BLUEGRASS
From the Mountains and Beyond - Mondays 4-6pm
With Tracy Hostetler, this show features folk, bluegrass and Americana music.
New & Blue Session - Wednesday 7-9pm
Featuring some of the most progressive bluegrass in the country. If you like musicians such as Sam Bush, Nickel Creek, Infamous Stringdusters, Old Crow Medicine Show, Alison Krauss, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Kruger Brothers, Crooked Still, Mountain Heart, Bela Flek, Bryan Clark, Old School Freight Train, Keller Willams... and many more, you will enjoy two hours of well blended music and unique cover tunes, hosted by Gary.
BLUES/ R & B
Blues with the Velvet Hammer - Wednesday 4-6pm
With Beth Hammer. this show features Beth "The Velvet Hammer," who brings local and national blues musicians into the studio for a little talk, a lot of great blues music.
Blue Dimensions - Saturday 9am
A program of blues, jazz, and other kindred forms of music.
Juke in the Back - Saturday 12pm
Matt the Cat presents the soul that came before rock n' roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back room.
Blues Unlimited - Saturday 1-3pm
Join us as we explore the wonderful world of the Blues, and it's history, heritage, and rich cultural traditions.
CAJUN
Louisiana Gumbo Show - Sunday 7-9pm
With John Osgood, Louisiana based music--zydeco, jazz, blues, brass, roots rock, Mardi Gras, Indian and Funk.
CARIBBEAN/REGGAE
INI Radio - Saturday 9-11pm
A community-focused show playing music with roots in Africa.
DANCE
Give Peace a Dance - Saturday 7-9pm
With DJ Norman, the first hour is dedicated to soft ambient tunes with a nice beat. The second hour usually turns into the upbeat hour. Electronic music which branches form Trance, Drum and Bass, Dschungle, House, up to Goa music.
Ignite Dance Sessions - Thursday 11pm-1am
With DJ Magnus, a two hour show presenting different forms of Electronic Dance Music. From NU Skool (UK/International) Breaks to House music across the board such as Tribal House, Tech House, Progressive House, Electro House, NRG House & also Minimal ect.
ELECTRONICA
Complex Waveforms - Friday 10am-12pm
Join host Mark Zampella each week as he explores the links betwwen indigenous music and contempory Ambient, electronica and World music.
The Dirty Hours - Alt Saturdays 1-3am
They give you live-the-studio mixing that's two hours of commercial-free Dubstep and Electro music.
Give Peace a Dance - Saturdays 7-9pm
With DJ Norman, the first hour is dedicated to soft ambient tune with a nice beat. The second hour usually turns into the upbeat hour. Electronic music which branches from Trance, Drum & Brass, Dschungle, House, up to Goa music.
EXPERIMENTAL
Lumpytunes! Definitely Difficult Listening - Tuesdays 11pm-1am
Hosted by art noise/experimental music aficionado
Rob Demperio aka "The Head Lump."
Playing the bleeding edge of emerging experimental scene in Florida and beyond, as well as the classic noise that got them there. Interviews with 'live' music are featured. Regional live shows are promoted weekly. Tune-in and feel the burn.
AMERICANA/FOLK/ACOUSTIC
Aerial Boundaries - Alt Tuesday 7-9pm
With Rich LaPenna, acoustic and eclectic guitar, including all guitar picking styles and genres.
Breakfast Bar - Fridays 7-9am
Hosted by Bill Stoner, will feature Americana-style music. Over the past several decades Americana music has become more fragmented and the tendency to hyper-catagorized genres is stronger than ever. Americana music, an amalgamate of sub-genres as alt-country, indie rock, bluegrass/new grass, retro-pop and more. This ain't no contintental breakfast with stale donuts and a few toaster pastries. This is a full-on wide spread of hot, fresh and tasty delights to get your Friday and your week-end off to a good start.
Celtic Dew - Saturdays 7-9am
Dave Wertman plays new and traditional music of the Celtic nations, plus Celtic poetry and events featuring Celtic culture.
Folk Alley - Monday 7-9am
Host Jim Blum collects the best in traditional and contemporary folk, Americana and roots music from the latest releases, classics, exclusive Folk Alley in-studio and live concert recordings.
From the Mountains and Beyond - Mondays 4-6pm
With Tracy Hostetler. this show features folk, bluegrass and Americana music.
Positive Friction - Fridays 12pm-2pm
Drawing from the eclectic rhythms and esoteric energy of multiple musical influences (mostly folk, rock and jazz), John Haupt shares the heartfelt magic and bountiful messages of peace, love and understanding through music.
Sunday Morning Folk Show - Sundays 11am-1pm
With James Hawkins or Ishmael Katz. Includes Bluegrass, Cajun, local and state-wide Florida Folk performers, singers/songwriters, Americana, Blues and, of course, great folk music.
FREEFORM/ECLECTIC
2 Days in 2 Hours - Fridays 4-6pm
Alternating Hosts Dave Beaton and Tom Darby get you ready for the weekend--playing the music of bands/musicians coming to town.
33 1/3 - Tuesday 7-9am
Exploring the best of WSLR’s vinyl collection.
All Mixed Up - Sundays 3-5pm
New York City based Peter Bochan oversees a collage of great music and current-events sound bites.
Breakfast Bar-Friday 7-9AM
Hosted by Bill Stoner, will feature Americana-style music. Over the past several decades Americana music has bcome more fragmented and tendency to hyper-catagorize genres is stonger than ever. Americana music is an amalgamate of such alt-country, indie rock, blue grass/new grass, retro-pop and more. This ain't no continental breakfast with stale donuts and a few toaster pastries. This is a full-on spread of hot, fresh taste delights to get your Friday and your week-end off to a good start.
California Dreaming-Alt Wed 9-11PM
Jacquie bringings a mixture on interviews, announcements, and music to inform and expose listeners to new tastes and currents in the Sarasota Art Scene. The music itself; and eclectic mixtures of blues, retro, soul, rock, indie and local bands.
Dirty Ice Cream Truck-Alt Friday 9-11PM
Your host, and music bringing ice-cream vendor "Lo-Fi" Luke will be serving up a unique varity of frozen treats that he's scoured from forgotten, hidden, and lesser traveled roads, while riding along in his "Dirty Ice Cream Truck" (which has been known to break down on occasion). He will be dishing out a wide range of flavors such as, Trip-Hop, Electronic, Indie,, a few random treats, and anything else in between. "Lo-Fi Luke" never has typical flavors such as chocolate, strawberry or vanella on his truck, but he does have flavors that you may have never tasted, or just haven't had in a long time. So come along and grab a scoop of the unique, quirky, and mysterious flavors that your favorite eccentric ice-cream man, "Lo-Fi" Luke will be serving up from his "Dirty Ice Cream Truck".
Dirge and Dance -Alt Mon 11PM-1AM
Your bi-weekly dose of dark eclectic music from Kat Dow. www.facebook.com/dirgeanddance
Eclectic Blender-Thurs 7-9AM
Your host Dave Pederson plays two hours of sensational sounds from a cross-section of genres including folk, blues, rock and roll, bluegrass, jazz, zydeco, OLd School Reggae, celtic, alt country and occasionally a touch of classical.
Hawaii Bob and Company-Thurs 12N-2PM
Hawaii bob and his sidekick "Blind Bob" provide themed music and off-kilter commentary pertainng to current events.
Hot Tea- Alt Wed 7-9AM
With Brian Osgood, enjoy morning music, news and information.
Sarasota Shuffle-Alt Wed 7-9AM
Join Mr. Boombastic for a variety of music to shake up your morning.
Saturday Morning Cartoon Show: Sat 11a-12pm
with Aaron and Joshua. Two of the youngest DJ's on air~ bringing the audience a wide variety of music that "makes us smile".
Steven in the Evening-Sun 9-11PM
With Steve Lemke, an eclectic mix of jazz, rock, soul, instrumental and classical music to get you ready for the upcoming Monday. (Get yer shoes'n socks on people, it's right aroun' the corner!).
HIP-HOP
Open A.I.R- Fri 11PM-1AM
Rock and Roll/Hip Hop genre mix with Matt and Jamiel.
Beats, Rythyms and Life Radio-Wed 11PM-1AM
Instead of defending and justifying what Hip-Hop music and culture is, D.J. Cellus showcases his prospective on this highly influential music and culture as we know it today through Funk, Soul, R &B and more.
INDIE ROCK
Despite What You've Heard-Alt Wed 9-11PM
With Jake Loomis and Adam Obando, while it may seem quite difficult to adequately define what is meant by the moniker "Indie-Rock". This term will serve as one "jumping off point" for many various styles you will hear in this show. This show will focus on a vaiety on independent artists and styles such as rock, punk, fokl-punk, alt-country, and hip-hop just to name a few.
Indie Files: Alt Thursdays 9-11pm
The best in indie music. Recent offerings with occasional dips into indie history.
INDIE-licious: Alt Tuesdays 9-11pm
Ed Midler will takeover where Sheila left off~ combining both local indie and main stream Indie bands and their music. Local musicians will be asked to co-host, share their favourite music, and play live acoustic sets.
The Whacko Jacko Program: Monday 9-11pm
Your host Jackson Lochead plays alternative/ Indie rock, with an emphasis on local sounds.
JAZZ
Afro-Cuban Jazz Edition: Alt Tuesdays 10a-12p
World Music with a Cuban twist , that's what Frankie Pineiro its all about .Radio with a musician point of view Bringing you the forbidden music of Cuba and the world
Bebop and Beyond: Sat 5-7pm
Bebop and Beyond concentrates on music in the Jazz idiom, from the mid 1940's to present. Each program features the original works of Bebop masters such as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monks, as well as recordings by the next generation of great musicians such as Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane. Every week newer recordings by recently emerging artists such as Miguel Zenon, Joshua Redman, and Rudresh Mahanthappa are presented.
Daddee-o's Collectors Corner: Sun 1-3pm
Daddee-o plays traditional and old time jazz of the 1920's, 30's, 40's, and beyond.
Adventures in Jazzland: Thursday 7-9pm
With Mike Finly. This show is for lovers of all styles of jazz. From big band to solo piano, classic jazz to avant garde, and all styles in between.
NATIVE AMERICAN
Indigenous Sounds: Alt Sat 3-5pm
Hosted by White Horse. Native American music and views.
Indigenous in Music: Alt Sat 3-5pm
Enjoy two hours every other Sat with host Larry Knudsen, of the Ho-Chunk Nation, Black River Falls, WI. He brings you a mix of Indigenous musicians from around the Western Hemisphere. Enjoy a variety of rock, pop, country, flute, powwow, salsa, classical, house and electronica.
OLDIES
DooWop2Soul: Sun 5-7pm
With Soul Man Jan, Nay Nassar, and Doowop Danny C. "The Street Corner Serenade" is the doowop edition presented by Nay one week, and the "Memories" edition of doowop and groups is presented by Doowop Danny C, the following week. Jan represents the "Soul Time" edition on each third week, then the guys take over the cycle again.
Great American Songbook: Wed 12-2pm
Enduring music from the era of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and the big Hollywood musicals dating from the 1920s-1960s
Juke in the Back: Sat 12-1pm
'Matt the Cat' presents the soul that came before rock n' roll: 1950's rhythm and blue. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old rockola jukebox, in the back.
ROCK/PUNK/GOTH
All Things Rock: Mondays 12pm-2pm
Gary O brings you indie rock in the afternoon.
P-Man's Block Party: Alt Sundays 11pm-1am
P-Man features 3 song blocks from the most earth-quaking, groundshaking, woofer-blowing, tweeter-blasting rock-n-roll music of all time from around the globe.
The Revolution Starts Now: Alt Tuesdays 7-9pm
Host Joe Jacco covers folk and protest music of all eras as well as occasional commentary on the news of the 60's as well as the present (2nd and 4th Tuesdays).
Ripper's Rarities: Fridays 7-9pm
Discover and rediscover rare, live and studio tracks of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Leonard Cohen, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton and many others, as well as many hidden gems on the great classic Rock albums of the past and present.
The Spirit of Punk: Alt Thursday 11pm-1am
Jill Hoffman-Kowal will play music from Johnny Cash (a true punk in his day) to the Sex Pistols, primarily music from 1977-1984 will be featured.
SRQ Vamps: Alt Tuesdays 9-11pm
Hosted by Dream and her co-host Midnight, SRQ Vamps is Sarasota's only Goth show playing synth-pop, Goth Rock, and alternative. Helping you take a bite out of Tuesdays.
Ted's Head: Thursdays 4-6pm
Ted's Head is a musical program of intensely diverse rock, with a twist of talk to make it interesting and in-studio jam sessions by the guests and host.
Yesterday's Dead Today: Mondays 7-9pm
Host Mark Binder takes the date of each of his broadcasts and goes back in time for the best quality live Grateful Dead concert he has for that particular date, and plays as much as he can within the two-hour timeframe. Once a month or so he will extend the "Grateful Dead" envelope to a Grateful Dead "family" band, or a side trip by one or more of the band members, or even to a band influenced by either the Grateful Dead or one of the family bands or members.
ROCKABILLY
Hot Rod Rock: Tuesdays 4-6pm
With Sven and Stella. A refreshing blast of pure Atomic Era and modern Rockabilly and indie rock.
SOUL
DooWop2Soul: Sundays 5-7pm
The Doowop2Soul Show with Soul Man Jan and Nay Nassar and Doowop Danny C. “The Street Corner Serenade” is the doowop edition presented by Nay one week, and the “Memories” edition of doowop and groups is presented by Doowop Danny C on the following week. Jan presents the “Soul Time” edition on each third week, then the guys take over the cycle again. Once a while, Jan and Nay get together to present DooWop2Soul – to show that it really is a thin line between Doo Wop and Soul. – website
FM in the AM with Mr. Bill: Saturdays 3-7am
WSLR’s original overnight host, Mr. Bill, plays the music he likes and you love. Call in your request to this listener driven show at 941-954-8636.
The Source with GQ: Saturdays 11pm-1am
Talk and music directed at today’s youth, hosted by Gerald Green Sr.
SPIRITUAL/GOSPEL
Glorious Moments: Sunday 7-8am
Chris Lambert shares Gospel music from different cultures and information about upcoming events in the local faith community. Gospel choirs and pastors discuss upcoming programs and ideas about how to improve our community, create good relationships, and how we can all work better together.
Wings of the Heart: Sunday 8-9am
Music of the heart and soul, from Buddhist chanting to the Beatles, with inspiring poetry and stories to sweeten your morning.
WORLD
Afro-Cuban Jazz Edition: Alt Tuesdays 10am-12pm
World Music with a Cuban twist , that's what Frankie Pineiro its all about .Radio with a musician point of view Bringing you the forbidden music of Cuba and the world.
Cafe Oasis: Alt Thursdays 10am-12pm
Host Sasha Gleyzer brings you a cross-cultural blend of exotic eastern grooves, enchanting African rhythms and passionate flamenco. Featuring rare musical gems from around the planet.
Celtic Dew: Saturdays 7-9am
Dave Wertman plays new and traditional music of the Celtic nations, plus Celtic poetry and events featuring Celtic culture.
Complex Waveforms: Fridays 10am-12pm
Join host Mark Zampella each week as he explores the links between indigenous music and contemporary Ambient, Electronica and World music.
Global Groove: Alt Thursdays 10am-12pm
Host Pam Marwede highlights new World Fusion and World Pop along with occasional traditional pieces from diverse musical folklore. Energetic, uplifting and border-blurring sounds from every corner of the world.
Latin Sounds: Alt Tuesdays 10am-12pm
Host Hernando Gomez brings you traditional Latin music.
Music of the World: Mondays 10am-12pm
Marco Ciceron features different kinds of music played throughout the world.
Vibrational Journeys: Wednesdays 10am-12pm
With Perette Cannady A mix of musical styles from jazz to hip swaying Afro-Beats and chants, Latin and New Age.