The music of reggae legend Mikey Dread who passed away last March at the age of 58 from brain cancer.

* JBC Days is a version of Uptown Top Ranking by Althea and Donna with altered lyrics about Mikey Dread's radio program, "Dread At The Controls."

** His Imperial Majesty was produced by Mikey Dread and, in Selector J's opinion, remains his most prolific rhythm.

Featuring Aphex Twin this week!

A full hour of field recordings by John and Alan Lomax

Andres Aguirre bringing you this week's artist hour...
Loco Dice

BEN LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE by LP

Tonight: Bill Withers

A look at Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

For this Artist Hour, DJ Coutier and DJ Lace bring you The Shaggs! We'll be back soon with links to info. on the Shaggs.
The Shaggs are Betty, Helen, and Dorothy Wiggin.
Outsider Music. "Hacked-at chords, missed downbeats, out-of-socket transitions, blown accents, and accidental convergences abound. And yet - it all works." -Irwin Chusid

Abdel Halim Hafez, "The Brown Nightingale", considered one of the four greats of Egyptian music along with Umm Kulthum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Farid El Atrach

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, one of the great bands of the '90s , appreciated on KVRX's artist hour. Album order is chronological.

Andrew, a much better guest host than Chance, stops by to play us some of his favorite Boards of Canada tunes.

1 hour of Barrington Levy's finest cuts...

DJ Smokehouse Brown of Blues At Sunrise hosts the Artist Hour this week, which focuses on legendary Chicago harmonica player Snooky Pryor.

no particular artist tonight, but music from around the world: Iraq, Egypt, Finland, Holland, Palestine, Texas, South Africa, Brazil, Germany, UK

Owen Pallet. Solo under Final Fantasy. Started off touring with Hidden Cameras. Does string arrangements for Arcade Fire.

http://www.theavettbrothers.com/site.php

http://www.myspace.com/theavettbrothers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avett_Brothers

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