11/22/25 - Jam_21

"We were not trying to please anyone but ourselves with our choice of songs." - Rick Bockner (Mad River)

Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Mad River	Amphetamine Gazelle	Mad River	Capitol	1968	Haight-Ashbury–aligned psychedelic rock with strong blues, folk, and country influence. Formed in Ohio in 1966 before settling into the California scene. Early example of how experimental late-60s singles could be.
Psyco on da Bus	Many Questions	Psyco on da Bus	Comet	2001	One-off collaboration involving Doctor L., session players, and Tony Allen. Often labeled afrobeat, though the sound leans toward acid jazz and jazz-fusion with sparse vocals and instrumental focus.
Darkleaf	Eclectic Storm	F… the People	Ubiquity	2002	West coast group working in abstract hip-hop. Emerged from the Unity Committee's breakup in the early 1990s. Part of the lineage that also produced Jurassic 5, though with a very different sonic identity.
Boyd Rice	Hatesville	The Way I Feel	Caciocavallo	2000	Industrial pioneer with roots in early punk and RE/Search circles. Satirical piece using a calm vocal delivery over an exotica-styled backdrop, reflecting his fascination with provocation and countercultural themes.
Zombie 619er	Eternal Measurements (feat. Koobatoo Asparagus)	Android Masters	Self-released	1996	Lo-fi electronic work regarded as an early ancestor of cloud rap. Dreamlike production and heavy ambience shaped partly by tape recording qualities.
El Stew	Vintage	No Hesitation / featured on Planetary Natural Love Gas Webbin' 199999		1999	Track highlighted through DJ Pica Pica Pica's disorienting, stylistically varied mix. AKA Yamatsuka Eye, a major figure in Japanese noise and experimental music circles.
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker	Bohmen	Black Axis	Marat	1989	Noise rock rooted in ideas associated with totalism and minimalist offshoots interpreted through amplified rock instrumentation. Berlin-based collective led by Caspar Brötzmann.
Peter Brötzmann, Fred van Hove & Han Bennink	Einheitsfrontlied Part 1	Einheitsfrontlied (single)	FMP	1973	European free-jazz trio interpreting a 1930s labor movement song before launching into their signature abrasive improvisation style.
Mal Waldron	Space Walk	Up Popped the Devil	Enja	1974	Dark modal post-bop with a brooding, meditative quality. Sits apart from contemporary trends in jazz fusion, spiritual jazz, and free improvisation of the era.

11/08/25 - Jam_20

My instinct was to be original." - Bill Holt

Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Bill Holt	Dreamies Program Ten Part One	Auralgraphic Entertainment	Stone Theatre	1974	Experimental pop, sound collage, and psychedelic folk using Moog Sonic Six synthesizer. Early example of sampling. Title inspired by Isaac Asimov's term "dreamies."
Eddie Hazel	Frantic Moment	Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs	Warner Bros.	1977	Solo work by Parliament-Funkadelic's guitarist. Funk rock rooted in the Maggot Brain sound.
Jeru The Damaja	D. Original	The Sun Rises in the East	Payday	1994	Classic NYC hip-hop debut. Samples Cecil Taylor's 1972 avant-garde jazz recording "Cell Walk for Celeste."
Le Stelle Di Mario Schifano	Molto alto	Dedicato A	BDS	1967	Early Italian psychedelic rock project produced by painter Mario Schifano.
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan	Opis Helpus	Pullhair Rubeye	Paw Tracks	2007	Avant-garde tape manipulation and light psychedelia from Animal Collective's Avey Tare and múm's Kría Brekkan. Reflects "New Weird America" ethos of neo-folk experimentation.
Ernesto Cavour	Ofrenda al Culto	Charango Boliviano	Pueblo	1979	Bolivian charango master and Los Jairas founder. Blends Andean folkloric instrumentation with urban conjunto andino style.
Steve Young	Traveling Kind	Honky-Tonk Man	Mountain Railroad	1975	Outlaw country artist leaning toward country blues and fingerpicking. Progressive tendencies.
Billy Bang Quintet	Rainbow Gladiator	Rainbow Gladiator	Soul Note	1981	Jazz violin revival of the post-bop and free jazz eras; features Charles Tyler, Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, and Michele Rosewoman.

10/25/25 - Jam_19

"And finally, with my system on the third plane, I've been trying to evolve my work in a way that would allow for transposition into the dream state, transposition into narrative logics, transposition as part of the new medieval time space that we're moving towards." - Anthony Braxton, 2021 Quietus interview.

Listen to the show at wmre.live 12PM EST!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Lattie Murrell	Wolf's At Your Door	Wolf's At The Door: Lost Recordings From The Spirits of the South	Sutro Park	2010 (late 60s/early 70s)	Old country blues tune from archival compilation.
Anthony Braxton	BOR----H (Opus 23E)	Five Pieces	Arista	1975	Avant-garde saxophonist, AACM figure. Coherent, jazz-oriented composition combining jazz and modern European classical.
Baterdene	The Gallop of Jonon Khar	The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings	2002	Mongolian tatlaga genre; tells story of the origin of the horsehead fiddle.
Lalleshwari	Dark Angel	Lullabies in a Glass Wilderness	n/a	2005	UK art pop/darkwave; lo-fi 4-track recording with modern production.
Crazy Wisdom Masters	Book of Rhyme Pages	Crazy Wisdom Masters	n/a	1992	Experimental hip hop from Native Tongues collective; group included Sensational (Torture) and Jungle Brothers.
Babylon Zoo	Spaceman	The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes	EMI	1996	One hit wonder; begins as alternative dance, majority is alt/space rock. Levi's commercial.
MC 900 ft Jesus	But If You Go	One Step Ahead of the Spider	American Recordings	1994	Abstract hip hop with acid jazz/trip hop resemblance.
King Sunny Ade	365 Is My Number/The Message	Juju Music	Mango	1982	Yoruba juju music fused with early 80s electronic effects.
The Action	Brain	Rolled Gold	Dig the Fuzz	1997 (1967-1968)	Freakbeat/mod track anticipating 80s indie psychedelia; straightforward, minimal approach.
Mark & Suzann Farmer	Dreams	We've Been There	MSJ Records	1978	Stripped-back, sparse Fleetwood Mac cover; recorded on 4-track in living room; ghostly atmosphere.

10/18/25 - Jam_18

"Back then, there was no perfect school of music. You had to depend on yourself and discover who you really are, what you wanted to do, and how you really wanted to do it." - Lonnie Liston Smith

Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Lonnie Liston Smith	Colors of the Rainbow	Visions of a New World	Flying Dutchman	1975	Cosmic jazz-funk.
Thom Brennan	Incense and Rain	Mist	mp3.com	2000	Ambient music made using only synthesizers.
Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz	Invisible Road	The Invisible Road; Original Recordings, 1985-1990	Freedom to Speed	2024 (1985-1990)	"World fusion" or tribal ambient. Blend of mysticism and cinematic sound.
Marcos Valle	Previsao Do Tempo	Previsao Do Tempo	Odeon	1973	Tropical jazz-funk with mellow bossa nova atmosphere.
Michael Gregory Jackson	Prelueoionti	Clarity	Bija	1977	Acoustic guitar loft jazz with American primitivist structure.
Terry Callier	Spin Spin Spin	The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier	Prestige	1966	Chicago folk.
Alceu Valenca & Geraldo Azevedo	Planetario	Quadrafonico	Copacabana	1972	Psychedelic Brazilian folk, udigrudi.
Leonardo V. Boccia	Auaua Flori	Homenagem	WR Discos	1984	Warm Brazilian fusion mixing bossa nova, northern Brazilian folk music, and subtle electronics.
Michael Martin Murphey	Cosmic Cowboy Pt. 1	Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir	A&M Records	1973	Texas country rock/progressive country.
Jaime Sin Tierra	Azafata	Autochocador	Sin Tierra	2000	Argentine art rock blending indie rock and neo-psychedelia.

10/11/25 - Jam_17

"In Africa, everything means something. We don't make up something just to make up something -- there's always a tradition behind the whole thing." - Mor Thiam in a TV interview

Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Mor Thiam	Kanfera	Dini Safarrar	RITE Records	1973	Afro spiritual jazz from Akon's father.
Son 14	El senor	Son 14	Egrem	1982	Electrified son cubano.
Harvey Scales & the Seven Sounds	Broadway Freeze	N/A	Magic Touch Records	1968	Reference-heavy 60s funk/soul.
Edan featuring Dagha	Rock and Roll	Beauty and the Beat	Lewis Recordings	2005	Abstract hip-hop using a smart psychedelic rock sample.
Notekillers	Pilgrim Tale	Notekillers (1977-1981)	Estatic Peace!	2004 (1977-1981)	Ealy post-hardcore example from an instrumental Philadelphia no wave band.
Vyto B	Electronic Enforcer	Tricentennial 2076	Clay Pidgeon	1976	Sci-fi psychedelic folk about machines only being able to do what they're programmed to do -- timely!
Danny Ben-Israel	Bad Trip	Kathmandu Sessions	Merry Records	2003 (1970s)	Experimental tape manipulation (rewind) track with psychedelic leanings appropriate within the time it was recorded.
Nidikho Xaba & the Natives	Freedom	Nidikho Xaba & the Natives	Trilyte	1971	Spiritual jazz sermon of sorts from a South African man in the 70s San Fran spiritual jazz scene.
Spring Heel Jack	Double Cross	Amassed	Thirsty Ear	2002	Avant-garde jazz that somewhat links with the 70s loft jazz movement in abstraction. High dynamics with low volume.
Ruben Blades	Maestra vida	Maestra vida: Segunda parte	Fania	1980	Song about the difficulties of life as a whole from lauded salsa singer. Highlighting the lesser known concept/high conscious records (as opposed to Siembra with Willie Colon).

10/04/25 - Jam_16

 Note the Spotify playlist lacks "The Misfit" by Scatman John:

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Anthony Red Rose	Tempo	Family Man	VP Records	1994 (1985)	Digital dancehall produced by King Tubby (dub master).
Amnesty	Can I Help You?	Free Your Mind	Now-Again Records	1973 (2007)	Archival release of 70s jazz-funk-soul band.
Milton Wright	The Silence That You Keep	Friends and Buddies	Altson Records	1975	Soul from 70s Miami.
John Larkin	The Misfit	John Larkin	Transistion	1985	Later famous europop "scatman," originally avant-garde/free jazz pianist.
Henry Threadgill	I Can't Wait Till I Get Home	Easily Slip Into Another World	Artisa Novus	1988	Original loft jazz movement saxophonist, still sticking to that low-key intimate jazz setting.
Steven Bernstein	Roumania, Roumania	Diaspora Soul	Tzadik	1999	Klezmer and afro-cuban jazz fusion.
President	Hearts Are Broken	Bring Yr Camera	Elektra Musician	1988	Jazz-rock with art rock/free improv elements. Very cheesy, but still heavily associated with the experimental Tzadik label.
Rei Harakami	Nijizou	Wasuremono	Sublime Records	2006	Some nice, gentle IDM to close the show.

04/12/25 - Jam_15

"Yes, you’ve got to sing from the depths of the heart. Without heart you cannot be a Qawwal. You sing the songs every day, so even though there is quite a lot, you remember it." -- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

 Listen to the show live at below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Aaj Sik Mitran Di	Chain of Light	Real World	2024 (1990)	Qawwali lament in Punjabi Sufi tradition. Big global reach due to Peter Gabriel-founded label Real World. Very famous and iconic singer in Pakistan.
Orchestra Harlow	Silencio	Salsa	Fania	1973	Dramatic salsa dura track from Jewish-American bandleader Larry Harlow. Released on the most important salsa label ever Fania.
Ada Richard	I'm Drunk & I'm Real High (In the Spirit of God)	Good God! Born Again Funk	Numero Group	2010 (1971)	Gospel-funk from a Detroit beauty parlor owner. Discovered by Numero Group.
The Fendermen	Mule Skinner Blues	N/A	Soma	1960	Novelty rockabilly hit recorded with two Fender guitars plugged into the same amp.
Mapenda Seck	Boul Ma Dieuye	Loubess	KSF	2000	Rhythmic Senegalese mbalax from a member of Orchestra Baobab. Brother of the more famous Thione Seck.
Prince Far I	Plant Up	Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III	Daddy Kool	1980	Dub reggae deep heavy on studio effects. Deep vocal toasting.
Guitar	House Full of Time	Sunkissed	Morr	2002	Dreamy shoegaze from a German duo. Bright and melodic.
Units	I-Night	Units	N/A	1979	Ahead-of-its-time synth punk track. A bridge between late-70s DIY and 2000s indie futurism.