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Merging With the Night

It could be a calm starry night, where the moon is bright, or rumbling and thundering and you could be wondering, as the darkness shields the light, if everything merges… MoreIt could be a calm starry night, where the moon is bright, or rumbling and thundering and you could be wondering, as the darkness shields the light, if everything merges with the night? Yes, everything, say Annie De Blanco and Brock, who invite you to join them every Wednesday night at 11pm for a cosmos of music. Less

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1. "Désolé (feat. Fatoumata Diawara) - Extended Version" - Gorillaz, Fatoumata Diawara - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) [Parlophone UK: 2020]
2. "Blind" - Blackbird Blackbird - Halo [Blackbird Blackbird: 2011]
3. "Origin" - Studio - West Coast [Ghostly International: 2025]
4. "Ultra Facial!" - James K - 036 [AD 93: 2021]
5. "Sting" - Real Estate - The Main Thing [Domino Recording Co: 2020]
6. "Silent World" - Real Estate - The Main Thing [Domino Recording Co: 2020]
7. "LEFT ARM OF LIFE" - Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell [Blacksquares Media: 2020]
8. "666" - Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell [Blacksquares Media: 2020]
9. "This Old House Is All I Have" - Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017 [Other People: 2018]
10. "Days That Got Away" - MGMT - Little Dark Age [Columbia: 2018]
11. "Between" - Bay Ledges - Ritual [Nettwerk Music Group: 2022]
12. "Looks Just Like The Sun" - Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People [Arts & Crafts: 2003]
13. "In My Heaven All Faucets Are Fountains" - yes/and - yes/and [Driftless Recordings: 2021]
14. "Heartbeats" - Stray Fossa, Nice Guys - Reprise, Vol. 1 [Nice Guys: 2021]
15. "Old Graffiti" - Bibio - Ribbons [Warp Records: 2019]
16. "Kinky Love" - Pale Saints - Flesh Balloon [4AD: 1991]
17. "Melancholy Man" - The Wake - Here Comes Everybody + Singles [LTM Recordings: 2002]

The Black Beat

The Black Beat dives into the ocean of Black American music. Regardless of genre, if a Black person made it, you'll hear it on The Black Beat. Wednesday night from… MoreThe Black Beat dives into the ocean of Black American music. Regardless of genre, if a Black person made it, you'll hear it on The Black Beat. Wednesday night from 9-11 right here on WTJU. Less

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Living Time

Wednesday nights at 7, take the plunge into the Living Time zone— a 2-hour immersion into the stimulating world of modern jazz and the avant-garde. Gary and Steve bring you… MoreWednesday nights at 7, take the plunge into the Living Time zone— a 2-hour immersion into the stimulating world of modern jazz and the avant-garde. Gary and Steve bring you a world-spanning mix of music, from the cathartic cries of African American masters like Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane to the great innovators of the European improvisational scene, with a focus on the ECM label. If Real Time is getting you down, rejuvenate yourself with a weekly dose of Living Time, on WTJU Charlottesville. Less

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1. "Data Lords" - Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords ` [ArtistShare: 2020]
2. "Please Don't be Evil" - Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords ` [ArtistShare: 2020]
3. "Cool Code" - John Hollenbeck and NDR Bigband - Colouring Hockets [Norddeutscher Rundfunk: 2024]
4. "The Gulf" - Dave Douglas - Orange Afternoons [Greenleaf: 2011]
5. "Greenland" - Jakob Bro - Balladeering [Loveland: 2009]
6. "Panama" - Pierre Favre - Fleuve [ECM: 2008`]
7. "Sanzenin" - Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords [ArtistShare: 2020]
8. "Snow Falling on Eno" - Greg Howard - Ether Ore [Espresso: 2005]
9. "Snow Fall" - Marc Cohen (with John Abercrombie) - My Foolish Heart [Jazz City: 1998]
10. "Snow Angel" - Charlie Ballentine - Falling Grace [Green Mind: 2022]
11. "Snow on a Flower" - Nguyen Le - Walking on the Tiger's Tail [ACT: 2006]
12. "Snow" - Eric Vloeiman's Gatecrash - Heavensabove [Challenge Records: 2010]
13. "The Sahara of Snow parts 1,2" - Bill Bruford (with Alan Holdsworth - One of a Kind [EG / Polydor: 1979]
14. "Skating on Thin Ice (excerpt)" - John Surman - Withholding Pattern [ECM: 1985]

Something New

Tune in each Wednesday afternoon from 4-7 for Something New as Emily and Michael bring you some of the latest releases in the vast genre of folk music. There is… MoreTune in each Wednesday afternoon from 4-7 for Something New as Emily and Michael bring you some of the latest releases in the vast genre of folk music. There is always plenty of great new music to share! Less

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1. "Looks Like The End Of The Road" - Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia [Down The Road: 2025]
   Notes: Official release 3/28; first new album in 14 years!
2. "Heart Like a Bruise" - Marfa Lights - Marfa Lights [Marfa Lights Music: 2024]
3. "Mojave Dream" - Justin Johnson - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: Night Owl [Justin Johnson: 2024]
4. "Highway Dreamer" - Jenina MacGillivray - Perseids [Jenina MacGillivray: 2024]
5. "Heaven Is Here" - Nefesh Mountain - Beacons [Independent: 2025]
   Notes: 3/20 @ The Southern
6. "The Overgrown Reel" - Nefesh Mountain (feat. Mark Schatz, Stuart Duncan, Cody Kilby, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas) - Beacons [Independent: 2025]
7. "Sounds American to Me" - Matt Mitchell Music Co. - Single [Matt Mitchell Music Co.: 2025]
8. "A Little Bit More Like Him" - feat. Donna Ulisse, John Meador, Tim Raybon, Bradley Walker - Blue Collar Gospel: From the Pen of Rick Lang [Billy Blue: 2024]
9. "Turf The Gambler" - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings - Woodland [Acony: 2024]
   Notes: 5/13 @ The Paramount
10. "Ride That Train" - Miss Tess - Cher Rêve [Miss Tess: 2025]
11. "Elk River Blues" - Lonesome Ace Stringband (Chris Coole, John Showman) - Single [Lonesome Ace Stringband: 2025]
12. "West Virginia" - Stillhouse Junkies (feat. Tim O'Brien) - Single [Y'alligator Records: 2024]
13. "Jesus Was A Capricorn" - Darrell Scott - The New Modern Hymns [Here Records: 2024]
14. "Writer's Block" - The Lowest Pair - Single [Delicata Records: 2025]
    Notes: @ Red Wing Roots
15. "Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down" - Sierra Ferrell - Trail Of Flowers (Deluxe Edition) [Rounder: 2025]
16. "765" - Rakish (Maura Shawn Scanlin, Conor Hearn, jamie oshima) - Now, O Now [Top Floor Records: 2024]
17. "Come Out Of My Blues" - Sierra Hull (feat. Tim O'Brien) - Single [Sierra Hull: 2025]
18. "Riding in the Country" - The Acoustic Medicine Show - Steel String Line [The Acoustic Medicine Show: 2024]
19. "Reach" - Becky Buller (feat. Alison Brown, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines, Molly Tuttle) - Reach (EP) [Dark Shadow: 2025]
20. "Winds of Rowan County" - Wyatt Ellis, Peter Rowan - Single [Knee High: 2025]
21. "He's Gone" - Caleb Klauder, Reeb Willms - Gold In Your Pocket [Free Dirt: 2024]
22. "Punch Line" - Troubadour Blue - Punch Line [Troubadour Blue: 2024]
23. "Distracted" - Greensky Bluegrass (feat. Holly Bowling) - The Iceland Sessions (EP) [Big Blue Zoo: 2024]
24. "snowy drifts" - Reverie Road - Reverie Road [Mango Paws Music: 2024]
25. "Enemy" - The Steel Wheels - Sideways (Expanded Edition) [Red Wing: 2025]
26. "Ice Cold" - Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood [Anti/Epitaph: 2024]
27. "Heartland" - John Mailander's Forecast - Let The World In [John Mailander: 2025]
28. "Town Line" - Big Richard - Girl Dinner [Big Richard: 2025]
29. "Agua de la Madre" - Rising Appalachia - Single [Rising Appalachia: 2024]
30. "Hook and Line" - Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson - What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow [Nonesuch: 2025]
    Notes: Official release 4/18
31. "Daydreamer" - The Travelin' McCourys - Single [McCoury Music: 2025]
32. "Canoe" - Band of Friends - Band of Friends [Adhyâropa Records: 2024]
33. "Take The High Road" - Sarah Jarosz - Polaroid Lovers (Deluxe Edition) [Rounder: 2024]
34. "We're All Gonna Live" - Tony Kamel - Single [Blue Corn Music: 2025]
35. "Uncertain Times" - Shadowgrass - All That Will [Shadowgrass: 2024]
36. "Katie and Burl" - Unspoken Tradition - Single [Mountain Home: 2025]
37. "Peaches en Regalia" - Twisted Pine - Love Your Mind [Signature Sounds: 2024]
38. "Move On" - Jaywalkers - Single [Burnt Chilli Records: 2025]
    Notes: UK-based trio
39. "Beyond What I Can See" - Remedy Tree (feat. Jason Carter) - Single [Mountain Fever Records: 2025]

Foggy Notion

Mood motivated music for midweek musing. You’ll hear music from all genres: soul, punk, funk, dance, and of course, rawk!

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1. "On the Surface" - Pere Ubu - Dub Housing [Chrysalis: 1976]
2. "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" - Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love [Jagjaguwar: 2015]
3. "Minor Threat" - Minor Threat - First Two Seven Inches [Dischord Records: 1981]
4. "Floating on a Moment" - Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown [Domino: 2024]
5. "Billy Pilgrim" - Kendall Street Company - Singles Going Heady [What is Yes Records: 2024]
   Notes: [NEW]
6. "Something's Gone Wrong Again" - Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady [A&M: 1979]
7. "Live Forever" - Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory [Jagjaguwar: 2025]
   Notes: [NEW]
8. "Who Does Lisa Like" - Rachel Sweet - Fool Around [Stiff: 1978]
9. "Ugly Ending" - Best Frenz/Joywave - 30% Off (Now with 25% More!) [Best Frenz: 2021]
10. "Swarm the Hive Mind" - Mercury - Swarm the Hive Mind [Big Loud Rock: 2024]
    Notes: [NEW]
11. "In Your Head" - Daddy Issues - Deep Dream [Infinity Cat Recordings: 2017]
12. "Let Go" - Dirty Looks - Dirty Looks [Stiff: 1980]
13. "Artificial Limits" - TORRES - What An Enormous Room [Merge Records: 2024]
    Notes: Thank you to DJ Nowhere Girl for Torres!
14. "Operating at a Loss" - Delivery - Force Majeure [Heavenly Records: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW]
15. "I'm Not That Bored" - Issy Wood - Accidental American [Zelig/Sony: 2024]
16. "Them and Me" - Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love [V2 Records: 2005]
    Notes: Thanks to my buddy Kranz for Brendan B!
17. "Love in a Constant Spectacle" - Jane Weaver - Love in a Constant Spectacle [Fire Records: 2024]
18. "There There" - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief [Capitol Records: 2003]
19. "These Are the Fables" - The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema [Matador: 2005]
20. "Cold Dreaming" - Doves - Constellations for the Lonely [EMI North: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW] Album to be released 2/28
21. "Route 22" - Palehound - Eye On the Bat [Polyvinyl Record Col: 2023]
22. "Mine Forever" - Lord Huron - Long Lost [Republic and Whispering Pines St: 2021]
23. "Do You Wanna" - Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt [Escho: 2024]
24. "Mockingbirds" - Mark Lanegan - The Winding Sheet [Sub Pop: 1990]
25. "Is It Worth It" - Rae Khalil - Crybaby [Def Jam: 2024]
    Notes: Thanks to Barack Obama's Favorite Songs of 2024 for this one
26. "Sycophant's Paradise" - Chemtrails - The Joy of Sects [PNKSLM Recordings: 2024]
27. "Tell Me I Should Stay" - Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear [Domino Recording: 2025]
    Notes: [NEW]

Beyond Borders

Borders have political meaning, but when it comes to culture, they're just lines on a map. The music of the world can't be contained by borders or boundaries. Beyond Borders… MoreBorders have political meaning, but when it comes to culture, they're just lines on a map. The music of the world can't be contained by borders or boundaries. Beyond Borders explores the unexpected rhythms, tones, and textures of music from every continent and corner of the globe. Every Wednesday, from noon to 2:00, only on WTJU. Less

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1. "Istiqbal Gathering (inst)" - John Jorgenson Quintet - Returning [J3 Records: 2013]
2. "Folklore Hongorois (inst)" - Olivarez Trio; Rick Olivarez; Jeff Cheers; Steve Riggs - Adieu, Bienville [Rick Olivarez: 2008]
3. "Bolero (inst)" {Stephen Grappelli; Django Reinhardt} - Quintette du Hot Club de France - Gypsy Jazz: Crazy Strings [Proper Records: 2007]
4. "Oasis Flower (Fleur d'Oasis)(inst)" {Raphael Fays} - Raphael Fays - Jazz Hot: The Gypsy Way [Mandala Records: 2001]
5. "Black Mamba (inst)" {Romane} - Romane & Stochelo Rosenberg - Double Jeu [Iris Records: 2004]
6. "Ma Premiere Guitare (inst)" {Sasha Distel} - Stephane Wrembel - Dango Experiment Live in Rochester [Water is Life Records: 2015]
7. "Hora la Senior (inst)" - Swing De Gitanes - Middle East Gypsy Jazz Project [High Fidelity: 2014]
8. "Coucou (Hello)(inst)" {Antonio Mathas; Jean Feline} - Tchavolo Schmitt - Live In Paris [Harmonia Mundi: 2010]
9. "Minor Swing (inst)" {Django Reinhardt; Stephane Grappelli} - Titi Winterstein Quintett - Titi Winterstein Quintett [Bell Records: 1999]
10. "Latcho Dromo (inst)" - Ultrafaux - Reverie [Harris Records: 2017]
11. "Rythme Futur (Future Rhythm)(inst)" - Boulou Ferre & Elios Ferre - Live in Montpellier [Harmonia Mundi: 2007]
12. "Joseph, Joseph (inst)" - Jimmy Rosenberg & Stian Carstensen - Rose Room [Hot Club Records: 2004]
13. "La Complainte (The Lament)(inst)" - Harmonouche - NolAmour [RRJB: 2016]
14. "Spain (inst)" {Chick Corea; Joaquín Rodrigo} - Bireli Lagrene & Sylvain Luc - Summertime [Dreyfus Records: 2009]
15. "Sweet Ambience (Douce Ambiance)(inst)" {Django Reinhardt} - Boulou Ferre & Elios Ferre - Pour Django [Steeple Chase: 1985]
16. "El Dorado (inst)" {Dorado Schmitt} - Dorado Schmitt - Django Festival Allstars 2012 [Three's a Crowd: 2012]
17. "Gypsymania (inst)" - Jimmy Rosenberg & Frank Vignola - Django Reinhardt NY Festival: Live at Birdland [Atlantic Records: 2001]
18. "Hungaria (Brazil)(inst)" {Django Reinhardt} - Joe Craven - Django Latino [Crow Art: 2004]
19. "San Sebastien (inst)" - John Jorgenson Quintet - Returning [J3 Records: 2013]
20. "Adieu, Bienville (inst)" - Olivarez Trio; Rick Olivarez; Jeff Cheers; Steve Riggs - Adieu, Bienville [Rick Olivarez: 2008]

Jazzmania

Jazzmania, heard each Wednesday morning from 9 'til noon, presents a diverse blend of modern and classic jazz as well as other forms of creative, improvised music..."a veritable smorgasbord of… MoreJazzmania, heard each Wednesday morning from 9 'til noon, presents a diverse blend of modern and classic jazz as well as other forms of creative, improvised music..."a veritable smorgasbord of jazz." Comments and requests appreciated at 924-3959. Less

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1. "Blues #3" - Ray Bryant - Alone With The Blues [New Jazz ]
2. "Masters Of War" - Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - I Long To See You [Blue Note ]
3. "Spindrift" - Benjamin Lackner - Spindrift [ECM ]
4. "Dead Indeed" - Nils Petter Molvaer - Solid Ether [ECM ]
5. "Blues In The Night (Aka "My Mama Done Tol' Me")" - Jimmy Smith - Jazz 'Round Midnight [Polygram ]
6. "Muse" - Patricia Barber - Higher [Artist Share ]
7. "They Say It's Wonderful" - Stacey Kent - Dreamer In Concert [Blue Note ]
8. "Little Girl Blue" - Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue [BMG ]
9. "God Bless The Child" - Billie Holiday - Day In, Day Out [Universal Music ]
10. "Haunted Heart" - Jane Monheit - In The Sun [Ncoded Music ]
11. "Mindset" - Paul Bley & Gary Peacock - Mindset [Soul Note ]
12. "It's Easy To Remember" - John Coltrane - Best Sellers Jazz [GR-1001 ]
13. "I Want A Little Girl" - Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds - Blue Hour - The Complete Sessions [Capitol ]
14. "The Isle Of Celia" - Sonny Criss - Blues In My Heart [Jazz Ball ]
15. "Enigma" - Milt Jackson - At The Museum Of Modern Art [Verve ]
16. "Time After Time" - Frank Sinatra - Romance - Songs From The Heart [Capitol ]
17. "No Use Crying" - Ray Charles - Crying Time [Tangerine ]
18. "Mona Lisa" - Nat King Cole - Collectors Series [Capitol ]
19. "Historia De Un Amor" - Jack Sheldon/Chet Baker - In Perfect Harmony - The Lost Album [Jazz Detective ]
20. "Easy Living" - Chet Baker - Baker's Holiday [Limelight ]
21. "At Last" - Houston Person - Soft Lights [Highnote ]
22. "City Of Angels" - Bob Belden - Black Dahlia [Blue Note ]
23. "'Round Midnight" - Stan Gets - And Strings:Cool Velvet [Polygram ]
24. "Petite Suite" - J D Allen - The Dark, The Light, The Grey And The Colorful [Savant ]
25. "Rites" - Jan Garbarek - Rites [ECM ]
26. "Here's That Rainy Day" - Joe Pass - Virtuoso [Pablo ]
27. "Survive" - Bill Connors - Swimming With A Hole In My Body [ECM ]
28. "It Was A Very Good Year" - Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder [Impulse ]
29. "Odeon" - Manuel Barrueco - Nylon & Steel [Angel ]
30. "Won't You Tell Me" - Les Paul And His Trio - Crazy Rhythm [Varese Sarabande ]
31. "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" - Emily Remler - Cookin' At The Queens - Live In Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 [Resonance ]