The Signal

with Chris Kocher

A weekly entertainment show hosted by Chris Kocher, entertainment writer for the Press & Sun-Bulletin. Bringing you the best of Greater Binghamton's music and entertainment scene.

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[From 7-10 p.m. Tuesday]
Cool interview tonight with up-and-coming hip hop MC Jamie Drastik. We played his new single “Chasing Shadows” (featuring Pitbull and Havana Brown) and chatted about his music. Learn more about him at jamiedrastik.com.

From there, I did the Two for Tuesday thing again, first with new tracks.
“You Will Set the World on Fire” / “Dancing Out in Space” – David Bowie
“Waiting for the Sun” / “Lost in History” – Reva
“Burn” / “Ready to Die” – Iggy & The Stooges

After the local event roundup at 8, a set of musicians performing at Big Splash in Binghamton this Saturday and Sunday.
“Working on That” / “I Love My Tribe” – Donna the Buffalo (NEW)
“Working Mom’s Anthem” / “A Rock & Roll Heart” – Driftwood
“Diana” / “L.A.” – Woodshed Prophets
“Revolution at Hand” / “Race is Over” – Thousands of One

And then back to all-new music for the rest of the show.
“No One’s Ever Gonna Hear This Song” / “Man in an Empty Suit” – Adam Marsland
“Lonely Summer” / “Cracks” – Cherokee Red
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” / “Climb This Wall” – Dylan Sneed
“Brown Dog” / “Spirit of the Wolf” – Matt Stone
“Must Be I’m in Love” / “Country Gal with City Blues” – Maria Gillard
“Bumper Crop” / “Plant the Stars” – Susan Werner
“Outta Sight” / “Genessee Fever” – Esquela
“Say Hello to Paris” / “Midnight Train” – Hey Mavis

I tentatively have a guest for next week – when that’s firmed up, I’ll let you know. Either way, tune in at 7 p.m. next Tuesday for more good music.

[From 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday]
Great chat tonight with singer/songwriter Erica Leigh about her new EP “Puzzle Heart,” her cancer battle and where her life is headed from here. Learn more about her at ericaleigh.com. Here are the songs of hers that we played.
“Final Wishes”
“Puzzle Heart”
“Wait & See”
“Easy to Kill Me”
“A Talkin’ To”
“Slide on Through”
“Needing a Change”
“Our Love”

After the roundup of weekly events, we did Two for Tuesday with all new music:
“I Belong Next to You”/“Wherever You Are” – Ellis Delaney
“Redemption for the Man”/“New Orleans” – Buffy Ford Stewart
“St. Christopher”/“Sad” – Brother Sun
“Free Beer”/“Phone Home” – Esquela
“Love Me”/“Boy Boy” – JJ Rosa
“Girl Party”/“It’s All Good” – Deni Bonet
“The Ugliest House on the Block”/“Swing My Thing Back Around” – Beth Hart
“Bad As Me”/“Traveling Shoes” – Tom Jones
“If the River Was Whiskey” – Spin Doctors (sorry, ran out of time for a second track!)

Back to three-hour shows from now through the summer, so tune in next week to see what I come up with.

[From 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday]
Fabulous chat tonight with jazz guitarist and singer/songwriter Leni Stern about her life, her music and her new album, “Smoke, No Fire.” She performs Friday night at 6 On The Square in Oxford; learn more about that show at 6onthesquare.org and more about Leni at lenistern.com. Here’s what we played of hers:
“Djarabi”
“Smoke, No Fire”
“Lomeko”
“Awn Te Kalo Ye”
“Simbo”

Then, after the events roundup, Press & Sun-Bulletin correspondent and Binghamton U. student Mike Giordano discussed his story about Friday’s show from Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck at Cyber Cafe West in Binghamton. Learn more at bowthayer.com and cybercafewest.com. We played two songs from their new CD, “Eden”:
“Inside Joke”
“The Beauty of All Things.”

And we capped it off with one more track from Leni: “Spirit in the Water” (featuring Kofo the Wonderman).

Next Tuesday at 7 p.m., I’ll interview singer/songwriter Erica Leigh about her new EP, “Puzzle Heart.” And since tonight was the last show of the spring semester, it means we’ll be back to three-hour shows starting next week. More time for new and different tunes.

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