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.
Tag: Rock
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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.
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Baroque Down Palace
Heard weekly on WYXR and other stations where available
A weekly, hour-long music program hosted by musician Pat Sansone (The Autumn Defense, Wilco).
This program explores the rich musical landscape of the 1960s and 1970s, blending well-known hits with deep cuts across genres. With a focus on songs that incorporate symphonic touches or classical influences, Sansone provides context and stories behind each track, spotlighting artists like Roberta Flack, The Who, The Left Banke, Jose Feliciano, Dusty Springfield, Tim Buckley, and Isaac Hayes.
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Beale St. Caravan
Memphis music patrons and professionals Pat Mitchell-Worley and Jared “Jay B.” Boyd get personal with the town’s most treasured acts, along with the international artists who wear their Bluff City influences on their sleeves.
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Between Your Ear
Cassette connaisseur Noah Miller hosts a weekly retrospective honoring all things recorded to tape, from music to self-help advice to answering machine messages.
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Burnt Ends
Those tough and smoky bits that for years were cast away by most and relished by few. Rock, soul, country . . . ragged, but right. Hosted by Eric Plumley.