It’s been quite a week, huh?

I hope you all have gotten through the last few days well and are now enjoying some of the beautiful weather that has finally returned to these parts. Speaking as someone who generally loves winter and prefers cloudy days, I can’t remember the last time I had ever missed the sun or summer so much.

Being stuck at home and without internet for a good chunk of this week, I was able to devote a bit of time to finishing up a project I’d been wanting to do for a long time — a radio show! I want to introduce you all to Mumbler Radio, a platform where I’ll be sharing music and, hopefully, interviews as things pan out.

For years now I’ve been an avid listener of great programs and stations like BLASST, Movimientos, NTS Radio and Worldwide FM, and I’ve long wished to have a program of my own in a similar spirit. I’ve also always loved discovering and sharing music both new and old. This is a program where I’ll do just that — share and talk about tunes I’m listening to at the moment or that I really think more folks ought to listen to. And, as I mentioned, I do hope to feature interviews once I’m better acquainted with how these shows pan out and things are hopefully more in control pandemic-wise.

This first episode is maybe a bit rough. In fact, I wasn’t initially planning on making it the launch episode (hence why I never mention the title) but after being fairly satisfied by the end the result I essentially said “f it”. I’ll have a legit mic for the next one but this one I’m basically recording on my phone so apologies ahead of time for all the plosives. I was also limited to songs I had already downloaded to my laptop, which it turns out was not a lot in this age of streaming. However, this actually made things a bit easier in terms of settling on songs I wanted to share — as well as a fun exercise in making something out of just what I just had on hand.

I’m gonna shoot to release one of these maybe every other Sunday. For now I’ll just be uploading these to Mixcloud but I’ll be exploring what other platforms they might work well on for the future. Check the episode below or check it out on Mixcloud here.

By the way, as I mention in this episode, if you want to donate towards local mutual aid efforts, check the links below. I’ll include the Corpus-centric stuff as well as a great doc to statewide efforts:

Corpus Christi Mutual Aid

Statewide Mutual Aid Networks

Episode 1 Tracklist
“Lady Rain” – Rogér Fakhr
“Pais Nublado” – Helado Negro
“Di Laif” – Colín Ocelado
“Lullaby” – Ibibio Sound Machine
“Paper Trails” – Darkside
“Cashmere” – BADBADNOTGOOD
“Zerzura Theme II” – Ahmoudou Madassane
“Goatfuzz” – Goat
“Cherise Dream” – Temple of Angels
“Sentida” – JESIKA
“Inigradan” – Les Filles de Illighadad