Programming

South American tenor master Gato Barbieri and the hard salsa blaster Ray Barretto on the next LATIN EXPLOSION. Plus Bomboleo and more. Send in requests for your Ray Barretto favorites. LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, stream https://wslr.org/ or listen anytime https://archive.wslr.org/ “Guarare!”

Tuesday June 29th from 11:03 am until 1:00pm (est) WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, stream https://wslr.org/ or listen anytime https://archive.wslr.org. Also on the free IOS and Android app. We are celebrating Pride Month; where the LGBTQ+ community gather to commemorate accomplishments; appeal for necessary changes; and honor the achievements of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender […]

“It is said that, if you lined up every deadhead who had ever seen the Grateful Dead live, it would wind around the moon, and about halfway back…” Grateful Dead Hershey Park Stadium,, Hershey, PA June 28, 1985 One of my earliest tapes, when one could buy blank cassettes from head shops and they would […]

HOWDY, I hope all is well with you on your end of the world?  School is finally out and summer is HERE! I have been a very busy fella as I have been hitting as many open mic’s as I can.  As a Birthday present to myself I bought a Djembe for me.  So if […]

This Wednesday, June 23 at 9am, our first guest will be Olivia Babis of Disability Rights Florida. We’ll talk about the goals of the organization and how Olivia herself, born with no arms, has fought to help people of all types of disabilities achieve independence and eliminate barriers to inclusion.

“It is said that, if you lined up every deadhead who had ever seen the Grateful Dead live, it would wind around the moon, and about halfway back…” Greek Theatre University of California, Berkeley, California June 21, 1986 MSC>DAT>CDR>SHN “Discs from Andy L.”(I can only assume this refers to local Deadhead Andy Lemieux…no relation to […]

Orquesta Aragon!! The best Charanga or simply the one that lasted longest? Listen to Orquesta Aragon from the 1950’s to now on the next LATIN EXPLOSION. Plus, Charanga competitor Arcano y su Maravillas, Roy Ayers and much more. LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, stream https://wslr.org/ or listen anytime https://archive.wslr.org. “Separala Tambien, Espiritu […]

It’s Juneteenth and we have special programming today. Tune In to Celebrate and Learn! 7am – Saturday Morning Gospel Beat with Jonah Ray 9am – The Ruthless Truth with Ruth Beltran 9:30am – Radio Reset with Sharon Preston-Folta 11am – Juneteenth Jazz Jamboree Noon – Let’s Talk About Race Juneteenth Special 1pm – Hard Knock […]

David Amram is The Interview tomorrow! Composer, arranger, conductor David Amram was chosen by Leonard Bernstein to be the New York Philharmonic’s first Composer in Residence (1966)! We will play music from his album Havana New York (1977), talk about West Side Story and his current project in Kentucky. Plus, singers Albita, Brazilian percussionist Airto […]

Grateful Dead Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, Washington June 14, 1980 (FOB) Sony ECM-990 stereo mic > Cassette Master Recorded by Bob Morris — thanks to Sam for help. Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Korg MR-1000 (1-bit/5.6MHz) > Transfer and edit/patch by Bob Morris. Disc 1 – Set 1: 1. tuning 2. Alabama Getaway > 3. The […]