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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. "Solitude" - Black Sabbath - Master of Reality [Rhino/Warner Records: 1971]
   Notes: Fleamarket find from a few weeks ago. RIP Ozzy.
2. "It's Just The Way" - Bee Gees - Trafalgar [Bee Gees Catalog: 1971]
   Notes: Fleamarket find from a few weeks ago.
3. "Action Woman" - The Litter - 60s Garage Nuggets [Goldenlane Records: 2009]
4. "Mind Flowers" - Ultimate Spinach - Behold & See [Iris Music Group: 1968]
5. "Day Is Done - Take 5, 11th April 1968" - Nick Drake - The Making Of Five Leaves Left [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue): 2025]
   Notes: New!
6. "Asleep Many Years In The Wood" - The Anomoanon - Asleep Many Years In the Wood [Temporary Residence Ltd.: 2002]
7. "House with a Hundred Rooms" - The Chills - Brave Words [Fire Records: 1987]
8. "What Difference Does It Make? - 2011 Remaster" - The Smiths - The Smiths [WM UK: 1984]
9. "Honeymoons" - The Fabulous Marquises - Can't Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 [Chapter Music: 2001]
   Notes: Just reissued on vinyl.
10. "Disney's Dream Debased" - The Fall - The Wonderful And Frightening World Of.... [Beggars Banquet: 1984]
11. "Invisible Scene" - rocky - rocky [Lulu's Sonic Disc Club: 2023]
12. "Too Many Creeps" - Bush Tetras - Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras [Wharf Cat Records: 2021]
13. "Hello Rain" - The Softies - It's Love [K Records: 1995]
14. "Puzzle Pieces" - Tiger Trap - Tiger Trap [K Records: 1993]
15. "The Girls" - Xero - Can't Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 [Chapter Music: 2001]
    Notes: Just reissued on vinyl.
16. "Do The Method" - The Method Actors - This Is Still It [Acute Records: 2010]
    Notes: I'm reading the REM memoir and this band comes up over and over from their early years in Athens.
17. "Father to a Sister of Thought" - Pavement - Wowee Zowee [Matador: 1995]
18. "You Gotta Move - Demo" - Heatmiser - Mic City Sons (30th Anniversary) [CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92): 2025]
19. "By Your Side" - Squeeze - Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti [EMI: 1985]
20. "Own Two Feet" - The Jean Paul Sartre Experience - I Like Rain: The Story of The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience [Fire Records: 2015]
21. "Party at Ground Zero" - Fishbone - The Essential Fishbone [Columbia/Legacy: 1985]
22. "Sometimes" - Erasure - The Circus [Sire/Warner Records: 1987]
23. "Don't Want To Know If You're Lonely" - Hüsker Dü - Nov. 3, Salt Lake City [Numero Group: 2025]
    Notes: New! Live!
24. "Only a Shadow" - The Cleaners From Venus - Midnight Cleaners [Mr Mule: 1982]
25. "Summer Jingle" - The Pelicans - London Crawling [Mint 400 Records: 2022]
    Notes: Material originally recorded in the early 2000's.
26. "Don't Change" - INXS - Shabooh Shoobah [Rhino Atlantic: 1982]

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. "Laal Chunariya" - Anvaya - Sands Between Us EP [Indo Warehouse: 2025]
   Notes: Anvaya is the fast-rising pair of dynamic husband-and-wife team Sonia and Kaushal Majmudar. Hot on the heels of the standout first single 'Dheere' which made waves across the underground, Anvaya now serves up their super debut EP Sands Between Us' in full on Indo Warehouse. The Sands Between Us draws on elements from melodic house, pop music, rhythmic tribal grooves and South Asian sounds to create an original 'Indo House' sound.
2. "Kalaboncoro" - Ginton, Richard Bona, Salif Keita - single [Decca: 2025]
   Notes: Afro House DJ producer & guitarist from the Netherlands Ginton is emerging as one of the most exciting new names in global Afro House. He reimagines Kalabancoro, the 1998 classic by Richard Bona & Salif Keita, into a sun-drenched club banger. Punchy basslines, sharp percussion, and hypnotic guitar riffs - a vibrant tribute to African legends, crafted to set summer dancefloors on fire.
3. "Te Vi Volar" - Holly Holden - al andar [Holly Holden Music: 2025]
   Notes: London's vibrant Latin music scene has a new vocal star, inner- city primary school music teacher and singer, Holly Holden. Although born in London's Shepherd's Bush, Holly's songs and music are inspired and shaped by years of travel and a deep love of Latin America where she was gifted a Venezuelan cuatro (small guitar) that now never leaves her side. Holly weaves Latin folk, poetic pop and global influences into something entirely her own, bringing the songs from her new album 'al andar' to life.
4. "River Banks" - Mukhtar/Monteverde - Al-hambra [Naxos World: 2025]
   Notes: Ahmed Mukhtar and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde present Al-hambra, a vibrant exploration of the deep musical and cultural ties between the Arab world and Andalusia over centuries. Inspired by a visit to the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Mukhtar was moved by echoes of familiar Islamic architecture, setting the stage for a cross-cultural journey through music. The album bridges centuries of artistic exchange, tracing the influence of the Middle Eastern oud on the flamenco guitar and exploring shared melodic structures such as maqam and flamenco scales.
5. "Solamente" - Manu Chao (feat. Santa Fe Klan) - single [Because: 2025]
   Notes: Following the release of Manu Chao's latest studio album Viva Tu comes a new single 'Solamente' with Santa Fe Klan - one of Mexico's rising voices - out now via Because Music. The track is soulful, poetic ballad that blends cumbia, reggae, and HipHop together, giving voice to solitude, longing, and the quiet hope of starting anew.
6. "A'Chailleach" - Brighde Chaimbeul - Sunwise [Glitterbeat: 2025]
   Notes: After the remarkable success and acclaim that greeted her second album Carry Them With Us (tak:til / Glitterbeat, 2023), Scottish composer and small pipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul returns with a magic(k)al third album, Sunwise, which sees her push forward experimentally but also immerse her music more deeply in tradition, folklore and mystery.
7. "New Life" - iyatra Quartet - Wild Green [iyatra Quartet: 2025]
   Notes: Creating free-flowing music that travels on the wind of improvisation rather than the confines of the anticipated, takes skill and inspiration. iyatraQuartet is amply blessed with both. iyatraQuartet's new collection of original compositions and songs called 'Wild Green' is an enchanting exploration of the beauty and strength of the cycles of the natural world in English, Occitan and Middle English.
8. "All Your Tiny Bones" - Spafford Campbell - Tomorrow Held [Real World: 2025]
   Notes: Tomorrow Held is the visionary new album by twenty-something mold-breakers and conservatoire-trained virtuosos, fiddle player Owen Spafford and guitarist Louis Campbell. Eight largely instrumental tracks that hold space, resolve into mystery, that fold in elements of jazz, post-rock and chamber classical music while raiding the folk music toolbox.
9. "Cal's Guajira" - Roger Glenn - My Latin Heart [Patois: 2025]
   Notes: My Latin Heart, out August 22 on Patois Records, is the new release by Cal Tjader band member Roger Glenn, who is himself celebrating his 80th birthday with this first release as a leader in a half-century. Multi-instrumentalist Glenn played flute with Tjader -- and vibes with Herbie Mann!
10. "As Estacoes" - Dom Salvador - Dom Salvador [Jazz Is Dead: 2025]
    Notes: Dom Salvador returns to his samba-funk roots with Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fusion of past and present, JID024 honors his legacy while pushing his pioneering sound forward%u2014bridging Black Brazilian music with the global rhythms of jazz, funk, and soul.
11. "Someone to Someone" - Jon Irabagon - PlainsPeak [Irabbagast: 2025]
    Notes: On Someone to Someone, the powerhouse new album from Jon Irabagon, the kaleidoscopic saxophonist revisits his past in a tale of two cities - New York, where he rose to prominence, and Chicago, where he simply rose. Fresh on the heels of his nonet album Server Farm, Irabagon unveils PlainsPeak, an acoustic quartet with three exceptionally versatile Midwest musicians - trumpeter Russ Johnson, bassist Clarke Sommers, and drummer Dana Hall.
12. "We All Rise with the Sun" - Tommy Perman - Songs for the Mist Forest [Blackford Hill: 2025]
    Notes: 'Songs for the Mist Forest' is the second album by childhood friends, classical guitarist Morgan Szymanski and artist Tommy Perman. While their first album explored the sounds of the Scottish woodland where Tommy's parents live, their new album is inspired by Morgan's ranch in the mist forests of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. The music evolved from a soundtrack Morgan and Tommy produced for the documentary film 'El Dragón de los Bosques de Niebla' (The Dragon of the Mist Forest).
13. "Poze" - Lakou Mizik - World Beach Party [Putumayo: 2025]
    Notes: Haiti's acclaimed roots collective, combines rara, vodou and global styles to celebrate cultural resilience with multigenerational energy and international reach.
14. "Fiore d'Inverno" - Giacomo Lariccia - World Beach Party [Putumayo: 2025]
    Notes: Blends Italian canzone and folk-pop storytelling shaped by his jazz roots and European travels.
15. "Cuando Solo Chegar" - Samantha Schmutz - Samantha e Adrian [Linear Labs: 2025]
    Notes: Samantha Schmütz and Adrian Younge met at the perfect moment in their creative journeys. Their new album Samantha e Adrian, due July 25 via Linear Labs, is the story of a profound artistic connection between Brazilian actress/singer Samantha Schmütz and American composer Adrian Younge.
16. "Elegantly Wasted" - Hermanos Guiterrez - single [Easy Eye Sound: 2025]
    Notes: Hermanos Gutiérrez join forces with their friend and recent tourmate, Leon Bridges, to release "Elegantly Wasted." Out now on Easy Eye Sound, the duo's first new single and music video of 2025 - and first song to ever feature English-language lyrics - is a love-drunk story of smooth and seductive Latin soul.
17. "Fired Up (Remix)" - Angelique Kidjo - single [Decca: 2025]
    Notes: Belgian producer Hoax (BE) releases his remix of 'Fired Up,' a track from Angélique Kidjo's critically acclaimed album Mother Nature. The track featuring Blue Lab Beats and Ghetto Boy, gets a second life and is made to light up the dancefloors. Striking a balance between the powerful vocals of Angélique Kidjo and the current afro-house vibe, Hoax injects his club energy while respecting the essence of the original track.
18. "Ancestros Futuros" - Cochemea - single [Daptone: 2025]
    Notes: Cochemea (pron. co-chee-may-ah) Gastelum's forthcoming album on Daptone Records, Vol. 3: Ancestros Futuros, completes a trilogy that includes All My Relations (2019) and Vol. 2: Baca Sewa (2021). For Vol. 3: Ancestros Futuros, he gathered a core group of longtime collaborators - a powerhouse octet of New York City percussionists and members of Daptone's famed rhythm section.
19. "Baye Ass N'Diaye" - Orchestra Gold - single [Orchestra Gold: 2025]
    Notes: Orchestra Gold unveils Dakan, a transcendent new album that explores the intertwined themes of destiny (dakan) and passion. 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. The band steps fully into its identity as a bridge between worlds: West African traditional music and heavy, hypnotic psychedelic rock.
20. "Titania's Lullabye" - Will Gregory - Lost in the Forest [Real World X: 2025]
    Notes: Lost in the Forest: Music from the RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the music Gregory created for the RSC's production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which originally premiered in Stratford and then transferred to London, in late 2024, for a sold-out, five-star run at the Barbican.

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. "I've Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" - Cleo Laine - Jazz Britannica, Vol. 4: Annie Ross / Cleo Laine [Editions Audiovisuel Beulah: 2021]
2. "Girl Talk" - Mel Tormé, Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You [Concord Jazz: 1992]
3. "Devil May Care" - Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes [Impulse!: 1999]
4. "Can't Get Out Of This Mood" - Samara Joy - Linger Awhile [Verve: 2022]
5. "All The Things You Are" - Chris Connor - Double Exposure [Atlantic: 1961]
6. "I Can't Get Started" - Maynard Ferguson - Chameleon [Columbia/Legacy: 1974]
7. "How High the Moon" - June Christy and Stan Kenton - Road Show (Live) [Columbia: 1959]
8. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans" - Annie Ross, Gerry Mulligan - Sings a Song with Mulligan [Blue Note: 1959]
9. "The More I See You" - Chet Baker - It Could Happen To You [Riverside: 1958]
   Notes: Kenny Drew (p), Sam Jones
10. "Godchild" - Bill Charlap Trio, Scott Colley, Dennis Mackrel - Souvenir [Criss Cross Jazz: 1996]
11. "Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor" - Chuck Mangione - Land of Make Believe [Verve: 1973]
12. "As Long As We're Together" - Chuck Mangione feat. Esther Satterfield - Land of Make Believe [Verve: 1973]
13. "Night Train" - Christian McBride Big Band - For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver [Mack Avenue Records: 2020]
14. "Here's That Rainy Day" {Jimmy Van Heusen} - Monty Alexander - Echoes Of Jilly's [Concord Jazz: 1997]
15. "Relaxin' At Camerillo" {C. Parker} - Tommy Flanagan - Eclypso [Enja Horst Weber: 1978]
16. "Hymn to Freedom" {Oscar Peterson} - Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train [Verve: 1963]
17. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" - Key for Two - Hampton Hawes and Martial Solal [Charly: 1979]
    Notes: Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
18. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" - Rah! - Mark Murphy [Riverside: 1961]
19. "The Nearness of You" - George Shearing, Nancy Wilson - The Swingin's Mutual! [Nostalgic Melody Music Production: 1961]
20. "Just One of Those Things" - Sarah Vaughn - Sarah Vaughn at Mister Kelly's [Verve: 1957]
21. "Dat Dere (Theme)" - Bobby Timmons Trio - In Person [Riverside: 1961]
22. "They Didn't Believe Me" - Bobby Timmons Trio - In Person [Riverside: 1961]

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. "Till The Clouds Roll By" {Jerome Kern, Guy Belon & P. G. Wodenhouse} - Charlie Byrd - Du Hot Club De Concord [Concord: 1995]
2. "Acerate Mars" {Forrest} - Laurindo Almedida & Bud Shank - Brazilliance [Pacific Jazz: 1955]
3. "Tahiti" {M. Jackson} - Milt Jackson - Wizard Of The Vibes [BlueNote: 1952]
4. "Melodia Del Rio" {R. Gonzales} - Ruben Gonzales - Introducing [NoneSuch: 1996]
5. "Just The Way You Are" {Freed} - Polly Bergen - Early Years [Sepia: 1950]
6. "Brazil" {A. Barroso & S. K. Russell} - Grant Green - The Latin Bit [ 1962]
7. "This Masquerade" {Leon Russell} - Jeff Steinberg Jazz Ensemble - Cafe Cubano [Green Hill: 2013]
8. "When The World Was Young" {Johnny Mercer & Philippe GerardAdventures In Paradise} - Peter Nero - Hail, The Conquering Nero [BMG: 1963]
9. "Adventures In Paradise" - Larry Ferrari - Return To Paradise [Sure ]
10. "I Want to Be Loved" {Samuel Bell} - the Enchanters - Best Of Loma [Loma: 1965]
11. "Take One" {Baxter} - Les Baxter - Teen Drums [BMCD: 1959]
12. "La Cumparsita" {Rodriquiz} - Xavier Cugat - Cugat Cavalcade [Columbia: 1958]
13. "Tico Tico" {Zequinha Abreu} - Xavier Cugat - Cugat Cavalcade [Columbia: 1958]
14. "A Fine Romance" {Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields} - Stephane Grappelli - Grappelli Plays Kern [GRP: 1987]
15. "Just Friends" {Klenner/Lewis} - Etta Jones - [Prestige: 1962]
16. "Londonderry Air" {traditional} - Peter Nero - Hail, The Conquering Nero [BMG: 1963]
17. "The Breeze And I" {Ernesto Lecuona/Al Stillman} - Leroy Holmes - [Jasmine ]
18. "I Should Care" {Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston & Axel Stordahl} - Milt Jackson - Wizard Of The Vibes [Blue Note: 1952]

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 Quartet No. 3 in C minor op. 60" {Johannes BRAHMS} - Krystian Zimerman (Piano), Maria Nowak (Violin), Katarzyna Budnik-Ga%u0142%u0105zka (Viola), Yuya Okamoto (Violoncello) - Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 [Deutsche Grammophon: 2025]
2. "Symphony No. 61 in D major Hob. I:61" {Joseph HAYDN} - Thomas Fey, Heidelberger Sinfoniker - Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 10 [Haenssler Classics: 2008]
3. "Der Schauspieldirektor KV 486: Sinfonia" {W.A. MOZART} - Anton Steck, Concerto Köln - Mozart [Deutsche Grammophon: 2006]
4. "Sextet for 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons in E flat major op. 71" {Ludwig van BEETHOVEN} - Boxwood & Brass - Beethoven Transformed, Volume 1 [Resonus: 2019]
5. "O better for to live and die" {Arthur SULLIVAN} - Isidore Godfrey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Valerie Masterson (Soprano), Pauline Wales (Soprano), Christene M. Palmer (Mezzo-soprano), Jean Allister (Mezzo-soprano), Philip Potter (Tenor), John Reed (Baritone), George Cook (Baritone), Donald Adams (Bass), Owen Brannigan (Bass) - Gilbert and Sullivan Edition [Decca: 2011]
6. "Les Indes galantes RCT 44 (Orchestral Suite)" {Jean-Philippe RAMEAU} - Frans Brüggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century - Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite etc [Decca: 2006]

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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