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Midnight Confession

Tuesday nights, come to "Midnight Confession" - blowing past the pretense and hobgoblin sameness of the daylight world and revealing the dark truth in late night music, with admissions across… MoreTuesday nights, come to "Midnight Confession" - blowing past the pretense and hobgoblin sameness of the daylight world and revealing the dark truth in late night music, with admissions across the spectrum of sound, from the Flintstones to the Jetsons and The Twilight Zone. From 11pm until 1am, lay it all down with your confessor Kendall, Actually, or DJ B-Note as part of WTJU's “Groovy Tuesday” line up. Ask your pharmacist if "Midnight Confession" is right for you! Less

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1. "I Love a Rainy Night" - Eddie Rabbitt - Horizon [Elektra: 1980]
2. "Florida" - The Range - Potential [Domino: 2016]
3. "Medicine" - Orbit - Libido Speedway [A&M: 1997]
4. "I Want to Touch You" - The Catherine Wheel - Ferment [Fontana: 1992]
5. "Hotel" - The Antlers - Familiars [ANTI-: 2014]
6. "Compulsion" - Doves - Kingdom Rust [Heavenly: 2009]
7. "Catch These Fists" - wet leg - Moisturizer [Domino: 2025:NEW]
   Notes: Thanks B-Note from last week's Limerance Addiction! Album to be released on DJFM's bday, woohoo! July 11
8. "Velocity" - Beat Pharmacy - Constant Pressure [Deep Space Media: 2006]
9. "Plagiarist" - Humour - Learning Greek [So Young Records: 2025:NEW]
   Notes: Scottish punk band's debut album out August 8th
10. "Swords of a Thousand Men" - Tenpole Tudor - Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary [Stiff: 1981]
    Notes: Thanks to Jerry Levine for introducing me to this legend!
11. "With You" - O Positive - Only Breathing / Cloud Factory [Link Records: 1988]
12. "Obsession" - Des Demonas - Apocalyptic Boom! Boom! [In the Red Records: 2024]
    Notes: Thank you again B-Note for this one! Local DC band
13. "Ouroboros" - Goat - Goat [Rocket Recordings: 2024]
14. "Bohemian Like You" - The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia [Capitol Records: 2000]
15. "Something About You" - Level 42 - World Machine [Polydor: 1985]
16. "So Nice (Summer Samba)" - Astrud Gilberto - A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness [Verve: 1967]
17. "The Perfect Kiss" - New Order - Low Life [Qwest: 1985]
    Notes: Today is the 40th anniversary of New Order's third album release
18. "The Setting Sun" - Cathedrale - Poison [Howlin' Banana: 2025:NEW]
19. "A Distant Life" - The Murder Capital - Blindness [Human Season: 2025:NEW]
20. "Horseness is the Whatness" - Fontaines D.C. - Romance [XL/Partisan: 2024]
21. "Hunger of the Pine" - Alt-J - This is All Yours [Infectious Music: 2014]
22. "Melting Away" - Das Kope - Melting Away [DAS KOPE: 2025:NEW]
    Notes: Thanks to Brock and last week's Merging with the Night
23. "More Than Life" - The Horrors - Nightlife [Fiction: 2025:NEW]
24. "Enjoy the Silence" {Depeche Mode} - Carla Bruni - French Touch [Teorema: 2017]
    Notes: supermodel married to former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy. Depeche Mode cover
25. "Saint Angel" - Goldie - Timeless [FFRR Records: 1995]
26. "Loud Places" - Jamie xx - In Colour [Young: 2015]
27. "Cinema" - CASTLEBEAT - Half-Life [Spirit Goth Records: 2022]
28. "Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World" - Destroyer - Dan's Boogie [Merge: 2025:NEW]
29. "On the Quarter Days" - Prolapse - On the Quarter Days [Cherry Red Records: 2025:NEW]
30. "A Fake in a Faker's World" - Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - Tall Tales [Warp: 2025:NEW]

Cultural Vibes Radio

Cultural Vibes Radio with Ty Cooper takes a deep dive into fashion, film, art, and music. With interviews with filmmakers, fashion designers, fine artists, and musicians & performers. The music… MoreCultural Vibes Radio with Ty Cooper takes a deep dive into fashion, film, art, and music. With interviews with filmmakers, fashion designers, fine artists, and musicians & performers. The music is a fusion of R&B, Hip Hop, and Alternative. Tuesday night from 9-11 right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "In A Sentimental Mood" - Duke Ellington, John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [Universal Classics & Jazz: 1963]
2. "Walk On By" - Isaac Hayes - Stax Records Presents [UME - Global Clearing House: 2024]
3. "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" - Barry White - Stone Gon' [Island Mercury: 1973]
4. "Get Up And Get Down - 45 Version" - The Dramatics - The Best Of The Dramatics [Fantasy Records: 1986]
5. "Where Is The Love" - Jesse & Trina - Dead Presidents Vol. 1/Music From The Motion Picture [Capitol Records: 1995]
6. "Tired of Being Alone" - Al Green - Gets Next to You [Fat Possum: 1971]
7. "Love Train" - The O'Jays - Back Stabbers [Legacy/Epic Associated: 1972]
8. "The Look Of Love" - Isaac Hayes - Dead Presidents Vol. 1/Music From The Motion Picture [Capitol Records: 1995]
9. "Hopeless (From the New Line Cinema Film, "Love Jones")" - Dionne Farris - Love Jones The Music [Columbia: 1997]
10. "The Sweetest Thing (feat. Lauryn Hill) - From the New Line Cinema film "Love Jones"" - Refugee Camp All-Stars, Ms. Lauryn Hill - Love Jones The Music [Columbia: 1997]
11. "Sumthin' Sumthin' - (Mellosmoothe) [cut]" - Maxwell - Love Jones The Music [Columbia: 1997]
12. "Never Enough" - Groove Theory - Love Jones The Music [Columbia: 1997]
13. "Can't Get Enough" - Kenny Lattimore - Love Jones The Music [Columbia: 1997]
14. "Brother To The Night (A Blues For Nina) - Darius' Poem" - Spoken Word by Larenz Tate - Love Jones The Music [Columbia: 1997]
15. "Whatever" - Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 [Hidden Beach Records: 2004]
16. "Heaven Must Be Like This" - D'Angelo - The Best So Far [Virgin Catalog: 2008]
17. "Cloud 9 - Main" - Donnie - The Colored Section [Giant Step Records: 2002]

Straight No Filter

You want the hottest classic and contemporary jazz, blues, and soul? You'd better come straight to the source. Straight No Filter delivers two hours of pure musical bliss from 7-9… MoreYou want the hottest classic and contemporary jazz, blues, and soul? You'd better come straight to the source. Straight No Filter delivers two hours of pure musical bliss from 7-9 pm each Tuesday night on WTJU. Your hosts Barrington and Michael bring you uncut, undiluted, unadulterated bops you can't find anywhere else. Accept no substitutes. Less

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1. "The Next Time I See You, Things Won't Be The Same" {Earl Forest & Bill Harvey} - Kenny Burrell - On View at The Five Spot: The Complete Masters [Blue Note: 1959]
2. "Matrix" {Chick Corea} - Bobby Hutcherson - Total Eclipse [Blue Note: 1968]
3. "From This Moment On" {Cole Porter} - Lena Horne - Stormy Weather [RCA Victor: 1956]
4. "From This Moment On" {Cole Porter} - Eric Alexander - Gentle Ballads V [Venus Records: 2011]
5. "Two and One" {Hank Mobley} - Hank Mobley - Hi Voltage [Blue Note: 1967]
6. "Little Girl Blue" {Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue [Bethlehem Records: 1957]
7. "Little Girl Blue" {Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Stanley Turrentine - Jubilee Shout [Blue Note: 1962]
8. "Stormy Monday" {T-Bone Walker} - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - I Want a Little Girl [Pablo Records: 1981]
9. "Turnin' Up The Burner" {Chris Hazelton} - Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo Seven - The Basement Beat [SunFlower Soul Records: 2018]
10. "Out of The Rain" {Tony Joe White} - Cassandre McKinley - Dragonfly [Cassandre McKinley (Self Produce: 2017]
11. "I Feel Pretty" {Leonard Bernstein} - Pete Malinverni - On The Town: Peter Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein [Planet Arts Records: 2021]
12. "Jacknife" {Charles Tolliver} - Jackie McLean - Jacknife [Blue Note: 1965]
13. "You Left Me All Alone" {Illinois Jacquet} - Greg Piccolo - Homage [Emit Doog Music: 2001]
14. "These Foolish Things" {Jack Strachey / Eric Maschwitz} - Johnny Hartman - The Voice That Is! [Impulse!: 1964]
15. "These Foolish Things" {Jack Strachey / Eric Maschwitz} - Art Pepper - Art Pepper Today [Galaxy Records: 1978]
16. "Some Other Blues" {John Coltrane} - Pee Wee Russell - Ask Me Now! [Impulse!: 1965]
17. "No Argument" {Hank Mobley} - Hank Mobley - Far Away Lands [Blue Note: 1967]
18. "Holy Land" {Cedar Walton} - Ed Cherry - Are We There Yet? [Cellar Music Group: 2022]

Sneak Previews

Your weekly hour of cinema scoops, soundtracks, and scores to have you saying 'Play it again, Sam.’

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1. "Funky Fanfare" - Keith Mansfield - The KPM 1000 Series - Volume 1 [KPM: 2006]
2. "M.A.S.H. Theme - Instrumental" - Ahmad Jamal, Johnny Mandel - M*A*S*H (Original Soundtrack Recording) [Columbia: 1995]
3. "Main Title (Stop & Go)" - Kenyon Hopkins - The Hustler (The Original Sound Track) [Geffen: 1961]
4. "Talking to the Police" - Francis Monkman - The Long Good Friday (Original Soundtrack Recording) [Handmade: 1981]
5. "Getta Bloomin' Move On (The Self Preservation Society)" - Quincy Jones - The Italian Job (Original Soundtrack) [Geffen: 1969]
6. "Chance Meeting" - John Williams - Valley of the Dolls (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack) [UMG: 1967]
7. "Palm Springs Drive" - Giorgio Moroder - American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording) [Paramount: 1980]
8. "Licence to Kill" - Gladys Knight - Licence to Kill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [UMG: 1989]
9. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" - XTC - Black Sea [Virgin: 1980]
   Notes: from "Hot Fuzz" (2007)
10. "The Dream is Always the Same" - Tangerine Dream - Risky Business (Soundtrack) [Virgin: 1983]
11. "In Havana" - Kenny Vance, Ismael Miranda - The Warriors (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [A&M: 2005]
12. "Sudden Impact" - Lalo Schifrin - Dirty Harry Anthology [Aleph: 1997]
    Notes: from "Sudden Impact" (1983)
13. "One Vision" - Queen - A Kind of Magic [Hollywood: 1986]
    Notes: from "Highlander" (1986)
14. "Suite II: I (Collie and Fay)" - Maurice Jarre - After Dark, My Sweet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Varese Sarabande: 1990]
15. "Main Title: Glengarry Glen Ross" - James Moody - Indigo: Essential Late Night Jazz [Savoy: 2005]
    Notes: from "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992)

Around This Town

Join Ed on Tuesdays from 4-6 pm for Around This Town as he throws a musical net over the acts coming to the Central VA area, and tries to pull… MoreJoin Ed on Tuesdays from 4-6 pm for Around This Town as he throws a musical net over the acts coming to the Central VA area, and tries to pull some of them in for live performances before their concerts. Less

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1. "Two Stars" - John Moreland - LP5 [Old Omens: 2020]
2. "Private Conversation" - Lyle Lovett - The Road To Ensenada [Curb Records: 1996]
   Notes: July 27 Carpenter Theater Richmond
3. "When You Say Nothing At All" - Alison Krauss & Union Station - Now That I've Found You: A Collection [Rounder Records: 1995]
   Notes: Aug. 29 Allianz Amp
4. "Tried Too Hard" - Mipso - Dark Holler Pop [MIPSO: 2013]
   Notes: NEW Oct. 3 Jefferson
5. "Wolves of the Revolution" - The Arcadian Wild - Wolves of the Revolution [Duetti: 2016]
   Notes: June 15 Jefferson
6. "Part Wolf" - John Craigie - Asterisk The Universe [ZABRISKIE POINT RECORDS: 2020]
   Notes: Sept. 9 Jefferson
7. "High Seas" - Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - Memory Bank [Magnolia Music: 2025]
   Notes: Sept. 28 Jefferson
8. "Marks on the Wall" - Gia Ray - Marks on the Wall [Empty Sound Records: 2023]
   Notes: SUNDAY Thistlerock Mead Co.
9. "Down Here" - Mariana Bell - Still Not Sleeping [Mariana Bell: 2022]
   Notes: June 8 Thistlerock Mead Co.
10. "Ohio Roads" - Gina Sobel - Seeds of the Street [Gina Sobel: 2011]
    Notes: June 15 Thistlerock Mead Co.
11. "Love and Chains" - Viv & Riley - Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno [Free Dirt Records: 2021]
    Notes: July 25 Thistlerock Mead Co.
12. "Sorrow For Tomorrow" - Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls [Penrose / Daptone Records: 2022]
    Notes: May 25 Ting Pavilion
13. "Easy on Your Mind" - Dogwood Tales - Closest Thing to Heaven [WarHen Records: 2020]
    Notes: June 6 Friday's After 5 Ting
14. "Like My Old Man" - The Wildwoods - Foxfield Saint John [The Wildwoods: 2023]
    Notes: June 27 Southern Cafe
15. "Sweet Symphony (feat. Chris Stapleton)" - Joy Oladokun, Chris Stapleton - Proof Of Life [Verve Forecast/Republic Records: 2023]
    Notes: June 21 Redwing Fest
16. "Distant Line" - Town Mountain - Lines in the Levee [New West Records: 2022]
    Notes: June 21 Redwing Fest
17. "When You Change Your Mind" - AJ Lee & Blue Summit - I'll Come Back [Aj Lee & Blue Summit: 2021]
    Notes: June 22 Redwing Fest
18. "Darlene" - Holler Choir - Songs Before They Write Themselves [Holler Choir: 2024]
    Notes: June 21 Redwing Fest
19. "Mary's Kitchen" - Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher [Old Crow Medicine Show: 2008]
    Notes: Oct. 23 Ting Pavilion
20. "Hollow Bones" - The Currys - Follow [Currys Music LLC: 2014]
    Notes: May 31 Rivanna River Co.
21. "There Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" - Mark Schatz, Bryan McDowell - Grit & Polish [2021 Patuxent Music: 2021]
    Notes: THURSDAY Front Porch
22. "The Day The Mississippi Died" - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings - Woodland [Acony Records: 2024]
    Notes: TONIGHT Paramount Theater
23. "Bible and a .44" - Ashley McBryde - Jalopies & Expensive Guitars [Road Life Records: 2016]
    Notes: May 31 Paramount Theater
24. "Amy" - Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker [Pax Am Records: 2000]
    Notes: Sept. 16 Paramount Theater
25. "Empty Trainload Of Sky" - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings - Woodland [Acony Records: 2024]
    Notes: TONIGHT Paramount Theater
26. "All For You" - Sister Hazel - ...Somewhere More Familiar [Universal Records: 1997]
    Notes: July 25 Foundry
27. "Save Me" - Aimee Mann - Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture) [Reprise: 1999]
    Notes: June 19 Jefferson Theater
28. "The World Belongs to You" - Jonathan Coulton - Artificial Heart [Jocoserious Records: 2011]
    Notes: June 19 Jefferson Theater

Ye Olde Tuesday Afternoon Rocke Show

Ye Olde Tuesday Afternoon Rocke Show, heard each Tuesday afternoon from 2-4, is an assortment of afternoon ear candy from 30 years ago to 30 seconds ago.

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1. "Fingertips, Part 2 - The Motown Story: The 60s Version" - Stevie Wonder - The Motown Story: The Sixties [Motown: 2003]
2. "Heaven Help Us All" - Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed And Delivered [UNI/MOTOWN: 1970]
3. "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book [Motown: 1972]
4. "Visions" - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions [Motown: 1973]
5. "Ebony Eyes" - Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life [UNI/MOTOWN: 1976]
6. "The Secret Life Of Plants" - Stevie Wonder - Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants [UNI/MOTOWN: 1979]
7. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder - Up-Tight [Motown: 1966]
8. "I Love Every Little Thing About You" - Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind [Motown: 1972]
9. "Higher Ground" - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions [Motown: 1973]
10. "You Haven't Done Nothin'" - Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale [Motown: 1974]
11. "Knocks Me Off My Feet" - Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life [UNI/MOTOWN: 1976]
12. "Front Line" - Stevie Wonder - Original Musiquarium [UNI/MOTOWN: 1982]
13. "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder - At The Close Of A Century [UNI/MOTOWN: 1999]

Eclectic Woman

The only radio program in Central Virginia that features women's music exclusively, Eclectic Woman spans all musical genres and the globe with a variety of rich perspectives. Expect a fresh… MoreThe only radio program in Central Virginia that features women's music exclusively, Eclectic Woman spans all musical genres and the globe with a variety of rich perspectives. Expect a fresh and tantalizing musical menu of singer-songwriters, women of color, and womyn's music, spiced liberally with traditional, blues, world, jazz, rock, avant-garde, and instrumental music. The Eclectic Woman show, heard each Tuesday afternoon from 12 til 2, also features music and occasional news updates which specifically serve the gay and lesbian community. Less

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1. "Cuban Getaway" - Sue Foley - Antone's Women Bringing You The Best In Blues [Antone's Records And Tapes: 1992]
2. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Marcia Griffiths - Forever Young-The Best Of 1974 [Mojo Magazine: 2024]
3. "Git In There" - Betty Davis - Forever Young-The Best Of 1974 [Mojo Magazine: 2024]
4. "Baby Bright" - Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness [Chrysalis: 2024]
5. "Chauffeur Blues" - Fran Drew And The Lucky Strikes - Trial By Fire [Fran Drew And The Lucky Strikes: 2024]
6. "Something You Got" - Fran Drew And The Lucky Strikes - Trial By Fire [Fran Drew And The Lucky Strikes: 2024]
7. "Who Shot The Lala" - Amber Rachelle And The Sweet Potatoes - Pipin' Hot! [Amber Rachelle & The Sweet Potat: 2024]
8. "Fine Brown Frame" - Amber Rachelle & The Sweet Potatoes - Pip[In' Hot! [Amber Rachelle & The Sweet Potat: 2024]
9. "Found A Friend In You" - Southern Avenue - Family [Alligator: 2025]
10. "Sisters" - Southern Avenue - Family [Alligator: S0S5]
11. "Lady Liberty" - Galactic And Irma Thomas - Audience With The Queen [Tchoup-Zilla Records: 2025]
12. "Puppet On Your String" - Galactic And Irma Thomas - Audienc With The Queen [Tchoup: 2025]
13. "Malachy's" - Maggie & Terre Roche - Seductive Reasoning [Columbia: 1975]
14. "The Mountain People" - Maggie & Terre Roche - Seductive Reasoning [Columbia: 1975]
15. "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" - Patsy Cline (featuring the Jordanaires) 1963 - The Last Sessions [UMG: 1988]
16. "Come On In" - Patsy Cline (live-TV) - Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) [Deep Digs: 2025]
17. "Gotta lot of Rhythm in My Soul" - Patsy Cline (live-TV) - Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) [Deep Digs: 2025]
18. "Imagine That" - Patsy Cline - Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) [Deep Digs: 2025]
19. "When I Get Thru With You" - Patsy Cline - Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) [Deep Digs: 2025]
20. "San Antonio Rose" - Patsy Cline - Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) [Deep Digs: 2025]
21. "Empty Trainload Of Sky" - Gillian Welch - Woodland [Acony Records: 2024]
22. "Here Stands A Woman" - Gillian Welch - Woodland [Acony Records: 2024]
23. "Country Road (remastered 2025)" - Carla Thomas - Sweet Sweetheart 1970 [Craft Recordings: 2025]
24. "Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)" - Carla Thomas - Sweet Sweetheart 1970 [Craft Recordings: 2025]
25. "Calling My Spirit" - Valerie June - Owls, Omens And Oracles [June Tunes: 2025]
26. "My Life Is A Country Song" - Valerie June - Owls, Omens And Oracles [June Tunes: 2025]
27. "Time Has Made A Change" - Anne Harris - I Feel It Once Again [Rugged Road Ent: 2025]
28. "I Believe In Being Ready" - Anne Harris - I Feel It Once Again [Rugged Road Ent: 2025]
29. "Waiting For The Dawn" - Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise In The Hold [Night Time Stories: 2025]
30. "Watching the Water Rise" - Rosie And The Riveters - Good Clean Fun! [MAPL: 2015]

Jazz at 100 Now!

With over 100 years of recorded jazz as a foundation, today’s scene is vibrant and exciting. Jazz at 100 Now! presents the best of current music in the context of… MoreWith over 100 years of recorded jazz as a foundation, today’s scene is vibrant and exciting. Jazz at 100 Now! presents the best of current music in the context of a deep and rich history. Less

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1. "Out Late" - Eric Scott Reed - Out Late [Smoke Sessions Records: 2025]
2. "Centerpiece / Every Day I Have the Blues - Live" - James Moody, Roberta Gambarini, David Hazeltine - 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 [Origin Records: 2025]
3. "I'm a Fool to Want You" - Kandace Springs - Lady in Satin [Outside In Music: 2025]
4. "They" - Eric Scott Reed - They [Smoke Sessions: 2025]
5. "One For My Baby" - Susan Hinkson - Just in Time [Susan Hinkson: 2025]
6. "Debatable" - Diego Rivera - West Circle [Posi-Tone Records: 2025]
7. "Reflection (feat. Jeff Parker, Damion Reid & Devin Daniels)" - Billy Mohler, Jeff Parker, Damion Reid, Devin Daniels - The Eternal [Contagious Music: 2025]
8. "You've Changed" - Kandace Springs - Lady in Satin [Outside In Music: 2025]
9. "Smoke Rings" - Chris Cheek, Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, Rudy Royston - Keepers of the Eastern Door [Analog Tone Factory: 2025]
10. "Bird's The Word" - David Murray Quartet - Birdly Serenade [Impulse!: 2025]
11. "Cumbia" - Diego Rivera - West Circle [Posi-Tone Records: 2025]
12. "Buselik" - Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Ingrid Jensen - 7 Shades of Melancholia [DÜNYA: 2025]
13. "Song for Carla Bley" - Joel Harrison, Wolfgang Muthspiel - Guitar Talk Vol 2. Jazz Duos [AGS Recordings: 2025]
14. "Both-Siding" - Diego Rivera - West Circle [Posi-Tone Records: 2025]
15. "Fools Full Heart (Lullaby for Lewis)" - Alyn Cosker - Onta [Calligram Records: 2025]
16. "Those Who Know (feat. Jeff Parker, Damion Reid & Devin Daniels)" - Billy Mohler, Jeff Parker, Damion Reid, Devin Daniels - The Eternal [Contagious Music: 2025]
17. "A Children's Song" - Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol - 7 Shades of Melancholia [DÜNYA: 2025]
18. "Search for Itness" - James Davis' Beveled - Arc and Edge [Calligram Records: 2025]
19. "Doomknocker" - Alfredo Colón - Blood Burden [Out of Your Head Records: 2024]
    Notes: Alfredo Colón Quintet livestreams tonight from Roulette in Brooklyn.
20. "Adagio Mozart" - Paquito D'Rivera - Cariberian [Altafonte & Cargo Music: 2020]
    Notes: Paquito D'Rivera, Fareed Haque and Howard Levy play Constellation Chicgo on May 14.
21. "Minority" - Antonio Faraò - Heal The World [Playaudio: 2025]
    Notes: Antonio Faraó Trio with John Patitucci and Gene Jackson livestream from Porgy & Bess on May 14.
22. "Toddler's Eye" - Sun-Mi Hong - Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest [Edition Records: 2025]
    Notes: Sun-Mi Hong leads a group at Club Unterfahrt on May 14.
23. "The Well" - Dabin Ryu - The Well [Endectomorph Records: 2025]
    Notes: Davin Ryu livestreams from the Jazz Gallery on May 15.
24. "The Seventh" - Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, Ziv Ravitz - Ashes to Gold [ECM Records: 2024]
    Notes: Trumpeter Avishai Cohen leads a Quartet in a livestream from SF Jazz on May 16.
25. "Blood count" - Terell Stafford, Johnathan Blake, Tim Warfield, Bruce Barth, David Wong, Alex Acuña - Between Two Worlds [Le Coq Records: 2023]
    Notes: Terell Stafford Quintet streams from Smoke Jazz on May 16.
26. "Barbara" - Remy Le Boeuf, Julia Easterlin - Heartland Radio [SoundSpore Records: 2024]
    Notes: Remy LeBoeuf's Assembly of Shadows livestreams from the Jazz Gallery on May 16.
27. "Menage Blue" - Harvie S, Roni Ben-Hur, Sylvia Cuenca - Wondering [Dot Time Records: 2022]
    Notes: Drummer Sylvia Cuenca leads a Quintet at Smalls on May 16-17.
28. "Drop Me off in Harlem - Live in Paris at the Sunside - June 13, 2024" - Ben Sidran, Rick Margitza - Drop Me off in Harlem (Live in Paris at the Sunside - June 13, 2024) [Bonsaï Music: 2025]
    Notes: Ben Sidran streams from Mezzrow on May 16-17.
29. "Minute" - Neil Cowley Trio - Separate Entities [HideInside Records: 2025]
    Notes: The Neil Cowley Trio is at Club Unterfahrt on May 17.
30. "Sharp Dressed Man" - Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue, Huntertones - SuperBlue: Guilty Pleasures Vol.2 [Big Shoulders Records: 2025]
    Notes: Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter are at Club Unterfahrt on May 18.
31. "Blue" - Joey Alexander - Continuance [Mack Avenue Records: 2023]
    Notes: Indonesian pianist Joey Alexander and his trio livestream from Keystone Korner Baltimore on May 18.

Classical Sunrise - Tuesday

Start the day right with WTJU! Every weekday morning from 7-9 Classical Sunrise eases you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts and special features you won't find anywhere else.

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1. "Molendinum de Paris" {Pierre des MOLINS} - Corina Marti, harpsichord - KeyNotes: Early European Keyboard Music [Ramee ]
2. "Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36" {LV BEETHOVEN} - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Walter Weller, cond. - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 [Chandos ]
3. "Liebestraume No. 2, S541/R211" {Franz LISZT} - Daniel Barenboim - Liszt: The Essentials [Deutsche Grammophon ]
   Notes: While Liebesträume no. 3 is the most famous of Liszt's S541 set, nos. 1 and 2 are beautiful as well
4. "DNA (arr. M. Knoth for piano quintet)" {Ludovico EINAUDI} - Samuelsen, Mari - violin / Errera, Karolina - viola / Kovalev, Alexander - cello / Tolonen, Otto - double bass / Quentin, Julien - piano - Life [Deutsche Grammophon ]
5. "Toccata in G Dorian mode, SwWV 295" {Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK} - Robert Woolley, harpsichord - The Orpheus of Amsterdam [Chandos ]
6. "Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330" {WA MOZART} - Mitsuko Uchida - Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-18 [Decca ]
7. "Cello Concerto in D Major" {Sir Arthur Seymour SULLIVAN} - Martin Ostertag, cello / South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra- Klaus Arp, Conductor - Cello Concertos [Amati ]
   Notes: Born today in 1842
8. "Symphony No. 3, Op. 18" {Oliver KNUSSEN} - Philharmonia Orchestra - Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 / Trumpets / Ophelia Dances / Coursing / Cantata [NMC Recordings ]
9. "Hammers (arr. M. Knoth for violin, synthesizer, piano and orchestra)" {Nils FRAHM} - Samuelsen, Mari - violin / Errera, Karolina - viola / Kovalev, Alexander - cello / Tolonen, Otto - double bass / Quentin, Julien - piano - Life [Deutsche Grammophon ]

Classical Prelude - Tuesday

Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to… MoreClassical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert. Less

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WTJU Overnight Mix

An assortment of tunes curated from WTJU's digital database.

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