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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. "Who'll Stand With Us?" - Dropkick Murphys - For the People [Dummy Luck/Play It Again Sam: 2025]
2. "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" - The Vaccines - What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? [Columbia: 2011]
3. "Breaker" - Shaki Breaker - Minor Slip [Felte: 2025]
4. "Incomprehensible" - Big Thief - Double Infinity [4AD: 2025]
   Notes: September release
5. "First it was a movie, then it was a book" - Florry - Sounds Like... [Dear Life: 2025]
6. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" - Beatlejazz - Reunion [Yama: 2025]
7. "Two By Two" - Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren [A&M: 1975]
8. "My Plane Leaves Tomorrow (Au Revoir)" - Al Jardine - Islands in the Sun EP [Universal: 2025]
   Notes: Recorded 2010, fet. Neil Young and Flea
9. "Tiny Rebels" - The Cairo Gang - Tiny Rebels [Empty Cellar: 2017]
10. "Honey" - Laura Stevenson - Late Great [Really: 2025]
11. "Can't Stand It" - Wilco - Summerteeth [Reprise: 1999]
12. "Nighttime on the Red Line" - Saul Dautch - Music for the People [Doubleton: 2025]
13. "Dead End Road" - J.J.Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido [Reprise: 2006]
14. "Twilight Distillery" - The Minus 5 - The Minus 5 [Yep Roc: 2006]
15. "Light of Day" - Jonathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh - The Barn Birds [Waterbug: 2013]
16. "Flannel Cowboy" - Ken Pomeroy - Cruel Joke [Rounder: 2025]
17. "All Wash Out" - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here [Vagrant: 2012]
18. "!Aguanta!" - La Plebe - Entre Cerveza, Ritmo, Y Emocion... [Desarme SF: 2006]
19. "Stay Positive" - The Hold Steady - SXSW Session [Daytrotter: 2009]
20. "Tell Me When It's Over" - The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses [Slash: 1982]
21. "Big Drops" - Avery Tucker - single [Domino?: 2025]
22. "Foggy Notion" - The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See [Polydor: 1995]
23. "Stop Watch" - Freedom Art Quartet - First Dance [F.A.R.: 2025]
24. "I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)/Funky Broadway" - Sly & The Family Stone - The first Family: Live at The Winchester Cathedral 1967 [High Moon: 2025]
25. "Junk" - Victoria Williams - Water to Drink [Atlantic: 2000]
26. "Anticipate (feat. Clairo)" - El Michels Affair - 24 Hr Sports [Big Crown: 2025]
27. "Certain Surprise" - John Martyn - One World [Island: 1977]
28. "Someday" - Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume 2 [ABC-Paramount: 1962]
29. "In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - Tyler Henderson - Love Endures [Cellar: 2025]
30. "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives" - Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives [Cult Hero: 2006]
31. "Exile" - R.J.F. (Ross J. Farrar) - Cleaning Out the Empty Administration Building [Dais: 2025]
    Notes: August Release
32. "Paradise" - Fret Not - Concert for the Blue Star Moms [self-released: 2005]
33. "All the Young Dudes (Featuring Ian Hunter)" - Rick Derringer - Live at The Palladium [Paste: 1981]

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. "Buster's Boogie" - Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers - Natural Boogie [Alligator: 1974]
   Notes: 1974
2. "Wang Dang Doodle" - Howlin Wolf - Howlin Wolf [Chess: 1962]
   Notes: 1962
3. "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" - Lightnin Hopkins - Complete Aladdin Recordings [Aladdin: 1991]
   Notes: 1991
4. "Dallas" - Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter [Columbia: 1969]
   Notes: 1969
5. "Boom Boom" - John Lee Hooker - Whiskey and Wimmen: John Lee Hooker's Finest [Trip: 1973]
   Notes: 1973
6. "I've Got My Mojo Working" - Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters at Newport [Chess: 1960]
   Notes: 1960
7. "Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore" - B.B. King - Indianola Mississippi Seeds [ABC: 1970]
   Notes: 1970
8. "Born Under a Bad Sign" - Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign [Stax: 1967]
   Notes: 1967
9. "Going Down" - Freddie King - The Best of Freddie King: The Shelter Years [Shelter: 2000]
   Notes: 2000
10. "The Sky is Crying" - Elmore James - Dust My Broom [Tomato: 2005]
    Notes: 2005
11. "Who Do you Love" - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley [Checker: 1958]
    Notes: 1958
12. "Boom, Boom Out Goes the Light" - Little Walter - The Essential Little Walter [Chess: 1993]
    Notes: 1993
13. "Empire State Express" - Son House - Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions [Legacy: 1992]
    Notes: 1992
14. "Tom Rushen Blues" - Alvin Youngblood Hart - Down in the Alley [Memphis International: 2002]
    Notes: 2002
15. "Down South Blues" - Tarbox Ramblers - Tarbox Ramblers [Rounder: 2000]
    Notes: 2000
16. "Long Haired Doney" - R.L. Burnside - 1st Recordings [Big Legal Mess: 2016]
    Notes: 2016
17. "Statesboro Blues" - Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal [Sony: 1968]
    Notes: 1968
18. "Filty Teddy" - Roy Buchanan - Second Album [Polydor: 1973]
    Notes: 1973
19. "Richmond Blues" - Cephas & Wiggins - Guitar Man [Rounder: 1989]
    Notes: 1989
20. "Lay Down My Old Guitar" - John Jackson - Country Blues and Ditties [Smithsonian Folkways: 1999]
    Notes: 1999
21. "Jack O'Diamonds" - Corey Harris - Fish Ain't Bitin [Alligator: 1997]
    Notes: 1997
22. "Sloppy Drunk" - Saffire- The Uppity Blues Women - Deluxe Edition [Alligator: 2006]
    Notes: 2006
23. "Ragtime Millionaire" - Lightin' Wells - Ragtime Millionaire [CD Baby: 2010]
    Notes: 2010
24. "Don't Look Behind You Caroina" - Mojo Parker - The Mojo Parker Express [Self: 2021]
    Notes: 2021
25. "1922 Blues " - Charlie Parr - Cheap Wine [Tin Angel: 2011]
    Notes: 2011
26. "Good Woman Blues" - Doug Quattlebaum - If You've Ever Been Misreated [Craft: 1997]
    Notes: 1997
27. "Country Boy" - John Lee Hooker - Never Get Out of These Blues Alive [Geffen: 1972]
    Notes: 1972
28. "Drink a Little Posion" - John Mooney - Live at the 2023 New Orleand Heritage Festival [MunkMix: 2023]
    Notes: 2023

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. "The Ladadas at Offbeat Roadhouse (June 6, 2025)" - The Ladadas - Offbeat Roadhouse (June 6, 2025) [Ladadas: 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. "El Carretero" {Guillermo Portabales} - Renesito Avich, Justin Cunningham, Buena Vista Social Club Original Broadway Company & Band - Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [World Circuit: 2025]
   Notes: Nominated for ten Tony Awards, plus a special award for the band
3. "Chan Chan" {Compay Segundo} - Renesito Avich, David Oquendo, Buena Vista Social Club Original Broadway Band - Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [World Circuit: 2025]
4. "El Cumbanchero (Tropicana)" {Rafael Hernández Marín} - Isa Antonetti, Ashley De La Rosa, Buena Vista Social Club Original Broadway Band - Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [World Circuit: 2025]
5. "Ballad" {David Yazbek & Erik Della Penna} - Andrew Durand - Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1] [Audible, Inc. under exclusive license to Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
   Notes: Nominated for seven Tony Awards
6. "Something from Nothing" {David Yazbek & Erik Della Penna} - Eddie Cooper - Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1] [Audible, Inc. under exclusive license to Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
7. "Useful" {David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts} - Clare-Marie Hall, Jak Malone - Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording) [Sony Music CG: 2023]
   Notes: Nominated for four Tony Awards
8. "The Way That It Has to Be" {Will Aronson} - Helen J Shen, The Retired Helperbots - Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records/Rhino: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Hue Park; nominated for ten Tony Awards
9. "Where You Belong" {Will Aronson} - Darren Criss, Marcus Choi - Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records/Rhino: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Hue Park
10. "The Rainy Day We Met" {Will Aronson} - Darren Criss, Helen J Shen - Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Hue Park
11. "If You Want Perfection" {Julia Mattison and Noel Carey} - Michelle Williams, 'Death Becomes Her' Original Broadway Cast - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
    Notes: Nominated for ten Tony Awards
12. "That Was Then, This Is Now" {Julia Mattison and Noel Carey} - Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
13. "Madeline Ashton’s Intimate Wedding Extravaganza" {Julia Mattison and Noel Carey} - Sir Brock Warren, Megan Hilty, Christopher Sieber, Bud Weber, Jennifer Simard - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
14. "Ernest’s Real Vows" {Julia Mattison and Noel Carey} - Christopher Sieber - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
15. "Dead" {David Yazbek & Erik Della Penna} - Jeb Brown, Erik Della Penna - Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1] [Audible, Inc. under exclusive license to Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
    Notes: First nomination. Also nominated in this category: Taylor Trensch for "Floyd Collins" (first nomination)
16. "You'll Never Get Away from Me" {Jule Styne} - Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein - Gypsy Starring Audra McDonald (2024 Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; eighth nomination: won Featured Actor in 2020 for "Moulin Rouge", nominated for Featured Actor for "The Drowsy Chaperone"(2006), "South Pacific" (2008), "Golden Boy" (2013, play), "Cabaret" (2014); and Leading Actor for "Follies" (2012), and "Fiddler on the Roof" (2016).
17. "The National Pastime / Public Relations" {Marc Shaiman} - Brooks Ashmanskas, Bella Coppola, Caroline Bowman, Robyn Hurder, ‘SMASH’ Original Broadway Cast - SMASH (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; third Tony nomination--previously nominated as Featured Actor in 2007 for "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" and for Leading Actor in 2019 for "The Prom"
18. "Dear Bill" {David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts} - Jak Malone - Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording) [Sony Music CG: 2023]
    Notes: First nomination.
19. "A Stranger" {David Yazbek & Erik Della Penna} - Julia Knitel - Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1] [Audible, Inc. under exclusive license to Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
    Notes: First nomination. Also nominated in this category: Gracie Lawrence for "Just in Time" (first nomination)
20. "Oye Muchacha" {Benjamin Velez and Joy Huerta} - Justina Machado, Tatianna Córdoba, Florencia Cuenca - Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: First nomination.
21. "Little Lamb" {Jule Styne} - Joy Woods - Gypsy Starring Audra McDonald (2024 Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; first nomination.
22. "Candela" {Faustino Oramas} - Natalie Venetia Belcon, Julio Monge, Renesito Avich, David Oquendo, Buena Vista Social Club Original Broadway Band - Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [World Circuit: 2025]
    Notes: First nomination
23. "Then I Can Let You Go" {Will Aronson} - Darren Criss, Helen J Shen, Dez Duron - Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Hue Park; first nomination, also nominated as a co-producer of the show
24. "Normal" {David Yazbek & Erik Della Penna} - Andrew Durand - Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1] [Audible, Inc. under exclusive license to Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
    Notes: First nomination; also nominated in this category: Jonathan Groff for "Just In Time" (4th nomination, won Actor for "Merrily We Roll Along" in 2024, nominated for Actor for "Spring Awakening" in 2007, and Featured Actor for "Hamilton" in 2016), James Monroe Iglehart for "A Wonderful World, the Louis Armstrong Musical" (2nd nomination, won Featured Actor for "Aladdin" in 2014), and Jeremy Jordan for "Floyd Collins" (2nd nomination, nominated for Actor for "Newsies" in 2012).
25. "Sunset Boulevard" {Andrew Lloyd Webber} - Tom Francis - SUNSET BLVD: The Album [The Other Songs: 2024]
    Notes: Lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black; first nomination
26. "Falling Apart" {Julia Mattison and Noel Carey} - Megan Hilty, Lauren Celentano, Ximone Rose, Michael Graceffa, Michelle Williams - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
    Notes: Second nomination: nominated for Featured Actress in a Play for "Noises Off" (2016)
27. "Let’s Run Away Together" {Julia Mattison and Noel Carey} - Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
    Notes: Third nomination: nominated for Featured Actress for "Disaster!" (2016) and "Company" (2022)
28. "Ordinary Day" {David Foster} - Jasmine Amy Rogers - Boop! The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Melody Place Theatrical: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; first nomination
29. "With One Look" {Andrew Lloyd Webber} - Nicole Scherzinger - SUNSET BLVD: The Album [The Other Songs: 2024]
    Notes: Lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black; first nomination
30. "Rose's Turn" {Jule Styne} - Audra McDonald - Gypsy Starring Audra McDonald (2024 Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Eleventh nomination: Won Featured Actress in a Musical for "Carousel" (1994) and "Ragtime" (1998); Featured Actress in a Play for "Master Class" (1996) and "A Raisin in the Sun" (2004); Actress in a Musical for "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" (2012); Actress in a Play for "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" (2014); nominated for Actress in a Musical for "Marie Christine" (2000) and "110 in the Shade" (2007); nominated for Actress in a Play for "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" (2020) and "Ohio State Murders" (2023)
31. "Lullaby Of Broadway" {Harry Warren} - Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays The Harry Warren And Vincent Youmans Song Books [Verve Reissues: 1959]

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. "Time To Get A Straight Job" - The Matchsellers - Wishful Thinker's Hall Of Fame [The Matchsellers ]
2. "Benton's Dream" - George Jackson, Tristan Scroggins - The Old Time 100, Vol. 2 [George Jackson ]
3. "Where Is The Gamblin' Man" - Pharis & Jason Romero - A Passing Glimpse [Lula ]
4. "Camp Meeting On The 4Th Of July" - Chris Coole - Old Dog [Chris Coole ]
5. "Emma Lee" - The Steeldrivers - Outrun [The Steeldrivers ]
6. "Girl's Breakown" - Alison Brown - Fair Weather [Compass ]
7. "Say Darling Say" - Tatiana Hargreaves, Alex Hargreaves, Emma Beaton, Sarah Jarosz, Danny Knicely, Mark Schatz - Started Out To Ramble [Patuxent ]
8. "Mountain Banjo" - Rhiannon Giddens - The Music Of Red Dead Redemption 2 [Lakeshore ]
9. "Linemen" - Zoe & Cloyd - Linemen [Z&C ]
10. "Amuse A Muse" - Andy Hall - Squareneck Soul [Americana Vibes ]
11. "Barracuda" - The Unfaithful Servants - The Unfaithful Servants [1306368 Records DK ]
12. "North Missouri Wagoner" - Hannah Read, Michael Starkey - Cross The Rolling Water [Hudson ]
13. "Boihy Mountain Road" - Dee Armstrong - DEICHTINE'S DAUGHTER [Moon Baboon ]
14. "The Flogging" - Sam Bartlett, Sue Sternberg - Belting You With Reels [Stuntology Music ]
15. "Picky" - Saltfish Forty - Bere [Saltfish Forty ]
16. "Boom" - Sierra Hull - A Tip Toe High Wire [Sierra Hull ]
17. "Space Samba" - Tristan Scroggins, Alisa Rose - Speranza [Adhyaropa ]
18. "My Kind Of Woman/My Kind Of Man" - The Burnett Sisters Band - Long Way From Home [5555501 Records DK ]
19. "Randi" - Hound & Handler - I Feel It All [Hound & Handler ]
20. "Tombstone Territory" - High Horse, Jacob Jolliff - High Horse [Adhyaropa ]
21. "Silver Skipper" - Band Of Friends - Band Of Friends [Adhyaropa ]
22. "Alpaca Noir" - Rob Flax - Train Wreck! [Rob Flax ]
23. "Kansas City Railroad Blues" - The Wilders - Spring A Leak [Free Dirt ]
24. "Bindle Jig" - Old Salt - Bindle [Old Salt ]
25. "Hoss And Hoss" - Kristen Harris & Borger Wiggle - Borger Wiggle [Kristen Harris & Borger Wiggle ]
26. "Availability" - Deanie Richardson, Gena Britt, Mary Meyer, Rainy Miatke, Maddie Dalton - Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Project, Vol. 2 [John Hartford Music ]
27. "Seneca Square Dance" - The Down Hill Strugglers - Lone Prairie [The Down Hill Strugglers ]
28. "Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home" - Max Wareham - DAGGOMIT! [Max Wareham ]

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. "Maka Dub" - Errol Brown - Orthodox Dub [Dub Store: 2016]
   Notes: Recorded in the 1970s
2. "Express Your Love" - The Sweet & Innocent - Cry Love [Numero Group: 2021]
   Notes: Recorded circa 1972
3. "Diver (Instrumental)" - Dorothea Paas - Think Of Mist - Instrumentals [Telephone Explosion: NEW]
4. "Space Out" - Duncan Pryce Kirk - Journey To Beyond [Blast Off: 1982]
5. "Going To Utrecht" - The Mountain Goats - Nine Black Poppies [Emperor Jones: 1995]
6. "Elderberry Wine" - Wednesday - Elderberry Wine [Dead Oceans: NEW]
7. "Grains Of Sand" - Marcus - Marcus [Kinetic: 1970]
8. "Time Of The Season" - The Thyme - An A-Square Compilation comp [Ace: 2019]
   Notes: The Zombies cover; recorded in 1968
9. "Blackwater Side" - Kass Richards - New Love Meditation [Good Cry: 2024]
10. "A Little Baby" - Elaine Brown - Elaine Brown [Black Forum: 1973]
11. "Today Is Tomorrow's Yesterday" - Jay Fortunato - Cult Hits: Psychedelic comp. [Fervor: 2014]
    Notes: Recorded who knows when
12. "I Wanna Change My Life" - Snuffy - Belong To The Wind comp. [Forager: 2021]
13. "Zurich Is Stained (Live At Cirkus, Stockholm)" - Pavement - Pavements soundtrack [Matador: NEW]
14. "Sweet Jane/I'm Waiting For The Man" - Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited [In The Red: 2018]
    Notes: Velvet Underground covers. Recorded live 1975
15. "Telema" - To Rococo Rot - The Amateur View [Mute: 1999]
    Notes: Reissued for its 25th anniversary on City Slang
16. "God Only Knows" - The Four King Cousins - Introducing The Four King Cousins [Capitol: 1968]
    Notes: Beach Boys cover
17. "Black Diamond" - Faun Fables - Counterclockwise [Drag City: NEW]
18. "Michaelangelo" - Slapp Happy - Casablanca Moon [Virgin: 1974]
19. "Himawarzi Zekkyo" - Eddie Marcon - Carpet Of Fallen Leaves [Morr Music: NEW]
20. "Kreuzung" - Sam Prekop & John McEntire - Tour EP [self-released: 2019]
21. "Feight" - Kristen Roos - Universal Synthesizer Interface Vol. III [We Are Busy Bodies: 2024]
22. "Sad About The Times" - West - Bridges [Epic: 1969]
23. "Tomorrow" - Southwest F.O.B. - Smell Of Incense [HIP: 1968]
24. "Song Without Words" - Planetary Peace - Lost Coast: Some Visionary Music from California, 1980–1992 comp. [Goaty Tapes: NEW]
25. "He Is Coming" - The RFD - Lead Me Home [Riverman/Bella Terra: 2017]
    Notes: 1971 self-released LP

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. "Alto Songo" - Afro-Cuban All Stars - A Toda Cuba Le Gusta [World Circuit: 1997]
   Notes: Cuba--Ibrahim Ferrer, Pio Leyva, Manuel Licea, Raul Planas, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Felix Valoy, Don Ruben Gonzalez
2. "Djelimady Rumba" - AfroCubism - AfroCubism [Nonesuch: 2010]
   Notes: Mali / Cuba--Kora, balafon, ngoni, acoustic and electric guitar, maracas, congas, bongos, double bass, trumpets, violin, and vocals performed by renown artists including Toumani Diabate, Bassekou Kouyate, Baba Sissoko, Djelimadi Tounkara, Eliades Ochoa, Jose Angel Martinez, and Alain A. Drogoni
3. "Amassakoul N'Tenere" - Tinariwen - Amassakoul [Wrasse Records Ltd.: 2004]
   Notes: Mali - Tinariwen is a collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali, considered a pioneer of desert blues
4. "Street Beat" - David Hewitt - The Best of David Hewitt: African Awakening [David Gresham Records: 2000]
   Notes: South Africa
5. "Angie " - Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch [Sanctuary Records: 1965]
   Notes: Scotland /UK
6. "The Tobogganist" - Vasen, Hawktail - Formations [Padiddle Records: 2020]
   Notes: Sweden / USA
7. "Big Bug Shuffle" - Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg, Edgar Meyer - Skip, Hop And Wobble [Sugar Hill Records: 1993]
   Notes: USA
8. "Don't Bogart Me" - The Fraternity Of Man - Bong Hits [Hip-O: 1969]
   Notes: USA--From the soundtrack of the 1969 road trip movie, "Easy Rider"
9. "Old Dangerfield" - Tony Kamel - We're All Gonna Live [Blue Corn Music: 2025]
   Notes: USA - mandolin and dulcimer
10. "June Apple" - Butch Baldassari & David Schnaufer - Appalachian Mandolin And Dulcimer [Soundart: 2006]
    Notes: USA - guitar and clawhammer banjo
11. "Shut Ya Trap" - Ross Smithard - from You-Tube [N/A: 2019]
    Notes: Australia - Appalachian string-band music from Tazmania
12. "Weaving Medley: Busy Weaving / Julianne Johnson / Open Little Hand / Back Step Cindy (纺织忙 / 小开手)" - Wu Fei, Abigail Washburn - Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: 2020]
    Notes: China / USA--Wu Fei, a Chinese musical prodigy and master of the 2,000-year-old 21-string guzheng; Abigal Washburn from the USA is a banjo virtuoso who became fluent in both the language and culture of China while prepping for a career in law focused on U.S.-China relations.
13. "High On A Mountain" - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Chao Tian - FROM CHINA TO APPALACHIA [Community Music, Inc.: 2024]
    Notes: USA / China---Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer on banjo accompanied by Chao Tian, a Chinese dulcimer virtuoso.
14. "Resham Firiri" - The Mountain Music Project - A Musical Odyssey from Appalachia to Himalaya [Mountain Music Project: 2009]
    Notes: Nepal / USA - a traditional Napalese song featured in this collaboration of Buddhiman Ghandharba (Nepal) and Danny Knicely (Virginia).
15. "Celebration" - Mamer - Eagle [Real World Records: 2009]
    Notes: China---Xinjiang province, home of the increasingly repressed Uighur people, is "way out west" where the Chinese and Kazakh cultures intermingle. Mamer plays the dombra, a long-necked Turkic lute.
16. "Panorama" - Yoshida Brothers - Hishou [Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.: 2006]
    Notes: Japan--the Yoshida Brothers are masters of the shamisen, a three-stringed guitar-like instrument
17. "Sztoj pa moru" - Laboratorium Piesni - Rosna [Soliton: 2017]
    Notes: Poland / Belarus
18. "Isabelle" - Lais - Lais [Wild Boar Music: 1998]
    Notes: Belgium
19. "Tavasz, tavasz (Spring, Spring)" - Marta Sebestyen, Levente Szorenyi, Vizonto Group - Szerelmeslemez [Hungaroton: 1996]
    Notes: Hungary
20. "Song for Ireland (1988 Version)" - Mary Black - Collected [Blix Street Records: 1992]
    Notes: Ireland
21. "Azwaw 2" - Cheb Mami, Idir - Meli Meli [Collective: 1998]
    Notes: Algeria - Mohamed Khelifati better known by his stage name Cheb Mami, is a musician and singer-songwriter, performing since 1982. Idir, also from Algeria is Hamid Cheriet, has travelled and performed widely. This tune has a decidely Celtic flavor.
22. "Reina de Cumbias" - Conjunto Miramar - Carruseles (Original e Inolvidable) [Discos El Dorado: 2015]
    Notes: Colombia
23. "Me Gustas Tu" - Manu Chao - Proxima Estacion: Esperanza [Radio Bemba: 2001]
    Notes: France/Spain---Jose-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao is a French singer of Spanish roots (Basque and Galicia) He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic, Portuguese, and other languages.
24. "Ma' Africa" - Mahotella Queens, Ulali - 1 Giant Leap [Palm Pictures: 2002]
    Notes: South Africa----in honor of Nelson Mandela
25. "Seven-Ate Sweet" - Kaleidoscope - Incredible Kaleidoscope [Legacy Recordings: 1969]
    Notes: USA / California - One of the most ecclectic bands of the psychedelic era, and an early purveyor of "world music", Kaleidoscope added such instruments as the oud and the saz to the traditional rock lineup

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. "Ecaroh" {Silver} - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers [Blue Note/Wax Time Records: 1956/2015]
   Notes: This was the earliest recording of Horace Silver's "Ecaroh".
3. "Moniebah" {Sanders} - Pharoah Sanders - Moon Child [Timeless: 1989/1990]
4. "Earth Bird" {Ibrahim} - Abdullah Ibrahim - Mindif [Enja: 1989]
   Notes: This album was performed and recorded for the soundtrack of the 1988 French drama film Chocolat.
5. "Sunset On The Nile (Dx7 Interlude)" {Sun Ra} - Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Inside The Light World: Sun Ra Meets The Orc (Outer Space Visual Communicator) [Strut: 1986/2025]
   Notes: Recorded and then shelved in 1986, these tapes were "discovered" by the engineer, Bill Sebastian in a 2016 phone conversation with producer and WFMU radio host Irwin Chusid. The tapes were of surprising high quality given the three decades of storage. They had never been mixed. Chusid produced these for their first commercial release in 2024.
6. "Sunset On The Nile" {Sun Ra} - Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Inside The Light World: Sun Ra Meets The Orc (Outer Space Visual Communicator) [Strut: 1986/2025]
7. "Geosphere" {A. Turre} - Andromeda Turre - From The Earth: A Jazz Suite [Starbilt Records: 2025]
   Notes: Andromeda Turre and her band, featuring her father, trombonist Steve Turre, performed the entire suite on June 2 at the historic St. Paul's Church in lower Manhattan.
8. "African Shuffle" {S. Rhythm Within} - Steve Turre - Rhythm Within [Verve: 1995]
9. "Pannonica" {Monk} - Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners [Riverside/DOL: 1956]
   Notes: Thelonious Monk, celeste and piano Ernie Henry, alto sax Sonny Rollins, tenor sax Oscar Pettiford, bass Max Roach, drums
10. "Mawa" {Sharif} - Jairus Sharif - Basis Of Unity [Telephone Explosion Records: 2025]
    Notes: Sharif is an experimental jazz musician from Calgary, Alberta, (Canada).
11. "Modern Slaves" {Mdou Moctar} - Mdou Moctar - Tears Of Injustice [Matador: 2025]
    Notes: Known professionally as Mdou Moctar, Mahamadou Souleymane is a Nigerien guitarist, singer and songwriter who performs modern rock music inspired by Tuareg guitar music.

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. "Misty" {Earl Garner & Johnny Burke} - Stan Getz - Lyrical Stan Getz [Columbia: 1964]
2. "Dolce Far Niente" {Meredith Wilson} - Leroy Holmes - Spectacular Guitars & Strings [MGM: 1964]
3. "Amor Em Paz" {Vincius DeMoraes & Ray Gilbert} - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Man From Ipanema [Verve: 1963]
4. "So What's New?" {John Pisano} - Sergio Mendes - Favorite Things [Atlantic: 1968]
5. "You Don't Want Me" {R. Jamison} - James Carr - single [Goldwax: 1964]
6. "Street Scene" {Alfred Newman} - Ralph Marterie - single [Mercury: 1952]
7. "Oais Of Dakhla" {Les Baxter} - Les Baxter - Tamboo! [Capitol: 1955]
8. "Sambolero" {Bonfa} - Luiz Bonfa - [ 1959]
9. "Frenesi" {Dominque} - Lalo Schifrin - Piano Espanol [Enlightenment: 1959]
10. "Don't Go To Strangers" {Kent/Mann/Evans} - Etta James - Time After Time [Private Music: 1995]
11. "Strictly Instrumental" {Seiler/Marcus/Benjenen/Battle} - Richard Maltby - Most Requested [Camden: 1962]
12. "I Say A Little Prayer" {Hal David & Burt Bacharach} - Sergio Mendes - Favorite Things [Atlantic: 1968]
13. "So' Danco Samba" - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Man From Ipanema [Verve: 1963]
14. "Moon Of Manakoora" {Frank loesser} - Frankie Carle - Piano Style Of... [Camden: 1959]
15. "Perdido De Amor" - Luiz Bonfa - Solo In Rio [ 1959]
16. "Tenderly" {J. Lawrence & W. Gross} - the Flamingos - Requestfully Yours [Rhino: 1960]
17. "My Shawl" {Berrios/Cugat} - Lalo Schifrin - Piano Espanol [Enlightenment: 1959]
18. "Ninguem Me Ama" {Antonio Maria/Fernando Lobo} - Walter Wanderly - Orgao Sax & Sexy [Phillips: 1961]
19. "He's My Guy" {Don Raye & Gene DePaul} - Nancy Wilson with George Shearing - Swingin's Mutual [Capitol: 1961]
20. "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" {Perez Prado} - Jinx Jones - Rumble & Twang [HomeBrand ]
21. "Tenderly" - Luiz Bonfa - [ 1959]
22. "Prelude To A Kiss" - the Modern Jazz Quartet - For Ellington [EastWest ]

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 for Lute, 2 Violins and Continuo in D Major, RV 93" {Antonio VIVALDI} - Bulent Yazici (mand., vln.), MDI Sounds (hpschd.) - Vivaldi Mandolin Concertos [Bulent Yazici: 2021]
2. "Duo in E flat major for viola and cello, WoO. 32, "With Two Eyeglasses"" {Ludwig van BEETHOVEN} - Heinrich Koll, vla.; Milan karanovic, clo. - Art of the Viola [Naxos ]
3. "Dance of the Blessed Spirits from "Orpheus and Eurydice"" {Christoph Willibald von GLUCK} - Tafelmusik - Jeanne Lamon, cond.; Barthold Kuijken, flt.;Claire Guimond, flt. - Stamitz / Richter / Haydn / Gluck: Flute Concertos [Sony Classical ]
4. "Americana" {Greg C. BROWN} - Greg C. Brown (gtr.) - Greg C. Brown [Gregory Brown: 2018]
5. "Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28" - Cleveland Orchestra - George Szell, cond.; Gary Graffman, pno. - Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3, Sonata No. 3 [MYK ]
6. "Deux Duos pour Piano et Guitare Op. 233, No. 1" {Ferdinando CARULLI} - Duo Firenze - Italian Nocturnes: Early Romantic Music for Guitar and Fortepiano [Dorian ]
7. "Rondo Allegro from Sonata in Mi" {Niccolo PAGININI} - Greg C. Brown (gtr.) - Italia [Greg C Brown Music: 2021]
8. "Where Dreams Reside" {Greg C. BROWN} - Greg C. Brown (gtr.), Czech National Symphony Orchestra - Where Dreams Reside [Greg C Brown Music: 2025]
9. "Hope" {Greg C. BROWN} - Nikos Mavridis (vln.), Vitaliy Tkachuk (gtr.), George Crotty (clo.) - Venezia [Greg C Brown Music: 2024]
10. "Rho Ophiuci" {Greg C. BROWN} - Damian Bolotin (vln.), Vitaliy Tkachuk (gtr.), Emanuel Pavon (clo.) - Venezia [Greg C Brown Music: 2024]
11. "Bridge of Sighs" {Greg C. BROWN} - Greg C. Brown (gtr.) - Italia [Greg C Brown Music: 2021]
12. "Albemarle" {Greg C. BROWN} - Greg C. Brown (gtr.) - Greg C. Brown [Gregory Brown: 2018]
13. "Muir Woods" {Andrew YORK} - Andrew York (gtr.) - Perfect Sky [Majian Music: 2000]
14. "Elogio de la Danza: No. 1, Lento" {Leo BROUWER} - Luca Romanelli (gtr.) - Leo Brouwer - Elogio: Guitar Works (Estudios Sencillos, Elogio de la Danza, El Decameron Negro) [Da Vinci Classics: 2019]

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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