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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. "Dream Destroyer" - Sloan - Based on a Best Seller [Murderrecords / Yep Roc: 2025]
   Notes: September 27th release
2. "Drawbacks" - dust - Sky Is Falling [Select: 2025]
   Notes: October 20th release
3. "Swords 'n' Sandals" - Chronophage - Musical Attack: Communist Anarchist Friendship [Post Present Medium: 2025]
4. "Bowery (Feat. Kings of Leon)" - Zach Bryan - single [Warner Bros.: 2025]
5. "Come As You Are" - Rhett Miller - A Lifetime of Riding By Night [ATO: 2025]
   Notes: October 10th release
6. "Gullypso (Merikin)" - Etienne Charles - Gullah Roots [Culture Shock: 2025]
7. "Rise Up With Fists!!!" - Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat [Team Love: 2006]
8. "Davie" - Lawn - God Made the Highway [Exploding in Sound: 2025]
   Notes: September 19th release
9. "Beautiful Close Doubler" - Damon & Naomi - The Earth is Blue [20/20/20: 2005]
10. "Bus Back to Richmond" - Lucy Dacus - single [Geffen: 2025]
11. "Snow White" - Laufey - A Matter of Time [Vingolf Recordings/AWAL: 2025]
    Notes: August 22nd release
12. "Marble Race Rematch" - Mike Freeman Zonavibe - Circles in a Yellow Room [VOF: 2025]
    Notes: Recorded in 2019
13. "No Cap" - Anderson .Paak & Disclosure - single [Apollo/Disorder: 2025]
14. "Sexagenarian" - Public Enemy - Black Sky Over the Projects:Apartment 2025 [Bandcamp: 2025]
15. "To Be Free" - Sam Smith - single [Capitol: 2025]
16. "Mirrorage" - Glasser - Ring (Bonus Track Edition) [single: 2011]
17. "Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel [Epic: 1974]
18. "Post-Punk / New Wave" - Pynch - Beautiful Noise [Chillburn Recordings/State 51 Conspiracy: 2025]
19. "Oh No!" - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Shapes and Forms EP [Cool Death: 2025]
20. "Finest Worksong" - R.E.M. - And I Feel Fine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 [I.R.S.: 2006]
21. "White Wedding" - Billy Idol - Live in Glen Allen 9-17-03 [Chrysalis: 2003]
22. "With You" - The Volebeats - The Volebeats [Rainbow Quartz International: 2010]
23. "Begin the Beguine" - Giacomo Smith - Manouche [Stunt: 2025]
24. "Fishin' Hole Theme" - The Nighthawks - American Landscape [Powerhouse: 2008]
25. "Old Me. New Wig" - Molly Tuttle - So Long Little Miss Sunshine [Nonesuch: 2025]
26. "The Road" - Jackson Browne - Running on Empty [Asylum: 1977]
27. "Everything Under the Sun" - Twin Bandit - Everything Under the Sun [Nettwerk: 2017]
28. "Solitaire" - S.G. Goodman - Planting By the Signs [Slough Water/Thirty Tigers: 2025]
29. "Which Side are You On" - Billy Bragg - Back to Basics [Elektra: 1987]
30. "Telepathy" - David Bailis - Running Through My Mind [Tourganic: 2025]
31. "If I Can't Have You" - Etta James - The Definitive Collection [Geffen: 2006]
32. "The Supernatural" - Bernie Marsden - Green and Blues [Castle Communications: 1985]
    Notes: Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac early hit
33. "Dirty Nightgown" - Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven [Yep Roc: 2011]
34. "Leap Year" - Billie Marten - Leap Year [Fiction: 2025]

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. "Doodlin'" - Robben Ford - Live at the Notodden Blues Festival [Blue Rock'It: 1992]
2. "Chicago Style" - Dave Specter - Live At Space [Delmark: 2025]
3. "Tutwiler" - Rick Holmstrom - Late In The Night [M.C. Records: 2007]
4. "Wake Up Call" - Michelle Willson & The Evil Gal Festival Orchestra - Wake Up Call [Bullseye Blues: 2001]
5. "Inflation Blues" - Jimmy Witherspoon - Spoonful [Avenue Jazz: 1994]
6. "Hooker Cooker" - Earl Hooker - Funk (The Last Of The Great Earl Hooker) [Antilles: 1976]
7. "PillarTo Post" - Jimmy Witherspoon - Hunh! [Bluesway: 1970]
8. "Under The Counter" - Mel Brown - Love, Lost And Found [Electro-Fi: 2010]
9. "Big Mama's Coming Home" - Casey Hensley - Live [Vizztone: 2017]
10. "Put Your Lovin' Where It Belongs" - Casey Hensley - Live [Vizztone: 2017]
11. "Kicking" - Frank Catalano & Lurrie Bell - Set Me Free [Self-Produced: 2024]
12. "Past Forty Blues" - Jimmy Witherspoon - The Blues Is Now [Verve: 2005]
13. "Money Is Getting Cheaper" - Charles Brown With Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - 1947-1948 [Classics: 2001]
14. "No Rollin' Blues" - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival [Essential Media Group: 2012]
15. "Buried Alive In The Blues" - Janis Joplin - Pearl [Columbia: 1990]
16. "Buried Alive In The Blues" - Paul Butterfield - Better Days [Bearsville: 2002]
17. "In The Dark" - Shemekia Copeland - Uncivil War [Alligator: 2020]
18. "Room With A View" - Johnny Adams - Room With A View Of The Blues [Rounder: 1988]
19. "Ain't Nobody's Business" - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival [Essential Media Group: 2012]

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. "GoogGenuG at Offbeat Roadhouse (August 8, 2025)" - GootGenuG - Offbeat Roadhouse (August 8, 2025) [GootGenuG: 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 Love Paris" {Cole Porter} - Anna Kendrick, Melissa Errico - High Society [DRG Records: 1999]
   Notes: Anna Kendrick born August 9, 1985
3. "Ladies Who Lunch" {Stephen Sondheim} - Alana Allen, Anna Kendrick - Camp (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Decca Soundtracks: 2003]
4. "A Part of That" {Jason Robert Brown} - Anna Kendrick - The Last Five Years (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Ghostlight Records: 2015]
5. "No One Is Alone" {Stephen Sondheim} - Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone - Into the Woods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition) [Walt Disney Records: 2014]
6. "Opening for a Princess" {Mary Rodgers} - Michael Urie, Nikki Renee Daniels, Once Upon a Mattress Company - Once Upon a Mattress (The 2024 Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Marshall Barer; Michael Urie born August 8, 1980
7. "Song of Love" {Mary Rodgers} - Michael Urie, Sutton Foster - Once Upon a Mattress (The 2024 Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Marshall Barer
8. "Man to Man Talk" {Mary Rodgers} - Michael Urie - Once Upon a Mattress (The 2024 Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Marshall Barer
9. "That Was Then, This Is Now" {Julia Mattison & Noel Carey} - Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
   Notes: Jennifer Simard born August 8, 1970
10. "Madeline" {Julia Mattison & Noel Carey} - Marija Abney, Jennifer Simard - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
11. "Let’s Run Away Together" {Julia Mattison & Noel Carey} - Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
12. "Alive Forever" {Julia Mattison & Noel Carey} - Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals Recordings: 2025]
13. "First Impressions" {Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner} - Zachary Levi, Krysta Rodriguez - First Date (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Yellow Sound Label: 2013]
    Notes: Opened August 8, 2013
14. "I'd Order Love" {Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner} - Blake Hammond - First Date (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Yellow Sound Label: 2013]
15. "The Things I Never Said" {Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner} - Sara Chase, Zachary Levi - First Date (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Yellow Sound Label: 2013]
16. "Something That Will Last" {Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner} - Sara Chase, Kristoffer Cusick, Blake Hammond, Zachary Levi, Kate Loprest, Krysta Rodriguez, Bryce Ryness - First Date (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Yellow Sound Label: 2013]
17. "Just Another Day" {Tom Kitt} - Caissie Levy, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jack Wolfe, Jamie Parker - Next To Normal (Original London Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
18. "I Miss the Mountains" {Tom Kitt} - Caissie Levy - Next To Normal (Original London Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
19. "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" {Tom Kitt} - Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jack Wolfe, Caissie Levy - Next To Normal (Original London Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
20. "I'm Alive" {Tom Kitt} - Jack Wolfe - Next To Normal (Original London Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
21. "When I Was Young" {Dave Malloy} - Sally Ann Triplett - The Witches (Original London Cast Recording) [Broadway Records: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Dave Malloy & Lucy Kirkwood
22. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" {Dave Malloy} - Katherine Kingsley - The Witches (Original London Cast Recording) [Broadway Records: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Dave Malloy & Lucy Kirkwood
23. "The Kraken's Lullaby" {Darren Clark} - Philippa Hogg - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Original West End Cast Recording) [Warner Classics: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Darren Clark & Jethro Compton
24. "When E're She Looked At Me" {Darren Clark} - Cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Matthew Burns, Oonagh Cox, Clare Foster, Jack Quarton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Original West End Cast Recording) [Warner Classics: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Darren Clark & Jethro Compton
25. "The Moon and the Sea" {Darren Clark} - Clare Foster, John Dagleish - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Original West End Cast Recording) [Warner Classics: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Darren Clark & Jethro Compton
26. "Rain" {Neil Berg} - Rema Webb - The 12 (Original Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records / Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Robert Schenkkan and Neil Berg
27. "What If" {Neil Berg} - Adrienne Walker, Akron Lanier Watson - The 12 (Original Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records / Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Robert Schenkkan and Neil Berg
28. "Rise Up" {Neil Berg} - Etai Benson, Brandon J. Ellis, F. Michael Haynie, Mel Johnson Jr., Wonza Johnson, Kelvin Moon Loh, Rob Morrison, Kyle Scatliffe, Wesley Taylor, Gregory Treco, Adrienne Walker, Akron Lanier Watson, Rema Webb - The 12 (Original Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records / Yellow Sound Label: 2025]
    Notes: Lyrics by Robert Schenkkan and Neil Berg

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 ]
   Notes: Theme tune
2. "Cousin Sally Brown" - Dirk Powell - If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [Rounder ]
3. "Mike in the wilderness" - Dolly & the Devil - Can you Dance? [Forest Haven Productions ]
   Notes: Brand new release from the Dolly and the Devil collective. Kristen Harris, Jane Rothfield, Rick Davidson, Jon Sullivan, Joann Davidson
4. "Jeff City" - Dolly & the Devil - Can you Dance? [Forest Haven Productions ]
   Notes: Sam Weiss, Julie Chiles, Rick Davidson, Zeb Gambili, Joanne Davidson
5. "Glory in the Meetinghouse" - Joseph Decosimo - Fiery Gizzard [Dear Life Records ]
   Notes: To be released next Friday. I will interview Joseph on Sunset Road the same day
6. "Shady Grove" - Joseph Decosimo - Fiery Gizzard [Dear Life Records ]
7. "Heel and Toe" - The Horsenecks - In the West [The Horsenecks ]
   Notes: New release from the Horsenecks
8. "Hearts and Bones" - Eli West - Shape of a Sway [Eli West ]
9. "Ouditarus Rez w Enion Pelta Tiller" - Darol Anger - Diary of a Fiddler #2-The Empty Nest [Adhyaropa ]
   Notes: New release, out September 5, 2025
10. "Melt the Teakettle w Jenna Moynihan" - Darol Anger - Diary of a Fiddler #2-The Empty Nest [Adhyaropa ]
11. "Rushtick Charmers" - Caterina Lichtenberg & Mike Marshall - Caterina Lichtenberg, Mike Marshall & friends [Adventure Music ]
    Notes: Brand new release
12. "Sensival by Pixinguinha" - Caterina Lichtenberg & Mike Marshall - Caterina Lichtenberg, Mike Marshall & friends [Adventure Music ]
13. "XL" - Bargainatt - C'est pas banane! [Bargainatt ]
    Notes: New-to-me genre of European music - BalFolk.
14. "Lapwings-Crossbills" - Naragonia - Mira [Homerecords.be ]
    Notes: More BalFolk.
15. "Just Heavy" - Topette!! - Bourdon [Topette!! ]
    Notes: More BalFolk, featuring English melodeon player Andy Cutting
16. "Spaghetti Panic" - Blowzabella - Vanilla [Green Linnet ]
    Notes: More music featuring Andy Cutting
17. "Key Signator w Alex Hargreaves" - Darol Anger - Diary of a Fiddler #2-The Empty Nest [Adhyaropa ]
18. "Cumberland Gap" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
    Notes: New release, out in September
19. "I Ne_er Shall Wean Her" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
20. "Red Prairie Dawn" - Brad Kolodner - Old Growth [Fenchurch Street ]
    Notes: Latest from Brad Kolodner

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. "Shut 'Em Up" - The Prodigy, Public Enemy, Manfred Mann - The Day Is My Enemy (Expanded Edition) [Warner Records: 2015]
2. "Dealer's Choice" - Private Lives - Salt of the Earth [Feel It Records: 2025]
3. "Do Nothing" - Bass Drum of Death - Do Nothing [Cobraside: 2025]
   Notes: [NEW] Album out 9/12
4. "I'm Not a Seeker I'm a Founder" - The Transpersonals - Kiss Goodbye to Free Will (The Perils of Cheerleading) [The Transpersonals: 2011]
5. "Dive Bar Named Nirvana" - Dogpark - Breaking in Brooklyn (EP) [Big Loud: 2024]
   Notes: At the Southern 10/9
6. "Solastalgia" - Galore - Dirt [Speakeasy Studios SF: 2025]
   Notes: [NEW]
7. "Uh Huh" - Jade Bird - Jade Bird [Glassnote Music LLC: 2019]
   Notes: Released a new album last month
8. "Highway Man" - The New Eves - The New Eve Is Rising [Transgressive Records: 2025]
9. "Kneel" - Nilufer Yanya - Dancing Shoes (EP) [Ninja Tune: 2025]
   Notes: [NEW]
10. "Vision" - Holy River - Courage [Earth Folk Collective: 2020]
11. "Supersonic (my existence)" - Skrillex, Noisia, josh pan, Dylan Brady - Quest For Fire [OWSLA/Atlantic: 2023]
12. "Let's Do It Again - Instrumental" - Wu-Tang Clan, Mathematics - Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman (Deluxe) [All Maf Productions / 36 Chamber: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW]
13. "Too Loud (feat. Phantogram)" - Big Wild, Phantogram - Too Loud (feat. Phantogram) [Giant Music: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW] Phantogram playingThe National/Richmond 9/15
14. "Never Have I Ever" - Dojo Cuts - Never Have I Ever [DCR: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW]. New album out next week!
15. "Before You Realize It" - The Mystery Lights - Before You Realize It [Wick Records: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW] Thanks to DJLP!
16. "Janie Jones - Remastered" - The Clash - The Clash (Remastered) [Sony Music UK: 1977]
17. "Send Me A Postcard" - Shocking Blue - Scorpio's Dance [Red Bullet: 1970]
18. "Claudine - Instrumental" - Wu-Tang Clan, Mathematics - Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman (Deluxe) [All Maf Productions / 36 Chamber: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW] Bed.
19. "Outa-Space" - Billy Preston - I Wrote A Simple Song [A&M: 1971]
20. "Volcano" - Beck - Modern Guilt [Interscope: 2008]
21. "Bad Miracles" - Cory Hanson - I Love People [Drag City: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW]
22. "Peace" - Cass McCombs - Peace [Domino Recording Co: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW]
23. "The Deadpan Break" - T. G. Shand - The Deadpan Break [Cusp Limited: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW]
24. "Are You Sleepwalking?" - TORRES - Thirstier [Merge Records: 2021]
    Notes: Playing at the Jefferson with Sharon Van Etten 9/25
25. "Giddy Up" - Jenny Lewis - Giddy Up [Blue Note Records: 2023]
26. "Who's Sitting on the Moon" - Freckle - Freckle [GOD?: 2025]
27. "Ain't It Sad" - Color Green - Color Green [ORG Music: 2022]
28. "Tribulations" - LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem [Parlophone UK: 2005]
29. "Silver Tongue" - Jacob Banks - Yonder [Nobody Records: 2025]

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. "The Jasmin Tree " - The Modern Jazz Quartet - Under The Jasmin Tree [EMI Catalogue: 1967]
   Notes: USA
2. "Yala" - Oumou Sangare - Oumou [World Circuit: 1990]
   Notes: Mali
3. "Toufoula" - Rajery, Ballake Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi - 3MA [Contrejour: 2009]
   Notes: Mali, Morocco, Madagascar---Ballake Sissoko on kora; Driss El Maloumi on oud; Rajery on valiha (a wooden tube zither from Madagascar)
4. "Yolele" - Papa Wemba - Emotion (Real World Gold) [Real World Records: 1995]
   Notes: Democratic Republic of the Congo
5. "Hjaltadans / Hunter's Grove" - Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger - Lockdown Breakdown [Tree Frog Music: 2024]
   Notes: USA
6. "Free" - Sacha Silva - Anatomy of a Coup [Migrant Worker Records: 2007]
   Notes: Switzerland / Canada - Sacha Silva's roots are from Sri Lanka and Bulgaria
7. "Black Iris" - Sven Wunder - Eastern Flowers [Piano Piano: 2020]
   Notes: Sweden--Swen Wunder, aka Joel Danell, an accomplished jazz musician and producer who explores musics from the Turkish / Anatolian region, as well as Eastern Europe
8. "Octave" - Maeve Gilchrist, Viktor Krauss - Vignette [Adventure Music: 2017]
   Notes: Scotland, UK / USA
9. "Seelinnikoi" - Varttina - Seleniko [Green Linnet Records: 1992]
   Notes: Finland
10. "Paddle the Torrens" - The Greencards - Sweetheart of the Sun [The Greencards: 2013]
    Notes: USA / UK / Australia
11. "Erke sary" - Ruslan Jumabaev, Kambarkan Folk Ensemble - Kambarkan Folk Ensemble: The Music of Kyrgyzstan [ARC: 2001]
    Notes: Kyrgyzstan - a nation of approximately 6 million people, on the northwestern border of China. The capital is Bishkek.
12. "Uyghur Girl" - Erkin Abdulla - Trace (Deluxe Edition) [Erkin Abdulla: 2008]
    Notes: Xinjiang, China
13. "Giddha Pao Haan Dio" - Mohinder Kaur Bhamra - Punjabi Folk Dance Songs [Keda Records: 1991]
    Notes: UK via Uganda, Kenya, and India -- Mohinder Kaur Bhamra became known for Punjabi folk music, ghazals, Sikh hymns, and songs based on migration while working in the UK and bonding with Indian women there.
14. "I Want You" - Burma Orchestra Saing Waing - From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan [Buda musique: 2013]
    Notes: Myanmar
15. "OVERLAND BLUES" - Yoshida Brothers - Yoshida Brothers [Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.: 2005]
    Notes: Japan
16. "Poze" - Putumayo, Lakou Mizik - World Beach Party by Putumayo [Putumayo Digital Media LLC: 2025]
    Notes: Haiti
17. "Ya Es la Hora" - Los Incas - Alegria [Musavida: 1988]
    Notes: Peru / France
18. "Hija Mia" - Amina Alaoui - Alcantara [Audivis: 1998]
    Notes: Morocco - Amina Alaoui (born 1964) is a Moroccan interpreter of Andalusian classical music. She sings in Arabic, Classic Persian, Haketia, Spanish, and Portuguese.
19. "Walk With Me - Quartet version" - Maya Youssef, Opera North's Orchestra - Finding Home [Seven Gates: 2022]
    Notes: Syria / UK--virtuoso female performer on the qanun, traditional 78-stringed plucked zither
20. "Halam Ya Eid" - Munir Bachir - Aoud Around the Arab World [Voix de l'Orient: 1993]
    Notes: Iraq
21. "Habibi Taal" - Alsarah & The Nubatones - Silt [WONDERWHEEL RECORDINGS: 2005]
    Notes: Sudan
22. "Habib Galbi" - A-WA - Habib Galbi [S-Curve Records: 2016]
    Notes: Yemen / Israel
23. "Deira" - Saint Levant, MC Abdul - DEIRA [Saint Levant: 2024]
    Notes: Palestine
24. "Sonata Da Chiesa No. 4 in F Major, Op. 5: II. Allegro" - Arcangelo Corelli, Ottavio Dantone, Stefano Montanari - Corelli: Violin Sonatas Op. 5, Nos. 1-12 [Arts Productions Ltd: 2006]
    Notes: Italy--Archangelo Correlli lived between 1653 - 1713
25. "SHUM" - Go_A - SHUM [Universal Music Polska Sp. z o.o.: 2021]
    Notes: Ukraine
26. "Sweet Dreams" - Anika Moa - Songs for Bubbas [DIAMOND AND KOWHAI: 2013]
    Notes: New Zealand
27. "Hope" - Quraishi - Pure & True Rubab [Evergreene Music: 2006]
    Notes: Afghanistan
28. "We Want Peace" - Emmanuel Jal - See Me Mama [Gatwitch Records, Inc.: 2011]
    Notes: South Sudan--After a harrowing early life, and a heart-warming rescue, Emmanuel Jal now lives safely in Toronto, Canada.

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. "Barbary Coast" {Jaco Pastorius} - Weather Report - Black Market [Columbia: 1976]
3. "In Flight" {Palmieri} - Eddie Palmieri - Listen Here! [Concord: 2005]
   Notes: RIP the late great Eddie Palmieri, who did so much to change the NYC Latin jazz scene.
4. "Puerto Rico" {Palmieri} - Eddie Palmieri - Sentido [Mango: 1973]
5. "Sakeena's Vision" {Shorter} - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers featuring Wayne Shorter & Lee Morgan - The Big Beat [Blue Note: 1960]
   Notes: As he told Conrad Silvert in a July 14, 1977, DownBeat interview: “Art used my tunes right from the beginning. I wrote ‘Sakeena’s Vision’ about his daughter, and ‘Sincerely Diana’ was about Art’s wife. I was getting away from the old 12-bar structure, where the melody can go somewhere else or come back to itself, but in another way.”
6. "Planet Caravan" {Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler/Bill Ward/Ozzy Osbourne} - Black Sabbath - Paranoid [Warner Bros.: 1970]
7. "Freedom Jazz Dance" {Eddie Harris} - Miles Davis - Miles Smiles [Columbia: 1966/1967]
8. "Backlash" {Donald Pickett} - Freddie Hubbard - Backlash [Atlantic: 1966/1967]
9. "Proof Rum" {Alphonso} - Roland Alphonso - Something Special: Ska Hot Shots [Heartbeat Records: 2000]
10. "It Didn't Turn Out That Way" {Allison} - Mose Allison - I Don't Worry About A Thing [Atlantic: 1962]
11. "Meet Me at No Special Place" {J. Russel Robinson/Arthur Terker/Harry Pyle} - Mose Allison - I Don't Worry About A Thing [Atlantic: 1962]
12. "New Pinnacle" {Younger} - Brandee Younger - Gadabout Season [Impulse!: 2025]
    Notes: recorded on Alice Coltrane's harp.
13. "I Get A Kick Out Of You" {Porter} - Frank Sinatra - The Best Of The Capitol Years [Capitol: 1953]
14. "Fairies Wear Boots" {Ozzy Osbourne/Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler/Bill Ward} - Jazz Sabbath - Jazz Sabbath [Blacklake: 2020]
    Notes: "The idea for Jazz Sabbath started in 2013 on a night off in Berlin during one of the Black Sabbath tours, when Adam Wakeman and Sabbath's security guard sat at the hotel bar early in the morning. The security guard asked if Adam could play the Sabbath set on the piano in the bar. Adam thought it would be fun to play the songs as jazz improvised versions and then played until the bar staff wanted to go home."
15. "Dindi" {Antônio Carlos Jobim} - Wayne Shorter with Miroslav Vitouš, Chick Corea, Airto Moreira and others - Super Nova [Blue Note: 1969]
    Notes: Featuring Walter Booker – acoustic guitar Maria Booker – vocals
16. "Ten-Day Interval" {Tortoise} - Tortoise - TNT [Thrill Jockey: 1998]
17. "Angola" {Shorter} - Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer [Blue Note: 1965]

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. "Hand In Hand" {Black} - David Carroll - Let's Dance To Movie Themes [Mercury: 1962]
2. "The White Rose Of Athens" {M. Hadjidakis/ Hans Bradtke} - David Carroll - Let's Dance To The Movie Themes [Mercury: 1962]
3. "The Shadow Of Your Smile" {Johnny Mandel & Paul Francis Webster} - Oscar Peterson - Blues Etude [Limelight: 1966]
4. "What's New?" {Johnny Burke & Bob Haggart} - Milt Jackson - Wizard Of The Vibes [Blue Note: 1952]
5. "You Changed My Life" {C. Brown} - Charles Brown - One More For The Road [ 1989]
6. "Golden Earrings" {Victor Young & Jay Livingston} - Charlie Byrd - Du Hot Club De Concord [Concord: 1995]
7. "Markin' Time" {Frank Bjorn} - Bent Fabric - Alley Cat [Atco: 1964]
8. "In The Arms Of Love" {Fabricius/Bjerre} - Bent Fabric - Alley Cat [Atco: 1964]
9. "Tangerine" {Victor Sherzinger & Johnny Mercer} - Mundell Lowe & his Allstars - [Progressive: 1972]
10. "I'm Beginning To See The Light" {Ellington/Hodges/James/George} - Joanie Sommers - Positively The Most [Warner: 1960]
11. "Bubble Waltz" {Ivor Peterson} - the Three Suns - At The Candlelight Cafe [Camden: 1959]
12. "Just One More Chance" {Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnston} - the Three Suns - At The Candlelight Cafe [Camden: 1959]
13. "This Could Be Magic" {the Dubs} - the Dubs - Soul Of The Dubs [ 1957]
14. "Trumpet Soliloquy" - Ralph Marterie - [Mercury: 1959]
15. "High Noon" {Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin} - the Exotic Guitars - Holly Holy [Ranwood: 1970]
16. "Harbor Lights" {J. Kennedy & Hugh Williams} - the Exotic Guitars - Holly Holy [Ranwood: 1970]
17. "Lead Me On" {M. Deadrick} - Gwen McCrae - [Columbia: 1970]
18. "Mandinga" {Rodriguez/Fiffe} - Ruben Gonzalez - Introducing... [Nonesuch: 1996]
19. "Michelle" {Shorty Rodgers & Terry Gibbs} - Stan Getz & Terry Gibbs - Early Stan [Original Jazz Classics: 1953]
20. "Moon Of Manakoora" {Frank Loesser &Alfred Newman} - Frankie Carle - The Piano Style Of... [ 1959]

Classical Sunrise - Friday

Start the day right with WTJU! Every weekday morning from 7-9 Classical Sunrise eases you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts and special features you won't find anywhere else.

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1. "Concert No. 2 in A Major" {Georg Philipp TELEMANN} - Hans-Martin Linde, flt.; Thomas Ragossnig, hrpcd.; Konrad Ragossnig, lte.;Warren Stewart, clo. - Telemann: Four Concerts for Flute, Harpsichord, and Basso Continuo [Cadenza Records ]
2. "Nocturne No. 1, op. 50" {Nicolas-Charles BOCHSA} - Luciano Franca, oboe; Stefania Betti, harp - Robert Nicolas Charles Bochsa: Nocturnes for Oboe and Harp [Da Vinci Classics ]
3. "Piano Trio No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 34" {Cecile CHAMINADE} - Ann-Sofi Klingberg, pno.; Annette Mannheimer, vln.; Sara Wijk, clo. - Chaminade: The Piano Trios [and Mazurka] [dB Productions ]
4. "Summertime (Takemitsu, trans.)" {George GERSHWIN; Toru TAKEMITSU} - John Williams, gtr.; Sebastian Bell, flt.; Gareth Hulse, ob.; London Sinfonietta - Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond. - Takemitsu: Guitar Pieces [Sony classical ]
5. "String Quartet in F Major, Op. 50, No. 5: The Dream" {Franz Joseph HAYDN} - Kodaly Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50, Nos. 4-6 [Naxos ]
6. "Guitar Concerto in A, Op. 8a" {Ferdinando CARULLI} - Pepe Romero, gtr.; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, cond. - Carulli/Molino: Guitar Concertos/Mozart: Adagio K. 261 - Rondo K. 373 [Universal International Music B.V. ]
7. "Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo in D Major, No. 2" {Morton RAEHS} - Maria Bania, flt.; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hrpcd. - Scheibe / Raehs: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord [dacapo ]
8. "La Fiesta for 2 violoncelli, strings and percussion (arr. Pushkarev)" {Chick COREA} - Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, clo.; Giorgi Kharadze, clo.; Andrei Pushkarev, perc.; Kremerata Baltica - Cello Fiesta! [Profil ]

Classical Prelude - Friday

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The Hacienda Show

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