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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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East Orange, NJ

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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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Episodes
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'change is rarely straight forward' - Rebecca Solnit /interview with Katie Brennan affordable housing expert from May 8, 2025

5/8/2025
Koto Shakuhachi - "largo" - A New Sound from the Japanese Bach Scene [0:00:00] mask - "in and out" - Disk Musik: A DD Records Compilation (V/A) [0:03:46] more eaze & claire rousay - "lowcountry" - no floor [0:08:17] memory pearl - "relaxation induction" - Cosmic-Astral [0:14:45] individual sensitivity - "greece ambientale" - Ambientale (compiled by Charles Bals) [0:20:19] Hiroshi Yoshimura - "satie on the grass" - flora 1987 [0:29:37] Satsuki Shibano - "Danses De Travers (Pièces Froides) 1897" - Wave Notation 3: Erik Satie 1984 [0:34:07] Mary Lou Williams - "cancer" - Zodiac Suite [0:38:48] sun ra - "we travel the spaceways" - Lights On A Satellite: Live at the Left Bank [0:41:26] Mary Lou Williams - "Praise the Lord" - presents black christ of the andes [0:48:40] [interview with KATIE BRENNAN , affordable housing expert.] [0:57:14] Mary Lou Williams - "people in trouble" - mary lou's mass [1:25:06] marvin gaye - "inner city blues ( make me wanna holler)" - great songs and performances that inspiredthe motown 25th anniversary t.v. special [1:28:26] The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - "freddie" - gemini [1:31:32] Lauryn Hill - "every ghetto every city" - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [1:36:46] mark stewart & maffia - "jerusalem" - pay it all back vol 1 v/a [1:41:41] janet kay - "capricorn woman ( strip mix) /dennis bovell" - dub dem silly dennis bovell presents janet kay in dub [1:45:19] asha puthli - "truth" - ash puthli [1:47:36] Brueder Selke & Midori Hirano - "scale A" - Split Scale [1:51:24] gavin bryars - "aria: irma you will be mine" - irma an opera by tom phillips [2:03:10] Tom Dissevelt & kid Baltan - "moon maid" - John Savage's Space: Light Years From Home [2:08:47] kyle jones - "this earthly round ( redux)/miriama young" - dualities [2:11:44] don cherry - "utopia and visions" - Black Fire! New Spirits! Radical and Revolutionary Jazz in the USA 1957-82 [2:20:20] Barney Wilen with Caroline de Bendern - "moshi too" - Moshi Too - Unreleased Tapes Recorded In Africa 1969-70 [2:26:44] cortex - "prelude a "go round"" - Troupeau Bleu [2:33:18] hyldon, adrian younge - "um lugar legal" - jazz is dead 23 [2:38:54] the mad lads - "i've never found a girl" - soul harmony: sweet soul vocals 1961-1984 [2:41:28] joe bataan - "Es Tu Cosa" - the unforgotten collection joe bataan king of latin soul [2:44:24] hollie cook - "used to be dub" - Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub [2:47:35] The Frightnrs - "i'd rather go blind" - If You Ask Me To: Victor Axelrod Covers for Daptone Records [2:50:53] honey cone - "The Day I Found Myself" - Soulful Tapestry [2:54:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151859
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'A sigh is weightless, yet it may interrupt the broadcast' - anne carson from May 1, 2025

5/1/2025
sade - "slave song" - lovers rock [0:00:00] Bobby Gentry - "big boss man" - the delta sweete [0:04:02] sun ra and his intergalaxtic arkestra - "Whistle While You Work" - second star to the right ( salute to walt disney) [0:06:39] lee dorsey - "Working in the Coal Mine" - the new lee dorsey [0:16:57] nina simone - "work song" - wild is the wind/high priestess of soul [0:19:37] dolly parton - "9-5" - ultimate [0:22:40] Merle Haggard - "workin' man blues" - okie from muskogee [0:25:30] loretta lynn - "the pill" - back to the country [0:27:45] billy bragg - "there is power in a union" - talking to the taxman about poetry [0:30:17] Lynn Anderson - - "fancy" - stay there 'til i get there [0:33:03] martin carthy - "i'm champion at keeping 'em rolling" - Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl [0:36:13] robert wyatt - "trade union" - nothing can stop us [0:39:06] glen campbell - "wichita lineman" - Wichita Lineman [0:42:48] Belle and Sebastian - "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying" - If You're Feeling Sinister [0:45:51] the chambers brothers - "people get ready" - the time has come [0:49:16] Creedence Clearwater Revival - "the working man" - Creedence Clearwater Revival [0:53:03] alice coltrane - "radhe-shyam" - Translucence [1:07:53] Don Slepian - "sea of bliss" - bliss out for days [1:13:45] glenn gould - "fugue in E major, BMV 878" - J. S. Bach goldberg variations BWV 988 [1:20:10] vashti bunyan - "diamond day" - just another diamond day [1:24:22] Aretha Franklin - "angel" - Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky) [1:26:06] Jorge Ben - "domingas" - jorge ben [1:30:28] eddie chacon - "empire" - lay low [1:33:56] EDUARDO POLONIO - "el reclinatorio en el tejado de la lejana abadia" - Eduardo Polonio: Obra electroacústica 1969-1981 [1:36:50] oksana linde - "mundos flotantes" - travesias [1:42:25] lookers - "thing" - deeper [1:46:29] maple fyshh - "You are Leaving My Mind/君がどんどん離れて行く = You Are Leaving My Mind" - you are leaving my mind [1:49:48] Park Jiha - "a story of little birds" - all living things [1:52:59] bridget st john - "fly high" - Gather in the Mushrooms: The British Folk Underground 1968-1974 [2:06:18] baroque jazz trio - "cesar go back home" - baroque jazz trio [2:09:42] nico - "fairest of the seasons" - American Baroque: Chamber Pop and Beyond 1967-1971 [2:16:46] alpha - "somewhere not here" - come from heaven [2:20:50] hugo filho/paraibo - "quem me viu por ai?" - paraibo [2:28:03] 5 stairsteps - "o-o-h child" - the best of the five stairsteps [2:36:46] donna marie - "the first time" - can't stop loving you [2:37:48] scritti politti - "skank bloc bologna" - early [2:41:43] The Lijadu Sisters - "bayi l'ense" - mother africa [2:47:42] akofa akoussah - "la lem" - akofa akouusah [2:55:03] singers & players - "bedward the flying preacher" - pay it all back vol 1 v/a [2:57:12] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151581
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'in nature nothing exists alone' - rachel carson from Apr 24, 2025

4/24/2025
nico - "my heart is empty" - chelsea town hall [0:00:00] Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian - "dar tamaannaye eshgh" - noor-e vojood [0:04:32] yusef lateef - "a flower" - Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon [0:15:34] asha puthli - "this is your life" - asha puthli [0:23:26] stairsteps - "everybody is a star" - Everybody Is A Star - The Sly Stone Songbook [0:28:16] will epstein - "will the morning come" - wendy [0:35:40] Meiko Kaji - "arijigoku" - yadokuri [0:39:10] Hiroshi Yoshimura - "over the clover" - flora 1987 [0:41:59] josephine foster - "blue roses" - no more lamps in the morning [0:48:35] Heron Oblivion - "seventeen landscapes" - heron oblivion [0:53:36] thiago nassif - "Vóz Unica Foto Sem Calcinha" - mente [1:04:53] nana, nelson angelo, novelli - "toshiro" - nana, nelson angelo, novelli [1:07:44] yai - "lotus eater" - sky time [1:11:29] shirley collins/ davey graham - "Hares on the Mountain" - folks roots, new routes [1:16:13] yaryu - "asobe" - for damage [1:19:01] freddy - "tengo qu decirte" - La Voz del Sentimiento [1:23:39] ahmed malek - "djalti" - Musique Originale de Films Volume 2 [1:25:50] baligh hamdi - "ennai" - Modal Instrumental Pop of 1970s Egypt [1:29:30] henry woods - "the stranger" - You Can Be a Star! Deep Disco and Crossover 70s Soul From the Now-Again and Soul-Cal Vaults (V/a) [1:34:53] Oumou Sangaré feat. Tony Allen - "yere faga" - mogoya [1:38:15] Flock - "how many are one" - Flock [1:43:45] cleo sol - "23" - mother [1:57:06] lee fieds - "Save Your Tears for Someone New" - sentimental fool [2:02:07] fleetwood mac - "hypnotized" - mystery to me [2:12:04] Skygreen Leopards - "summer alchemy" - one thosand bird ceremony [2:16:38] joan shelley - "singing to you" - mood ring [2:19:31] karen dalton - "katie cruel" - 1966 [2:22:43] daughter of the vine - "transcendentalists" - Mystic Valley PKWY EP [2:25:15] Klaus Johann Grobe - "when you leave" - Io Tu Il Loro [2:30:39] aoife nessa frances - "soft lines" - protector [2:35:09] anita o'day - "a woman alone with the blues" - All The Sad Young Men [2:40:53] my jazzy child - "tolstoy" - Extrac​ø​ntinent [2:44:04] The Lewis Express + Chip Wickham - "Sliced, Diced and fried twice" - Doo-Ha! [2:47:37] Ginger Bamboo - "stinlo" - Elsewhere CC (V/a) [2:48:31] Margeeah - "Rise Black Spirit" - looking for love [2:53:43] Eddie Chacon - "let the devil in" - lay low [2:58:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151390