Ooh yes...it IS a New Year! (Episode #418)

LOTS has been going on...including a new year for all of us AND for Ahmet's House...so lets pick a bunch of fun tonight! 

It's Why We Are Here!

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

Istanbul Reflections...'Cause I Feel Like I Owe It...to Someone!

I am glad to share photos from my recent journey to Ahmet's homeland. I already cannot wait to return. Many thanks to the endless support from so many good peoples, for so many years, and special thanks to Cigedm Aksut, Melis Doga, and Volkan Aslan of Istanbul, Turkiye, IBB Culture Department. 

To Enter the Hagia Sophia is breathtaking! 

 A space of beauty and antiquity 

Speechless!

The details of ceilings 200 feet overhead

Two-hundred ancient columns holding the roof of the Cistern. A brilliant Roman Empire invention! 

Treasures of ancient Greece, relocated to Istanbul to serve an underwater fate through the centuries! 

A City Square

 The Great Ataturk! 

Extending a hand of peace, and hope, to the new Republic! 

 You quickly find out why Istanbul is the City of Cats...

                                                                                   And Food! 

A Home of  the Sultans of Constantinople! 

 A solemn and quiet place

This moment, this day...unbelievable! 

"For the memory of Ahmet Ertegun, in the days when Atlantic Records was the most magnificent record company on the planet!"---Robert Plant

In Memoriam: Ioana Maria "Mica" Banu Ertegun 1926-2023 (Episode #411)

Our hearts are heavy in Ahmet's House this day, as we heard of Mica Ertegun's passing on the morning of Saturday December 2nd, in her Southampton, NY home. She was 97. 

A woman of amazing charm, intelligence and grace, she welcomed me into her home on many occasions, and opened many doors. I will miss that warmth and appreciation she freely gave. Tonight will be a small thank you to Mica, as we share a conversation we had from 2010. 

                                                                Mica Ertegun in 1979

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

It's Neil's Birthday...In Ahmet's House TONIGHT! (Episode #409)

 Let's share birthday greetings tonight with Uncle Neil on his 78th birthday! Music, cake, commentary and of course a song tribute from his friends. 

Love and Only Love!

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

TONIGHT: Revisiting Emerson, Lake and Palmer (Episode 401)

 Virtuoso performances, once again from the British progressive rock band ELP. Careful, geniuses at work! 

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

Educated on JAZZ!

... "By my man AHMET Ertegun, my friend!" Thus opens our show tonight, the words of a true friend to Mr. Ertegun, a man who carried him to his grave. Kid Rock, quoted in a jazz episode in Ahmet's House? Yes, that is how wide and high this house is. It serves as the inspiration and gateway for this evenings show. It is Bob's quote, but the first song title could easily apply to Atlantic's iconic founder as well. Enjoy! 

Good times!

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

It's Mothers' Day 2021 in Ahmet's House!

Tonight on Ahmet's House at 7PM EDT, we celebrate the women who helped to shape the great sound of Atlantic Records. We dedicate this program tonight to the wonderful Mica Ertegun, who opened up a great world to us at WBKM. Happy Mothers Day to moms all around the world, and to the sisters, girlfriends, daughters and all the women who have made our lives so full!

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

Tonight's Songs:

Since I've Been Loving You--Led Zeppelin
Empty Bed Blues--LaVerne Baker
Mojo Hannah--Esther Phillips
Topsy--Mae Barnes
Kiss My Love Goodbye--Betty Swann
Some Kind of Wonderful--Soul Bros. 6
Say a Little Prayer--Aretha Franklin
My Girl--Otis Redding
What a Man--Laura Lee
5-10-15---Ruth Brown
For Free--Joni Mitchel
Summertime (live at Woodstock)--Janis Joplin
Derek and the Dominos--Have You Ever Loved a Woman

 

Meet the Filmmaker's...Leave the Door Open Premiere!

 An incredible chance to chat with Director Umran Safter and her Producer Suraj Sharma from Istanbul! Their documentary premiers at the DC International Film Festival TODAY in Arlington. A great look into the early days of Ahmet and Nesuhi in America. Add in some great jazz too, tonight! 

In the Original Ahmet's House, Sheridan Circle DC! 

Song List: 

TBD

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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It's a Stone Cold, Crazy World...

HOW are all of you doing? We are truly alone so much, but this current worldwide situation makes it difficult to remember "normal", at times. So lets just celebrate the crazy in the Atlantic universe! Inspiration for tonight's show comes from the first song up, by the "Wicked Mr. Pickett". Stay safe my friends!

Mr. Wilson Pickett...and look who's playing guitar...it's Jimi!!!

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

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If We Could Just Join Hands...

I know it would be alright...many of us feeling that way these uncertain days. Tonight we think ahead, and experss our deep wishes to join again...in groups, in concert halls and just hand-in-hand. We will, and soon...tonight let's sing!

Get Out...Walk the Dog! 

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Tonight We Celebrate 50 Years of Deja Vu...in Ahmet's House

THIS past week we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the release of an Atlantic gem...Deja Vu, by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Nothing but genius tonight. In addition, I share two segments of an interview with recording engineer Bill Halverson, who shares some great inside information.

That Vinyl Replica Cover! 

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

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Ten Years Gone...in Memory of Ahmet Ertegun: 1923-2006

It's been just about ten years...ten long years since we lost "the greatest record man of all time". Many others have fallen since then, as just this week we woke to find that Greg Lake had passed on. So tonight, in memory of Ahmet's passing on December 14, 2006 and in memory of his legacy of music that today is being newly discovered by many around the globe...we look back, we look forward and we say thank you, Mr. Ahmet Ertegun. One dream, so fully lived...

Ahmet at the Lenox Lounge, Harlem. My favorite picture of him.

Song List: 

Ten Years Gone---Led Zeppelin
Just One Man---Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad---Derek and the Dominos
C'est La Vie---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Father Christmas---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Still...You Turn Me On---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Epitaph/March For No Reason/Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Guardian Angel---Stills/Young Band
Someone to Watch Over Me---Willie Nelson
Shine a Light---The Rolling Stones

"To the memory of Ahmet Ertegun, and the days when Atlantic Records was the most magnificent record company on the planet..."---Robert Plant, at the O2 Celebration

As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci

Letting it Roll...a lazy late Summer evening in Ahmet's House

Tonight Tony is just getting back from a festival, so he will be picking tunes to fill up your summer hour in Ahmet's House. More music, less talk...how can that be bad?

Always cool...Summer or Winter!

Song List:

Mystical Adventures---Jean Luc-Ponty
White Room---Cream
Abadon's Bolero---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes---Stephen Stills
South Side of the Sky---Yes
Woodstock---Joni Mitchell
Come Rain or Come Shine
Ball and Chain---Janis Joplin (Live at Woodstock)
Blue Rondo a la Turk---Dave Brubeck


As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Rain, Flowers and Mother's Day 2016

Good evening everyone and welcome once again to Ahmet's House. It's Mothers Day in the US, and so we thought of what to do on this rainy early spring day? Might we take in the Cinema, or perhaps take in some Pictures at an Exhibition or a museum...Flowers of course, we must have flowers.

The great work of  ELP..."Pictures at an Exhibition"

Song List:

The Rover---Led Zeppelin
Cinema---Yes
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby (Standing in the Shadows)---The Rolling Stones
Motherless Children---Eric Clapton
Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune---Jack Bruce
Let It Rain (live)---Eric Clapton
Pictures at an Exhibition---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
After the Rain---John Coltrane

As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Imagine...it's 1947 and the Muslims Are Out...So What?

Lots of talk...some not so well thought out...but what if...it's 1947 and the Muslims are out! What's the harm? There will be no Ray or Aretha as we know them...Zeppelin and CSNY are too egocentric and talented to be signed by anyone, Clapton has gone back to his Uncles farm and progressive rock is just too complicated for anyone to understand. Better think this one over Mr. Trump.  Ahmet's House, tonight at 7PM...'Cause I feel like I owe it, to someone.

Song List: 

Almost Cut My Hair---Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

White Room---Cream

I Can't Quit You Baby---Led Zeppelin 

Jelly, Jelly---The Allman Brothers

Mess Around---Ray Charles

Heart of the Sunrise---Yes

Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad---Derek and the Dominos

Rolling Stone---Johnny Jenkins (with Duane Allman) 

Dead Flowers---The Rolling Stones

Guardian Angel---Stills/Young Band 

Think---Aretha Franklin

Wistful---Arif Mardin

As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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On a Clear Day in Dallas...November 22, 1963 in Ahmet's House

On that clear day in Dallas, it was all before us...and then in a fraction of time, it was taken...all changed. Tonight we look at the music of Atlantic Records in 1963, and how it all was set to change...please join us.

In a minute...life can change forever

Song List:

President Kennedy Inaugural Address (excerpt)
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set---Duke Ellington
Hello Stranger---Barbara Lewis
On Broadway---The Drifters
Blue Eyes---Shel Silverstein
Walkin the Dog---Rufus Thomas
Dance On---The Shadows
Now Hearin My Meanin---Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Home Grown---Booker T. and the MG's
Carnival---The Modern Jazz Quartet
Pain in My Heart---Otis Redding (Live at the Apollo)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone---Nina and Frederik
Abraham, Martin and John---Ray Charles
Wistful---Arif Mardin


As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci

"Soon...oh soon...the Light": Ahmet's House in a Hurting World

So much to say, and play...a unique shared experience in music, with thoughts of friends around the globe to color our show tonight. So let's explore, and connect...in Ahmet's House tonight!

Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty

Song List:

Had to Cry Today---Blind Faith
World of Pain---Cream
The Endless Enigma---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Worried Life Blues---Stephen Stills and Jimmy Rogers
A Love Supreme, Pt. 4:Psalms---John Coltrane
I Can't Quit You Baby----Led Zeppelin
Please Call Home---The Allman Brothers
Miss You---The Rolling Stones
Soon---Yes


As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci

Another week, another legend...Carl Palmer on Ahmet's House

Tonight in Ahmet's House, we speak with a man who is truly a drummer's drummer...Carl Palmer. Legend. Power. Art. Carl was in our area Saturday night and we were there...like a night at the Louvre...the music was art...then and now. Let us celebrate the ELP Experience! 

Carl Palmer on the ELP Legacy Tour

Song List:

(All song this evening by Emerson, Lake and Palmer)

Karn Evil 9, First Impression

Carl Palmer Interview Part 1

Tarkus

Trilogy

Carl Palmer Interview Part 2

Jerusalem

Drum Solo

Hoedown 

Pictures at an Exhibition

Parisian Walkway

Peter Gunn

Piano Improvisation 

Tiger in a Spotlignt

Father Christmas

Hang On to a Dream

As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse11302014.mp3 by about 10PM tonight. Thank you Baruch!

You can also listen in iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci