Atlantic Weekly Part II

The second half of Atlantic Weekly, heard each Saturday morning from 10 til noon, switches over to Europe, delving into the Celtic tradition, Scandinavia, and beyond.

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1. "Tom Paine’s Bones" - Dick Gaughan - Outlaws and Dreamers [Appleseed: 2001]
   Notes: composer Brian McNeill
2. "La Pause" - Trompette - C’est le Pompon [Trompette: 2017]
   Notes: composer Julien Cartonnet - bagpipes
3. "Baker Hill" - Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick - Baker Hill [Fontana ]
4. "Huynt Ryfeddor" - Carys Hafana - Angel [Tak:til - Glitterbeat: 2025]
   Notes: "welsh Triple Harp"
5. "Hanging on the Wire" - P.J.Harvey - Let England Shake [Vagrant: 2014]
6. "Death and the Maiden Retold" - Tunng - Various - The Imagined Village [Real World: 2017]
7. "Sheep Season" - Mellow Candle - Magic Forest [Cherry Red: 1972]
8. "Magic Forest" - Forest - Various - The Magic Forest More Pastoral Psychedlic and Funky Folk 1968-1975 [Cherry Red 2024: 1971]
9. "Don’t know why you bother" - Gary Farr - Magic Forest [Cherry Red: 1969]
10. "Farewell to Ravensccraig" - John McCusker - Various - Fiddlers 5 [Temple: 1991]
11. "Akerrak" - Korrontzi - Tradition 2.1 [Arc Euclid: 2014]
    Notes: Agus Barandiaran leads the ensemble of Basque musicians
12. "Boda" - Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila - May Monday [North Side: 2001]
    Notes: Scotland and Sweden
13. "Free Falling" - Mary Coughan - Repeat Rewind [UYniversal: 2024]
14. "What is Love?" - Nick Cody - This is Love and Heartache [Green eyed: 2025]
15. "Outlaws and Dreamers" - Dick Gaughan - Outlaws and Dreamers [Appleseed: 2001]
    Notes: composer Dick Gaughan
16. "Lady’s Well" - Pauline Cato - Various Northumbrian Ran [Smithsonian. Folkways: 1999]
17. "Kid on the Mountain" - Kevin Burke - Sweeney’s Dance [Smithsonian Folkways: 2001]
    Notes: recorded in the Bronx in 1973
18. "Skye Crofters" - Billy Pigg - Northumbrian Rant [Smithsonian: 1999]
19. "Searching for Lambs" - Lisa Knapp - Til April is Dead [Ear to the Ground: 2017]
20. "Impivaara" - Karja-La - Svang [Galileo: 2014]
    Notes: From Finland, four harmonica players
21. "Madeiros de Pato e de Manuel Depazo" - Milladoiro - Aura de Maio [Green Linnet: 2000]
22. "Hoimo" - Accordion Tribe - Longhorn Twist [Hoedown / Intuition: 2006]
    Notes: composed Maria Kalaniemi
23. "Female Drummer" - Steeleye Span - Please to see the King [Shanachie ]
24. "Doffing Mistress" - Brass Monkey - Going & Staying [Topic ]

Atlantic Weekly Part I

For well over 30 years, Atlantic Weekly Part I has been providing listeners with a Saturday morning wake up call of acoustic music. From contemporary singer-songwriters and Americana to the… MoreFor well over 30 years, Atlantic Weekly Part I has been providing listeners with a Saturday morning wake up call of acoustic music. From contemporary singer-songwriters and Americana to the bedrock traditions of bluegrass and old-time string bands, we will have you singing and dancing around the kitchen during your first cup of coffee. Tune in and explore the insightful lyrics and musical diversity that can be found only outside the limits of commercial radio. That's Atlantic Weekly Part I heard each Saturday morning from 8-10. Less

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1. "Muddy Shoes" - Blue Highway - Single [Down The Road: 2025]
2. "My Runaway" - Kenny and Amanda Smith - Single [Farm Boy: 2025]
3. "Old Hickory" - Andy Leftwich - Single [Mountain Home: 2025]
4. "Lost John" - Tony Trischka (feat. The Steeldrivers) - Single [Down The Road: 2025]
5. "Like A Train" - Special Consensus (feat. Robbie Fulks) - Been All Around This World [Compass Records: 2025]
6. "Seven Miles" - Paper Wings - Paper Wings [Paper Wings: 2017]
7. "Tsitsutsa Tsigesv (When I Was a Boy)" - Agalisiga - Nasgino Inage Nidayulenvi (It Started in the Woods) [Horton: 2024]
8. "The Watchman's Polka" - Hildaland (Ethan Setiawan, Louise Bichan) - Fiddle Tunes [Adhyâropa: 2025]
9. "Tom Dooley - Live At The American Legion Post 82" - Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton - Live At The Legion [Reprise: 2025]
10. "Fingers To The Bone - Live" - The Devil Makes Three - Spirits (Deluxe Edition) [New West: 2025]
11. "Work" - Brandon Whyde - Taking Me Over [Vesperada: 2025]
12. "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" - Alison Brown, Steve Martin (feat. Indigo Girls) - Safe, Sensible And Sane [Compass: 2025]
13. "Let's Get Out Of Here" - Alison Brown, Steve Martin - Safe, Sensible And Sane [Compass: 2025]
14. "Hillbilly Hymn (Okra & Cigarettes)" - Nathan Evans Fox - Single [Free Dirt: 2025]
15. "Hector The Hero" - Hanneke Cassel - American Revolution, a Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Music From the PBS Documentary [IN A CIRCLE RECORDS: 2025]
16. "Sweet Oblivion" - Jimbo Mathus, Andrew Bird - Single [Wegawam Music Co. & Southern Broadcast: 2021]
17. "Ancient Light - At Kansas City" - I'm With Her (Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins) - Songs from the Stage: Kansas City [Rounder: 2025]
18. "Waiting for the Sun to Rise" - Whitebrow - Mono Vodou [Whitebrow: 2015]
19. "Roots" - Northside - Roots [Epidemic Sound: 2025]
20. "Too Many, Too Few [Feat. Logan Ledger]" - Margo Price (feat. Logan Ledger) - Hard Headed Woman (Deluxe) [Loma Vista: 2025]
    Notes: 2/16 @ The Jefferson Theater
21. "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" - Kieran Kane, Rayna Gellert - Volume 4 [Dead Reckoning: 2025]
22. "Marshmallow World" - Raul Malo - Marshmallow World & Other Holiday Favorites [New Door: 2007]
    Notes: RIP
23. "UFO Song" - Abigail Lapell - Getaway [Coax records: 2019]
24. "33443" - Greensky Bluegrass - XXV [Big Blue Zoo: 2025]
25. "Cowboying" - Haley Heynderickx, Max García Conover - What of Our Nature [Fat Possum: 2025]
26. "The Radio" - Jaywalkers - Move On [Burnt Chilli: 2025]
27. "I’m Easy to Love After All - Acoustic" - Brennen Leigh - Single [Signature Sounds: 2025]
28. "The High Low" - Dallas Burrow - The Way The West Was Won [Forty Below: 2025]
29. "Clouds" - Joe K. Walsh - Trust and Love [Adhyâropa: 2025]
30. "Long Long Moon" - The Small Glories - Assiniboine & The Red [Red House: 2019]

Leftover Biscuits

Tune in for Leftover Biscuits every Saturday morning (6:30 to 8am) for stories and the early recordings of 1920s and 30s American country and blues music. We'll hear about the… MoreTune in for Leftover Biscuits every Saturday morning (6:30 to 8am) for stories and the early recordings of 1920s and 30s American country and blues music. We'll hear about the famous acts and the not so famous. From the Carter Family, Memphis Minnie and the Charlie Poole to the less-heard sounds of Washington Phillips, Amédé Ardoin and the Dezurik Sisters. Jug bands, string bands, shape note singers, Cajun, Hawaiian, Cuban and even classic country from the early 50s are all likely guests to round out the show and start your weekend right. Less

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1. "Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail (sermon)" {Reverend J. M. Gates} - Reverend J. M. Gates - Blues Blues Christmas [Document Records: 1930]
2. "Who Do You Call That Wonderful Counsellor (voc)" - Reverend Rice's Sanctified Singers - Blues Blues Christmas [Document Records: 1929]
3. "Looking For Me Santa Claus (voc)(Jamaica)" - Sam Manning; Melodettes; Felix Krazy Cats - Blues Blues Christmas [Document Records: 1941]
4. "Lonesome Christmas Blues (voc)" - Tiny Parham (Hartzell Parham); Blind Blake (Arthur Blake) - Blues Blues Christmas [Document Records: 1930]
5. "A Mother, a Father, a Baby (voc)" - Dixon Brothers (Dorsey & Howard) - Blues Blues Christmas [Document Records: 1938]
6. "Old Pine Tree (inst)" {Traditional} - Sons of the Pioneers: Hugh & Karl Farr - Chronological Classics 1934-35 [Warped Records: 1934]
7. "Cowboy's Christmas Ball (voc)" - Charlie Herald & his Roundup Rangers - Pioneering Canadian Cowboy Group [British Archive of Country Music: 1934]
8. "Christmas Holds No Joy for Me (voc)" - Harry Black - Christmas 1928-38 [ACB: 1928]
9. "Santa Claus Polka (inst)" - Ottar Argee's Quintet - Christmas 1918-27 [ACB: 1926]
10. "Sirtos Politikos (inst)" - Orchestra Salonikos Arapaki Kiryakithis - Gay Life in Dikanka: R. Crumb's Old Time Favourites [Bakhall Records: 1928]
11. "At a Long Table (inst)" - Babaka & his Ensemble - Music of the Balkans: Bulgaria & Turkey 1930-45 [FM Records: 1930]
12. "russian bulgar (Klezmer inst)" - Abe Schwartz - Master of Klezmer Music: First Recordings 1917 [Global Village Music: 1917]
13. "Tramla Polka" - Bruno Rudzinski - Polish Village Music 1927-33 [Arhoolie Records: 1928]
14. "I'm Through With You (voc)" {Joe Wilbur McCoy} - Big Joe & his Washboard Band; Joe Wilbur McCoy - Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow-Bells 1930-41 [Columbia Records: 1940]
15. "What Makes My Baby Cry (voc)" - Five Harmaniacs - Jugs, Washboards & Kazoos [RCA Victor Records: 1927]
16. "Vol Stevens' Blues" - Vol Stevens - Early Mandolin Classics [Rounder Records: 1927]
17. "Vine Street Drag (inst)" - Tennessee Chocolate Drops - Before the Blues: Early American Black Music Scene [Yazoo Records: 1930]
18. "On the Banks of the Kaney (inst)" {Henry Hall} - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band (Henry, Clarence & Harold Hall) - You Ain't Talkin' To Me [Legacy Music: 1929]
19. "High Sheriff (inst)" - Aiken County String Band - 78 rpm Shellac Resin [OKeh General Phonograph Corp NY: 1935]
20. "L & N Rag (inst with talking)" {Alex Hood} - Alex Hood & his Railroad Boys - History of Country & Western Music [History Records: 1930]
21. "Honeysuckle Rag (inst)" - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers - In the Pines: Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes [Old Hat Records: 1931]

Charlottesville Community Engagement

Be infomed! Join host Sean Tubbs for a weekly review of public policy matters that elected officials are hashing out in and around Charlottesville.

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With Good Reason

Each week scholars explore the worlds of literature, science, the arts, politics, history, and business through lively discussion with our ever curious host Sarah McConnell. From the controversies over slave… MoreEach week scholars explore the worlds of literature, science, the arts, politics, history, and business through lively discussion with our ever curious host Sarah McConnell. From the controversies over slave reparations and global warming, to the unique worlds of comic books and wine-making, With Good Reason is always surprising, challenging and fun. With Good Reason has won five Gabriel Awards for Best Documentary or Public Affairs Programs and is also the recipient of top honors from the Public Radio News Directors, Radio and Television Digital News Association and the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. Produced at Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. More information at withgoodreasonradio.org. 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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Electronic Explorations

Mashup of ambient and beat based electronic music. Electronic Explorations navigates the road less traveled of electronic music alternating Saturday mornings at 1.

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1. "1/1" - Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports [E.G. / Polydor ]
2. "2/1" - Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports [E.G. / Polydor ]
3. "1/2" - Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports [E.G. / Polydor ]
4. "2/2" - Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports [E.G. / Polydor ]
5. "First Light" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
6. "Steal Away" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
7. "The Plateaux of Mirror" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
8. "Above Chiangmai" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
9. "An Arc of Doves" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
10. "Not Yet Remembered" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
11. "The Chill Air" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
12. "Among Fields of Crystal" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
13. "Wind in Lonely Fences" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
14. "Failing Light" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror [E.G. Records ]
15. "The Dance #1" - Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance [Editions EG ]
16. "The Dance #2" - Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance [Editions EG ]
17. "The Dance #3" - Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance [Editions EG ]
18. "Meditation #1" - Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance [Editions EG ]