Way back in the 1930s Gino was a major star of radio stations in Paris , with his own show....and his recordings were played on stations across France and other other countries in Europe. Our Grass Skirt colleague John Marsden remembers hearing him on Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s, long after his heyday .
Now , following the release of our Grass Skirt cd "Virtuose de la guitare hawaïenne" Gino is back on the airwaves . Several stations in the USA are regularly playing tracks from the cd , the late Charlie Gillett played a track on his BBC World Service programme "Sound of the World" and fRoots magazine had a track on its January playlist .
Furthermore Cyril LeFebvre recorded a radio show with Hélène Hazera which was broadcast on Radio France on January 3rd, 2010 . The show, based on Gino, also features Cyril playing several songs.
Here are links to the above mentioned stations and/or shows ...many are available for download :
Hélène Hazera show : Cyril et Gino
above is no longer available to hear or download
fRoots : January playlist
fRoots : Radio playlist
Doug Gesler ,Radio WMBR ( Cambridge , Mass): Lost Highway
Jesse Kaminsky, Radio WMBR : The Intercontinental
Gary B. Goode, Radio KDVS: The Island Radio Cafe
Patrick Bryant, Radio WMBR : Subject to Change
Amy Battisti-Ashe, Radio WMBR : Spherio
Also listen out for shows by Gary Saylin at KDVS , Eric LeBlanc and Rod McCrimmon at CFUV ( Victoria, British Columbia) and Ray Funk at KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska.
If you know of a radio station in your area who might be interested in playing tracks from Grass Skirt cds please let us know.
