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This Day in Music History 7:30 - Leo Kottke was born in 1943. Harry Connick Jr was born in 1967. Mickey Hart was born in 1943

Family Connections at 8am: The Teskey Brothers

Artist of the Week 9am Hour - Jason Isbell

Brendan will also be giving away tickets to see Andrew Bird along with Calexico and Iron & Wine!
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Tune in for the 10 o'clock Coffee Break every morning around 10:20 as Randi celebrates a significant musical event that took place in history

Producer Spotlight 11:20 - all week Randi will feature the body of work from multi instrumentalist and Producer Will Kimbrough

Artist of the Week 12:20 - Jason Isbell is featured all week.

Artist of the Week 3:20 - All week Albert will curate the music of Jason Isbell

Daily Dylan - all week Albert will feature tracks from Love and Theft which was released this week in 2001.
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The Instrument of Hope is a trumpet made, in part, from spent bullet casings. It was inspired by a group of high school students who survived the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The students are on a mission to promote healing through the arts. We'll meet some of them and hear the story of the Instrument of Hope on the next World Cafe.
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This Day in Music History at 7:30 - Maria Muldaur born in 1943. George Jones born in 1931. Bob Dylan performed at the Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert in LA in 1970

Live on WUMB: Ward Hayden & The Outliers recorded last week live in studio

Brendan will also be giving away tickets to see Andrew Bird along with Calexico and Iron & Wine!
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Tune in for the 10 o'clock Coffee Break every morning around 10:20 as Randi celebrates a significant musical event that took place in history

Producer Spotlight 11:20 - all week Randi will feature the body of work from multi instrumentalist and Producer Will Kimbrough

Artist of the Week 12:20 - Jason Isbell is featured all week.

Artist of the Week 3:20 - All week Albert will curate the music of Jason Isbell

Daily Dylan - all week Albert will feature tracks from Love and Theft which was released this week in 2001.
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Michelle Zauner likes to stay busy. She makes music under the band name Japanese Breakfast, is turning her New Yorker essay into a 90-thousand-word book and has directed music videos for folks like Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst. We'll listen to music from the Japanese Breakfast catalog and get to know Michelle Zauner on the next World Cafe.
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New Music Feature at 7:30- Brendan will feature two brand new tracks never played before on WUMB

This Day in Music History at 7:50 - Bluegrass Legend and Pioneer Bill Monroe was born on this day in History

Local Spotlight 8am - Local Spotlight": Lisa Bastoni

Brendan will also give away a pair of tickets to see Andrew Bird perform live.
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Tune in for the 10 o'clock Coffee Break every morning around 10:20 as Randi celebrates a significant musical event that took place in history

Producer Spotlight 11:20 - all week Randi will feature the body of work from multi instrumentalist and Producer Will Kimbrough

Artist of the Week 12:20 - Jason Isbell is featured all week.

Artist of the Week 3:20 - All week Albert will curate the music of Jason Isbell

Daily Dylan - all week Albert will feature tracks from Love and Theft which was released this week in 2001.
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Bruce Hornsby tried something a little different for his latest album Absolute Zero. He took music he had originally composed for film director Spike Lee and transformed it into full length songs - the result is some of Hornsby's widest ranging work to date. He talks about that and more on the next World Cafe.
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On Sept 12th 1964, The Beatles perform at the sold-out Boston Garden. We’ll hear vintage radio and news coverage and recall stories from that historic day.
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A modern look at an ancient folk fad, Broadside Ballads, often called the first pop songs––but were the also the first “fake news?”

This week’s program showcases the exceptionally talented musical husband and wife duo Over the Rhine, as they celebrate their 30th year of touring together. We’re also joined by gifted singer/songwriter David Huckfelt (member of the band The Pines), who shares songs from his new solo album project.
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Holly celebrates birthdays for BB King, Freddie King, Memphis Slim and more. Also featuring new music from Michael Bloom, Annika Chambers and more!
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Little Brenda Lee, Red Knuckles, Red Simpson, Cousin Emmy, Merle Haggard, Laura Orshaw, Charlie Poole, Webb Pierce, Buck Owens, and more!
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Dr. Sara Lazar is the head of the Lazar Lab at Harvard University where she studies the effect yoga and meditation has on how we think and act. Dr. Lazar joins us to explain how meditation and yoga impacts - and benefits - the brain
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This week featured artists include: Steve Berlin, Don Was and more. Hometown Heroes: Colorado

We peer into the minds of musical dreamers of the past and present, exploring dreams of love, immigration, and a more perfect union. Singer songmaker Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods speaks of the 60’s folk revival in Greenwich Village and his dreams realized in the anthemic 1967 song “Get Together.” Then, Haitian American cellist and singer Leyla McCalla describes her journey from New York to New Orleans, connecting the cultural histories she’d long dreamed of along the way. Plus dreamscapes from Rhiannon Giddens, Los Cenzontles, Mahalia Jackson and John Prine.
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Scandinavia is the focus this week, as we listen to traditional music from Finland, Norway, and Sweden
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Celebrating the birthday of Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew, Who achieved international fame recording with the Dubliners over 50 years.
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10 o'clock Coffee Break - Randi says Happy Birthday to the legendary B.B. King.

11am Producer Spotlight - all week Randi will feature selections from producer Daniel Lanois who celebrates a Birthday this week.

Artist of the Week 12pm - Randi will continue to curate the works of Hank Williams who was born this week in History.

Artist of the Week 3pm Hour: Hank Williams

Daily Dylan 5:30. All week songs produced by Daniel Lanois who celebrates a Birthday this week!
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The Raconteurs are back with their first new album in 11 years. We talk to members Jack White (of the White Stripes) and Brendan Benson about their early days on the Detroit garage rock scene, Jack's tendency to make jokes that can get him into trouble and the advice they would give to their younger songwriter selves.
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This Day in Music History 7:30 - Hank Williams was born on this day in 1923. Brendan will pay tribute.

"Second Take" at 8am: Two versions of a Hank Williams song
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10 o'clock Coffee Break - paying tribute to the legacy of Hank Williams

Producer Spotlight 11am hour - all week Randi will pay tribute to the works of Daniel Lanois.

Also around 11am Randi sits down with singer-songwriter Catie Curtis.

Artist of the Week 3pm Hour: Hank Williams

Daily Dylan 5:30. All week songs produced by Daniel Lanois who celebrates a Birthday this week!
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The twin sisters of the duo Ibeyi split their time between Cuba and France as kids. In an interview and performance recorded live in Paris, the pair talk about their cross-cultural childhood, the influence of their dad, who was a member of the famed Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club, and the advice they got from Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame.
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