Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019
Here's a little music to get the Fall 2019 semester off to a good start:
Femina (recorded live in the KEXP studio in October, 2016) "Mi Eje" (6:56), "Palpita y Goza" (5:20).   "Eu Tem" (4:59) from Canal de la Ciudad.

Thursday Aug. 29, 2019
"Old Enough" featuring Ricky Skaggs & Ashley Monroe  (6:57), The XX Intro, City of the Sun cover (4:23), Gotye (feat. Kimbra) "Somebody That I Used to Know" on KCRW (4:07), Ashley Monroe on NPR Tiny Desk Concert "Weed Instead of Roses" (9:05 - 13:05 = 4:00)

Tuesday Sept. 3, 2019
Junius Meyvant "Be A Man" (3:05), "Mighty Backbone" (3:36), "Gold Laces" (3:51), "Color Decay" (4:28); Ylja "Ut" (3:33)

Thursday, Sep. 5, 2019
Calexico (a local group) "Quattro" (4:41) live at the Barbican Theater in London (1999?) featuring Mariachi Luz de Luna (also from Tucson), "Moon Never Rises" (1:40 - 6:00) featuring Gaby Moreno, "Under the Wheels (0-4:50) & Flores y Tamales (4:51 - 9:17)" live at Down the Rabbit Hole in the Netherlands 2018.

Tuesday, Sep. 10, 2019
Lucius "Woman" (4:45), "Until We Get There" (4:59), "Almost Makes Me Wish for Rain" (4:05), "How Loud Your Heart Gets" (6:30), "Turn it Around" (4:10), "Two of Us on the Run" (4:51)

Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019
Jenny and the Mexicats "Frenetico Ritmo" (0-2:50), "The Song for UV House Mouse" (3:05 - 8:15 = 5:10), appearing on NPR Tiny Desk Concert, "La Noche" feat. Sandoval (4:24), "Llueve en el Mar" feat. Juan Solo (0:45 - 5:39 = ~5:00).  Jenny and the Mexicats will be appearing tomorrow (Fri., Sept. 13) at the Rialto Theatre in downtown Tucson.

Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2019
Lissie "Don't You Give Up on Me" (4:04), "Record Collector" (4:14), "Further Away" (4:14) from the Bing Lounge at 101.9 KINK FM (Portland, OR), "The Habit" Live at Hotel San Jose, SXSW 2013 (4:26), "Love in the City" (3:46) & "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)

Thursday Sep. 19, 2019
Sia: "California Dreamin' " (3:37), "Chandelier" (4:14), "Chandelier" (4:05), "Midnight Decisions" (3:44), "Breathe Me" (4:55),  "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" (3:58)

Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
Hot Club du Nax "Joseph Joseph" (3:22), Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra "Djelem Djelem" (5:35), Showarama Gypsy Jazz "Shine" (3:16), Tuba Skinny "Jubilee Stomp" (3:51), Elia Bastida Sant Andreu Jazz Band "Minor Swing" (4:52)

Thu., Sep. 26 - Quiz #1
The Big Push "Lonely Boy" (4:25), "Sympathy for the Devil" (4:30), "Wade in the Water" (6:08), "My Generation" (4:37)

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019
Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta (another local group) appearing in Austin TX in June 2014 (18:10)

Thursday Oct. 3, 2019
Ravel's "Bolero" played by the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) at Copenhagen's Central Railway Station (4:52),  Gustav Holst "The Planets: Jupiter The Bringer of Jollity" Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra at The Prudential Center (4:22), Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" Centre Commercial Auchan Noyelles, Lille, France (6:00), Henri Herbert "Henri's Boogie" (6:36)

Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019
Maddison McNamara The Voice Australia 2018 "I Will Always Love You" (2:50); Cody Frost The Voice UK 2016 "Lay All Your Love on Me" (1:45), "Another Brick in the Wall" (1:53); Nargiz Zakirova The Voice Russia "Still Loving You" (2:10), Courtney Hadwin Americas Got Talent 2018 "Hard to Handle" (2:45), Alice Fredenham Britain's Got Talent 2013 "My Funny Valentine" (4:30)

Thursday Oct. 10, 2019
Imad Fares "Gipsy Kings Cover" (5:30), Lindsay El "Shut Me Up" (6:10), Tash Sultana "Jungle" (~7:15)

Tue., Oct. 15, 2019
Monsieur Perine "Nuestra Cancion" (6:30),  "Llore" (6:31), "La Muerte" (7:26)

Thu., Oct. 17 - Quiz #2
Haelos on KEXP "Pray" (0 - 5:40), "Earth Not Above" (6:00 - 10:25), "Dust" (18:00 - 22:40), "Oracle" (23:00 - 27:40), "Separate Lives" appearing on The Current (4:46)

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
Les Doigts Tordus "Au Pied de l'Olivier" (7:32), "Chien Galeux" (4:25), Startijenn "Strak ha pak" (4:23)

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019
Amadou and Mariam "Senegal Fast Food" (4:20); Playing for Change "With My Own Two Hands" (4:06), "Tenia Tanto Que Darte" (4:31), "Minor Rag - Spanish Rag Medley" (4:11), "Clandestino" (3:47), "Satchita" (4:16)

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
Music today will come from the following.  The first two groups are new discoveries from the Spring 2019 semester.  I "discovered" the 3rd group (a Russian ska band?)  this summer.
Pokey Lafarge "Actin' a Fool" (3:21), "Sadie Green" (3:24), "Something in the Water" (5:03)
Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis "Going Up the Country" (3:23), "I'm So Sorry" (4:45), "Whenever You See Me" (4:12), "Feeling of Wonder" (3:20)
Lollypop Lorry "I Won't Let You Go" (2:15), "Silent River Runs Deep" (3:01)

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019
A short tutorial and some music in recognition of this Sunday's 30th Annual All Souls Procession and Grand Finale in downtown Tucson ( https://allsoulsprocession.org/ )
Classic Sugar Skull Makeup Tutorial 2014 (8:00), La Santa Cecilia "Calaverita" (4:03), Rupa and the April Fishes "Este Mundo" (3:18), "Viene La Muerte Cantado/El corrido de la muerte" (3:16)

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer "Seritony" (4:52), "Grow" (4:17); Mandolin Orange "There Was a Time" (3:50), "House of Stone" (3:22)

Thu., Nov. 7 - Quiz #3
Beatles:  "Day Tripper (Take 1)" (2:07), "The Night Before" (2:34), "I Saw Her Standing There (Takes 6-9)" (2:00-4:55), "Things We Said Today" (2:35),
"In My Life" (2:26), Octopus's Garden" (2:50), "I'm Looking Through You" (2:26), "There's a Place (Takes 3-4)" (2:05),  "Back in the USSR" (2:44),
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (4:45)

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019
Flor de Toloache: "Meet the all-female band redefining mariachi, Flor de Toloache" (4:14), "Dulces Recuerdos" (3:37), "Long Gone Girl" (3:13), "Haupango Melody" (6:54), "Besos de Mezcal" (3:08), "Dicen" (4:21)

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019
Selections from an American Songbook concert at Lincoln Center featuring Alynda Segarra and Hurray for the Riff Raff: "Cajun Instrumental" (2:35), "I Know it's Wrong (But that's Alright)" (3:15), "Lake of Fire" (4:40), "End of the Line" (5:00), "Daniella" (4:45)

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019
Three Dog Night "Eli's Coming" (2:42), Cream "In a White Room" (4:56), Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride" (4:20), Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit" (2:31), The Doors "Love Me Two Times" (3:16)

Thu., Nov. 21, 2019
Dessa "Skeleton Key" (3:45), "551" (4:14), "5 out o 6" (3:31), "Sadie Hawkins" (3:29), "Mineshaft II" (4:42)

Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019
First Aid Kit "To a Poet" (5:43), "Crazy on You" (4:55), "On the Road Again" (2:27), "To Live a Life"  (3:15), "Fireworks" (4:19), "Winter is All Over You" (4:49)