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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. "Worry A Lot" - The Like Young - So Serious [Parasol: 2004]
2. "I Don't Have The Heart" - Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon [Perennial: 2025]
3. "Pale Blue Eyes" - Bill Fox - single [Eleventh Hour: 2025]
4. "Barbed Wire" - Cardinals - Masquerade [So Young: 2026]
   Notes: February 13th release
5. "Elegy For Elsabet" - The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving [Epitaph: 2000]
6. "Spoonful" - Bob Holz - Honoring Larry Coryell [MVDaudio: 2025]
7. "The Harder They Come (in studio scene)" - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come [Island: 1972]
8. "Reggae Music" - Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth [Sunpower: 2012]
9. "Sitting in Limbo" - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come [Island: 1972]
10. "Hard Road to Travel" - Jimmy Cliff - Trojan Explosion [Trojan: 1994]
11. "Many Rivers to Cross" - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come [Island: 1972]
12. "Three Bridges" - Tom Ollendorff - Where In the World [Fresh Sound New Talent: 2025]
13. "This is My House" - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls [FatCat: 2009]
14. "Flame Turns Blue" - David Gray - Lost Songs 95-98 [IHT: 2000]
15. "Bloodhound" - Christian Science Reading Room - single [Bandcamp: 2025]
16. "4th and Vine" - Sinead O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? [One Little Indian: 2012]
17. "O Mistress Mine" - Moses Sumney, Michael Thurber & Twelfth Night Cast - single [TUNTUM: 2025]
18. "I'm Not Like Everyone Else" - The Kinks - The Ultimate Collection [Sanctuary: 2002]
19. "Car Alarm" - Gladie - single [Get Better: 2025]
20. "Hollywood Bed" - The Blasters - Over There - Live at The Venue, London - The Complete Concert [Liberation Hall: 2024]
    Notes: Originally released 1982
21. "Perfectly Lethal" - The Replacements - Let It Be (Remaster) [Rhino: 2025]
22. "Guns on the Roof" - The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope [Epic: 1978]
23. "Ecclusiastics" - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Variations in the Village [Resonance: 2025]
    Notes: Live at the Village Gate 1963
24. "Plastic Factory" - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk [Buddah: 1967]
25. "Take Me By the Hand" - Darnell Cole & The Vibe - A Man of Soul [Bandcamp: 2023]
26. "Cover Me" - Blues Traveler - Suzie Cracks the Whip [429 Records: 2012]
27. "Everlasting Light" - The Black Keys - Brothers [Nonesuch: 2010]
28. "Late Blues" - Ida - Heart Like a River [Polyvinyl: 2005]
29. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" - Duke Ellington - Piano Reflections [Capitol: 1954]
30. "X-Ray" - NoTwist - News From Planet Zombie [Morr Music: 2026]
31. "A Town Called Walker" - Tom Verlaine - Flash Light [I.R.S.: 1986]

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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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. "Offbeat Roadhouse Encore: Lynda & Pattie (2015)" - Lynda & Pattie - Lambeth Live (2015) [Lynda and Pattie: 2015]

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. "Little Women" {Dan Redfeld} - Laura Benanti, Kelly Mathieson, Christine Allado, Eleanor Grant, Sophie Pollono - Jo - The Little Women Musical [Center Stage Records: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Christina Harding & John Gabriel Koladziej; Louisa May Alcott born November 29, 1832
3. "Fly Away" {Dan Redfeld} - Christine Allado - Jo - The Little Women Musical [Center Stage Records: 2025]
   Notes: Lyrics by Christina Harding & John Gabriel Koladziej
4. "I Cain't Say No" {Richard Rodgers} - Gloria Grahame - Oklahoma! (Expanded Edition/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [MANHATTAN RECORDS CATALOG (A95): 2001]
   Notes: Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Gloria Grahame born November 28, 1923
5. "The Farmer And The Cowman" {Richard Rodgers} - Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, James Whitmore, Jay C. Flippen, Original 1955 Oklahoma! Chorus - Oklahoma! (Expanded Edition/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [MANHATTAN RECORDS CATALOG (A95): 2001]
   Notes: Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
6. "All Er Nuthin'" {Richard Rodgers} - Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson - Oklahoma! (Expanded Edition/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [MANHATTAN RECORDS CATALOG (A95): 2001]
   Notes: Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
7. "Church Blues Revelation / Freight Train - Live" {Heidi Rodewald & Stew} - Stew, Passing Strange Original Broadway Cast Ensemble, Chad Goodridge - Passing Strange (Original Broadway Cast Recording / Live) [Ghostlight Records: 2008]
   Notes: Lyrics by Stew; Colman Domingo born November 28, 1969
8. "Arlington Hill - Live" {Heidi Rodewald & Stew} - Stew - Passing Strange (Original Broadway Cast Recording / Live) [Ghostlight Records: 2008]
   Notes: Lyrics by Stew
9. "Amsterdam - Live" {Heidi Rodewald & Stew} - Colman Domingo, De'Adre Aziza, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Chad Goodridge, Daniel Breaker, Stew - Passing Strange (Original Broadway Cast Recording / Live) [Ghostlight Records: 2008]
   Notes: Lyrics by Stew
10. "Commencing In Chattanooga" {John Kander & Fred Ebb} - Brandon Victor Dixon - The Scottsboro Boys (Broadway) [Original Off Broadway Cast Recording] [JAY Records: 2010]
11. "Shout!" {John Kander & Fred Ebb} - Cody Ryan Wise, Colman Domingo, Julius Thomas III, Kendrick Jones - The Scottsboro Boys (Broadway) [Original Off Broadway Cast Recording] [JAY Records: 2010]
12. "Southern Days" {John Kander & Fred Ebb} - Brandon Victor Dixon, Colman Domingo, John Cullum, Julius Thomas III - The Scottsboro Boys (Broadway) [Original Off Broadway Cast Recording] [JAY Records: 2010]
13. "New Music" {Stephen Flaherty} - Mark Jacoby, Marin Mazzie, Steven Sutcliffe, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Ensemble - Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1998]
    Notes: Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Frank Galati born November 29, 1943
14. "Gliding" {Stephen Flaherty} - Peter Friedman, Joe Locarro - Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1998]
    Notes: Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
15. "Our Children" {Stephen Flaherty} - Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman - Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1998]
    Notes: Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
16. "Back to Before" {Stephen Flaherty} - Marin Mazzie - Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Masterworks Broadway: 1998]
    Notes: Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
17. "You, You, You" {John Kander} - Roger Rees, Chita Rivera, John Riddle, Michelle Veintimilla - The Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records/Yellow Sound Label: 2015]
    Notes: Lyrics by Fred Ebb
18. "Yellow Shoes" {John Kander} - The Visit Original Broadway Cast - The Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records/Yellow Sound Label: 2015]
    Notes: Lyrics by Fred Ebb
19. "Love and Love Alone" {John Kander} - Chita Rivera - The Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Center Stage Records/Yellow Sound Label: 2015]
    Notes: Lyrics by Fred Ebb
20. "Father to Son" {Stephen Flaherty} - Paul Alexander Nolan - Knoxville (World Premiere Recording) [Broadway Records: 2022]
    Notes: Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
21. "Outside Your Window" {Stephen Flaherty} - Jason Danieley, Paul Alexander Nolan, William Parry, Scott Wakefield, Dwelvan David, Nathan Salstone, Joel Waggoner - Knoxville (World Premiere Recording) [Broadway Records: 2022]
    Notes: Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
22. "Waking in Darkness" {Stephen Flaherty} - Jason Danieley, Jack Casey, Paul Alexander Nolan, Hannah Elless, Scott Wakefield, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Nathan Salstone, Dwelvan David, Ellen Harvey, Knoxville Original Cast - Knoxville (World Premiere Recording) [Broadway Records: 2022]
    Notes: Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
23. "Astonishing" {Jason Howland} - Sutton Foster - Little Women - The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2005]
    Notes: Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein; Louisa May Alcott born November 29, 1832
24. "Some Things Are Meant to Be" {Jason Howland} - Sutton Foster, Megan McGinnis - Little Women - The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Ghostlight Records: 2005]
    Notes: Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
25. "Just in Time" {Jule Styne} - Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplin, Bells Are Ringing Ensemble - Bells Are Ringing (Original Broadway Cast) [Masterworks Broadway: 1956]
    Notes: Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
26. "The Party's Over" {Jule Styne} - Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing Ensemble - Bells Are Ringing (Original Broadway Cast) [Masterworks Broadway: 1956]
    Notes: Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
27. "I'm Goin' Back" {Jule Styne} - Judy Holliday - Bells Are Ringing (Original Broadway Cast) [Masterworks Broadway: 1956]
    Notes: Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green

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. "Bend in the Road" - East Nash Grass - Bend in the Road [Mountain Fever Records: 2025]
3. "American Dreaming" - Sierra Ferrell - Trail Of Flowers [Rounder: 2024]
4. "How It Ends" - Mama's Broke - Narrow Line [Free Dirt Records: 2022]
5. "Singing Song" - Mipso - Singing Song [Mipso: 2025]
6. "Wayside / Back in Time" - Gillian Welch - Soul Journey [Acony Records: 2003]
7. "Tear My Stillhouse Down" - AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Lindsay Lou - Tear My Stillhouse Down [Signature Sounds Recordings: 2025]
8. "Smoky Mountain DNA" - Dolly Parton & Family, Dolly Parton - Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith and Fables [Owepar Music: 2024]
9. "Spectacle Lake" - The Onlies - You Climb the Mountain [The Onlies: 2025]
10. "Ancient Light" - I'm With Her, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins - Wild and clear and blue [Rounder: 2025]
11. "Fumblin" - Paper Wings - Fumblin [Paper Wings: 2025]
12. "Shape" - Watchhouse - Rituals [Tiptoe Tiger Music: 2025]
13. "Floating" - Marina Madden - Code Red [Marina Madden ]
14. "Kitchen Sink" - Grace Harriet - Kitchen Sink [Farm Whitney Studios: 2025]
15. "Muddy Water" - Sierra Hull - A Tip Toe High Wire [Sierra Hull: 2025]
16. "A Lesson In Leavin'" - Kissing Other ppl, Rachel Baiman, Viv & Riley - Kissing Other ppl [Peacedale Records: 2025]
17. "Elderberry Wine" - Wednesday - Bleeds [Dead Oceans: 2025]
18. "Unless / The Tobogganist" - Lena Jonsson Trio - Folk Covers [Hedgehog Music: 2025]
19. "Iowa (Traveling, Pt. 3)" - Dar Williams - Mortal City [Dar Williams Records: 1996]
20. "Share The Moon" - Indigo Girls - Beauty Queen Sister [IG Recordings: 2011]
21. "Half Of What We Know" - Crooked Still - Some Strange Country [Crooked Still Records: 2010]
22. "The Only Marble I've Got Left" - Julien Baker, TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way [Matador: 2025]
23. "Take The High Road" - Sarah Jarosz - Polaroid Lovers [Rounder: 2024]
24. "The Jaybird" - Andrew Marlin - Fable & Fire [Tanyard Branch Music: 2021]

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. "Wooden Heart" - Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co. - Wooden Heart / Twenty Cycles To The Ground 7" [Self-Released: 2025 (NEW)]
2. "Windswept" - Vague Plot - Crying In 9 [Island House: 2024]
3. "Moon Eyes" - Glyders - Forever [Drag City: 2025 (NEW)]
4. "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" - Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache [Columbia: 1973]
5. "(I Wanna) Be Your Girl" - Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon [Perennial: 2025 (NEW)]
6. "I Can't Stand To See You" - Horsegirl - Phoenetics On And On [Matador: 2025]
7. "Avalanche" - Snocaps - Snocaps [Anti-: 2025 (NEW)]
8. "Song For Insane Times" - Kevin Ayers - Joy Of A Toy [Harvest: 1969]
9. "You Own Me" - The American Analog Set - Promise Of Love [Tiger Style: 2003]
10. "Benoego" - Don Cherry - Home Boy (Sister Out) [Barclay: 1985]
11. "A Title Comes" - Tortoise - Touch [International Anthem: 2025 (NEW)]
12. "Bad Kids" - TTRRUUCES - TTRRUUCES [AllPoints: 2020]
13. "Haunted World" - Real Estate - Daniel [Domino: 2024]
14. "All Mellow People" - Manishevitz - Sentimental Noise comp. [Jagjaguwar: 2021]
15. "Windy" - Ruthann Friedman - Hurried Life (Lost Recordings 1965-1971) [Tompkins Square: 2007]
16. "Honeysuckle" - Compton & Batteau - In California [Columbia: 1970]
17. "Iglu" - Soar - Liquid Sky [Efficient Space: 2025 (NEW)]
18. "Helpless" - Sharon Van Etten And Attachment Theory - The Gold Rush comp. [UNCUT magazine: 2025 (N]

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. "Journey to Midnight" - Gao Hong/Baluji Shrivastav - Neelam [ARC: 2025]
   Notes: Chinese pipa virtuoso Gao Hong and Indian multi-instrumentalist Baluji Shrivastav OBE unite their rich musical traditions in a cross-cultural collaboration that shines with emotional depth.
2. "Heponi mun" - Tuuletar/Joanna Slowinska - 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.
3. "Varjon viema" - Okra Playground - single [Nordic Notes: 2025]
   Notes: Helsinki based electro-folk band Okra Playground was originally formed in 2010 from a shared wish to bring together excellent people and musicians to play around traditional Finnish music with a fresh approach. The band became almost literally a musical playground for its musicians. On this playground the kantele and bowed lyre, both ancient folk instruments, coexist in a new, exciting symbiosis with modern instruments and soundscapes.
4. "Taklax" - Lena Johnsson/Johanna Juhola - single [Nordic Notes: 2025]
   Notes: Lena Jonsson's ability to balance a deep knowledge of traditional Swedish folk music with innovative artistic sensibilities, sparkling joy of life and a charisma of a rock-star have made her one Scandinavia's most visionary musicians. She has created a unique style inspired by traditional Swedish music as well as rock, pop, and American old-time and bluegrass traditions. There's no one quite like Johanna Juhola; nimble-fingered accordion virtuoso and multi-faceted composer, she blazes her own colorful trail, breezing blithely across style borders and genre barriers with a captivating mix of musical excellence and engaging charm.
5. "Jesus Has to Be #1" - Snake Handler - W.Va. Snake Handler Revival [Subline Frequencies: 2025]
   Notes: West Virginia Snake Handler Revival 'They Shall Take Up Serpents' marks the arrival of a landmark record, documenting the last, snake handling church in Appalachia. Featuring hillbilly rock guitars, trance-like rhythms, and howling vocals, this album was recorded 100% live and without overdubs by Grammy-award winning producer and author, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Zomba Prison Project).
6. "I'm a Lord Jesus Man" - Snake Handler - W.Va. Snake Handler Revival [Subline Frequencies: 2025]
7. "ADHD Meds & Starbucks" - Snake Handler - W.Va. Snake Handler Revival [Subline Frequencies: 2025]
8. "Walk Under the Moon" - Annd Pidgorna - Invented Folksongs [Redshift: 2025]
   Notes: Pidgorna is a figure that tends to be associated with contemporary classical music. As a composer, she has worked with numerous key ensembles, winning awards and has completed a doctorate at Princeton University. However, the music on Invented Folksongs refuses to be categorized so easily. Rather it feels more aligned with the assortment of experimental traditional music that has been emerging within the past few years worldwide.
9. "Ire" - Aluna Project/Hajna - World Road Trip [Putumayo: 2025]
   Notes: (Angola / Portugal / France): The duo Aluna Project is a collaboration between sisters that blends folk, world, and ambient sounds, drawing inspiration from their Portuguese-Angolan roots.
10. "Leki" - Daby Toure/Daande Maayo - World Road Trip [Putumayo: 2025]
    Notes: (Mauritania / Senegal): Mauritanian-born multi-instrumentalist Daby Touré unites African folk traditions with modern arrangements, blending ngoni, guitar, and percussion in soulful, cross-generational collaboration with Senegalese musicians.
11. "Kifach Hilti" - Djamel Laroussi - World Road Trip [Putumayo: 2025]
    Notes: (Algeria): Algerian guitarist and UNESCO Artist for Peace, Djamel Laroussi, fuses North African traditions with jazz, funk, and pop through expressive vocals, inventive guitar, and multilingual lyrics.
12. "Galata" - Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions - single [Nublu: 2025]
    Notes: Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions announce their highly anticipated sixth studio album,"Mahalle," set for release January 16, 2026 via Nublu Records. The new work represents the band's most cinematic offering yet, guiding listeners through a sonic exploration of Istanbul's diverse neighborhoods where tradition meets innovation and the ancient pulse of the city merges with contemporary rhythms.
13. "Encaje Blanco" - Mila la Morena - Post Internet EP [La Morenita: 2025]
    Notes: Mila La Morena is a Chicana artist whose project fuses R&B, reggaeton, pop, and electronic music into a sound that feels at once nostalgic and defiantly fresh. Singing in a perfect blend of English and Spanish, the Gen Z artist explores themes of love, power, and vulnerability through a lens shaped by her identity and lived experiences between the U.S. and Mexico City.
14. "Ke Masa Lalu" - Nusantara Beat - Nusantara Beat [Glitterbeat: 2025]
    Notes: The highly anticipated debut album from Amsterdam-based Indonesian psych-folk ensemble Nusantara Beat, has finally arrived. That word Nusantara is important. As the group's vocalist, Megan de Klerk, explains: "Nusantara means all the islands that make up Indonesia. It's an old word from when the kings wanted to unite the whole archipelago."
15. "Dime" - Silvana Estrada - single [Glassnote: 2025]
    Notes: Latin GRAMMY-winning artist Silvana Estrada has released Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, her long-awaited, self-produced sophomore album, out now via Glassnote Records. Spanning years of personal and artistic transformation, the album is an expansive, luminous, and emotionally daring project. Taking its title from Sara Teasdale's 1918 poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," Vendrán Suaves Lluvias meditates on nature's quiet resilience while exploring themes of grief, humor, and emotional renewal.
16. "Vale a Pena" - Sessa - single [Mexican Summer: 2025]
    Notes: Sessa - the moniker of São Paulo-based artist Sergio Sayeg - released his new album, Pequena Vertigem de Amor, November 7th via Mexican Summer. The third full-length album in Sayeg's expanding catalogue as Sessa is not just an evolution in his sound, it is a transformation. First single 'Vale a Pena' (It's Worth It) is one of Sessa's most earnestly joyful compositions, evoking the stoned bucolic bliss of Erasmo Carlos's introspective 1972 album Sonhos e Memorias 1941-1972.
17. "Juana Azurduy/Latinoamerica" - Susana Baca - Live at WOMAD 2023 [Real World: 2025]
    Notes: Late-afternoon on Friday 28 July, 2023 and Susana Baca and her band take to the stage in the Siam Tent at the WOMAD Festival, about the deliver one of the stand-out performances of the weekend. The hour-long set is now being released for the very first time on a new digital-only album release, Live at WOMAD 2023, released on Real World Records on 21 November, 2023.
18. "Kusekala Kwanyungu" - The Zawose Queens - Moja Kwa Moja EP [Real World: 2025]
    Notes: The Zawose Queens unveil their new digital EP Moja Kwa Moja, featuring three fresh live-in-session versions of tracks from their acclaimed debut album Maisha. The recordings were captured at Real World Studios in July 2024, as the band travelled to perform at WOMAD Charlton Park.
19. "Midzomerdroom" - Hella - Meeremin [homerecords.be: 2025]
    Notes: Hella is an a cappella ensemble from Belgium, founded in 2022 by sisters Ahanna and Kalinka Verschraegen. Their shared passion for collaborative singing, composition and vocal music formed the foundation for starting a unique ensemble together with Eline De Coninck and Lotte Pauwels. Four female voices fusing into warm, bright and colourful harmonies.

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. "Sayanora Blues" {Horace Silver} - Eric Alexander - Blues at Midnight [Venus Records: 2013]
2. "Christo Redentor" {Duke Pearson} - Ed Cherry - It's All Good [Positone Records: 2012]
3. "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman" {Carole King & Gerry Goffin} - Nat Adderley Jr. - Took So Long [Nat Adderley Jr. (Self Produced): 2025]
4. "St. Elmo's Fire" {Elmo Hope} - Elmo Hope - Elmo Hope Trio and Quintet [Blue Note: 1057]
5. "Hank's Other Soul" {Hank Mobley} - Hank Mobley - Another Workout [Blue Note: 1961]
6. "Taboo" {Margarita Lecuona} - Bob Kindred Quartet - Nights of Boleros and Blues [Venus Records: 2006]
7. "All Through The Night" {Cole Porter} - Shirley Horn - I Love You, Paris [Verve Records: 1994]
8. "All Through The Night" {Cole Porter} - Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio - Live in Bern [Capri Records Ltd.: 2014]
9. "Ezz-Thetic" {George Russell} - Max Roach - Max Roach Plus Four [EmArcy Records: 1956]
10. "Carl's Blues" {Benny Green} - John Lee - The Artist [Cellar Music Group: 2021]
11. "Liar's Dice" {Nick Hempton} - Nick Hempton - Slick [Triple Distilled Records: 2020]
12. "Vida Blue" {Peter Bernstein} - Pete Bernstein - Live at Smalls [Smalls Live Records: 2008]

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. "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" {B. Crewe & B. Gaudio} - Tony Mottola - Lush, Latin & Lovely [Project 3: 1967]
2. "Free Again" {A. Canfora, J. Besslli, M. Jourdan & R. Colby} - Tony Mottola - Lush, Latin & Lovely [Project 3: 1967]
3. "Days Of Wine And Roses" {Henry Mancini} - Bobby Hackett - Plays Mancini [Epic ]
4. "Theme From Mr. Lucky" {Henry Mancini} - Bobby Hackett - Plays Mancini [Epic ]
5. "Cry, Cry, Cry" {Deadric Malone} - Bobby Bland - [Duke: 1960]
6. "Shangri-La" {Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell & Matty Malneck} - Peter Nero - Songs You Won't Forget [RCA Victor: 1964]
7. "The Girl From Ipanema" {Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Peter Nero - Songs You Won't Forget [RCA Victor: 1964]
8. "This Is My Story" - Mickey & Sylvia - [Rca Victor: 1960]
9. "I'm Old Fashioned" {Johnny Mercer & Jerome Kern} - Cal Tjader - Warm Wave [Verve: 1964]
10. "The Way You Look Tonight" {Jerome Kern} - Cal Tjader - Warm Wave [Verve: 1964]
11. "For All We Know" {J. Fred Coots & Sam M. Lewis} - Esther Phillips - Best Of... [Coumbia Jazz: 1975]
12. "The Girl Next Door" {H. Martin /R. Blane} - Tony Mottola - Lush, Latin & Lovely [Project 3: 1967]
13. "A Man And A Woman" {F. Lai/P. Barouh/J. Keller} - Tony Mottola - Lush, Latin & Lovely [Project 3: 1967]
14. "Sunny" {B. Hebb} - Tony Mottola - Lush, Latin & Lovely [Project 3: 1967]
15. "I Could Have Danced All Night" {Lerner & Lowe} - Joanie Sommers - Softly Brazillian Sound [Warner: 1964]
16. "Mountain Greeenery" {Pichard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Ray Ellis - Let's Get Away From It All [Columbia: 1958]
17. "Long Ago And Far Away" {Ira Gershwin & Jerome Kern} - Ray Ellis - Let's Get Away From It All [Columbia: 1958]
18. "Moon Of Manakoora" {Frank Loesser & Alfred Newman} - Ferrante & Teicher -
19. "Is There A Love For Me?" - the Dubs - [Gone ]
20. "There Is No Greater Love" {Jones, Symes} - Tal Farlow - Tal [Verve: 1956]

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. "Sinfonie Singulière - opening" {Franz Berwald} - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - Berwald: Symphonies [Nonesuch: 1962]
   Notes: used as theme
2. "The Billboard March" {John N. Khlor} - Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell - Marching Along [Mercury: 1956]
3. "Overture to Giovanna D'Arco" {Giuseppe Verdi} - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan - Verdi: Overtures & Preludes [Deutsche Grammophon: 1976]
4. "Sonata II Op. 5/2 W. A2" {Johann Christian Bach} - Sophie Yates - Christian Bach: Sonatas Op. 5 [Chandos: 2009]
5. "Fire Festival Polka Op. 269" {Josef Strauss} - Cincinnati Pops, Erich Kunzel - Ein Straussfest [Telarc: 1985]
6. "Brazilian Impressions" {Ottorino Respighi} - Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon - Respighi: Church Windows [Chandos: 1984]
7. "North Woods: Representation ii-iii" {Scott Ordway} - Lorelei Ensemble, Beth Willer - Ordway: North Woods [New Focus: 2025]
8. "Overture to Der Berrscher der Geister [Ruler of the Spirits]" {Carl Maria von Weber} - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan - von Weber: Overtures [Deutsche Grammophon: 1974]
9. "An American in Paris" {George Gershwin} - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Nathaniel Shilkret - Gershwin plays Gershwin [RCA Victrola: 1929]
10. "Lotus Land, op. 47/1" {Cyril Scott} - Christopher O'Riley - Lotusland [Navona: 2025]
11. "Sea of Dead" {Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices)} - Christopher O'Riley - Lotusland [Navona: 2025]
12. "In a Landscape" {John Cage} - Margaret Leng Tan - Cage: Daughters of the Lonesome Isle [New Albion: 1994]
13. "The Nearness of You" {Ned Washington & Hoagy Carmichael} - Ferrante & Teicher - Autumn Leaves [Harmony: 1968]

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