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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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English

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Like a Sparkler Thrown Off the Roof from Jun 23, 2025

6/23/2025
John Gray - "Caravan" - The New Wave [0:00:00] Mary Osborne - "I Love Paris" - A Girl and Her Guitar [0:04:17] The Guitars, Inc. - "The Guitars, Inc." - Invitation [0:07:03] Davy Graham - "Take Five" - The Guitar Player...Plus [From 1963] [0:09:34] Bert Jansch and John Renbourn - "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" - Bert and John [0:11:22] Barney Kessel - "Barney's Blues" - Barney Kessel, Vol. 2: Kessel Plays Standards [Recorded 1954] [0:15:31] Bill Faith - "Drizzle" - A Guitar to Remember: The Artistry and Moods of Bill Faith [0:18:14] Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy '66" - Gypsy '66 [0:22:12] The Chuck Wayne Trio - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Tapestry [need a little banjo in here] [0:28:41] Jay Berliner - "I'm Still in Love with You" - Bananas Are Not Created Equal [0:31:44] Gypsy Caravan - "Soweto Mujibha" - Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare' Townships 1975–1980 [0:46:59] Baked Beans - "Introduction" - Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare' Townships 1975–1980 [two-fer!] [0:48:57] Kioea - "Sun Fish" - Electric Surf [0:52:25] Kitschy Spirit - "At the Drive-In at the Drive-In" - Deep-Fried Butterfly - Salt of Saturn [0:55:54] La Banda Chuska - "Barba Azul" - Basic Bichos [0:58:44] Pulp - "Babies" - Forty Odd Years: Live. Rare. Unreleased. 1982–2025 [given away with MOJO Magazine; live in 2009] [1:02:35] Buffet Lunch - "Blue Chairs, Blue Floors, Blue Folders" - Perfect Hit! [1:06:38] Donna Allen - "Tip of an Angel's Wing" - Atom-ic Citizen of the Dying Empire [1:10:43] British Birds - "Merry Go Round" - Silence Daedalus [1:12:57] The Lo Lo Yo - "I Can Hold My Own Hand" - Empty Weapons [From 1985] [1:15:53] Ex-Juncos - "Lemons" - The Early Years [1:20:06] Ilian - "Hey Denise" - Love Me Crazy [From 1977] [1:23:19] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Plimsouls - "Now" - single [1:30:50] Walter Wanderley - "Summer Samba" - single [1:33:21] Hungry Chuck - "South in New Orleans (Doin' the Funky Lunchbox)" - single [1:36:28] Woody Martin - "D.J. for a Day" - single [1:39:02] Millie Jackson - "A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)" - single [1:41:18] Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Rastaman Live Up" - single [1:44:46] Count Von Blitzstein - "Count Von Blitzstein Practices the Piano" - single [1:49:06] Angel Dean and Tony Maimone - "Walkin' Talkin'" - single [1:51:15] Tommy James and the Shondells - "Love's Closin' In on Me" - single [1:55:24] James Brown - "Get Up Offa That Thing" - single ["Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk"] [1:57:43] James Brown - "Release the Pressure" - single [Let's hear the B!] [2:02:16] The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover - "John Henry" - The Early Recordings [From 1957] [2:19:25] The Del McCoury Band - "Baltimore Johnny" - The Cold Hard Facts [2:21:32] High Country - "Katy Hill" - Dreams [2:24:57] Country Cooking - "The Old, Old House" - 14 Bluegrass Instrumentals [2:27:45] Alison Krauss & Union Station - "Granite Mills" - Arcadia [2:31:18] Annalee Koehn - "How the Rain It Fell" - Tools of an Unseen Hand [2:34:56] Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert - "Turkey in the Tee Box" - Volume 4 [2:38:20] Mr. Hobart Smith - "John Brown's Dream" - Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians [From 1956] [2:40:38] Fust - "Spangled" - Big Ugly [2:42:10] Willie Nelson - "Shame on the Moon" - Oh What a Beautiful World [2:46:51] Paul Ansell - "If I Should Fall Behind" - Springsteen's Country [From 2008] [2:51:09] Kinky Friedman - "Kacey Needs a Song" - Poet of Motel 6 [2:55:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153394

Duration:03:08:28

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The Meaning of the Word from Jun 16, 2025

6/16/2025
Brìghde Chaimbeul - "Dùsgadh/Waking" - Sunwise [0:00:00] Mike Gangloff - "April Is Passing" - April Is Passing [0:11:25] Malmin - "Springar etter Svein P. Eikeland - Tveitaslåtten - Når mitt øie trett av møie" - Med Åshild Vetrhus [0:16:21] C Joynes / Mike Gangloff - "West Cavalier" - Tom Winter, Tom Spring [0:22:50] Gwenifer Raymond - "Jack Parsons Blues" - Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark [0:25:09] VARO - "Green Grows the Laurel" - The World That I Knew [with John Francis Flynn] [0:28:44] Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts - "Katharine Jaffray" - Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia [0:35:09] Quinie - "Craigie Hill" - Forefawk, Mind Me [0:42:05] Planxty - "Little Musgrave" - Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective [live at the Abbey Tavern, 1980] [0:46:43] Friendship - "Free Association" - Caveman Wakes Up [1:07:55] Marlon Williams - "Me Uaua Ke" - Te Whare Tiwekaweka [1:12:05] Eddie Marcon - "Itsunomanika Watashitachi" - Carpet of Fallen Leaves [1:15:13] Arthur Russell - "That's the Very Reason" - Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out [live in 1985] [1:19:19] Norma Tanega - "Stranger" - I Don't Think It Will Hurt You If You Smile [From 1971] [1:22:10] Galaxie 500 - "Tugboat" - CBGB 12.13.88 [1:24:46] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Pretenders - "Show Me" - single [1:33:15] Peppermint Rainbow - "You're the Sound of Love" - single [1:36:57] The Mar-Keys - "Grab This Thing, Part I" - single [1:39:21] Apollonia 6 - "Sex Shooter" - single [1:41:53] Dennis Alcapone - "Alcapone Guns Don't Bark" - single [1:44:46] Revelation - "Get Ready for This" - single [1:47:43] The Casuals - "So Tough" - single [with Alex Sample and Orchestra] [1:51:12] Gary Allen and The Country Trips - "That's What I'm Paying You For" - single [1:53:26] Foghat - "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed" - single [1:56:10] The Persuasions - "Black Muddy River" - Stolen Roses: Songs of the Grateful Dead [2:12:34] The Beach Boys - "Forever" - Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down ["a cappella mix"] [2:16:15] Fairground Attraction - "Winter Rose" - Ay Fond Kiss [2:19:07] Will Holshouser - "Abide with Me" - The Lone Wild Bird [2:22:34] Daniel Johnston - "Some Things Last a Long Time" - 1990 [2:26:46] Nancy Richmond - "Jimmy's Song" - Cheaha Mountain Rainbows [2:31:33] Phoebe Rings - "Aseurai" - Aseurai [2:34:34] Adrain Younge - "Nos Somos as Estrellas" - Something About April III [2:38:09] Leo Blomov - "Venha Comigo" - Blomovinho [2:40:14] Teresa - "Get Up" - Teresa [2:42:59] Pearls Before Swine - "Look into Her Eyes" - These Things Too [2:47:34] The Beach Boys - "Carry Me Home" - California Feeling [From 1972] [2:52:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153149

Duration:03:08:21

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Episode from Jun 9, 2025

6/9/2025
Al de Lory - "Midnight Cowboy" - Al de Lory Plays Midnight Cowboy [0:00:00] Francis Lai - "Live for Life (Vivre Pour Vivre)" - Live for Life Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [0:04:53] Alan Price - "Pastoral" - O Lucky Man! Music and Songs by Alan Price [0:07:21] Jimmie Haskell - "The Longest Ride" - Zachariah - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [0:09:32] Mark Knopfler - "Irish Love" - Music from the Film "Cal" [0:13:19] Smokey Robinson - "The Agony and The Ecstasy" - Big Time: Original Music Score from the Motion Picture [0:15:38] Stu Phillips - "Incinerator" - Follow Me: Original Soundtrack Album [0:18:37] Burt Bacharach - "South American Getaway" - Music from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" [0:22:27] Adriano Celentano - "La Passserella" - Yuppi Du: Colonna Sonora Originale ["The Catwalk"] [0:27:37] Cat Stevens - "But I Might Die Tonight" - No Album [from the film "Deep End," 1970] [0:30:42] Kyle Shepherd Trio - "Teardrop" - A Dance More Sweetly Played [0:47:02] The Royal Arctic Institute - "The Opener" - The Royal Arctic Institute [0:53:25] Prariewolf - "Saying Yes to Everything" - Deep Time [0:58:04] Hour - "The Most Gorgeous Day in History" - Subminiature [1:02:33] Geir Sundstøl - "Pysj" - Sakte film ["Psych" from the album "Slow Motion"] [1:05:17] Blod - "Förälskelse" - You Are Not Alone Vol. 2 ["Love"] [1:07:00] Hasco Enjoyments - "It's OK to Put Ketchup on a Hot Dog, If That's What You Like to Eat" - Wow! [1:09:27] Jorga Mesfin - "Pilgrimage" - The Kindest One [1:13:36] Mbaqanga Guitar Trio - "Come Again?" - Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 [1:17:12] Leo Blomov with Laurie Briard - "Uma Canção Francesa" - Blomovinho ["A French Song"] [1:20:03] Ivy - "Say You Will" - Traces of You [1:22:57] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Drums of Earl Palmer - "Honky Tonk - Part II" - single [1:33:23] The Amazing Rhythm Aces - "Mystery Train" - single [1:35:24] Goose Creek Symphony - "(Oh Lord Won't You Buy Me a) Mercedes Benz" - single [1:38:14] Marion Worth - "Shake Me I Rattle (Squeeze Me I Cry)" - single [1:41:11] The Moms & Dads - "Quentin's B Flat Boogie" - single [1:44:04] The Grass Roots - "Fly Me to Havana" - single [1:46:52] The Heart Throbs - "Clear As a Bell" - single [1:50:34] Jefferson Airplane - "She Has Funny Cars" - single [1:53:52] Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes - "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - single [1:56:54] Set: Closet Cleaning; or, One and Done Duane Eddy - "Creamy Mashed Potatoes" - Dance with the Guitar Man [2:10:54] The Ventures - "Summertime Blues" - Flights of Fantasy [2:12:53] Earl Grant - "How High the Moon" - Trade Winds [2:15:55] The Mary Kaye Trio - "Sleeves of Green" - Night Life [2:19:37] Fire - "Sunny Day" - Fire [not the UK group] [2:22:37] Marc Benno - "Donut Man" - Ambush [2:25:44] Connie Smith - "Go Away Stranger" - Born to Sing [2:28:18] Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - "Sweet Patti O'Hara Smith" - Ashton, Gardner + Dyke [another song about Patti Boyd!] [2:31:08] Rod Stewart - "I Was Only Joking" - Foot Loose & Fancy Free [2:34:33] Tyla Gang - "Did You Hear It on the Radio?" - Moonproof [2:40:14] Bones - "Bustin' My Heart" - Bones [2:43:04] Chick Churchill - "You're Not Listening" - You & Me [2:45:27] Joe Walsh - "Things" - There Goes the Neighborhood [2:48:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152907

Duration:03:07:58

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Episode from Jun 2, 2025

6/2/2025
Frank Wojnarowski and His Orchestra - "Dance to the Polka" - Polka Rock [0:00:00] Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters - "Hoop-Dee-Doo" - Hits of '50 [0:05:40] Bernie Witkowski and His Orchestra - "Chicken Hop Polka" - Chicken Hop Polka [0:08:40] Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra - "Baby Elephant Walk" - single [0:10:31] Bernie Witkowski and His Orchestra - "Polka Fun" - Polka Fun [0:13:35] Joe Rock and His Orchestra - "Girls from Jersey" - Rock Plays a Party [0:17:32] Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys - "Liza Pull Down the Shades" - Doughboys, Playboys And Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing [0:19:15] Stanky and His Pennsylvania Coal Miners - "Josie Open the Door" - Happy Days [0:21:25] Charles Magnante - "Dance of the Comedians" - Charles Magnante Plays the Accordion [0:25:31] The Showstoppers Accordion Orchestra - "Theme from Rocky" - Vol. 2 [0:33:28] Frank Wojnarowski and His Orchestra - "Old Kazoo" - Polka Rock [0:35:43] Temple City Kazoo Orchestra - "Miss You" - Some Kazoos [0:37:37] The Del Rubio Triplets - "Satisfaction" - Whip It [0:40:32] Dennis Chandler and Co.featuring Joel Rose, Dick Goddard, Jan Jones, The Ghoul, Tana Carli, and Dale Solly - "Oh, How We Love Those Pierogi" - single [0:45:45] Lil Wally - "Polska Kiolbasa" - Lil Wally's Greatest! Vol. 1 [0:49:08] The Polka Kings - "Shapiro's Polka" - single [0:51:41] Ray Henry and His Orchestra - "Princess Polka" - Polka Session with Ray Henry [0:54:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152706

Duration:01:08:36

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Party Favors from Jun 2, 2025

6/2/2025
David Wiffen - "One Step" - David Wiffen [From 1971] [0:00:00] The Watson Brothers Band - "Just Whistle" - Maybe I'm Dreaming [From 1974] [0:05:03] Bonnie Dobson - "Time" - American Baroque: Chamber Pop and Beyond 1967–71 [From 1969] [0:07:35] Penny Nichols - "Gone to Sorrow" - Colors of the Sun: Penny Nichols Sings the Early Songs of Jackson Browne [0:10:20] Peggy Seeger - "Slow" - Teleology [0:14:00] Willie Nelson - "Stuff That Works" - Oh What a Beautiful World [0:18:07] The Delines - "Left Hook Like Frazier" - Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom [0:21:40] Nicole Lawrence - "Alone Alone" - Time in Love [0:25:19] Kassi Valazza - "Birds Fly" - From Newman Street [0:29:22] Tim Hardin - "Misty Roses" - The Homecoming Concert [live in Eugene, OR 1980] [0:32:48] The Mountain Goats - "Shadow Song" - The Coroner's Gambit [0:35:53] Drugdealer feat. Weyes Blood - "Real Thing" - single [0:38:49] Dirty Projectors - "Through the Long and Lonely Night" - The Legend of Ochi Original Soundtrack [0:42:04] The Divine Comedy - "Songs of Love" - A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy [From 1996] [0:46:28] Johnny Cash - "I'm on Fire" - Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska [0:49:50] Comet Gain - "The Ballad of the Lives We Led" - Letters to Ordinary Outsiders [1:05:46] Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires - "Every Song on the Radio Reminds Me of You" - Sounds Made by Humans [1:10:20] The Wedding Present - "Blonde" - Locked Down and Stripped Back [1:13:42] Mekons - "Fallen Leaves" - Horror [1:18:01] Karl Frog - "Colonial Hearts" - Yes, Music [1:21:28] Henry Badowski - "My Face" - Life Is a Grand... [From 1981] [1:24:28] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s on the radio for about a half-hour The Beef People - "Fragile" - single [1:33:49] The Mamas & the Papas - "Look Through My Window" - single [1:36:27] Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra - "Theme from the Brothers Grimm" - single [1:39:09] Joe Lauer Presents The Crazy Gang - "The Favor" - single [1:41:12] Bo Diddley - "Say Man" - single [1:44:57] Derrick Harriott - "Lollipop Girl" - single [1:48:08] Sade - "Paradise" - single ["Remix"] [1:51:14] ABBA - "Crazy World" - single [1:54:44] Set: Bruce on the Radio Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "Satin Doll / Bishop Danced / The Circus Song" - No Album [live on WBCN Boston, MA 1/9/73] [2:09:32] Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" - No Album [live on WLIR Long Island, from My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 7/31/73] [2:22:00] Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "You Mean So Much to Me" - No Album [live on WGOE, Richmond, VA, 5/31/73] [2:31:14] Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "The Fever" - No Album [live on KLOL, Houston, TX, 3/9/74] [2:40:36] Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "Then She Kissed Me" - No Album [live on WNEW, New York City, from The Bottom Line, 8/15/75] [2:48:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152685

Duration:03:08:22