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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. "Menopause Rock" - Devon Sproule and Paul Curreri - [Patreon ]
2. "Two Pairs of Hands" - Mark Knopfler - One Deep River [Blue Note ]
3. "Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbreak" - Kate Bush - Kate Bush on Stage [EMI ]
4. "Good Thing" - Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked [MCA ]
5. "Where Do We Go From Here" - Deaf School - Parigi My Dear [Deaf School ]
6. "Seaside Rendezvous" - Queen - A Night At The Opera [Elektra ]
7. "Today" - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow [Sony ]
8. "Crystal Breath" - Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More [New West ]
9. "What's Coming To You" - Paul Curreri - Single [Patreon: NEW]
10. "Jimmy Jimmy" - The Undertones - The Very Best of the Undertones [RYKO ]
11. "Police Car" - Larry Wallis's Psychedelic Rowdies - Live Stiffs [Stiff ]
12. "White Stallion" - The Stranglers - Dark Matters [Coursegood ]
13. "Sometimes" - Erasure - Pop! 20 Hits [Sire ]
14. "Territory" - Devon Sproule - Single [Patreon ]
15. "Eighth Day" - Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass [A&M ]
16. "Scary Girlfriend" - Deaf School - Parigi My Dear [Deaf School ]
17. "Nobody Loves you More" - Kim Deal - Nobody LovesYou More [New West ]
18. "Lettres D'amour" - Sweet - Level Headed [Capitol ]
19. "100 Years Ago" - The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup [EMI ]
20. "Life on Mars" - David Bowie - Hunky Dory [RCA ]
21. "Words of Love" - The Beatles - Beatles for Sale [EMI ]
22. "The Prophet's Song" - Queen - A Night at the Opera [Elektra ]
23. "Southend" - The Clang Group - New Clang [Fretsore Records ]
24. "You Only Live Twice" - Shirley Bassey - Let's Get the Party Started [Lock Stock and Barrel ]
25. "Ever Fallen In Love" - Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked [MCA ]
26. "Flesh and Blood" - Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood [ATCO ]
27. "Tumbling Down" - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile [EMI ]

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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1. "An Evening Prayer" - Mahalia Jackson - Live at Newport 1958 [Columbia: 1958]
2. "Sing a Simple Song" - Sly & The Family Stone - Single [Epic: 1968]
3. "Tighten Up" - Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up [Atlantic: 1968]
4. "Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is [Par-Lo: 1966]
5. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On [Motown: 1971]
6. "I Would Die 4 U" - Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain [Warner Bros: 1984]
7. "17 Days" - Prince & The Revolution - Single [Warner Bros: 1984]
8. "Sensitivity" - Ralph Tresvant - Ralph Tresvant [Geffen: 1990]
9. "Keep Breaking My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" - Mint Condition - Meant to Be Mint [Perspective: 1991]
10. "When I Think of You" - Janet Jackson - Control [A&M: 1986]
11. "Fugitive Dub" - The Skatalites - The Legendary Skatelites in Dub [Motion Records: 2003]
12. "I Have Nothing" - Whitney Houston - Bodyguard Soundtrack [Arista: 1992]
13. "Nobody's Supposed to be Here" - Deborah Cox - One Wish [Arista: 1998]
14. "Upside Down" - Diana Ross - Diana [Motown: 1980]
15. "I'll Take Her" - Ill Al Skratch/Brian McKnight - Creep Wit Me [Mercury: 1994]
16. "Uptown Anthem" - Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature [Tommy Boy: 1991]
17. "Steve Biko (Stir it Up)" - A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders [Jive: 1993]
18. "Get By" - Talib Kweli - Quality [ 2002]
19. "Wrath of Kane (Live)" - Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing [Cold Chillin': 1989]
20. "Criminal Minded" - Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded [B-Boy Records: 1987]
21. "I Went for Mine" - Diamond D & The Psychotic Neurotics - Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop [Mercury: 1992]
22. "Mad Izm" - Channel Live - Station Identification [Capitol: 1995]
23. "Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)" - KRS-One - I Got Next [Jive: 1997]
24. "Someone to Love" - Stephen Marley - Mind Control [Tuff Gong: 2007]
25. "Overcome" - Tricky - Maxinquaye [Universal Island: 1995]
26. "Heroes" - Roni Size - New Forms [Talkin' Loud: 1997]

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. "A Celebration of All Life" - Geri Allen - The printmakers [Minor Music: 1984]
2. "Bass figure for Ballatune" - Don Cherry, Christer Bothen, Bengt Berger - Eternal Now [Sonet: 1974]
3. "Number four" - Balance ft. Gerald Cleaver - Conjure [Two Rooms: 2022]
4. "Blends" - Richard Teitelbaum ft. Katsuya Yokoyama - Blends and the Digital Pianos [Lumina Records ]
5. "New earth" - David Wertman and Sun Ensemble - Wide Eye Culture [Sunmuse: 1983]
6. "Ax by bz D = 0" - Betha Sarasin and Bruno Spoerri - [VCR: 1982]
7. "Marvis" - Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson and Sam Wilkes - Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes [International Anthem: 2025]
8. "The Abolition of Art, the Abolition of Freedom, the Abolition of You and Me" - Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez and Gerald Cleaver - Moten [Relative Pitch: 2022]
9. "Ja Ja" - Dwight james, Byard Lancaster, Middie Middleton, Clarency Bradley, Khan Jamal, Howard Cooper - Inner Heat [Cadence Jazz: 1983]
10. "Lisboa, pt. 1" - Hugo Antunes, Ricardo Webbens, Joaao Pais Filipe and Rafael Toral - Space Quartet [Clean Feed: 2018]
11. "The Maze, for eight percussionists" - Roscoe Mitchel et al - LRG / The Maze / S II Examples [Nessa: 1978]
12. "Father and Son" - Cosmic Ear - Traces [We Jazz: 2025]
13. "Meh Te" - Web web - Dance of the Demons [Compost Records: 2018]
14. "Tomorrow" - Andrew Hill - Spiral [Arista ]
15. "Oisters" - Otis Sandsjo feat. petter Eldh, Dan Nicholls and Tilo Weber - Y-Otis 2 [We Jazz: 2020]
16. "Fanfarum for Komarum II" - Peter Eldh and Koma Saxo - Koma Saxo [We Jazz: 2019]
17. "Inspiracion" - Ara Tokatlian and Enrique "Mono" Villegas - Inspiracion [Arco Iris: 1975]
18. "Dien Da" - Henry Kaiser - Guitar Solos 3
19. "Devolution Revolution" - Rose Tang and Patrick Golden - A White Horse is Not a White Horse [ESP Disk: 2024]
20. "The Laws of Motion" - Pat Thomas - The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir [Otoroku: 2024]
21. "Shadows" - Patrick Shiroishi and Piotr Kurek - Greyhound Days [Monodoj: 2025]
22. "In (live)" - Tatsuka Nakatani, Shane Parish, Zach Rowden - Live at Static Age Records [Astral Spirits: 2020]
23. "Cane Cutters" - Micheal Lytle, George Cartwright, David Moss - Under the banner of the Pig [Corn Pride ]
24. "Australian Seascape" - Nadi Qamar - The Nuru Taa African Musical Idiom - Played on the Mama-Likembi [Folkways: 1975]

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. "Going to Raleigh" - Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson - Going to Raleigh [Nonesuch: 2025]
2. "Rain or Shine" - Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - Memory Bank [Magnolia Music: 2025]
3. "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" - Alison Brown, Steve Martin, Tim O'Brien - 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back [Compass Records: 2025]
4. "If You Hadn't Been There" - Dolly Parton - If You Hadn't Been There [Butterfly Records: 2025]
5. "Hummingbird (feat. Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves)" - Yasmin Williams, Allison De Groot, Tatiana Hargreaves - Acadia [Nonesuch: 2024]
6. "All Around You" - Watchhouse - Rituals [Tiptoe Tiger Music: 2025]
7. "North Side Gal" - Alison Krauss & Union Station, Alison Krauss - Arcadia [Down The Road: 2025]
8. "After a Night of Heavy Rain" - Mary Gauthier - After a Night of Heavy Rain [Mary Gauthier: 2024]
9. "Bad Luck - Live" - Zach Top, Billy Strings - Me & Billy [Leo33: 2025]
10. "Find My Way to You" - I'm With Her, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins - Find My Way to You [Rounder: 2025]
11. "West Virginia" - Stillhouse Junkies, Tim O'Brien - West Virginia [Y'alligator Records: 2024]
12. "Don't Cheat In Our Hometown - Live" - Zach Top, Billy Strings - Me & Billy [Leo33: 2025]
13. "Spirits" - The Devil Makes Three - Spirits [New West Records, LLC: 2025]
14. "Big Fish, Small Pond" - Chatham Rabbits - Be Real With Me [Independent: 2025]
15. "Flight of the Snipe" - Jaywalkers - Move On [Burnt Chilli Records: 2025]
16. "Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)" - Ben Kweller, Waxahatchee - Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee) [The Noise Company: 2025]
17. "Rituals" - Watchhouse - Rituals [Tiptoe Tiger Music: 2025]
18. "Gone to Fortingall/Wired to the Moon" - Jerry Douglas - The Set [Many Hats Distribution: 2024]
19. "The Message" - Stone Gossard, Ani DiFranco - The Message [Loosegroove Records / Righteous: 2025]
20. "Lights on Me" - The Devil Makes Three - Spirits [New West Records, LLC: 2025]
21. "Say I Love You" - Anderson East - Chasing You [Rounder: 2025]
22. "They're Not There." - Mon Rovia - Act 4: Atonement [Nettwerk Music Group: 2025]
23. "Carry the Water" - Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - Memory Bank [Magnolia Music: 2025]
24. "From Ankara to Ismir" - Jerry Douglas - The Set [Many Hats Distribution: 2024]
25. "Dance Dance Dance" - Neil Young - Oceanside Countryside [Reprise: 2025]
26. "In The Jailhouse Now" - Old Crow Medicine Show - Better Than Jail [Believe Entertainment Group: 2024]
27. "Ditcher (Feat. Abby Hamilton) - Fireside Sessions Vol. 2" - John R. Miller, Abby Hamilton - Fireside Sessions Vol. 2 [Rounder: 2025]
28. "She Don't Love Me Anymore" - Charles Wesley Godwin - Lonely Mountain Town [Big Loud Records: 2025]
29. "Trick of the Light" - Charming Disaster - Trick of the Light [Charming Disaster: 2025]
30. "I'll Be Long Gone - Live" - Steep Canyon Rangers - I'll Be Long Gone (Live) [Yep Roc Records: 2025]
31. "If It Wasn't Broken" - Willie Nelson - Last Leaf On The Tree [Legacy Recordings: 2024]
32. "McLaughlin" - EZRA, Jesse Jones, Jacob Jolliff, Max Allard, Craig Butterfield - McLaughlin [Adhyâropa Records: 2025]
33. "No Place To Fall" - Lucy Kaplansky - No Place To Fall [Lucyricky Records: 2025]
34. "The Hole" - Ric Robertson, Dori Freeman - Choices and Chains [Mandocrope Music: 2024]
35. "Learning Not to Care" - Miss Tess - Cher Reve [Miss Tess: 2025]
36. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - Jerry Douglas - The Set [Many Hats Distribution: 2024]
37. "Midnight Special" - Taj Mahal - Better Than Jail [Believe Entertainment Group: 2024]
38. "The Fifth Season" - Jerry Douglas - The Set [Many Hats Distribution: 2024]

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. "Ladainhas Psicodelicas" - Dirlei Furlani e Lupe Romero - Lisergico Brasil Volume 2 [Musital: 2023]
   Notes: Free download compilation on Bandcamp: musital.bandcamp.com/album/lis-rgico-brasil-volume-2
2. "Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)" - Ellen McIlwaine - We The People [Polydor: 1973]
3. "Alegico a Flores" - Laranja Freak - Lisérgico Brasil Volume 2 [Baratos Afins: 2004]
   Notes: Tune in to Global Pysch Resistance brought to you by the Psych Doctors, April 9, 10pm to midnight, Rock Marathon!
4. "El Silbido del Tunche" - Anarkia Tropikal, Los Chapillacs de Arequipa - La Venganza de los Brujos [Castillo Sonoro: 2013]
5. "Karma the Knife" - Angelica Garcia - Cha Cha Palace [Spacebomb: 2020]
   Notes: Richmond VA's own!
6. "The Snail (background)" - The Holydrug Couple - Bolero Tampoco
   Notes: Chile
7. "Opaque" - The Asteroid No.4 - Several Shapes of Solar Flares [Club AC30: 2024]
8. "Lucy Takes a Picture" - Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream [Fat Possum: 2025/NEW]
9. "In Pathecolor" - Now - In Pathecolor [Perennial / K Records: 2025/NEW]
10. "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" - Tall Dwarfs - Unravelled: 1981–2002 [Merge Records: 2022]
11. "Sparkles (Sparkles)" - Tensei, Angel Bat Dawid - Sparkles [Tensei: 2025/NEW]
12. "So Ubuji" - Makaya McCraven - In These Times [International Anthem/Nonesuch: 2022]
13. "Yana" - YAGODY - YAGODY [YAGODY: 2021]
    Notes: Ukraine
14. "Emak Bakia (background)" - Paul Mercer - Silents [EVP: 2005]
15. "Five Of Us" - Marian Segal & Jade - Fly On Strangewings [ODL: 2009]
16. "For the Cold Country" - Black Country, New Road - For the Cold Country [Ninja Tune: 2025/NEW]
17. "Tell Me How To Be Here" - Lael Neale - Tell Me How To Be Here [Sub Pop Records: 2025/NEW]
18. "Wake up to yesterday" - Mess Esque - Mess Esque [Drag City Records: 2021]
    Notes: DJLP, Zostress & Nowhere Girl are presenting a Rock Marathon show on Rock Duos, April 8, 12-2pm
19. "I Blink You Blink" - Broadcast - Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006 - 2009 [Warp Records: 2024]
20. "Murphie1 (background)" - Amelia Courthouse - Ruby Glass [Spinster: 2019]
21. "Floatin'" - Garrett T. Capps - Life Is Strange [Garrett T. Capps: 2025/NEW]
    Notes: Stevik & Don H will be presenting a Rock Marathon show on Garrett T. Capps, including interview clips, Mon, April 7, 6-8pm
22. "Wild West End" - Dire Straits - Dire Straits [Warner Records: 1978]
23. "Boat On The River" - Styx - Cornerstone [A&M: 1979]
    Notes: This song came out in late 1979 but I picked up the album in 1980, taking me back to that era. DJLP, Zostress, & Nowhere Girl will be presenting songs from their 80s soundtrack during the Rock Marathon, Wed, April 9, 2-4pm.
24. "Evil Eye" - Shana Cleveland - Manzanita [Hardly Art: 2023]
    Notes: Nowhere Girl is presenting a Rock Marathon show on La Luz, including interview clips, April 10am to noon
25. "Clear" - Maxine Funke - Clear [Disciples: 2024]

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. "Hanadi" - Charif Megarbane - Dreams of an Insomniac (Habibi Funk 030) [HABIBI Funk Records: 2025]
2. "Calipso Time" - Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos - SOL [Olindo Records: 2025]
3. "Râler" - Vaudou Game, Clara Serra López - FINTOU [Hot Casa Records: 2025]
4. "Cool Hand" - Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Yarın Yoksa [Big Crown Records: 2025]
5. "I Ka Woulé" - Dowdelin - Tchenbé ! [Underdog records: 2025]
6. "Como Quisiera Quererte" - Natalia Lafourcade, El David Aguilar - Cancionera [Sony Music México: 2025]
7. "Eu Pensei" - Pedro Mizutani, Skinshape - Eu Pensei [Nice Guys: 2024]
8. "Navega" - Trinka - EP [Agogo Records: 2025]
9. "Beija-me" - Paulo Paulelli, Rosa Passos - Sem Compromisso [Paulo Paulelli e Rosa Passos [dist. Tratore]: 2021]
10. "Habana" - Rita Donte - Ritual [Ansonia Records: 2025]
11. "Cathedrals of Light" - Azam Ali - The Collection, Vol. 4 [Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc.: 2025]
12. "Tales of Alhambra" - Loga Ramin Torkian - The Collection (Vol. 4) [Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc.: 2025]
13. "Adama me to teri sou" - Meybahar, Martha Mavroidi, Giorgos Ventouris - Meybahar [Fonó Budai Zeneház: 2024]
14. "Maalo" - Anne-Mari Kivimäki - Kotiin [Rockadillo Records: 2025]
15. "Ila" - Oktoecho, Lydia Etok, Nina Segalowitz, Hélène Martel, Katia Makdissi-Warren - Saimaniq Sivumut [Oktoecho: 2024]
16. "Direne Direne" - Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Yarın Yoksa [Big Crown Records: 2025]
17. "Cumbia Triste" - Sonido Gallo Negro, Grupo Kual? - Paganismo [Sonido Gallo Negro: 2022]
18. "Es mi nueva era" - Meridian Brothers - Mi Latinoamérica Sufre [Ansonia Records: 2024]
19. "Wordless Melody" - Jaffa Road - Wordless Melody [Jaffa Road Music: 2021]
20. "Baagh Aayore" - Indian Ocean - Baagh Aayore [Indian Ocean: 2023]
21. "Gara" - Songhoy Blues - Héritage [Transgressive: 2025]
22. "Boulène Dème" - Orchestra Baobab, Idrissa Diop - Boulène Dème [MADOKY: 2024]
23. "Mam Pe'ela Su'ure" - Florence Adooni - A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity) [Philophon: 2025]
24. "EL MANI SERO" - Idrissa Diop, Baaba Maal - EL MANI SERO [MADOKY: 2025]
25. "Wara" - Trio Da Kali - Bagola [One World Records: 2025]

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. "Milestones" - Booker Little - Booker Little 4 & Max Roach [Blue Note: 1958]
2. "Sweet And Lovely" - Booker Little - Booker Little 4 & Max Roach [Blue Note: 1958]
3. "Rounder's Mood" - Booker Little - Booker Little 4 & Max Roach [Blue Note: 1958]
4. "Dungeon Waltz" - Booker Little - Booker Little 4 & Max Roach [Blue Note: 1958]
5. "Victory And Sorrow" - Booker Little - Booker Little and Friend [Avenue/Bethlehem: 1961]
6. "If I Should Lose You" - Booker Little - Booker Little and Friend [Avenue/Bethlehem: 1961]
7. "Booker's Blues" - Booker Little - Booker Little and Friend [Avenue/Bethlehem: 1961]
8. "Quasimodo" - Hod O'Brien-Sal Nistico - Live From The Netherlands [JazzWax: 1986]
9. "I'll Remember April" - Hod O'Brien-Sal Nistico - Live From The Netherlands [JazzWax: 1986]
10. "D-Natural Blues" - Larry Coryell - Cedars of Avalon [HighNote: 2002]
11. "All Blues" - Larry Coryell - Monk, 'Trane, Miles & Me [HighNote: 1999]
12. "Naima" - Larry Coryell - Monk, 'Trane, Miles & Me [HighNote: 1999]
13. "Inner Urge" - Larry Coryell - Prime Picks - The Virtuoso Guitar of Larry Coryell [HighNote: 2010]
14. "Something" - Larry Coryell - Prime Picks - The Virtuoso Guitar of Larry Coryell [HighNote: 2010]
15. "A Taste Of Honey" - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights [A&M: 1965]
16. "Besame Mucho" - Herb Alpert - Lani Hall - Anything Goes [A&M: 2009]
17. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" - Herb Alpert - Lani Hall - Anything Goes [A&M: 2009]
18. "Ornette Goes Home" - Jenny Scheinman - All Species Parade [Royal Potato Family: 2024]
19. "All Species Parade" - Jenny Scheinman - All Species Parade [Royal Potato Family: 2024]
20. "Jaroujiji" - Jenny Scheinman - All Species Parade [Royal Potato Family: 2024]

Classical Sunrise - Wednesday

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. "Wie dunkel die Nacht" {Fanny MENDELSSOHN-HENZEL} - Kobie Van Rensberg, Tenor; Kelvin Grout, Piano - Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny: Lied Edition, Vol. 1 (1819-1837) [Troubadisc ]
2. "Allnächtlich im Traume" {Fanny MENDELSSOHN-HENZEL} - Anne Grimm, Soprano; Kelvin Grout, Piano - Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny: Lied Edition, Vol. 1 (1819-1837) [Troubadisc ]
3. "Die frühen Graber Op. 9, No. 4" {Fanny MENDELSSOHN-HENZEL} - Maarten Koningsberger, Baritone; Kelvin Grout, Piano - Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny: Lied Edition, Vol. 1 (1819-1837) [Troubadisc ]
4. "Kein Blick der Hoffnung" {Fanny MENDELSSOHN-HENZEL} - Roswitha Muller, Mezzo; Kelvin Grout, Piano - Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny: Lied Edition, Vol. 1 (1819-1837) [Troubadisc ]
5. "Der Eichwald brauset" {Fanny MENDELSSOHN-HENZEL} - Maarten Koningsberger, Baritone; Kelvin Grout, Piano - Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny: Lied Edition, Vol. 1 (1819-1837) [Troubadisc ]
6. "Concerto in B-flat major FWV L:B3" {Johann Friedrich FASCH} - Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts; Richard Stone, artistic directors - Fasch: Orchestral Music, Volume 1 [Chandos ]
7. "Sacred Concerto No. 6, ;What God is greater;" {Valerie BORTNYANSKY} - Russian State Symphonic Cappella; Valeri Polyansky, conductor - Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos for Double Choir [Chandos ]
8. "Sonatina No 2" {Peter POPE} - John Turner, recorder; Stephen Brettaney, piano - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder [Divine Art ]
9. "Schubert: Impromptu No. 1 in C minor (arr. C. Ives)" {Franz SCHUBERT (arr. Charles IVES)} - Orquestra Sinfonica de Navarra; James Sinclair, conductor - Ives: Orchestral Works [Naxos ]
10. "Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major P. 24" {Michael HAYDN} - Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss; Frank Beermann, conductor - Michael Haydn Symphonies [CPO ]
11. "Cavatine, Op. 120" {Solomon JADESSOHN} - Thomas Georgi, cello; Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt; Howard Griffiths, conductor - Jadassohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 [CPO ]
12. "24 Preludes, Op. 17; No. 12. Havet (The Sea); Allegro feroce" {Selim PALMGREN} - Jouni Somero, piano - Palmgren: Compete Piano Works, 2 [Grand Piano ]
13. "24 Preludes, Op. 17; No. 13. Veloce" {Selim PALMGREN} - Jouni Somero, piano - Palmgren: Compete Piano Works, 2 [Grand Piano ]
14. "24 Preludes, Op. 17; No. 14. Pesante" {Selim PALMGREN} - Jouni Somero, piano - Palmgren: Compete Piano Works, 2 [Grand Piano ]
15. "24 Preludes, Op. 17; No. 17. Allegro agitato" {Selim PALMGREN} - Jouni Somero, piano - Palmgren: Compete Piano Works, 2 [Grand Piano ]

Classical Prelude - Wednesday

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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1. "Concerto for 2 Horns (No. 3) in F major" {Friedrich WITT} - Jacek Muyzk, Daniel Kerdelewicz, horn; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor - The Golden Age of the Horn [Naxos ]
2. "Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 35 "Symphonie Majestueuse"" {Asger HAMERIK} - Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester; Thomas Dausgard, conductor - Hamerik: Complete Symphonies [Dacapo ]

WTJU Overnight Mix

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

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Limerence Addiction

At the burnt-out end of another smoky day, sabotage your own bedtime with fantasies that conquer the cruelty of the daylight hours. Join DJ Malpaso and DJ B-Note for Limerence… MoreAt the burnt-out end of another smoky day, sabotage your own bedtime with fantasies that conquer the cruelty of the daylight hours. Join DJ Malpaso and DJ B-Note for Limerence Addiction: a collective paroxysm of nostalgia, craving, and, dare we say it: hope. Less

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1. "Shark Smile" - Big Thief - Capacity [4AD: 2017]
2. "obsessed" - Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS (spilled) [Olivia Rodrigo PS: 2024]
   Notes: Co-written by St. Vincent! Fun fact, the two just recently shared some tour dates in Brazil and Mexico. (This set's got more pop music than usual since I was recently asked what kind of pop music I am into!)
3. "Like I Used To" - Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen - Like I Used To [Jagjaguwar: 2021]
4. "Persephone" - Allison Russell - Outside Child [Fantasy: 2021]
5. "Transylvanian Concubine" - Rasputina - Transylvanian Regurgitations [Columbia: 1997]
6. "Uninvited" - Alanis Morissette - The Collection (Standard Edition) [Maverick: 2005]
7. "Washing Machine Heart" - Mitski - Be the Cowboy [Dead Oceans: 2018]
8. "Friend or Foe" - t.A.T.u. - Dangerous and Moving [Interscope: 2005]
   Notes: My fave is problematic! t.A.T.u. was definitely a manufactured product (most known for "All the Things She Said" off their debut) but for some of us in the early 2000s their songs just hurt so good sometimes.
9. "Mysterons" - Portishead - Dummy [Polydor Associated Labels: 1994]
10. "Creep - Live at the Avalon, Boston, MA - May 2007" - Brandi Carlile - Creep (Live at the Avalon, Boston, MA - May 2007) [Columbia: 2008]
11. "Sucker for Your Marketing" - Sarah Jaffe - The Body Wins [Kirtland Records: 2012]
    Notes: I most recently saw Sarah Jaffe backing Julien Baker and Torres for their Dec. 2024 performance on the Tonight Show.
12. "Desire" - DILLY DALLY - Sore [Partisan Records: 2015]
    Notes: Fantastic Toronto grunge revival band active from 2009 to 2023.
13. "Where Is My Mind" - Storm Large - Ladylike, Side One [Big Daddy Large LLC: 2007]
    Notes: Storm caught the attention of myself and many other Americans as a contestant on Rockstar Supernova in 2006. She had a background in musical theater and cabaret and is a long-time member of music group Pink Martini.
14. "Cheers Darlin'" - Damien Rice - O [Vector Records/Warner Records: 2003]
15. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" - Judy Collins - Judith [Rhino/Elektra: 1975]
16. "Lili Marleen" - Marlene Dietrich - The Essential Marlene Dietrich [EMI Catalogue: 1991]
17. "I Know (Solo version, from the Heartbreak Odyssey live concert)" - King Princess - I Know (feat. Fiona Apple) [RISE Recording] [Columbia Records/Zelig Records,: 2019]
    Notes: The full duet version was released as a Spotify exclusive.
18. "Come Here Boy" - Imogen Heap - I Megaphone [Almo Sounds: 1998]
19. "I Love You (Me Either)" - Cat Power, Karen Elson - Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited [Universal Music Division Barclay: 2020]
    Notes: A great Various Artists compilation tribute to Serge Gainsbourg.
20. "Playgirl" - Ladytron - The L Word: The Second Season [Tommy Boy Entertainment, LLC: 2005]
    Notes: From the band's 2001 debut 604, but prominently featured in the first run of the L Word.
21. "My Baby Wants A Baby" - St. Vincent - Daddy's Home [Loma Vista Recordings: 2021]
    Notes: I'll be seeing her on her All Born Screaming Tour at at our very own Ting Pavilion on April 12!
22. "Raspberry Swirl" - Tori Amos - From the Choir Girl Hotel [Atlantic Records: 1998]
23. "Miss Ophelia" - Fisher - Uppers & Downers [Rawfish Records: 2002]
    Notes: I first came across Fisher, a partnership between vocalist Kathy Fisher and songwriter Ron Wasserman, through a different track on the Great Expectations soundtrack in 1998.
24. "Tango to Evora" - Loreena McKennitt - The Visit [Quinlan Road: 1991]
    Notes: I learned about Loreena McKennitt through my local PBS affiliate in the 90s. She also had a popular track called "The Mummers' Dance" on the soundtrack of the Drew Barrymore film Ever After (1998).