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Music inspired by life and current events

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East Orange, NJ

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Music inspired by life and current events

Language:

English


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“These are not the best minds of my generation…” from Mar 29, 2025

3/29/2025
Terence Blanchard - "Wadagbe (Intro) / Wadagbe (Good Luck in Igbo)" - Flow [0:00:00] Kyle Jones - "Miriama Young: This Earthly Round (Redux)" - Dualities [0:16:04] - "Clip: Channel 4 News-Turkey deports BBC journalist during media crackdown" [0:24:57] Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra - "World's Approaching" - Strange Strings [0:25:32] Yusef Lateef - "A Flower" - Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon [0:35:38] - "Clip: BBC-Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza" [0:43:39] Reiko Füting - "free: whereof – wherefore" - Distant: Violin. Sound [0:44:02] Porridge Radio - "OK" - The Machine Starts To Sing EP [Photography by Jérôme Sessini/Magnum Photos, Canon Ambassador from The Last Drops of Mexico City by Long Lead and Magnum Photo: https://mexicocitywater.longlead.com/] [1:00:22] Tindersticks - "Medicine" - PAST IMPERFECT The best of tindersticks '92 - '21 [1:03:14] Can - "Vier (Four)" - Live in Keele 1977 [1:08:18] Painkiller - "Samsara II" - Samsara [1:22:00] De Klok - "Doctor" - Stop The Clock [1:28:36] Bauhaus - "Burning from the Inside" - Crackle [1:33:08] - "Clip: CBS-Trump order calls for proof of citizenship when voting" [1:42:35] Simple Minds - "Thirty Frames A Second" - Empires and Dance [1:43:28] Buzzcocks - "Why Can't I Touch It?" - Singles Going Steady [1:48:32] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [1:55:04] Lou Reed - "Dirty Blvd." - New York [2:13:24] New York Dolls - "Subway Train" - New York Dolls [2:17:01] Friko - "Get Numb To It!" - Where We’ve Been Where We Go from Here [2:22:46] - "Clip: NY1-Lawmakers seek permanent funding for 9-11 health program" [2:27:37] Shilpa Ray - "EMT, Police and the Fire Department" - Door Girl [2:28:42] Kee Avil - "I too, bury (claire rousay Remix)" - Crease Remixed [2:33:07] Tricky - "Broken Homes (feat. PJ Harvey)" - Broken Homes / Money Greedy [2:39:28] Q Lazzarus - "Fathers, Mothers, And Children Dying In The Street" - Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture) [2:43:03] - "Clip: WCCO-Cuts to health funding for states could have big impact" [2:48:19] The Porchistas - "Another Sad Esophagus – acoustic demo [radio edit]" - Another Sad Esophagus [2:49:14] Yo La Tengo - "End Credits" - Old Joy (Official Soundtrack) [2:53:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150507
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"I will love you / Until our sunlight decides to hide..." from Mar 22, 2025

3/22/2025
Yusef Lateef - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon Pharoah Sanders - "The Creator Has a Master Plan (part one)" - Karma [0:13:27] - "Clip: BBC-Turkish opposition politician arrested" [0:32:38] Pharoah Sanders - "The Creator Has a Master Plan (part two)" - Karma [0:33:13] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-UN head visits Rohingya refugee camp amidst aid cuts" [0:46:34] Cole Pulice - "After the Rain" - Land’s End Eternal [0:47:45] Lou Reed - "The Bells" - The Bells [1:04:27] Alan Vega, Alex Chilton and Ben Vaughn - "Fat City" - Cubist Blues [1:13:44] - "Clip: BBC-Brazil builds road in Amazon to prep for climate conference" [1:22:11] SUSS - "This Land is Your Land" - This Land Is Your Land [1:23:28] Cerberus Shoal - "The Land We All Believe In" - The Land We All Believe In ['It's him, it's him!' - Mother spots son deported from US in mega-prison footage: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz032xjyyzyo] [1:29:29] - "Clip: Reuters-German parliament approves historic military spending" [1:34:05] Mazzy Star - "Bells Ring (Acoustic Version)" - Fade Into You [1:35:06] Teenage Fanclub - "I Will Love You" - 2025 Currents Classics: Get to Glasgow Edition [CURRENTS: COMMENDATION: K.W. Lee: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/business/media/kw-lee-dead.html] [1:43:17] - "Clip: Democracy Now-Judge attempts to block deporting of Venezuelan migrants" [1:50:25] Joy Division - "Sister Ray" - Still [Recorded live at the Moonlight Club, London on 2 April 1980.] [1:51:17] Pin Group - "Jim" - Time to Go - The Southern Psychedelic Movement 1981-86 [1:59:05] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [2:20:53] Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - "All in a Day" - Streetcore [2:19:25] - "Clip: NBC-Former Facebook employee says company compromised ideals to gain access to China" [2:24:18] Porridge Radio - "Machine Starts to Sing" - The Machine Starts To Sing EP [2:25:03] The Damned - "New Rose" - The Best of the Damned [R.I.P. Brian James: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/03/11/brian-james-guitarist-damned-new-rose-died-obituary/] [2:36:35] Jim Carroll Band - "Nothing Is True" - Catholic Boy [2:38:46] Crime and the City Solution - "Hunter" - Shine [2:42:15] - "Clip: ITV-Greenland election dominated by Trump threats" [2:47:03] Panda Bear - "Venom's In" - Sinister Grift [2:47:57] The Lindbergh Babies - "Who Loves the Sun" - Who Loves the Sun [2:52:50] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150052
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"Where are my people to bring your spirit down?" from Mar 8, 2025

3/8/2025
Charlie Haden's Quartet West - "Lonely Woman" - In Angel City [0:00:00] Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad - "Gravity" - Roy Ayers JID002 [R.I.P. Roy Ayers: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/arts/music/roy-ayers-dead.html] [0:13:59] Bill Frisell - "Lookout for Hope" - Orchestras [A pledge of $20 or more during today's show gets you in the running for this double CD from Blue Note.] [0:22:59] - "Clip: BBC-TikTok makes money from sexual content" [For more on this story: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedl8eyy4pjo] [0:30:03] Bill Frisell - "Electricity" - Orchestras [0:30:38] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Wild God" - Wild God [A pledge of $20 or more during this show will get you in the running for this LP courtesy of Bad Seed.] [0:42:19] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Joy" - Wild God [0:51:15] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Conversion" - Wild God [0:57:44] Mogwai - "May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door" - 2025 Currents Classics: Get to Glasgow Edition [A pledge of $75 or more gets you this show's premium or any premium you'd like!] [1:09:39] - "Clip: WNBC-Civil rights leader Hazel Dukes dies" [R.I.P.: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/nyregion/hazel-n-dukes-dead.html] [1:18:02] Mono - "We All Shine On" - Oath [A pledge of $20 or more during this show will get you in the running for this LP courtesy of Temporary Residence.] [1:19:04] Mono - "Hourglass" - Oath [1:38:34] Morwan - "Журба (Sorrow)" - Svitaye, Palaye [A pledge of $20 or more during this show will get you in the running for this LP courtesy of Feel It.] [1:43:20] - "Clip: Inside Edition-Measles Cases in NY and NJ" [1:47:57] Morwan - "Грім (Thunder)" - Svitaye, Palaye [1:48:44] The Moles - "Feel Like A Dollar" - Composition Book [2:03:19] Gordan - "O Nikola (About Nikola)" - Gordan [A pledge of $20 or more during this show will get you in the running for this LP courtesy of Glitterbeat.] [2:06:22] - "Clip: TRT World-Israeli attacks rise in occupied West Bank" [2:11:31] Gordan - "Selo moje (My Village)" - Gordan [2:12:19] Fontaines D.C. - "In The Modern World" - Romance [A pledge of $20 or more during this show will get you in the running for this LP courtesy of XL Recordings.] [2:28:39] Fat Black Cats - "Area 51" - 2025 Currents Classics: Get to Glasgow Edition [A pledge of $75 or more gets you this show's premium or any premium you'd like!] [2:33:04] Fontaines D.C. - "Favourite" - Romance [2:37:59] Fontaines D.C. - "One (Skinty Fia sessions)" - Skinty Fia [Bonus track] [2:42:31] - "Clip: WISH-Singer David Johansen dies" [R.I.P.: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/arts/music/david-johansen-dead.html] [2:46:03] David Johansen - "We Gotta Get Out of This Place / Don't Bring Me Down/ It's My Life" - Live It Up [2:46:29] Ramones - "I Don't Want to Go Down to the Basement" - Ramones [2:51:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149828