Tuesday Aug. 23, 2016
Trumpets, a saxophone, and jazz piano from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on opening day in ATMO 170.  You heard "El Manicero" (9:03) featuring Cuban jazz pianist Ernan Lopez Nussa.

Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 
Probably my favorite local group: Calexico "All the Pretty Little Horses" (4:00), "Falling From the Sky (Live at Ancienne Belgique)" (0:00 - 4:20), "Moon Never Rises (feat. Gaby Moreno)" (1:45 - 6:05)

Tuesday Aug. 30, 2016
Music from Lissie: "Record Collector" (4:14) (recorded in the studios of KCMP FM, Minnesota Public Radio), "In Sleep" (5:23) part of a set at the end of the Guitar Center's Singer/Songwriter 2 Competition Finals at Hotel Café in Hollywood (Mar., 2013), "They All Want You" (4:14), and "Further Away" (4:14) from the Bing Lounge at 101.9 KINK FM (Portland, OR), "Love in the City" (3:46), and "The Habit" Live at Hotel San Jose, SXSW 2013 (4:26).

Thursday, Sep. 1, 2016
featuring another local group before class today:
Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta (NPR Music Field Recordings) "Traicionera" (0:00 - 6:30), "La Cucharita" (6:40 - 11:50), "La Rienda" (12:00 - 17:50)

Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2016
Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer: "Seritony" (4:52), "Cat Creek" (5:52), "Grow" (4:17), "Comin Down" (5:12)

Thursday Sep. 8, 2016
Some Cajun music before class today from the Lost Bayou Ramblers "Blue Moon Special" (6:27) from a concert in Sweden, "Moi J'Connais Pas" (4:34) from a performance in France.

Thursday, Sep. 13, 2016
Brandi Carlile: "It's Over" (3:58), "Things I regret" (3:36), "Losing Heart" (3:35), "Downpour" (3:33), "Mainstream Kid" (4:25)

Thursday Sept. 15, 2016
La Santa Cecilia: "Losing Game" (3:15), "La Negra" (3:16), "I Won't Cry for You (English)" (3:40), "No Te Lloro Mas (Espanol)" (3:21), "Tainted Love" (2:53), "Nunca Mas" (3:45)

Tuesday Sep. 20, 2016
Junius Meyvant (from a KEXP program recorded at the Kex Hostel in Reykjavik, Iceland): "Be a Man" (0:00 - 3:14), "Mighty Backbone" (3:14 - 7:09), "Hailslide" (7:09 - 11:20), "Color Decay" (11:20 - 16:19), "Beat Silent Need" (16:19 - 20:25), "Neon Experience" (20:25 - 28:02), "Dwelling Side by Side" (28:02 - 35:44)

Thu., Sep. 22 - Quiz #1 Haelos "Pray" (5:31), Earth Not Above (4:51), "Dust" (5:00), "Oracle" (5:11)

Tuesday Sept. 27, 2015
Lucius "Madness" (4:30), "Better Look Back" (5:35), "Dusty Trails" (5:02), "Turn it Around" (4:10), "How Loud Your Heart Gets" (6:58), "Two of Us on the Run" (4:51)

Thursday Sept. 29, 2016
A mixture of old and new selections from the Playing For Change project:  Manu Chao "Clandestino" (3:47),  "Where There is Love" (5:31), "Groove in G" (4:55), "Tenia Tanto Que Darte - Nena Daconte" (4:31), "Satchita" (4:16) and "La Garriga is Playing For Change Too (Somewhere Over the Rainbow)" (5:57).  Playing for Change is an effort to "inspire, connect, and bring peace" to people of the world through music.  If you haven't heard their version of "Stand By Me" you should listen to that also.

Tuesday Oct. 4, 2016
Crooked Still "American Tune" (3:24), "Come on in My Kitchen" (4:59), Black Prairie "Nowhere Massachusetts" (3:20), Wilsen "Sirens" (4:13), Van Williams feat. First Aid Kit "Revolution" (4:30), Shovels and Rope "Birmingham" (4:10)

Thursday Oct. 6, 2016
Hot Club de Norvege "Swing for Ninine" (0:00-4:15), Marcus Roberts "Bolivar Blues" (3:15), if you have some extra time you really should watch this 60 Minutes segment on Marcus Roberts, Mona's Hot Four "First 3:40 from the Tuesdays at Mona's documentary",  Hans Otahal "Bumble Boogie" (4:36), Hot Club of San Francisco "Don't Panic" (5:51)

Tuesday Oct. 11. 2016
Andrea Bocelli with Elisa "La Voce del Silenzio" (5:22), Elisa "Dancing" (5:15), Andrea Bocelli with Laura Pausini "Dare to Live" (5:09)

Thu., Oct. 13 - Quiz #2
George Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue" (16:24) with photographs from New York City

Tuesday Oct. 18, 2016
Zaz "Je Veux" (3:35)  "Si jamais j'oublie" (3:26), Zaz & Pablo Alboran "Sous le Ciel de Paris" (3:15), Zaz a Montmartre "Les Passants" (4:20),
Kids United "On Ecrit Sur Les Murs" (2:59), Kids United with Black M "Sur Ma Route" (4:10)

Thursday Oct. 20, 2016
Margo Price at SXSW 2016 NPR Music Front Row "About to Find Out" (0-3:00), "Four Years of Chances" (13:55-18:47),"This Town Gets Around" (26:57-30:27)
Live on KEXP "Four Years of Chances" (4:34), "This Town Gets Around" (3:48)

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016
Music: Los Lobos "One Time, One Night" (4:31), Roy Orbison "Claudette" (3:11), Haim "Hazy Shade of Winter" (3:02), Dum Dum Girls "Under These Hands" (3:34)

Thursday Oct. 27, 2016
Rodrigo y Gabriela: "Diablo Rojo" (6:10), "Fram" (4:40), "Orion" (4:14)

Tuesday Nov. 1, 2016
Selections from artists appearing recently on the NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Series: Haley Bonar "Hometown" (2:50), Nina Diaz "January 9th" (3:50), Corinne Bailey Rae "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" (3:50), and this semester's musical discovery Monsieur Perine "Nuestra Cancion" (6:30).

Tuesday Nov. 8, Election Day, 2016
Adele "I'll be Waiting" (3:44), "If it Hadn't Been for Love" (5:20), Ruthie Foster "Set Fire to the Rain" (4:32), Patty Griffin "When it don't come easy" (5:02)

Thursday Nov. 10, 2016
I wasn't sure I'd be in the mood for any music but have started thinking that's exactly what is needed
Here are a couple of Don McLean songs: "American Pie" (8:33), "Vincent (Starry Starry Night" (4:11)

Tuesday Nov. 15, 2016
Music from the Buena Vista Social Club.  The first 3 songs were sung by original members of the band, I believe.  The performance at the White House featured both original and newer members of the group.
Buena Vista Social Club "La Negra Tomasa" (8:29), "El Cuarto de Tula" (8:28), "Chan Chan" (live at Carnegie Hall) (3:22),
Buena Vista Social Club Orquesta at the White House (Oct. 2015).

Thursday Nov. 17, 2016
Janis Joplin "Kozmic Blues" (4:23), "Little Girl Blue" (3:51), Bob Dylan "Like a Rolling Stone" (5:56), and the first minute or two of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (3:25)

Tue., Nov. 22, 2016
Laura Marling "Blackberry Stone" (3:31), Norah Jones "Black" (3:22), Gotye "Somebody That I Used to Know" (4:07), Koop "Koop Island Blues" (4:33), Elle King "Under the Influence" (3:18), Joss Stone "Molly Town" (3:36)

Tuesday Nov. 29, 2016
Blue Man Group appearing Sept. 26, 2016 on the NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series (13:15)