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. "Quiet Life" - Shame - Cutthroat [Dead Oceans: 2025]
   Notes: Released today
2. "Respectable" - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls [Rolling Stone Records: 1978]
3. "Beat Beat" - The Natural History - Beat Beat Heartbeat [Flameshovel: 2003]
4. "Blister" - Yumi Zouma - single [Bandcamp: 2025]
5. "Swlabr" - Cream - Disraeli Gears [ATCO: 1967]
6. "Animal Poem" - Anna Tivel - Animal Poem [Fluff & Gravy: 2025]
7. "Samba for Esther" - Steve Rosenblom Big Band - San Francisco 1948 [self-released: 2025]
8. "Tomorrow is Such a Long Time" - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story [Mercury: 1971]
9. "Polaroid" - Richmond Fontaine - Post to Wire [El Cortez: 2003]
10. "Wasteland" - Maggie Bjorklund - Coming Home [Bloodshot: 2010]
    Notes: Danish artist
11. "From Behind the Glass" - Matthew Logan Vasquez - Does What He Wants [Dine Alone: 2017]
12. "Nowhere Now" - Eve Adams - American Dust [Bandcamp: 2025]
13. "I Can't Make You Love Me" - Joe Policastro Trio - Mending Wall [Jerujazz: 2025]
14. "Never Planning To" - Mink's Miracle Medicine - Countrypolitan: The EP [self-released: 2015]
    Notes: Harper's Ferry band
15. "For You" - Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise - Live EP [RCA: 1999]
16. "Annabel" - Nervous Exits - Get Out [Super Secret: 2006]
17. "O Guitar" - Jonathan Richman - Only Frozen Sky Anyway [Blue Arrow: 2025]
18. "Callin' Out" - Lyrics Born - Later That Day... [Quannum Projects: 2003]
19. "I Don't Want to Be Loved (remix)" - Glaxo Babies - Men of Stone [Bristol Archive: 2025]
    Notes: First new album in almost 40 years
20. "Live Wire" - The Meters - Very Best of The Meters [Rhino: 1997]
21. "Love Terrifies Me" - The Iguanas - Sugar Town [Koch: 1998]
22. "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" - The Friends of Distinction - Real Friends [RCA Victor: 1970]
23. "With Amanda In Favignana" - Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Jazz Sextet - Armando Mi Conga [Amor de Flores: 2025]
24. "War Buddies" - Harvey Danger - Little By Little [Phonographic: 2005]
25. "So Much Better" - Dean Johnson - I Hope We Can Still Be Friends [Saddle Creek: 2025]
26. "We Were Enemies" - The Legal Matters - The Legal Matters [Futureman: 2014]
27. "Exodus Damage" - John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt [Barsuk: 2005]
28. "Bright As Yellow" - Hallelujah the Hills - single [self-released: 2008]
    Notes: Innocence Mission cover
29. "In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - Alberto Pibiri - A New World [self-released: 2022]
30. "James Brown" - Sinéad O'Connor feat Seun Kuti - I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss [Nettwerk: 2014]
    Notes: Her last studio album
31. "Hippo" - Desmond Dekker - Black and Dekker [Stiff: 1980]
32. "Open My Eyes" - Soldiers of Jah Army - Get Wiser [Corner Shop: 2005]
    Notes: DC band (SOJA)
33. "Don't Know Why" - Vania Borges - Rhythm Del Mundo: Cuba [Universal Music: 2007]
34. "Aqua Marine" - Santana - Marathon [Columbia: 1979]

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. "29 Ways" - Willie Dixon - The Chess Box [Geffen: 1989]
2. "Everybody's in the Mood" - Howlin' Wolf - The Memphis Sessions [Sun Records: 2007]
3. "Mellow Down Easy" - Little Walter - Hate To See You Go [Geffen: 1969]
4. "You Got Me Dizzy" - Jimmy Reed - I'm Jimmy Reed [Vee-Jay Records: 1958]
5. "The Seventh Son" - Willie Mabon - Just Got Some [Universal Digital Enterprises: 1953]
6. "I Ain't Superstitious" - Willie Dixon - Poet Of the Blues (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation) [Columbia/Legacy: 1947]
7. "Two Headed Woman" - Junior Wells - Calling All Blues - The Chief, Profile & USA Recordings 1957-1963 [Fuel 2000: 1957]
8. "Fine Little Mama" - Elmore James - The Complete Fire & Enjoy Sessions, Pt. 1 [Fire & Enjoy Records: 1962]
9. "One Way Out - Mono Version" - Sonny Boy Williamson II - The Real Folk Blues [Geffen: 1965]
10. "Down In Virginia" - Jimmy Reed - Rockin' With Reed [Vee-Jay Records: 1959]
11. "Crazy Mixed Up World - Alternate Take" - Little Walter - The Essential Little Walter [Geffen: 1993]
12. "Total Destruction to Your Mind" - Swamp Dogg - The Excellent Sides of Swamp Dogg Vol. 1 [S.D.E.G. Records: 2008]
13. "Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon, Jenny Lewis)" - Swamp Dogg, Justin Vernon, Jenny Lewis - Sorry You Couldn't Make It [Joyful Noise Recordings: 2020]
14. "High Heel Sneakers" - Buddy Guy, Junior Wells - Alone and Acoustic
15. "12 Bar Blues" - Bruce Robison - Wrapped [premium records: 1997]
16. "I'd Have to be blind" - Skip Castro Band - Skipped
17. "Just to Hold My Hand - 2024 Remastered Version" - Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin' but a Business Goin' On (2024 Remastered Version) [UNIDISC MUSIC INC.: 1971]
18. "Tomorrow Never Knows - 2024 Remastered Version" - Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin' but a Business Goin' On (2024 Remastered Version) [UNIDISC MUSIC INC.: 1971]
19. "My Happy Day" - Geraint Watkins - Watkins Bold as Love [Jungle Records: 1997]
20. "Memphis Rain" - Aaron Lee Tasjan - Silver Tears [New West Records: 2016]
21. "I Don't Want To Play" - Ellen McIlwaine - We The People [Polydor: 1973]
22. "Teach Me Tonight" - Dinah Washington - The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol.4 (1954-1956) [Mercury Records: 1988]
23. "Hell To Pay" - Boz Scaggs, Bonnie Raitt - A Fool To Care [429 Records: 2015]
24. "How Glad I Am" - Galactic, Irma Thomas - Audience With the Queen [Tchoup-zilla Records: 2025]
25. "Be My Love" - Geraint Watkins - Dial 'W' for Watkins [Jungle Records: 2004]
26. "I Don't Know Anybody in This Town" - Greg Brown - Freak Flag [Yep Roc Records: 2011]
27. "Good Rockin Tonight" - Roy Brown - Don't Let It Rain [Universal Digital Enterprises: 1898]
28. "Feelin' Bad Blues - 2008 Remaster" - Ry Cooder - Crossroads (Original Sountrack) [Rhino/Warner Records: 1986]

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. "Nicole Giordano & Hidden Jim at Offbeat Roadhouse (September 5, 2025)" - Nicole Giordano & Hidden Jim - Offbeat Roadhouse (September 5, 2025) [Nicole Giordano: 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. "Tonight" {Leonard Bernstein} - Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert - West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1957]
   Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Carol Lawrence born September 5, 1932
3. "One Hand, One Heart" {Leonard Bernstein} - Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence - West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1957]
   Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
4. "I Feel Pretty" {Leonard Bernstein} - Carol Lawrence, Carmen Gutierrez, Marilyn Cooper, Elizabeth Taylor, West Side Story Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1957]
   Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
5. "I'll Be Respectable" {Harold Arlen} - Carol Lawrence - Saratoga (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 2000]
   Notes: Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
6. "Why Fight This?" {Harold Arlen} - Carol Lawrence, Howard Keel - Saratoga (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 2000]
   Notes: Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
7. "Countin' Our Chickens" {Harold Arlen} - Carol Lawrence, Howard Keel - Saratoga (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 2000]
   Notes: Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
8. "The Man in My Life" {Harold Arlen} - Carol Lawrence - Saratoga (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 2000]
   Notes: Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
9. "I Do, I Do" {Harvey Schmidt} - Carol Lawrence, Gordon MacRae - I Do, I Do (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 3, 1967) [SOFA - AV Catalog DD: 2023]
   Notes: Lyrics by Tom Jones; from "I Do! I Do!"
10. "My Cup Runneth Over" {Harvey Schmidt} - Carol Lawrence, Gordon MacRae - My Cup Runneth Over (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 3, 1967) [SOFA - AV Catalog DD: 2023]
    Notes: Lyrics by Tom Jones; from "I Do! I Do!"
11. "This Week Americans" {Richard Rodgers} - Carol Lawrence - Do I Hear A Waltz? (2001 Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals: 2001]
    Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
12. "Moon In My Window" {Richard Rodgers} - Annie Werschung, Carol Lawrence, Alyson Reed - Do I Hear A Waltz? (2001 Cast Recording) [Concord Theatricals: 2001]
    Notes: Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
13. "De Nada" {Benjamin Velez & Joy Huerta} - Justina Machado, Florencia Cuenca, Mauricio Mendoza - Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
    Notes: Justina Machado born September 6, 1972
14. "Oye Muchacha" {Benjamin Velez & Joy Huerta} - Justina Machado, Tatianna Córdoba, Florencia Cuenca, Real Women Have Curves Original Broadway Company - Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
15. "Adiós Andres" {Benjamin Velez & Joy Huerta} - Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves Original Broadway Company - Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
16. "Real Women Have Curves" {Benjamin Velez & Joy Huerta} - Tatianna Córdoba, Carla Jimenez, Florencia Cuenca, Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves Original Broadway Company - Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Arts Music/Rhino: 2025]
17. "How Can I Call This Home?" {Jason Robert Brown} - Bertie Carvel - Parade (2007 Donmar Warehouse Cast Recording) [First Night Records: 2007]
    Notes: Bertie Carvel born September 6, 1977
18. "It's Hard To Speak My Heart" {Jason Robert Brown} - Bertie Carvel - Parade (2007 Donmar Warehouse Cast Recording) [First Night Records: 2007]
19. "All The Wasted Time" {Jason Robert Brown} - Bertie Carvel, Lara Pulver - Parade (2007 Donmar Warehouse Cast Recording) [First Night Records: 2007]
20. "The Hammer" {Tim Minchin} - Bertie Carvel, Lauren Ward, Matilda Children Cast - Matilda the Musical (Deluxe Edition of Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label: 2013]
21. "The Smell of Rebellion" {Tim Minchin} - Bertie Carvel, Lauren Ward, Matilda Children Cast - Matilda the Musical (Deluxe Edition of Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label: 2013]
22. "Monologue: "And Then I Went to College..."" {Stephen Flaherty} - Cindy Gold - Loving Repeating (Original Cast Recording) [JAY Records: 2007]
    Notes: Lyrics by Gertrude Stein
23. "A Sonatina Song" {Stephen Flaherty} - Christine Mild - Loving Repeating (Original Cast Recording) [JAY Records: 2007]
    Notes: Lyrics by Gertrude Stein
24. "Loving Repeating" {Stephen Flaherty} - Christine Mild, Cindy Gold - Loving Repeating (Original Cast Recording) [JAY Records: 2007]
    Notes: Lyrics by Gertrude Stein
25. "There Are Many That I Know" {Stephen Flaherty} - Christine Mild, Cindy Gold - Loving Repeating (Original Cast Recording) [JAY Records: 2007]
    Notes: Lyrics by Gertrude Stein
26. "A History of One" {Stephen Flaherty} - Christine Mild - Loving Repeating (Original Cast Recording) [JAY Records: 2007]
    Notes: Lyrics by Gertrude Stein
27. "Waiting" {David Yazbek} - The Band's Visit Original Broadway Company - The Band's Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
28. "The Beat of Your Heart" {David Yazbek} - Andrew Polk, George Abud, John Cariani, Alok Tewari - The Band's Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
29. "Omar Sharif" {David Yazbek} - Katrina Lenk - The Band's Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
30. "Haled's Song About Love" {David Yazbek} - Ari’el Stachel, Etai Benson - The Band's Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
31. "Haj-Butrus" {David Yazbek} - The Band's Visit Original Broadway Band - The Band's Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2017]
32. "Follow Your Heart" {Greg Kotis} - Hunter Foster, Jennifer Laura Thompson - Urinetown The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [NITRON media: 2001]
    Notes: Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
33. "Don't Be the Bunny" {Greg Kotis} - John Cullum, Jennifer Laura Thompson, David Beach, John Deyle, Daniel Marcus, Jeff McCarthy, Nancy Opel - Urinetown The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [NITRON media: 2001]
    Notes: Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
34. "Run, Freedom, Run!" {Greg Kotis} - Hunter Foster, Rick Crom, Ken Jennings, Megan Lawrence, Rachel Coloff, Victor W. Hawks, Spencer Kayden, Lawrence Street, Kay Walbye - Urinetown The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [NITRON media: 2001]
    Notes: Lyrics by Mark Hollmann

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 Play Boys - Extended Play Boys [Beet ]
   Notes: Theme tune
2. "You Climb The Mountain" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
3. "Gold Watch And Chain" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
4. "Roll On Buddy" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
5. "Pretty Little Miss" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
6. "Hook And Line" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
7. "Waves On The Sea" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
8. "I Will Arise" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
9. "Cumberland Gap" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
10. "Loving Hannah" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
11. "Spectacle Lake" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
12. "Ne'er shall wean her" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
13. "Keg Of Brandy" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
14. "Cluck Old Hen" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
15. "Matty Groves" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]
16. "The Moonlight Song" - The Onlies - You Climb The Mountain [The Onlies ]

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. "Don't You Know" - Jan Hammer Group - Melodies [Red Gate Records: 1977]
2. "No Other" - Gene Clark - No Other [4AD: 1974]
3. "World Series of Solitaire" - Bill Baird - Astral Suitcase [Perpetual Doom: 2024]
4. "Nocturne" - Maybird - Down & Under [30th Century Records: 2013]
5. "Danger in Fives" - Wombo - Danger in Fives [Fire Talk: [NEW]]
6. "Fold" - knitting - Fold [Mint Records: [NEW]]
7. "Lights on the Way" - Rose City Band - Sol Y Sombra [Thrill Jockey: 2025]
8. "Moon Man" - Chartreuse - Bless You & Be Well [Communion Records: [NEW]]
9. "Reflected" - DIIV - Return of Youth [Fantasy: [NEW]]
10. "Alone In Hollywood On Acid" - Hunx and His Punx - Walk Out On This World [Get Better Records: [NEW]]
11. "Faster Than You" - Flirt - Faster Than You [Marxist Music/BMI: 1980]
12. "Perfume" - The Coathangers - Nosebleed Weekend [Suicide Squeeze Records: 2016]
13. "Waterfall" - Ex Hex - Rips [Merge Records: 2014]
14. "Take It From The Top" - The Velveteers - A Million Knives [Easy Eye Sound: 2025]
15. "Don't Call My Name" - Milly Strange - Milly Strange [Community Music: [NEW]]
16. "I Can't Imagine (Why You Feel This Way)" - Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory [Jagjaguwar: 2025]
17. "The Man" - KIRBY - Miss Black America [KIRBY: [NEW]]
18. "Dance Me to the End of Love" - Misstress Barbara - I'm No Human [Iturnem Music: 2009]
19. "Over the Edge" - Wipers - Over the Edge [Zenorecords: 1983]
20. "Coattail Rider" - Supersuckers - The Smoke Of Hell [Sub Pop Records: 1992]
21. "Birthday Song" - THUS LOVE - Birthday Song [Captured Tracks: 2024]
    Notes: Happy Birthday Zoestress!
22. "Forgotten Token" - Upchuck - Forgotten Token / Un Momento [Domino Recording Co: [NEW]]
23. "Give It Back" - The Dickies - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies (Expanded Version) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue): 1979]
24. "When I Laugh" - The Glands - The Glands [Velocette Records: 2001]
25. "Arthur Lee Bomb Squad" - Des Demonas - Apocalyptic Boom! Boom! [In The Red: 2024]
26. "Midnite Blues" - The Detroit Cobras - Mink, Rat or Rabbit [Third Man Records: 1998]
27. "Liberty" - Mitch Ryder - The Detroit-Memphis Experiment [ 1969]
28. "That's All for Everyone - 2015 Remaster" - Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Deluxe Edition) [Rhino/Warner Records: 1979]
29. "Police On My Back - Remastered" - The Clash - Sandinista! (Remastered) [Sony Music UK: 1980]

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. "Zemlyz Dvijetsya" - Zhenya Wind - The Earth Moves [CPL - Music: 2025]
   Notes: In her fourth album, The Earth is Moving, St. Petersburg's multi-genre artist Zhenya Wind steps fully into the role of musical storyteller, weaving a soundscape where ancient folklore converses with modern sensibilities.
2. "Bhimpalasi" - Tom & Aurelie - single [Home Records: 2025]
   Notes: Tom Theuns and Aurélie Dorzée draw inspiration from sometimes unconventional, yet always enchanting ragas, seamlessly weaving them with familiar European dance forms such as waltzes, mazurkas, bourrées, polkas, etc.
3. "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.
4. "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.
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. "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.
7. "Mediatrice" - The Good Ones - Rawanda Sings with Strings [Glitterbeat: 2025]
   Notes: The Good Ones are a duo of Rwandan genocide survivors who play heart wrenching, acoustic love songs - often written in the dialect of their rural district which has for centuries been known as the region for producing poets for the Kings. Primary songwriter Adrien Kazigira interweaves intricate harmonies with co-singer, Janvier Havugimana. In a style often referred to as "worker songs from the streets," these simple, direct and plaintive love songs speak more to the healing power of peace than a thousand academic treatises or preachy goodwill ambassadors ever could.
8. "La Vida" - Eljuri - Asi Es El Mundo [Manovill: 2025]
   Notes: "The vision for this album sonically was to create a powerful fusion - blending traditional rhythms like pasillo, Afro-Cuban, rumba flamenca, and roots reggae with the raw, modern energy of electric guitar and rock drums, with lyrics that speak to the times," says Eljuri.
9. "Zambo's Mambo" - 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. "Amiga" - Olga Lucia Vives - single [Altafonte: 2025]
    Notes: A versatile artist who has won over audiences as a singer, songwriter, and actress. She has shone in productions such as Disney's Encanto, where she performed the songs for the Latin American dubbing and played the main character.
11. "Lovers Entertwined" - Melodic Intersect - Beyond Borders [Aimrec: 2025]
    Notes: Melodic Intersect is an Indian-jazz fusion ensemble that blends the rhythmic intricacy of Indian classical music with the improvisational spirit of jazz.
12. "Angel" - Cerys Hafana - Angel [Glitterbeat: 2025]
    Notes: Brilliant triple-harpist Hafana continues to dig deep to explore the possibilities of her instrument, as well as neglected corners of Welsh song that speak to our anxious present.
13. "Velveteen" - Lilith & The Wildflowers - single [Eclipse: 2025]
    Notes: In spring of 2024, Lilith & The Wildflowers made a striking debut on the Finnish indie scene with their captivating blend of melancholy and romantically dark sound. Within their first year of releases, they earned national radio airplay, placements on Spotify's New Music Friday Finland among other notable playlists, and praise from outlets such as Soundi magazine and YleX's Anne Lainto <3 Rock.
14. "After Language Lessons" - Yasuhiko Sugita - single [Yasuhiko Sugita: 2025]
    Notes: I live in Japan. I was born in 1972. I work in the construction industry. I use computer software to compose music. I am also a bassist. I have experience as a bassist in Rock, Reggae, Latin, Modern Jazz, Punk, and Brass bands. "I enrolled in the Berlitz online English conversation school earlier this year. Using a meeting app to communicate with people from around the world in English was a refreshing experience for a Japanese construction worker like me, and a special experience for me this year."
15. "Monday" - Quadeca - single [X8: 2025]
    Notes: Benjamin Fernando Barajas Lasky (born October 2, 2000), better known by his stage name Quadeca (formerly QuadecaX8), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. Lasky began on the Internet by uploading rap songs, music videos, comedy sketches, and video game gameplay to his YouTube channel.
16. "Otros Mundos" - Cochemea - Vol. 3 Ancestros Futuros [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.
17. "Backwoods Echo" - Charlie Rouse - Cinnamon Flower [Resonance Records: 2025]
    Notes: The vibrant 1977 album featuring Rouse's 11-piece star-studded group - with trumpeter Claudio Roditi, pianist Dom Salvador, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Portinho, among others - will be issued in its originally released version and in its never-before-heard original form, without overdubbing, as it was engineered by Resonance founder and co-president George Klabin.
18. "Diyanye Ko Te Sa" - 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.
19. "Puerta" - Los Aptos - single [Warner Music Latina: 2025]
    Notes: Los Aptos are known for their genre-bending tracks that mesh indie pop, sierreño, and hints of alternative rock. With 'Puerta, they continue to prove why they're one of the most exciting música mexicana artists, paving their own innovative path by highlighting their signature sierreño and indie elements that make them stand out in the popular genre.
20. "Hyvanyon loitsu" - Tuuletar - single [Nordic Notes: 2025]
    Notes: This is Tuuletar - A chaotic, imperfect collective of colorful individuals, who share the same passion for curiosity. We do what we do because we love our language, we respect our roots and we are driven to explore. We dig and search, we conquer and fail, we stay and we leave but never do we stop moving, stop caring, stop respecting.
21. "Nosso Reflexo" - 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.

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. "Waiting For A Train" {Jimmie Rodgers} - Furry Lewis - Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (NYC) [Liberation Hall: 1971]
3. "John Henry" {Possibly Joe Brown} - Furry Lewis - Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (NYC) [Liberation Hall: 1971]
4. "Summertime" {Ira Gershwin/DuBose Heyward/George Gershwin} - Elvin Jones & Richard Davis - Heavy Sounds [Impulse!: 1967]
5. "Namuh" {Gene Perla} - Elvin Jones - On The Mountain [PM Records: 1975]
   Notes: Elvin Jones - drums Jan Hammer - piano, electric piano, synthesizer Gene Perla - bass, electric bass
6. "Your Lady" {Coltrane} - John Coltrane Quartet - Live At Birdland [Impulse!: 1963/1964]
   Notes: This track was recorded November 18, 1963, at the Van Gelder studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
7. "Vanguardia Subterránea" {Zenón} - Miguel Zenón - Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard [Miel Music: 2024/2025]
   Notes: Miguel Zenón - alto saxophone Luis Perdomo - piano Hans Glawischnig - bass Henry Cole - drums Miguel Zenón Grammy Winning Saxophonist, Composer and Educator. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and living in New York City. Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow, Doris Duke Artist.
8. "Dana Point" {Flores} - Irving Flores - Armando Mi Conga [Amor de Flores: 2025]
   Notes: Brian Lynch - trumpet Norbert Stachel - tenor sax / baritone sax / clarinet / flute Irving Flores - piano John Benitez - bass Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez - drums Giovanni Hidalgo - congas
9. "Dear John C." {Hammer/Thiele} - Elvin Jones - Dear John C. [Impulse!: 1965]
   Notes: Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004)
10. "Tumbao" {Tjader} - Cal Tjader Quintet - Concert By The Sea, Volume 2 [Fantasy: 1959]
11. "April 8th" {Jones} - Elvin Jones - Going Home [Enja: 1992/1993]
    Notes: Elvin Jones - drums Nicholas Payton - trumpet Kent Jordan - flute, piccolo Ravi Coltrane - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Javon Jackson - tenor saxophone Willie Pickens - piano Brad Jones - bass
12. "Autumn Serenade" {Peter De Rose/Sammy Gallop} - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman [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. "Naked City Theme" {Billy May} - Laurindo Almeida - Viva Bossa Nova [Capitol: 1962]
2. "Lazy River" {Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin} - Laurindo Almeida - Viva Bossa Nova [Capitol: 1962]
3. "Autumn Leaves" {Walter Gross & Jack Lawrence} - Buddy Cole - Most Recorded Songs [Warner Brothers: 1960]
4. "Stardust" {Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish} - Buddy Cole - Most Recorded Songs [Warner Brothers: 1960]
5. "Someone To Watch Over Me" {George & Ira Gershwin} - Jeri Southern - The Very Thought Of You [Decca: 1955]
6. "Deliah" {Bert Graves} - Bent Fabric - Alley Cat [Atco: 1964]
7. "Catsanova Walk" {Bert Graves} - Bent Fabric - Alley Cat [Atco: 1964]
8. "Bali Ha'i" {Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II} - Earl Grant - Earl After Dark [Decca: 1961]
9. "Get Out Of Town" {Cole Porter} - Earl Grant - Earl After Dark [Decca: 1961]
10. "I Can't Stand The Rain" {Ann Peebles, Bernard Miller & Don Bryant} - Ann Peebles - [Hi: 1973]
11. "Temptation" {Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown} - Ferrante & Teicher - Autumn Leaves [Harmony: 1961]
12. "Under Paris Skies" {H. Giraud/J. Drejac} - Ferrante & Teicher - Autumn Leaves [Harmony: 1961]
13. "Old Devil Moon" {Yip Harburg & Burton Lane} - Stanley Black - Exotic Percussion [Decca: 1962]
14. "Baia" {Barroso/gilbert} - Stanley Black - Exotic Percussion [Decca: 1962]
15. "Autumn Leaves" {Kosma, Prevert & Mercer} - Polly Bergen - Four Seasons Of Love [Sepia: 1960]
16. "Hawaiian Drums" - Billy Mure - Hawaiian Percussion [Strand: 1961]
17. "Blue Hawaii" {Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger} - Billy Mure - Hawaiian Percussion [Strand: 1961]
18. "Body And Soul" {E. Heyman,F. Eyton, R. Sour & J. Green} - Cy Walter - A Dry Martini, Please [Westminister: 1960]
19. "Paper Moon" {Billy Rose, Yip Harburg & Harold Arlen} - Cy Walter - A Dry Martini, Please [Westminister: 1960]
20. "OOO Baby" {Pete Moore & Smokey Robinson} - the Miracles - Going A GoGo [Motown: 1965]
21. "Corcovado" {Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Larry Young - Complete Blue Note [Blue Note: 1965]
22. "Breezin'" {Bobby Womack} - George Benson - Breezin' [Unart: 1976]

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. "Introduction No. 4 in G-Sharp Major" {Pietro LOCATELLI} - Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor - Locatelli: 6 Introduttioni teatrali [naive ]
2. "Three Visions - Dark Horseman, Summerland, Radiant Pinnacle" {William Grant STILL} - Andrew Armstrong, piano - In Blue [Andrew Armstrong ]
3. "Sea Sketches" {Grace WILLIAMS} - Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra; Malin Broman, conductor - Breaking Waves [BIS ]
4. "Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23" {Amy BEACH} - Esther Abrami, violin; Iyad Sughayer, piano - Beach: Romance for Violin and Piano - single [Sony Music Entertainment ]
   Notes: b. 9.5.1867
5. "Hymn to the Sun - With the Beat of Mother Earth (live)" {Satoshi YAGISAWA} - St. Olaf Band; Timothy Mahr, conductor - Earth and Heavens Shaking - EP [St. Olaf Records ]
6. "Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58" {John FIELD} - Alice Sara Ott, piano - Field: Complete Nocturnes [Deutsche Grammophon ]
7. "Symphony in Three Movements" {Igor STRAVINSKY} - San Francisco Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor - Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements - EP [San Francisco Symphony ]
8. "Scherzo a capriccio in F Sharp Minor" {Felix MENDELSSOHN} - Benjamin Frith, piano - Mendelssohn: Sonata in G Minor; Fantasia on "The Last Rose of Summer" [Naxos ]
9. "Bassoon Sonata" {Paul HINDEMITH} - Gilbert Audin, bassoon; Eric Le Sage, piano - Hindemith: Wind Sonatas [Parlophone ]
10. "Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9: Variations 1 to 5" {Fernando SOR} - Julian Bream, guitar - The Essential Julian Bream [Sony Music Entertain ]
11. "Variations on an Irish Air in E-Flat Major: The Last Rose of Summer" {Ludwig van BEETHOVEN} - Patrick Gallois, flute; Maria Prinz, piano - Beethoven: Variations on Folk Songs [Naxos ]
12. "The Flight of the Bumblebee" {Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV} - Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor - Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites [Chandos ]

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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