Chesed Sheb'Cheshed - Old Friends - Chol HaMoed Pesach!

Day One of The Omer on Radio Free Nachlaot - we're treating our audience to a dose of "Old Friends" both musically and in the Torahs we play today.

Today is "Chesed sheb'Chesed" (Kindness within Kindess) ... Which is of course the answer to the Grateful Dead's question in the song "Uncle John's Band" - "Oh I just want to know, are you kind?" YES WE ARE! 

Buffalo Springfield (4-CD Box Set 1966-68) all afternoon until 8:30pm followed by Simon & Garfunkle's Discography "Old Friends" (1997) from 8:30pm - 12:45am.

Rabbi Chaim Richman's new series "The Korban Pesach Challenge" Part 1 (1pm, 5pm, 9pm) & Part 2 (2pm, 6pm, 10pm) plus Rebbetzen Rena Richman's "Bat Melech" Series "Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights" (3pm, 7pm, 11pm)  and "The Four Sons" (4pm, 8pm and Midnight).

Don't forget your old friends and don't forget to be kind and remember to Count the Omer tonight -  we recommend Rabbi Simon Jacobson's "Meaningful Life" Center for spiritual insights into Omer Counting!

Chol HaMoed Day 1

Moadim L'simcha Everybody -- Happy day 1 of Sefira -
We've pulled out the Stops here at Radio Free Nachlaot -- Eric Clapton has been the feature, and will continue until around 5:30 am - to be followed by some John Mayall, and then some Jazz (Weather Report-The Brecker Brothers -Larry Carlton) and then Yo Yo Ma, Marc O'Connor and Edgar Meyer's Appalachian Waltz and on and on we go....hope you've come along for the ride.

Happy Passover Everybody

Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy, Sweet Passover from all of us at Radio Free Nachlaot. Of course, we'll still be playing our special mix of music, Torah, talk and other surprises right up until Yom Tov, and then throughout Chol Hamoed.....so, let's continue making our way out of Egypt (physically, emotionally, spiritually) and let Radio Free Nachlaot take us to the Promised Land!!!!

Upcoming Music Special - Tuesday Night - after Yom Tov - We will wish Happy Birthday to Eric Clapton and feature his music all Tuesday night long.

(to be repeated (tba) for those in Chutz L'aretz and who are holding 2 days)!

Yom Rishon - less than 36 hours to Pesach

Shavua Tov -- As the preparations for Passover continue, so does the music on Radio Free Nachlaot -- today's schedule includes, but is not limited to:
Playing Now: Phil Lesh and Friends with Dicky Betts
1:30 - Rabbi Betzalel Edwards - Mei Hashiloach on Pesach - Parts 1 and 2
1:45 - Some "free-form" music (anything goes)
3:00- John Mayer - Live March 2010
5:00- Branford Marsalis - A Love Supreme / Rabbi Richman on Korban Pesach "Sandwich"
6:15 -JJ Cale
6:45- Guy Clark
7:45 -Bob Dylan
After Bob, until Sunday Night Live - Leftover Cheese (Leftover Salmon and String Cheese Incident)
and then, sometime after bedikas chometz (8:00?8:30? 9?) we will bring you: a modified, chometz-free version of Sunday Night Live -- Steve will go it alone, Redemption Songs, Songs of Freedom -- Pesach Torah and more of our "special soundtrack" to help you prepare for Passover - so, as we like to say 'round her - C Ya on the Radio --
btw a little know fact, had there been wireless, the Jews would have danced out of Egypt to Shlomo and the Grateful Dead - I'm sure of it!!!
Chag Sameyach to everyone!!

Yom Shishi -The days are getting longer!

Good Yom Shishi to everybody -- did you change your clocks? By now you should be in full "Friday - Shabbos - Pesach" swing - as are we at Radio Free Nachlaot.
Special Programming today -- 2:00 pM - Avrohom Moskowitz - Make Tehilim Your Own, part1,
at 3:00 pM - Make Tehilim Your Own, part 2, to be followed by regular, daily, "Daily Tehilim Meditations" - Stay tuned - maybe we'll even try one today --
And don't forget our normal mix of Get Us To Shabbos music, mixed in with Torahs from a few of our favorite Rabbis - Rabbi Chaim Richman, and Rabbi Betzalel Edwards and Rabbi Aharon Leibowitz
What do you think folks, sounds like a plan?
Good Shabbos, Good Shabbos, Good Pesach, and (why not) GOOD PURIM!!!!!

Cookin' for Shabbos HaGadol

The Nesivos Shalom asks: Why Shabbos Ha-Gadol? Isn't every Shabbos, Shabbos Ha-Gadol?
Isn't every Shabbos the Great Shabbos?
and I say, yes, every Shabbos is a great Shabbos, and Shabbos Ha-Gadol should also be a Great Shabbos! -- and I say every show should be a Great Show, so how could Cookin' for Shabbos HaGadol show be any less? We have more and more and more music - the palette is expanding-which means the soundtrack just gets better all the time. C Ya on the Radio!

We're At The Crossroads

We're at The Crossroads, baby . . . fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride. We're trying to make it a little bit smoother via Radio Free Nachlaot.

Thanks to Special Guest DJ Matthew Mausner who spun glorious musical tales of mystery and magic this morning on Lorelai's "Morning Dew for the Morning Jew" Show. We're re-playing Matthew's Set List from 1:45 this afternoon.

We're literally at The Crossroads - and featuring from 4pm Jerusalem Time today we're playing The Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007.

In response to Listener feedback to the question: "What's Your Favorite Cleaning for Pesach Music?"  We've determined only the lineup at the Crossroads Festival satisfies the broad-based responses. We'll be playing various Torahs throughout the day set like Jewels in an exquisite setting.

Consider the Set List! -

 Disc 1

1. Introduction (Bill Murray)
2. Uberesso (Sonny Landreth)
3. Hell At Home (Sonny Landreth with Eric Clapton)
4. Maharina (John McLaughlin)
5. Rosie (Doyle Bramhall II)
6. Outside Woman Blues (Doyle Bramhall II)
7. Little By Little (Susan Tedeschi with The Derek Trucks Band)
8. Anyday (The Derek Trucks Band)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Johnny Winter with The Derek Trucks Band)
10. Nobodysoul (Robert Randolph & The Family Band)
11. Poor Johnny (The Robert Cray Band)
12. Dirty Work At The Crossroads (Jimmie Vaughan with The Robert Cray Band)
13. Sitting On Top Of The World (Hubert Sumlin with The Robert Cray Band & Jimmie Vaughan)
14. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (B.B. King with The Robert Cray Band with Jimmie Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin)
15. Rock Me Baby (B.B. King with The Robert Cray Band with Jimmie Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin)
16. Sweet Thing (Vince Gill)
17. Country Boy (Albert Lee with Vince Gill)
18. If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow with Vince Gill & Albert Lee)
19. Tulsa Time (Sheryl Crow with Eric Clapton, Vince Gill & Albert Lee)
20. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson with Vince Gill & Albert Lee)
21. On the Road Again (Willie Nelson with Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill & Albert Lee)

Disc 2

1. Belief (John Mayer)
2. Gravity (John Mayer)
3. Don’t Worry Baby (Los Lobos)
4. Mas y Mas (Los Lobos)
5. Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers (Jeff Beck)
6. Big Block (Jeff Beck)
7. Tell the Truth (Eric Clapton)
8. Little Queen of Spades (Eric Clapton)
9. Isn’t It A Pity (Eric Clapton)
10. Who Do You Love (Robbie Robertson with Eric Clapton)
11. Presence Of The Lord (Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton)
12. Can't Find My Way Home (Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton)
13. Had To Cry Today (Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton)
14. Dear Mr. Fantasy (Steve Winwood)
15. Crossroads (Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood)
16. Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy)
17. Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues (Buddy Guy)
18. Sweet Home Chicago (Buddy Guy with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, John Mayer, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmie Vaughan & Johnny Winter)

. . . You're Welcome!