OPAQUE MELODIES

Aired 7/1/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay

Avalanche Kaito ~ Viima
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ~ Stitches
VR SEX ~ Hush Money Millionaire
The Drin ~ Go Your Way Alone
Hedvig Mollestad Trio ~ Itta

Elkotsh ~ Zikr
Sunn Trio ~ The Evocation of King Taresh
Tigran Hamasyan ~ The Quest Begins
Circles Around The Sun ~ Added Addition
Tian Niu ~ Deng Ni Zai Yu Zhong
Faust ~ Jennifer (Alt)

Superlove ~ Oh Why
Rob ~ Forgive Us All
The Fatback Band ~ Goin' to See My Baby
Benis Cletin ~ Jungle Magic
Sonny Okosuns ~ Don't Cry
Sohail Rana ~ Chandni Aur Tum

William Tyler ~ Star of Hope
Grails ~ Earthly Life
Iasos ~ The Angels of Comfort
La Düsseldorf ~ Silver Cloud

Hieroglyphic Being ~ The Map of Salt & Stars
Seefeel ~ Hooked Paw
Sam Prekop / John McEntire ~ A Ghost at Noon
Nabiha Iqbal ~ Alone Together
Whatever the Weather ~ 8°C

Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas ~ Clock no Clock
Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat ~ Likad
Pidgins ~ Results Oriented

Aphrodite's Child ~ The Seventh Seal

Aired 6/3/25 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA

Robert Quine / Fred Maher ~ Pick Up
801 ~ East of Asteroid
Population II ~ Le thé est prêt
Kinski ~ Do You Like Long Hair?
Spellling ~ Sometimes
 
Gang of Four ~ Not Great Men
Grass Widow ~ Shadow
The Glands ~ Ground
Destroyer ~ The Ignoramus of Love
Bryan Ferry ~ N.Y.C. / Desdemona
Prince ~ Do Me, Baby
 
Ibex Band ~ Zerafewa
The Young Lions ~ Take Dub
Monde UFO ~ Solitaire
Maria Somerville ~ Spring
Drop Nineteens ~ Kick the Tragedy
 
Allison Miller & Jane Ira Bloom ~ Technicolor
Thumbscrew ~ Future Reruns and Nostalgia
Daniel Villarreal ~ Bring It
Lounge Lizards ~ Bob The Bob (Home)
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma ~ Gift Song I
 
Sun Ra ~ They'll Come Back (live)
Bitchin Bajas ~ Angels and Demons at Play
Tangerine Dream ~ Movements of a Visionary
Barker ~ Positive Disintegration
OCA ~ Heaven Cent
 
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
East Hastings (Sad Mafioso)
Motherfucker=Redeemer, Pt.2
Job's Lament

GY!BE ~ Providence (intro)

Special 100th episode! Aired 5/20/25 at 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

Killing Joke ~ Change
Suburban Lawns ~ Flavor Crystals
Tones on Tail ~ Twist
Horse Lords ~ Mess Mend
L'Rain ~ Two Face
Meshell Ndegeocello ~ Folie A Deux
 
Preacherman ~ Out of this World
Grace Jones ~ Nightclubbing
Annette Peacock ~ The Succubus
Gloria Ann Taylor ~ Love Is a Hurtin' Thing (7" Version)
A.R. Kane ~ Pop (Short Version)
Nabihah Iqbal ~ Dreamer
The Veldt ~ In A Quiet Room
 
Sun Ra ~ Solar Drums
Jaimie Branch ~ simple silver surfer
Sonny Sharrock ~ Who Does She Hope to Be?
Jeff Parker ~ 3 For L
Bill Frisell ~ Hour Glass
Thelonious Monk ~ Dinah
Mary Lou Williams ~ O.W.
 
Acetone ~ Germs
Rocket 808 ~ (The Girl With The) Raven Hair
PJ Harvey ~ Water
Richard Thompson ~ Put It There Pal
Angel Bat Dawid ~ We Are Starzz
Nikki Giovanni ~ The Life I Led
 
Hailu Mergia ~ Belew Beduby
Mort Garson ~ This Is My Beloved
The Space Lady ~ Fly Like an Eagle
Neu! ~ Isi
The Durutti Column ~ People's Pleasure Park
Disco Inferno ~ Second Language
Nite Jewel ~ Clive
 
Alice Coltrane ~ Jagadishwar
Kelela ~ Fooley
Moor Mother ~ Tarot (feat. Yatta & Dudu Kouate)
Pauline Anna Strom ~ The Unveiling
Brian Eno & John Cale ~ The River
 
Matthew Shipp ~ Void Equation
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru ~ The Home of Beethoven
Erroll Garner ~ Spring Is Here
Art Tatum ~ Out Of Nowhere
The Caretaker ~ A relationship with the sublime
Bark Psychosis ~ The Loom
 
Stars of the Lid ~ Dungtitled (In A Major)
Arrowounds ~ Winding Serpent Dance
Carmen Villain ~ Future Memory
Shackleton ~ Shimmer, Then Fade
King Crimson ~ Improv Crim Chill Thrill
 
Captain Beefheart ~ Golden Birdies

Aired 5/6/25 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA

U.K. Subs ~ Waiting For the Man
X-Ray Spex ~ Genetic Engineering
Crisis ~ White Youth
Generation X ~ Friday's Angels
Minor Threat ~ Good Guys (Don't Wear White)
The Gits ~ Second Skin
The Ex ~ Keep On Walking

Emily Robb ~ I Really Wanna Know how to Moonwalk
Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet ~ At a Distance
Los Pirañas ~ El nuevo Prometeo
Los Ribereños ~ Silbando
Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser ~ Roy Rogers
Bill Frisell & Vernon Reid ~ Small Hands
Califone ~ jaco pastorius

Nico ~ All Tomorrow's Parties (Live)
Fushitsusha ~ I
Lou Reed ~ Ecstasy
Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard ~ Feather Beds
Lina Tullgren ~ Something New All Day
Songs: Ohia ~ spectral alphabet

Marshall Allen ~ African Sunset
Sonny Rollins ~ We Kiss In A Shadow
The Messthetics ~ Railroad Tracks Home
The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Blue Shadows In The Street

more eaze & claire rousay ~ limelight, illegally
Jessica Ackerley ~ All of the colours are singing
Gunn-Truscinski ~ Duo Curtain
AR & Machines ~ Das Echo Der Gegenwart (The Echo Of Presence)
Kuunatic Yellow ~ Serpent

Manuel Göttsching ~ Pluralis
he said ~ com'era dov'era

Nikolaienko & Arthur Mine ~ Muzak For Mesozoic Showreel

Aired 4/1/2025 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA

~MELVIN GIBBS~
SociaLybrium ~ Glory Story
Dave Douglas ~ Lenape
Arto Lindsay ~ The Prize
Sonny Sharrock ~ Seize the Rainbow
Power Tools ~ When We Go
Harriet Tubman ~ The Green Book Blues
 
Black Truth Rhythm Band ~ Ifetayo
Dub Syndicate ~ J.A. Minor
Splitterzelle ~ Periphery
Hedvig Mollestad Trio ~ Ding Dong You're Dead
Jules Reidy ~ To Breathe Lightning
 
Yazz Ahmed ~ A Paradise in the Hold
Ambrose Akinmusire ~ Bloomed
Damon Locks ~ Holding The Dawn in Place (Beyond Pt. 2)
FKA twigs ~ Keep It, Hold It
DARKSIDE ~ Hell Suite, Pt. 1
 
Stargazer's Assistant ~ Shango
Brian Eno ~ Going Unconscious
Discovery Zone ~ Ur Eyes
Bachelors Anonymous ~ A Stranger's Bed
Charles Amoah ~ Fre Me (Call Me)
 
Elements ~ Forward Motion
Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra ~ Autumn Pleides
Destroyer ~ Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
Jody Harris & Robert Quine ~ Up in Daisy's Penthouse
 
Ava Mendoza ~ The Shadow Song
Genesis ~ Musical Box
Siouxsie and the Banshees ~ Land's End
 
Captain Beefheart ~ The Host The Ghost The Most Holy-O (rehearsal)

Aired 4/18/25 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

Lou Reed ~ Vicious (live)
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers ~ Pirate Love
Laughing Clowns ~ Theme from "Mad Flies, Mad Flies"
Arthur Russell ~ I Still Love You
Tiny Tim ~ Me & The Man on the Moon
Egisto Macchi ~ Lampare
 
The Wolfgang Press ~ Raintime
Disco Inferno ~ Broken
Omni ~ Compliment
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers ~ Pablo Picasso
Dog Faced Hermans ~ Keep Your Laws/Off My Body
Old Time Relijun ~ Back to the Water
 
Jeff Parker ~ Chrome Dome
James Brandon Lewis ~ Remembering Brooklyn & Moki
Althea & Donna ~ Uptown Top Ranking
Vanity 6 ~ Bite the Beat
 
Mica Levi ~ slob air
Lightwave ~ Le parvis
Harmonia ~ Veterano
Nonlocal Forecast ~ First Concrete Realization
 
Nick Hart & Tom Moore ~ Flowers of Edinburgh
Sam Amidon ~ Cusseta
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp ~ Earthbound (Earthblind)
Fennesz ~ Patterning
Anna Ferrer ~ Heu
 
Susan Alcorn ~ The Healer (For Diane Keener)
Susan Alcorn & Joe McPhee & Ken Vandermark ~ I Am Because You Are
Susan Alcorn Quintet ~ R.U.R.
Susan Alcorn ~ Invierno Porteno
 
Jowe Head ~ Red Sails

Aired 2/18/25 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA

Death ~ Politicians in My Eyes
Betty Davis ~ Game Is My Middle Name
Eddie Hazel ~ California Dreamin'
Voltaire Brothers ~ Transparabolicwobblemegatronicthangmabutylspasmotickryptorumpalistics (A.K.A. Siege Of The Booty Chirren)
Mother's Finest ~ Truth'll Set You Free
Bettye Lavette ~ Joy

Swamp Dog ~ Lonely
Little Axe ~ Victims
Tricky ~ Keep Me In Your Shake (feat. Nneka)
A.R. Kane ~ W.O.G.S.
Special Interest ~ Love Scene
Yves Tumor ~ Secrecy Is Incredibly Important to the Both of Them
Nourished By Time ~ Had Ya Called

Jamila Woods ~ Wreckage Room
Niecy Blues ~ The Architect
Solange ~ Jerrod
Solange ~ Binz
MHYSA ~ breaker of chains
Liv.e ~ Heart Break Escape
Aaliyah ~ If Your Girl Only Knew (Beat-A-Pella)
Lauren Hill ~ Ex-Factor

Aretha Franklin ~ Precious Lord (Take My Hand) /You've Got a Friend [Medley]
Sam Cooke ~ Bring It On Home To Me (live)
Vicki Anderson ~ The Message From The Soul Sisters (Parts 1 & 2)
Gil Scott-Heron ~ Winter In America (live)
Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach ~ Lonesome Lover (live)

Mary Lou Williams ~ Ode To Saint Cecilie
Eric Dolphy ~ Jitterbug Waltz (alternative take)
Nikki Giovanni ~ The Woman Gather
Yesterday's New Quintet ~ Little Girl (Dakota's Song)
Damu the Fudgemunk, Archie Shepp & Raw Poetic ~ 2 Hour Parking

Blind Willie Johnson ~ Mother's Children Have a Hard Time
Bukka White ~ Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
Arizona Dranes ~ God's Got A Crown
Bessie Jones ~ Beggin' The Blues
Willie Williams & Group ~ The New Buryin' Ground
Isaac Haney & The Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir ~ At a Time Like This (Pt 1)
Helen McGiver & The McGiver Singers ~ I'm Just a Voice

Thundercat ~ How I Feel

Aired 2/4/2024 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

Headley Bennett ~ 35 Years From Alpha
Lijadu Sisters ~ Come On Home
Harold Butler ~ Do It Anyday
Arthur Monday ~ What Goes Around Comes Around (Part 1)
War ~ War Is Coming (blues version)
 
Basic ~ For Stars of the Air
Patois Counselors ~ Marge Attack
Marcel Wave ~ Stop / Continue
Moin ~ Happy in the Wrong Way
Rosali ~ Change Is in the Form
 
Acetone ~ Shaker
Acetone~ No need swim (demo)
Duster ~ Four Hours
Broadcast ~ Tunnel View
Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show ~ Dreams
Shirley Scott ~ Can't Buy Me Love
 
Paul Bley / Charlie Haden / Paul Motian ~ Blues For Josh
Samuel Leipold / Juerg Bucher / Luca Lo Bianco ~ Soma
Peter Evans / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride ~ Lifo
Ruth Goller ~ When They Came Closer She Realised They Were Alien Creatures
Benedicte Maurseth ~ Reinsdyrbjøller
 
Cahill / Costello ~ Ice Beat
Susumu Yokota ~ Kinoko
Gi Gi ~ Ambergris (Blue)
J.D. Emmanuel ~ Part II: Prayer
Jean Michel Jarre ~ Oxygene (Part IV)
 
Chrysta Bell & David Lynch ~ The Answers to the Questions
The Dengie Hundred ~ Pearl
Dean McPhee ~ The Second Message
Harry Gorski-Brown ~ Tha sìor chòineadh am Beinn Dobhrain
Masayoshi Fujita ~ Our Mother's Lights
 
Domenique Dumont ~ Un Jour Avec Yusef

Aired 1/21/25 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

Fuera de Sektor ~ Ser Una Más
Thee Headcoatees ~ Dirty Old Man
The Mermen ~ Scalp Salad
Raybeats ~ Calhoun Surf
The Riviares ~ The Death Of A Surfer
Oleg Kostrow ~ Bukva F
The B-52s ~ Give Me Back My Man
Rocket 808  ~ Closing Credits
 
The Dub Band ~ Dub Land
Bullwackie's All Stars ~ Jah Natton Dub
Grace Jones ~ Private Life (Dub Version)
Saâda Bonaire ~ More Women
Curtis Mayfield ~ Stare and Stare
 
The Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ Are You Experienced?
Shanti ~ Innocence
Comus ~ The Bite
Jethro Tull ~ Reasons for Waiting
Eileen Rose ~ Matte Kudasai
 
Yusef Lateef ~ Dopolous
William Parker ~ Sunrise In The Tone World
Tomeka Reid ~ Etoile
Nubya Garcia ~ Solstice
Koma Saxo ~ Croydon Koma
 
SML ~ Feed The Birds
Fergus Jones w/ Huerco S. ~ It Should Be (Free)
Holy Tongue meets Shackleton ~ The Other Side of the Bridge
Melos Kalpa ~ North Sands
Saagara ~ The Rite Of Rain
 
naemi ~ Olivia Prime ft. Jason Graf
Seefeel ~ Sky Hooks
Chuck Johnson ~ Teleos
Rafael Toral ~ Your Goodbye
Laura Cannell ~ O Ignee Spiritus
 
Tyrannosaurus Rex ~ She Was Born To Be My Unicorn

Aired 12/17/2024 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

TV On The Radio ~ King Eternal
Glyders ~ Smooth Walker
Fire Engines ~ Sympathetic Anaesthetic
Link Wray ~ Fat Back
Mark Lanegan Band ~ Clear Spot
Heavy Blanket ~ Eyevoid
Don Caballero ~ Lets Face It Pal, You Didn't Need That Eye Surgery
 
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ~ Sue Egypt
Horsegirl ~ Anti-glory
Unrest ~ June
Massacre ~ Gate
Wall Of Voodoo ~ Tse Tse Fly
Los Ribereños ~ Silbando
Sitka Sun ~ Desert
 
McCoy Tyner ~ Makin' Out
Elvin Jones ~ My Funny Valentine
Mary Lou Williams ~ Roll 'Em
 
Cindy Lee ~ Darling Of The Diskoteque
Mabe Fratti ~ Oídos
Winged Wheel ~ Soft Hands
Gnod ~ Luz Natural
Nadine Shah ~ See My Girl
Mohammad Syfkhan ~ Wasted Years
 
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin ~ Tre
Body Meπa ~ Goodbye
Zoh Amba, Steve Gunn, Shahzad Ismaily & Jim White ~ Do Come Again
Julian Lage ~ Vanishing Points
Joel Ross ~ central park west
Alan Braufman ~ Brooklyn
 
Guitar Red ~ Disco From A Space Show
Key & Cleary ~ I'm A Man
Starship Commander Woo Woo ~ Master Ship (Excerpt)
Deborah Washington ~ Shortest Lady
Otis G Johnson ~ Time To Go Home
U.S. Aries ~ Are You Ready To Come?
 
Fugazi ~ Sweet And Low