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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. "Bruised Lung (feat. Rosali)" - Superchunk - single [Merge: 2025]
2. "Charge of the Light Brigade" - Kula Shaker - single [Natural Magick: 2025]
3. "Afterglow (Of Your Love)" - Small Faces - single [Immediate: 1969]
4. "Tender" - Blur - 13 [EMI/Virgin: 1999]
5. "Runaround" - Charlie Ballantine - East by Midwest [Origin: 2024]
6. "You Are the Light" - Lone Justice - Lone Justice [Geffen: 1985]
7. "This Wheel's on Fire" - The Band - Across the Great Divide [Capitol: 1994]
8. "Black" - Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy [Jagjaguwar: 2005]
9. "Someone Will" - Dawes - Stories Don't End [Hub: 2013]
10. "Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey" - Cracker - Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective [Cooking Vinyl: 2024]
11. "Part Two" - Barry Altschul et al - Axiom Five [Irabagon: 2025]
12. "Tobacco Road" - Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop [Mercury: 1966]
13. "Think I Pass" - Broncho - Natural Pleasure [self-released: 2025]
14. "Boogie On Reggae Woman" - Phish - Hampton Comes Alive [Elektra: 1999]
15. "Up Around the Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory 40th Anniversary Edition [Fantasy: 2008]
16. "You Gotta Move" - Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Destiny Street [Red Star: 1982]
17. "Off the Dial" - Native Sun - single [Grand Jury: 2021]
18. "Contemporary Hip" - Blatant Dissent - Hold the Fat [Hard Way: 1987]
19. "The Overload" - Yard Act - The Overload [Island: 2021]
20. "Wet Dream" - Wet Leg - Later With Jules Holland [Domino: 2022]
21. "Mesmerizing" - Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville [Matador: 1993]
22. "In Your Dreams" - The Reid Hoyson Project - In Your Dreams [self-released: 2025]
23. "Quem Paga" - Maryblack - Maryblack [Nao Ha Mencao: 2003]
24. "Raat Ki Rani - Kruangbin Remix" - Arooj Aftab & Kruangbin - single [Night Reign: 2025]
25. "Na Kazonga" - Jupiter & Okwess - Na Kazonga [Everloving: 2023]
26. "Fame" - Edissa - What a Difference [Evosound: 2013]
27. "Die Sehnsucht" - Kris Adams & Peter Perfido - Away [Jazzbird: 2025]
28. "God's Height" - Christopher Denny and The Natives - Live [Daytrotter: 2010]
29. "Instrumentals Volume 1 (Part 1)" - Arthur Russell - Instrumentals [Audika: 2017]
30. "Giving Up" - Windsor for the Derby - Giving Up the Ghost [Secretly Canadian: 2005]
31. "April Come She Will" - Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence [Columbia: 1966]

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. "Overall Junction" - Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session [Craft Recordings: 2024]
2. "I Can't Hear Nothing But The Blues" - Albert King - I Wanna Get Funky [Stax: 1990]
3. "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" - Latimore - Singing In The Key of Love [Malaco: 1996]
4. "C.O.D." - Angeli Strehli with Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live At Carnegie Hall
5. "Can't You See What You're Doing To Me" - Crystal Thomas - Now Dig This! [Dialtone: 2021]
6. "Drowning On Dry Land" - Junior Parker & Jimmy McGriff -
7. "Don't Burn Down The Bridge" - Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You [Stax ]
8. "I Walked All Night Long" - Charles Wilson - If Heartaches Were Nickels [Delmark: 2004]
9. "Travelin' Man" - Eddie 9V - Little Black Flies
10. "The Hunter" - Ike & Tina Turner - The Hunter
11. "Wrapped Up In Love Again" - Shemekia Copeland - Outskirts Of Town [Alligator: 2015]
12. "I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts 1 & 2)" - Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You
13. "Oh Pretty Woman" - Jeff Golub Band & Henry Butler - The Three Kings
14. "You're Gonna Need Me" - Freddie Roulette - Back In Chicago [Hi Horse: 1999]
15. "What Can I Do To Change Your Mind?" - Clara McDaniel - Unwanted Child [Craft Recordings: 1997]
16. "For The Love Of A Man" - Joanna Connor - 4801 South Indiana Avenue [Keeping The Blues Alive Records: 2021]
17. "High Cost Of Loving" - Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You [Stax ]
18. "Cadillac Assembly Line" - Melvin Taylor -
19. "Angel Of Mercy" - Albert Collins With The Robert Cray Band -
20. "Personal Manager" - Albert King -

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. "Bob Girard Duo featuring Charlie Pastorfield at Offbeat Roadhouse (April 25, 2025)" - Bob Girard Duo featuring Charlie Pastorfield - Offbeat Roadhouse (April 25, 2025) [Bob Girard, Charlie Pastorfield: 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. "I Say a Little Prayer" {Burt Bacharach } - Kristin Chenoweth - Promises, Promises (New Broadway Cast Recording (2010)) [Masterworks Broadway: 2010]
   Notes: Lyrics by Hal David; opened April 25, 2010
3. "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" {Burt Bacharach } - Kristin Chenoweth, Sean Hayes - Promises, Promises (New Broadway Cast Recording (2010)) [Masterworks Broadway: 2010]
   Notes: Lyrics by Hal David
4. "Promises, Promises" {Burt Bacharach } - Sean Hayes - Promises, Promises (New Broadway Cast Recording (2010)) [Masterworks Broadway: 2010]
   Notes: Lyrics by Hal David; closed January 2, 2011 after 289 performances
5. "Magic to Do" {Stephen Schwartz} - Patina Miller, The Players - Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2013]
   Notes: Opened April 25, 2013
6. "Corner of the Sky" {Stephen Schwartz} - Matthew James Thomas - Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2013]
7. "Simple Joys" {Stephen Schwartz} - Patina Miller - Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2013]
   Notes: Closed January 4, 2015 after 709 performances
8. "The Boys" {Roger Miller} - John Short, the Gang - Big River: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn [Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC: 1985]
   Notes: Opened April 25, 1985
9. "Muddy Water" {Roger Miller} - Daniel Jenkins, Ron Richardson - Big River: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn [Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC: 1985]
10. "Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go" {Roger Miller} - Patti Cohenour, Daniel Jenkins, Ron Richardson - Big River: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn [Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC: 1985]
    Notes: Closed September 20, 1987 after 1,005 performances
11. "Lily's Eyes" {Lucy Simon} - Robert Westenberg, Mandy Patinkin - The Secret Garden (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks: 1991]
    Notes: Lyrics by Marsha Norman; opened April 25, 1991
12. "Wick" {Lucy Simon} - John Cameron Mitchell, Daisy Eagan - The Secret Garden (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks: 1991]
    Notes: Lyrics by Marsha Norman
13. "Hold On" {Lucy Simon} - Alison Fraser - The Secret Garden (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks: 1991]
    Notes: Lyrics by Marsha Norman; closed January 3, 1993 after 709 performances
14. "Talking to Yourself" {Jule Styne} - Leslie Uggams, Robert Hooks, Allen Case - Hallelujah, Baby! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1967]
    Notes: Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; opened April 26, 1967
15. "Hallelujah, Baby!" {Jule Styne} - Winston DeWitt Hemsley, Alan Weeks, Leslie Uggams - Hallelujah, Baby! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1967]
    Notes: Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; closed January 13, 1968 after 293 performances
16. "The Little Things You Do Together" {Stephen Sondheim} - Elaine Stritch, Company Ensemble - Company (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1970]
    Notes: Opened April 26, 1970
17. "Sorry-Grateful" {Stephen Sondheim} - Dean Jones, Charles Kimbrough, George Coe, Charles Braswell - Company (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1970]
    Notes: Closed January 1, 1972 after 705 performances
18. "Play The Music For Me" {Jelly Roll Morton} - Tonya Pinkins - Jelly's Last Jam [Verve (Adult Contemporary): 1992]
    Notes: Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; opened April 26, 1992
19. "Doctor Jazz" {Walter Melrose & King Oliver} - Gregory Hines - Jelly's Last Jam [Verve (Adult Contemporary): 1992]
    Notes: Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; closed September 5, 1993 after 569 performances
20. "Use What You Got" {Cy Coleman} - Sam Harris, The Life Ensemble - The Life (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1997]
    Notes: Lyrics by Ira Gasman; opened April 26, 1997
21. "My Body" {Cy Coleman} - The Life Original Broadway Cast - The Life (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1997]
    Notes: Lyrics by Ira Gasman; closed June 7, 1998 after 466 performances
22. "I Can Read You" {Alan Menken} - Raul Esparza & Jessica Phillips - Leap Of Faith: The Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording [Ghostlight Records: 2012]
    Notes: Lyrics by Glenn Slater; opened April 26, 2012
23. "Dancing In The Devil's Shoes" {Alan Menken} - Leslie Odom, Jr., Kecia Lewis-Evans, Krystal Joy Brown - Leap Of Faith: The Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording [Ghostlight Records: 2012]
    Notes: Lyrics by Glenn Slater
24. "King Of Sin" {Alan Menken} - Raul Esparza - Leap Of Faith: The Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording [Ghostlight Records: 2012]
    Notes: Lyrics by Glenn Slater; closed May 13, 2012 after 19 performances
25. "Love Will Come and Find Me Again" {Richard Oberacker } - Laura Osnes - Bandstand (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label: 2017]
    Notes: Lyrics by Richard Oberacker and Rob Taylor; Opened April 26, 2017
26. "Welcome Home" {Richard Oberacker } - Corey Cott, Laura Osnes - Bandstand (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label: 2017]
    Notes: Lyrics by Richard Oberacker and Rob Taylor; closed September 17, 2017 after 166 performances
27. "We Wanna Know" {Michael R. Jackson} - L Morgan Lee, James Jackson Jr., John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Jason Veasey, Antwayn Hopper, The Original Broadway Cast of A Strange Loop - A Strange Loop (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Deluxe Edition] [Ghostlight Records: 2022]
    Notes: Opened April 26, 2022
28. "Inner White Girl" {Michael R. Jackson} - Jaquel Spivey, L Morgan Lee, James Jackson Jr., John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Jason Veasey, Antwayn Hopper, The Original Broadway Cast of A Strange Loop - A Strange Loop (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Deluxe Edition] [Ghostlight Records: 2022]
    Notes: Closed January 15, 2023 after 293 performances
29. "For Better or Worse" {Jason Howland} - Eva Noblezada, Original Broadway Cast of The Great Gatsby - A New Musical - The Great Gatsby - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 2024]
    Notes: Lyrics by Nathan Tysen; opened April 25, 2024; still running--413 performances as of April 20, 2025
30. "But the World Goes 'Round" {John Kander} - Anna Uzele - New York, New York Original Broadway Cast Recording [Wine and Peaches: 2023]
    Notes: Lyrics by Fred Ebb; opened April 26, 2023
31. "New York, New York" {John Kander} - Anna Uzele - New York, New York Original Broadway Cast Recording [Wine and Peaches: 2023]
    Notes: Lyrics by Fred Ebb; closed July 30, 2023 after 110 performances
32. "New York in the Rain" {John Kander} - Orchestra of New York, New York - New York, New York Original Broadway Cast Recording [Wine and Peaches: 2023]

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. "How Can You Keep Moving" - Ry Cooder - Into The Purple Valley [Reprise Records ]
3. "Wild Bill Jones" - Mark Rubin - Dispatches: Songs From A World Gone Mad [Mark Rubin ]
4. "Reb Dovidls Reel" - Mark Rubin - Dispatches: Songs From A World Gone Mad [Mark Rubin ]
5. "Camp Chase" - French Carpenter - Back Roads to Cold Mountain [Smithsonian Folkways ]
6. "Huckleberry Blues" - Dykes Magic City Trio - Old-Time Music from South-West Virginia [County ]
7. "Wabash Cannonball / Tolono" - Utah Phillips - Good Though! [Philo ]
8. "The Motorcycle Song" - Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant [Reprise Records ]
9. "Scotch & Swing" - Clarridge Fiddlers & Friends - Scotch & Swing [Clarridge Fiddlers ]
10. "Chega De Saudade" - Ben Krakauer And Pete Frostic - Wide Open [Ben Krakauer And Pete Frostic ]
11. "Milkweed Star" - Joe K Walsh - Trust and Love [Adhyaropa ]
12. "Cold City" - Joe K Walsh - Trust and Love [Adhyaropa ]
13. "Wiggy Wiggy" - Nightnoise - Something Of Time [Windham Hill ]
14. "Sauvie Island" - Nightnoise - Shadow Of Time [Windham Hill ]
15. "The Newry Highwayman" - The Johnstons - The Johnstons / The Barley Corn [Transatlantic ]
16. "Rocky Road" - Christy Moore - Traveller [Columbia, Sony Music ]
17. "Roaring Mary / Stormy Weather" - John Doherty - Bundle and Go [Green Linnet ]
18. "Johnny Doherty's/Seán Sa Cheo/Lady Gordon" - Joanie Madden - Whistle On The Wind [Green Linnet ]
19. "Paddy O'Brien's/Scatter The Mud/Arthur Darley's" - Gerald Trimble - First Flight [Green Linnet ]
20. "Amandrai" - Ali Farka Touré With Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu [Hannibal Records: 1994]
21. "Isa Lei" - Ry Cooder/Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - A Meeting by the River [Water Lily Acoustics: 1992]
22. "Just Because" - John Jackson - Front Porch Blues • [Alligator ]

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. "Web In Front" - Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle [Merge: 1993]
2. "Better Than Anyone Else" - The Toms - The Toms [Black Sheep: 1979]
3. "Strangers" - Sinking Ships - The Cinema Clock And Other Stories [Street Corner Music: 2021]
   Notes: Originally released in 1980
4. "Metal Heart" - Dave Gahan & Soulsavers - Imposter [Columbia: 2021]
   Notes: Cat Power cover
5. "Canto Sin Nombre" - Emrujo - Embrujo [Arena Producciones: 1971]
6. "No People In The Forest" - Tom Nehls - I Always Catch The Third Second Of A Yellow Light [self-released: 1973]
   Notes: Reissued in 2019 by Now-Again
7. "Long DIstance Man" - Guided By Voices - Sandbox [Halo: 1987]
8. "Bye Bye Billy" - Chuck & Mary Perrin - The Last Word [Rev-Ola: 2003]
9. "Farewell" - Franz Scheurer & Murray Hinder - Down & Out comp. [NTS: 2022]
10. "Waterfalls: Bedford 330" - Normil Hawaiians - Empires Into Sand [Upset! The Rhythm: 2024]
11. "You Will Miss Me When I Burn feat. Mark Lanegan" - Soulsavers - Broken [V2: 2009]
    Notes: Will Oldham cover
12. "As Good As It Gets" - Katie Gavin - What A Relief [Saddest Factory: 2024]
13. "Lean On Me" - Assemblage - Album [Westbound: 1970]
14. "In Your Time" - Christopher - Tickets For Doomsday: Heavy Psychedelic Funk And Soul (Ballads And Dirges 1970-1975) comp. [Now-Again: 2021]
15. "Different Drum" - Michael Nesmith - And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' [RCA Victor: 1972]
16. "The Sun's Gonna Shine" - Dennis The Fox - Mother Trucker [MusArt: 1972]
17. "You Are Not Needed Now" - Townes Van Zandt - High Low And In Between [Poppy: 1972]
18. "What Have We Got" - Lottie's - What Have We Got [Lottie's: NEW]
19. "Late Last Night" - The Clean - Late Last Night [Dark Beloved Cloud: 1994]
    Notes: NEW reissue on Merge
20. "Fader Rules" - Superchunk - Cup Of Sand [Merge: 2003]
21. "Gamelan" - Maggi Payne - Ahh-Ahh (Music For Ed Tannenbaum's Technological Feets 1984-1987) [Root Strata: 2012]
22. "Treats" - Minimum Chips - Kitchen Tea Thankyou [Trifekta: 2005]
23. "Loving Consideration, And Loving Kindness Reprise (With Rain, River, And Birds)" - Turn On The Sunlight - Canoga To Canoga to Ha'ikū [Moon Glyph: 2024]
24. "Dear Betty Baby" - Grand Banks - The Smoke Is Made Of People [Squidpusher: 2001]
    Notes: Mayo Thompson cover

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. "Cruz" - Marinero - La La La [Hardly Art: 2025]
   Notes: Playfully named both for the city that helped shape it and the sophisticated pop it contains, La La La is multivalent and endlessly lush.
2. "Siddhartha" - Manika Kaur - single [United Sound: 2025]
   Notes: Manika Kaur's journey as a Sikh devotional singer is intricately woven with her cultural roots and profound familial connection to Sikh traditions. Growing up in an environment steeped in spirituality, she developed an early affinity for Gurbani Kirtan, which laid the groundwork for her exploration of music.
3. "Haydar Haydar" - Ozan Baysal - Tel ve Ten [ARC: 2025]
   Notes: Tel ve Ten translates to String and Skin, a simple term that encapsulates the complex art of selpe - an ancient Anatolian baglama playing style that takes centre stage in this album. Rooted in the pastoral-nomadic cultures of the Middle East and Central Asia, selpe has evolved over centuries. Yet, its core techniques, such as parmak vurma (finger tapping), tel çekme (plucking), and pençe (strumming), remain integral and serve as the foundation on which Ozan Baysal builds a triumphant debut on the world scene.
4. "Shorthand" - Anna Clyne/Knights/Yo-Yo Ma - Shorthand [Sony Classical: 2025]
   Notes: SHORTHAND brings together a host of internationally acclaimed artists and presents a collection of Clyne's compositions, including its title-track, Shorthand, for cello and string orchestra recorded here with Yo-Yo Ma.
5. "Anjaneya" - Anupam Shobhakar - Liquid Reality [AGS: 2025]
   Notes: With guitar virtuosos on his headphones, it was Shakti who first gave the teenaged Shobhakar the idea he could combine styles. "Listening to the first Shakti record", he remembers, "I heard John McLaughlin play all this Indian music on the guitar, and that just blew my mind. I was like, 'Wow, the guitar can do this!? It can play Indian music?'"
6. "Disembodied Ternion" - Kuunatic - Wheels of Omon [Glitterbeat: 2025]
   Notes: Kuunatic's imaginative flights of visionary fancy achieve the same kind of epic, science-fiction world-building as legendary French jazz-prog heroes, Magma. But their inspirations come from further afield. "The three of us listen to completely different types of music so our ideas and influences come from all different places," they say.
7. "New Birth" - Eliza Marshall - New Birth EP [Real World X: 2025]
   Notes: Renowned for her work with the award-winning folk group Ranagri, Eliza is also an in-demand session player contributing to records by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, First Aid Kit, Florence & The Machine and The White Stripes. She was a member of Peter Gabriel's New Blood Orchestra and also appears on his current album i/o.
8. "Aaj Sik Mitran Di" - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party - Chain of Light [Real World: 2024]
   Notes: The "lost album" - named 'Chain of Light' - was discovered in the tape archives of Peter Gabriel's Real World Records, the label that signed Khan in 1989 and released a series of universally acclaimed albums with him throughout the 1990s.
9. "N'Faly Foli" - Afro Celt Sound System - Ova [Six Degrees: 2024]
   Notes: Afro Celt Sound System make their long-awaited label debut on Six Degrees Records with OVA, the Grammy-nominated group's eighth studio album and the final one with their late founder at the helm -- producer and lead guitarist Simon Emmerson, who lost his valiant battle with cancer last year.
10. "Bye Bye" - Alsarah & the Nubatones - Seasons of the Road [Alsarah & the Nubatones: 2025]
    Notes: Alsarah & the Nubatones have self-released their third studio album, Mawasim Altariq (Seasons of the Road). A project more than five years in the making, we see them share their first ever songs in English. It first took root in Beirut at the end of 2018 during a week-long residency at Station.
11. "Pirate Jenny" - Ute Lemper - Pirate Jenny [The Audiophile Society: 2025]
    Notes: In honor of revolutionary composer Kurt Weill's 125th birthday this year, acclaimed singer & actress Ute Lemper today announced her new album, Pirate Jenny, out April 25 via The Audiophile Society. Nearly 40 years after her breakthrough album Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, she now presents fresh, electric re-imaginings of Weill's songs, whose critiques of societal injustices and corruption still ring true today.
12. "Toukambela" - Songhoy Blues - Heritage [Transgressive: 2025]
    Notes: It's clear that the band from northern Mali are in a new frame of mind. They move into a more acoustic, creative re-imagining of the 'desert blues' style that brought them to world fame, infused with the ethereal sounds of various traditional instruments.
13. "Takawe" - Samba Toure - Baarakelaw [Glitterbeat: 2025]
    Notes: At the end of 2023, Samba recorded Baarakelaw in Mali's capital city of Bamako. Making the album was particularly difficult because the recording took place at a time when the Malian energy crisis, which the country had been experiencing for over a year, was getting much worse. It had become impossible to work in a traditional studio, as none of them had generators and electricity was only available for a few hours a day.
14. "La Pata Coja" - The Bongo Hop - La Pata Coja [Underdog: 2025]
    Notes: Led by French trumpeter Etienne Sevet, the project offers another highly danceable, genre bending and colorful effort. Always navigating back and forth across the Atlantic in search of his musical dreamland, his work as The Bongo Hop offers a deeper insight into the making of his music, an organic sounding, almost live approach to his infectiously groovy compositions.
15. "Bloom" - Park Jiha - All Living Things [Glitterbeat: 2025]
    Notes: Park Jiha, the acclaimed Korean composer/multi-instrumentalist, makes patient, immersive music; music that illuminates the essence and texture of the natural, living world.
16. "Kera" - Tanya Ekanayaka - 16 Sri Lankan Piano Isles [Naxos World: 2025]
    Notes: An accompanying theme throughout the music is water - vital to the isles' existence - its movement, waves, and presence. The compositions allude to this through flourishes, ornamentation, and repeating rhythmic patterns. While these elements may seem influenced by Western art music, they also reflect the influence of traditional Sri Lankan music genres which are part of Tanya Ekanayaka's heritage.

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. "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" {Mingus} - Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots [Atlantic: 1960]
3. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" {Mingus} - Charles Mingus - In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts [Resonance Records: 1977/2025]
   Notes: Not only is the music swinging and the recording well-done, but this is perhaps the only recording of this particular late-career Charles Mingus Quintet. Recorded live on a South American tour in November 1977, Mingus would succumb to ALS in 14 months. The early stages of the disease are not evident in his playing and certainly not in the energy of the ensemble.
4. "Syeeda's Song Flute" {Coltrane} - Medeski, Martin & Wood - It's A Jungle In Here [Ryko: 1993]
5. "Let's Get The Party" {George Auld/Phil Rose} - Buddy Lucas & His Orchestra - RCA 10" [RCA Victor: 1951]
6. "Cornbread And Cabbage Greens" {Houston} - Joe Houston - Cornbread And Cabbage Greens (Collection) [Specialty: 1952/1992]
7. "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" {Vaughn Horton/Denver Darling/Milton Gabler} - Louis Jordan - Decca 10" [Decca: 1946]
8. "Patricia" {I. Foley/W. Graham/R. Bryant} - The Rhythm Masters - Flip Records 7" [Flip Records: 1956]
9. "Mess Around" - Bo Diddley -
10. "Dancin' Dan" {Ward/Mark} - The Cadets - Modern 7" [Modern Records: 1956]
11. "Funky Hotel Blues" {Rollins} - Sonny Rollins - The Sound Of Sonny Rollins [Riverside: 1957]
12. "Wiggles" {Prysock} - Red Prysock And His House Rockers - Red Robin 10" [Red Robin: 1952]
13. "Puerto-Vootie" {Gaillard} - Slim Gaillard - Groove Juice: The Norman Granz Recordings + More [Verve: 2018]
14. "Pencil Neck Geek" {Watkins} - Marcus Watkins - Variations On Procrastinations [Watkins: 2017]
    Notes: Marcus Watkins - guitar Bill Barrett - harmonica Marc Doten - piano Michael Alvidrez - bass Joe Berardi - drums
15. "Ten Foot Two" {Stewart} - Bill Stewart Trio - Live At The Village Vanguard [Criss Cross Jazz: 2023/2025]
16. "Rock Dis Funky Joint" {Wise Intelligent, Culture Freedom} - Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect [Profile/Arista: 1989-90/1990]
    Notes: From Trenton, New Jersey.
17. "II B.S." {Mingus} - Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus [Impulse!: 1963]

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. "A Sunday Kind Of Love" {Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard & Stan Rhodes} - Quincy Jones - I Dig Dancers [EMI: 1960]
2. "O Passaro" {Byrd} - Charlie Byrd - Bossa Nova Passaros [Riverside: 1962]
3. "Recado Bossa Nova" {Antonio Ferreira} - Luarindo Almeida and his Bossa Nova All-Stars - Ole! Bossa Nova [Capitol: 1963]
4. "Falling In Love With Love" {Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Helen Merrill - Compact Jazz [Mercury ]
5. "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" {Osvaldo Farres/Joe Davis} - Henry Mancini - Latin Sound [RCA: 1965]
6. "Tico Tico" {Abreu Drake/Oliveira} - Henry Mancini - Latin Sound [RCA: 1965]
7. "Of Thee I Sing" {George & Ira Gershwin} - Frankie Carle - Piano Style Of... [BMG: 1952]
8. "Maybe" {George Goldner} - the Chantels - [ 1958]
9. "Insensitive" {Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicios De Morales} - Wes Montgomery - Jobim Songbook [Verve: 1966]
10. "Stardust" {Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish} - Martin Denny - The Enchanted Sea [Jackpot ]
11. "Russian Lullabye" {Irving Berlin} - Erroll Garner - Mambo Moves Garner [Mercury: 1954]
12. "Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis - [MGM: 1958]
13. "Sakura" - Arthur Lyman -
14. "So Danco Samba" {Jobim/Morales} - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Jobim Songbook [Verve: 1963]
15. "Two Sleepy People" {Hoagy Carmichael & Frank Loesser} - Frankie Carle - Piano Style Of... [BMG ]
16. "It's Always You" {Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke} - Audrey Morris - [Bethlehem ]
17. "Wave" {Jobim} - Oscar Peterson - Jobim Songbook [Verve: 1969]
18. "Eu E O Rio" {Luiz Antonio} - Walter Wanderly - From Rio With Love [Aquarela Do Brazil: 1962]
19. "Market Day" {Kaempfert} - Bert Kaempfert - Swingin' Safari [Hallmark: 1962]
20. "Last Love" - Paula Castle - Girls of Bethlehem [Bethlehem: 1956]
21. "I Remember You" {Johnny Mercer & Victor Shertzinger} - Chet Baker - Let's Get Lost [Pacific Jazz: 1956]
22. "Cantaloupe Island" - Herbie Handcock -

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. "Piano Concerto no 3" {Sergei RACHMANINOFF} - Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Daniel Trifonov (piano) - Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival [Deutsche Grammophon: 2017]
2. "Brandenburg Concerto no.2" {J.S.BACH} - Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln, Hans Peter Westermann (Oboe), Michael Schneider (Flute), Friedemann Immer (Trumpet) - Brandenburg Concertos [Decca: 1987]
3. "Symphony no 60 in C Major" {Joseph HAYDN} - Derek Solomons, Orchestre Estro Armonico Luxembourg - Haydn Symphonies Nos. 60 & 63 & 66 & 67 & 68 & 69 [Sony Classical: 1986]
4. "Sonata for Piano No. 8 in A minor KV 310" {W.A. MOZART} - Alexei Lubimov - Complete Piano Sonatas [Warner Classics: 2008]

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

"Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" is an ode to record collecting and the power of the airwaves. It is an international radio show hosted by Charlottesville area… More"Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" is an ode to record collecting and the power of the airwaves. It is an international radio show hosted by Charlottesville area alumnus Brad Savage, spotlighting recorded popular music history. In one hour, one song per decade is shared, across all genres, from the 1920's to the 2020's. Get in the cruisin' time machine on the airwaves and travel across a full century of music. There is magic in the air(waves)! cruisinthedecades.com Less

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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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