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I want to thank Mike Dillon for being a guest on the proGram. Mike is one of those musicians who happens to be involved with many projects that I have shared throughout the years. It is always a pleasured reminder when speaking to artists like Mike of why I choose to do radio, and especially the conversation with the artist themselves part. The Mike Dillon Band is in town opening for Umphrey’s McGee at the Orpheum and we discussed what the set up for that would be, including the players in the band, the instrumentation and the way this New Orleans Punk sound works along-side what other bands do. We spoke of the differences his new release “Urn” provides a listener, the experience of dead flowers in a vase vs. live flowers…We even touched on how some of those other projects of his (Garage a Trois, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade) make their way into this new album and a live show. I also had time to feature some tuneaGe in this second part of the proGram….

OctopusE- Rock Candy Funk Party
Heaven on Earth- Larry Young
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Wig Wise- Terri Lynn Carrington
Alternate Agenda- Nick Finzer
The Blues is Alright- UCF Jazz Ensemble I & Jazz Workshop (Jeff Rupert Director)
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Chamans Interlude- Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee
DVS- the Mike Dillon Band
**Live on air Conversation with Mike Dillon**
Fluorescent Sunburn- the Mike Dillon Band
River is Burning- the Mike Dillon Band
All Inside (Photon Halo Remix)- Kyle Hollingsworth
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Wanderlust- Polly Scattergood
Under the Sun (Blue Foundation Remix)- Ghost Society
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Canaan- Mister Lies
The Bandit- Gorula
Rushin Attack- Latryx
Rocas- Bomba Estereo
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The Very Thought of you- Meiko
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Play- Marcelo Fruet & Os Cozinheiros
Reed Adventures- Thomas Lukassek
Wenik- Thomas Lukassek

The eyes miGht be tricked but I think the ears got it fiGured out. The first half of today’s proGram were not foolin’ anyone:

Never Grow Old- Oli Rockberger
My Home- Oli Rockberger
Caravan- Jacky Terrasson
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Hallelujah- T.V. Mike & the Scarecrows
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Haywood- Transient Songs
Instant Happiness- Gary Reynolds & the Brides of Obscurity
Water on the Brain- The Neutron Drivers
Light Years to Nothing- the Soft Hearted Scientists
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Cannonball- Sirsy
They Told Me- Sallie Ford & the Outside Sound
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Why Won’t you Tell Me- Swig
Cookie Jar- Grady Champion
Crazy Enough- Hadden Sayers
Keep on Smilin’- Wet Willie (live 8/13/2011 Woodstock GA)
Praise You- the Slide Brothers
I don’t Like you but I Love you- the Lucky Peterson Band Ft. Tamara Peterson (live at 55 Arts Club Berlin)
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Hit a Man- Treat Her Right
Standing by Your Window- Treat Her Right
A Little Strange- Twinemen
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Our Favorite Part- Superhuman Happiness
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I Bet your Good on the Dancefloor- Baby Charles
I Dream of Bahia- Ray Lugo L.E.S. Express Ft. Elani
Rehab- Trio Valore
Come on- Third Coast Kings
Yo Toda Tu Yo- the Rugged Nuggets

I want to thank J.T. Nero from Birds of Chicago for being a guest on the proGram. We chatted live on air about the upcoming show Friday, February 15th at the High Noon Saloon with Elephant Revival, the new album (self titled and self released) as well as the potential for the first rock opera about tapeworms. (the Itch?). The set building after the conversation used many different material as you will see to get the building up…..here’s the tools used:

Moonglow Tapeworm- Birds of Chicago
**Live on air Conversation with J.T. Nero of Birds of Chicago**
Sugar Dumplin’- Birds of Chicago
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Strictly Reserved for You- Charles Bradley
What I did in the Street- Barbara King
People- Ellipis
Life Goes on- Freak
the Feeling Sublime- Angeline Morrison
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Move as One- the Herbaliser
Good Man- Hundred Strong & Joseph Mailk Ft. Lou Angel
Garth Hudson- Javelin
The Stars- Javelin
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Pisicodelia- Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora (Chrissy Murderbot Remix)
Corked (Original Mix)- Nigel Hayes & Clare Large
Snap, Crackle and Pop- Dobie
Dirty Heart- AfroQben Ft. Ras Attitude
The People’s Reply- El Haqq
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Dubai- DJ Sun
It ain’t the Prettiest- Atmosphere Ft. Brother Ali/Carnage the Executioner/Haphduzn
La Bien, Le Mal- Guru Ft. MC Solaar
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Ride my Radio- Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric
Seven Lives- the Louie Belogenis Trio
Grass Roots- Terri Lynn Carrington
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Red Song- Vusi Mahlasela
Earthquake (translation 1)- Deep Forest->
Forest Power- Deep Forest
Om (invocation)- MC Yogi
Elephant Power- MC Yogi Ft. Bhagavan Das
Chakra Beatbox- MC Yogi

I want to thank J.C. (Wax Tailor) for being a guest on this portion of the proGram. We spoke of the upcoming show at the High Noon Saloon on February 6th. We got into the making of his latest project (Dusty Rainbow From The Dark), from the story of it all to the way it plays out…and we got into how each show musically and artistically brings out the influence within the experience. ConGrats to Sean for taking home a pair of tixx to the upcoming event. Here is the music that went with:

Cirrus- Bonobo
I Never Found Out- Adam & Bikini
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***Live on air Conversation with Wax Tailor***
Exordium- Wax Tailor
Dusty Rainbow- Wax Tailor Ft. Charlotte Savoy
Time to Go- Wax Tailor Ft. Aloe Blacc
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Incent- Christopher Franke
In the Middle with you- Jamie Dunlap/Scott Nickoley/Stephen Lang
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Lion Run- Midnight Spin
Damp Face- La Luz
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Ach pa ti Caribe- Abgel D’Cuba
Você- Dom La Nena
I am There- Grasshoppers
Saduva- Gibson Kente
No Vision- Elikeh
Mommy Daddy You & I- Talking Heads
With my Hands- Kimbra
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Dionysian- Mister Lies
Buffalo Flower- the Mynabirds
Heart Seed- DJ Sun Ft. Leah Alvarez
Single Status- Mozart’s Sister
Theia- Hundred Waters

It’s all about the you choose….

Here’s the first half of the show’s chosen:

Flying Dreams- Birds of Chicago
Old Numbers- Caitlin Rose
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Set Ourselves Free- Uncle Lucius
Underdog- Sol Driven Train
All Night Long- Swig
Some People are Born Strange- Big Harp
Good News- Big Harp
MT. Washington- Local Natives
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She got Kick- Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Easy Street- Wet Willie (live in Woodstock, GA)
Blue Moon of Kentucky- Hot Tuna (live at Sweetwater)
Lonesome Johhny Blues- Leftover Salmon/Cracker
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Nobody’s fault but Mine- the Como Mamas
Are you Ready Cat- Angeline Morrison
Tsunami- the Rugged Nuggets
Lost in the Crowd- Billy Byrd
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Right on for the Darkness- Willie Wright
I’ve got it- Tobert
Twin Peaks- Alice Russell
Stars- Cochema Gastelum
If you don’t Mean it (I don’t Need it)- the Dynamites Ft. Charles Walker
Good Times- Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra (live at Brooklyn Bowl)
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Mother Dove- the Herbaliser
Flower Sermon- Lotus (live) ->
Sunrain- Lotus (live)
Dope on a Rope- Rock Candy Funk Party
DnA (Miles Away from Home)- Chris Spies

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If you know you can follow, if you get lost you can carve anew….the starting line can be erased and the finish line often is found elsewhere…go with the flow…go with the flow. The music in the second half of the proGram’s setlist is a guide only..here it is:

Sunny is Drunk- Mike Dillon
Hit There- Poogie Bell Band ->
Dark & Happy- Poogie Bell Band
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Wake up- Heem the Music Monsters
Teacherman- Barbara St. Claire
Funktown- Nate Calhoun
Mellow Feeling- Barbara Lynn
Street Beats- Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom
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Wait & See- the Heshoo Beshoo Group
Last Time- the Anchors
Flaming Souls- Mosquito
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Peace to you- RonKat Spearman Katdelic Ft. George Clinton/Kim Manning/Belita Woods
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High- Seravince
Truth- Karen Nielsen
New World- Zap Mama (live KCRW Studio)
Asa Branco- Ballake Sissoko
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Garden- Papadosio
The Throwaway- Yancy Boys Ft. Frank Nitt
Time to Get Loose- All Good Funk Alliance Ft. Bigstuff & Tank (Skeewiff Remix)
No Time to Play- Guru Ft. Ronny Jordan & DC Lee
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Johnny B Goode- Lorenzo MenzerSchmidt
Check the Gage- Lorenzo MenzerSchmidt

I want to thank Ken Field for being an impromptu guest on the proGram today. Even on his birthday we made it a point of to connect and discuss his latest release on Innova Recordings, Sensorium: Music for Dance and Film”, the Honk! Festival (featuring Madison’s own Forward Marching Band), his work with musAner as well as Animal/Mineral/Vegetable importance. We share Sandhill Crane importance and of course, my time with him would not be complete if I didn’t find out he’ll be getting me some new tracks from Revolutionary Snake Ensemble soon. Here is what the barrel had in it before that chat:

Barocco- Dylan Rose
Avoid Sprinter- Curtis Hasselberg ->
Tux is Traitor- Curtis Hasselberg
Walking- the Kandinsky Effect
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Breathless- Grooving in Green
the Fruit is for Everyone- the Growlers ->
Derka Blues- the Growlers
Uptown Drifter- Vernon Reid
Heading for a Fall- Auralcandy
Daisies- the Soft Hearted Scientists
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Stoned Immaculate- Jim Morrison w/the Doors
Hot Jelly Roll Blues- Hot Tuna
the Beacon- Blues Traveler
I’m a Mess- Lorenzo MenzerSchmidt
One Track Mind- Wet Willie (live Woodstock GA)
Knocking- the Lucky Peterson Band Ft. Tamara Peterson (live at the 55Arts Club Berlin)
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Button to Button- Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee
OnOff- Ken Field
Noozy- Ken Field
***On air Conversation with Ken Field***
FrontBack- Ken Field
Two Way Ticket Across the Black Sea- musAner

the final part of the proGram keeps the nest a rockin’ and the branches swinGin’:

Halla Bol- Red Baraat
Demons- Mike Dillon
Ghumba Zumba- Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee
Bed- Ken Field
Level it Out- Actual Proof
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Chaing Gang- Ladysmith Black Mambazo Ft. Lou Rawls
Ntombi Mbali- Vusi Mahlasela
Come with Me- the Heroes
Intandane- Phillip Malea & the Movers
Little Girl- Soul Throbs
Can you Feel it- Electric Six
Allelujah Amen- Olufumi
Wulu Wulu- Bongo Kwue
Change- Kiwi
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Just a Hand (Secai Remix)- Blue Foundation
Get your Sh*t Together- Pilowfight
Slicker than Most- Guru Ft Gary Barnicle
Plush- Tiga
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Conchis Bliss- Midnight Spin

and Gotcha….these will be tracks you’d be sure to be ok with being trapped with:

Hour of Magic- Jim Morrison with the Doors
the A470 Song- the Soft Hearted Scientists
Don’t Run & Hide- the Higher State
Even the Light- Grooving in Green
Sector Drift- ProjeKct Two
Sector Patrol- ProjeKct Two
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Subterranean Homesick Alien- Radiohead (Acoustic KRCW Studio)
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria- Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats
Tragic Mulatto Blues- Jacky Terrasson
Brazil- Lou Pallo Ft. Frank Vignola
Blind- Talking Heads
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The Third Degree- the Dynamites Ft. Charles Walker
Bill Collector- the Jive Turkeys
No Goodbyes- Cochemea Gastelum
Spicy Brown- Third Coast Kings
Hittin’ it Hahd & Sweet- Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom
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Nassau Jam (Smoove’s Funky Jam Remix)- the Bahama Soul Club
All is All- RonKat Spearman Katdelic
Hug Lorenzo (Daytoner Remix)- Nick Pride & the Pimptones
Don’t Play Around- DJ Nu Mark Ft. Aloe Blacc & Charles Bradley
Satellite Beneath the Stars- Osunlade
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Chaos (Eymarel Remix Ft Agent 23)- Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band
I’m Feelin’ you- DJ VAdim Ft Greg Blackman (Mind Elixir Remix)
A Stop Motion Bloom- Wax Tailor
the Sound- Wax Tailor Ft Mattic

On a day to celebrate beings of honor, go on your ways that have yet to be discovered and sniff:

Effervescing Elephant- Cat Doorman
Let’s Skateboard- the Not Its!
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Watson Allman- Sam Bush
the Bald Headed Judge- Dirk Powell
These Days- Dr. Dog
I Will Come- Alpha Rev
Levi- Old Crow Medicine Show
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The Wanderer- Sons of Huns
Timesnakes- Sun Angle
He’s Frank (Slight Return)- the BPA Ft. Iggy Pop
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For once- Ra Ra Riot
Sacred Ground- Adam Ezra Band
Medication- Daniel Pearson
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Motorcycle 666- Pop Levi
…The Establishment Blues- Sixto Rodriguez
I bet you Gotta Come Back to me- Buzzy Linhart
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We Can’t End this Way- Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Water on my Fire- Albert Lee
Best Damn Fool- Buddy Guy (live at Legends)
Smooth Sailing- the Lucky Peterson Band Ft. Tamara Peterson (live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin)
I live the Life I Love- James Blood Ulmer & the Memphis Blood Blues Ft. Vernon Reid (live Lowdown Husdon Blues Fest)

Sending the third portion of the show to the new space….same place….lost face…..

Try it- Sky Picnic
Sugarfoot Stomp- Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee
Ding Dong the Party is Over- Mike Dillon
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So Strange- Hundred Strong & Joseph Malik Ft. Lou Angel
I can’t Cry No More- Adrian Younge
Luna Moth- Osunlade->
Sour the Plan- Osunlade
Day One- Toro Y Moi
Blood in the Water- Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra
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Shosholoza- Ladysmith Black Mambazo Ft. Lucky Dube/Bhekumuzi Luthull/Hugh Masekela/Thandiswa Mazwai & Friends
Heaven in my Heart- Vusi Mahlasela Ft. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Gwinyitshe- the Toreadors
Back Home Soul- Down Tones
Bazali Bam- Bazali Bam
Sun Never Set- Kiwi
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Little Betelnut- Red Baraat->
Tenu Leke- Red Baraat

I found these next tracks while hiding out under the bridGe. The sentiment isn’t lost when stopping to think about the titles and the path. The middle portion of the proGram has been sent in motion like a surprising flow thru the tunnels into the field where the normal is only air. Trying to breathe them in:

Soldier- Adam Ezra Group
When you Gonna Run- Aplha Rev
Higher (Supermom)- Elin Ruth
Put out Your Shoulder- Night Moves
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Rock Paper Scissors- the Not Its!
Yeah!- Cat Doorman
Stinkeye- Bill Harley & Keith Munslow
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Party Kids- Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
Criminal- Yonder Mountain String Band
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Don’t Look Twice- Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Too Long in Exile- Van Morrison
Freight Leader- Eric Clapton/Jimmy Page
Somebody had Their Head Kicked in Tonight- Fleetwood Mac
Hole in my Life without you- Buzzy Linhart
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The World’s in a Tangle- Lucky Peterson Ft. Tamara Peterson (live @ 55 Arts Club Berlin)->
Kiss- Lucky Peterson Ft. Tamara Peterson (live @ 55 Arts Club Berlin)

It was a pleasure today to have friend and scene manager Ankur Malhotra of Amarrass Records in studio today to talk about all things Amarrass Records including the Amarrass Derest Music Festival, work with amazing musicmen like the Barmer Boys and Lakha Khan and Sakar Khan, as well as a mutual friend in Vieux Farka Touré. Describing the field recordings in detail and the live desert fest from the man who helped make it go was like being there. We will certainly be inviting Ankur back on to fill us in more about this great music, and the wonderful people helping to keep it alive. Here s what happened in the first part of the show when he and I were in the now:

Nothing 19- Milford Graves
The Cosmos- Sun Ra
Free Music Quartet #1- Free Music Quartet
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Born in a Suitcase- Either Orchestra
Sanity- Ken Field ->
Final E- Ken Field
13A Corner View from Robin Street- Reggie Quinerly
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In studio introduction to Amarrass Records with Ankur Malhotra
Na Maar Naina de Teer (intro)- Lakha Khan ->*
Na Maar Naina de Teer (in Raag Bilawal)- Lakha Khan*
Bamer Jam #1- Bamer Boys (live Amarrass Desert Music Fest 2011)
Train Song #1- Sakar Khan*
Meeting of the Mintrals (Desert Jam #2)- Vieux Farka Touré/Lakha Khan/Madou Sidiki Diabate/Barmer Boys (live Amarrass Desert Music Fest 2011)
In studio Outroduction of Amarrass Records with Ankur Malhorta

* Denoted Field Recordings First Time Aired Ever.

and I landed with Fareed Haque. I want to thank Fareed for being an outta this world guest on the proGram. We spoke of so many interplanetary elevated concepts such as how to extrapolate the being of the sound, the energy exchanGe of a live show (this Thursday 1/17 High Noon Saloon), the essentials of Mathgames! and the ancient and the new dance toGether. Along the way, the third part of the proGram went zipping thru space with the vibrations of these songs in your inner ear-holes:

Can’t Have Enough- the Dynamites Ft. Charles Walker
Roughneck- Third Coast Kings
Time Wasting- Baby Charles
Sunny Sunday- Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom
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Sitting Here all Alone- the Waters
YuYo- Bobby Hutchenson
Afrodisia- Kenny Dorham Octet
Afreaka- Lee Morgan
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Soul Time Nzimande Go- Bra Sello & His Band
Wozani Mahipi- Mahotella Queens
Skophom- The S.A. Move
Soul “Imbaq”- the Soul Prophets
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Live on air Conversation with Fareed Haque***
Trimodal- Mathgames!
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Time to Bounce- Tom Tom Club
Mackin’ with no Hands- RonKat Spearman Katdelic
Brighter Day- Nick Pride & the Pimptones (Fab Samperi Remix)
One Day- Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Ft. Raphael Saadiq
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Banana Skank (Wafa Remix)– Roots Manuva
Agbambo- Bongos Kwue
Las Alturas De Simpson- Piquete Tipico
La Patera- Watcha Clan
Say That- Toro Y Moi
Just to Make me Feel Good- Adam & Bikini

Give it to me straiGht doc, I can take it……..Here……:

Can’t Get Away- Sixto Rodriguez
So you Wanna be a Rock N Roll Star- Patti Smith
Louisiana 1927- Randy Newman (live KCRW Studio)
The Fall of Troy- Tom Waits (live KCRW Studio)
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Hey Hey, My My (into the black)- Neil Young & Crazy Horse (live)
Worried Down with the Blues- Gov’t Mule Ft. Grag Rzab (live)
Uptight- Tedeschi Trucks Band (live)
Gentrification Blues- Scrapomatic
Golden Hour- Twinemen
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My Little Playhouse- Steve Freund (live)
HooDoo Man Blues- Willie BIG EYES Smith (live)
West Coast Idea- Eric Clapton
Look Down at my Woman- Jeremy Spencer
That Ol’ Mule- Stevie DuPree & the Delta Flyers
100% Dynamite- Lulubelle III
Let’s do it Like They did- Sol ->
Mister Frank- Sol
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Ghost Song- Jim Morrison w/the Doors
All the World is Love- the Seventh Ring of Saturn
Then the Heartache Begins- the ReStoned
The Midnight Dance of the Mexican Vampire- Soft Hearted Scientists
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Liquid Diet- Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats
Introspection- Mac Gollehon ->
Casino 14- Mac Gollehon

The siGht forced the space of place to reconcile the other. Join me on this walk…

Outer Space Inc.- Sun Ra
Dolphy’s Days- Sonny Simmons
Ghosts- Albert Ayler
The Ark- Ornette Coleman (live Town Hall Concert 1962)
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{Autumn} Allegro- Chinese Baroque Players
Vertigo Suite, the Nightmare- Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley
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Interludio IV- Omar Sosa ->
Angustiado- Omar Sosa
Otic- Mario Pavone Octet
Wee (Allen’s Alley)- Dizzy Gillespie
Stomp Off, Let’s Go- the Fat Babies
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Freedmantown Interlude- Reggie Quinerly ->
The Virginia Gentleman- Reggie Quinerly
Nutty/Ode to Billie Joe- Either Orchestra
Scrapple from the Apple- Steve Bailey
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Is there Life on Zarg?- ProjeKct Two ->
Low Life in Sector Q3- ProjeKct Two
Mistaken Identity- Vernon Reid
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High Wire, the Aerialist- Corea, Clarke & WHite Ft. Chaka Khan (live)
Just a Gigolo- Jacky Terrasson
Everything is Broken- Ben Sidran ->
Highway 61 Revisited- Ben Sidran
Caravan- Lou Pallo Ft. Nokie Edwards

Placed just so:

Blue Mug- Gus Gus (Live KCRW Studio)
Paranoid Jungle- Midnight Magic
Summalove- Third Coast Kings
Hotdoggin’- Nick Pride & the Pimptones (Diesler Remix)
Kind of Latin Rhythm- the Juju Orchestra (Smoove Remix)
7th Street Groove- Empresarios
A Cool Cat in Town- Tape Five Ft. Brenda Boykin
Seven Nation Army- Nostalgia 77 Ft. Alice Russell
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Bollymunster- the String Cheese Incident (live)
Shruggy Ji- Red Baraat
DiDJeridoo- Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band
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Tiba Kamo- Phillip Malela
Akulalwa- the Mgababa Queens
Funky Message- the Heroes
Olesafrica- Elikeh
Lover- the Cast of Fela Ft. Antibalas
Ministry of Aggression- Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra
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Congalegra- Horace Parlan
Batuque- Dom La Nena
Una Samba en Chicago- Angel D’Cuba
Jetsetter- Musaner
Trembling- the Saffron
Takasim Salama- the Egyptian Project
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African Dub Crossing the Fantims of an Opera- Denis Péan
Gold Dub- Resonators
Morpheus- Danny Moon
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Last Train to Kingston- Beaten by Them
Early Morning- Issac Delusion
Safety’s Off- Beacon
Seamazen- Colin Edwin & Jon Durant
Galactic Cowboy- DJ Sol Rising
Angle It- Nappy Riddem (DJ Wood Remix)
Tonight- Dark Party
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The Fat East Coast- Exodus Quartet
Summer Down- Kevin England
As Red as my Eyes Get- Peace Bureau
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Intro- Guru