Programming

Hi out there.  Please join me for two hours of music.  Earth Day Songs for an hour and desultory   “i  like THESE songs” for the next hour. Drop in, tune in, turn on your radio or computer and get your groove back.

This Wednesday, April 21 at 9am, we’ll hear an update from Tallahassee by the News Service of Florida. Then our guest will be Scott Darius, the Executive Director of Florida Voices for Health. Scott will talk about why expanding Medicaid is so important and about the other health issues facing Florida. It is extremely difficult […]

Grateful Dead Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH April 19, 1978 Matrix: SBD: SBD > Rm > CD > David Gans Sonic Solutions > C AUD: (FOB) Sony ECM-250 > Cassette Master (Sony TC-158/Maxell UDXL-II90) Recorded By Joani Walker All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller. Matrix by Hunter Seamons: They come out like gangbusters! And […]

This Wednesday, April 14 at 9am we’ll have the regular News Service of Florida Tallahassee report. After that we’ll talk with Kara Gross of the ACLU of Florida about the bill to criminalize protests, HB 1 recently passed by the House. The Senate companion bill is SB 484. The Senate text is HERE. The ACLU”s press […]

“There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert! WSLR’s Spring ‘21 Membership Drive is here! WSLR-LP 96.5 FM Sarasota, Community Radio and WBPV-LP 100.1 FM Bradenton www.wslr.org to easily and safely pledge online The Membership Drive only: 941-894-6469 office Monday night is my stint in this year’s Spring Membership Drive, and the theme is “Community […]

A trip to Woodstock, Montreux, and The Village Gate with Carlos Santana and Mongo Santamaria on LATIN EXPLOSION! Plus, The Interview with Benjamin Lapidus on his new book “New York and the International Sound of Latin Music 1940-1990.” LATIN EXPLOSION Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5. FM Sarasota, listen live https://wslr.org/ or anytime https://archive.wslr.org/ “Evil Ways!”

LATIN EXPLOSION Fans: BUY A BRICK this week! The WSLR Spring Membership Drive is here. Thank you Gerardo Velez and Bill Buchman for the Buy a Brick tracks! They’ll be on the show plus lots of salsa, Latin jazz and musica Cubana. Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, Listen live at WSLR.org or anytime at […]

Please join me for ‘The United States of Americana’ featuring some of my favorites: Youngbloods, Little Feat, Randy Newman, Jim Kweskin Jugband, Jesse Winchester, Chris Smither, Loving Spoonful and The Band….”took off my socks; took off my shoes; danced all night to the Jugband blues.” ….tune in , turn on and drop out of your […]

Grateful Dead Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT April 5, 1988 UltraMatrix SBD > Cassette Master (TDK MA-R90) All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller “Three sets of masters were used to make this show complete.” Disc 1 – Set 1: 1. tuning 2. Hell In A Bucket > 3. Sugaree > 4. Walkin’ Blues 5. […]

This Wednesday, April 7 at 9am, we’ll talk to Chuck Collins about his new book The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions. For decades, a secret army of wealth enablers—who are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%—has been developing into the shadowy ‘Wealth Defense Industry.’ In The Wealth Hoarders, […]