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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. "Oh Well" - Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (2013 Remaster; Expanded Edition) [Rhino/Warner Records: 1969]
2. "Illusion pt. II" - The Tubs - Dead Meat [Trouble In Mind Records: 2023]
3. "Waters Part" - Let's Active - Waters Part [Capitol Records: 1984]
4. "Primary" - The Cure - Faith [Rhino/Elektra: 1981]
5. "Head Over Heels" - The Go-Go's - Talk Show [A&M: 1984]
6. "Looking for the Perfect Beat - Original 12" Version" - Afrika Bambaataa, The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album [Tommy Boy Music, LLC: 1986]
   Notes: BED.
7. "Love My Way" - The Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now [Columbia: 1982]
8. "Your Ghost" - Kristin Hersh - Hips and Makers [Woah Dad!: 1994]
   Notes: Great book by Kristin Hersh - Don't Suck, Don't Die - about giving up Vic Chesnutt.
9. "Supernatural" - Vic Chesnutt - Drunk [New West Records: 2004]
10. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - The Stooges - The Stooges [Rhino/Elektra: 1969]
11. "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" - Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey [Rhino/Warner Records: 1986]
12. "New Waver" - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [Virgin Records: 1995]
    Notes: BED.
13. "Robert Onion" - Frank Black & The Catholics - Dog in the Sand [Cooking Vinyl: 2001]
    Notes: Thank you to DJ B-Note for this one.
14. "1620 Echles St" - Lost Sounds - Black-Wave [Empty Records: 2001]
15. "Bebek" - Sevil & Ayla - Bebek [CoÅŸkun Plak: 1974]
    Notes: Turkish psych from 1974.
16. "Zig Zag Wanderer" - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk [Buddha Records: 1967]
17. "No Milk Today" - Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits Retrospective [ABKCO Music and Records, Inc.: 1966]
18. "Are You Looking?" - Congress Alley - Congress Alley [AVCO Records Corp.: 1974]
    Notes: Questlove's parents.
19. "Alone Tonight" - Skeet - Simple Reality [Efficient Space: 2024]
20. "John Cage Bubble Gum - BBC Radio Session" - Stereolab - BBC Radio Sessions [Too Pure: 2024]
21. "Self Control" - Eelke Kleijn, Lee Cabrera - Self Control [DAYS like NIGHTS: 2023]
    Notes: A Laura Brannigan cover; thank you Misty.
22. "Collect" - TORRES - What an enormous room [Merge Records: 2024]
    Notes: Thank you to Sarah for this one, hits just right.
23. "eight & five" - Nyxy Nyx - Real Life [sub-under: 2025]
    Notes: New.
24. "Jennifer Save Me" - Golden Smog - Weird Tales [Ryko/Rhino: 1998]
25. "Party Girl" - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces (Remastered 2020) [UMe/Elvis Costello: 2020]
26. "Reaching Up to the Sun" - La Luz - News of the Universe [Sub Pop Records: 2024]
27. "I've Been Riding With the Ghost" - Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina - Magnolia Electric Co. (Deluxe Edition) [Secretly Canadian: 2003]
28. "Late November" - Sandy Denny - The Best Of Sandy Denny [Universal-Island Records Ltd.: 1987]
29. "Do It Clean" - Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles [Korova Records: 1980]

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. "Djen Magni/Transitory World" - Sali Sidibe - Wassoulou Foli [Sterns: 1993]
   Notes: Mali--Renowned female vocalist from the Wassoulou region who passed in 2019
2. "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On [UNI/MOTOWN: 1971]
   Notes: USA
3. "Going To A Go-Go" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go [UNI/MOTOWN: 1965]
   Notes: USA
4. "Going Down" - Freddie King - Getting Ready... (World) [EMI Music Special Markets: 1971]
   Notes: USA
5. "Going Up The Country" - Canned Heat - The Best Of Canned Heat [Parlophone Catalogue: 1987]
   Notes: USA
6. "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" - Etta Baker, Cora Phillips - Carolina Breakdown [Music Maker Recordings: 2005]
   Notes: USA
7. "Going Home (feat. Abigail Washburn)" - Antonin Dvorak, Silkroad Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma, Abigail Washburn - Sing Me Home [Masterworks: 2016]
   Notes: Czech Republic, China, USA
8. "Goin'To Goa" - Downing And Mayer - Traditional Indian Music [Ditton Records: 2009]
   Notes: USA
9. "Song From The Hills" - Ravi Shankar - The Ravi Shankar Collection: Portrait Of Genius [Warner Classics (Parlophone): 1998]
   Notes: India
10. "Ruzi Hush" - Mizrob - Lost In Tajikistan [Riverboat Records: 2023]
    Notes: Tajikistan
11. "Diaraby" - Putumayo, The Toure-Raichel Collective, Idan Raichel, Vieux Farka Toure - Cultural Crossroads by Putumayo [Putumayo Digital Media LLC: 2024]
    Notes: Mali / Israel
12. "Mogo Djigui" - Abou Diarra - Koya [Mix & Metisse: 2016]
    Notes: Mali
13. "Be Ki Don" - Samba Toure - Albala [Glitterbeat Records: 2013]
    Notes: Mali
14. "Masanga" - Jean Bosco Mwenda - Vintage African Music (50 Pearls from Africa) [Jober Entertainment: 2012]
    Notes: Congo
15. "Nzara Hapana" - Mokoomba - Tusona: Tracings in the Sand [OutHere Records: 2023]
    Notes: Zimbabwe
16. "Khomo Tsaka Deile Kae?" - Marumo - Modiehi [The Gallo Record Company Vault: 1982]
    Notes: South Africa
17. "Just One Moment" - Kantara, Riadh Fehri, Brennan Gilmore, Ann Marie Calhoun, Lasaad Hosni, Zack Blatter, Amel Boukchina - Kantara [Concordia Discors Recordings: 2014]
    Notes: Tunisia / USA - Kantara translates from Arabic to "bridge". This group, noted for Arab-Apalachian music, includes Riadh Fehri (oud), Brennan Gilmore (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals), Ann Marie Calhoun (violin), Lassad Hosni (percussion), Zack Blatter (bass), Amel Boukhchina (vocals), Brian Calhoun (guitar)
18. "La cantiga del fuego - El viaje" - Ana Alcaide - La Cantiga del Fuego [ARC: 2012]
    Notes: Spain
19. "Sateen Jalkeen" - Ottopasuuna - Suokaasua [Texicalli: 1996]
    Notes: Finland
20. "Nem Kaldi" - Derya Yildrim & Grup Simsek - Nem Kaldi [Catapulte Records: 2016]
    Notes: Germany / Turkey / France / UK--- Fronted by Berlin based, Turkish singer and multi-instrumentalist Derya Yildirim and with members in France and Great Britain, the group is known for its contemporary takes on traditional Anatolian folk ballads.
21. "Honeycutt" - Sami Braman - Riveter [Padiddle Records: 2023]
    Notes: USA
22. "Byrsevegen" - Erlend Viken Trio, Erlend Viken, Sondre Meisfjord, Marius Graff - Byrsevegen [Heilo: 2024]
    Notes: Norway
23. "Out On Gin" - MY BABY - Loves Voodoo! [Embrace Recordings: 2013]
    Notes: Netherlands / New Zealand
24. "Juntos 'em um" - Kosmik Band, Enzo Buono, Nanan - Juntos 'em um [Roundtrip Records: 2019]
    Notes: Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, USA
25. "Maria da Manta" - O Gajo, Ricardo Vignini - Terra Livre (International Edition) [Lusitanian: 2024]
    Notes: Portugal, Brazil
26. "Dark Eyes" - Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque [Columbia/Legacy: 1985]
    Notes: USA
27. "Cetacean" - Country Joe & The Fish - Together [Vanguard Records: 1968]
    Notes: USA

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. "Blues on Sunday" {Joshua Redman} - John Lee - The Artist [Cellar Music Group: 2021]
2. "Wail" {Earl "Bud" Powell} - Roy Haynes - The Roy Haynes Trio [Verve: 2000]
3. "If I Never Get To Heaven" {Dinah Washington} - Dinah Washington (alternate take) - Back To The Blues [Roulette Records / Poll Winners: 1962]
4. "Have You Met Joan?" {Cory Weeds} - Brian Charette - You Don't Know Jack! [Cellar Music Group: 2024]
5. "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" {Traditional (Public Domain)} - George Adams & Don Pullen - City Gates [Timeless Records: 1983]
6. "I Want To Talk About You" {Billy Eckstine} - Kevin Mahogany & Tony Lakatos - The Coltrane Hartman Fantasy Vol. 1 [Skip Records: 2009]
7. "I Want To Talk About You" {Billy Eckstine} - John Coltrane - Newport '63 [Impulse!: 1963]
8. "Fin De L'Affaire" {Hank Mobley} - Cory Weeds - The Many Deeds of Cory Weeds [Cellar Live Records: 2010]
9. "Thou Swell" {Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly's [Mercury Records: 1957]
10. "Thou Swell" {Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart} - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko's Blues [Fresh Sound Records: 1956]
11. "Last Train From Overbrook" {James Moody} - Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds - Horns Locked [Cellar Music Group: 2024]
12. "Jor-Du" {Duke Jordan} - Julius Watkins - Julius Watkins Sextet, Volumes 1 & 2 [Blue Note: 1955]
13. "Imminent Parousia" {Jacob Chung} - Jacob Chung - The Sage [Cellar Music Group: 2024]

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. "Begin The Beguine" {Cole Porter} - Erroll Garner - Mambo Moves Garner [Mercury: 1954]
2. "Love Me Or Leave Me" {Sammy Kahn & Walter Donaldson} - Cal Tjader - Concert By The Sea [Fantasy: 1962]
3. "Star Of Love" {Hinkson/Hamilton} - Roy Hamilton - single [Jasmine: 1954]
4. "In A Mist" {Bix Beiderbecke} - Lew Davies - Strange Interlude [Command: 1961]
5. "Bossa Antigua" {Paul Desmond} - Paul Desmond - Bossa Antigua [RCA Victor: 1964]
6. "A Woman Will Do Wrong" {Paul Kelly & Clarence Reid} - Dee Dee Sharp - single [Atco: 1968]
7. "Love Theme From "The Glenn Miller Story"" {Mercury} - Paul Marterie - [Mercury: 1953]
8. "A Night In Tunisia" {Gillespie} - Cal Tjader - Concert By The Sea [Fantasy: 1959]
9. "After After Hours" {Scott} - Tony Scott - Music After Midnight [Brunswick: 1953]
10. "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" {Frank Loesser} - the Four Freshmen - Love Lost [Capitol: 1959]
11. "Samba Cantina" {Paul Desmond} - Paul Desmond - Bossa Antigua [RCA Victor: 1964]
12. "Lush Life" {Billy Strayhorn} - Tito Puente - Mambo Diablo [Picante ]
13. "Intermezzo" {R. Henning /H. Provost} - Lew Davies - Strange Interlude [Command: 1961]
14. "I Almost Lost My Mind" {Ivory Joe Hunter} - Billy Vaughn - Golden Saxophones [Dot: 1959]
15. "Out Of Sight Out Of Mind" {Gail Smith} - Polly Bergen - the Early Years [Sepia: 1950]
16. "Skokiaan" - Paul Marterie - [Mercury: 1954]

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. "Egmont Overture Op 94" {Ludwig von BEETHOVEN} - Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos Van Immerseel - Beethoven: Symphonies & Ouvertures [Alpha: 2018]
2. "Concerto for Strings, 2 Trumpets and Basso continuo in C major RV 537" {Antonio VIVALDI} - Trevor Pinnock, The English Consort - Christmas Concertos [Deutsche Grammophon Classics: 1991]
3. "Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major KV 622" {W.A. MOZART} - Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel, Sabine Meyer (Clarinet) - Mozart: Clarinet Concerto [Alpha: 2024]
4. "Concerto grosso in B flat major op. 3/1 HWV 312" {Georg Frederic HANDEL} - Roy Goodman, Brandenburg Consort - Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 [Hyperion: 1993]
5. "Symphony no 51 In B-Flat Major (57)" {Franz Joseph HAYDN} - Derek Solomons, Orchestre Estro Armonico Luxembourg - Sturm und Drang [Sony Classical: 2024]
6. "Faust: Ballet Music (Act V)" {Charles GOUNOD} - Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Chabrier: España - Rhapsody For Orchestra / Gounod: Faust, Ballet Music / Thomas: Overture From 'Mignon' / Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne [Deutsche Grammophon: 1988]

Classical Prelude - Friday

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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Cruisin' the Decades - 100 Years of Music

"Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" is an ode to record collecting and the power of the airwaves. It is an international radio show hosted by Charlottesville area… More"Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" is an ode to record collecting and the power of the airwaves. It is an international radio show hosted by Charlottesville area alumnus Brad Savage, spotlighting recorded popular music history. In one hour, one song per decade is shared, across all genres, from the 1920's to the 2020's. Get in the cruisin' time machine on the airwaves and travel across a full century of music. There is magic in the air(waves)! cruisinthedecades.com Less

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Good Life/The Hacienda Show

“Love is shining, life is thriving in the good life”. Classic dance choons to move your body, melt your mind, and lift your spirits. Leave your worries behind and experience… More“Love is shining, life is thriving in the good life”. Classic dance choons to move your body, melt your mind, and lift your spirits. Leave your worries behind and experience the good life with DJ Bobby Metronome and friends. Due to the late night nature of this show bouts of ambient and/or psychedelic music are entirely possible. Friday morning at 1 right here on WTJU.// The hacienda brings Electronic music you can get lost in From new releases to classics, Spanning across the EDM spectrum from house & Techno to Drum & Bass This is dance music for Vibey people, Friday mornings at 1 Less

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