Programming

Arturo O’Farrill is The Interview October 15! Arturo is the accomplished pianist, arranger and band leader who continues to cultivate the legacy of his father Chico. More at arturoofarrill.com, afrolatinjazz.org, zohomusic.com bluenote.com Plus Johnny Pacheco, and Irakere as we pick up from what we started the last time. Tune in on the net at wslr.org. […]

Who are these awesome ladies? Find out on Synthetic Age, live on Tuesday at 4pm at wslr.org, or afterwards at archive.wslr.org. Also, Fine Young Cannibals, DEVO, Pseudo Echo, and much more!

“EVERYONE is a Deadhead…some of you may not know it yet…” Grateful Dead Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA October 11, 1980 Master Soundboard Cassettes > 1st gen. > Matt Smith’s 2nd gen..cassettes flac2496, mastered by Scott Clugston I thought I had covered all the Warfield/Radio City shows, but apparently not! This is the only complete […]

On the next LATIN EXPLOSION: Irakere, Johnny Pacheco y su Tumbao, Kako Totico y El Trabuco, Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, and Roberto Roena (RIP) y su Apollo Sound. We lost RR on September 23. LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday October 8, 7-9AM Eastern, wslr.org, or WSLR 96.5FM in Sarasota! Juan Montenegro, host “Agarrate de la Brocha”

Tuesday October 5th from 11:00am until 1:00pm (est) Nuestra Música: Listen live on WSLR 96.5 LP FM Sarasota; WBPV 100.1 LP FM West Bradenton, or online at  www.wslr.org, on the free app and also on the archives (for two weeks) at https://archive.wslr.org/ We will be presenting some of the Argentinian masters of Harmony and A […]

“EVERYONE is a Deadhead…some of you may not know it yet…” Dead & Company Wrigley Field, icago, IL September 18, 2021 Schoeps CMC64v’s>Grace Design Lunatec V3>Sound Devices 744t Recorded by Jeff Travitz, processed by Keith Litzenberger I have had this evening’s concert “in the bag” for many weeks now, in anticipation of the D&C’s Florida […]

This Wednesday, October 6 at 9am, our first guest will be Jen Senko. Jen made the film The Brainwashing of My Dad, and has now written a book by the same title. Later in the program we’ll talk to Mary Anne Bowie about the FL5, the campaign to put five conservation amendments on the 2022 […]

John “Dandy” Rodriguez is The Interview Friday October 1! “Dandy” started with Tito Puente while he was still in his teens, then it was on to Ray Barretto, he was a founding member of Tipica 73, and after that it was back to Mr. TP for a couple of more decades! John has lived in […]

HOWDY Kids!      There are people who make our lives so much easier by just being there.  Every morning as I head out to work I listen to some of these artist so on this weeks show I thought I would start out with people who get inventive with their art. And then I […]

Synthetic Age is live Tuesday at 4pm at wslr.org, or afterwards at archive.wslr.org. Modern English, The Style Council, Talking Heads, and much more!