Programming

Howdy music lovers….join me Wednesday evening from 7-9 pm for music from the British Isles as I listen to some old favorites: Pentangle; Fairport Convention; Incredible String Band and more….to hook into the mood from reading Richard Thompson’s new autobiography ‘Beeswing’ about his early years in music…Tune In; Turn On (your radio) and …..Drop out […]

This Wednesday, May 5 at 9am, we had our regular update on Tallahassee from Jim Saunders, the Executive Editor of the News Service of Florida. The Florida legislature has ended its session. See below a summary of some of the legislation that passed and some legislation that did not. Our main guest was Nancy Abudu, Voting […]

On Tuesday 05-04-2021 from 11:00am until 1:00pm Nuestra Música is celebrating the music of Mexico. WLSR LP 96.5 FM Sarasota / WBPV LP 100.1 West Brandenton / Stream live on WSLR.ORG also on the free app for IOS and Android and on the Archives at https://archive.wslr.org/ for 2 weeks. Cinco de Mayo: The date is […]

“There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert! Grateful Dead Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA May 3, 1987 DSBD/DAUD Matrix 65% DSBD PRE-FM SBD > PCM > DAT > CDR 35% FOB Schoeps CMC32S > Grace P.S. > Sony PCM601 ES > DAT > CDR mixed by Sean Weber, converted to shn by Bill Gardner […]

WSLR’s own DADEE-O, host of Collectors Corner, with famed drummer Barrett Deems in Chicago in the the 1990’s. If you’ve seen the movie “High Society” with Louis Armstrong you saw Barrett Deems taking the drum solo! I’ll be joining DADEE-O this Sunday with more Chicago and Sarasota music stories. Collectors Corner, Sunday 1-3pm WSLR 96.5 […]

When was the last time you heard Son14? Or Sonora Ponceña for that matter? You will hear plenty of both on LATIN EXPLOSION this week. And that’s not all…Poncho Sanchez and his Latin jazz and much more. Friday, 7-9am est, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, stream at https://wslr.org/ or anytime at https://archive.wslr.org/. “Fuego en el 23!”

“There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert! Grateful Dead Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI April 26, 1984 MATRIX MIX: SBD/2 AUD (About 60%/40%) SBD > Cassette Master > Cassette > Dat > CD Transfer Info: CD > Adobe Audition v1.5 > Samplitude Professional v10.02 > FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller Thanks […]

After a quick summary by Jim Saunders of this week’s activities in Tallahassee, our guests were Andrea Pinabell, President of Southface Institute and Amber Whittle of Southface Sarasota. Southface Institute is a nonprofit that has been advancing healthy communities, regenerative placemaking and a low-carbon future since 2017. Southface Sarasota is a new collaboration just recently announced. “For […]

Mongo Santamaria special this Friday! From “Afro-Blue” to “Watermelon Man” and everything in between. Plus Carlos Santana and The Interview with author Benjamin Lapidus. LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, stream at wslr.org or listen anytime https://archive.wslr.org/ Mongo and me during 70’s and 80’s Chicago!