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Silk Roads

From the Caspian Sea to the Sea of Japan, Silk Roads seeks out the many musical gems hidden in plain sight. Every Thursday afternoon from 12-2, walk down Silk Roads… MoreFrom the Caspian Sea to the Sea of Japan, Silk Roads seeks out the many musical gems hidden in plain sight. Every Thursday afternoon from 12-2, walk down Silk Roads and catch music from across Asia. Less

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1. "Chale Jaise Hawaien" - KK, Vasundhara Das - Main Hoon Na [T-Series: 2004]
2. "Kalank - Title Track" - Pritam, Arijit Singh - Kalank (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Zee Music Company: 2019]
3. "Koi Mil Gaya" - Jatin-Lalit, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.: 1998]
4. "Jadoo Hai Tera" - Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik - Ghulam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Tips Music Limited: 1998]
5. "Piya O Re Piya" - Sachin-Jigar, Atif Aslam, Shreya Ghoshal - Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Tips Music Limited: 2011]
6. "Pretty Woman" - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Shankar Mahadevan, Ravi "Rags" Khote - Kal Ho Naa Ho (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.: 2003]
7. "Ishq Hua Kaise Hua" - Udit Narayan, Vibha Sharma - Ishq (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.: 2000]
8. "Kabira (Encore)" - Pritam, Harshdeep Kaur, Arijit Singh - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani [T-Series: 2013]
9. "Qismat Ki Hawa Kabhi Naram" - C. Ramchandra - Albela (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Saregama: 1951]
10. "Kitni Baatein" - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sadhana Sargam, Hariharan - Lakshya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.: 2004]
11. "Kabhi To Nazar Milao" - Adnan Sami, Asha Bhosle - Kabhi To Nazar Milao/Bheegi Bheegi raton Mein [Universal Music MENA (Oriental Star Agencies): 1997]
12. "Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" - Shamshad Begum, Rajinder Krishnan - Bahar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Saregama: 1951]
13. "Tujhi Mein" - Pritam, KK - Crook (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.: 2010]
14. "Ishq" - Faheem Abdullah, Rauhan Malik, Amir Ameer - Lost;Found [Artiste First: 2024]
15. "Yun Hi" - Mohit Chauhan, Raj Shekhar - Tanu Weds Manu [T-Series: 2011]
16. "Saiyaara" - Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah, Arslan Nizami, Irshad Kamil - Saiyaara [YRF Music: 2025]
17. "Ae Kash Ke Hum" - Jatin-Lalit, Kumar Sanu - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.: 1999]
18. "Main Tenu" - Farah, Jawad Ahmad, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Virsa [Times Music, India: 2010]
19. "Tabla Tonic" - Anuradha Pal - Tabla Tonic [Sur aur Saaz: 2023]
20. "Naked" - Anoushka Shankar - Rise [Angel Records: 2005]

Wild Women & Friends

Taking our title from the Ida Cox song, "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues," our show Wild Women and Friends will feature women artists in Jazz and Blues, with a… MoreTaking our title from the Ida Cox song, "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues," our show Wild Women and Friends will feature women artists in Jazz and Blues, with a liberal use of the word "friends" to include other genres, and even an occasional boy now and then. Please join Sandy Snyder and Louise Largiadèr every Thursday morning from 11 'til noon for an hour of Classic Blues women, Jazz women, piano, mellow standards and lots more. Less

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1. "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues" {Ida Cox} - Spanky & Our Gang - Back Home Americana, Vol. 1 [Spectra Records: 2010]
2. "Allow Me to Confess" {Gina Sicilia} - Gina Sicilia - Allow Me to Confess [SwingNation Records: 2007]
3. "The Way You Look Tonight" {Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields} - Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Love Songs [Legacy/Columbia: 1996]
4. "I Put A Spell On You" {Nina Simone} - Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You [Universal Classics & Jazz: 1965]
5. "You Were Never Mine" {Delbert McClinton} - Janiva Magness - Do I Move You [NorthernBlues Music: 2006]
6. "Possibilities" {Laura Cerulli} - Mama's Black Sheep - Unmarked Highway [Rock Star Productions: 2010]
7. "Two-Fisted Mama" {Katie Webster} - Katie Webster - Two-Fisted Mama! [Alligator Records: 1989]
8. "In My Girlish Days" {Memphis Minnie} - Phoebe Snow - ....First Came Memphis Minnie [Stony Plain Records: 2012]
9. "Little Girl Blue" {Nina Simone} - Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! [Columbia/Legacy: 1969]
10. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" {Jimmie Cox} - Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith [Columbia/Legacy: 1997]
11. "Something To Talk About" {Shirley Eikhard} - Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw [Capitol Records: 1991]
12. "Biggest Baddest Heart" {Sonia Rutstein} - SONiA disappear fear - Blood, Bones, and Baltimore [disappear records: 2010]
    Notes: with vocals by Laura Cerulli (v.2) and Howard Markman (v.3)
13. "Blue Boogie" {Ann Rabson} - Ann Rabson - Music Makin' Mama [Alligator Records: 1997]

All That Jazz

Thirty years and still running, All That Jazz remains committed to all the "bops," global influences, and the New. Join us for a continuing salute to the luminous, continuously changing… MoreThirty years and still running, All That Jazz remains committed to all the "bops," global influences, and the New. Join us for a continuing salute to the luminous, continuously changing archive that is Jazz. Always, more music and less talk. Thursday morning from 9 'til 11 right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "Cool Struttin'" {Sonny Clark} - Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' [Blue Note: 1958]
2. "Bud on Bach" {Bud Powell} - Bud Powell - Paris Sessions [Pablo: 2002]
3. "Bass on Bach" {Dave Bass} - Dave Bass - The Trio Vol. 1 [Self Produced: 2021]
4. "Ravel Dreaming" {Bobby Read} - Bobby Read - Saturn Blue [Small World: 2015]
5. "The Bartok Blues" {Alon Farber} - Alon Farber & Hagiga - Dreams I Dream [Origin: 2025]
6. "Scarlatti Sonatas" {Domenico Scarlatti} - Chick Corea & Bela Fleck - Remembrance [Thirty Tigers: 2024]
7. "Mozart Goes Dancing" {Chick Corea} - Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Hot House [Concord: 2012]
8. "Gigue (Bach Goes Bata)" {J.S. Bach} - Eddie Palmieri - Ritmo Caliente [Concord: 2003]
9. "Concierto de Aranjuez" {Joaquin Rodrigo} - Jim Hall - Concierto [CTI: 1997]
10. "Bach, Basie, Bird Boogie Blues Bop" {Lisa Hilton} - Lisa Hilton - Kaleidoscope [Ruby Slippers: 2014]
11. "Beethoven's Blues" {composer} - Lenny Marcus - Moving Fourth [Self Produced: 2017]
12. "Bolero" {M. Ravel} - Gato Barbieri - Tropico [A&M: 1978]
13. "Barbaro Con Brio (Hommage A Bela Bartok)" {Daniel Szabo} - Daniel Szabo - A Song from There [Self Produced: 2017]
14. "Balliou for Bartok" {Brittany Anjou} - Brittany Anjou - Enamigo Reciprokataj [Origin: 2019]
    Notes: Album Title is Esperanto for "Reciprocal Love"
15. "Pathetique" {Beethoven} - Hiromi - Voice [Telarc: 2011]

Classical Sunrise - Thursday

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. "The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba, From Solomon" {George Frideric HANDEL} - George Frideric Handel, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon - A Baroque Feast [Analekta ]
2. "Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor" {Frederic CHOPIN} - Frédéric Chopin, Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin: Nocturnes - Sony Classical Originals [RCA Red Seal ]
3. "Chaconne" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Johann Sebastian Bach, Nathan Milstein - Bach: Sonatas & Partitas [EMI Classics ]
4. "Serenade for String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. posth.: I. Marsch. Allegro moderato" {Max BRUCH} - Max Bruch, George Hanson, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal - Bruch: Orchestral Works [Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm ]
5. "Serenade for String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. posth.: II. Andante" - Max Bruch, George Hanson, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal - Bruch: Orchestral Works [Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm ]
6. "Serenade for String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. posth.: III. Allegro" - Max Bruch, George Hanson, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal - Bruch: Orchestral Works [Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm ]
7. "Serenade for String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. posth.: V. Marsch. Allegro moderato" - Max Bruch, George Hanson, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal - Bruch: Orchestral Works [Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm ]
8. "Serenade for String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. posth.: VI. Andante sostenuto" - Max Bruch, George Hanson, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal - Bruch: Orchestral Works [Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm ]
9. "Images I, CD 105: I. Reflets dans l'eau" {Claude DEBUSSY} - Claude Debussy, Seong-Jin Cho - Debussy [Deutsche Grammophon (DG) ]
10. "Jota Aragonesa, Op. 27" {Pablo DE SARASATE} - Pablo de Sarasate, Julia Fischer, Milana Chernyavska - Sarasate [Decca Music Group Ltd. ]
11. "Violin Concerto, Op. 48: I. Allegro molto e con brio" {Dmitry KABALEVSKY} - Dmitry Kabalevsky, Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lydia Mordkovitch - Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto [Chandos ]
12. "Violin Concerto, Op. 48: II. Andante cantabile" - Dmitry Kabalevsky, Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lydia Mordkovitch - Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto [Chandos ]
13. "Violin Concerto, Op. 48: III. Vivace giocoso" - Dmitry Kabalevsky, Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lydia Mordkovitch - Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto [Chandos ]
14. "Comes Autumn Time" {Leo SOWERBY} - Leo Sowerby, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman - Sowerby: Tone Poems [Cedille ]
15. "Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: I. Allegro" {Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART} - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos [Sony Classical ]
16. "Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos [Sony Classical ]
17. "Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: III. Allegro assai" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos [Sony Classical ]
18. "3 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 3 in A-Flat Major (Arr. P. Gouin for Cello & Piano)" {Gabriel FAURE} - Gabriel Fauré, Jesper Svedberg, Simon Crawford-Phillips - Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 & Piano Trio [Naxos ]

Classical Prelude - Thursday

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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WTJU Overnight

An assortment of tunes curated from WTJU's digital database.

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Radio Free Carthage

After digging a tunnel from Carthage, TN, into the bedrock below the Radio Wowsville cave, Rick emerges weekly with 2 power-packed hours of rock, with musings and mythic tales culled… MoreAfter digging a tunnel from Carthage, TN, into the bedrock below the Radio Wowsville cave, Rick emerges weekly with 2 power-packed hours of rock, with musings and mythic tales culled from the modern era, plus all the fossils and arcana unearthed along the way. Give your midweek lull a lift, Thursday mornings from 1-3. Less

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1. "Automatic Midnight" - Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight [Swami: 2000]
2. "Zeroed Out" - Bass Drum of Death - Six [Cobraside: NEW]
3. "Zero" - George Vjestica, Raife Burchell and Lynne Ramsay - Die My Love [Black Label: NEW]
4. "leave the room and face the waves" - Thanya Iyer - rest [Topshelf: 2022]
5. "Baby Love Child (LA English Mix Version)" - Pizzicato Five - Five by Five [Matador: 1994]
6. "Sasurai" - Hako Yamasaki - Tobimasu [WRWTFWW: 2023]
7. "Gemini" - Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed [Mama Bird: 2024]
8. "Horizon" - Høly River - Day Is Born [Shockoe: NEW]
   Notes: New album out January 2nd!
9. "Be Afraid" - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions [Southeastern: 2020]
10. "Hold On (The Distance Between) / The Redline / A Show of Force" - The Protomen - Act III: This City Made Us [Sound Machine: NEW]
    Notes: New album out January 9th!!!
11. "Desolation" - Nice Biscuit - SOS [TRAS/Greenway: 2024]
12. "Looking for a Spark" - Kelley Stoltz - Que Aura [Castle Face: 2017]
13. "Manos de Piedra (Revisitada)" - Diles Que No Me Maten - Manos de Piedra (Revisitada) [Diles Que No Me Maten: NEW]
14. "Santiago's Theme" - Federale - La Rayar [Revolver: 2008]
    Notes: BED
15. "Almost Had To Start A Fight / In And Out Of Patience" - Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! [Rough Trade: 2018]
16. "The Rooster" - Atmosphere - Sad Clown Bad Fall Number 10 [Rhymesayers: 2007]
17. "Ready for the Floor" - Hot Chip - Made in the Dark [EMI: 2008]
18. "CEO of Personal & Pleasure" - Guerilla Toss - You're Weird Now [Sub Pop: NEW]
19. "Something New" - betty brite - Quikwash [betty brite: NEW]
20. "No Rule" - Anton Louis Jr - French Tape: Vintage Party [AXS/BMG: 2021]
21. "Try Me" - Cat Power - Redux [Domino: NEW]
    Notes: New EP out January 23rd!
22. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" - The Temptations - All Directions [Gordy: 1972]
23. "Stop Smoking (We Love You)" - Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) [Matador: 2018]
24. "Trouble's Callin'" - GARRETT T. CAPPS - In The Shadows (Again) [Shotgun House: 2018]
25. "Song for Alicia" - Haley Heynderickx, Max García Conover - What of Our Nature [Fat Possum: NEW]
26. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" - Rage Against the Machine - Renegades [Epic: 2000]
27. "Teek" - Kaki King - Modern Yesterdays [Cantaloupe: 2020]
    Notes: BED
28. "Free to Run" - Gomez - Bring It On [Hut: 1998]