Programming

Mongo Santamaria, Our Man in Havana, at Montreux, and at the Village Gate! Mongo discovered great young talent to showcase at his concerts! And recorded with veteran singers like La Lupe, Justo Betancourt! Also hear Armando Sanchez y Son de la Loma, Sabu Martinez, and Chicago’s James Sanders & Conjunto and Chevere! 20th Century Salsa, […]

Tomorrow our first guest will be Doug Rawlings, President of the Maine chapter of Veterans for Peace. Then we’ll talk to music teacher Carlos Silva about BookerFest, a celebration of Sarasota’s Booker schools, coming up this Saturday, February 4, from 4-8pm.

Well Hello,      I hope all is well on your end of the world?  Things have been certifiably crazy around here.  I had to work through the last show, sorry.  I can’t wait till I retire!       On tap for this weeks show I have dipped into a pool of artist that […]

I’ve seen thousands of reviews over the years, but this actually explains “A Deadhead”… “REVIEW: stella As a new fan of the Dead it was years before I realized the importance of the tears streaming down the face of the girl beside me. She seemed to be having a religious experience. Now I know why” […]

OYE COMO VA, we’ll play the original by Tito Puente, and the Carlos Santana hit! Plus Bobby Sanabria & NYC Ache, Roberto Roena’s Apollo Sound, Armando Sanchez & Son de la Loma, and Arturo Sandoval, this Friday January 20 on Latin Explosion! 20th Century Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music radio show! wslr.org stream this […]

This week we’ll hear Florida news from Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida. Then we’ll talk to Dawn Sakes of More Too Life about the group’s efforts to stop human trafficking. Finally, we’ll talk to WSLR’s Music of the World host, Marco Ciceron.

I’ve seen thousands of reviews over the years, but this actually explains “A Deadhead”… “REVIEW: stella As a new fan of the Dead it was years before I realized the importance of the tears streaming down the face of the girl beside me. She seemed to be having a religious experience. Now I know why” […]

Rob Demperio details his unique music taste and inspiration for the bizarre world of “Lumpytunes.”  “If it irritates, it airs.” When asked how he curates the wacky sets that air on WSLR’s “Lumpytunes,” host Rob Demperio explains, “We grind the people up and we put them in the radio.” Don’t let that scare you off, […]

I’ve seen thousands of reviews over the years, but this actually explains “A Deadhead”… “REVIEW: stella As a new fan of the Dead it was years before I realized the importance of the tears streaming down the face of the girl beside me. She seemed to be having a religious experience. Now I know why” […]

Our guest this week is Dr. Jeffrey R. Orenstein, an author and political scientist. We’ll talk about his 2020 book Saving American Democracy: How We the People Can Be Truly Represented in Our Own Government  We’ll also talk about his new organization promoting civic literacy, First Responders for Democracy. At 9:30 we’ll hear from the good people at Legal […]