OPAQUE MELODIES

Aired 5/16/2023 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay.

King Tubby ~ Dubbing My Wab
Los Shapis ~ El Aguajal
William Onyeabor ~ Something You Will Never Forget
Talking Heads ~ Fela's Riff (outtake)
Kikagaku Moyo ~ Majupose

Sinkane ~ Hold Tight (Peaking Lights Dub Mix)
Dwight Trible ~ Beach Vibes
Burning Spear ~ Pick Up the Pieces
WITCH ~ Try Me
Spacemen 3 ~ Walkin' With Jesus

Barn Owl ~ Void Redux
Ulan Passerine ~ White Oak
Randy Holden ~ Land of the Sun
Wet Hair ~ The Labor of Love

The Cramps ~ Fever
The Cravats ~ Land of the Giants
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band ~ Hot Head
Man Forever ~ Debt and Greed
Yo La Tengo ~ Aselestine
lovesliescrushing ~ babysbreath

Constance Demby ~ Peace of God
Flying Saucer Attack ~ The Season Is Ours
James Holden ~ The Answer Is Yes
Low ~ Rope

Steve Gunn & David Moore ~ Libration
Svartbag ~ Loop#9
Sip ~ Alice
La Düsseldorf ~ Time

Ital Tek - Diamond Child

Aired 5/2/2023 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay. Featuring late in the show a memerizing block of music by the great Steve Reich!

The Necks ~ Signal
King Crimson ~ One Time (live)

Felt ~ Something Sends Me to Sleep
U-Men ~ Mystery Pain
Tropical Fuck Storm ~ Who's My Eugene
Camberwell Now ~ Speculative Fiction
Blues Control ~ Walking Robin

Marlene Ribeiro ~ Toquei no Sol
Nona Hendryx ~ 6th Sense
J.B. Green & Born Again ~ Time
King Sunny Ade ~ Ibanuje Mon Iwon

Tim Maia ~ Ela Partiu
Parliament ~ I Misjudged You (alternate mix)
Laura Mvula ~ Can't Live with the World
Roxy Music ~ Avalon
A.R. Kane ~ Up

Nonlocal Forecast ~ Space-Time = Infinity-Eternity Objectified
Oneohtrix Point Never ~ Lost But Never Alone
Matchess ~ Ossify Them
Brian Eno ~ Under
lury Lech ~ Barreras (ft. Kelela)

STEVE REICH
~ Pulses
~ Section I
~ Section II
~ Electric Counterpoint Fast
~ Electric Counterpoint Slow

Triskell ~ Aran

Aired 4/18/2023 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

Akofa Akoussah ~ Kimumbu
Balka Sound ~ Bia Sala (Heritage)
Msafiri Zawose ~ Nosaga
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force ~ Behind My Eyes
Visage ~ Night Train
Alan Vega ~ Video Babe

Group Doueh & Cheveu ~ Bord De Mer
Tal National ~ Sarkin Fada
Tony Allen ~ Ewa
The Pyramids ~ Queen of the Spirits Pt. 3
Steve Roach & Jorge Reyes ~ Clearing Place

Steve Tibbetts ~ Life of Lowell
Gi Gi ~ Fainting Pill
Medicine Singers ~ Sanctuary
Ahleuchatistas ~ Al Jazeera
Sarah Louise, Sally Anne Morgan & Kryssi B ~ Squash Vine

Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker ~ Menebhi
Tied + Tickled Trio + Billy Hart ~ The Three Doors Pt. 3
Tord Gustavsen Trio ~ Re-Melt
Michael Cosmic ~ We Love You Malcolm X
Yusef Lateef ~ Below Yellow Bell

Wes Montgomery ~ Here's That Rainy Day
Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins & Jim Black ~ Kicks
Steve Lehman Trio/Craig Taborn ~ qPlay
Henry Threadgill's Zooid ~ Now and Then
Chick Corea and Return to Forever ~ You're Everything

Fever Ray ~ Kandy
Liv.e ~ Lake Psilocybin
Kelela ~ Happy Ending
Four Tet ~ LA Trance
Isik Kural ~ peaches
Mort Garson ~ Concerto for Philodendron and Pothos
White Noise ~ Your Hidden Dreams

Yellow Magic Orchestra ~ Insomnia

Special 60th episode featuring all selections from the 1960s! Aired 4/4/2023 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morrow Bay, CA.

1961
Grant Green ~ Blues For Willarene
Charles Mingus ~ Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am
John Coltrane ~ Naima (live)
Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Blue Shadows In the Street
Jimmy Guiffre 3 ~ Scootin' About

1964
Tubby Haynes ~ Voodoo
Aretha Franklin ~ Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
Bo Diddley ~ Stay Sharp
Jimmy Smith ~ Chicago Serenade
Nina Simone ~ Chilly Winds Don't Blow
Skip James ~ Cypress Grove Blues
Thelonious Monk ~ These Foolish Things

1965
Chico Hamilton ~ El Moors
Otis Redding ~ A Change Is Gonna Come
The Shangri-Las ~ Give Us Your Blessing
The Sonics ~ Walking The Dog
Sun Ra ~ Kingdom of Thunder
Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans ~ Edo Komoriuta
Wilson Pickett ~ In The Midnight Hour

1967
Love ~ The Red Telephone
Jimi Hendrix ~ If 6 Was 9
Miles Davis ~ Water Babies
Rahsaan Roland Kirk ~ Fingers in The Wind
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band ~ Smell of Incense

1968
The Kinks ~ Picture Book
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band ~ On Tomorrow
Can ~ Thief
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood ~ Summer Wine
Philip Cohran ~ Motherhood
Quicksilver Messenger Service ~ Gold and Silver

1969
Donald Byrd ~ Elmina
Ebenezer Obey & His International Brothers ~ Ijebu
Martin Denny ~ Quiet Village
Moondog ~ Minisym #1
Shirley Collins ~ Gathering Rushes in The Month of May
Karen Dalton ~ How Did the Feeling Feel to You

1967
The Velvet Underground ~ Lady Godiva's Operation

Featuring an acoustic hour of power with beatiful slack key sounds and roots guitar ubermensch Jack Rose. Aired on 3/21/2023 at 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

Kevin Ayers ~ When Your Parents Go to Sleep
Stevie Wonder ~ It Ain't No Use
Terry Callier ~ You Don't Care
Erykah Badu ~ Telephone
HiM ~ Clouds

Talk Talk ~ Life's What You Make It
Teena Marie ~ Lips To Find You
Scritti Politti ~ Lions After Slumber
Ui ~ John Fitch Way
Stereolab ~ Seeperbold

Carla dal Forno ~ Deep Sleep
John Cale ~ Not The End of The World
Icebreaker & BJ Cole ~ Stars
Cerberus Shoal ~ Myrrh (loop)

AlasNoAxis ~ Be Real
Matthew Shipp Trio ~ Sly Glance
Sun Ra & His Arkestra ~ They Plan To Leave
Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari ~ Hundred Years
Hugh Masekela ~ Stimela (Coal Train)

Gabby Pahinui ~ Slack Key Hula
Gabby Pahinui & Atta Isaacs ~ Vaya Con Dios
Leonard Kwan & Raymond Kane ~ Kaneohe-Mama E
George Kahumohu ~ Aloha' Oe
Sonny Chillingworth ~ Liloa's Mele
Debashish Bhattacharya ~ Aloha 'Oe

JACK ROSE
~ Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
~ Levee
~ Now the I'm a Man Full Grown II
~ Revolt
~ Tree in the Valley

Honeyboy Edwards ~ Eyes Full of Tears

Aired originally on 3/7/2023 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay.

Featuring a special tribute set to Tom Verlaine!

Public Image Limited ~ The Order of Death
Kitchen's Floor ~ Haunted Houses
Winged Wheel ~ Central Ceiling
Bluetile Lounge ~ The Weight (And the Sea)
Meg Baird ~ Star Hill Song

Television ~ Venus
Television ~ Carried Away
Tom Verlaine ~ Always
Tom Verlaine ~ Pillow
Tom Verlaine ~ Dissolve/Reveal
Tom Verlaine ~ Spiritual

Branko Mataja ~ Sreo Sam Te
Walker Brothers ~ The Electrician
Robert Wyatt ~ Biko
Surprise ~ A Day Without Light
Genesis ~ The Waiting Room
Bill Reiflin / Robert Fripp / Trey Gunn ~ Re-entry

Ashra ~ Club Cannibal
A Certain Ratio ~ Lucinda
Out Hud ~ The L Train Is A Swell Train and I Don't Want To Hear You Indies Complain
Strategy ~ In Space No One Can See Your Screen

Huerco S. ~ Plank VI
Laurel Halo ~ Nahbarkeit
Loscil x Lawrence English ~ Aqua
Brian Eno & Harold Budd ~ A Stream with Bright Fish
Brian Eno & Harold Budd ~ An Echo of Night

Alkan ~ Preludes Op. 31
J.S. Bach ~ Goldberg Variations: Variatio 25 A 2 Clav. Adagio
Erik Satie ~ Gnossienne No. 5
Poppy Ackroyd ~ Resolve
Hauschka ~ My Kids Live on Mars
Grouper ~ Clearing

Astrud Gilberto ~ Manha de Carnaval

Aired on 2/21/2023 at 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

A show focusing on a Top 5 or Fav 5 of black female artists.
Peace!

Matana Roberts ~ lulla/byeNicole Mitchell ~ F.O.C.
Nikki Giovanni ~ The Woman Gather
Beverly Glenn-Copeland ~ Complainin' Blues
Gloria Ann Taylor ~ What's Your World (7" version)
Sudan Archives ~ FLUE
Kadhja Bonet ~ Thoughts Around Tea

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO
~ Andromeda & The Milky Way
~ Evolution
~ White Girl
~ Four Women
~ Modern Time
~ Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)

ALICE COLTRANE
~ Shiva-Loka
~ Hare Krishna
~ Morning Worship
~ Pranadhana
~ Jagadishwar

MARY LOU WILLIAMS
~ Easy Blues
~ Boogie Mysterioso
~ O.W.
~ Taurus Mood
~ Just an Idea
~ Baby Man

ANGEL BAT DAWID
~ Black Family
~ We Are Starzz
~ No Space Fo Us
~ London (live)
~ Corn=Rowzz
~ Husband of the Queen of Walo, Wolof

GRACE JONES
~ Pars
~ Use Me (long version)
~ Cry Now - Laugh Later
~ The Crossing (Ooh the Action...)
~ Sunset Sunrise

Kelela ~ Divorce

Aired originally 2/7/23 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morrow Bay, CA.

David Bowie ~ Cracked Actor
The Stooges ~ Loose
Dry Cleaning ~ John Wick
His Name Is Alive ~ Yes Yes Yesterday
Heartless Bastards ~ Got to Have Rock and Roll
Grinderman & Robert Fripp ~ Super Heathen Child

Failure ~ Another Space Song
The Horrors ~ Still Life
Deefhunter ~ He Would Have Laughed (live)
Lou Reed ~ Why Can't I Be Good (live)
Helium ~ Cosmic Rays

Special Interest ~ Midnight Legend
Christine & The Queens ~ Combien de Temps
Junior Boys ~ Caught in a Wave
Steve Hauschildt & Julianna Barwick ~ Saccade
Forest Swords ~ Arms Out

Fhunyue Gao & Sven Kacirek ~ Bowie (Not Quite For Strings)
John Abercrombie ~ Timeless
Spencer Zahn ~ Key Biscayne
Yesterday's New Quintet ~ The Last Electro Acoustic Space

Tony Williams ~ Wildlife
Donald Byrd ~ Black Byrd (live)
Defunkt ~ Cocktail Hour (Blue Bossa)
Love ~ Be Thankful for What You Got
Ambitious Lovers ~ It's Gonna Rain

Karate ~ One Less Blues
Wilderness ~ The Blood Is on the Wall
Haress ~ I Think, I Think
Florist ~ 43
Emmanuelle Parrenin ~ Entre Moi
Antony & The Johnsons ~ You Are My Sister (live)

Television ~ Torn Curtain

Aired 1/17/2023 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morrow Bay, California.

Coriky ~ Woulda CouldaHere Lies Man ~ Cutting Through the Tether
Solar Corona ~ Parker S.p.
Rangers ~ Brother Love
Weak Signal ~ Spooky Feeling

Satan and Adam ~ I Create the Music
The Monks ~ Oh, How to Do Now
The Syndicats ~ On the Horizon
Pell Mell ~ Cinecitta
Echo & The Bunnymen ~ Rescue
The Clean ~ Simple Fix

Meshell Ndegeocello ~ Rapid Fire
Cate Le Bon ~ Pompeii
Beth Orton ~ Lonely
The Soft Pink Truth ~ Deeper Than This?
Kelela ~ The High
Maylee Todd ~ Dream With You

Isis ~ Firdous E Bareen
Bitchin Bajas ~ Amorpha
Pole ~ Tempus
Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar ~ Dha

Patricia Brennan ~ The Woman Who Weeps
Lucrecia Dalt ~ Gena
Jacob Garchik ~ Homage
Rob Mazurek Quartet ~ Father's Wing
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity ~ Boogie
JD Allen ~ The Werk Song

Cécile McLorin Salvant ~ Optimistic Voices
Robert Stillman ~ Self-Image
Miles Okazaki ~ Years in Space
Joel Ross ~ Benediction

Mazzy Star ~ California

Featuring favorite albums from 2022! Aired 12/20/2022 on 97.3/107.9 The Rock in Morro Bay.Hiss Golden Messenger ~ Sufferer (Love My Conqueror)Jim White ~ A Perfect Day to Chase Tornados
Richard Thompson ~ Treadwell No More
Meg Baird & Mary Lattimoore ~ In Cedars
Wilco ~ Poor Places



---2022 Favorites---
Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin ~ II
Gwenno ~ Tonnow
Carmen Villain ~ Portals
Cheri Knight ~ Water Project #2261

Nduduzo Makhathini ~ Senze' Nina
Anteloper ~ Earthlings
Charles Stepney ~ Imagination
Tyshawn Sorey ~ Autumn Leaves

Horse Lords ~ Zero Degree Machine
Loop ~ Supra
The Ecstasy of Gold ~ Small Sun
Aoife Nessa Frances ~ Day Out of Time
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Jun Fukamachi ~ Breathing New Life
Hiroshi Yoshimura ~ Feel
Alexander Turnquist ~ Flying Fantasy
Félicia Atkinson ~ Image Language
Laraaji ~ Reborn in Virginia

The Alps ~ Black Mountain
Windy & Carl ~ Moth to the Flame
Saariselka ~ Afterlight
Pan American ~Just a Story

The Ecstasy of Gold ~ Ecstasy of Gloriosa