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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. "Blister In The Sun (Acoustic)" - Winona Fighter - My Apologies to the Chef (Deluxe) [Rise: 2025]
   Notes: Violent Femmes cover
2. "Fall Away" - Good Flying Birds - Talulah's Tape [Carpark (reissue): 2025]
3. "Good Luck (feat. Lisa Kekaula)" - Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash [XL/Astralwerks: 2003]
4. "Los Angeles" - Big Thief - Double Infinity [4AD: 2025]
   Notes: September 5th release
5. "Why Can't We Live Together" - Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together [Glades: 1972]
6. "One Week Last Summer" - Joni Mitchell - Shine [Hear Music: 2007]
7. "Drivin'" - Pearl Harbour and The Explosions - Pearl Harbour and The Explosions [Warner Bros.: 1979]
8. "Forever" - The Explorer's Club - Freedom Wind [Bandcamp: 2008]
9. "Clark Gable" - The Postal Service - Give Up [Sub Pop: 2003]
10. "Let's Dance" - Queen Anne - single [Landing: 2025]
11. "Only You Know" - Dion - Born to Be With You/Streetheart [Chrysalis: 1976]
12. "Valentine" - Mike Freeman Zona Vibe - Circles in a Yellow Room [VOF: 2025]
13. "Pawtucket" - Purple Ivy Shadows - no less the trees than the stars [Slow River: 1998]
14. "Whip Poor Will" - Teen Suicide - I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina [Run for Cover: 2025]
15. "Thin Blue Flame" - Josh Ritter - The Animal Years [Independent: 2006]
16. "Outcast" - Art d'Ecco - single [Paper Bag: 2025]
17. "Girls" - King Princess - Girl Violence [section 1: 2025]
    Notes: September 12th release
18. "Hall of Justice" - Point Break 2 - Point Break 2 EP [Naturally: 2025]
19. "Summer Seizures" - The Cribs - Selling a Vibe [Rough Trade: 2025]
20. "Chicken Shack Boogie" - Amos Milburn - Rockin' the Boogie [Aladdin: 1952]
21. "Op. 49 - Cold Chicken Suite, 3rd Movement" - Christian McBride Big Band - Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 [Mack Avenue: 2025]
22. "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" - The Velvelettes - The Very Best of The Velvelettes [Motown: 1999]
23. "Get Up Offa That Thing (Release the Pressure)" - James Brown - Star Time [Polydor: 1993]
24. "New Rumba" - Miles Davis 19, Gil Evans - Miles Ahead [Columbia: 1961]
25. "Fearmonger" - Saba - Few Good Things [Saba Pivot LLC: 2022]
26. "Evenflow" - John Lester Quartet - Jazz? [Ambit: 2012]
27. "Zoot Allures" - Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures [Warner Bros.: 1976]
28. "I Can't Seem to Make You Mine" - The Clientele - Strange Geometry [Pointy: 2005]
29. "Hypnotized" - Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me [Warner Bros.: 1973]

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. "Rumba & Tonic" - Dave Specter - Live At Space [Delmark: 2025]
2. "Baby Lee" - John Lee Hooker & Robert Cray - The Healer
3. "Drug Store Woman" - John Lee Hooker - Burnin'
4. "One Way Ticket" - John Lee Hooker -
5. "Drifting From Door To Door" - John Lee Hooker -
6. "Think Twice Before You Go" - John Lee Hooker -
7. "Let's Make It" - John Lee Hooker -
8. "I Feel Good" - John Lee Hooker -
9. "We're All God's Chillun" - John Lee Hooker -
10. "Miss Pearl Boogie" - John Lee Hooker -
11. "Boogie Everywhere I Go" - John Lee Hooker -
12. "If You Take Care Of Me, I'll Take Care Of You" - John Lee Hooker -
13. "Too Much Boogie" - John Lee Hooker -
14. "Mad Man Blues" - John Lee Hooker -
15. "Leave My Wife Alone" - John Lee Hooker -
16. "Serve Me Right To Suffer" - John Lee Hooker -
17. "John Lee Hooker For President" - Ry Cooder -
18. "Crawlin' King Snake" - Etta James -
19. "Crawling King Snake" - The Black Keys - Delta Kreme
20. "I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive" - Cowboy Junkies - Whites Off Earth Now! [Latent: 1986]
21. "Hobo Blues" - Charlie Musselwhite -
22. "Boom Boom" - Jimmy Smith -

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. "Wavelength at Offbeat Roadhouse (August 22, 2025)" - Wavelength - Offbeat Roadhouse (August 22, 2025) [Wavelength: 2025]

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. "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big / Just In Time" {Steve Allen / Jule Styne} - Jonathan Groff, Christine Cornish, Julia Grondin, Valeria Yamin, Original Broadway Cast of Just In Time - Just In Time [Atlantic Records: 2025]
   Notes: "Just in Time" lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green (From "Bells are Ringing")
3. "Beyond the Sea" {Charles Trenet} - Jonathan Groff, Original Broadway Cast of Just In Time - Just In Time [Atlantic Records: 2025]
   Notes: English Lyrics by Jack Lawrence (Original French song "La Mer")
4. "Mack the Knife" {Kurt Weill} - Jonathan Groff, Original Broadway Cast of Just In Time - Just In Time [Atlantic Records: 2025]
   Notes: Original lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, English Lyrics by Marc Blitzstein (From "The Threepenny Opera")
5. "The Ballad of Floyd Collins" {Adam Guettel} - Cole Vaughan, Lizzy McAlpine, Jessica Molaskey, Jason Gotay, Taylor Trensch, Original Broadway Cast of Floyd Collins - Floyd Collins (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records: 2025]
6. "The Call" {Adam Guettel} - Jeremy Jordan - Floyd Collins (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records: 2025]
7. "Will You Go?" {Darren Clark} - John Dagleish, Clare Foster, Jonathan Charles, Company - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Original West End Cast Recording) [Warner Classics: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Darren Clark & Jethro Compton
8. "Home" {Darren Clark} - Damien James, John Dagleish, Jack Quarton, Company - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Original West End Cast Recording) [Warner Classics: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Darren Clark & Jethro Compton
9. "Shippin' Out Tomorrow" {Darren Clark} - Cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Original West End Cast Recording) [Warner Classics: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Darren Clark & Jethro Compton
10. "Beautiful" {Laurence O'Keefe & Kevin Murphy} - Barrett Wilbert Weed, Katie Ladner, Alice Lee, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Elle McLemore, the company - Heathers: The Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording) [Yellow Sound Label: 2014]
11. "Where Do You Belong?" {Jeff Richmond} - Grey Henson, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Erika Henningsen, Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls - Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Atlantic Records: 2018]
    Notes: Lyrics by Nell Benjamin
12. "Long Ago and Far Away" {Jerome Kern} - Martha Mears, Gene Kelly - Best GENE KELLY Movie Themes & Songs [Disques Cinémusique: 2023]
    Notes: Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; from "Cover Girl" (1944)
13. "Be a Clown" {Cole Porter} - Judy Garland, Gene Kelly - Judy Garland: Recordings from the M-G-M Films (Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology) [WaterTower Music: 2022]
    Notes: From "The Pirate" (1948)
14. "Les Girls" {Cole Porter} - Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg - Les Girls (1957 Film Score) [Classic Soundtracks: 2018]
    Notes: Gene Kelly born August 23, 1912
15. "New York, New York" {Leonard Bernstein} - Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin - Best GENE KELLY Movie Themes & Songs [Disques Cinémusique: 2023]
    Notes: Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; from "On the Town" (1949)
16. "Main Street" {Leonard Bernstein} - Gene Kelly, Vera Ellen - Best GENE KELLY Movie Themes & Songs [Disques Cinémusique: 2023]
    Notes: Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; from "On the Town" (1949)
17. "Love Is Here To Stay" {George Gershwin} - Gene Kelly - An American In Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] [WaterTower Music: 1951]
    Notes: Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
18. "I've Got A Crush On You - Outtake" {George Gershwin} - Gene Kelly - An American In Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] [WaterTower Music: 1951]
    Notes: Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
19. "Heather On the Hill" {Frederick Loewe} - Gene Kelly - Brigadoon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [WaterTower Music: 1954]
    Notes: Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
20. "There But for You Go I - Outtake" {Frederick Loewe} - Gene Kelly - Brigadoon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [WaterTower Music: 1954]
    Notes: Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
21. "From This Day On - Outtake" {Frederick Loewe} - Gene Kelly, Carol Richards - Brigadoon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [WaterTower Music: 1954]
    Notes: Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
22. "Overture" {Richard Rodgers} - Flower Drum Song Orchestra - Flower Drum Song (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Craft Recordings: 1961]
23. "A Hundred Million Miracles" {Richard Rodgers} - Miyoshi Umeki, Conrad Yama, Keye Luke, Juanita Hall, Rose Quong - Flower Drum Song (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Craft Recordings: 1961]
    Notes: Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
24. "Hello, Dolly!" {Jerry Herman} - Barbra Streisand, Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly! [Philips: 1994]

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. "Pete's tune" - Extended Playboys - Extended Playboys [Beet ]
2. "Wolves a Howling" - Andrew Finn Magill feat. Peter Mawanga - Drenched In Place [Andrew Finn Magill ]
3. "You Climb The Mountain" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
4. "Cumberland Gap" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
5. "Tupelo Blues" - Rayna Gellert, Kieran Kane, Phil Jamison, David Mansfield - Killers of the Flower Moon Soundtrack [Masterworks ]
6. "SWEPT AWAY" - Missy Raines - Royal Traveller [Compass Records ]
   Notes: First recording from the First Ladies of Bluegrass
7. "Reach-(with Alison Brown, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines and Molly Tuttle)" - Becky Buller - Songs That Sing Me [Dark Shadow Recording ]
   Notes: Latest recording from First Ladies of Bluegrass
8. "August Flower" - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian - From China To Appalachia [Community Music ]
   Notes: Winners of the Neo-Trad Band competition this year at Clifftop
9. "Pig Ankle Rag" - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian - From China To Appalachia [Community Music ]
10. "I coulda told U w Brittany Haas" - Darol Anger - Diary of a Fiddler #2-The Empty Nest [Adhyaropa ]
11. "Swedish Tune" - Punch Brothers - Live at Telluride 6/22/24 [Punch Brothers ]
    Notes: I'm pretty sure this was part of the debut performance of Brittany Haas with The Punch Brothers
12. "Devil in the Strawstack Flinken" - Brittany Haas Lena Jonsson - L & B [Playing With Music ]
13. "Locust Tree" - Brittany Haas And Dan Trueman - CrissCross [Brittany Haas And Dan Trueman ]
14. "Katy Did" - Dolly & the Devil - Can you Dance? [Forest Haven Productions ]
15. "Liza Jane" - Hilary Hawke - Lift Up This Old World [Adhyaropa ]
16. "Charleston / The Contradiction / Viva Galicia" - Solas - Solas Live [Solas ]
17. "The Calico Set" - Reverie Road - Reverie Road [Reverie Road ]
    Notes: Winifred Horan, John Williams, Katie Grennan, Utsav Lal
18. "Indifference" - Reverie Road - Reverie Road [Reverie Road ]
19. "Elzic's Farewell" - Owen Marshall - Electric Addendum [Owen Marshall ]
20. "Lost Indian" - Laurel Premo - The Iron Trios [Laurel Premo ]
21. "JUBILEE" - Home Still - Single [Home Still ]
22. "Jump Through the Window" - East Nash Grass - All God's Children [Mountain Fever Records ]
    Notes: Abraham Lincoln famously jumped out of a window to break quorum on a legislative vote.
23. "Vivendo e Aprendendo" - Ian Coury & Isaac Eicher - Vivendo e Aprendendo [Adhyaropa ]
    Notes: New bandolim/mandolin album by two masters. Translates to 'Living and Learning'
24. "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Ian Coury & Isaac Eicher - Vivendo e Aprendendo [Adhyaropa ]

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. "New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)" - Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue): 1982]
2. "Harmony In My Head" - Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady [Domino Recording Co: 1979]
3. "What You Want It to Be" - Sugar - File Under: Easy Listening (2012 Remaster) [BMG Rights Management (US) LLC: 1994]
4. "No Place Like Home" - Squeeze - Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti [EMI: 1985]
5. "Misery" - SUEP - Shop [Memorials of Distinction: 2023]
6. "In Good Health" - SUEP - Shop [Memorials of Distinction: 2023]
7. "Is It You" - The Darrows - Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 [Captured Tracks: 2020]
   Notes: Amazing American jangle pop comp.
8. "All My Friends" - Primitons - Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 [Captured Tracks: 2020]
   Notes: Amazing American jangle pop comp.
9. "Black and White - 2024 Remaster" - The dB's - Stands for deciBels (2024 Remaster) [Propeller Sound Recordings: 1981]
10. "B4 We Go Under" - Barbara Manning - Under One Roof [Pehr: 2003]
11. "King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (and he won't get out of there)" - The Smashing Times - Split EP [Upset The Rhythm: 2025]
    Notes: New! With Linda Smith! Baltimore collab.
12. "Too Far Gone" - The Feelies - Only Life [A&M: 1988]
13. "Fabulist" - The Cords - Fabulist [Skep Wax Records: 2025]
    Notes: New! From Scotland.
14. "Cherry Bomb" - Bratmobile - Pottymouth (Remastered) [Kill Rock Stars: 1993]
15. "The Lovecats" - The Cure - Single [Rhino/Elektra: 1983]
16. "Eternal Pharmacy" - The Cindys - Eternal Pharmacy [Breakfast Records: 2025]
    Notes: New! From Bristol.
17. "Make Out Club" - Unrest - Perfect Teeth [4AD: 1993]
    Notes: Flagship act of frontman Mark Robinson's own TeenBeat label.
18. "Tight Rope Walker" - Artificial Go - Musical Chairs [Feel It Records: 2025]
    Notes: New favorite!
19. "My Name Is Ruin" - Gary Numan - Savage (Songs from a Broken World) [BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.: 2017]
20. "A Victory of Love - 2019 Remaster" - Alphaville - Forever Young (Super Deluxe Edition; 2019 Remaster) [WM Germany: 1984]
21. "Karma Police" - Radiohead - OK Computer [XL Recordings: 1997]
22. "Robin Oswald As She Appears In 1978" - Damien Jurado - For Each Familiar Scene [Maraqopa Records: 2025]
    Notes: Thank you B-Note and YOTARS Dave for this one.
23. "Good Morning" - K. Yoshimatsu - Zentai: The Collected Works of K. Yoshimatsu [Volume II] [Phantom Limb: 2025]
    Notes: New compilation! Japanese 'outsider' music career retrospective of this cult musician's 80's material.
24. "Woman of 1000 Years" - Fleetwood Mac - Like Crying: The Songs of Danny Kirwan [Rhino/Warner Records: 2025]
    Notes: New compilation! (That I am still obsessing over.)
25. "New Moon" - Steve Gunn - The Unseen In Between [Matador: 2019]
26. "2000 Light Years From Home" - The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request [ABKCO Music & Records: 1967]

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. "On Verra Ca" - Orchestra Baobab - African Classics [Cantos: 2006]
   Notes: Senegal
2. "Baye Ass N'Diaye" - Orchestra Gold - Baye Ass N'Diaye [Calm Quite Knowing: 2025]
   Notes: Mali--Guided by the visionary vocals of Malian singer Mariam Diakite, Dakan is a sonic and spiritual journey rooted in tradition, driven by intuition, and lit ablaze with psychedelic energy.
3. "Mustt Mustt (feat. Tinariwen)" - Kiran Ahluwalia - Aam Zameen: Common Ground [Avokado Artists Recordings: 2011]
   Notes: Canada /India / Mali - music made famous by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in praise of a Sufi saint, Qalandar
4. "Zikr" - Zuleikha - live recording [n/a: 2015]
   Notes: USA - American Sufi music
5. "Electric Sufi" - Dhafer Youssef - Electric Sufi [Back Beat Edition: 2001]
   Notes: Tunisia
6. "Byzance" - Nguyen Le, Dhafer Youssef - Homescape [ACT Music: 2006]
   Notes: France / Viet Nam / Tunisia
7. "Racailles" - DuOud - Wild Serenade [Indigo: 2002]
   Notes: France---track title means "riffraff"
8. "Dik Halay - Diyarbekir Halay" - The Secret Trio - Dik Halay - Diyarbekir Halay [Anderson Audio New York: 2025]
   Notes: Armenia / Macedonia /Turkey --THE SECRET TRIO is made up of three astounding musicians, Ara Dinkjian (oud, a fretless lute), Ismail Lumanovski (clarinet) and Tamer Pinarbasi (kanun, a 76-string zither), who came together to create a new type of chamber music, combining the elements of sound, texture and rhythm with new and interesting approaches to their instruments.
9. "Ghrublebi - Love Song – Tusheti (Keselo Ensemble, arr. Zedashe)" - Zedashe - Our Earth and Water [Living Roots Music: 2015]
   Notes: Georgia - a trans-continental country in eastern Europe and western Asia which is still an independent nation. It located in the Caucasus mountains, and the capital is T'bilisi. Georgia is bordered by Russia, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
10. "Crowley Two-Step" - Doug Kershaw - Two-Step Fever [[Paradise MusicWerks: 1999]
    Notes: USA - Louisiana Cajun music
11. "Quand chus parti du Canada" - Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs [Genticorum: 2011]
    Notes: Canada (Quebec)
12. "My Babe" - Little Walter - The Essential Little Walter [Checker: 1952]
    Notes: USA
13. "Happiness Is When We Are Together" - The Good Ones - Rwanda...you see ghosts, i see sky [Six Degrees Records, LLC: 2022]
    Notes: Rwanda
14. "Osare" - Ogara Boys Band - From African Twist to Benga [Ketebul Music and Abubilla Music Foundation: 2014]
    Notes: Kenya
15. "Mad House" - Sankomota - Sankomota [Shifty Records: 1983]
    Notes: Lesotho--Sankomota is an Afro-jazz fusion band formend in 1976 in Lesotho, which spanned over two decades.
16. "Afro-Jig" - Eileen Ivers - Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul [Koch Records: 2003]
    Notes: USA--Eileen Ivers of New York City, was born of Irish parents. She took up the fiddle at age 9, and has been a pioneer of connnecting Irish and American roots music.
17. "Lapwings - Crossbills" - Naragonia Quartet, Naragonia - Mira [Trad Records: 2018]
    Notes: Belgium
18. "Dublin to Dingle" - Lunasa - Redwood [Green Linnet: 2006]
    Notes: Ireland
19. "Henry King's Reel" - The Horsenecks - The Horsenecks [The Horsenecks: 2015]
    Notes: USA
20. "Omin (feat. Felipe Roseno)" - Afroelectro - Afroelectro [Independent: 2012]
    Notes: Brazil
21. "Descarga Bontempi" - El Timba - Descargando [Montefeltro: 2010]
    Notes: Cuba
22. "Tono Del Dormilon" - Trencito de los Andes - Zig Zag - Parte Segunda [Hierofantes Digital: 2015]
    Notes: Italy
23. "K'oli Pankarita" - Zulma Yugar - Tierra Sin Mar [Tumi Music Ltd: 1996]
    Notes: Bolivia
24. "Dance of Eagle" - Sainkho Namtchylak - Stepmother City [Ponderosa Music & Art: 2000]
    Notes: Tuva / Mongolia / Austria
25. "Mount Kharak" - Tibetans in Ladakh - Songs from Exile? [Altimira: 1998]
    Notes: Tibet / India
26. "Djarimirri" - Gurrumul - Gurrumul [Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.: 2008]
    Notes: Australia--Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (died in July 2017),referred to since his death as Dr G Yunupingu, was a highly-regarded indigenous multi-instrumentalist and composer.
27. "Cavalcade" - Los Straitjackets - Viva [Rounder: 1998]
    Notes: USA

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. "Midnight Track" {Gray} - Owen Gray - Island 7" [Island: 1962]
   Notes: Ska artist Owen Gray, born July 5, 1939 in Jamaica.
3. "Railroad Track" {Aitken} - Laurel Aitken With The Blue Beats - Blue Beat 7" [Blue Beat: 1960]
4. "Beefheart's On Parade" - Allen Lowe & The Constant Sorrow Orchestra - Louis Armstrong's America Volume 2 [ESP: 2024]
5. "Freedom Jazz Dance" {Ligertwood/Auger/Harris} - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Second Wind [RCA Victor: 1972]
6. "Was Dad Telling A Joke?" - Teller (reading David Greenberger) -
7. "Freaks for the Festival" {Kirk} - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color [Atlantic: 1975]
8. "Dream Pt. 2" {Kirk} - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color [Atlantic: 1975]
9. "Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies" {Kirk} - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color [Atlantic: 1975]
10. "Dream Pt. 3" {Kirk} - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color [Atlantic: 1975]
11. "The Entertainer" {William Eaton/Scott Joplin} - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color [Atlantic: 1975]
12. "Dream Pt. 4" {Kirk} - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color [Atlantic: 1975]
13. "The Message Continues" {Garcia} - Nubya Garcia - Source [Concord: 2020]
14. "Power Walk" {Gertz} - Bruce Gertz Quintet - Octopus Dreams [Open Mind Jazz: 2025]
    Notes: Sound familiar? The chord structure is of the head is based on Bob Carleton's "Ja Da" and the choruses on Sonny Rollins’ “Doxy.” Bruce Gertz – Composer/Bass Phil Grenadier – Trumpet, Flugelhorn Rick DiMuzio – Tenor Saxophone Gison Schachnik – Piano Gary Fieldman – Drums
15. "I Feel Sanctified" {Lionel Richie/Jeffrey Bowen/Ronald LaPread/Walter Orange/Milan Williams/Thomas McClary} - The Commodores - Machine Gun [Motown: 1974]
    Notes: The debut studio album by Commodores, released on July 22, 1974.
16. "Shuckin' And Jivin'" {Gonzalez} - Babs Gonzalez - Real Crazy (Compilation) [Proper: 2004]
17. "Oo Duna" {Thiam} - Tidliane Thiam - African Yontii [Bandcamp: 2024]
18. "What Happened To TV?" {TGA} - The Greyboy Allstars - What Happened To TV? [Nonesuch: 2007]

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. "La Rosita" {Stuart/Dupont} - Buddy Cole - Backgrounds To love [Warner: 1960]
2. "Autumn Leaves" {Prevert/Mercer/Kosma} - Buddy Cole - Backgrounds To Love [Warner: 1960]
3. "Stormy Weather" {Ted Kohler & Harold Arlen} - Doc Severinsen - Command Performances [Command: 1966]
4. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" {R. Wright & G. Forrest} - Doc Severinsen - Command Performances [Command: 1966]
5. "Jungle Flower" {Les Baxter} - Arthur Lyman - The Many Moods Of... [HiFire Records: 1962]
6. "Anna" {R. Vatro} - Arthur Lyman - The Many Moods Of... [HiFire Records: 1962]
7. "The Lady's In Love With You" {Frank Loesser & Burton Lane} - Annie Ross - Sings With Mulligan [Pacific Jazz: 1957]
8. "Stranger On The Shore" {Acher Bilk & Robert Mellin} - Pete Fountain - Plenty Of Pete [Coral: 1963]
9. "Jazz Me Blues" {Tom Delaney} - Pete Fountain - Plenty Of Pete [Coral: 1963]
10. "Symphony" - Jose Mellis - Bon Amigo [Seeco ]
11. "Bascoso" - Jose Mellis - Bon Amigo [Seeco ]
12. "I Never Knew" - Barbara George - I Know [ 1962]
13. "Aloha Oe" {Queen Liliuokalani} - Leo Addeo - Hawaii In Hi Fi [Camden: 1959]
14. "Hindustand" {Wallace Weeks} - Leo Addeo - Hawaii In Hi Fi [Camden: 1959]
15. "I'll Be Around" {Alec Wilder} - George Shearing - Soft And Silky [MGM: 1962]
16. "Don't Blame Me" {Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh} - George Shearing - Soft And Silky [MGM: 1962]
17. "I Only Have Eyes For You" {Al Dubin & Harry Warren} - Jerry Butler - Spice Of Life [Mercury: 1972]
18. "Danke Schon & No Can Do" {Kaemprfert & Simon} - Janes Last - Hammond A Gogo [Lyou Feng: 1965]
19. "Sayonara" {Irving Berlin} - Martin Denny - Sayonara [Sunset: 1967]
20. "Golden Earrings" {Victor Young, Ray Evans & Jay Livingston} - Wes Montgomery - Goin' Out Of My Head [Verve: 1965]

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. "Concert No. 5 in B Minor" {Georg Philipp TELEMANN} - Hans-Martin Linde, flt.; Thomas Ragossnig, hrpcd.; Konrad Ragossnig, lte.; Warren Stewart, clo. - Telemann: Four Concerts for Flute, Harpsichord, and Basso Continuo [Cadenza Records ]
2. "La Mer" {Claude DEBUSSY} - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf, cond. - Debussy: La Mer / Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Russian Easter Overture [EMI Classics ]
3. "Sunburst." {Stefania de KENESSEY} - Nanette Kaplan Solomon, pno. - Sunburst: Solo Piano Works By Seven American Women [Leonardo ]
4. "Sunburst" {Andrew YORK} - Jason Vieaux, gtr. - Play [Azica Records ]
5. "Symphony No. 66, Hymn to Glacier Peak. Op. 428" {Alan HOVHANESS} - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Gerard Schwarz, cond. - Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountains [Telarc ]
6. "Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet" {James LEE III} - Anthony McGill, clt.; Pacifica Quartet - Music Mondays, Advent Lutheran Church, NYC [Subito Music ]
7. "Petite Suite" {Claude DEBUSSY} - Walter Klien, pno.; Beatriz Klien, pno. - French Four Hand Piano Music [Voxbox ]

Classical Prelude - Friday

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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Cruisin' the Decades - 100 Years of Music

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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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