Thursday May 15

Tent Show Radio 5:00 am
Host Warren Nelson welcomes live bands, featuring the Blue Canvas Orchestra and Singers.

World Cafe 7:00 pm
featuring Santogold has released her highly-anticipated self-titled debut album.
Host David Dye welcomes eclectic Philly-born artist Santogold to the World Cafe. After a career fronting the band Stiffed, Santi White struck out on her own under the stage name Santogold, a nickname she received in grade school. Driven by the relentlessly catchy singles 'Creator' and 'L.E.S. Artistes', her eponymous debut album is a kaleidoscope that never lets up on energy or originality.

Grateful Dead Hour 11:00 pm
featuring Highlights of various Grateful Dead concerts with host David Gans

Friday May 16

Member Concert 5:00 am
featuring Cormac McCarthy in a 2000 concert

Guest Mix 9:00 am
featuring Paul Rishell and Annie Raines

Live At Noon With Brian Quinn 12:00 pm
featuring Lori McKenna plays live in studio
Boston-area singer/songwriter Lori McKenna joins host Brian Quinn.

World Cafe 7:00 pm
featuring The new album from singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards is titled, Asking For Flowers.
Alt-country singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards joins host David Dye on the World Café for conversation and a special performance from her latest album, Asking For Flowers. With her smart lyrics ranging from the emotional, to the political, to the hilarious, this record is being touted as her best effort yet; and indeed several songs are new Café favorites including, 'The Cheapest Key' and the title track, 'Asking for Flowers'.

Women in Music 11:00 pm
featuring Merrie Amsterberg, Kym Tuvim and more
On this coming week's Women In Music with Laney Goodman, we'll hear singer/songwriters like Merrie Amsterberg from the Boston music scene and the new release from Seattle's own Kym Tuvim... Americana with Devon Sproule from Charlottesville, VA, and Texas roots artist Terri Hendrix... dreamy progressive pop from California with Sara Bareilles and brand new music from Seattle with the duo Two Loons for Tea... then we'll finish up the hour with some great folk/rock from K.T. Tunstall and New England's own Melissa Ferrick. That's all this coming week on Women In Music with Laney Goodman.

Saturday May 17

Beale Street Caravan 5:00 am
featuring Poppy Tooker continues her series on food and blues.
Poppy Tooker continues her series on food and blues. Description: Held at the historic Orpheum Theater on the corner of Beale and Main in downtown Memphis, Tennessee this year’s competition served up some tasty winners. Excerpts include Trampled Under Foot, the first place winners in the band competition, the second place winners in the band competition, Shakura S'Aida , and solo/duo winner Lionel Young.

Member Concert 6:00 am
featuring Stephen Fearing in a 2000 concert

Guest Mix 7:00 am
featuring Paul Rishell and Annie Raines pick their favorite songs

Mountain Stage 2:00 pm
featuring Catie Curtis, Antje Duvekot, Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik, Catie Curtis, The Cat Empire, Jeff Daniels, Antje Duvekot

Sunday May 18

Etown 6:00 am
featuring BODEANS / OVER THE RHINE
The BoDeans (Sammy Llanas and Kurt Neumann) return to etown after nine years. Their set includes a new song or two, plus an old favorite, performed in a rare acoustic duo configuration. Then, Over the Rhine (married couple Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist) along with their band, bring their brilliantly written tunes to the stage. And Doug Fine, author of Farewell My Subaru, talks about the challenges of ‘greening’ his life in order to live in a more sustainable way. Plus, there’s a motivated e-chievement award winner from Monona, Wisconsin, who traveled to etown to tell us her story ‘in person’. This week, etown brings you one of the best hours in radio--great music and engaging conversation, all coming your way!

Art Of The Song 7:00 am
featuring Natalia Zukerman, Michael Shenkman and Michael Shorr

American Routes 12:00 pm
featuring Emmylou Harris & Yo La Tengo
Gifted singer Emmylou Harris takes a new trip down old country roads as the self-searching "Red Dirt Girl." We speak with her about growing up between South and North, her days on the road with Gram Parsons, and her atmospheric music today. Also, the purposefully unrooted band Yo La Tengo of Hoboken, New Jersey tracks their 15 years of luminous music and improvisatory life.

Afropop Worldwide 6:00 pm
featuring Sierra Leone: Celebration, War, and Healing
SIERRA LEONE: CELEBRATION, WAR, AND HEALING When Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, Freetown swayed to the beguiling, breezy lilt of palm wine guitar and danced to the funky pop of Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats. Once a center of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Sierra Leone became an improbable amalgamation of indigenous peoples and repatriated Africans freed from slavery. Thirty years of political and economic disintegration led to a horrific civil war that claimed tens of thousands of victims and created a generation of maimed bodies and ruined lives between 1991 and 2002. Since the war, the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission has urged the use of music to bring about healing. This program will profile the inspiring story of the Refugee All Stars, a band formed in war-era refugee camps in Guinea. This band played a key role in giving citizens the courage to return home, and now, along with other young musicians in Freetown, attempt to pick up where others left off before the war. Members of the band will speak in this program, including a young rapper who gives us an entrée into the country’s emerging hip hop generation.

Commonwealth Journal 7:00 pm
Janis Pryor's guests are: Charles Welch, MD, Director of Electroconvulsive Therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Linda and Geoffrey Post, Founders of the Paradise City Arts Festival.

Monday May 19

Member Concert 5:00 am
featuring Bill Morrissey in a 2000 concert

World Cafe 7:00 pm
featuring Trent Reznor talks about the new Nine Inch Nails album, Ghosts.
Host David Dye meets with Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor on the World Café. Hot on the heels of the politically-charged, futuristic opus, Year Zero, Nine Inch Nails have just released Ghosts, an ambitious 36-track instrumental soundscape. Always on the cutting edge of music distribution, Reznor self-released the album in a range of formats, from a free download of the first 9 tracks, to an expansive box set.

Afropop Worldwide 11:00 pm
featuring Sierra Leone: Celebration, War, and Healing
SIERRA LEONE: CELEBRATION, WAR, AND HEALING When Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, Freetown swayed to the beguiling, breezy lilt of palm wine guitar and danced to the funky pop of Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats. Once a center of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Sierra Leone became an improbable amalgamation of indigenous peoples and repatriated Africans freed from slavery. Thirty years of political and economic disintegration led to a horrific civil war that claimed tens of thousands of victims and created a generation of maimed bodies and ruined lives between 1991 and 2002. Since the war, the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission has urged the use of music to bring about healing. This program will profile the inspiring story of the Refugee All Stars, a band formed in war-era refugee camps in Guinea. This band played a key role in giving citizens the courage to return home, and now, along with other young musicians in Freetown, attempt to pick up where others left off before the war. Members of the band will speak in this program, including a young rapper who gives us an entrée into the country’s emerging hip hop generation.

Tuesday May 20

Art Of The Song 5:00 am
featuring Natalia Zukerman, Michael Shenkman and Michael Shorr

World Cafe 7:00 pm
featuring Fireproof is the sophomore record from emerging singer-songwriter, Dawn Landes.
World Café host David Dye welcomes Dawn Landes for music and conversation drawn from her new album, Fireproof. At only twenty years old, she has the songwriting savvy and lyrical sophistication of an old hand - but not too sophisticated. Sometimes quirky and hyperactive, sometimes starry-eyed and echoing, Dawn offers indie rock songs with a folk heart.

Beale Street Caravan 11:00 pm
featuring Poppy Tooker continues her series on food and blues.
Held at the historic Orpheum Theater on the corner of Beale and Main in downtown Memphis, Tennessee this year’s competition served up some tasty winners. Excerpts include Trampled Under Foot, the first place winners in the band competition, the second place winners in the band competition, Shakura S'Aida , and solo/duo winner Lionel Young.

Wednesday May 21

WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour 5:00 am
featuring Tim O'Brien

WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour 11:00 pm
featuring Tim O'Brien