Post-War Sounds, the Music of the Fifties:
The post-war years were boom times for the economy and for music as well. Jazz evolved from be-bop to post-bop, from Charlie Parker to John Coltrane. Blues left the country and came to the big city, suddenly electrified. And it was during the fifties when we had our first rock and roll revolution: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Buddy Holly.
10/22 12:00 PM
On Serenade to a Cuckoo w/ Jerry Gordon
A Long, Strange Tangerine Dream
A history, in music, of the German Electronic Music band, Tangerine Dream. From the Froese, Schulze and Schnitzler days, through Froese, Franke, Baumann era…and beyond…
10/22 11:00 PM
On Music With Space w/ Mike Hunter
Latin Dance: All Latinx Music
Punk? Disco? Salsa? Psychedelic rock? This show will celebrate Latin artists and sounds from all genres. The show will include artists such as Os Mutantes, Acidez, and Jose Fajardo.
10/25 10:00 AM
On Hacker Zero w/ DJ Breezy
Downtown Boys Interview Special
Tune in to White Flower Radio to hear Grady’s chat with Joey DeFrancesco and Victoria Ruiz about their recent work unionizing musicians, their songs featured in the soundtrack of a new movie, and more. You know them from Downtown Boys and Malportado Kids, but they also share about new musical projects they’ve both been a part of
10/26 9:00 AM
On White Flower Radio w/ Grady
Part 1 of Four Corners: The Players of the John Coltrane Quartet
Detroit drummer Elvin Jones. Still widely listened to and discussed over 50 years since his death, saxophonist and composer John Coltrane’s genius is well-recognized. Yet genius touched all the musicians in his original quartet, who together played and recorded a string of timeless masterpieces between 1960-1965. We’ll be focusing on each of the Quartet’s individual musicians over the four weeks of the Quiet Drive, climaxing with a look at the recently unearthed recording of an extended Quartet performing the Coltrane cornerstone “A Love Supreme” live in Seattle.
10/25 12:00 PM
On Jazz & Beyond w/ Dan Buskirk
SCARY STORIES W/ PAX
Another particularly scary, slimy, supernatural Halloween SLOP this time with a healthy mix of darkwave, coldwave, minimal wave, and (loosely) post-punk and post-industrial for the season. Additionally in celebration of the WPRB quiet drive for the station’s unconditional love for all things a little weird and scary. It’s moody synthpop time of year!
10/26 8:00PM
On SLOP w/ PAX
In Memoriam Bronius Kutavičius:
On September 29, the great Lithuanian composer, Bronius Kutavičius passed away.
Considered to be one of the greatest Lithuanian composers of our time and a pioneer of Lithuanian minimalism, Bronius Kutavičius is sadly little known in the United States. Classical Discoveries will present a wide variety of the composer’s music.
10/27 7:00 AM
On Classical Discoveries w/ Marvin Rosen
Halloween Crafts and Cocktails – Spooky Stitching and Sipping
Join Stitching Pink for a Spooktacular Halloween special filled with Chilling Crafts, Sinister Sips and Terrifying Treats!
10/27 10:00 AM
On Stitch it Good w/ Stitching Pink
INCANT SPELLS
Inspired in part by Séance Centre’s recently-released compilation “Incantations,” we will explore the idea of composition as spell and music as incantation, drawing on witch-identifying musicians and magic practitioners, their depictions in both popular and underground music, and a healthy portion of #witchyvibes.
10/27 12:00 PM
On The Lights are On But Nobody’s Home w/ Deirdre Dionysiac
A Conversation with Ethnomusicologist Evan Rapport
An extended conversation between Jon Solomon and ethnomusicologist Evan Rapport about the latter’s new book “Damaged – Musicality and Race in Early American Punk,” Their in-depth discussion will be interspersed with myriad sonic examples of the bands, musical models, forms and styles they’re examining.
10/27 5:00 PM
Jon Solomon
Heavy and Creepy Songs About Halloween
What better time for metal than Halloween? Join me, Flex Luthor, as I celebrate all things scary and doomy. Expect Halloween songs, horror movies, and sludge.
10/27 11:00 PM
On Lost in Time & Sludge w/ DJ Flex Luthor
James Ferraro Appreciation Hours
10/28 10:00 AM
On Better Days w/ Austin Hounsel
SYNTH FROM HELL!
A spooky look into the techno world of haunted dance music, post-punk, twisted disco, goth, industrial, techno, electronic body music, and more to get us into the spirit of Halloween. FEATURING My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Psychic TV, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Skinny Puppy, Tones on Tail, Dead Can Dance, Virgin Prunes, Play Dead, March Violets, Cabaret Voltaire, Swans, Nitzer Ebb, Throbbing Gristle and more!
10/28 12:00 PM
Erica/Esoterica
DEVILPLUSGHOUL WITH KILLBOT:
The days are getting darker, and so is the music! Tune in for some oddball, freakish and haunting sounds, culled from the recesses of an ancient, recently-excavated and then reanimated record collection by yours truly, LIZBOT, in full KILLBOT mode! Somebody flipped my kill switch!
10/28 5:00 PM
Liz Walsh – LIZBOT
No Monster Mash. Actually creepy (or at least trying to be creepy) music.
10/30 8:00 PM
Rachel Courtney/Commie Francis
Halloween themed music and titles
10/30 8:00 PM
Selecta Jerry
Music For The 2021 Election
Just two days before voters in New Jersey and Virginia choose their next governor and voters across the country pick the winners of hundreds of contests for local, often important posts, Music You Can’t Hear On The Radio will showcase songs about past and present politicians and a number written by some of them as well.
10/31 6:00 PM
John Weingart
“My Home is in the Delta: Muddy Waters from the Plantation to Chicago and Beyond.”
McKinley Morganfield – known as “Muddy Waters” – is, by any account, one of the central figures in the history of American popular music. But who was he? And where did he come from? In this program we’ll trace Waters’ career from his earliest field recordings made in Mississippi through his famous Chess records recordings of the 1950s and early 1960s, ending with late-career recordings made with British rock luminaries and controversial efforts to “modernize” his sound for the psychedelic era. Along the way, we will consider the musical and cultural roots of Muddy’s sound and his enduring influence through the rock era.
11/01 10:00 AM
Sonny Boy Williamson
Part 2 of Four Corners: The Players of the John Coltrane Quartet
Detroit drummer Elvin Jones. Still widely listened to and discussed over 50 years since his death, saxophonist and composer John Coltrane’s genius is well-recognized. Yet genius touched all the musicians in his original quartet, who together played and recorded a string of timeless masterpieces between 1960-1965. We’ll be focusing on each of the Quartet’s individual musicians over the four weeks of the Quiet Drive, climaxing with a look at the recently unearthed recording of an extended Quartet performing the Coltrane cornerstone “A Love Supreme” live in Seattle.
11/01 12:00 PM
On Jazz & Beyond w/ Dan Buskirk
TOYS & TECHNIQUES
11/3 12:00 PM
deirdre dionysiac
Radio Bursts from a Zombie Star:
11/6 8:00 PM
Rachel Courtney/Commie Francis
UNDER NOON MOONS
11/10 12:00 PM
deirdre dionysiac
Two Steps from Hell: Exploring Humanity Through Epic Music
11/11 3:00 PM
Grace Gong (DJ Milky Way)
“What is ‘Zeuhl’, and why are people saying such terrible things about it?”
11/12 7:00 AM
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Was There Punk After Nirvana?
11/13 8:00 PM
Rachel Courtney/Commie Francis
4 song saturday blocks
11/13 8:00 PM
Selecta Jerry
Why Hank Williams Still Matters.
11/14 6:00 PM
John Weingart
Birthday Bonanza in honor of Stitching Pink’s 50th Birthday. Cake, Crafts, Cocktails and more
11/17 10:00 AM
Marisa Simon
JAPAN & THE SATIE & DEBUSSY PEACEMAKERS LLC –
11/17 12:00 PM
deirdre dionysiac
“What is ‘Zeuhl’ P2, and why are people saying such terrible things about it?”
11/19 7:00 AM
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Flat Circle Radio Party with DJ Pup
11/19 3:00 PM
Josh Kelly / DJ Pup
52 years! —a favorite song from every year that I’ve been alive, starting with 1969 and sliding through to 2021!
11/19 8:00 PM
Elspeth Slater (Pethie)
ARMAGEDDON
11/20 8:00 PM
Rachel Courtney/Commie Francis
Vinyl Album Sides from my personal collection.
11/20 8:00 PM
Selecta Jerry
