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Folk and Beyond

Heard each Thursday afternoon from 4-7, the title says it all. You can leave Peter and the Folk and Beyond crew a message either at their Facebook page, or by… MoreHeard each Thursday afternoon from 4-7, the title says it all. You can leave Peter and the Folk and Beyond crew a message either at their Facebook page, or by e-mailing folkandbeyond@gmail.com. Less

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1. "Hide & Seek (Ready Or Not Here I Come)" - Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good [A&M: 1977]
2. "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" - San Francisco String Trio - May I Introduce To You [Ridgeway Records: 2017]
3. "The First Two Minutes - Cello and Guitar" - Mike Block, Derek Gripper - Saturday Morning in Boston [New Cape Records: 2020]
4. "Window Shopper" - Andrew Marlin - Phthalo Blue [Tanyard Branch Music: 2024]
5. "Katmandu" - Béla Fleck - The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 [Warner Records: 1999]
6. "A Ride With Polly Jean" - Jenny Scheinman - Mischief & Mayhem [Jenny Scheinman: 2012]
7. "Hullarious" - Sierra Hull - Secrets [Rounder: 2008]
8. "Melancholy April" - Hot Club Sandwich, David Grisman - No Pressure [Hot Club Sandwich: 2020]
9. "Coming To Pass" - Rod Gear - Barak [Rod Gear: 2006]
10. "Shaker Song" - Spyro Gyra - Spyro Gyra [Amherst Records, Inc.: 1978]
11. "Sweet Dreams" - Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler - Neck And Neck [Columbia: 1990]
12. "Sultans of Swing" - Fernando Seifarth & Sally Burgess, Hot Club of Nashville, Richard Smith - Nashville Sessions II [Empório Produções [dist. Tratore]: 2021]
13. "11 Times Around The Sun" - Acoustic Nomads - The Abominable Stringband, Vol. 1 [1762401 Records DK2: 2021]
14. "Journey of the Sorcerer - 2013 Remaster" - Eagles - One of These Nights (2013 Remaster) [Rhino/Elektra: 1975]
15. "By The River - Instrumental" - Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall, Béla Fleck - The Best of Edgar Meyer [Sony Classical: 2007]
16. "Rest" - The Andrew Collins Trio - And It Was Good [Sytesounds Music: 2016]
17. "Butter II" - Ian Ethan Case - Run Toward the Mountains [Candy Rat Records: 2015]
18. "The Mystery" - Tommy Emmanuel - The Guitar Mastery of Tommy Emmanuel [Many Hats Distribution: 2005]
19. "Urban Driftwood" - Yasmin Williams, Amadou Kouyate - Urban Driftwood [SPINSTER: 2021]
20. "But a Moment" - Noel Paul Stookey - Facets [Neworld: 2007]
21. "Our Day Will Come" - Ronald Muldrow - Best Of Ronald Muldrow VOLUME I [Joh-muir Records: 2004]
22. "16/16" - Carlo Aonzo Trio - A Mandolin Journey [Accademia Internazionale Di Mandolino: 2016]
23. "Bluebird" - David Bromberg - How Late'll Ya Play 'Till? [Fantasy Records: 1976]
24. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Jake Shimabukuro - Peace Love Ukulele [JS Records, Inc.: 2011]
25. "Everglades" - Joe Weed - American Portrait [Highland Records: 1992]
26. "Mobius" - Grant Gordy - Peripheral Visions [Grant Gordy: 2023]
27. "Anna Is Typing" - Sainmus - #sainmus [Session Work Records: 2016]
28. "Happy Feet" - The Elders - Story Road [Pubtone: 2014]
29. "Jigsaw" - Scythian - Old Tin Can [No Name Records: 2015]
30. "The Sneezing Loon" - House of Hamill - Folk Hero [House of Hamill: 2021]
31. "Valse 29" - Will Patton - 6th Street Runaround [King's Hill Music: 2008]
32. "Billie's Bounce" - Adam Birnbaum - Steinway Standards [Steinway and Sons: 2019]
33. "52nd Street (Instrumental)" - White Knight Instrumental - Instrumental Covers of Billy Joel [White Knight Instrumental: 2020]
34. "Swan Lake" - Rick Wakeman - Piano Portraits [Universal Music Enterprises: 2017]
35. "To Hold A While" - Marc Atkinson Trio - The Marc Atkinson Trio II [The Marc Atkinson Trio: 2002]

Carry the Zero

Your trusty selectors Rocker Panels, Stevik & Brett, and DJ Al host WTJU's long-standing Thursday afternoon tradition Carry the Zero from 2 to 4 o'clock. They gladly give you a… MoreYour trusty selectors Rocker Panels, Stevik & Brett, and DJ Al host WTJU's long-standing Thursday afternoon tradition Carry the Zero from 2 to 4 o'clock. They gladly give you a wide variety of rock tunes to get you through the day-- including, but not limited to, innovative pop, soul, psychedelic, and calculated beats. You do the math. It's enough rock to make your wave function! Less

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1. "Verona" - Bill Frisell - Gone, Just Like A Train [Nonesuch: 1998]
2. "Sh!tless" - Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Headdress [Three Lobed: 2002]
3. "Slow Down Low" - Moon Duo - Shadow Of The Sun [Sacred Bones: 2015]
4. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" - Gary Numan - Scarred [Eagle: 2003]
5. "Goin; Against Your Mind" - Built To Spill - You In Reverse [WB: 2006]
6. "Maroon" - Eli Winter - Unbecoming [Eli Winter: 2020]
7. "2468" - Horsegirl - 2468 [Matador: NEW]
8. "Our Home" - Bonnie Prince Billy - Our Home [No Quarter: NEW]
9. "Losing True" - The Roaches - Keep On Doing [Warner: 1982]
10. "Diary Of A Rose" - Mega Bog - Dolphine [Paradise Of Bachelors: 2019]
11. "Cerebral Crack" - The Mystery Lights - Purgatory [Wick: NEW]
12. "Soul Kitchen" - The Black Angels - A Psych Tribute To The Doors [Purple Pyramid: 2014]
13. "Had A Feelin'" - Sun Araw - Lifetime [Sun Ark: NEW]
14. "Free Time" - Sven Wunder & Drumetrics - Free Time [Piano Piano: 2024]
15. "Rain" - Nice Biscuit - SOS [Reverberation Appreciation Socie: NEW]
16. "For A While" - The Third Sound - The Third Sound Of Destruction and Creation [The Third Sound: 2013]
17. "See Through You" - Humdrum - Every Heaven [Slumberland: NEW]
18. "Catapult" - R.E.M. - Murmur [IRS: 1983]
19. "Swan Song" - Algebra Mothers - A-Moms= Algebra Mothers [Third Man: 2018]
20. "Nice Walrus" - Yesness - See You At The Solipsist Convention [Joyful Noise: NEW]
21. "Tapdance 2" - Fantasy Of A Broken Heart - Feats Of Engineering [Dots Per Inch: NEW]
22. "Auspicious Days" - We All Have Hooks For Hands - Better Left Forgotten [Hooks: NEW]

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. "Train's Coming" - Weeping Harp Senoh - Boogie Time [Victor Entertainment: 2007]
2. "5G Love" - Zeebomb - single [Mirrorball Music: 2019]
3. "Free China" - Muddy Basin Ramblers - Formosa Medicine Show [self: 2013]
4. "The Dance Age" - Muddy Basin Ramblers - Formosa Medicine Show [self: 2013]
5. "Zavkhan" - Enji - Ursgal [self: 2021]
6. "All That Blues" - Korea Jazz Guardians - We All Started in Jazz Club [Poclanos: 2021]
7. "After You've Gone" - Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio - The Many Sides of Toshiko [Trumpeter: 1957]
8. "Shiki no Uta" - Nujabes - Samurai Champloo Music Record: Departure [Victor: 2004]
9. "Born Wrong" - Coreyah - Song of our Ancestors [Coreyah: 2014]
10. "Home Sickness" - Soft Lipa - Lotion [KAOI!: 2009]
11. "Orange Jasmine" - Jay Chou - Common Jasmine Orange [Alfa Music: 2004]
12. "For my mother" - Elena Borokhitova - single [self: 2022]
13. "Walk Backwards" - 2Bic - 2nd Mini repackage album 'Walk Backward' [Nextar Entertainment: 2014]
14. ""Sunlight" and "Twilight" from "The Tianjin Suite"" {Xiaogang Ye} - National Youth Orchestra of China - [EuroArts Music: 2019]
15. "Under the Sun of Placid World" - Norovbanzad - The Sun over the Placid World [self: 2009]
16. "Recalling the South of the Yangtze River" - Fang Jinlong - live [ 2018]
17. "I know" - SeoTaiji and Boys - Seo Taiji and Boys [Bando Records: 1992]
18. "Blue Mongolia" - Altan Urag - Blood [Self: 2009]
19. "Say Hello to Joan of Arc" - Southern All Stars - single [Taishita: 2024]
20. "Ton Haragdaagui" - Alihan Dze, Marie Marie, Maksim Dashinimaev - live [Uulzar: 2016]
21. "Rain in My Mind" - Achtung - 3.5 [Mirrorball Music: 2016]
22. "Childhood" - Lo Ta-Yu - live [Lo Ta-Yu Music: 2023]
23. "Magical Boy" - CheChe - single [Self: 2024]
24. "Secret Maiko Lips" - Band-Maiko - Just Bring It [JPU Records: 2017]
25. "A Plumber" - Jisokury - live [Onstage: 2022]

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. "Mittens" {Heather Masse} - Heather Masse - Christmas on the Lam and Other Songs from the Season [Red House Records: 2016]
2. "Dindi" {Aloysio De Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Jobim} - Veronica Thomas - They Say It's Wonderful [Nica Carrington Productions: 2024]
3. "Well Planned, Well Played" {Nicole Zuraitis} - Nicole Zuraitis, Christian McBride - How Love Begins (Extended Edition) [La Reserve Records: 2024]
   Notes: NZ on piano too
4. "Summer (Estaté)" {Bruno Martino, Bruno Brighetti} - Carla Cook - Simply Natural [MaxJazz: 2002]
5. "I Desire You" {Gunhild Carling} - Gunhild Carling - Jazz is my Lifestyle [Jazz Art: 2024]
6. "Broken High Heels" {John Hahn, Will Kimbrough} - Shemekia Copeland - Blame It On Eve [Alligator Records: 2024]
7. "Your Love (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello & Brandee Younger)" {Chris Bruce, Jack DeBoe, Lizz Wright, Matthew Cusson, Meshell Ndegeocello} - Lizz Wright, Meshell Ndegeocello, Brandee Younger - Shadow [LIGHTYEAR (LTY): 2024]
8. "The Gift (Recado Bossa Nova)" {Antonio de Padua Vieira Costa, Djalma Ferreira, Paul Francis Webster} - Karrin Allyson, Vitor Gonçalves, Harvie S, Yotam Silberstein, Rafael Barata - A Kiss for Brazil [Origin Records: 2024]
9. "April Blues" {April Varner} - April Varner - April [Cellar Live: 2024]
10. "Fifth of July" {Michael Clem} - Eddie From Ohio - Looking out the Fishbowl [Virginia Soul Records: 2017]
11. "Napoleon's Prelude" {Randy Napoleon} - Jocelyn Gould - Sonic Bouquet [Jocelyn Gould Music: 2023]
    Notes: JG on guitar
12. "Tea For Two" {Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar} - Michael Dease, Steve Davis, Jocelyn Gould, Bill Cunliffe, Rodney Whitaker, Ulysses Owens Jr. - Grove's Groove [Le Coq Records: 2024]

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. "The Clown" {Charles Mingus} - Charles Mingus - The Clown [Atlantic: 1957]
3. "A Fool in Love (Is Called a Clown)" {Donavan Austin} - Samara Joy - Portrait [Decca: 2024]
4. "Chromatic Circus" {Noah Adams} - The Dirty Bourbon River Show - Volume 4 [Self Produced: 2014]
5. "Clown Town" {Gladys Shelly} - Freddy Cole - I'm Not My Brother, I'm Me [HighNote: 1990]
6. "Tears of a Clown" {Stevie Wonder, Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson} - Geri Allen - Grand River Crossings [Motema: 2013]
7. "Send in the Clowns" {Stephan Sondheim} - Milt Jackson - Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends) [Warner Bros.: 1987]
8. "Circus" {Rudresh Mahanthappa} - Rudresh Mahanthappa - Mother Tongue [Pi Recordings: 2004]
9. "Sad Clown" {Michael Wolff} - Michael Wolff Trio - Memoir [Sunnyside: 2024]
10. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" {Lewis, Young, Fiorito} - Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Shelia Jordan [Blue Note: 1963]
11. "Squeaky the Clown" {EJ Rodriguez} - Vibes (Bill Ware-vb, Brad Jones-b, EJ Rodriguez-d) - With Drawn [Knitting Factory Records: 1999]
12. "The Clowns Go Marching On" {Stephan Crump} - Stephan Crump - Tuckahoe [Accurate Records: 2001]
13. "The Order of the Pharonic Jesters" {Sun Ra} - Sun Ra - The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals & Crystal Spears [Evidence: 2000]
14. "Clowns Will Be Arriving" {Ted Kooshian} - Ted Kooshian - Clowns Will Be Arriving [Summit: 2015]
15. "The Clown" {Chuco Valdes} - Chuco Valdes - Jazz Bata 2 [Mack Avenue: 2018]
16. "The Clown" {Duck Baker} - Duck Baker - The Art of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar [Sanachie Records: 1994]
17. "Clowns" {Anthony Wonsey} - Wallace Roney - The Wallace Roney Quintet [Warner Bros.: 1995]

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. "Symphony No. 2 in D Major" {Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de ST-GEORGES} - Chamber Orchestra of Versailles, Bernard Wahl - St. George: Concerto No. 2, etc. [Arion ]
2. "Nocturne No. 10 in E minor" {John FIELD} - Benjamin Frith, piano - Field: Piano Music, Vol. 2 [Naxos ]
3. "Flute Quartet in A Minor" {Georg Philipp TELEMANN} - Musica Antiqua Koln: Reinhard Goebel - Telemann: Flute Quartets [Archiv ]
4. "Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16" {Johann Baptist CRAMER} - Howard Shelley, piano; London Mozart Players - Cramer: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra, etc. [Chandos ]
5. "Serenade No. 2 in A Major" {Johannes BRAHMS} - Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawalisch - Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2 [Prestige ]
6. "Octet (Notturno)" {Luigi BOCCHERINI} - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon - Tafelmusik Plays Boccherini [Sony Classical ]
7. "The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe" {Ennio MORRICONE} - Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Roma Sinfonietta - Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone [Sony Classical ]
8. "Concerto No. 1 in C Major" {Franz Joseph HAYDN} - Ana de la Vega, flute; Ramon Ortega Quero, oboe; TrondheimSolistene, Gier Inge Lotsberg - Haydn and Stamitz [Pentatone ]
9. "Overture: Daliso e Delmita" {Antonio SALIERI} - Mannheim Mozart Orchestra, Thomas Fey - Salieri: Overtures [Haenssler Classic ]

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. "His Love Ain't Real" - Kelly Finnigan - A Lover Was Born [Colemine: NEW]
2. "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet [Decca: 1968]
3. "Stay Down" - The Detroit Cobras - 'Stay Down / Lightning Bird' [Black River House: 2022]
4. "Where Does the Good Go" - Tegan and Sara - So Jealous [Vapor: 2004]
5. "Problems" - Being Dead - Eels [Bayonet: NEW]
6. "Sea of Green" - The Sword - Used Future [Razor & Tie: 2018]
7. "Pigs" - Cory Hanson - Pale Horse Rider [Drag City: 2021]
8. "Richard Petty" - Billy Strings - Highway Prayers [Reprise: NEW]
9. "Crisis" - BATTS - Just My Luck [I Feel Fine: NEW]
10. "Won't Stop the Wheel" - Youth Sector - Quarrels [Dance to the Radio: 2023]
11. "Discomfort" - Nice Biscuit - S.O.S. [Greenway: NEW]
12. "No Justice, No Peace, No Hope" - AJJ - Good Luck Everybody [AJJ Unlimited: 2020]
13. "Phantom (feat. El-P)" - Mr. Lif - Emergency Rations [Definitive Jux: 2002]
14. "Nickel Plated Pockets (feat. Vast Aire)" - Aesop Rock - Daylight [Definitive Jux: 2002]
15. "Heresy" - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack [Square EA: 1999]
    Notes: BED
16. "Cumberland Gap" - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound [Southeastern: 2017]
17. "The House That Heaven Built" - Japandroids - Celebration Rock [Polyvinyl: 2012]
18. "Electricity" - Lael Neale - 'Electricity' [Sub Pop: 2024]
19. "Bummer Year" - Good Looks - Bummer Year [Keeled Scales: 2022]
20. "It Serves You Right to Suffer" - John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right to Suffer [Impulse!: 1966]
21. "Breaking Out" - The Protomen - Act II: The Father of Death [Sound Machine: 2009]
22. "Psycho Star" - King Tuff - The Other [Sub Pop: 2018]
23. "Fuckers" - Savages - 'Fuckers / Dream Baby Dream' [Matador: 2014]
24. "Afghamistam" - Botch - An Anthology of Dead Ends [Hydra Head: 2002]
25. "The Lineman" - Sam Spence - Autumn Thunder: 40 Years of NFL Films Music [Cherry Lane: 2004]
    Notes: BED
26. "North American Scum" - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver [Capitol: 2007]
27. "Illusions of Grandeur" - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Fronzoli [What Reality?: 2023]