally at 91.7 FM or on-line at
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================

Friday, January 06, 2017

Galactic Travels Playlist #1031 for January 5, 2017.

http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/170105.html

Galactic TravelsTM is an electronic, ambient, and space music show, that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and Bethlehem,
PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, and webcasting on the internet.

                Show #1031                January 5, 2017.

RECAP:
On this show, I began a month-long focus on Alpha Wave Movement.  The
Featured CD at Midnight was "The Mystic & the Machine" on Harmonic
Resonance Recordings.  I also played new music by Robert Rich,
Claudio Casanueva, Weingarten & Charlton, and Bertrand Loreau & Lambert.


PLAYLIST:

11:04 pm
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Kevin Braheny        Starflight 1 *       Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Claudio Casanueva    Planetary Alignment  My Favorite Songs Vol. 6 (none)
Robert Rich          Night Seas Luminesce Vestiges (Soundscape)
Carl Weingarten and  Attunement           Where the Light Is (Spotted
  Catherine Marie Charlton                  Peccary)
Michael Brückner     On a Quiet Night *   Sparrows (SynGate/Luna)
  and Detlev Everling
Alpha Wave Movement  Harmonic Currents    Harmonic Currents (HRR)


12:00 am
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Alpha Wave Movement  Synaptic Overdrive   The Mystic & the Machine (HRR
Alpha Wave Movement  L'ocean Est Une      The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
                       Tempete
Alpha Wave Movement  Every Flute Tells a  The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
                       Story
Alpha Wave Movement  Remember the Dream   The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Mind Phased Pictures The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Festive Ancestors    The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Highland Aire Drive  The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
Alpha Wave Movement  Space Zeppelin Over  The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
                       Moab
Alpha Wave Movement  The Mystic & the     The Mystic & the Machine (HRR)
                       Machine
Bertrand Loreau and  Meeting One Self     In Search of Silence (Spheric
  Lambert                                   Music)
Bertrand Loreau and  Introspection        In Search of Silence (Spheric
  Lambert                                   Music)
Bertrand Loreau and  To the Center of     In Search of Silence (Spheric
  Lambert              the Earth *          Music)


1:00 am

 * = excerpt
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
++ = Advance CDR from Artist
-- = Background music under interview
** = Continued


NEXT SHOW:
On the next Galactic TravelsTM, I'll continue the month-long focus on
Alpha Wave Movement.  The Featured CD at Midnight will be "Cosmic
Mandala" on Harmonic Resonance Recordings.
                           WDIY Announcement

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9 FM
in Easton and Phillipsburg, and on 93.7 FM in Trexlertown and
Fogelsville.

Galactic Travels web site: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://soundscapes.us/gt/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
To subscribe to the galactic-travels mailing list, click on [Join This
Group!] at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic-travels
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2017) begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March
12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Thursday, January 05, 2017

FoxNet News Service

FoxNet News for Thursday, January 5, 2017.
=======================================================================
Welcome to FoxNet, the newsletter for information about my musical
activities such as Galactic Travels, The Municipal Band of Allentown,
Pinnacle, and much more!

Bill Fox
http://soundscapes.us/bill
http://facebook.com/ultramusicman
http://twitter.com/ultramusicman


QUICK LOOK - MORE SHOWS AND DETAILS BELOW

Today:
11:00 pm       - Galactic Travels on WDIY

Coming this week:
January 7      - Thought Radio on WMUH
January 7      - Chez Mosc

Coming soon:
January 14     - Thought Radio on WMUH
January 14     - Chez Mosc


MY EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.


Today:


GALACTIC TRAVELS ON WDIY:                   http://galactictravels.info
=======================================================================
Today at 11 pm EDT/GMT-4 on Galactic Travels, the month-long Special
Focus on Alpha Wave Movement begins.  The Featured CD at Midnight will
be "The Mystic & the Machine" on Harmonic Resonance Recordings.  The
Special Focus page is at:
http://soundscapes.us/gt/playlists/2017/focus.html#jan

Galactic Travels is an electronic, ambient, and space music show that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and
Bethlehem, 93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, on the internet, and in High Definition Radio at 88.1
FM.  Listen at http://wdiy.org on the internet.



COMING THIS WEEK:


THOUGHT RADIO:                       http://soundscapes.us/thoughtradio
=======================================================================
Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show, is every
Saturday 6:00 am EST/GMT-4.

Thought Radio features electronic, ambient, and spacemusic at the
beginning, an eclectic mix of genres in the middle, and winds up with
Progressive Rock.

Tune in at 91.7 FM or on the internet at
http://muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html


CHEZ MOSC:                                   http://tinyurl.com/o2b5qyx
=======================================================================
Chez Mosc is the weekly concert that is streamed live on Saturdays at
6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 featuring Twyndyllyngs.  Listen and chat at
http://radio.electro-music.com

Twyndyllyngs, consisting of Howard Moscovitz and Bill Fox, play
electronic chamber music.  Both members have played all over North
America and Europe.

Guest musicians and audience members are welcomed.