WSLR Show Schedule

The music of composer/arranger Chico O’Farrill and his arranger/director son, Arturo O’Farill will be featured Friday on LATIN EXPLOSION. Plus, salsa and timba with Tommy Olivencia and NG La Banda. LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, stream at wslr.org or listen anytime by typing WSLR LATIN EXPLOSION in your browser. “Veneno!”

In cooperation with local colleges, WSLR will be airing a special segment every Wednesday evening during the month of February in honor of Black History month. At 6:30pm, we will be airing segments featuring Black Literature and Poetry with our listeners. We hope you will listen in.

Listen in with Alecia for more 60s-inspired sounds….

HOWDY!            Well, how has everybody been?  It has been a crazy start to the year for me.  But let’s not talk about me lets talk about “Acoustic Waves”!   I have a little news for you.  Starting this Wednesday night and extending for the next 4 weeks I will be partnering […]

This Wednesday, February 3 at 9am, the Peace & Justice Report will have three guests. First we had a short report from Jim Saunders, the Executive Editor of the News Service of Florida. Jim has agreed to give us a weekly five-minute overview of the latest activity in the Florida Legislature – new bills, upcoming hearings, […]

“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” Jerry Garcia Band The Stone, San Francisco, CA February 1, 1980 *Grand Opening of The Stone* MAC > CD > […]

El Bárbaro del Ritmo/The Wildman of Rhythm is Beny Moré! We take a deep dive into Beny Moré’s Banda Gigante from the golden age of Cuban music. John Radanovich’s biography of Beny Moré, The Wildman of Rhythm (2009) is a must read. Send your Beny Moré questions or requests my way! LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 1/29/21, […]