Our 9/16 show w/August Darnell (Kid Creole) podcast edit is up

Written by admin on September 17, 2011

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:12 — 49.6MB)

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The podcast edit for our 9/16/11 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, hor 2 features a conversation with August Darnell, better know to his fans as Kid Creole (Kid Creole and the Coconuts). Darnell recently released his new album, I Wake Up Screaming.

During the interview, Darnell and I discuss:

How he got his start in music
His work with Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
Why he left to create Kid Creole and the Coconuts with Adriana Kaegi and fellow Buzzard Coati Mundi
How August developed the “Kid Creole” persona
His songwriting insights
The new album
Darnell’s two musicals.

In hour 1, we highlight a selection from Louise Robey‘s long-awaited Music Anthology Part 1 (1979-2009), which she released on September 15.

We also play classic tracks by Hazel O’Connor, INXS, David Bowie, XTC, Pseudo Echo and more of your favorite classic alternative artists.