Programming

This week on LATIN EXPLOSION: 8X Grammy award winner Ruben Blades the creator of the “thinking person’s salsa dance music.” Plus Mario Bauza, musical director of Machito & his Afro-Cubans, Contemporary groups Bellita & Bomboleo and more. LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, https://wslr.org/stream listen anytime https://archive.wslr.org/ “From Tanga to Pedro Navaja!”

This Wednesday, June 30 at 9am, the Peace & Justice Report will host two longtime Newtown activists, Valerie Buchand and Barbara Nell Langston. Ms. Buchand is the founder and Board Chair of Newtown Nation. She’s also on the board of the Sarasota Housing Authority Agency-wide Resident Council. Ms. Langston is President of the Amaryllis Park Neighborhood […]

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 […]