{"id":13100,"date":"2015-05-02T07:15:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T11:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13100"},"modified":"2015-05-02T07:15:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T11:15:54","slug":"music-discovery-via-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/music-discovery-via-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Music discovery via shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9503\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg\" alt=\"SX-99-Dial\" width=\"640\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-100x18.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few\u00a0days ago, <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/london-shortwave.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/04\/shortwave-playlist-part-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">LondonShortwave posted a playlist on his blog<\/a>; it&#8217;s\u00a0a great playlist of music he&#8217;s\u00a0been\u00a0exposed to\u00a0via shortwave radio broadcasters over the years. I was quite inspired <a href=\"http:\/\/london-shortwave.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/04\/shortwave-playlist-part-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">by this playlist<\/a>\u00a0(of all absolutely brilliant songs, by the way), not to mention, by\u00a0the clever\u00a0concept.<\/p>\n<p>So this morning I\u00a0jotted down a few artists and songs I&#8217;ve also discovered via shortwave radio. Here are\u00a0a just a few I could find on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p>Ariane Moffatt&#8217;s &#8220;Montreal,&#8221; via former CBC North Quebec Service:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2dSxQQhi_o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Oriental Ensemble&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1E3VNfk\" target=\"_blank\">Burhan \u00d6\u00e7al<\/a>&#8221; via Voice of Greece:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1YSnrcsmdg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ania&#8217;s cover of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1JYJ3Lu\" target=\"_blank\">Strawberry Fields Forever<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0via the Polish Radio External Service:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IK0PXIIhexI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Novika&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1EXI2ph\" target=\"_blank\">I Depend on You<\/a>&#8221; also via the Polish Radio External Service:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79xRjV9SgNI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shiny Toy Guns&#8217; cover of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1I50IUv\" target=\"_blank\">Major Tom<\/a>&#8221; via the pirate radio station\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/pirate-radio-recordings-all-along-the-watchtower-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Along The Watchtower Radio<\/a><\/em> (note this video is actually a car commercial featuring the song by STG; a\u00a0strange combo):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KGultrg7l0I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Boards of Canada album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1DJQUaQ\" target=\"_blank\">Tomorrow&#8217;s Harvest<\/a>&#8221; via the pirate radio station <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/bochf\/\" target=\"_blank\">BOCHF<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2jTg-q6Drt0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have you made any music discovery via shortwave radio? \u00a0If so, please feel free to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few\u00a0days ago, SWLing Post reader\u00a0LondonShortwave posted a playlist on his blog; it&#8217;s\u00a0a great playlist of music he&#8217;s\u00a0been\u00a0exposed to\u00a0via shortwave radio broadcasters over the years. I was quite inspired by this playlist\u00a0(of all absolutely brilliant songs, by the way), not to mention, by\u00a0the clever\u00a0concept. So this morning I\u00a0jotted down a few artists and songs I&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[442,3,297,43],"tags":[2504,34,611,3808],"class_list":["post-13100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-pirate-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-londonshortwave","tag-shortwave","tag-shortwave-music","tag-shortwave-music-discovery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3pi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14216,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/londonshortwave-scannnig-the-skies\/","url_meta":{"origin":13100,"position":0},"title":"LondonShortwave: &#8220;Scanning the skies&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, LondonShortwave, who shared (via Twitter) this video with recordings made with\u00a0his portable SDR in a London park: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=37&v=_h9ZBN4B9NA Brilliant recordings, LS, and amazingly QRM-free! 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