playlist for Nov. 4

song, artist / CD

Finally moving (Pretty lights rmx), James Brown

Rollin’ stone feat. Erykah Badu, Fredrik Lager / Nuggets for the needy

General generations, A Tribe Called Red

Country music, Key and Peele

Bi-racial swingin’ at the Savoy, Ken Burns’ Jazz

Able, Pharrell Williams / Hidden Figures [trailer*]

Feel it still, Portugal. The Man / Woodstock

Breaking through power, Ralph Nader / Project Censored

Sympathy for the devil, Rolling Stones / Beggars' Banquet

La escuela de mi padre, Noel Torres / La vida a mi modo

Sueño en Paraguay, Chancha vía Circuito / Turntables on the Hudson #10

Audition (the fools who dream), La La Land [soundtrack]

Oye como va, Tito Puente / El Rey bravo

Uku, Dengue fever / Cannibal courtship

Bad mojo vodaphone, David Rheins / Songs of love and loss

Mahna mahna, The Muppet Show

OM Sri Maha Lakshmi-yé Swaha

Substitute teacher, Key and Peele

Maghroumi [I’m in love], Najwa Karam

Magnetic fields pt. 4, Jean Michel Jarre / Les Chants Magnétiques

Our dream world, Desert Dwellers

SoHum Home, Twango Macallan

The Monster and the fairie, Hera has a heart / The Mirror
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* ~ This trailer had the tightest editing of them all; don't miss it.

playlist for Oct. 7

song, artist / CD

Tangaroa, Uekaha Taane Tinorau / Ka Mate Haka

Relax, Frankie goes to Hollywood / Welcome to the pleasuredome

The machine: 2006 (keep the world turning), Brother / As you were

Gun control pt. 1, Jim Jefferies

Hazel's song, Kalan Wolfe / The Butterfly

Newborn awakening, Jim Morrison / An American Prayer

Getting Björn to come, Metal Andy and me

Pussycat Meow, Deee Lite / Infinity within

El Andariego, Chavela Vargas / En Carnegie Hall

La Cumbia del mole, Lila Downs / La Cantina

Chambacu, Cumbias Poblanas

Gun control pt. 2, Jim Jefferies

Hats, George Carlin / It's all bad for ya

Immigrants, K’NAAN, Riz MC, Snow the Product / Hamilton Mixtape

Maori haka for Standing Rock

Pull up the people, MIA / Arular

Drugs are now legal, Onion Radio News

Finally moving (Pretty Lights remix), James Brown

Between 2 thieves, De-Phazz / Detunized gravity

Even the losers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Gun control pt. 3, Jim Jefferies

From the south to the west, Filastine / Dirty bomb

Human nature (Louis La Roche rmx), Michael Jackson

Kneeling for justice, Mumia abu-Jamal / Prison Radio

Gun control pt. 4, Jim Jefferies

Tangelina the Aviator

playlist for Sep. 9

Out of town Sep 2 and 16.
Subbing today for DJ Respect.

song, artist / CD

El Zapateado, Las Cafeteras / It’s time

Moanin’ for you, Swing Republic / Let’s Misbehave

OM Sri Maha Lakshmi-yé Swaha

Love school, Earl Thomas / Crow

Every ghetto feat. Rapsody, Talib Kweli / Indie 500

Googa mama, The Bongolian / Moog Maximus

Time has come today, Chambers Bros. / The time has come

On the coast with Delilah, Maria Bamford

Sun don’t shine, Profane Sass

Interview with John Le Carré [excerpt]

Money, Easy Star All-Stars / Dub Side of the moon

OM Sri Maha Lakshmi-yé Swaha

Cinnamon girl, Type O Negative / October Rust

Removal of confederate statues, Mitchell Landrieu [transcript]

Removing statues, Jim Jefferies

The Birth of a Nation [trailer]

All lives matter 1800s edition, Anthony McPherson

Azouiegh Illougan, Steve Shehan & Baly Othmani / Assarouf

OM Sri Maha Lakshmi-yé Swaha

Mobius Streak, Hiatus Kaiyote / Tawk Tomahawk

Waiting, Sheila Chandra / Mooning

Let’s groove, Earth Wind & Fire / Raise!

Interview with John Le Carré [2nd excerpt]

Imarhan, Imarhan

OM Sri Maha Lakshmi-yé Swaha

More Cowbell, Saturday Night Live

(Don’t fear) The reaper, Blue Öyster Cult / Agents of fortune

Take me home, Phil Collins

playlist for Aug. 19

song, artist / CD
song titles = music videos  |  artist = musicians' websites 

Dombolo, Les Amazones d’Afrique / République Amazone
Burru Saturday, Sly and Robbie / Blackwood Dub
The hop, Radio Citizen and Bajka / City lounge v. 9
Brain ride, Maria Bamford
Groove is in the heart, Deee-Lite / World Clique
Hills and trails, Misun / Superstitions 
Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone / Little girl blue 
Trump’s America and ours, Mumia abu-Jamal 
Immigrants (We get the job done); K’NAAN, Residente et al. / Hamilton Mixtape
Black Spiderman, Wyatt Cenac
All you Fascists bound to lose, Rude Lickshots / Lickshots
Who did the Fascists support?, Michael Parenti
El Aguante, Calle 13 / Multiviral
The world turned upside down, Dick Gaughan / Handful of Earth
El Zapateado, Las Cafeteras : on Democracy Now
Let’s Boogaloo, Willie Rosario / Two too much!
Dying alone, Maria Bamford
Dear brother, Nahko +MFTP / @ Redrocks Amphitheater
On the month of resistance to mass incarceration, Chuck D
Luck of Lucien, A Tribe called Quest / People’s instinctive travels .. paths of rhythm
Between two thieves, De-Phazz / Detunized gravity
Rogue Bagel, Ott / Skylon
Finding the Exxon within, Maria Bamford
Gear jamming daddy, JP Harris + the Tough Choices / I'll keep calling
Amarillo by morning, George Strait / Strait from the heart
Atheist TV, Maria Bamford 
Nature, India Arie / Acoustic soul
Imagine, John Lennon

playlist for July 15

song titles = music videos  |  artist = musicians' websites

Baile de los pobres, Calle 13 / Entren los que Quieren
So-called war, Rico Pabon / And still the sun rises
Golden ones feat. Sizzla Kalonji, Indubious / From zero
Jerusalem, Alpha Blondy + The Wailers / Jerusalem
Dogs, Michael Parenti / TUC radio
Good dog down, Synrgy / Live in Love
Lies, Haji Mike + Dub Caravan / Virtual Oasis
Bad liar, Selena Gomez / Bad Liar
Chairman Meow, Profane Sass
Emergency brake lever, Mitch Hedberg
Last time for everything, Brad Paisley / Love and war
She’s country, Jason Aldean
If you don’t know that, Michael Parenti
Ain’t got no / I got life, Nina Simone + Groovefinder / Remixed and reimagined
 → The Groovefinder remix: video
Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone / Little girl blue
Courage over fear, Vijay Prashad — Flashpoints
Ancient times two, Astarius / Spirit Rap
American dream, Jakatta
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir, Sandra Luna / Djellabar
Cha cha cha met Deutschespreken
Think, Kaleida
Follow your arrow, Kacey Musgraves / Same trailer different park
Back door man, the Doors
Beat it on down the line, Grateful Dead [Cow Palace, March 1974]
Baby grand, Ray Charles [piano by Billy Joel] / Friendship
Istanbul, Claude + Jean-Marc Challe / Magic Deep 03

playlist for July 1

DJ Cindiana Jones co-hosted today's show

song, artist / CD

Sin Rumba, Otres Aires / Otres Aires
Hold up wait a minute, ZHU
Englishman in New York, Tanghetto / The Best of Tanghetto
Shake what your mama gave you, Henry Butler + Corey Harris / Feeling Good Blues
Je m'tire, Maitre Gims / Subliminal la face Cachee
Some jokes, Dmitri Martin / These are jokes
Young fashioned ways, Koko Taylor / Feeling good blues
I can't complain, Todd Snider / Near truths and hotel rooms
Variations on a theme, Harpo's Ladder; Clan Dyken / The last ride at the end of the old world
Dogs are racist?, Wyatt Cenac / Wyatt Cenac Comedy Person
Basic human needs, Wavy Gravy
Try try try, Ben Lee / Songs about Islam for the whole family
What are we waiting for, Bob Slaughter / We are water
Oh heart!, Tank and the Bangas
Do wrong right, Devil Makes Three
Basic human needs, Bob Slaughter / The River knows
Them hippies was right, Those damn accordions / No strings attached
Medieval times, Wyatt Cenac
Money, Easy Star All-Stars / Dub Side of the Moon
Wang dang doodle, Koko Taylor / Koko Taylor
Take a giant step, Taj Mahal / Blue light boogie
Compared to what, Les McCann + Eddie Harris / Compared to what
Amor o nada, Otros Aires / Perfect Tango
Fossil fuel sinner, Jack Gladstone / Native anthropology
Kaleidoscope, Vokab Kompany

playlist for June 17

6 weeks since last broadcast! Out of town May 20: thanks to L-Dawg for sitting in for me.
KMUD's live broadcast of the Summer Arts and Music Festival pre-empted the June 3 show.

song, artist / CD

Kaleidoscope, Vokab Kompany / General Hydroponics
DYOT, Dab Hands / The Club Phenomena
KMUD dubplate, Soulfyre
Rockabye [cover], KRNFX [aka Terry Im] + Eh Bee
Ganesh is fresh feat. Jai Uttal, MC Yogi / Elephant power
Free Tibet, Hilight Tribe
Oviedo, Blind Pilot
Waterfalls, Crow and the Canyon / Leaving soon
The Answer, Mouths of Babes
Illegal smile, John Prine / John Prine (1971)
Father’s day, Rico Pabon / And still the sun rises
The blues my naughty baby gave to me, Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks / Tangles tales
The old devils, William Elliott Whitmore / Animals in the dark
Fishin blues, Taj Mahal / Giant step de ole folks at home
Beyond the sea, Bobby Darin -- dig that video! w/ Dick Clark
Sakanto, Rokia Traoré
Eyes of the squirrel, Primus
Wanna be startin' somethin’ [cover], The Polish Ambassador
Lemon kush, Ozric Tentacles
What a wonderful world, Louie Armstrong