KXRW Vancouver Presents
In the Wilderness
8pm every Tuesday
Host Bio
Neil Molloy
Host
The radio bug first dug its mandibles into Neil a few short decades ago.
Invited by a baggy-suited philosophy major (they’d met in Existentialism class) to co-anchor a series of interviews with local writers, he found himself on magic carpet rides through soundscapes of 70s jazz; 80s British pop; 90s ambient chill; and “alternative” from every time & place.
On the heels of this, our DJ went to work for Georgia Public Radio, and then hopscotched from station to station across Austin, Ashland, and Seattle.
A short list of radio presenters who’ve moved and inspired him over the years: jazz historians Phil Schapp and Ken Wiley; Stephen Hill from “Hearts of Space”; CBC’s Shelley Soames; and Nimet Habachy.
Music less traveled by.
This eclectic hour encompasses jazz improv, ambient vibes, traces of transcendence.
About the Show
Why “In the Wilderness”?
“The name of the show,” confesses Neil Molloy, “sums up how I’ve been feeling these past few years, on the other side of 50, having my fate decided by bots one time too many.” Heard in that light, each episode becomes a quest for humanity. And it marks Molloy’s return to the airwaves for the first time in nearly a decade.
The music’s mostly jazz, yet with an ear toward lesser-traveled spaces such as solos and duos. More introspection than bop, but not exclusively minimalist. One hour might encompass ambient, world music, and delightfully obscure classical pieces; on another night, it’s focused on a single performer, or an exploration of the ECM aesthetic(s), of songs & moods steeped in nature and memory.
Spirits of improvisation wander these woods…
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