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Blue Monday

Enjoy another Blue Monday with DJ ANDROID and Friends, every Monday 2-4pm.

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1. "World Upside Down" - Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth
   Notes: RIP Jimmy Cliff
2. "Future House Show (background)" - Mutual Benefit - Mutual Spirits [Father/Daughter Records: 2011]
3. "Batakari" - Ata Kak - Batakari [Awesome Tapes From Africa: [NEW]]
4. "A Minha Menina" - Os Mutantes - "Os Mutantes" [Universal Music Ltda.: 1968]
5. "Sangue latino" - Secos & Molhados - A volta de Secos & Molhados [WM Brazil: 1973]
6. "cLAcLAcLA" - toso toso - toso toso [Leaving Records: [NEW]]
   Notes: tosotoso.bandcamp.com/album/toso-toso
7. "Places of Light (background)" - Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill [Purple Pyramid: 1971]
8. "Haffmilch Holiday" - Decisive Pink, Kate NV, Deradoorian - Ticket to Fame [Fire Records: 2023]
9. "Love is a Drug" - Bachelorette - The End of Things [Drag City Records: 2010]
10. "Synthesize Me" - The Space Lady - The Space Lady's Greatest Hits [Night School: 2013]
11. "Motion Parallax" - Melos Kalpa - Melos Kalpa [Hands in the Dark Records: 2024]
    Notes: meloskalpa.bandcamp.com/album/melos-kalpa
12. "Hkaye" - Amal Murkus - Amal [Levantine Music / Amal Murkus: 2000]
    Notes: Palestine
13. "Spinning Away" - Brian Eno, John Cale - Wrong Way Up [Expanded Edition] [All Saints Records: 1990]
14. "Alan Chadwick' Garden (background)" - Babe Rainbow - Double Rainbow [Flightless: 2018]
15. "HIGHEST IN THE ROOM" - Travis Scott - HIGHEST IN THE ROOM [Cactus Jack/Epic: 2019]
    Notes: This song has an intermittent theremin. Tune into my Classical Marathon program, Ethereal Theremin, Wed, Dec 10, 1-3pm
16. "I Talk to the Wind" - Opus III - Mind Fruit [EastWest U.K.: 1992]
17. "Improv in A 12-13-23" - Radon Abatement - Improv in A 12-13-23 [Radon Abatement: 1923]
18. "Preoccupied" - Added Dimensions - Jane from Preoccupied America [Domestic Departure: [NEW]]
19. "Mediterranean" - True Love Always - Spring Collection [Teen-Beat: 2001]
20. "Alone Again, Naturally" - amminal - amminal [amminal: 2023]
    Notes: amminal is playing this Saturday at the Southern along with new Travis Thatcher project, Soft Batch, 2pm. There is also a vendor market and WTJU DJs spinning vinyl, 12-5pm.
21. "Ones" - Ned Oldham & Jordan Perry - Three New Songs [Ned Oldham & Jordan Perry: 2023]
    Notes: Ned & Jordan are playing Third Rail at WTJU, December 20, 8-9pm.
22. "Actually (background)" - Carlos Nino & Friends - Extra Presence [International Anthem: 2022]
23. "I Can See Clearly Now" - Jimmy Cliff w/ Widespread Panic - Live video on YouTube from Lockn' [ 2015]
24. "What We Are" - Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe - Luminal [Verve: 2025]
25. "Break the Ice" - Babehoven - Light Moving Time [Double Double Whammy: 2022]
26. "Ochre Rubric (background)" - Chuck Johnson - A Struggle Not A Thought [Strange Attractors Audio House: 2011]
27. "Bluebird Of Happiness" - The Anomoanon - Asleep Many Years In the Wood [Temporary Residence Ltd.: 2002]
28. "Daylight Daylight" - Steve Gunn - Daylight Daylight [No Quarter: 2025]

Soulful Situation

From the Dixie-fried sounds of the Southern soul centers of Muscle Shoals, Memphis, New Orleans and Shreveport to the Uptown Rhythm and Blues shots from the Northern cities of Chicago,… MoreFrom the Dixie-fried sounds of the Southern soul centers of Muscle Shoals, Memphis, New Orleans and Shreveport to the Uptown Rhythm and Blues shots from the Northern cities of Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia, Rum Cove puts you in a Situation that is Sooo Soulful! Soulful Situation, each Monday afternoon from noon 'til 2 right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "Don't take my shadow" - Kings Go Forth - 45 [Mr C: 2011]
2. "Carry on" - Jean Knight - 45 [Stax: 1972]
3. "Try it again" - Bobby Byrd - 45 [Kwanza: 1972]
4. "(Well I'm) doin' what comes naturally Pt1" - Charles Wright - 45 [abc Dunhill: 1973]
5. "I like to live the love" - Houston Person - 45 [Eastbound: 1975]
6. "What's goin' on" - Marvin Gaye - 45 [Tamla: 1970]
7. "All the way" - Ruby Andrews - 45 [Zodiac: 1972]
8. "I've got to break away" - Baby Washington - 45 [Master Five: 1973]
9. "Too far gone to turn around" - J.R. Baily - 45 [Toy: 1972]
10. "Tag tag" - Bill Brandon - 45 [Piedmont: 1975]
11. "Loving arms" - Millie Jackson - 45 [Spring: 1975]
12. "Until you come back to me what I'm gonna do)" - Aretha Franklin - 45 [Atlantic: 1973]
13. "Top of the stack" - James Brown - 45 [King: 1969]
14. "Bad girl Pt1" - Lee Moses - 45 [Musicor: 1967]
15. "Just because of you" - Tyrone Davis - 45 [Dakar: 1970]
16. "Un-wind the twine" - Alvin Cash & The Crawlers - 45 [Mar-V-lus: 1965]
17. "Hit record" - Mickey Murray - 45 [SSS International: 1967]
18. "Funky shing-a-ling" - Milton Howard - 45 [Sound Stage 7: 1967]
19. "Poverty" - Bobby Bland - 45 [Duke: 1966]
20. "Willpower" - Jackie Moore - 45 [Atlantic: 1969]
21. "Camel walk" - The Ikettes - 45 [Modern: 1964]
22. "I'm a man of my word" - Clarence Reid - 45 [Alston: 1969]
23. "Four corners Pt1" - Lee Dorsey - 45 [Amy: 1969]
24. "Gimme a little sign" - Brenton Wood - 45 [Double Shot: 1967]
25. "I ain't got nobody" - Sly & The Family Stone - 45 [Load-Stone: 1967]
26. "Set your sights higher" - ZZ Hill - 45 [Kent: 1968]
27. "After loving you" - Jean Wells - 45 [Calla: 1966]
28. "Part time love" - Ann Peebles - 45 [Hi: 1970]
29. "Advice" - Billy Preston - The Wildest Organ In Town! [Capitol: 1966]
30. "Hold on to it" - JJ Barnes - 45 [Revilot: 1968]
31. "Hand shaking" - Jimmy Braswell - 45 [Quinvy: 1970]
32. "I can't see nobody" - The Bee Gees - 45 [Atco: 1967]
33. "The ice cream song" - The Dynamics - 45 [Cotillion: 1969]
34. "My whole world is falling down" - William Bell - 45 [Stax: 1969]
35. "Cry it out baby" - Little Johnny Taylor & Ted Taylor - 45 [Ronn: 1973]
36. "Rolling down a mountainside" - Issac Hayes - 45 [Enterprise: 1973]
37. "Don't cha mess with my money, my hon ey or my woman" - LV Johnson - 45 [Volt: 1971]
38. "Bread winner" - Mack Rice - Written in Their Soul [Stax demo: 1973]

Left of Cool

Modern Jazz programming designed to give your morning a lift. Left of Cool , heard each Monday morning from 10:30 til noon, is a place where improvising musicians of all… MoreModern Jazz programming designed to give your morning a lift. Left of Cool , heard each Monday morning from 10:30 til noon, is a place where improvising musicians of all styles can come together and see what's possible. Searching for that common thread, acoustic or electric, experimental and eclectic -- whatever sounds good! Less

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1. "Isotope" - Joe Henderson - Inner Urge [Blue Note ]
2. "Pumpkin" - Andrew Hill - Black Fire [Blue Note ]
3. "Shenandoah" - Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - Live At Lincoln Center [Lincoln ]
4. "Angel From Montgomery" - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live At Sunshine Blues Festival [Sunshine ]
5. "The Harder They Come" - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Garcia Live Volume Nine [ATO ]
6. "Luckiest Man" - The Wood Brothers - Live At Romp [Romp ]
7. "Shoofly Pie" - The Wood Brothers - Live At Romp [Romp ]

Great Morning Jazz

Great Morning Jazz, heard each Monday from 9 til 10:30, will provide relief from the Monday Morning Blues. The tunes will include new releases and older ones, the various styles… MoreGreat Morning Jazz, heard each Monday from 9 til 10:30, will provide relief from the Monday Morning Blues. The tunes will include new releases and older ones, the various styles (bop, hardbop, soul jazz, etc.), enough variety of tempo to keep the vital juices flowing, and a weekly sprinkling of modern blues for spice. It's good for what ails ya'. Less

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1. "Diamondhead" - David "Fathead" Newman Quintet (Curtis Fuller-tb, David Newman-ts/as/fl, Cedar Walton-p, Peter Washington-b, Yoron Israel-d) - Diamondhead [High Note HCD 7179: 2007]
2. "In The Kitchen" - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis-ts, Jerome Richardson-ts/fl, Shirley Scott-org, George Duvivier-b, Arthur Edgehill-d) - Cookbook, Vol. 1 [Prestige PRLP 7141: 1958]
3. "Doin' My Thing" - Jimmy McGriff - Straight Up [Milestone: 1998]
4. "Blue Trombone" - JJ Johnson Quartet (JJ Johnson-tb, Tommy Flanagan-p, Paul Chambers-b, Max Roach-d) - Blue Trombone (Eight Classic Albums, Disc 3) [Columbia CS 8109: 1957]
5. "Little T" - Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan-tp, Clarence Sharpe-as, Horace Silver-p, Wilbur Ware-b, Philly Joe Jones-d) - Indeed! [Blue Note BLP 1538: 1956]
6. "In Walked Bud" - Thelonious Monk Quartet (Johnny Griffin-ts, Thelonious Monk-p, Ahmed Abdul-Malik-b, Roy Haynes) - Misterioso [Riverside RLP 12-279: 1958]
7. "You can get it if you want it" - Jimmy Cliff - We Are All One
8. "Pressure Drop" - jimmy cliff - The Hader They Come
9. "The Harder They Come" - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
10. "Moon Rays" - Horace Silver Quintet - Further Explorations By The Horace Silver Quintet (RVG Edition) [Blue Note: 1958]

Classical Sunrise - Monday

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. "Violin Concerto in D Major" {Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD} - Nicola Benedetti, Violin; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Karabits, Conductor - The Silver Violin [Decca Music Group Ltd.: 2012]
2. "Handel: Concerto a due cori No. 1 in B-Flat Major, HWV 332" {George Frideric HANDEL} - Leslie Pearson, Organ; Menuhin Festival Orchestra; Yehudi Menuhin, Conductor - Handel Sarabande [Warner Classics: 2002]
3. "Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Víkingur Ólafsson - Johann Sebastian Bach [Deutsche Grammophon (DG): 2018]
4. "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22" {Henryk WIENIAWSKI} - Filharmonie Brno; Petr Altrichter, Conductor; Jan Stanovsky, Violin - Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No 2, 2, Polonaises, Légende [Supraphon A.s.: 1988]
5. "Visions" {Jules MASSENET} - Poppy Shotts, Soprano; Maya Iwabuchi, Violin,; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Jean-Luc Tingaud, Conductor - Massenet: Orchestral Works [Naxos: 2020]
6. "Jasmine Flower" {Traditional, Arr. Peter SCHINDLER} - Lang Lang - Piano Book (Deluxe Edition) [Deutsche Grammophon (DG): 2019]
7. "The Suffragette Waltz" {James SCOTT} - Ragtime Jazz Band - Ragtime Hits - The Best Of James Scott [Mezza Music: 2009]

Classical Prelude - Monday

Sometimes you just want to hear the music. Classical Prelude features extended works, most over 40 minutes long, with minimal announcing. It’s truly less talk and more music. Get lost… MoreSometimes you just want to hear the music. Classical Prelude features extended works, most over 40 minutes long, with minimal announcing. It’s truly less talk and more music. Get lost in the sound. Less

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Virginia Overnights

All Virginia artists. All genres. All night long. Tune in to Virginia Overnights and experience the sounds of our commonwealth, hand-curated by Don Harrison and Erin O.

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Mood Swing

From sad girl vibes to funky dance jams, join Southern Belle on her adventure into the Infinite Playground of Music. She’s not into labels. She’ll leave you wanting more. Be… MoreFrom sad girl vibes to funky dance jams, join Southern Belle on her adventure into the Infinite Playground of Music. She’s not into labels. She’ll leave you wanting more. Be careful of the Mood Swing. Every other Monday mornin’ at 1am Less

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1. "As Long As You're Mine" - Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey - Wicked: For Good - The Soundtrack [Republic Records: 2025[NEW]]
2. "Heaven" - Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We [Dead Oceans: 2023]
3. "Bite The Hand" - boygenius - boygenius [Kobalt Music Publishing: 2018]
4. "Drift Away Omnichord" - Trillian - Drift Away Omnichord [The No Label Label: 2021]
5. "Shit Talk" - Sufjan Stevens - Javelin [Sufjan Stevens Music: 2023]
6. "Luv Note" - chloe moriondo - Rabbit Hearted. [Public Consumption: 2018]
7. "rises the moon" - Liana Flores - recently [Verve Records: 2019]
8. "The Moon Will Sing" - The Crane Wives - Coyote Stories [The Crane Wives: 2015]
9. "Are You Satisified?" - The Family Jewels - MARINA [679 Recordings, Atlantic Records: 2010]
10. "Under My Skin" - Jukebox The Ghost - Let Live & Let Ghosts [BMI: 2008]
11. "Between My Teeth" - Orla Gartland - Between My Teeth [New Friends: 2018]
12. "Boys Will Be Bugs" - Cavetown - Animal Kingdom [Warner-Chappell: 2019]
13. "Good Looking" - Suki Waterhouse - Good Looking [Sub Pop: 2017]
14. "What Are We Going To Do Now" - Indigo De Souza - I Love My Mom [Saddle Creek Records: 2018]
15. "Mama's Boy" - Dominic Fike - Sunburn [Sandy Boys: 2023]
16. "Butch 4 Butch" - Rio Romeo - Butch 4 Butch [Rio Does Everything: 2021]
17. "If I'm Being Honest" - Dodie - Human [BMG Publishing: 2019]
18. "The Bug Collector" - Haley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden [Mama Bird Recording Co.: 2018]
19. "temporary nothing" - mxmtoon - plum blossom [AWAL Recordings: 2018]
20. "Old Eden" - Honeywater - Wonder [Complicated Heart Music: 2016]
21. "Two Slow Dancers" - Mitski - Be The Cowboy [Dead Oceans: 2018]
22. "Change Your Mind (Feat. Zach Callison)" - Steven Universe, Zach Callison - Steven Universe, Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack) [Cartoon Network / WaterTower Mus: 2019]
23. "Everyone Loves You (at least I do)" - Matt Maltese - Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow [Nettwerk Music Group: 2021]
24. "Sappho" - Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing [Bayonet Records: 2016]
25. "California And Me" - Laufey, Philharmonia Orchestra - Bewitched: The Goddess Edition [AWAL Recordings: 2023]
26. "Nocturne (Interlude)" - Laufey - Bewitched: The Goddess Edition [AWAL Recordings: 2023]