Internet Radio - a growing service - do you use it?

[Jette]

I don`t listen to internet radio, actually the only time I listen to radio is in my car, if I`ll forgotten my cd`s (I need music when I`m driving ). So I don`t know much about it.

Jette

[rojo]

Yup, I listen to internet radio also. Not all the time, but fairly frequently, when I`m online. But not at the moment.

[Lotus80]

Only very occasionally do I use it. I prefer to put on a cd on the stereo, but it might also be because of my speakers on my laptop are not exactly top of the line

[Christine Callisen]

I listen to internet radio, when Im writhing an essay om my computer. Unfortunetly it´s always the same chanal.... So If any of you have a favorite chanal(a good one), I would like to hear about it!

Christine

[virginiaprograsser]

I DO Internet Radio! Thanks for asking about it.

Here's some info on my show. In a world where the word 'unique' is overused, there truly is nothing else like the 4-Star Live365.com webcast "Newgrass, Prog & More!" on either internet or terrestrial radio anywhere.

Steve Sikes-Nova
'The Virginiaprograsser'

ABOUT THE TOTALLY INDEPENDENT, GENRE-BUSTING, 4-STAR + WEBCAST "NEWGRASS, PROG & MORE!" ON LIVE365.COM INTERNET RADIO!:

- Webcast in 32kbps (Stereo) for BOTH DIAL-UP and HI-SPEED connections!

“…and our thanks go to Steve Sikes-Nova, 'The Virginiaprograsser', for his continuing support of great music. Steve broadcasts some truly wonderful material, much of which you will not hear on terrestrial radio. Deep catalog cuts by artists who are the best in their field...it's broadcasters like Steve who help to spread the word about many artists who may otherwise never get the chance to be heard outside of concert halls and showcase clubs."

quote from Echomusic on behalf of John Cowan (of the John Cowan Band - former lead singer of The New Grass Revival):
1101 17th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212

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“Our friend Steve Sikes-Nova is doing a great job running this music forum and we will be posting regular Syn up-dates...”

quote from Chris Squire and Steve Nardelli: The SYN
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/14Hour/
- endorsed by Chris Squire and Steve Nardelli of YES & THE SYN!

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Where do spay/neuter, pet adoption, kind stewardship of companion animals, and the music of The New Grass Revival, The Strawbs, Neil Young, Yes, Grandaddy, John Hartford, Mercury Rev, Nick Drake, Patti Smith, The Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, The Yonder Mountain String Band, and other great progressive sounds of bluegrass, rock, jazz, indie, and alt country all come together in one place?:

http://www.live365.com/stations/virginiaprograsser

I have, since 2004, been running companion animal spay-neuter and adoption public service announcements (PSAs) courtesy of both Pets911.com and Grammy Award-winning/3-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year Lynn Morris of The Lynn Morris Band in my various playlists.

Over 1,100 music fans worldwide have set my truly unique webcast - "Newgrass, Prog & More!" - "ANIMAL-FRIENDLY RADIO FROM WAY OUTSIDE THE LITTERBOX!" as a preset on Live365.com internet radio. Listenership is currently between 900-1100 streaming hours per month and growing daily!

Our FLAGSHIP SPECIALTY SHOW is ‘Newgrass Sunday’ - ALL DAY PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS every Sunday (and most of the day every Friday on 'Newgrass Grassplosion'). Again - that’s 24 hours of non-stop grass on Sundays and 13.5 hours on Fridays!!!!

Hear artists like The New Grass Revival, Candlewyck, Railroad Earth, The John Cowan Band, The Yonder Mountain String Band, Bela Fleck, The Sam Bush Band, Darrell Scott, Druha Trava (hot Czech Bluegrass!), Steel String Theory, Hot Rize, The Biscuit Burners, The Country Gentlemen, Slipstream, John Hartford, Jamie Hartford, The Gordon Stone Band,The Waybacks, Nothin’ Fancy, The Larry Keel Experience, Mike Marshall, and Darol Anger and the American Fiddle Ensemble + many more talented NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL and REGIONAL bands.

Check out the station's regular weekly schedule by clicking on or cutting/pasting the following link into your browser:

http://www.live365.com/stations/virg...asser/schedule

- a growing list of INTERVIEWS with your favorite newgrass and progressive rock artists. Already interviewed, broadcast, and to be re-broadcast through the archives (check our weekly schedule!):

SAM BUSH (fiddle & mando master; Kentucky Music Hall of Fame induction pending Jan. 2006)

CHRIS SQUIRE (legendary bassist for progressive rock icons Yes) & STEPHEN NARDELLI (The Syn) – interviewed from London, England in March & May, 2005.

JOHN COWAN (‘The Voice of Newgrass’; former lead singer of the late, great New Grass Revival)

JESSE HARPER (of the young, talented newgrass band Old School Freight Train; signed to the great David Grisman's 'Acoustic Disc' Label).

DAVID HARVEY (producer/mandolinist of ‘Moody Bluegrass: A Nashville Tribute to the Moody Blues’ which includes "A" List musicians like Alison Krause, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien and John Cowan.)

DARRELL SCOTT (Grammy Award-nominated songwriter/multi-instrumentalist)

CURTIS BURCH, “Dr. Dobro” (original member of New Grass Revival)

PAT FLYNN (award-winning guitarist and songwriter for the late, great New Grass Revival)

JAMIE HARTFORD (son of the late, great JOHN HARTFORD re: his new tribute CD 'Part of Your History: The Songs of John Hartford')

MARY ANN KENNEDY (twice Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter; Friend of the Animals - her two awesome CDs are must-haves: 'The Trail Less Traveled' and her soon-to-be released 'Hoofbeats, Heartbeats & Wings')

Pending Interviews:

MARTIN BARRE, lead guitarist of progressive rock legends JETHRO TULL (confirmed for October!)

THE YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND (confirmed for October!)

CHRIS SQUIRE & STEVE NARDELLI of THE SYN #3!!!!! (confirmed for November/December) I will talk with Chris & Steve for the third time. This interview will be in anticipation of the US release of the eagerly awaited new progressive rock classic ‘Syndestructible’!

Also hear in the "N,P&M!" weekly playlist:

- the BEST in indie and alternative folk music from bands like Lambchop, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, Richard Thompson, Bruce Cockburn, Mercury Rev, m. ward, The Holy Modal Rounders + many more!!!

- classic rock/jambands like The Band, Jethro Tull, George Harrison, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Phish, The Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic + many more!!!

- classic '70s-style folk/psych/progressive rock (from Yes, to early Pink Floyd, to Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, to the Strawbs, + many more!!!

This is truly groundbreaking, genre-busting radio!!!

Most sincerely,

Steve Sikes-Nova/'The Virginiaprograsser'
Webcasting from an 18th Century English Farmhouse/Cottage in rural Tidewater, Virginia, USA through the magic of the World Wide Web!

http://www.live365.com/stations/virginiaprograsser/
- this first link streams the radio show. Even those of you with dial-up that delivers at least 32kbps of actual service can listen successfully! Make sure, however, that you have the correct software to hear the show in plenty of time so that you don't miss part of the webcast while you are downloading software.

http://www.live365.com/stations/virg...sser/schedule/
- this second link shows the station’s weekly schedule. Be on the lookout for new and archived 'Conversations From the Farmhouse' Monday evenings and for other new music shows/specials!

[Kaabi]

I don't listen to any Internet Radio. Theres always satellite radio, or "XM" but I don't listen to that either. There are a lot of internet radio shows, and some get a lot of listeners! I should find one and just listen to it while I do my normal internet stuff. That would be cool.

[Colorful Mage]

Internet radio has never particularly interested me - I have enough songs to keep me occupied for a while longer.

But I'm always looking for good new stuff.

[bainsk8]

I do, well the recorded sessions on the BBC radio site. Being from England and living in Holland it comes in handy to keep up to date on current affairs and new groups from the UK and they also have some great comedy on BBC 7

A great service

[Swaft]

I guess it depends on the radio itself. I sometime listen to european internet radio because we can interact with them live in some IRC channels. Other then that... I only stream music from my mp3 server from magnatune or from artist's websites around the world. Although this is how I found this forum!