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Ranger Radio: Monday Meltdowns

Serving and swerving up a mildly eclectic mix of records for your sonic consumption and elevation. Hip hop, funk, world, soul (neo and old), rock, and everything in between. And… MoreServing and swerving up a mildly eclectic mix of records for your sonic consumption and elevation. Hip hop, funk, world, soul (neo and old), rock, and everything in between. And maybe a little bit of Ranger talking both sense and nonsense into your glorious ear canals. Less

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1. "Dive - Recorded At Sound Stage Nashville" - Luke Combs - Spotify Singles [River House Artists/Columbia Nashville: 2018]
2. "High Stakes" - Stylistic Murder, Madmanleek, Oddisee, DJ Danetic - High Stakes [Stylistic Murder: 2026]
3. "Bambi" - Token, Connor Price - Bambi [Never Too Different: 2026]
4. "Take Care" - BigXthaPlug - TAKE CARE [BigXthaPlug under exclusive license to UnitedMasters LLC: 2024]
5. "1942 Flows" - Meek Mill - Wins & Losses [MMG/Atlantic: 2017]
6. "Hot Streak" - PawPaw Rod, Tommy Newport - Picture Day: A PawPaw Rod Album [Independent Co.: 2026]
7. "Let Do It" - Lil Wayne - No Ceilings [Republic Records: 2020]
8. "It's Unusual" - Kelly Boesch - It's Unusual [Nettwerk Music Group: 2026]
9. "LOVE/HATE" - Jennaske, Benny The Butcher - LOVE/HATE [Black Soprano Family, LLC: 2026]
10. "SUMMER'S END" - Jai Winter - SUMMER'S END [Winter's Crest: 2024]
11. "Sedatives" - Marlon Craft - The Internet Killed The Neighborhood [Soulspazm // Homecourt: 2026]
12. "Loop" - Samara Cyn - Bose x NME: C24 [NME: 2024]
13. "the vibe" - KAMAUU - LACUNA in The House Of Mirrors [Atlantic Records: 2023]
14. "Sucka Free City" - Lil Pete, Larry June - REAL IS BACK [Public Housin' / EMPIRE: 2026]
15. "Grown Man" - Lil Wayne, Currency - Tha Carter II [CM/Republic: 2005]
16. "Immigrants" - Freddie Gibbs - RBT [Freddie Gibbs: 2026]
17. "Pressure" - Hablot Brown, Gabrielle Current - Soulection Black Label: Hablot Brown [Soulection: 2018]
18. "Cadillac" - Guè, TonyPitony, Shablo - Cadillac [Universal Music Italia srL.: 2026]
19. "high, i'm famous" - Hoosh, Bas - high, i'm famous [TC Music / Hoosh: 2025]
20. "Munyon Canyon" - Larry June, 2 Chainz, The Alchemist - Life Is Beautiful [The Freeminded Records / 2 Chainz / ALC / EMPIRE: 2025]
21. "Soleil Bleu" - Bleu Soleil, LUIZA - Soleil Bleu [Wagram Music / Chapter Two Records: 2025]
22. "Distractions" - Tiara Thomas - Make It Make Sense [Tiara Thomas: 2026]
23. "Gone" - KELS - 6ft Under [KELS: 2026]
24. "Hawthorne" - Alex Banin - Hawthorne [Alex Banin: 2020]
25. "Face the World" - Nipsey Hussle - Crenshaw [All Money In No Money Out, Inc: 2013]
26. "Maquiavélico" - Canserbero - Muerte [La Biblioteca, LLC: 2012]
27. "Querer Querernos" - Canserbero - Querer Querernos [Fundacion El Canserbero: 2011]
28. "No Hay Manera" - Akwid - Proyecto Akwid [Headliners Records LLC: 2003]
29. "Sound" - Kylieamsips - Sound [Grace Jackson Prod: 2025]
30. "Could Be Worse" - Bizzy Crook, Leon Thomas - Could Be Worse [EZMNY Records: 2026]
31. "Who's Lovin' You" - The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 [UNI/MOTOWN: 1969]
32. "Fire Blaze" - Lutan Fyah, Juna-Vill - Di Regulator Riddim [Juna-Vill Records: 2026]
33. "Highlight Reel" - Scotty ATL, Big K.R.I.T. - Highlight Reel [Cool Club, under exclusive license to AMP Music: 2026]
34. "Neon You" - Don Louis - This Is For You [Money Myers Entertainment LLC: 2023]
35. "Damu Ridaz" - Rucci, Mozzy, Joe Moses - Norfside Story [Mackk & Company / EMPIRE: 2026]
36. "UR HEARTBEAT (WHO DO U THINK ABOUT AT 2AM?)" - Jessie Reyez - UR HEARTBEAT (WHO DO U THINK ABOUT AT 2AM?) [FMLY / Island Records: 2026]
37. "She Likes the Bad Weather" - Q - Thoughts [Columbia: 2018]
38. "Touch Me" - JABS - Touch Me [JABS: 2019]

Fresh Start

E. Jonez kicks your week off to a fresh start with his candid take on the hottest music, entertainment, and current events. Kick back with C'ville's best Monday night from… MoreE. Jonez kicks your week off to a fresh start with his candid take on the hottest music, entertainment, and current events. Kick back with C'ville's best Monday night from 9-11 right here on WTJU! Less

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Second Sight

Join David Buie-Moltz and Greg Weaver every Monday from 7-9 p.m. on WTJU for Second Sight. Inspired by sight-reading — playing music for the first time without prior practice —… MoreJoin David Buie-Moltz and Greg Weaver every Monday from 7-9 p.m. on WTJU for Second Sight. Inspired by sight-reading — playing music for the first time without prior practice — this show celebrates the thrill of fearlessly plunging into uncertain territory and discovering jazz and its adjacent genres together as a community. Hear familiar jazz sounds in new, exciting ways — no pretense, just genuine curiosity. Perfect for everyone, from jazz aficionados to newcomers with insatiable appetites for fresh musical frontiers. Tune in and open your mind with us! Less

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1. "Game Maker" {Chick Corea} - Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy [Polydor: 1973]
2. "Havona" {Jaco Pastorius} - Weather Report - Heavy Weather [Columbia: 1977]
3. "Caracas" {Jean-Luc Ponty} - Jean-Luc Ponty - No Absolute Time [Atlantic: 1993]
4. "Mandingo Street" {Richard Bona} - Regina Carter - Rhythms of the Heart [Verve: 1999]
5. "Palladium" {Wayne Shorter} - Weather Report - Heavy Weather [Columbia: 1977]
6. "Gul Achdi" {Rəhman Məmmədli} - Rəhman Məmmədli - Trans Musicales 2024 [KEXP: 2024]
   Notes: Recorded live, 5 December 2024,l’Antipode, Rennes, France.
7. "Undiscovered D's" {JoVia Armstrong} - Musique Noire - Good Hair [Musique Noire: 2008]
8. "Shades and Shapes" {JoVia Armstrong} - JoVia Armstrong - The Antidote Suite [Black Earth: 2022]
9. "Birth" {JoVia Armstrong} - JoVia Armstrong - Inception [Black Earth: 2023]
10. "Jo Jo" {Bobby Hutcherson} - Sonny Rollins - No Problem [Milestone: 1981]
11. "Disco Monk" {Sonny Rollins} - Sonny Rollins - Don't Ask [Milestone: 1979]

Back Up and Push

The gang looks back at Bluegrass and Old Time tunes of yesteryear, and push forward to the music of today and tomorrow. Along with traditional Bluegrass and Old Time, they'll… MoreThe gang looks back at Bluegrass and Old Time tunes of yesteryear, and push forward to the music of today and tomorrow. Along with traditional Bluegrass and Old Time, they'll throw in some Folk, Local Favorites, plenty of Live In-studio performances, and the latest news of festivals and other venues for live music. So buckle up for the ride on Monday afternoons from 4 til 7 with the best picking and strumming around on Back Up and Push! Less

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1. "Fisherman" - Downhill Bluegrass Band, Christian Sedelmyer - Slow Down [Downhill Bluegrass Band: 2026]
2. "Missian Control" - Moonsville Collective - A Hundred Highways [Moonsville Collective: 2024]
3. "Old Tree" - Valley Flower - Valley Flower [Valley Flower: 2025]
4. "Living Upstairs" - Rachel Baiman, Phoebe Hunt Maddie Witler, Vickie Vaughn, - Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2 [John Hartford Music: 2025]
5. "Reverend" - Greensky Bluegrass, Billy Strings - Reverend [Big Blue Zoo: 2025]
6. "Meg Grey" - Six Dollar String Band - Fire On The Mountain [Six Dollar String Band: 2020]
7. "Slayton Court" - Wayne & Kristen Scott Benson - Slayton Court [Mountain Home Music Co.: 2026]
8. "Whistle Won't Blow" - The Down Hill Strugglers - Old Juniper [Jalopy: 2024]
9. "Black Rock" - The Infamous Stringdusters - Songs From The Mountain [Americana Vibes: 2025]
10. "Uncle Joe" - George Jackson, Tristan Scroggins - The Old Time 100, Vol. 3 [George Jackson, Tristan Romero: 2026]
11. "These Are The Days" - Pharis & Jason Romero - These Are The Days [Pharis & Jason Romero: 2026]
12. "Greasy String" - Tommy Jarrell - Legends Of Old Time Music: 50 Years Of County Records [County: 2018]
13. "Chick Ute" - Jenny Denham - Chick Ute [Jayne: 2026]
14. "Valley Springs" - Jesse Appelman - Where We Go [Jesse Appelman: 2026]
15. "It's A Long Way To The Top Of The World" - Michael Daves, Jacob Jolliff - We Like Jim And Jesse [Wild Geranium: 2026]
16. "Kenny Wagner's Surrender" - The Ozark Highballers - Goin' Down To 'Leven Point [The Ozark Highballers: 2019]
17. "Boomers Over The Hill" - Dumpster Debbie - Number 2 [Plow Man: 2025]
18. "Red Fox Run" - Big Richard - Pet [Signature Sounds: 2026]
19. "Wabash Hornpipe" - Hog-Eyed Man - Across The Sea [Tiki Parlour: 2025]
20. "Give Me The Blame" - Brand New Box Of Matches - Light It Up! [BNBOM: 2024]
21. "Tupelo Blues" - Soundwagon - Give The Fiddler A Dram [Soundwagon: 2009]
22. "Riding On Your High Horse" - The Wilders - The Wilders [Free Dirt: 2011]
23. "To Ohio" - Della Mae - Della Mae [Rounder: 2015]
24. "Sarah Armstrong's Tune" - The New Grown-Ups - Treehopper [5835060 Records DK: 2023]
25. "Easy Come, Easy Go" - The Burnett Sisters - Easy Come, Easy Go [Pinecastle: 2025]
26. "Uncle Bubba" - Henhouse Prowlers - Dark Rumor [Prowlers Music: 2009]
27. "Lightning Bug" - Dan Whitener - On The Tracks [Dan Whitener: 2010]
28. "Country Blues" - Talise - Bowling Green [Run On: 2026]
29. "I'll Reap What I've Sown" - Old Spot, Jeri Foreman, Ruth Eliza - One Night String Band, Vol. 1 [Scribe: 2024]
30. "Silverthorn Mountain" - Trey Hensley - Can't Outrun The Blues [Pinecastle: 2026]
31. "Brushy Forks Of John's Creek" - The Western Thistles - The Western Thistles [The Western Thistles: 2025]
32. "Old Cacklin' Hen" - Tony Trischka - Earl Jam 2 [Down The Road: 2026]
33. "Calling Me" - Eddie Sanders, Larry Cordle, John Cowan, Shawn Camp - Calling Me [True Lonesome: 2026]
34. "Rusty's" - Double Dole String Band - Rusty's [DDSB: 2025]
35. "My Better Years" - Slapdash Bluegrass - Slapdash Bluegrass [Slapdash Bluegrass: 2026]
36. "Devil's Got A Hold Of You" - The Sullivan Sisters - Devil's Got A Hold Of You [Dark Shadow Recording: 2026]
37. "Side Saddle" - Russ Carson - Songs That Birds Don't Sing [Engelhardt Music Group: 2025]
38. "Roll Of The Dice" - Steep Canyon Rangers - Next Act [Yep Roc: 2026]
39. "Uncle Henry" - Lonesome Ace String Band - Honey Babe [Lonesome Ace String Band: 2026]
40. "Uptown Johnny Getaway" - Jarrod Walker - Nighthawk [Jarrod Walker: 2026]
41. "Kiss Me Quick My Papa's Coming" - Tall Poppy String Band - Tall Poppy String Band [Tall Poppy String Band: 2022]
42. "The Drawdown" - Band Of Friends - Band Of Friends [Adhyaropa: 2024]
43. "Sycamore Tea" - Hannah Read, Michael Starkey - Cross The Rolling Water [Hudson: 2022]
44. "Red Haired Boy" - The Crooked Creek Misfits - Study War No More [Vocal Rest: 2025]
45. "Step To It" - Steve Toth - Masters Of Slide: Spider Sessions [Mountain Home Music Co.: 2021]
46. "Dangerfield Newby" - New Dangrfield (Jake Blount, Kaia Kater, Tray Wellington, Nelson Williams) - Dangerfield Newby [Free Dirt: 2024]
47. "Trombone Rag" - Golden Shoals - Trombone Rag [Golden Shoals: 2026]
48. "Giant's Causeway" - Miles Over Mountains - Burn The Ships [Miles Over Mountains: 2023]

Blue Monday

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

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1. "Thief" - Corto.Alto - Thief [Ninja Tune: NEW]
   Notes: https://cortoalto.bandcamp.com/track/thief
2. "Call the Power" - Shabaka - Of the Earth [Shabaka: NEW]
   Notes: https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/track/call-the-power
3. "Journey Through the Asteroid Belt" - The Comet is Coming - The Complete Studio Recordings 2015CE-2017CE [The Comet is Coming: 2019]
   Notes: https://thecometiscoming.bandcamp.com/track/journey-through-the-asteroid-belt-2
4. "Vvv Rerework" - Naná Rizinni - Epiblast [Bridge the Gap: NEW]
   Notes: https://nanarizinni.bandcamp.com/track/vvv-rerework
5. "Read Wrong" - DJ Plead & rRoxymore - Read Round City [Smalltown Supersound: 2024]
   Notes: https://djplead.bandcamp.com/track/read-wrong
6. "Tierra" - Chuwi - Tierra [Chuwi: 2024]
   Notes: https://chui2.bandcamp.com/track/tierra-2
7. "A Dragon's Treasure is its Soul" - Foote/Dickow - High Cube [Geographic North: NEW]
   Notes: https://foote-dickow.bandcamp.com/track/a-dragons-treasure-is-its-soul
8. "Song of the Forgotten" - Hoavi - Architectonics [Peak Oil: NEW]
   Notes: https://peakoil.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-the-forgotten
9. "Keep Going" - Irreversible Entanglements feat. Motherboard - Future Present Past [Impulse!: NEW]
10. "In the Pines" - Wendy Eisenberg - Viewfinder [American Dreams: 2024]
    Notes: https://wendyeisenberg.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-pines
11. "Chamber Music for Lawn Mowers" - Sage Martens - Chamber Music for Lawn Mowers [CN: 2025]
    Notes: https://msage.bandcamp.com/track/chamber-music-for-lawn-mowers
12. "Returning, Dream" - Paradise Cinema - Returning, Dream [Gondwana: 2024]
    Notes: https://paradise-cinema.bandcamp.com/track/returning-dream
13. "Deep Bow" - Carlos Niño & Friends - Bubble Bath for Giants [Carlos Niño & Friends: NEW]
    Notes: https://carlosnino.bandcamp.com/track/deep-bow
14. "K6 Headquarters" - Squarepusher - Kammerkonzert [Warp: NEW]
    Notes: https://squarepusher.bandcamp.com/track/k6-headquarters
15. "Toutpartout PT2" - Bella Wakame - Bella Wakame [Umor: 2025]
    Notes: https://bellawakame.bandcamp.com/track/toutpartout-pt2
16. "Do You Bless It?" - Th Blisks - Elixa [Efficient Space: 2024]
    Notes: https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-bless-it
17. "De loin en loin" - Hélène Duret, Synestet - Perception [IGLOO: NEW]
    Notes: https://hlneduret.bandcamp.com/track/de-loin-en-loin
18. "Ultraviolet" - Portico Quartet - Monument [Gondwana: 2021]
    Notes: https://porticoquartet.bandcamp.com/track/ultraviolet

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. "I Found Out" - Nathaniel Mayer - I Just Want To Be Held [Fat Possum: 2004]
2. "Show and Tell" - Al Wilson - Show and Tell: The Best of Al Wilson [Rocky Road: 1973]
3. "Got To Have It" - Soul President - Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label [The Numero Group: 2006]
4. "F.U.N.K." - Betty Davis - Nasty Gal [Island: 1975]
5. "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again" - L.T.D. - single [A&M: 1977]
6. "Out of this World" - Ted Chubb - Live at the Sanctuary, Jersey City [Circle 9: 2026]
7. "I Just Might" - Bruno Mars - The Romantic [Atlantic: 2026]
8. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" - Van Morrison - A Night in San Francisco [Polydor: 1994]
9. "Why Can't We Live Together" - Sade - Diamond Life [Sony: 1984]
10. "When I Come Around" - Aloe Blacc - Rock My Soul: Volume 1 [Grand Scheme: 2024]
11. "Lazy Afternoon" - Billy Childs - Triumvirate [Mack Avenue: 2026]
12. "The Breakdown (Part 1)" - Rufus Thomas - single [Stax: 1971]
13. "Up Tight, Good Man" - Laura Lee - The Muscle Shoals Sound [Rhino: 1993]
14. "My Sweet Lord" - Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream [Colemine: 2024]
15. "Chasing An Empty Dream" - Cymande - Renascence [BMG: 2025]
16. "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [Ruffhouse: 1998]
17. "These Arms of Mine" - Otis Redding - single [Volt: 1962]
18. "Help Me" - Eli "Paperboy" Reed - Come and Get It [Capitol: 2010]
19. "When Will I See You Again" - The Three Degrees - The Three Degrees [Philadelphia International: 1973]
20. "Chocolate" - Mickey & The Soul Generation - Iron Leg [Cali-Tex: 2004]
21. "Multiply" - Jamie Lidell - Multiply [Warp: 2005]
22. "The Great Gig in the Sky" - Brass Against with Morgan James - single [YouTube: 2026]
    Notes: Pink Floyd cover with horns
23. "Ugly Beauty" - Carlos Henriquez - Monk con Clave [self-released: 2026]
24. "Lucky Fellow" - LeRoy Hutson - Hutson... [Curtom: 1975]
    Notes: remastered 2025 by Home of the Good Groove records
25. "So In Love" - Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today [Curtom: 1975]
26. "That Thang" - The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis - The Messthetics [Impulse!: 2024]
27. "Reasons" - Earth, Wind & Fire - The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire: Vol. 1 [Columbia: 1978]
28. "Blues in the Desert" - Doug MacDonald - Tribute to South Central [DMac: 2026]
29. "If You Don't Know Me by Now" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You [Philadelphia International: 1972]
30. "Make Some Room" - The Suffers - The Suffers [self-released: 2015]
31. "Out of Sight" - James Brown - Star Time [Polydor: 1993]
32. "Joy, Joy!" - Valerie June - Owls, Omens and Oracles [Concord: 2025]
33. "Falling in Love Again" - Kevin Ayers - Yes We Have No Mananas [Harvest: 1976]
34. "Relativity" - Sam Samudio - Hard and Heavy [Atlantic: 1972]
    Notes: yes, that's Duane Allman on slide backing Sam of Sam the Sham & The Pharoah's fame

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. "The Bridge" - Sonny Rollins - The Bridge [RCA ]
2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Grant Green - The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark [Blue Note ]
3. "Verse" - Bobby Hutcherson - Stick-Up! [Blue Note ]
4. "Sweet Bread" - Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Live At The Village Vanguard [Mack Avenue ]
5. "A Single Sky" - Dave Douglas Quintet - Live At The Jazz Standard [Greenleaf ]
6. "Midnight Moonlight" - Jerry Garcia Band - Garcia Live Volume Seven [ATO ]
7. "Little Walter Rides Again" - Medeski Martin Scofield & Wood - Live [Indirecto ]
8. "Toys R Us" - Greyboy Allstars - At Gathering Of The Vibes [Go Vibes ]

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. "Tezeta" - Mulatu Astatke - New York - Addis - London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 [Strut: 1969]
   Notes: The father of Ethio-Jazz, Studied at Berklee College of Music, brought US and Latin Jazz Elements to Ethiopia
2. "Satchmo okuka lokolé" - African Jazz - Surboum [HNM: 1982]
   Notes: Band of Grand Kalle - recorded and performed this song for Louis Armstrong when he came to the Congo in 1960
3. "Tezeta" - Mahmoud Ahmed - Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Erè mèla mèla 1975-1978 [Buda musique: 2004]
   Notes: One of the great vocalists of the Ethiopian Golden Age of Music
4. "Enkèn Yèlélèbesh" - Girma Bèyènè, Akalé Wubé - Mistakes on Purpose (Ethiopiques 30) [Buda musique: 2016]
5. "Muziqa heywete" - Getatchew Mekurya - Negus of Ethiopian Sax [Phillips Ethiopia: 1970]
   Notes: Ethiopian Saxophonist
6. "Mother's Love" - Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Ethiopiques, vol. 21: Emahoy (Piano Solo) [Buda musique: 2006]
   Notes: Ethiopian composer, pianist, and nun.[1] She is generally known as Emahoy, a religious honorific. https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/track/mothers-love
7. "Joujou Zewa" - Tabu Ley Rochereau - Laiss Toi Aime [Tamasha Corporation Limited: 2015]
   Notes: Tabu Ley pioneered African rumba and internationalized his music by fusing elements of Congolese folk music with Cuban, Caribbean and Latin American rumba.
8. "Mahlalela" - Letta Mbulu, Hugh Masekela - The Chisa Years 1965-1975 (Rare and Unreleased) [BBE Music: 2006]
9. "Sister Rose" - Abdullah Ibrahim - The Journey [DOWNTOWN SOUND: 1977]
   Notes: FKA Dollar Brand, part of Masekela's band, jazz composer and pianist influenced by Thelonious Monk
10. "Yakhal'Inkomo" - Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Early Mabuza, Agrippa Magwaza and Lionel Pillay - Yakhal'Inkomo [Gallo Record Company: 1968]
    Notes: Remained in Cape Town during apartheid while many of his contemporaries left
11. "The Click Song" - Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba [Legacy Recordings: 1960]
    Notes: he Xhosa title translates to "knocking beetle", which is a name for various species of darkling beetles colloquially known as "tok tokkie" due to their method of attracting mates that include distinctive knocking sounds from tapping on the ground.[2][6] In Xhosa oral tradition, these beetles guide lost children to home.
12. "Oxgam" - Miriam Makeba - The Magic Of Makeba [RCA/Legacy: 1965]
13. "Gone With The Wind" - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko's Piano [Verve Reissues: 1958]
    Notes: Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in Down Beat magazine's annual Readers' Poll.
14. "If I Said The Sky Was Falling)" - Masabumi Kikuchi - Matrix [Victor: 1969]
15. "Scratch" - Jiro Inagaki and His Soul Media - Funky Stuff [Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd./NIPPONOPHONE: 1975]
    Notes: He plays tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, and occasionally alto saxophone.
16. "São Jorge" - Hermeto Pascoal - Zabumbe-Bum-A (Remasterizado) [WM Brazil: 1979]
17. "Só Danço Samba" - Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim - Getz/Gilberto [Verve Reissues: 1964]
18. "Twelve Times Twelve" - The Jazz Epistles, Hugh Masekela, Dollar Brand - Verse 1+ [Trunk Records: 2014]

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. "Scherzo-Trio, SC 34a" {Giacomo PUCCINI} - Sinfonia of London; John Wilson, conductor - Puccini: Orchestral Music [Chandos: 2026]
2. "Symphony No. 108 in B-flat Major, Hob. 1:108 "Trauer"" {Joseph HAYDN} - Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor - Haydn2032, Vol. 19: Trauer [Alpha Classics: 2026]
3. "Barcarolle in E-Flat Major, Op. 71" {Mel BONIS} - Joanna Kacperek, piano - In Plain Sight [Joanna Kacperek: 2026]
4. "Sonata for Flute and Piano" {Dick KATTENBURG} - Eleonore Pameijer, flute; Marcel Worms, piano - Treasures 1937-1944 [Future Classics: 2005]
5. "Overture to Russlan & Ludmilla" {Mikhail GLINKA} - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor - 1812 - Polovtsian Dances - Islamey [Universal International Music B.: 1985]
   Notes: b. 6.1.1804
6. "Aquarium" {Fernande DECRUCK} - Célia Oneto Bensaid, piano - Aquarium - Single [La Boîte à Pépites: 2026]
7. "English Suite" {Paul LEWIS} - Northern Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor - English String Miniatures, Vol. 4 [Naxos: 2002]
8. "Prelude No. 24 in D Minor: Allegro Appassionato; from 24 Preludes, Op. 28" {Frédéric CHOPIN} - Alexandre Tharaud, piano - Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28 [harmonia mundi: 2008]
9. "Hungarian Sketches" {Béla BARTÓK} - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Rico Saccani, conductor - BPO Live: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol - Bartók: Hungarian Sketches [BPO Live: 2007]
10. "Three-Fours, Op. 71" {Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR} - Althea Waites, piano - Reflections in Time [Mango Eater Music: 2023]
11. "Extase, No. 2 from 3 Songs" {Amy BEACH} - Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova; Massimo Zanetti, conductor; Elsa Dreisig, soprano - Invocation [Parlophone: 2026]
12. "La cathédrale engloutie, from Préludes, Book 1, L. 117" {Claude DEBUSSY} - Hélène Grimaud, piano - Water [Deutsche Grammophon: 2016]
13. "Cheminée du Roi René" {Darius MILHAUD} - The Czech Philharmonic Wind Quintet - Bozz, Françaix, Ibert, Milhaud: Wind Quintets [SUPRAPHON: 2023]
14. "O Sacrum Convivium" {Lucy WALKER} - The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge; Anna Lapwood, director - Arise, Shine [Sony Classical: 2026]
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