Listen to Ordinary Time Radio on Mondays for an eclectic array of mind splitting genres and wholesome banter with Eli Berry.
Tag: Rock
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Earth’s Greatest Hits
Step into a sonic atlas of the unexpected. Earth’s Greatest Hits is an esoteric revue of adventurous sounds from every corner of the globe, the songs you have never heard but will not believe you ever lived without. Each episode drifts through obscure grooves, regional rarities, spiritual deep cuts, and creative movements hiding in plain sight, stitched together by one of Memphis’ most devoted musical explorers.
Think of it as a passport stamped in rhythm and tone: Anatolian psych giving way to West African guitar meditations, cosmic jazz from Tokyo, desert blues, vintage soul from far-flung scenes, ecstatic folk traditions, and private-press wonders rescued from the margins. No algorithm could lead you here, only a lifetime listener with an ear tuned to the beautiful and the strange.
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Light Rotation Radio
Listen to Lauren's life. Not the songs in heavy rotation across your regular radio dial, but the music you'll only likely to hear once or twice.
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New New Soft Shoe Show
Record store proprietor and longtime collector, David Swider, wraps his loving arms around your Monday mornings with solid selections from his incomparable collection. Let your ears be soothed.
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Seams Likely
Feelin’ like you’re in a funk on a Friday? No worries. Area man Will Randolph can bring you comfort with a patchwork quilt of tracks across genre, geography, and time. With a dash of absurdity thrown in for good measure.
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Somewhere There
Join long-time record collector Mike Brown on an eclectic musical journey to Somewhere There. Venture along a path that traverses genres and moods while mixing the obscure with the known and should-be-known from decades long-gone to the present.
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Song on the Radio
WYXR Executive Director, Robby Grant, and his pal, Winston Eggleston, let the world inside their minds.
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Straight from the Source
Host Elizabeth Cawein helps listeners discover how Memphis artists are still inventing, innovating, and introducing audiences around the world to the new sound(s) of Memphis. No genre rules, just all Memphis-made music, all the time. Plus interviews, guest curators, and more.
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Strange Mysterious Sounds
High quality music of lowly chart stature with host The Big G . Mysterious, non-charting 45s and forgotten LP cuts of all genres from every era of recorded sound. With the “emphasis on Memphis,” but advocating for the unknown, the curious, the under represented . . . and the mysterious.
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Switchin’ to Glide
Mom and pop proprietors of Memphis’ longest-running record store, Shangri-La Records, Lori and Jared McStay play odds and ends of all genres, including tons of Memphis music. Occasionally welcomes guest DJs and live performances from cherished local musicians.