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Reggae Vibrations

The tradition of Roots and Culture in the Old Dominion endures. Set upon the solid foundation of bedrock Nyabinghi chants, syncopated Ska and rumbling Rock Steady, your selectors build the… MoreThe tradition of Roots and Culture in the Old Dominion endures. Set upon the solid foundation of bedrock Nyabinghi chants, syncopated Ska and rumbling Rock Steady, your selectors build the framework of the positive Word, Sound and Power of Reggae. Riddim for the Next Generation each Saturday afternoon from 12 'til 2 right here on WTJU... Less

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1. "S-90 Skank" - Big Youth - Tougher Than Tough: the Srtory of Jamaican Music [Island/Mango: 1993]
2. "King Tubby's Explosion Dub" - King Tubby - Trojan Dub Box Set [Trojan: 1998]
3. "Work" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising [Tuff Gong: 1980]
4. "Crisis" - Culture - Culture At Work [Shanachie: 1988]
5. "Trod On" - Jesse Royal - No Place Like Home [Easy Star: 2025]
6. "Persistency" - Flying Vipers feat Earl Sixteen - (Single) [Easy Star: 2025]
7. "Trying To Conquer Me" - Delroy Wilson - Mew and Old Sounds [Liberty: 1978]
8. "Mr. Money Man" - Marcus I Meets aDUBta - (Single) [F-Spot: 2025]
9. "Right Road To Dubland" - theJahlights - Trojan Dub Box Set [Trojan ]
10. "Leaving Babylon" - Bad Brains - Babylon Central [ESL: 2010]
11. "Burn It To The Ground" - Mortimer & Paris La Mont - (Single) [Easy Star: 2025]
12. "Burnt Bridges" - DubblestandArt feat Arla Arden - (Single) [Echo Beach: 2025]
13. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - the Archives feat Kenyatta Hill - Carry Me Home [Monserrat House: 2023]
14. "AmeriMacka" - Thievery Corporation - Babylon Central [ESL: 2010]
15. "Jah Jah Dub" - the Aggrovators feat Horace Andy - Trojan Dub Box Set
16. "A Little Bit Of Some" - John Brown's Body - (Single) [Easy Star: 2025]
17. "Groovy Little Thing" - Beres Hammond - Beres Hammond [VP: 1986]
18. "Di Great Ishorekshan" - Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Greats: Linton Kwesi Johnson [Island: 1984]
19. "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" - the Clash - From Here to Eternity (Live) [Sony: 1999]
    Notes: sept7th 1982, Orpheum, Boston
20. "Talk Of The Town" - Beres Hammond - Reggae Love & Hit Rockers [ Heavy Beat]
21. "Live It To Know It" - Medtations - Live It To Know It [Meditations Music: 2025]
22. "The Next Full Moon" - Clinton Fearon - Jah Is Love [Boogie Brown Productions: 2025]
23. "Which Way" - the Frightnrs - Lovers Quarrel [Mad Decent: 2015]
24. "MIxed Up Moods" - Jacob Miller - MIxed Up Moods [Top Ranking: 1980]
25. "Black Ash" - Sly & the Revolutionaries - Trojan Dub Box Set
26. "You Are Everything" - Wayne Wade - Reggae Love & Hit Rockers
27. "Love Is The Remix" - MIghty Joshua - Dreaducation [Mighty Music: 2024]
28. "Sea Of Love" - the Heptones - Sea Of Love [Heartbeat: (1969)]
29. "What Kind Of World" - the Cables - Respect To Studio One [Heartbear: 1994]

Atlantic Weekly Part II

The second half of Atlantic Weekly, heard each Saturday morning from 10 til noon, switches over to Europe, delving into the Celtic tradition, Scandinavia, and beyond.

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1. "Interceltic set" - Tannahill Weavers - Epony [Green Linnet: 1998]
   Notes: pipes Duncan Nicholson
2. "Leaving St Kilda" - Alastair Roberts and Robin Robertson - Hirta Songs [Stone Tape: 2013]
3. "Stephen’s" - Lau - Arc Light [Reveal: 2013]
4. "Facing the Chair" - Patrick Street - No.2 [Green Linet: 1988]
   Notes: (Sacco & Vincente)
5. "A Price Among Men" - Patrick Street - All in Good Time [Green Linnet: 1993]
6. "When Adam was in Paradise" - Patrick Street - Made in Cork [Green Linnet: 1997]
7. "Polska after Elias Tallari" - Maria Kalaniemi & Sven Ahlback - Airbow [Northside: 2001]
8. "On the banks of the river Araks" - Leon Targissian - Music of Armenia 6 Nagorno-Karabakh [Celestial Harmonies: 1997]
   Notes: Lute
9. "Noringen" - Knut Hamre and Steve Tibbetts - A [Hannibal: 1999]
10. "Spring Song" - Robin Laing - Edinburgh Skyland [Green Linnet: 1989]
11. "Crossing to Ireland" - Abby Newton - Crossing to Scotland [Culburnie: 1997]
    Notes: Alasdair Fraser fiddle
12. "My Love is in Amorica" - Pat Kilbride - Loose Cannon [Green Linnet: 1995]
13. "The Dark Plaintive Youth" - Martin Simpson - Various - Music of Ireland. Airs, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and Marches arranged for Fingerpicking Guiting. [Shanachie: 1988]
14. "Dilemma - composed Dorothy Parker" - Mary Coughlan - After the Fall [Big Cat: 1997]
15. "The Weight of Things" - Gloaming - Gloaming 3 [Justin Time ]
    Notes: poet Iarla O Lionaird
16. "Lass of Aughrim" - Lisa O’Neill - Heard a Long Gone Song [River Lea: 2016]
17. "Hie Jeannie Hie" - Ray Fisher - Traditional Songs of Scotland [Saydisc: 1991]
    Notes: With John Kirkpatrick Anglo-concertina
18. "Lang Riding Here" - Ray Fisher - Traditional Songs of Scotland [Saydisc: 1991]
    Notes: Colin Ross small-pipe
19. "Lady Keith’s Lament" - Ray Fisher - Traditional Songs of Scotland [Saydisc: 1991]
    Notes: Martin Carthy guitar
20. "Kun Mun Kaltani - Missing him" - Loituma - Things of Beauy [Northside: 1998]
    Notes: Finnish
21. "Mayo Longo" - Mayo Longo - Carlos Nunez [BMG ]
22. "Slangpolsker" - Lena Willemark & Ale Moller - Agram [ECM: 1996]

Atlantic Weekly Part I

For well over 30 years, Atlantic Weekly Part I has been providing listeners with a Saturday morning wake up call of acoustic music. From contemporary singer-songwriters and Americana to the… MoreFor well over 30 years, Atlantic Weekly Part I has been providing listeners with a Saturday morning wake up call of acoustic music. From contemporary singer-songwriters and Americana to the bedrock traditions of bluegrass and old-time string bands, we will have you singing and dancing around the kitchen during your first cup of coffee. Tune in and explore the insightful lyrics and musical diversity that can be found only outside the limits of commercial radio. That's Atlantic Weekly Part I heard each Saturday morning from 8-10. Less

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1. "Your Tax Dollars at Work (inst)" {John Hartford} - John Hartford - Walls We Bounce Off Of [Small Dog a Barkin: 1994]
2. "Kansas City Railroad Blues (inst)" {Traditional; Public Domain} - Benton Flippen - Old Time, New Times [Rounder Records: 1994]
3. "I'm Working on a Road (voc)" - John Duffey - John Duffey: Rebel Years '62-'77 [Rebel Records: 1968]
4. "Workingman's Blues (voc)" - Brownie McGhee - Story of the Blues1940-41 [Blues Archive: 1941]
5. "Sixteen Tons" {Merle Robert Travis} - Platters - Four Platters & One Lovely Dish [Bear Family Records: 1957]
6. "Working Dollar Blues" - Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Sykes Complete Recorded Work 1931-33 [Document Records: 1933]
7. "Soon My Work Will All Be Done" {Reverend Gary Davis} - Dave van Ronk - Gary Davis Style [Riverlark Music: 1994]
8. "Talking Miner (edit)" {Woodie Guthrie} - Jack Elliott (Ramblin' Jack) - Hottenanny with Jack Elliott [Prestige Records: 1964]
9. "You Got To Work To Get Your Pay" - Lightnin' Hopkins - Acoustic Years 1959-1960 [JSP Records: 1960]
10. "I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" {A. P. Carter} - Louvin Brothers (Charlie & Ira) - Chronological Classics 1960-61 [Warped Records: 1960]
11. "Working Girl Blues (voc)" {Hazel Dickens} - Dale Robin - Sweet & Salty [Wepecket Island: 2009]
12. "Working in a Coalmine (voc)" {Allen Toussaint} - Allen Toussaint - What is success: Scepter & Bell Recordings [Kent Records: 1970]
13. "Working in Tennessee (voc)" {Merle Haggard} - Merle Haggard - Working in Tennessee [Vanguard Records: 2011]
14. "Working in Corners (voc)" {Nanci Griffith} - Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window [Philo Records: 1986]
15. "Working It Out (voc)" - Flatt & Scruggs (Lester & Earl) - Chronological Classics 1964-65 [Warped Records: 1964]
16. "Coal Miner's Blues (voc)" {A. P. Carter} - Mike Seeger; Alice Gerrard - Bowling Green [5String Records ]
17. "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive (voc)" {James Darrell Scott} - Kathy Mattea - Coal [Captain Potato: 2008]
18. "Working (voc)" {Tim O'Brien} - Tim O'Brien - Chicken & Egg [Howdy Skies: 2010]
19. "Life Has its Little Ups & Downs (voc)" {Margaret Ann Rich} - Robin & Linda Williams - Better Day A-Coming [Oakenwold: 2021]
20. "Millworker (voc)" {James Taylor} - Emmylou Harris - Evangeline [Warner Bros.: 1981]
21. "I ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (voc)" {A. P. Carter} - Rachael Davis - Antebellum Queens [Fox on a Hill: 2014]
22. "Factory Girl (voc)" {Traditional; arr. Mick Jagger} - Rhiannon Giddens - Factory Girl EP [Nonesuch Records: 2015]
23. "Tired Worker's Song (voc)" - Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel [Signature Records: 2011]
24. "Working on a Building (voc)" {A. P. Carter} - Patty Loveless (Patricia Lee Ramey) - Mountain Soul II [Saguard Records: 2009]
25. "Working Too Hard (voc)" {Lyle Lovett} - Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate [Curb Records: 2003]
26. "Work I Done (voc)" - Molly Venter & Eben Pariser - Goodnight Moonshine [Molly Venter: 2013]
27. "Working Man Blues (voc)" {Merle Haggard} - Johnny Cash - Best of Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-71 [Columbia Records: 1969]
28. "L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore (voc)" {Jean B. Ritchie} - June Carter - Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music [Columbia Records ]
29. "All Night Worker (voc)" - Dave Alvin - Great American Music Galaxy [Yep Roc Records: 2005]
30. "Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)" {Randy Newman} - Hard Working Americans - Hard Working Americans [Melvin: 2014]

Leftover Biscuits

Tune in for Leftover Biscuits every Saturday morning (6:30 to 8am) for stories and the early recordings of 1920s and 30s American country and blues music. We'll hear about the… MoreTune in for Leftover Biscuits every Saturday morning (6:30 to 8am) for stories and the early recordings of 1920s and 30s American country and blues music. We'll hear about the famous acts and the not so famous. From the Carter Family, Memphis Minnie and the Charlie Poole to the less-heard sounds of Washington Phillips, Amédé Ardoin and the Dezurik Sisters. Jug bands, string bands, shape note singers, Cajun, Hawaiian, Cuban and even classic country from the early 50s are all likely guests to round out the show and start your weekend right. Less

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1. "Leftover Biscuits" - Lost And Found - Classic Bluegrass [Rebel ]
2. "Who'll Join This Union" - Nazarene Congregational Church Choir of Brooklyn -
3. "Railroad Blues" - Hauulea Entertainers -
4. "E Rag" - Walker's Corbin Ramblers -
5. "Country Woman" - Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band -
6. "Been On The Job Too Long" - Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles -
7. "Weave Room Blues" - Fisher Hendley -
8. "Working Too Hard" - J.M. Mullins -
9. "Bibb County Grind" - South Georgia Highballers -
10. "Coal Mine Blues" - Stripling Brothers -
11. "The (New) Call Of The Freaks" - Luis Russell And His Orchestra -
12. "How Long" - Skip James -
13. "Price Of Cotton Blues" - Allen Brothers -
14. "Got The Farm Land Blues" - Carolina Tar Heels -
15. "Little Boy Working On The Road" - J.W. Day -
16. "All In Down And Out" - Uncle Dave Macon -
17. "No Dough Blues" - Blind Blake -
18. "Payday At Coal Creek" - Pete Steele -
19. "It's Hard Time" - J.D. Short -
20. "No Moku Eha (The Four Islands)" - Kalama's Quartet -
21. "Fishing Blues" - Henry Thomas -
22. "Tomi Tomi" - Sol Hoopii -
23. "I've Always Been A Rambler" - Grayson And Whitter -
24. "Diamond Joe" - Georgia Crackers -
25. "Bye Bye Baby Blues" - Little Hat Jones -

Charlottesville Community Engagement

Be infomed! Join host Sean Tubbs for a weekly review of public policy matters that elected officials are hashing out in and around Charlottesville.

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With Good Reason

Each week scholars explore the worlds of literature, science, the arts, politics, history, and business through lively discussion with our ever curious host Sarah McConnell. From the controversies over slave… MoreEach week scholars explore the worlds of literature, science, the arts, politics, history, and business through lively discussion with our ever curious host Sarah McConnell. From the controversies over slave reparations and global warming, to the unique worlds of comic books and wine-making, With Good Reason is always surprising, challenging and fun. With Good Reason has won five Gabriel Awards for Best Documentary or Public Affairs Programs and is also the recipient of top honors from the Public Radio News Directors, Radio and Television Digital News Association and the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. Produced at Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. More information at withgoodreasonradio.org. Less

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Virginia Overnights

All Virginia artists. All genres. All night long. Tune in to Virginia Overnights and experience the sounds of our commonwealth, hand-curated by Don Harrison and Erin O.

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Electronic Explorations

Mashup of ambient and beat based electronic music. Electronic Explorations navigates the road less traveled of electronic music alternating Saturday mornings at 1.

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1. "Forgiven" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
2. "Street Corp." - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
3. "Corner" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
4. "Rims" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
5. "Contagious" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
6. "Birdcage" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
7. "Our" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
8. "Time" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
9. "Towers" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
10. "Gaze" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
11. "Skyline" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
12. "Image" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
13. "Don't" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
14. "Rap" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
15. "Frontline" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
16. "Rule" - Actress - Ghettoville [Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune ]
17. "R.I.P." - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
18. "Ascending" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
19. "Holy Water" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
20. "Marble Plexus" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
21. "Uriel's Black Harp" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
22. "Jardin" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
23. "Serpent" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
24. "Shadow From Tartarus" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
25. "Tree of Knowledge" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
26. "Raven" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
27. "Glint" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
28. "Caves of Paradise" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
29. "The Lord's Graffiti" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
30. "N.E.W." - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]
31. "IWAAD" - Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's Records ]