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The Kitchen Sink

After another grueling week of working for "the man," replenish your soul every Friday night from 11 to 1 with The Kitchen Sink. Join us while we search for that… MoreAfter another grueling week of working for "the man," replenish your soul every Friday night from 11 to 1 with The Kitchen Sink. Join us while we search for that perfect song, that perfect set, that perfect alignment of the cosmos that reminds you why you love music in the first place. Or you can just tune in and get the party started, this and every Friday night from 11 to 1. The Kitchen Sink, right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "New Scene" - The Fleshtones - Hexbreaker [I.R.S.: 1983]
2. "Real Power" - Golomb - Real Power [No Quarter: 2025]
3. "Sister Jack" - Spoon - Gimme Fiction [Merge: 2005]
4. "What We Are" - Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Luminal [Verve: 2025]
   Notes: June 6th
5. "Strange Currencies" - Louisa Stancioff - single [Yep Roc: 2025]
   Notes: REM cover from Monster
6. "Alone Together" - Grant Green - Green Street [Blue Note: 1961]
7. "Two Girls" - The Gourds - Shinebox [Sugar Hill: 2001]
   Notes: Townes Van Zandt cover
8. "Snapping Turtle" - S.G. Goodman - Planting by the Signs [Slough Water/Thirty Tigers: 2025]
9. "Carving of a Dove" - Drayton Farley - single [Hargrove: 2025]
10. "Coyote" - Ken Pomeroy - Cruel Joke [Rounder: 2025]
11. "Sweet Tooth" - Charlie Ballantine - Falling Grace [self-released: 2022]
12. "Ashes to Ashes" - Magdalena Bay - single [Like a Version: 2025]
    Notes: Bowie cover
13. "Red" - King Crimson - Red [Island: 1974]
14. "One Step Up" - Jenniferever - Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool [Where It's At is Where You Are: 2009]
    Notes: Springsteen cover
15. "What You're Doing" - The Beatles - Beatles For Sale [Parlophone: 1964]
16. "Honey Hush" - Paul McCartney - Run Devil Run [Capitol: 1999]
17. "Bonnet of Pins" - Matt Berninger - Get Sunk [Book/Concord: 2025]
18. "Empty Lives" - Graham Parker - The Up Escalator [Stiff/Arista: 1980]
19. "Working Class Hero" - Marianne Faithfull - Broken English [Island: 1979]
    Notes: Lennon cover
20. "Shortyville" - Trombone Shorty - Say That to Say This [Verve: 2013]
21. "Don't Like You Anymore" - Tanika Charles - Reasons to Stay [Record Kicks: 2025]
22. "Golden Ring" - American Gypsy - Angel Eyes [Chess: 1975]
23. "No More" - Micky Greaney - And Now It's All This [Seventeen: 1996]
24. "Picture in a Frame" - Tom Waits - Mule Variations [Anti-: 1999]
25. "A Taste of Honey" - Chet Atkins - The Master and His Music [RCA: 2001]
26. "Barbed Wire" - Hanorah - Closer Than Hell [Ensoul: 2025]
27. "Tough Luck" - Laufey - A Matter of Time [Vingolf Recordings/AWAL: 2025]
    Notes: August release
28. "Cross Town Traffic" - Phil Upchurch - Bump & Hustle Music [Moochin' About: 2011]
29. "My Life With You" - NRBQ - Keep This Love Goin' [Clang!: 2011]
30. "Dickie Betts' Dream" - Joel Harrison - Guitar Talk Vol. 2: Jazz Duos [AGS: 2025]

Nothin' But the Blues

One of the longest running blues shows in 'TJU's history, featuring the best of Mississippi and Chicago, rural and urban, and acoustic and electric blues. Nothin' But The Blues, each… MoreOne of the longest running blues shows in 'TJU's history, featuring the best of Mississippi and Chicago, rural and urban, and acoustic and electric blues. Nothin' But The Blues, each Friday night from 9 to 11 right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "Educated Fool" - Charles Brown & Amos Milburn - The Ace (USA) Story, Vol. 2 (V.A.) [Ace: 1994]
2. "Educated Fool" - Boz Scaggs - Memphis [429 Records: 2013]
3. "Educated Fool" - William Clarke - Live In Germany [Watchdog Records: 2005]
4. "Educated Fool" - Smoke J. Lawrence - Soundcloud Single [Soundcloud: 2022]
5. "Educated Fool" - The Foreday Riders - Blues Live At 'Frenchs' [EMI: 1974]
6. "No Education" - Lightnin' Hopkins - California Mudslide (And Earthquake) [Ace (UK): 2003]
7. "Education Blues" - Gabriel Brown - Shake That Thing: East Coast Blues 1935-1953 (V.A.) [JSP: 2006]
8. "I'm Your Professor" - Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Rack 'Em Up [Black Top: 1989]
9. "Future Blues" - Rory Block - Rhinestones & Steel Strings [Rounder: 1990]
10. "Danger Zone" - Johnny Adams - Walking On A Tightrope [Rounder: 1989]
11. "Uncertain Blues" - Ray & Glover - Dave Ray & Tony Glover [Rough Trade: 1990]
12. "Looking To The Future" - William Clarke - Blowin' Like Hell [Alligator: 1990]
13. "Upside" - Southern Avenue - Family [Alligator: 2025]
14. "Found A Friend In You" - Southern Avenue - Family [Alligator: 2025]
15. "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond" - Taj Mahal - The Real Thing [Columbia: 2000]
16. "Ain't Got No Time For Hate" - Shemekia Copeland - America's Child [Alligator: 2018]
17. "Having a Real Bad Day" - Taj Mahal - Senor Blues [Sony/Private Music: 2009]
18. "Checkin' On My Baby" - Taj Mahal - The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus (V.A.) [Abkco: 1995]
19. "Ain't Nobody Talkin'" - Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Taj Mo [Concord: 2017]
20. "Everybody's Got To Change Sometimes" - Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal [Columbia: 2000]
21. "Big Kneed Gal" - Taj Mahal - The Real Thing [Columbia: 2000]
22. "Nothing In Rambling" - Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', Mick Fleetwood & The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down [Stony Plain: 2024]
23. "Mailbox Blues" - Taj Mahal - Swingin': Live at The Church in Tulsa [Lightnin' Rod Records: 2024]
24. "Slow Drag" - Taj Mahal - Swingin': Live at The Church in Tulsa [Lightnin' Rod Records: 2024]
25. "It's Getting Harder To Survive" - Taj Mahal & Howard Johnson - Right Now [Verve: 1998]
26. "Cakewalk Into Town" - Taj Mahal - Like Never Before [Sony/Private Music: 1991]

Offbeat Roadhouse

Offbeat Roadhouse invites a different musical group from around North America into your home each Friday night for an hour long concert live from WTJU's performance space. There will be… MoreOffbeat Roadhouse invites a different musical group from around North America into your home each Friday night for an hour long concert live from WTJU's performance space. There will be Blues, Folk, Jazz, Roots, World and more. You can also watch it over at youtube.com/wtju. So gather round each Friday night from 8 til 9 for Offbeat Roadhouse, right here on WTJU Charlottesville, truly the sound choice in Central Virginia! Less

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1. "Special Encore: Greg Howard at Offbeat Roadhouse (February 25, 2022)" - Greg Howard - Offbeat Roadhouse (February 25, 2022) [Greg Howard: 2022]

On With The Show

Every Friday evening from 6 to 8, James presents On With the Show. From musical theatre classics to the shows you may have missed, On With the Show is your… MoreEvery Friday evening from 6 to 8, James presents On With the Show. From musical theatre classics to the shows you may have missed, On With the Show is your ticket to the best of Broadway and beyond. Less

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1. "There's No Business Like Show Business (Reprise)" {Irving Berlin} - National Symphony Orchestra - Annie Get Your Gun (Complete Recording of the Lincoln Center Edition) [JAY Records: 1996]
2. "They Say It's Wonderful" {Irving Berlin} - Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton - Annie Get Your Gun (Original Broadway Cast / Bonus Tracks) [Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC: 1946]
   Notes: Opened May 16, 1946
3. "My Defenses Are Down" {Irving Berlin} - Ray Middleton, Male Chorus - Annie Get Your Gun (Original Broadway Cast / Bonus Tracks) [Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC: 1946]
4. "I Got The Sun In The Morning" {Irving Berlin} - Ethel Merman, Chorus - Annie Get Your Gun (Original Broadway Cast / Bonus Tracks) [Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC: 1946]
   Notes: Closed February 12, 1949 after 1,147 performances
5. "A Wonderful Day Like Today" {Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse} - Cyril Ritchard, Ensemble - The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1990]
   Notes: Opened May 16, 1965
6. "Look at That Face" {Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse} - Sally Smith, Cyril Ritchard, Ensemble - The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1990]
7. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" {Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse} - Anthony Newley - The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1990]
8. "Feeling Good" {Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse} - Gilbert Price, Ensemble - The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1990]
   Notes: Closed December 4, 1965 after 231 performances
9. "The Rosewater Foundation" {Alan Menken} - Rebecca Naomi Jones, Santino Fontana, Rosewater Premiere Company - Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Premiere Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
   Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman; born May 17, 1950
10. "Thirty Miles from the Banks of the Ohio / Look Who's Here" {Alan Menken} - Santino Fontana, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kate Wetherhead, Liz McCartney - Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Premiere Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
11. "Since You Came to This Town" {Alan Menken} - Liz McCartney, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kevin Ligon, Eddie Cooper, Rosewater Premiere Company - Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Premiere Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
12. "A Firestorm Consuming Indianapolis" {Alan Menken} - Santino Fontana - Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Premiere Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
13. "Skid Row (Downtown)" {Alan Menken} - Tammy Blanchard, Ari Groover, Jonathan Groff, Christian Borle, Tom Alan Robbins, Salome Smith, Joy Woods, Teddy Yudain - Little Shop of Horrors (The New Cast Album) [Ghostlight Records: 2019]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
14. "Somewhere That's Green" {Alan Menken} - Tammy Blanchard, Ari Groover, Salome Smith, Joy Woods - Little Shop of Horrors (The New Cast Album) [Ghostlight Records: 2019]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
15. "Dentist!" {Alan Menken} - Christian Borle, Ari Groover, Salome Smith, Joy Woods - Little Shop of Horrors (The New Cast Album) [Ghostlight Records: 2019]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
16. "Suddenly Seymour" {Alan Menken} - Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff - Little Shop of Horrors (The New Cast Album) [Ghostlight Records: 2019]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
17. "Typical High School Senior" {Marvin Hamlisch} - Mana Allen, Jenny Baker, Taylor Brauer, Ashley Bruce, Daisy Carnelia, Jessie del Rio, Sara Glancy, Aja Goes, Sarah Grace, Leigh Ellen Jones, Linda Van Kesteren, Caitlin Kinnunen, Caroline Liff, Molly Modell, Chelsie Nector, Jaime Rosenstein, Amy Weaver - Hamlisch Uncovered [Center Stage Records: 2017]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman; from "Smile"
18. "Disneyland" {Marvin Hamlisch} - Jodi Benson - Unsung Musicals, Vol. 1 [Concord Theatricals: 1994]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman; from "Smile"
19. "Smile" {Marvin Hamlisch} - Harry Groener, Julie Anne Aho, Lisa Mayer, Christa Fuller, Lisa Beth Carroll - Unsung Musicals, Vol. 1 [Concord Theatricals: 1994]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman; from "Smile"
20. "In Our Hands" {Marvin Hamlisch} - Lynnette Perry, Julie Anne Aho, Lisa Mayer, Christa Fuller, Lisa Beth Carroll - Unsung Musicals, Vol. 1 [Concord Theatricals: 1994]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman; from "Smile"
21. "Under the Sea" {Alan Menken} - Samuel E. Wright - The Little Mermaid Special Edition [Walt Disney Records: 2006]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
22. "Part of Your World" {Alan Menken} - Sierra Boggess - The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording [Walt Disney Records: 2008]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
23. "Kiss the Girl" {Alan Menken} - Samuel E. Wright - The Little Mermaid Special Edition [Walt Disney Records: 2006]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
24. "Be Our Guest" {Alan Menken} - Gary Beach, Beth Fowler, Heath Lamberts, Barbara Marineau, Brian Press, Stacey Logan, Broadway Cast of Beauty and the Beast - Beauty And The Beast: The Broadway Musical [Walt Disney Records: 2006]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
25. "Beauty and the Beast" {Alan Menken} - Beth Fowler - Beauty And The Beast: The Broadway Musical [Walt Disney Records: 2006]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
26. "Proud of Your Boy" {Alan Menken} - Adam Jacobs - Aladdin Original Broadway Cast Recording [Walt Disney Records: 2014]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
27. "Friend Like Me" {Alan Menken} - James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, Aladdin Original Broadway Cast - Aladdin Original Broadway Cast Recording [Walt Disney Records: 2014]
    Notes: Lyrics by Howard Ashman
28. "Happy End in Agrabah" {Alan Menken} - Alan Menken - Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Walt Disney Records: 1992]

Sunset Road

Hear the full range of musical traditions in folk, bluegrass, new grass, celtic, old time, country, singer/songwriter, blues, and any other roots-based music from around the globe. Pete brings you… MoreHear the full range of musical traditions in folk, bluegrass, new grass, celtic, old time, country, singer/songwriter, blues, and any other roots-based music from around the globe. Pete brings you the old and the new, be it local, regional, national, or international. That's Sunset Road, heard Friday afternoon from 4-6. Less

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1. "Whatcha Gonna Do About It>" - Kieran Kane, Rayna Gellert - Volume 4 [Dead Reconing ]
2. "Smithland Farm" - The Moon Shells - Screechplank II [The Moon Shells ]
3. "Picking Dandelions" - The Down Hill Struggers - Old Juniper [Jalopy ]
4. "Lunar Window" - Andy Thorn - Lunar Window [Thornpipe Music ]
5. "Dora Dean" - Skillit Licorice - Allsorts Orchestra [The Old Time Tiki Parlor ]
6. "Last Light" - The Wild Shoats - Yell In The Shoats [The Wild Shoats ]
7. "The Devil's Outside" - Big Richard - Girl Dinner [Big Richard ]
8. "Billy In The Lowground" - Andrea Verga - Instramental Vol. 2 [Old Timey ]
9. "Old Grimes" - Hotspur Johnny - Hotspur Johnny [Inchworm ]
10. "Trader Boatman" - Evie Ladin, Bruce Molsky - Riding The Rooster 2 [Evie Ladin ]
11. "Precious Time" - Tommy Emmanuel, Sierra Hull - Accomplice Two [Tommy Emmanuel ]
12. "Brushy Run" - Benny Bleu - Banjo Jubulations [Benjamin Haravitch ]
13. "Behind Tthe Scenes" - Graham Sharp - How Did We Do It [Enchanted Barn ]
14. "Tupelo Blues" - Soundwagon - Give The Fiddler A Dram [Soundwagon ]
15. "Sunberry" - Band Of Friends - Band Of Friends [Adhyaropa ]
16. "Little Rapids" - Ashley Campbell, Carl Jackson - Little Rapids [Whistle Stop ]
17. "All These Roads" - Jig Jam, Rob Ickes - All These Roads [Singular/Gokuhi ]
18. "Hidden Level" - Chandler Beavers, Corey Lee McQuade, Randy Gilkey, Robbie Lanham - Hidden Level [Bearded Beaver ]
19. "Miles" - Max Wareham - DAGGOMIT! [Max Wareham ]
20. "Cookhouse Joe" - Tui - Pretty Little Mister [Tui ]
21. "Lazy John" - Hilary Klug - Lazy John [Fiddle Feet ]
22. "Sleepy Gary" - The Last Revel - Hazard & Fate [The Last Fate ]
23. "Piney Woods/Grigsby's Hornpipe" - Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger - Lockdown Breakdown [Bruce Molsky ]
24. "Times Like These" - Eliza Gilkeyson - Dark Ages [Eliza Gilkeyson ]
25. "Huddy's World" - Mark Stoffel - One-O-Five [Mark Stoffel ]
26. "Cricket Wars" - Bela Fleck, Mark Schatz, Slavek Hanzlik, Stuart Duncan, Tim O'Brien - Intricacies [Sierra ]
27. "Champagne Blues" - Laurie Lewis, Suzy Thompson, Daisy Caire, Kathy Kallick, Meredith Axelrod - Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2 [John Hartford Music ]
28. "Rye Straw" - George Jackson, Tristan Scroggins - Rye Straw [George Jackson ]
29. "The Black Nag" - Walt Michael - Hammered Dulcimer: Retrospective [Rounder ]
30. "Sleepy Holler" - Christian Sedelmyer - Ravine Palace [Tasty Note ]

Fantastic Expedition

Discover what treasures lie hidden in radio's vast expanse; a survey of new-ish tunes and dusty favorites across a musical spectrum that could charitably be described as "broad."

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1. "52 Girls" - The B-52's - The B-52's [Reprise: 1979]
2. "Onions" - SUEP - Shop [Memorials of Distinction: 2023]
3. "This Town" - The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat [A&M: 1981]
4. "Love Is A Battlefield" - Pat Benatar - Live From Earth [Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA): 1983]
5. "30 Seconds over Tokyo" - Pere Ubu - Single [Call Of The Void: 1975]
   Notes: Heard this on Erin O's Black Circle Revolution show on Pere Ubu. I think it is their very first single.
6. "Soul Survivor" - The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street (2010 Re-Mastered) [Polydor Records: 1972]
7. "Magic Playground" - Orangutan - Perfumed Garden 4 [TTW: 2012]
8. "No More Shoes" - Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth [Matador: 2005]
9. "Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent" - Pavement - Westing (By Musket And Sextant) [Matador: 1993]
   Notes: Just watched the Gary Young doc (Pavement's original drummer) 'Louder Than You Think.'
10. "Godless" - The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia [[PIAS] Recordings Catalogue: 2013]
    Notes: Recently watched 2004's DIG! about The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
11. "Out Of Body" - The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Makes Me Great // Out Of Body ['a' Records: 2025]
    Notes: DIG! XX came out in 2024; a sequel to DIG!
12. "Sisters" - Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum [Amplify Music: 2013]
    Notes: Thank you DJ B-Note!
13. "Labyrinth" - Magic Fig - Magic Fig [Silver Current: 2024]
14. "From Here on out Nothing Changes" - Winged Wheel - Big Hotel [12XU: 2024]
15. "Satellite" - Lunchbox - Evolver [Slumberland Records LLC: 2025]
    Notes: NEW.
16. "I Have Been Floated" - The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music [Cloud Recordings: 2004]
17. "Dare to Tread" - Tall Dwarfs - Fork Songs [Merge Records: 1991]
18. "Billy Two" - The Clean - Compilation [Merge Records: 1986]
19. "The Way Love Used to Be" - The Kinks - Percy (Deluxe) [Castle Communications: 1971]
20. "Monte Mare" - Xylitol - Anemones [Planet Mu Records Ltd.: 2024]
    Notes: BED.
21. "Golden" - Dreams So Real - Athens, GA - Inside/Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92): 1987]
    Notes: Just watched 'Athens, Inside Out' and this was one of the filmed performances.
22. "Set Me Free" - Deradoorian - Set Me Free [Fire Records: 2025]
    Notes: Thank you Radio Freedonia!
23. "Sudden Flutes" - Dummy - Free Energy [Trouble In Mind Records: 2024]
24. "Two Dozen Functions" - The Toads - In The Wilderness [Anti Fade Records: 2023]
25. "River Euphrates - 2007 Remaster" - Pixies - Surfer Rosa (2007 Remaster) [4AD: 1988]
26. "Climbing the Walls" - They Might Be Giants - The Else [Idlewild Recordings: 2007]
27. "I Had an Excellent Dream" - The Dentists - Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All over It Is Now [Trouble In Mind Records: 2013]
28. "Wax & String" - Shannon & The Clams - Wax & String [Easy Eye Sound: 2025]
29. "Sweet Ride" - Belly - KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic 1993 [Rhino/Warner Records: 2021]
    Notes: KCRW Live - still digging through this collection from the late 90's.

World Turning

Take a sound journey with your World Turning hosts each Friday afternoon from 12-2 and reflect on the creative contributions that people all over the planet are making through music.… MoreTake a sound journey with your World Turning hosts each Friday afternoon from 12-2 and reflect on the creative contributions that people all over the planet are making through music. Enjoy a world of diversity in voices and instruments--celebrate the fragile experiment that is humanity. Less

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1. "Mother Earth" - Hans Theessink, Terry Evans - Visions [Blue Groove: 2008]
   Notes: The Netherlands / Austria / USA
2. "Sonfo" - Aboubakar Traore & Balima - Sababu [Zephyrus Records: 2024]
   Notes: Burkina Faso
3. "Touri Idje Bibi" - Samba Toure - Gandadiko [Glitterbeat Records: 2015]
   Notes: Mali
4. "Monsieur le Maire de Niafunke" - Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate - In the Heart of the Moon [World Circuit: 2005]
   Notes: Mali
5. "Imouhar" - Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice [Matador: 2024]
   Notes: Niger
6. "Mauritania My Beloved Country" - Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba - Moorish Music from Mauritania [World Circuit: 1990]
   Notes: Mauritania
7. "Dancing in Your Mind" - The Master Musicians Of Jajouka, Bachir Attar - Dancing Under the Moon [Glitterbeat Records: 2022]
   Notes: Morocco
8. "Jellyfish Dance" - Adolfo Viguera - Jellyfish Dance [Ta-Ta-Ta Chan S.L.: 2022]
   Notes: Spain
9. "The Mummers' Dance" - Loreena McKennitt - The Book Of Secrets [Loreena McKennitt P&D: 1997]
   Notes: Canada
10. "Tie the Knot in Georgia / Ed's Big Five-O / Faqqua" - Flook - Sanju [Flatfish Records: 2025]
    Notes: UK
11. "Viggos" - Tumult - Den Bagvendte [GO Danish Folk Music: 2014]
    Notes: Denmark
12. "Marga's" - David Kosky, Damien O'Kane - The Mystery Inch [Pure Records: 2011]
    Notes: Northern Ireland
13. "Toda Pessoa" - Fumaca Preta - Fumaça Preta [Soundway Records Ltd: 2014]
    Notes: Venezuela / Netherlands / Portugal / USA, etc. - FUMACA PRETA (meaning Black Smoke) started as a studio experiment when Alex Figueira, a Portuguese-Venezuelan producer and percussionist, invited some old friends to join him in the tiny analogue studio he built on the back of his house in Amsterdam.
14. "Juntos 'em um" - Kosmik Band, Enzo Buono, Nanan - Juntos 'em um [Roundtrip Records: 2019]
    Notes: Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, USA
15. "Terima Kasih" - IamNeeta - Terima Kasih [NAR Records Sdn Bhd: 2013]
    Notes: Malaysia - World Turning makes our first stop in Malaysia in 17 years. Malaysia is a country of nearly 35 million people south of Thailand, and north of Indonesia in Southeast Asia. The capital is Kuala Lumpur.
16. "Fire of Her Eyes" - Anika Moa - Anika Moa [DIAMOND AND KOWHAI: 2018]
    Notes: New Zealand (Aotearoa)
17. "Oceanic Part 2" - Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale, Ravi Shankar - Breathing Under Water [Manhattan Records: 2007]
    Notes: India / UK / USA
18. "Woh Hata Rahe Hain Pardah" - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Pure Gold [Universal Music MENA (Oriental Star Agencies): 2018]
    Notes: Pakistan
19. "Turkish Gypsy" - Abaji - Origine Orients [Absilone: 2009]
    Notes: Lebanon / Armenia
20. "Aguis Mahasnik Biman" - Rasha - Sudaniyat [Nubenegra distributed by Altafonte: 1997]
    Notes: Sudan
21. "Manssa Cise" - Habib Koite, Keletigui Diabate - Ma Ya [Contrejour: 1998]
    Notes: Mali
22. "Nina Majuba" - Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens - Thokozile [Gallo Record Company: 1988]
    Notes: South Africa
23. "Nordeste Oriental" - Lula Cortes - Rosa de Sangue [Rozenblit: 1980]
    Notes: Brazil
24. "Pressure Drop" - Keith Richards, Toots & The Maytals - Run Rudolph Run [BMG Rights Management (US) LLC: 2018]
    Notes: UK / Jamaica

The Jazz Messenger

The depth, diversity and often contrasting ideas of jazz and blues programming is reverently represented each Friday morning with an emphasis on hard bop, modern, soul jazz and scrapyard blues,… MoreThe depth, diversity and often contrasting ideas of jazz and blues programming is reverently represented each Friday morning with an emphasis on hard bop, modern, soul jazz and scrapyard blues, as well as a sampling of current releases and reissues. Brian invites you to take a full, deep breath and end your week on the downbeat with ninety minutes of hedonic tones, jazz classics, featured artists and organized chaos. That's The Jazz Messenger, heard each Friday morning from 10:30 'til noon right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "Hippy" {Silver} - Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers - Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers [Blue Note: 1955]
2. "Canned Heat Blues" {Johnson} - Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat (1928-1929) -- Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order [Document Records: 2000]
3. "Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy" {Dixon} - Howlin' Wolf - The Real Folk Blues [Chess: 1963/1965]
4. "Green Onions" {Jackson/B. T. Jones/Steinberg/Cropper} - Count Basie & His Orchestra - Brunswick 7" [Brunswick Records: 1967]
5. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" {Walter Jacobs} - Muddy Waters - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live [Blue Sky: 1977-78/1979]
   Notes: Recorded live during shows on August 25 and 26, 1978, at Harry Hope's in Cary, Illinois.
6. "Got My Mojo Working" {Preston Foster} - Muddy Waters - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live [Blue Sky: 1977-78/1979]
7. "Sooner" {Mohler} - Billy Mohler - The Eternal [Contagious Music: 2025]
   Notes: Billy Mohler – Bass Jeff Parker – Guitar Damion Reid – Drums Devin Daniels - Alto Saxophone.
8. "The Blind Watchmaker" {Davis} - James Davis’ Beveled - Arc and Edge [Calligram Records: 2025]
   Notes: James Davis - Flugelhorn Chad McCullough - Flugelhorn Geof Bradfield - Bass Clarinet Michael Salter - Bass Clarinet Daniel Thatcher - Double Bass Juan Pastor - Drums.
9. "Lullapalew" {Cosker} - Alyn Cosker - Onta [Calligram Records: 2025]
   Notes: Alyn Cosker: drums, percussion, vocals, piano Ewen Vernal: bass Tom Gibbs: Fender Rhodes Dan Brown: effects, piano Davie Dunsmuir: guitar James Lindsay: bass Karen Matheson: vocals Rachel Lightbody: vocals Chad McCullough: trumpet Juliette Lemoine: cello Matthew Kilner: tenor saxophone Leon Thorne: tenor saxophone Paul Towndrow: chromatic whistle, koncovka, alto saxophone, flutes Jenna Reid-Sandilands: fiddle Miro Herak: vibraphone Jim Cosker: keyboards
10. "Sanctuary" {Wayne Shorter} - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew [Columbia: 1969/1970]
11. "Scatterbrain" {Middleton/Beck} - Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group - Live [Epic: 1977]
12. "Blue Wind" {Hammer} - Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group - Live [Epic: 1977]
13. "Graduation Day" {Joe Sherman/Noel Sherman} - The Four Freshmen - Capitol 7" [Capitol Records: 1956]
14. "Dapper Dan" {Harold Ousley} - Lou Donaldson - Midnight Creeper [Blue Note: 1968]
    Notes: Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone Blue Mitchell - cornet Lonnie Smith - organ George Benson - guitar Idris Muhammad - drums
15. "Downtown A Y R (Lullaby For Finlay)" {Cosker} - Alyn Cosker - Onta [Calligram Records: 2025]

Rhythm Rendezvous

Friday mornings beginning at 9:00, join Charles Peale for a program featuring jazz, pop, blues & soul blended together in a soundtrack cocktail spanning several generations. Rhythm Rendezvous!

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1. "I Could Have Danced All Night" {Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe} - Jonah Jones - Swingin' Broadway [Essential Jazz Classics: 1957]
2. "Fascination" {F. D. Marchetti} - Arthur Lyman - Taboo [DCC Jazz: 1958]
3. "Mountain Greenery" {Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Peter Nero - New Piano In Town [BMG: 1961]
4. "My One And Only" {George Gershwin} - Don Ralke - Greshwin With Bongos [Warner: 1960]
5. "Love And Happiness" {Al Green & Teenie Hodges} - Al Green - Love And Happiness [Hi: 1972]
6. "Morning Of The Carnival" {L.Bonfa & A. Maria} - Sergio Mendes - Quiet Nights [Philips: 1968]
7. "A Shell Of A Woman" {Becki Bluefield/Finley Duncan/Lynn Brewer} - Doris Allen - single [Minaret: 1969]
8. "Night And Day" {Cole Porter} - Pedro Garcia & the Del Prado Orchestra - Tropical Cruise [Audio Fidelity: 1957]
9. "No One else Will Ever Know" {Sherman Roberts} - Polly Bergen - [ 1955]
10. "Tropical" {Gould} - Arthur Lyman - Taboo [DCC Jazz: 1960]
11. "Wave" {Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Oscar Peterson - Jobim Songbook [Verve: 1969]
12. "Let's Take A Chance" {Joseph Brown/Raymond Barnes} - Lisa Richards - single [Jovial: 1965]
13. "Quiet Nights" {Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Sergio Mendes - Quiet Nights [Philips: 1968]
14. "Corcovado" {Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Sarah Vaughan - Viva Vaughan [Mercury: 1964]
15. "Make Someone Happy" {Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Jule Styne} - Jonah Jones - Broadway Swings Again [Essential Jazz Classics: 1960]
16. "Brazil" {Barroso Russell} - Les Paul - Very Best Of... [Capitol ]
17. "I Remember" {M. Williams} - Marice Williams & the Zodiacs - single [Herald: 1961]
18. "Maria" {Leonard Bernstein} - Peter Nero - A New Piano In Town [BMG: 1961]
19. "Once In A While" {Bud Green & Michael Edwards} - Patti Page - Mercury Years [Mercury: 1950]
20. "Blue Hawaii" {Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger} - Arthur Lyman - Yellow Bird [ 1961]
21. "Clap Yo' Hands" {George Gershwin} - Don Ralke - Gershwin With Bongos [Warner: 1960]
22. "Back In Your Own Backyard" {Johnson, Dryer, Rose} - Patti Page - Mercury Years [Mercury: 1950]

Classical Sunrise - Friday

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. "Concerto in A Major, BWV. 1055" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Cologne Chamber Orchestra - Helmut Muller-Bruhl - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos I [Naxos ]
2. "String Quartet No. 4 In C Major" {Vincenzo MANFREDINI} - Quartetto Delfico - Manfredini: Complete String Quartets [Brilliant Classics ]
3. "Trois Gymnopedies" {Erik SATIE} - Klara Kormendi, pno. - Satie: The Best Of [Naxos ]
4. "Gnossienne No. 1 (arr. for viola and harp)" {Erik SATIE} - Carrie Frey, vla.; Sonia Bize, harp - single [Etymology Classics ]
5. "Concerto in A major:" {Leonardo LEO} - Julius Berger, clo.; Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester, Pforzheim - Vladislav Czarnecki, cond. - Leo: Six Cello Concertos [Ebs recording ]
6. "Quintet in B flat major, Op. 51 No. 1" {Franz DANZI} - Ensemble Wien-Berlin - Haydn: Divertimenti - Danzi: Quintet [CBS Masterworks ]
7. "Oboe Concerto No. 4 in B-flat Major" {Ludwig August LEBRUN} - Bart Schneeman, oboe; Radio Chamber Orchestra, Jan Willem de Freend, cond. - L. A. Lebrun: Oboe Concertos [Channel Classics Records ]
8. "Serenata for Flute and Guitar, Op. 127" {Mauro GIULIANI} - Laurel Zucker, flt.; Richard Savino, gtr. - Giuliani: Music for Flute and Guitar [Cantilena Records ]

Classical Prelude - Friday

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Cruisin' the Decades - 100 Years of Music

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WTJU Overnight

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The Hacienda Show

Every Friday morning, 1 AM, all EDM genres, new and classic tracks, plus local and international DJ guests. It's Electronic music for vibey people!

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