John Hill's Acoustic Muse

14/08/2024

I'm going to play some more great acoustic music this morning--no talk--just music--from 7-9 am. To listen, just click acoustic-muse.mixlr.com anytime after 7 am. It's free, with no strings attached, and you don't have to join anything to listen. I hope you enjoy it!!

14/08/2024

Joe Crookston will play a concert in Charlottesville, on Saturday September 7th. Joe is terrific, and we hope to see you there! For more information, listen to some of his music in the comments, and check out the FB Event page link.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1620617835460466

12/08/2024

Big time spaghetti dinner tonight from Vinny‘s. I hope this settles fine on my stomach, and look forward to complete healing from the terrible digestive problems. I’ve been having now for almost 2 months. Keeping my fingers crossed!! And my toes! 

07/08/2024

How about an hour of pure music this morning? No talk. Tune in at 7:30 at acoustic-muse.mixlr.com Enjoy!

24/07/2024

You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant…

21/07/2024

Bernie Sanders! He would have beaten Trump when he was squeezed out of the nomination, and he would beat him now. When are we gonna get it together and nominate somebody who has some kind of an energetic view on politics?

16/07/2024

A haircut!! OMG…a haircut. I don’t look like a hobo anymore (well, no more than usual). Horray!!

14/07/2024

I am currently listening to an archived radio program of mine, from back in February of 2023. It’s a tribute to Alison Krauss. If you’d like to enjoy some or all of this 3 hour show, tune in at: https://acoustic-muse.mixlr.com/recordings/2019751 Listening is absolutely free, with no strings attached—nothing to join—no hassles.

Hi...my name is John Hill, and I have 17 years of experience programming & hosting Acoustic Music shows of all genres, on both Public & Commercial Radio. All my experience is in the Charlottesville, Virginia area, and I have been quite successful on the air. My concept in the mid 1990's of a multi g...

11/07/2024

I’m coming home on Wednesday, July 24th. Yay!!

03/07/2024

Is it just me, or has FB increased the number of ads lately. I keep seeing more and more posts that are not from my friends.

28/06/2024

There was a Celebration of Life for Tom Prasada-Rao today. It was beautiful and moving. I now feel ready to say a little bit more about my Tom. A group of Charlottesville, VA friends, and I, brought him to play here quite a few times through the years. We all became close.

Since Tom passed away, FB has been full of posts about his music and the beauty of his spirit. Here are a few things about Tom, that many of you may not know. Charlottesville was sort of like his home away from home. For seven years, he taught songwriting at UVa, to high school students in the summer, through a program called the Young Writers Workshop. The program taught all kinds of writing, and songwriting was just a part of it. The students lived in a dorm at UVa, while they were engaged in the program. During all those summers at least once each year, Tom would host a dinner and gathering for his Charlottesville friends. He would cook Indian food, and invite people from this area for a really fun social evening. We always looked forward to this evenings!

Once, when Tom was here to give a concert, he also gave a songwriting workshop at my house. Watching him interact with the participants was sort of magical. He instilled them with a kind of confidence, and would help them express their gifts, in any way that he could. He would jump right in, accompanying them on guitar, for example, encouraging them to sing, and making their song sound like a finished product. During the workshop, Tom said that his favorite influence in songwriting was Jimmy Webb. He considering Jimmy to be one of the finest writers of popular songs in our lifetime.

I always thought of Tom, as the master of the bridge in songs. He was the best at bridges, that I have ever heard, finding just the right words, and a melody for the bridge, that really worked with the rest of this song. Many people know that he won a lot of awards from the Washington Area Music Association.(Wammies), but I doubt most of you are aware that Tom won “Best Male Vocalist” 10 years in a row. To me, that is totally amazing!!

Tom wrote tons of world class songs, but his album “Hear You Laughing” is on my top 10 favorite album list of all time. It took a lot of time for me to convince him that I wasn’t joking about that.

RIP my good friend Tom!


28/06/2024

https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=russ+kunkel+interview -sheet

Interview with legendary drummer Russ Kunkel. His 5 favorite albums that he played on:

Sweet Baby James
New Morning
Tapestry
Blue
Bella Donna

24/06/2024

From my FB friend Shelley Ross! Wonderful!!

"To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places" © 1985, Jane Voss, Obscure Origins Music (BMI)sung by Rosalie Sorrels · February 7, 1998 · Winterfolk X · Aladdin The...

19/06/2024

Tom Prasada-Rao has left this world. I don’t know if I can express right now what his life and friendship have meant to me. Many of us have been touched by his music. Let’s leave it there for right now…

15/06/2024

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15/06/2024

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08/06/2024

“Gate Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha”.

That was translated to me years ago as:

“Gone…Gone beyond…Gone beyond the beyond. To thee, homage!”

Sunray Meditation Society invites you to join precious teachings on “Heart of Awareness, Wisdom Revealed,” based upon the Heart Sutra, offered by Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo, Pema Sangdzin Khandro. To be preceded by a day of meditation, dance, and a potluck feast commemorating completion of the Sunr...

07/06/2024

There aren’t many songs better than this one. It’s Judy Collins singing about her sister Holly Ann.

Provided to YouTube by Elektra RecordsHolly Ann · Judy CollinsTrue Stories And Other Dreams℗ 1973 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA Intern...

07/06/2024

I am remembering when the Acoustic Muse Concert Series, here in Charlottesville, Virginia, brought Dougie McLean to play at Star Hill Music Hall. I did the booking for that show. It was the last stop on Dougie’s US tour that year, and he was exhausted. Still, when he took the stage, he put on a spectacular concert. Everyone I have ever talked to about the concert really enjoyed themselves, and our staff was thrilled with the whole event!

I’m thinking that the concert was around 2000, or 2001. I used to have very good records of all that, but they were destroyed. Anyway, the Scottish legend Dougie MacLean is a one of a kind artist!! 

06/06/2024

Panera broccoli/cheddar soup…mmmm…food for the soul!!!

06/06/2024

I’ve been listening to an archived radio show of John Hill’s Acoustic Muse, which aired back in January of 2023. It’s a tribute to David Crosby, and I produced it just a week or two after David passed away.

I think it’s one of the best radio shows I’ve ever done, and I want to make the archived program available to anyone who’d like to listen. It’s free, and listening won’t subject you to any marketing, or personal inquiries of any kind—just music.

The show is available at: https://acoustic-muse.mixlr.com/recordings/2012239 I hope you enjoy it!

Hi...my name is John Hill, and I have 17 years of experience programming & hosting Acoustic Music shows of all genres, on both Public & Commercial Radio. All my experience is in the Charlottesville, Virginia area, and I have been quite successful on the air. My concept in the mid 1990's of a multi g...

03/06/2024

My brother and I know everything. If you don’t believe me, just ask me any question.

27/05/2024

From my friend Jim Gagnon:

Mission Statement:

To do the most good, while having the most fun possible.

26/05/2024

I went on the Internet radio this afternoon, and broadcast an hour and a half of music. No talk, because my mic and mic stand are at home. Some of the music was picked, and some was conjured from my iTunes library in shuffle play. I was happy to be playing music, I had a few listeners, and the music took me away to a much more peaceful balanced place. All hail to the great musicians we were listening to!!!