Radio Crystal Blue

Now in its 6th year, Radio Crystal Blue presents an outstanding collection of indie and up-and-coming talent from most genres, most locales, and the Internet at large.

Genres most often heard are Rock, Acoustic, Folk, Songwriters, Americana, all in various forms and styles. As this show follows a freeform format, there is no true format.

The program is heard every Sunday evening on Live365 7:00PM-1:00AM EST. The songs are chosen spontaneously, and the artists are chosen for rotation days in advance. The rotation is based on the amount of touring and publicity of same from the hundreds of artists that announce upcoming shows and releases of CDs. The music is presented in a personable, entertaining and flowing format, much the way it was presented years ago in the days of freeform radio, a true lost art.

I mainly focus on both independent-label musicians and unsigned, plus local up-and-coming acts nationwide and in Europe. A typical show contains up to 60 songs heard, and with repeated listening, one can be guaranteed to hear music from 20 new artists a week. Archives of shows, along with older playlists, are accessible at http://cblue.lunarpages.com. Podcasts of the live shows can be accessed in pure mp3 format on http://www.radiocrystalblue.com. Fans can subscribe to the audio feed at a window on the main page.