"Crazy" Joe Tritschler

Get your dancing shoes on, WYSO’s free community concert is Sunday, August 21st at Riverscape MetroPark featuring Crazy Joe with Ricky Nye, Inc. and Wheels.

“This year’s WYSO Community Concert is a joyful celebration of Miami Valley music,” say WYSO Music Director, Niki Dakota. “From the very young stringband, Wheels, to the established powerhouses of Crazy Joe and Ricky Nye, it is an honor to present these talented members of our community.”

“Crazy” Joe Tritschler is a roots music guitarist, singer, songwriter, and occasional drummer, who has toured nationally and internationally with his own Mad River Outlaws as well as roots music legend Deke Dickerson. He has released several recordings with ATOM Records and his own O-Scope Recording Company. He has a unique musical vision that includes early rock & roll, rockabilly, and original country with dashes of soul, jazz, and heavy rock.

Formerly know as “The Swingin’ Mudbugs,” Ricky Nye, Inc. features Ricky Nye (piano, vocals) along with Brian Aylor (drums) and Chris Douglas (upright bass), playing elegant blues and ballads, New Orleans stylings and traditional boogie woogie.

Wheels

Opening band Wheels delivers high energy Americana music that mixes traditional Bluegrass with progressive rock and roll. This young band has performed at many local and regional venues and recently celebrated the release of their debut album, Fields on Fire.

“The concert is a chance to revel in the musical richness of our region. And a chance to come together and show appreciation to those that make it all possible: our listeners,” says Dakota.

The concert begins at 6pm. Food will be sold at Riverscape’s Café Vélo, and Archer’s Tavern will be selling alcoholic beverages. Admission is free and families are encouraged to attend.

The Buffalo Killers

Tonight you can catch the Buffalo Killers live on the air on WYSO during Kaleidoscope.  They’re performing at Peach’s Grill in Yellow Springs on Friday, May 27th beginning at 10pm.  On tonight’s radio show, which begins at 8pm, the band will unveil some new songs from the album they’re releasing later this summer.  The local release party for “3,” is scheduled for Friday, July 15th at Canal Street Tavern.  The Buffalo Killers will be joined onstage by R.Ring, a collaboration between Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery that recently did a month long residency at South Park Tavern.  You can hear a preview track from “3″ by clicking here.

Kaleidoscope airs every Wednesday night on 91.3FM WYSO and stream live on www.wyso.org.

Honeymoon

Honeymoon is a Columbus band with some Dayton ties.  This week on Kaleidoscope, they’ll perform a live set and I’ll interview the band about their recent EP, Xyloglphy and more.  Here’s a preview track from the EP:

Also on this week’s show, you’ll have a chance to win tickets to Friday’s show at Canal Street Tavern featuring the Lab Partners, D. Rider and C. Wright’s Parlour Tricks.

Kaleidoscope airs every Wednesday night on 91.3FM WYSO and online at wyso.org

The Motel Beds at South Park Tavern (Photo by DMM's Brooke Medlin)

Like most public radio stations around the country, twice a year WYSO puts the call out looking for listener support.  This week marks WYSO’s Spring Pledge drive where there’s a special focus on upping the station’s membership from 5% of its listening audience to 10%.

On Kaleidoscope, I’ll be celebrating all of the great local music that WYSO brings to the airwaves with my radio partner in crime and fellow Dayton MostMetro contributor, Gladgirl, and The Motel Beds.  We’ll be offering their latest album, Sunfried Dreams as a thank you gift for pledges, and the band will unveil an extra special new recording on the air.  Tune in at 8pm on 91.3FM or wyso.org for all that and our usual round up of great music from local and national artists.  And if you are thus inclined to make a pledge of support to WYSO, here’s the link.

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Chapel Hill’s No More Fake Labels, who recently signed the Motel Beds and are responsible for the upcoming Guided by Voices’ tribute album, Sing for Your Meat will be unveiling an exclusive track from the tribute album on tonight’s show as well.  More updates will be available throughout the day on Kaleidoscope’s Facebook page.

The Fervor / Photo by Frankie Steele

Louisville’s The Fervor have been making a name for themselves here in Dayton having performed at Canal Street Tavern and more recently, South Park Tavern. The band will return to SPT tonight to celebrate the release of their new album, Arise, Great Warrior on Karate Body Records. They’ll share the bill with the Smug Brothers and the Motel Beds, who recently finished their new album, Sunfried Dreams and are currently streaming it on their bandcamp site.  You can find show details at the DMM events calendar.

Before heading over to South Park Tavern, The Fervor will swing into Yellow Springs for an interview on tonight’s Kaleidoscope on WYSO.  The show runs 8-11pm and will also include ticket giveaways to several local shows.  In the Miami Valley, you can tune in at 91.3FM or you can listen online anywhere in the world at www.wyso.org.

We’ll talk about that show and more with the White Soots tomorrow night on Kaleidoscope, 8-11pm on 91.3FM WYSO. You can tune in online at www.wyso.org, and if you’re not close to a radio or a computer, the set will be available to stream on WYSO’s website beginning on Thursday afternoon.  We’ve also got links to stream-able episodes of Kaleidoscope right here in the sidebar of the DaytonMusic section of Dayton MostMetro.

Splattertude

Splattertude is a band, a comedy troupe and an internet radio show among other things.  Born from the Ghastleee Movie Show hosted by A. Ghastlee Ghoul on DATV, Splattertude will be performing on January 29th as part of the Dayton Does Dayton show at Canal Street Tavern.  You can check out event details on the Dayton MostMetro Events Calendar. I’ll be interviewing Splattertude tomorrow night on Kaleidoscope, 8-11pm on 91.3FM WYSO, and they’ll be playing some tunes live in the WYSO studios.

Our originally scheduled interview and live set will be accompanied by stories and memories of Barry Hobart aka Dr. Creep.  In addition to Splattertude, we’ll talk to local filmmakers Andy Copp and Matt Brassfield,  hear stories from filmmaker/musician Henrique Couto, an audio documentary about Dr. Creep from filmmaker Ann Rotolante and much more.

You can tune in online at www.wyso.org, and if you’re not close to a radio or a computer, the set will be available to stream on WYSO’s website beginning on Thursday afternoon.  We’ve also got links to stream-able episodes of Kaleidoscope right here in the sidebar of the DaytonMusic section of Dayton MostMetro.

The Bengsons (cr Domingos Goncalves)

You may recall last summer, our onStageDayton team forcibly encouraging you to check out out the Bengsons. In case you don’t, here’s the rundown:

The Bengsons are Shaun and Abigail Bengson.  They’re based out of New York, but Shaun’s originally from Bellbrook and performed with the high school’s band and theater as well as with community theater groups.  The duo has performed around the country and around the world in places like Cape Town, South Africa.  They’ll make a return visit to Dayton this week to celebrate the release of their latest album, The Proof.

The Proof is a fantastic mix of songs that tell stories and transport you to lands near and far all the while giving you that amazing feeling that comes from a really great stage show.  You can stream the album at the Bengsons’ website or pick up a copy on Thursday, January 20 at Canal Street Tavern when the Bengsons perform live.

You can also catch the Bengsons on WYSO earlier that day.  They’ll be on Excursions with Niki Dakota around noon.  Tune in at 91.3FM or listen online at www.wyso.org

Starving in the Belly of the Whale

Back in October, Starving in the Belly of a Whale released an album called You Look Like You’ve Seen the Devil.  You can pick up a free copy of the album at Omega Music in the Oregon District.  You can also check out the band tomorrow night on Kaleidoscope, 8-11pm on 91.3FM WYSO.  I’ll be interviewing the band, and they’ll be performing an acoustic set live on the air.  You can tune in online at www.wyso.org, and if you’re not close to a radio or a computer, the set will be available to stream on WYSO’s website beginning on Thursday afternoon.  We’ve also got links to stream-able episodes of Kaleidoscope right here in the sidebar of the DaytonMusic section of Dayton MostMetro.