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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.
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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.
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Episodes
the commons, active hope from Apr 16, 2026
4/16/2026
Alemu Aga - "The Sacred Names of the Begena" - Elders of the Begena: The Harp of David in Ethiopia [0:00:00]
harold budd/ brian eno - "wind in lonely fences" - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror [0:06:13]
michael sterns - "as the earth kissed the moon ( excerpt)" - I Am the Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America, 1950-1990
hiroshi yoshimura - "dance PM" - wave notation: music for nine post cards [0:17:20]
Field Commander Ali - "dark cloud" - The Next From Field Commander [0:23:36]
Asha Bhosle - "mujhko bhi radha banale" - the greatest hits [0:34:36]
master soman - "govind tero" - Indian Talking Machine Part Two: Instrumental Gems from the 78rpm Era [0:40:32]
james tatum trio plus - "introduction" - spiritual jazz [0:43:38]
brigitte fontaine - "la cotelette" - 13 Chansons Décadentes Et Fantasmagoriques [0:49:52]
michael white - "the blessing song" - Spiritual Jazz XII: Impulse! [0:52:04]
alan toussaint - "from a whisper to a scream" - Toussaint [0:58:04]
nina simone - "here comes the sun francois K remix" - remixed and reimagined v/a [1:07:27]
soulwax - "pills and people gone" - all systems are lying [1:15:49]
band apa - "strainer" - band apa [1:18:38]
the flirts - "helpless" - the best of "O" vol 2 [1:22:43]
heaven 17 - "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing" [1:29:42]
ghost power - "Asteroid Witch" - asteroid witch/ inchwork [1:33:28]
harmonia - "kekse" - deluxe [1:37:15]
eno - "the big ship" - Another Green World [1:41:07]
mark isham/ marianne faithfull - "the hawk ( el gavilan)" - Trouble in Mind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1:50:48]
The White Noise ( delia derbyshire) - "your hidden dreams" - An Electric Storm [1:51:13]
gavin bryars - "the sinking of the titanic" - The Sinking of the Titanic (1975) [sunk april 15th 1912] [2:07:26]
Jocelyn Montgomery with David Lynch - "caritas" - Lux Vivens (Living Light): The Music Of Hildegard Von Bingen [2:31:32]
Asha Bhosle - "jivalga rahile re door ghar" - a musical journey [2:34:22]
Mulatu Astatke - "Ené Alantchie Alnorem" - New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 [2:39:29]
duncan browne - "cast no shadow" - duncan browne [2:44:28]
Tim Bernardes - "meus 26" - mil coisas invisiveis [2:53:43]
big star - "try again" - #1 Record [2:54:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163115
Duration:03:08:31
"Why have we become like gods as technologists and like devils as moral beings..." Lewis Mumford from Apr 9, 2026
4/9/2026
wednesday knudsen - "skyline II" - atrium [0:00:00]
Benoit Pioulard - "Xaipe" - stanza IV [0:07:15]
Colleen - "sweet rolling" - the golden morning breaks [0:18:03]
tomsits quartet - "dhrupad" - spiritual jazz volume 18: behind the iron curtain part 1 & 2 [0:22:30]
Damian O'Neill - "inside out" - Imaginational Anthem vol. XIV : Ireland [0:28:52]
Pharaoh Sanders - "elevation" - Elevation [0:43:29]
Work Money Death - "a dance for the spirits" - A Portal To Here [1:01:49]
joe meek - "i hear a new world" - I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy by Joe Meek [1:14:04]
makaya mccraven - "what a life" - off the record [1:16:09]
Dendo Marionette - "first deadly sin" - juvenile rock [1:20:57]
Yukihiro Takahashi = 高橋幸宏 - "numbers from a calculated conversation" - Murdered by the Music [1:23:52]
Y pants - "what do you take me for?" - y pants [1:28:22]
aksak maboul - "didn't make it : balinoid" - Before Aksak Maboul (Documents & Experiments 1969–1977) [1:34:12]
Che Vuoi - "le beau fruit rouge" - Cinecittàx [1:37:48]
rhymies - "the hesperian ( again)" - i dream watching [1:41:34]
yelle - "tu es beau" - pop-up [1:43:51]
S Tone Inc - "beira do Mar" - gilles peterson back in brazil v/a [1:49:29]
cortex - "La Rue" - Troupeau Bleu [1:55:21]
Trembling Blue Stars - "what can I do to change your heart?" - Her Handwriting [2:06:18]
ye ye - "a summer in saint-valery" - two brains for feet [2:11:27]
Y.M.O. - "kimi ni munie kyun" - naughty boys & instrumentals [2:14:31]
gilberto gil - "Miserere Nobis" - tropicalia ou panis et circercis v/a [2:18:35]
the lijadu sisters - "come on home" - the rough guide to african disco [2:22:06]
Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "Unity" - Oulele: Another Collection Of Modern Afro Rhythms v/a [2:27:32]
Kenny Wolleson - "juini ( for arthur booth)" - the best of wollesonic records, v 4 Quartro [2:35:23]
the setting - "corner song" - the setting [2:38:51]
swingle singers - "aria (orchestral suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068)" - Jazz Sebastian Bach Vol. 1 [2:43:23]
sternpost - "my silent dream" - unworld afterpop [2:46:39]
will epstein - "standing at my standing desk" - yeah, mostly [2:49:25]
francoise hardy - "il se fait tard" - l'amitie [2:52:34]
Luke Temple and the Cascading Moms - "Emotional Volley" - hungry animal [2:54:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162982
Duration:03:08:25
the world my imagination sees as possible from Apr 2, 2026
4/2/2026
peter davison - "glide v" - I Am the Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America, 1950-1990 [0:00:00]
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore - "Rachel's Song" - Tragic Magic [0:05:46]
inoyama land - "ougun no sara" - Commissions: 1977-2000 (Music for Slime Molds, Sensory Museum and Egyptology) [0:10:11]
arthur russell - "springfield" - springfield [0:13:47]
Hareton Salvanini - "so" - S.P./73 [0:22:12]
maxine sullivan - "the folks who live on the hill" - Loch Lomond [0:26:45]
Ryuichi Sakamoto - "mori no hito" - ongaku zukan [0:33:01]
smoke city - "they can' take that away from me" - heroes of nature [0:37:52]
Paul Motian Band - "psalm" - psalm [0:41:01]
momoko gill - "when palestine is free" - momoko [0:47:34]
Simon Turner - "the last of england/ fina/ persistance of memory" - derek jarman's the last of england OST [0:53:38]
philip corner - "second prelude" - satie slowly [1:09:07]
Barbara Morgenstern - "driving my car" - BM [1:14:11]
Gudrun Gut - "musik" - moment [1:19:19]
Malaria! - "keep me in love" - cheerio [RIP bettina koster] [1:22:44]
Malaria! - "kaltes klares wasser" - compiled 1981-1984 [1:26:30]
Strawberry Switchblade - "seaside ( go away)" - Sharon Signs To Cherry Red - Independent Women 1979-1985 [1:30:11]
janet armstrong - "exploitation" - Sharon Signs To Cherry Red - Independent Women 1979-1985 [1:32:35]
Mercenárias - "Mercenárias" - demo 1983 [1:35:58]
Linda Smith & The Smashing Times - "So Long Ago" - split EP [1:36:56]
Marine Girls - "a place in the sun" - Pillows & Prayers - Cherry Red Records 1981-1984 [1:39:07]
Barbara Morgenstern - "aus heiterem himmel" - Nichts Muss [1:41:37]
79.5 - "I stay, you stay" - Predictions [1:45:54]
The Womack Sisters - "I Just Don't Want You (To Say Goodbye)" - I Just Don't Want You (To Say Goodbye)/If you want me [1:50:18]
dusty springfield - "make it with you" - dusty in memphis deluxe edition [1:53:14]
ramsey lewis - "skippin'" - Tequila Mockingbird [1:56:13]
The Ronettes - "baby, I love you" - The Ronettes Sing their Greatest Hits [2:06:20]
labi siffre - "the vulture" - learn-play bongos with mr. bongo v/a [2:08:46]
Dodô Da Bahia & As Virgens De Porto Seguro - "Africamerica" - Onda De Amor (Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were 1984-94) [2:12:22]
francis bebey - "super jingle" - African Electronic Music 1975-1982 [2:17:12]
Malaria! - "thrash me" - compiled 1981-84 [2:26:18]
Julien Doré - "kiss me forever" - bichon [2:30:25]
milton nascimento - "canoa, canoa" - cluba da esquina 2 [2:33:22]
Wally Badarou - "hi-life" - echoes [2:37:04]
- "wiretap" - ATA records : The Library Archive vol 1 [2:41:34]
Karel Arbus & Eiji Takamatsu - "coco and the fish" - Oto No Wa: Selected Sounds of Japan (1988-2018) [2:51:02]
nina simone - "westwind organica remix" - remixed & reimagined [2:57:57]
joe meek - "dribcots space boat" [2:58:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162679
jane austen was a marxist from Mar 26, 2026
3/26/2026
marie la foret - "je voudrais tant que tu comprennes" - marie la foret [0:00:00]
Suzanne Ciani - "malabuzios" - the velocity of love [0:03:45]
bridget st john - "long long time" - jumble queen [0:11:44]
Jeanne Moreau - "le vrai scandale c'est la mort" - Jeanne [0:15:14]
Caroline Peyton - "bingham" - ladies from the canyon v/a [0:18:02]
Tia Blake - "country boy" - Paris and Montreal Demos, 1973–1976 [0:21:17]
minne riperton - "baby, this love i have" - adventures in paradise [0:24:33]
michele mercure - "de dunk" - beside herself [0:38:26]
karin krog - "mr joy" - joy [0:38:29]
beatice arrigoni, maddalena ghezzi, francesca naibo - "dentro allo squadre" - monologo addosso [0:46:24]
asha puthli - "you've been loud too long" - she loves to hear the music [0:48:59]
mavis staples - "since i fell for you" - only the lonely [0:52:13]
sade - "cherry pie" - diamond life [1:00:31]
syreeta - "what love has joined together" - syreeta [1:06:50]
marisa monte - "tempos modernos" - A Great Noise [1:10:08]
Akofa Akoussah - "Tcho Tchass" - Togo Soul 70 v/a [1:13:00]
the three degrees - "collage" - maybe [1:16:46]
gigi - "salam" - think global women of africa v/a [1:19:46]
ann peebles - "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" - i can't stand the rain [1:25:33]
doris - "you never come closer" - groove pa svenska v/a [1:28:20]
alice coltrane - "atomic peace" - a monastic trio [1:31:59]
juliet greco - "je mens" - st german-des-pres [1:37:50]
Abida Parveen - "yung saja chand" - the kings & queens of Qawwali love & devotion v/a [1:40:16]
wendy carlos - "brandenburg concerto no 4 in G major, allegro" - The well-tempered synthesizer [1:48:31]
nina simone - "trouble in mind" - pastel blues [1:56:33]
francoise hardy - "on dit de lui" - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour [1:59:06]
bruna mendez - "corpo miragem" - corpo possivel [2:10:52]
the slits - "animal space" - the slits [2:11:38]
Les Rita Mitsouko - "andy" - andy [2:18:12]
Googosh - "talagh" - Pomegranates - Persian Pop, Funk, Folk And Psych Of The 60s And 70s [2:23:22]
xena - "on the upside" - the perfect beats v/a vol 3 [2:31:32]
Frank Chickens - "we are frank chickens" - We Are Frank Chickens [2:33:42]
vania bastos - "tabu" - Onda De Amor (Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were 1984-94) [2:38:09]
candy mckenzie - "tell me a lie" - trojan presents: Lovers Rock v/a [2:42:39]
Patrice Rushen - "givin' it up is givin' up" - pizzazz [2:52:19]
Priscilla Ermel - "americua" - origens da luz [2:52:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162556
Duration:03:08:19