MuSicaL wEt wIlliE

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and my moist finger also brought this:

Do I do- Deborah Flores w/Marcus Miller
Without You- Incognito
Comfort Zone- Fourplay
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Water No Get Enemy (Fela Tribute)-Chelsea Baratz
Vincent’s Respect- Jamal Thomas
Making the Circle- Snarky Puppy
Memphis Underground-Soul Summit ft. Karl Denson/Sherrod Barnes (live)
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Wang Dang Doodle-Sam Moore/Keb Mo/Angie Stone
Snake Woman- Charlie Wooton Project
Hallelujah, I’m a Dreamer- Papa Mali
Can’t Come with you- Seth Walker
Politician- Nick Moss
I Don’t Believe you- Len Price 3
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Timekiller- Algernon
Backsheech- Marc Wagnon
Redemption- Afroskull
the Large S- Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Dax McCarthy’s Magic Elixir- the Twin Cats
Juicy Peach- Teddy Presberg
Intro Duction- Marcus Miller
Bruce Lee- Marcus Miller
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Got the Hunger- Alice Russell (Llorca Remix)
All Alone- Alice Russell (Mocean Worker Remix)
In a Song- DJ Center feat Middle Child
Can’t Figure out Crazy- Andre Lasalle/Sherry Scott
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Love- Lovespirals
Into the Light- JJ
Bloody Palms- Phantogram
Barracudub- Gaudi
Shimla- David Starfire
Sufi Disco- the Spy from Cairo
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Hit that Jive, Jack-Nat King Cole (Souldiggaz&Izza Kizza)
But her Name???- Kenautis Smith
and You Know what- Ursula Rucker
Papa Was a Rollig Stone- the Temptations (DJ Jazzy Jeff/Pete Kuzma Solefull remix)
Brother Man- Larry McDonald
Give Peace a Chance- Ono (DJ Dan Mix)
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Rear Entry Jazz- No Luck CLub
Prelude#1-the Tao of Groove
I’ll be Right here-DoodleBUG w/DOR & Blame One
Rudy- Dissent (Ticklah Remix)
Aguilas & Cobras- Brownout
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Gotta Clean up the World 2-Funky Music Machine
Brown Funk (for Ray)- Christan McBride
Cold Flavor Repair- Big Wayne
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I’ll Call you Tomorrow- NRG Ensemble
Globalizacion- Fernando Otero
Lo Que Me Hace Vivir- Roberto Fonseca
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Just in Time- Corey Harris
Del Close- Bill Frisell
the Bridge- Kyle Hollingsworth feat Robert Randolph
Slow as Molasses- Catherine Russell

Triceratops Walk

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Today was a show built around putting the leash on the triceratops and letting the Horns out and ear’bout…..Here’s what happened for the horny morning fill in show:

Snacks- the Twin Cats
Tired of Fighting- Menahan Street Band
Classroom Agenda- Paul Carr
Philo’s Groove- Chelsea Baratz
Outerlude (Still Thursday)- Ravi Coltrane
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Eddie & Cameron Strike Back/Satchel Paige-Fight the Big Bull w/Steven Bernstein
Power Patriot- Garage a Trois
Davel’s Return- Dirk Quinn Band
Lobster Leaps in- the Microscopic Septet
Let’s Move to Cleveland- Ed Palermo Big Band
Looking Outward- Sun Ra
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Black Hole- Eric Biondo
Don’t Forget to Turn out the Light-the Perfect Man w/Secretary
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Rosa Taylor Blues- Skeebo Knight
Dum Maro Dum- Red Baraat
Taketron- Slavic Soul Party
Balcumbia- Balkan Beat Box
Soul Makossa- Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Alley Cats- Ilhan Ersahin w/Erik Truffaz
Turn on your Lovelight- Bonerama (live)
Loveland- Tower of Power
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Give it Wheels- A.K.A.C.O.D. (live)
Rope on Fire- Club d’Elf
El Senor esta Contigo- El Movimento
American’t- Christian Scott

Sound Spyder

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I want to thank all the people who made it into the Ear Trap and stuck around for the duration. I appreciate all those WEB listeners. Thanks to Josh Charles for finding the time to hang with us today and talk about his new album, the recent and soon coming gigs as well as how he created the N.O.town sound that is what he has coined his newest style….Check out what lead us there.

Tangled up in Blue- Drew Emmitt
Shenandoah Breakdown- Jerry Douglas
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Need you now- Ned Evett
Ship of Fools- the Doors
Driving Song- Undersea Poem
A Complete Unknown- AM
The Life you Save May be your own- Beat Circus
Filthy Habits- Frank Zappa
The Girl who Became a Machine- the Len Price 3
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Sintro- Purgatory Hill
Blues of Sin/Babylove- Purgatory Hill
Georgia Redsnake- Nick Moss
Sen sa Shun- Freddie King
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Call it Static- Quincy Bright
Feelin’ Good- Bama & the Family
Glaciers of Ice- El Michels Affair
I learned the Hard Way- Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
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Looking for the Light- Karen Gibson Roc
R.hythm A.nd P.oetry- Desdamona
the Game of Love-Nat King Cole w/Salaam Remi & Nas
Black Histroy- Kenautis Smith
Scratchinatanitchouttareach-Baby Elephant w/George Clinton
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Con El Cuete- Brownout
Cumbia del Caribe- Fruko y Orquestra
la Iguana- Lila Downs (live)
Magnolia Soul- Ozomatli
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All we can do- the New Mastersounds (JD73 remix)
Rise & Shine- Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
Bouncer- Steve Kimock Band
the Banker- Particle
Freakin’ Disco- the John Scofield Band
Boo Boo’s pik a nik- Kyle Hollingsworth
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Brothers- Tommy T
Running from the Cops- Phantogram
The Beat- David Starfire feat. I Catching
Jennaty- the Spy from Cairo feat Ghalia Benali
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Love Work & Money- Josh Charles
**On Air conversation w/Josh Charles**
Healing Time- Josh Charles
Struttin’ w/Some Barbeque- Catherine Russell
Solamente Pasion- Gabriele Tranchina

the Burnt Sugar Collective

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Mizik Pou Dwa Moun disc 1. A compilation for the People of Haiti.

Musi­cal con­tri­bu­tions by: Satch Hoyt, Micah Gaugh, The Per­fect Man-Dave ‘Smoota’ Smith (feat. Sec­re­tary), Brazz Tree, Maya Azu­cena, Moist Paula Hen­der­son, The Cit­i­zens, ISWHAT, Day­ton Flic, Jere­miah, Will Mar­tina, Bruce Mack, Meret Koehler, The Avram Fefer Trio, Ladell Mclin and Swiss Chris, Mois­tur­izer, The Destruc­tion of Black Civ­i­liza­tion, BT3 and Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber.

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Taking you away

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I want to thanks Mr. Paul Sanchez for being a part of the show today. He has a lot going on with Threadhead Records, a new live release as well as a musical and a project with Shamar Allen called “Bridging the Gap” coming to our ears soon. Cannot wait to share those things with you.

Hey Baby- Bo Diddley
Peace and Glory- Jamie McLean Band
Lola Leave your light on- Gov’t Mule
Midnight Man- the Allman Brothers Band
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Cantelope Blues- Phillip Reebuck
Nightshade- the Subdudes
For What it’s Worth- Nick Moss
Before I Find the Right Girl for Me- Rockie Charles
If you Wanna Rock-N-Roll- John Hammond
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The Woman on the Radio- the Citizens
Sup Fazha- Ed Alstrom
Glad it’s Night- Ivan FUNKBOY Bodley
Somebody’s got it Better….-the Dynamites feat Charles Walker
Let me let Go of you- Clarence Bucaro
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**On air conversation with Paul Sanchez**
Wakes me up to say Goodbye- Paul Sanchez/John Boutte
If I Only had a Brain- Paul Sanchez & Shamar Allen
Okra & Tomatoes- John Ellis & Double Wide
Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful- Prince
Enjoy- Kenautis Smith
Walk with me- RJD2
Hotel Caledonia- Gaudi
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That’s me Inside- Desdamona
Falling into place- Carmen Rizzo
You & I- Wax Poetic
Danza- Fernando Otero

P.O.S. & Dessa

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A jam packed house at the High Noon Saloon got what they were looking for with P.O.S. who later on in the even ing mentioned to the crowd that it felt like this was the largest crowd to witness a P.O.S. show. NICE!!! Being ill didn’t stop Dessa and her producer, DJ Plain Ole Bill from setting the scene a blaze with timely serious lyrics and timing that made a duo like this seem like more. Doing tracks off her latest release “A Badly Broken Code” keep the start of my evening fresh and I think I could have done with even a few more moments with Dessa, which I will seek out from the album. Sometime after midnight P.O.S. hit the stage, and kept the truth spitting out deep and real. The crowd was more than willing to be connected to the performance, as it often is here in Madison and they made P.O.S. feel at home here. As the lyrics twisted around his tongue and slapped the faces out there, the beat was kept steady with DJ Plain Ole Bill and later on opening acts Dessa and Astronautalis (who I sadly missed) onstage separately, too, for a few right-on collaborations. Lesson….if P.O.S. comes back to town, get a ticket EARly. No NO, EARlier than that!

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RJD2 Tears it up

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When I got there Break Science was just in the swing of that dub-steppin’ live mix drum sampling sweetness that was a sure fit opening up for the explosion that RJD2 had in store for the huge crowd inside the Majestic Theater. They got real nasty with the last jam, looping the soulful from the beat and keeping it sustained until it was in time with the crowd heart beat. This crowd had an identity of its own by the time RJD2 hit the stage with his massive turntable/production/mixing center. The visual stimulation is not a strong as those soaked in with the ears, but my eyes were left in a thankful state. Taking what he feels inside and what our togetherness brought to him, RJD2 ripped some serious funked up grooves without the need for headphones, with the feel of a fighter pilot he took us to a sound battle and we cam back a scene on a billboard. A moment in RJD2’s time is a place to be. He balanced time between mixing/singing some and strumming a guitar with the band….which added that rock-step to the live exploration going on, that bomb dropping with rhythm, a sonic scene with ears of its own that had a perfect musical guide. When a show makes me feel like I couldn’t get it back if I missed it, I am left remembering why it is we love the thing(s) music can do.

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Undersea Poem

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Have you ever felt like you were walking on the shore of a perfect place and had a loss of words to describe it? Have no fear because this duo has remembered them for you, “Undersea Poem” from Six Degrees is the project of Chris Root and Juju Stulbach. With each trip to their favorite spots on the Pacific coast of Mexico or to the beaches of Brazil, they’ve been inspired to document their adventures into dreamy, sexy and uniquely intimately individualized songs. . Undersea Poem is the band and the album that has been something I feel like I have been waiting for since the disbandment of Root & Stulbach’s much-loved trio, Mosquitos, and it showcases their most captivating songs yet. This is music that can be as close to you as anything has been and still leaves you searching for the end of the ocean, or is it the beginning.

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Rat a tat Chat

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I was busy in the studio today, three different interviews, all of which were great additions to the show….I want to thank Taj for using my tag line with his campaign to inform the people of St. Lucia of the risks creating such a large number of diabetes in the country. I want to thank Peter for being available on the road supporting such a fantastic album, and Charlie for being a person I feel I have known for so long, musically and otherwise.

The World’s Longest Hot Dog- Brother Dege
Come Around- the Contribution
Orangutan- Charlie Wooton Project
$4/Gal- Teddy Presberg
My Darling what a Shame- Moist Paula Henderson
Hard Groove- the RH Factor
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Work Very Hard- Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (live)
the Nod- Fat Freddy’s Drop
**Conversation with Taj Weekes**
Little Fire- Taj Weekes & Adowa
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Strings- DJ Center
the Shining Path- RJD2 feat. Phonte Coleman
Takin’ you Back- Dayton Flic w/JUSTICE Dilla X
Here we go- Ozomatli
Cookie Puss- Liquid Soul (live)
So Hard to Say- Charlie Wooton Project
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**Conversation with Peter Seymour of Project Trio**
Visual Machine-m Project Trio
Put Everything Together- Plus
Athens- Charlie Hunter
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***Conversation with Charlie Wooton***
Day Dreaming ’bout you- Charlie Wooton Project

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Who’s got the …G Love??

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The Barrymore Theatre did on Saturday night and man, was it just what the doctor ordered. Opening the night was Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, with their reggae dub-rock grooves that satisfied the urges of the swaying masses, and got people ready to get ready. But it was G Love and Special Sauce that the people came to hear and feel and slap five with….they hit us hard in the beginning of the set with some heavy hip-hopped rock, that led right into a long drawn out jazzy versions of classic sounding tracks dripping with some special sauce~ a recipe special for a night made under a Madtown moon. After several Sauce heavy tracks, it was time for Garrett to get one on, well…way more than one as the balcony had little room left..he sat with his acoustic guitar and gave us some blues reminiscent of our old pal John Hammond Jr and the crowd really seems to dig that slowed down portion of the show, kinda personal….kinda cool. What was even better is when the Sauce dripped back out on the stage and we got to get down with our Superhero Brother, do a little wiggling like a worm and the question was finally asked at us….”Who’s got the ….?” and as it turns out, not only did many in attendance come prepared to answer that skunky kinda question, but even G himself seemed to have a little smoke pouring out of himself as the first note dropped..I always have a fun time checking on the current tour of G Love and Special Sauce and this time was no different as my ears were psyched to sample some new tracks sure to be on the next album. Thanks to Paco T for introducing me to this sound way back when I was a step taller than a shorty.

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Sun and Shine

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Got an extra hour on the front end of the show and had the honor of chatting on air with Melissa O’Malley, Co-Founder/President of MASH PIT. It was a beautiful crisp morning and there was plenty of sun and a bunch of shine.

Outskirts of Town- Willie Nelson & Keb Mo
the Thrill is Gone- Willie Nelson & BB King
Hey Joe- Jerry Douglas
Honky Tonk Woman- Old & in the Gray
Memphis in the Meantime- Sam Bush w/Jerry Douglas (live)
You don’t mess Around w/me- Waylon Jennings
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Aftermath USA- Drive by Truckers
Hit Somebody (the Hockey Song)- Warren Zevon
Quit Playing Games w/god- Mark Mothersbaugh
Move with you- Pork Tornado
Let me Take you to the Beach- Frank Zappa
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I am the Cool- Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Lil’ Liza Jane-Dr. John/Chris Barber Jazz Band (live)
Chevrolet- Taj Mahal
Atlas- the Wood Brothers (live)
Viva La Raza- Latin Playboys
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Fish in the Dish- Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
This & That- Jamal Thomas
This That & the Other Thing- Skeebo Knight
American Woman- Trombone Shorty (live)
What is Hip?- Marcus Miller
Redd Foxx- the Poogie Bell Band
Cumana- Ed Alstrom
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It’s all About Time- Horace X
Haram Aleyk- Natacha Atlas
Dr. Nick- Project Trio
Sweet Child O’Mine- Project Trio
Grass- Project Trio
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Snake Woman- Charlie Wooton Project
a Mother’s Love- Snooks Eaglin
Joyful Noise- Breakestra
The Harder they Come- Josh Charles
Regiment- Brian Eno/David Byrne
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**On air Live chat w/Melissa O’Malley of MASH PIT**
Georgia Brown- G Love & Special Sauce
Who’s got the Weed?- G Love & Special Sauce
Walking- Nneka
Drug of Choice- Mystic Bowie

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Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo

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There are unique events, and I want to be a part of them. Tuvan throat singers and traditional instruments meet electronica….ahhh yes please!!! I have loved listening to and sharing Huun Huur Tu‘s music on air for years now and when I found out about the project they had going on with the multi-talented Carmen Rizzo, I just knew it would do me right. The album “Eternal” easily takes the listener on the journey to and through a mystical place to so many, and sometimes with the workmanship of Carmen, you can even find places yet known, the ones you go to when you are deep in. The show at the beautiful Stoughton Opera House transformed a room in a landscape, took sounds and united a front where all good things meet, and best of all assisted in opening some new eyes to the cross-pollination of what people call genres (borders). The first set was mainly Huun Huur Tu‘s time to be acoustic, with tales behind the songs shared, each moment pulled an audience closer to the artists homeland. The ability to create such sound from one’s throat and keep it harmonious within the music while plucking and striking or blowing into traditional Tuvan instruments is a sight I can not describe in words, as the sound created such a mask. In the second set, Carmen added to what Huun Huur Tu started with light beats, heartbeats…giving another life to this already incredibly living sound creature, keyboards and devices fed this being and seemed to pump the blood, not only onstage, but the house seemed to take on a new persona. It is always fascinating to watch people see things for the first time. I want to thank both the fellas in Huun Huur Tu and Mr. Carmen Rizzo for seeing beyond musical borders & boundaries and making a new paint to add to the tapestry.

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Living on Liquid

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Blackberry Blossom- Carrie Rodriguez (live)
Didn’t come Here- Willie Nelson (live)
She loves my Automobile- Willie Nelson & ZZ Top (live)
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Don’t Start me Talking- John Hammond
I Feel so Sorry- John Hammond
Wild man on the Loose- John Hammond
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Canyons/a Room with a View-Lefty Williams Band
the House is Rockin’- Leroy Powell & the Messengers
Psychotic Reaction- Michael Powers
Kilowatt- Swamp Cabbage (live)
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Let’s get Down- Sol
Haitian Fight Song- David Byrne
Dubinland Carnival- John Ellis & Double Wide
L’ascenseur-the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Nightmarika- Marchfourth Marching Band
Big Bass Drum- Dr. John/Chris Barber Jazzband
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That’s it- Grant Calvin Weston
Love you Down- Me’shell Ndegecello
Post Houmous- Morcheeba
Round Midnight- Maysa
Mind VS Heart- NNEKA
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Lento Y Despacio- Roberto Fonseca
Sexy- Los Amigos Invisibles
La Bush Resistance- Balkan Beat Box
Watching the Wheels- Matisyahu
Ceddo end title- Manu Dibango
Dr. Dre’s Bar Mitzvah- Out to Lunch
Revolt- Chris Joss
White fang- Bill Frisell
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Tin Flower- RJD2
the Originator- DJ Spinna
Bleeding Together- Dissent (DJ ELI mix)
Donkey Ride- Mr Scruff & Quantic
Luv n’ Liv- Dub Gabriel/U Roy (Roots Rewind Mix)
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Pretty Little Thing- Fink
On the Market Place- Tierra Negra & Muriel Anderson
Mother Taiga- Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo