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Playing Favorites: Lucinda Williams: Apr 15, 2024
This week on "Playing Favorites," we'll listen to...
Playing Favorites: The Cramps and The Louvin Brothers: Apr 08, 2024
This week on "Playing Favorites," host Brendan Don...
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Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this sho...
Playing Favorites: Leonard Cohen: Mar 25, 2024
Playing Favorites: Bob Marley and the Wailers: Mar 18, 2024
This week, "Playing Favorites" host Brendan Donega...
Playing Favorites: Bob Marley and the Wailers: Mar 11, 2024
Playing Favorites: All Blues: Mar 04, 2024
The theme for this week's "Playing Favorites" is A...
Playing Favorites: Lucky 13 Pledge Drive Marathon - Women's Voices: Feb 26, 2024
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Playing Favorites: New and Old Music from Canada: Feb 19, 2024
Playing Favorites: Joy Division, New Order: Feb 12, 2024
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Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown: Sep 11, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: The Cool Ruler meets the Crown Prince of reggae…..an hour of songs by Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an ec...
Kurt Weill: Sep 04, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: Songs of Kurt Weill by Ute Lemper, Lotte Kenya, Charlotte Rae, Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Carla Bley, Phil Woods, and Sarah Vaughan. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on...
Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown, The Ohio Players: Aug 28, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: An hour of bubbling hot funk from Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown, The Ohio Players, and others. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclec...
Joni Mitchell: Aug 21, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: Post-Folk Joni Mitchell: music from 1974-79 is featured. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix of old and new blues, electronica,...
Marvin Gaye: Aug 14, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Marvin Gaye will be the focus of this week's show. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix of old and new blues, electronica, pop, RnB, country...
Jamaican Independence Day: Aug 07, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
WGXC salutes Jamaican Independence Day with songs by female reggae artists from Coffee to Rita Marley. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix...
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Tortoise: Jul 17, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: Hightlights of Chicago instrumental band Tortoise’s “TNT” album. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix of old and new blues, elect...
Al Green: Jul 10, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: Secular and sacred songs of Al Green. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix of old and new blues, electronica, pop, RnB, country,...
Tom Waits: Jul 03, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Steely Dan: Jun 26, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Today’s show features highlights of the 40 year career of Steely Dan, the reclusive duo who used virtuoso studio musicians to create enigmatic jazz-rock. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this...
Stevie Wonder: Jun 19, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Celebrate Juneteenth with the music of Stevie Wonder this week. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix of old and new blues, electronica, pop,...
20230612: Jun 12, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Lucinda Williams: Jun 05, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Rock + Blues + Country = Americana, and Lucinda Williams created the winning formula 25 years ago. We'll listen to old and new songs from this icon of roots music. Formerly called "The Morning Samp...
Kraftwerk: May 29, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Since their founding in Germany in 1970, Kraftwerk have become one of the most influential bands of the past 50 years despite never having a top 10 hit. We’ll listen to a variety of their music from...
20230522: May 22, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Brian Eno: May 15, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
May 15 is musician/producer/visual artist/author Brian Eno’s birthday. We’ll mark his 75th with highlights from his first four vocal albums (1973-77). Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this...
Carla Bley: May 08, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Today is Carla Bley’s 87th birthday. "Playing Favorites" celebrates the work of one of the greatest living jazz composers with an hour of her music, written and performed with big bands and trios from...
King Tubby, Scientist, Lee Perry: May 01, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: We’ll groove to dub from three masters of the art: King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee Perry. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix...
Johnny Cash: Apr 24, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
The music of Johnny Cash is featured this week. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an eclectic mix of old and new blues, electronica, pop, RnB, country, L...
The Delfonics, The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites: Apr 10, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This week: Classic R&B by The O’Jays, The Delfonics, The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners and others. Formerly called "The Morning Sampler," on this show host Brendan Donegan plays, "an ecle...
Adriana Calcanhotto: Apr 03, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Adriana Calcanhotto is not a household name in the U.S., but she should be. A singer, songwriter and musician, with only a trio for support she takes the samba of her native Brazil to new heights....
Khruangbin, Honey Dijon, Inner City: Mar 27, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Pump up your week with a Monday morning dance party featuring Khruangbin, Honey Dijon, Inner City, Blaze/Derrick Carter, Robert Owens, Pasteur Lappe, and Kraftwerk. Formerly called "The Morning Sam...
20230320: Mar 20, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Wayne Shorter: Mar 13, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Wayne Shorter, master of the tenor sax, innovative composer, bandleader, and sci-fi fan, died on March 2. We’ll celebrate his life’s work with highlights from his pioneering post-bop albums “Speak No...
The Fall: Mar 06, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
From 1979-2017 English band The Fall released 31 albums with 66 musicians. The only constant was its cantankerous and often brilliant frontman Mark E. Smith. We’ll listen to some of the band’s popular...
Women’s Voices: Feb 27, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Women’s Voices: Vocals by Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells, Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, k.d. lang, Meshell Ndegeocello, Koffee, Miriam Makeba, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Lauro Nyro, Sarah Vau...
Joni Mitchell: Feb 20, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Music from Joni Mitchell's "golden years" will be featured. In 1974 and 1975, Mitchell released two albums: “Court and Spark” and “The Hissing of Summer Lawns,” both a sophisticated blend of pop, roc...
Lover’s Rock: Feb 13, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This broadcast features smooth Valentine's Day reggae by Dennis Brown, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Judy Mowatt, Audrey Hall, Louisa Mark, John Holt, Freddie McGregor, Beres Hammond, Carlene Davis, Marcia...
Tom Verlaine: Feb 06, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Tom Verlaine, best known as the frontman for the New York City rock band Television, died on January 28, at the age of 73. One of America’s greatest rock guitarists,...
Little Richard: Jan 30, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
Before there was David Bowie, Prince, or Lil Nas X, there was Richard Penniman, born in the state of Georgia in 1932. When his music became popular, parents warned their children about his records and...
Bill Evans: Jan 23, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
An hour of music by pianist Bill Evans (1929-1980). His work has been labeled modal jazz, cool jazz, and post-bop jazz, but its intense lyricism transcends categories. The broadcast features Evans' so...
The Joslin Grove Choral Society, Patti LaBelle, Bobby Womack: Jan 16, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
In observation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, music by The Joslin Grove Choral Society, Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Choir, Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, Shirley and Co., Gladys Knight a...
David Bowie: Jan 09, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
This broadcast commemorates the 7th anniversary of David Bowie’s death with tracks from “Hunky Dory" (1971), “Young Americans” (1975), “Low” (1977), “Heroes” (1977), “Lodger” (1979), “Scary Monsters”...
Three from Canada: Jan 02, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am
The broadcast features the idiosyncratic music of three up-and-coming artists from the Great White North: indigenous folk-psychedelia from Digawolf (Northwest Territories); electronica funk from Huber...
Béla Bartók: Dec 26, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am
The music of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945) is featured. Widely known for his use of Hungarian folk themes, Bartók was also a musicologist who incorporated the songs he recorded during tra...
Christmas Songs: Dec 19, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am
This broadcast will feature Christmas songs by The Ventures, Chuck Berry, Lou Rawls, The Beach Boys, The Wake, Alison Moyet, Loretta Lynn, Low, Pretenders, Bob Dylan, TLC, Run-DMC, Take 6, The Chiefta...
Beck: Dec 12, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am
Since the age of 20, musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell) has been creating kaleidoscopic albums drawing on rock, hip-hop, electronica, funk, and Ame...
PJ Harvey: Dec 05, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am
The broadcast explores the early career of PJ Harvey, the English musician, vocalist, and songwriter whose songs are by turns caustic, delicate, raucous, and introspective, but always written with a s...