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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.

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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.

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who is being served? too many creeps from Apr 30, 2026

4/30/2026
Ben Seretan & John Thayer - "peat fire" - sunbeam of no illusion [0:00:00] Rufus Harley - "nobody knows the troubles we've seen" - Re-Creation of the Gods [0:04:09] The Frightnrs - "trouble in here" - nothing more to say clarence smith - "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" - soul gospel v/a [0:14:14] merry clayton - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - gimme shelter [0:19:28] Alice Coltrane - "jaya jaya rama" - Huntington Ashram Monastery [0:24:57] hiroshi yoshimura - "kasumi" - Flora 1987 [0:35:05] Wednesday Knudsen - "conversation, open field" - atrium [0:41:02] Farao - "endelig" - Magical Thinking [0:47:17] Rosenau & Sanborn - "harm" - Two [0:51:38] The Durutti Column - "vigil" - Someone Else's Party [0:55:47] Cocteau Twins - "frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires" - heaven or las vegas [1:05:50] How to See Know and Fall - "sepia lycidas" - Egologies [1:11:25] junior - "mama used to say" - Ji [1:17:23] Junie - "junie II" - The Complete Westbound Recordings 1973-76 [1:23:35] louisa "markswoman" mark - "baby simone" - breakout [1:26:47] margie joseph - "one more chance" - keb darge & paul weller present lost & found real r'n'b & soul va [1:31:19] chris clark - "love's gone bad" - One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found disc 3 Willie Rosario - "Calypso Boogaloo" - Boogaloo Pow Wow - Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica [1:35:58] Mohinder Kaur Bhamra - "Mainu Apne Pyar Wich (Mystic Jungle Remix)" - punjabi disco [1:39:10] love joys - "sweet feelings" - reggae goodies vol 2 [1:44:12] julie driscoll - "i know you love me not" - One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found vol 4 [1:47:51] Julia Mestre - "marinou, limou feat marina lima" - Maravilhosamente Bem [1:51:52] the chosen few - "We are the Chosen Few" - Funk Spectrum III compiled by pete rock & keb darge [1:55:34] joe bataan and his mestizo band - "latin lover" - mestizo [2:07:09] Alisha - "All Night Passion" - The Perfect Beats Volume 2: New York Electro Hip Hop + Underground Dance Classics 1980-85 (v/a) v 3 [2:11:46] Stevie Wonder - "golden lady" - innervisions [2:17:15] Camera Obscura - "if looks could kill" - If Looks Could Kill [2:21:58] the pointer sisters - "send him back" - after hours 3 v/a [2:25:21] Common Sense - "Voices Inside My Head" - disco not disco : leftfield disco classics from the new york underground (v/a) [2:27:48] the ronettes - "Be My Baby" - The Ronettes Sing their Greatest Hits [2:34:09] charlie hilton - "long goodbye" - palana [2:36:41] prince jammy - "immigrant dub" - prince jammy presents strictly dub pressure sounds 67 [2:39:40] hollie cook - "ooh baby" - Shy Girl [2:43:19] sylvia striplin - "all alone" - funksoul sisters v/a [2:46:01] promise - "i'm not ready for love" - Home Schooled the abc's of kid soul [2:51:36] Lorraine Chandler - "i can't change" - jumpin' at the go-go [2:53:39] betty everett - "getting mighty crowded" - up all night 30 northern soul classics [2:55:46] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163751

Duration:03:08:34

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“Because libraries have always been a part of any civilization they are not negotiable. They are part of our inheritance.” ― Ali Smith, Public Library and Other Stories / interview with Xander Marro from Apr 23, 2026

4/23/2026
merkaba brotherhood - "galgalim" - the merkaba brotherhood [0:00:00] okonsi - "runner up" - pale jay/ okonsi [0:03:44] daphne oram / vera gray - "jumping and hopping/quick strong dance/quick and strong/quick and heavy" - listen move and dance [0:09:20] Greg Foat & Gigi Masin - "viento calido" - dolphin [0:13:10] mal waldron - "bits and things" - candy girl [0:19:55] marie -paule belle - "ca m'est egal" - marie-paule belle [0:27:41] Music behind DJ: jean-claude roche - "face 1" - oiseaux en Bretagne [background music] [0:29:53] blossom dearie - "It Amazes Me" - Once Upon a Summertime [0:35:52] Blossom Dearie - "They Say It's Spring" - Teach Me Tonight [0:39:59] Bobbi Humphrey - "set us free" - Flute-in feat lee morgan & billy harper [0:43:39] Bobbi Humphrey - "Mestizo Eyes" - Fancy Dancer [0:49:23] Blossom Dearie - "I like London in the Rain" - for cafe apres-midi [0:53:52] Bobbi Humphrey - "Freestyle" - Freestyle [0:56:22] Blossom Dearie - "just one of those things" - Give Him The Ooh-La-La [1:01:04] Bobbi Humphrey - "say the word" - The Good Life [1:12:40] Bobbi Humphrey - "i love every little thing about you" - dig this! [1:17:08] Dr John - "Mama Roux" - gris gris gumbo ya-ya [1:21:19] eddie kendricks - "just memories" - people...hold on [1:24:20] steely dan - "time out of mind" - gaucho [1:30:02] Terry Callier - "ordinary joe" - Chess Northern Soul v/a [1:33:39] Mohinder Kaur Bhamra - "Disco Witch Aa (Peaking Lights Remix)" - punjabi disco [1:38:04] asha puthli & say she she - "pawa! ( crazy P disco dub)" - Pawa! [1:44:41] Prince - "private joy" - Controversy [1:51:12] ippu-do - "sumire, september love" - lunatic menu [1:55:31] [interview with Xander Marro, Providence artist, puppet maker and non profit director.] [2:02:53] Parlinone - "Dodubdada (Maoupa Mazzoche & oli edit))" - underground wave v 7 [2:29:19] islaja - "skeleton Walk" - suu [2:32:53] ora cogan - "honey" - hard hearted woman [2:36:32] the jam - "pop art poem" - extras [2:40:49] Janet Kay - "silly dub" - dub dem smiley dennis bovel presents janet kay in dub [2:42:56] The Sorcerers - "ancestral machines" - other worlds habitats [2:47:25] Vazz - "breath" - Your Lungs And Your Tongues [2:51:02] blueboy - "sea horses" - if wishes were horses [2:55:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163516

Duration:03:08:40

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the commons, active hope from Apr 16, 2026

4/16/2026
Alemu Aga - "The Sacred Names of the Begena" - Elders of the Begena: The Harp of David in Ethiopia [0:00:00] harold budd/ brian eno - "wind in lonely fences" - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror [0:06:13] michael sterns - "as the earth kissed the moon ( excerpt)" - I Am the Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America, 1950-1990 hiroshi yoshimura - "dance PM" - wave notation: music for nine post cards [0:17:20] Field Commander Ali - "dark cloud" - The Next From Field Commander [0:23:36] Asha Bhosle - "mujhko bhi radha banale" - the greatest hits [0:34:36] master soman - "govind tero" - Indian Talking Machine Part Two: Instrumental Gems from the 78rpm Era [0:40:32] james tatum trio plus - "introduction" - spiritual jazz [0:43:38] brigitte fontaine - "la cotelette" - 13 Chansons Décadentes Et Fantasmagoriques [0:49:52] michael white - "the blessing song" - Spiritual Jazz XII: Impulse! [0:52:04] alan toussaint - "from a whisper to a scream" - Toussaint [0:58:04] nina simone - "here comes the sun francois K remix" - remixed and reimagined v/a [1:07:27] soulwax - "pills and people gone" - all systems are lying [1:15:49] band apa - "strainer" - band apa [1:18:38] the flirts - "helpless" - the best of "O" vol 2 [1:22:43] heaven 17 - "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing" [1:29:42] ghost power - "Asteroid Witch" - asteroid witch/ inchwork [1:33:28] harmonia - "kekse" - deluxe [1:37:15] eno - "the big ship" - Another Green World [1:41:07] mark isham/ marianne faithfull - "the hawk ( el gavilan)" - Trouble in Mind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1:50:48] The White Noise ( delia derbyshire) - "your hidden dreams" - An Electric Storm [1:51:13] gavin bryars - "the sinking of the titanic" - The Sinking of the Titanic (1975) [sunk april 15th 1912] [2:07:26] Jocelyn Montgomery with David Lynch - "caritas" - Lux Vivens (Living Light): The Music Of Hildegard Von Bingen [2:31:32] Asha Bhosle - "jivalga rahile re door ghar" - a musical journey [2:34:22] Mulatu Astatke - "Ené Alantchie Alnorem" - New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 [2:39:29] duncan browne - "cast no shadow" - duncan browne [2:44:28] Tim Bernardes - "meus 26" - mil coisas invisiveis [2:53:43] big star - "try again" - #1 Record [2:54:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163115

Duration:03:08:31

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"Why have we become like gods as technologists and like devils as moral beings..." Lewis Mumford from Apr 9, 2026

4/9/2026
wednesday knudsen - "skyline II" - atrium [0:00:00] Benoit Pioulard - "Xaipe" - stanza IV [0:07:15] Colleen - "sweet rolling" - the golden morning breaks [0:18:03] tomsits quartet - "dhrupad" - spiritual jazz volume 18: behind the iron curtain part 1 & 2 [0:22:30] Damian O'Neill - "inside out" - Imaginational Anthem vol. XIV : Ireland [0:28:52] Pharaoh Sanders - "elevation" - Elevation [0:43:29] Work Money Death - "a dance for the spirits" - A Portal To Here [1:01:49] joe meek - "i hear a new world" - I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy by Joe Meek [1:14:04] makaya mccraven - "what a life" - off the record [1:16:09] Dendo Marionette - "first deadly sin" - juvenile rock [1:20:57] Yukihiro Takahashi = 高橋幸宏 - "numbers from a calculated conversation" - Murdered by the Music [1:23:52] Y pants - "what do you take me for?" - y pants [1:28:22] aksak maboul - "didn't make it : balinoid" - Before Aksak Maboul (Documents & Experiments 1969–1977) [1:34:12] Che Vuoi - "le beau fruit rouge" - Cinecittàx [1:37:48] rhymies - "the hesperian ( again)" - i dream watching [1:41:34] yelle - "tu es beau" - pop-up [1:43:51] S Tone Inc - "beira do Mar" - gilles peterson back in brazil v/a [1:49:29] cortex - "La Rue" - Troupeau Bleu [1:55:21] Trembling Blue Stars - "what can I do to change your heart?" - Her Handwriting [2:06:18] ye ye - "a summer in saint-valery" - two brains for feet [2:11:27] Y.M.O. - "kimi ni munie kyun" - naughty boys & instrumentals [2:14:31] gilberto gil - "Miserere Nobis" - tropicalia ou panis et circercis v/a [2:18:35] the lijadu sisters - "come on home" - the rough guide to african disco [2:22:06] Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "Unity" - Oulele: Another Collection Of Modern Afro Rhythms v/a [2:27:32] Kenny Wolleson - "juini ( for arthur booth)" - the best of wollesonic records, v 4 Quartro [2:35:23] the setting - "corner song" - the setting [2:38:51] swingle singers - "aria (orchestral suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068)" - Jazz Sebastian Bach Vol. 1 [2:43:23] sternpost - "my silent dream" - unworld afterpop [2:46:39] will epstein - "standing at my standing desk" - yeah, mostly [2:49:25] francoise hardy - "il se fait tard" - l'amitie [2:52:34] Luke Temple and the Cascading Moms - "Emotional Volley" - hungry animal [2:54:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162982

Duration:03:08:25