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Eric Dolphy - "Alone Together" - Conversations [0:00:00] Work Money Death - "Pain Becomes Prayer And Prayer Becomes A Song" - A Portal to Here [0:14:54] Clip - "Sky News-Britain accuses Russia of carrying out submarine operation in North Sea" [More information: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-tracked-russian-submarines-north-atlantic-month-2026-04-09/] [0:27:21] Makaya McCraven - "Strikes Again" - Techno Logic (featuring Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay) [0:28:30] Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - "Like Swimwear (part one)" - Happy Today [0:34:33] Clip - "ABC-ICE releases wife of US army soldier" [More information: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/us-soldier-wife-ice-arrest] [0:43:52] Tortoise - "Vexations" - Touch [0:44:18] Clip - "AfricaNews-Afrika Bambaataa dies" [More information: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/arts/music/afrika-bambaataa-dead.html] [0:49:45] Masayoshi Takanaka - "Can I Sing......For You?" - Can I Sing? [0:50:15] Dolores Keane - "Storm in My Heart" - Celtic Women 3 [R.I.P. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/arts/music/dolores-keane-dead.html] [1:04:25] Clip - "RTE-Fuel protests in Ireland" [More information: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy814wypp5go] [1:08:53] John Prine/Dolores Keane - "It's a Cheating Situation" - in Spite of Ourselves [1:09:40] Gil Scott-Heron - "Whitey on the Moon" - The Revolution Begins (The Flying Dutchman Masters) [1:13:49] John Doe - "Where Songbirds Live" - Fables in a Foreign Land [1:15:48] Replacements - "Skyway (rough mix)" - Pleased To Meet Me (deluxe edition) [1:20:03] Clip - "ABC Australia-9 Indian policemen sentenced to death" [More information: https://www.the-independent.com/asia/india/tamil-nadu-cops-sathankulam-custodial-death-penalty-b2952844.html] [1:22:10] Mekons - "Darkness and Doubt" - Fear and Whiskey [1:22:38] Big Blood - "My Daughter's Only Son" - Fight For Your Dinner, Vol. II [1:27:56] The Blind Boys of Alabama - "I Just Want to See His Face" - Gimme Shelter Vol. 1 (17 Amazing Covers Of Classic Songs By The Rolling Stones) [1:38:40] Frank Black and the Catholics - "Steak ‘n’ Sabre" - Frank Black and the Catholics [1:43:01] Silver Jews - "My Pillow Is The Threshold" - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea [1:46:50] Clip - "CNN-Kidnapped US journalist released" [More information: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/07/shelly-kittleson-american-journalist-kidnap-release/] [1:50:32] Gerard Cosloy - "VFW" - VFW [1:51:01] Sailor Boyfriend - "Shapes and Colors" - Shapes and Colors [2:02:27] [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [2:08:02] Names Divine - "Shape of Love" - Take My Hand [2:27:48] Clip - "Paraluman News-WHO suspends medical evacuations in Gaza" [More information: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/who-halts-gaza-medical-evacuations-after-worker-killed] [2:38:35] Japes - "Doom" - Omen [2:39:05] Newtown Neurotics - "Kick Out The Tories" - Kick Out! [2:46:57] Clip - "FirstPost-OpenAI promote 4-day workweek" [2:50:43] Statehood - "Save Yourself" - Lies and Rhetoric [2:51:37] Galaxie 500 - "Oblivious" - CBGB 12.13.88 [2:56:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163052

Polish Jazz Quartet - "Promenade Through Empty Streets" - Spiritual Jazz Vol. 18: Behind the Iron Curtain Part 1 and 2 [0:00:00] Flea - "Wichita Lineman (feat. Nick Cave)" - Honora [0:08:31] Clip - "PBS-Famous paintings stolen from Italian museum" [0:12:35] 23 Skidoo - "Quiet Pillage" - Seven Songs [0:13:07] John McLaughlin - "Just So Only More So" - Industrial Zen [0:18:35] Ahmad Jamal - "A Foggy Day" - Chamber Music of the New Jazz [0:28:28] Clip - "DW-US weapons stockpiles depleted by Iran war" [More information: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/us-israel-gulf-states-burn-through-weapons-supplies-iran-war/106489382] [0:32:57] Hen Ogledd - "Clear Pools" - Discombobulated [0:33:51] Dirty Three - "Indian Love Song" - Dirty Three [1:02:27] Dirty Three - "Sea Above, Sky Below" - Ocean Songs [1:12:37] Dirty Three - "Some Summers They Drop Like Flys" - Whatever You Love, You Are [1:18:40] Clip - "BBC-Lebanese journalists killed in IDF strike" [1:24:58] Dirty Three - "I Remember a Time When Once You Used to Love Me" - Horse Stories [1:25:42] Hisham Akira Bharoocha - "Tétsu Tö Kï" - Live at h0l0 01_31_2020 [1:31:51] Björk - "Joga" - Homogenic [1:37:01] Crime and the City Solution - "Domina" - American Twilight [1:42:05] Clip - "France24-Saharan dust storm blankets Greece" [1:48:54] Mogwai - "Here We, Here We, Here We Go Forever" - As The Love Continues [1:49:28] The Twilight Sad - "TV People Still Throwing TVs at People" - It's the Long Goodbye [1:54:07] Gorillaz - "Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)" - The Mountain [2:04:39] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [2:08:09] Bettina Koster - "Underground World" - Kolonel Silvertop [R.I.P.: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/arts/music/bettina-koster-dead.html] [2:21:08] Clip - "CBS-Cuba releases more than 2,000 prisoners" [2:24:50] Gang Starr - "Alongwaytogo" - Hard To Earn [2:25:13] Beastie Boys - "Sure Shot" - Ill Communication [2:29:27] The Dictators - "Science Gone Too Far" - New York, New York [R.I.P. Ross “the Boss” Friedman: https://people.com/ross-the-boss-friedman-the-dictators-and-manowar-guitarist-dies-at-72-als-diagnosis-11936728] [2:37:01] Clip - "CNN-American journalist kidnapped in Iraq" [2:40:25] Fat Black Cats - "Elephants on Parade" - 15/8 [2:40:54] Sinead O'Connor - "Never Get Old" - The Lion and the Cobra [2:45:57] Nick Cave - "The Ship Song" - Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace [2:50:33] Bruce Springteen - "I'll Stand By You" - Twilight Hours [2:53:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162814

Pharoah Sanders - "The Greatest Love of All" - A Prayer Before Dawn [0:00:00] Julian Gerstin Sextet - "Talking Forest" - Songbirds of the Deep Sea [0:09:11] Ahmad Jamal - "Broadway" - Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra [0:16:52] Clip - "Euronews-Two men arrested in arson attack on ambulances belonging to Jewish charity in UK" [0:24:34] Immanuel Wilkins - "Free Blues" - Bandcamp release [0:25:18] Clip - "NBC-Meta and YouTube negligent in lawsuit" [0:31:51] Sun Ra Arkestra - "Sunology, Part 2" - Supersonic Jazz [0:32:32] F. Peter Lee - "Have You Ever Thought, Really Thought About Your Heart? Harry Did— And Paid For The Discovery He Made." - The Nightwatch [0:39:37] John Coltrane - "Afro Blue" - The Very Best of John Coltrane [0:45:38] Set: INTERVIEW WITH Elias Williams (https://www.eliaswilliams.com) Chromatiq Blq - "Bimmers & Murals / Comebackwhenucan / Rockthahouse / 4me (The Inner Child)" - Straight Loops, Light & Soul Vol. 1 [1:31:07] J Dilla - "Dillatronic 1 and 2" - Dillatronic [1:35:41] A Tribe Called Quest - "Jazz (We've Got)" - The Low End Theory [1:41:15] Pete Rock - "Understand?" - The Original Baby Pa [1:45:27] MF Doom - "Gazillion Ear (Thom Yorke Remix)" - Born Like This [1:49:39] Parliament - "Dr. Funkenstein" - The Best of Parliament [1:53:54] Mi3Raj - "This Nightingale Cried Carnage (Part 1)" - Callings of the Owed نداءات الموعودين [2:02:06] Jonny Greenwood - "Tree Stings" - You Were Never Really Here (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2:09:11] Clip - "WCBS-NYC launches program to speed affordable housing development" [2:14:24] Jonny Greenwood - "Trust Device" - One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2:15:23] Aonghus McEvoy - "Cry, Want" - Imaginational Anthem vol. XIV : Ireland [2:23:16] Clip - "WABC-Manhattan and Brooklyn rents hit new records" [2:27:52] Nikki Sudden and the French Revolution - "Captain Kennedy" - The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young [2:28:52] The Clash - "The Leader" - Sandinista! [R.I.P. Tracy. Kidder https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html] [2:36:08] Iron and Wine - "Dates and Dead People" - Hen's Teeth [2:37:45] The Knitters - "Born To Be Wild" - The Modern Sounds of the Knitters [2:44:06] Continuals - "2 Shy" - Never Sleep [2:48:31] Music behind DJ: Joe Goodkin - "Don't Stay Don't Go" - Winedark Life [2:51:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162573

Miles Davis - "Yesternow" - A Tribute to Jack Johnson [0:00:00] Donald Harrison with Ron Carter & Billy Cobham - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - This Is Jazz [0:26:26] Clip - "SBS News-Arrest made in acid attack on Indonesian human rights activist" [0:37:44] Herbie Hancock - "The Sorcerer" - The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972 - 1988 [0:38:44] Clip - "10News-Denmark prepped for US invasion of Greenland" [0:45:53] John McLaughlin - "Devotion" - Devotion [0:46:42] Green Mitchell Trio - "Sunday Monday" - Nature Channel [0:58:20] Khan Jamal - "Pure Energy" - Give the Vibes Some [1:05:25] Modern Silent Cinema - "Early Spring" - The Man Who Stopped and Stared at Clouds [1:20:24] Clip - "France24-Hundreds killed in Kabul drug rehab clinic strike" [1:23:26] Lost Under Heaven - "Winter's Truth" - Something is Announced by Your Life! [1:24:18] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Ghosteen" - Ghosteen [1:32:29] Clip - "PBS-States sue over EPA climate change ruling" [1:44:38] Mark Lanegan - "Solitaire" - Imitations [1:45:18] WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN - "Rats and Roses" - Currents 2026 Marathon Premium: Gazette de Montreal The stories and songs of the year, from Canada’s cultural capital [1:54:07] Chatham Rise - "Here She Comes" - Trillium [2:00:07] Clip - "DW-Israeli forces kill Palestinian family in occupied West Bank" [2:04:54] Broadcast - "Where Youth and Laughter Go" - The Future Crayon [2:05:35] Simple Minds - "Street Hassle" - Sparkle in the Rain [2:08:18] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet (with theme song)] [2:10:24] Simple Minds - "Street Hassle" - Sparkle in the Rain [2:23:32] The Fratellis - "Henrietta" - Costello Music [2:28:29] The Cribs - "Brothers Won't Break" - Selling A Vibe [2:31:57] Clip - "ABC-Jewish school bombing in the Netherlands" [2:34:58] Wire - "23 Years Too Late" - Read & Burn 03 [2:35:43] Human Adult Band - "Lie Torpid" - Freddy's Phone Call [2:45:22] Le Réservoir Système - "Chanson pour le jour d’après" - Custom Incantations [2:48:30] Les Cowboys Fringants - "Merci Ben" - Pub Royal [2:51:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162364