Here is the playlist for the episode, The Early Days of Alternative FM Radio (WEBN-FM), which aired on 3 April 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album | Date
Intro: Star Spangled Banner | Jimi Hendrix | Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack | 1970
Background Track: Taurus | Spirit | Spirit | 1968
I’m A Man | Chicago | Chicago Transit Authority | 1969
Hungry Freaks Daddy | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | Freak Out! | 1966
Subterranean Homesick Blues | Bob Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965
Legend Of A Mind | The Moody Blues | In Search Of The Lost Chord | 1968
You Keep Me Hangin’ On | Vanilla Fudge | Vanilla Fudge | 1967
Time Has Come Today | The Chambers Brothers | The Time Has Come | 1967
Catatonic Lover | The Sacred Mushroom | The Sacred Mushroom | 1969
Flute Thing | The Blues Project | Projections | 1966
Miller’s Blues (Live) | Moby Grape | Truly Fine Citizen | 1969
Dear Mr. Fantasy | Traffic | Mr. Fantasy | 1967

Here is the playlist for the episode, People Have The Power!, which aired on 27 March 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album | Date
Power To The People | John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band | Single Release | 1971
Background Track: On The Threshold of Liberty | Mark Isham | Vapor Drawings | 1983
The Times They Are A-Changin’ | Bob Dylan | The Times They Are A-Changin’ | 1964
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | Nina Simone | Silk & Soul | 1967
What’s Going On | Marvin Gaye | What’s Going On | 1971
Speech Clip | Dr. Martin Luther King | Speeches by Martin Luther King: The Ultimate Collection | 2011
Chicago/We Can Change The World | Graham Nash  | Single Release | 1971
Prologue, August 28 1968 | Chicago | Chicago Transit Authority | 1969
Someday (August 29, 1968) | Chicago | Chicago Transit Authority |  
Student Demonstration Time | The Beach Boys | Surf’s Up | 1971
Know Your Rights | Pearl Jam | Live at Budokan 03/03/03 | 2003
Liberte’ | Les Nubians | Nu Revolution | 2011
Make America Great Again | Pussy Riot | XXX | 2016
None Of Us Are Free | Solomon Burke | Don’t Give Up On Me | 2002
No Kings | Jesse Welles & Joan Baez | Single Release | 2025
People Have The Power | Patti Smith | Dream of Life  | 1988

This is DJDrZen inviting you to listen in to the Music Box & Travelogue from 11pm-Midnight Pacific time this Friday, March 27th as I share a playlist of songs about protests and people power.  I’ll be spinning jazz tunes by John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band, Mark Isham, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Graham Nash, Chicago Transit Authority, The Beach Boys, Pearl Jam, Les Nubians, Pussy Riot, Solomon Burke, Jesse Welles & Joan Baez, and Patti Smith.

Catch the show right here on Community Powered @KMRE-FM 88.3 on the radio dial and  broadcasting worldwide on the web at KMRE.org as well as being available on the Tune In app. The episode also drops on my Podomatic account, as well as the KMRE-FM Mixcloud account, following the broadcast at: 

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/drzenpodcast

https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDrZen/

Here is the playlist for the episode, You Must Believe in Spring, which aired on 20 March 2026: 
Title | Artist  | Album | Date
Intro/Background Track: Spring Is Here | Joe Pass | Unforgettable | 1998
Cold Spring | Jim Hall & Pat Metheny | Jim Hall & Pat Metheny | 1999
Why Spring Ain’t Here | Michael Franks | Barefoot On The Beach | 1999
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | Ella Fitzgerald | Jazz Round Midnight: Ballads | 1993
You Must Believe In Spring | Bill Evans | You Must Believe In Spring | 1981
Sometimes It Rains | Jordan Piper | Colors | 2011
The Trees | Christian Casolary | Heart Of The Alchemist | 2026
Spring Lake | David Stellmach | Rendezvous Lounge Vol. 2 | 2006
Spring Is Here | Stan Getz | Blue Skies | 1995
Equinox  | Yuko Takenaka | Our Standards | 2020

Here is the playlist for the episode, Latin Grooves & Living in Syncopated Time, which aired on 13 March 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album | Date
Background Track: Samba de Sausalito | Santana | Welcome  | 1973
Mas Que Nada | Sergio Mendes and Brazil ‘66 | Herb Albert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brazil ‘66 | 1966
Soul Sauce | Poncho Sanchez | Soul Sauce (Memories of Cal Tjader) | 1995
Green Street Jive | Bilongo | Ahora | 2020
Corcovado | Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto | Getz/Gilberto | 1964
Isabel | Juana Molina | Tres Cosas | 2002
Samba Blue | Michael Franks | Time Together | 2011
Evening In City Park (Live) | Patrice Fisher & Arpa | Evening In City Park | 2020
San Francisco River | Airto Moreira | Fingers | 1973
Suavacito | Malo | Malo | 1972
Ye Dharma | United Peace Voices | Words of Buddha | 2009
Cuba To Congo Square | Bamboula 2000 | Cuba To Congo Square | 2019

Here is the playlist for the episode, North Sea Jazz Festival 1998, which aired on 6 March 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album
Background Track: Ai Que Saudade d’Oce | Badi Assad | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
Lake Shore Drive | Art Porter | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
It Ain’t Necessarily So | Joe Henderson w/Sting | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | Mavis Staples w/Lucky Peterson | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
Tryin’ Times | Courtney Pine w/Jhelisa | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
Jeep On 35 | John Scofiled | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
Mr. Bruce | Roy Hargrove  | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
Tjaderized | Dave Samuels | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
Zigaboogaloo | Nicholas Payton | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998
Save Our Children | Pharaoh Sanders | Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 1998

Here is the playlist for the episode, A Sense of Place, which aired on 27 February 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album | Date
Sacred Place | Ralph Towner | Chiaroscuro | 2008
Leave The City | Zachary Cale | False Spring | 2020
Home Town | Joe Jackson | It’s A Big World | 1986
Alien | Atlanta Rhythm Section | Quinella | 1981
Background Track: In A Quiet Place | Marc Johnson | The Sound of Summer Running | 1998
My Secret Place | Joni Mitchell | Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm | 1988
Place To Be | Nick Drake | Pink Moon | 1972
In This Place | Big Country | Peace In Our Time | 1988
Here In This Place | Gotye | Boardface | 2003
Lovers Rock | Sade | Lovers Rock | 2000
Peaceful Place | Leon Bridges | Leon | 2024
This Must Be The Place | Talking Heads | Speaking In Tongues | 1983
Where I Belong | Galactic & Irma Thomas | Audience With The Queen | 2025

Here is the playlist for the episode that aired on 20 February 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album
Going Home | Santana | Welcome
Going Home | Michael Shrieve | Abraxas Pool
Homeward Bound | Fleetwood Mac | Bare Trees
Background Track: Way Back Home | The Crusaders | Scratch
Crayon Sun (Safe At Home) | Michael Franks | Blue Pacific
Home Again | Batdorf & Rodney | Batdorf & Rodney
Ain’t Goin’ To Goa | Alabama 3 | Exit On Coldharbour Lane
Every Kinda People | Robert Palmer | Double Fun
Loving Kindness | Matthew Halsall | Oneness
When You Wake Up | Justin Hayward/John Lodge | Blue Jays

Here is the playlist for the episode Valenine's Day from Bangkok, which aired on 13 Feb 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album
Intro/Backing Track: Love’s Theme | Love Unlimited Orchestra  | Love Unlimited Orchestra
Freeway of Love | Aretha Franklin | Who’s Zoomin’ Who
Modern Love  | David Bowie | Let’s Dance
Friday I’m In Love | The Cure | Wish
Ah Leah! | Donnie Iris | Back on the Streets
My Love Explodes | Dukes of Stratosphear | 25 O’Clock
Heartbreaker | Pat Benatar | The Heat of the Night
Easy Lover  | Phil Collins & Philip Bailey | Chinese Wall
Expressway (To Your Heart) | Soul Survivors | When The Whistle Blows Anything Goes
Are You Okay? | Was Not Was | Are You Okay?
Love Is A Tangle  | The Radiators | Law of the Fish
Fight For Love | Visqueen | Message for Garcia
The Warrior | Patty Smyth & Scandal | The Warrior
The Way I Feel | Remy Shand | The Way I Feel

Here is the playlist for the episode, Bali: Island of the Gods, which aired on 6 February 2026:
Title | Artist  | Album
Bali Ha’i | Loretta Ables Sayre | South Pacific (2008 New Broadway Cast)
Background Track: Peaches of Immortality | Gamelan Pacifica | Trance Gong
Kaja | Jalan Jalan | Bali Dua 
Bali | Eberhard Weber & Colours | Little Movements
Djanager Bali | Tony Scott & Indonesian All Stars | Jazz Meets the World
Chandra | KULKUL | Welcome to Bali
Gamelan Dreams | Dan Gibson’s Solitudes | Bali
Selamat Tidur | Jalan Jalan | Bali