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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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@WFMU
Language:
English
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WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368
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Episodes
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
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
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
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
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