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This Day in Music History at 7:30 Mississippi Fred McDowell was born in 1904, Tex Ritter was born in 1905, and Ruth Brown was born in 1928.

Second Take at 8am: Brendan will play two versions of Fred McDowell's "Write Me a Few of Your Lines".
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This Day in Music History at 7:30 Johnny Cash performed at Folsom Prison resulting in the Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison LP in 1968. We'll play a 3-song set highlighting its legacy.

Regional Roundup at 8am: #1 Country LPs from Nashville in 1968.
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Each morning in the 10am hour you can join Randi for the 10 o'clock Coffee Break celebrating a music event in history.

For the Producer Spotlight in the 11am hour Randi's featuring famous Producers of the 1970's. This week selections from Jon Landau.

Live at Noon 12pm hour. At the top of the Noon hour Randi features two performances from our WUMB Archives.

Later in the Noon hour Randi features the Artist of the Day.

In the 3pm Hour Albert features the Artist of the Day which rotates on a daily basis

5:30 is Daily Dylan. This week Albert is continuing to recreate Dylan's catalog through covers. He'll continue with covers of Blonde on Blonde.
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Die Midwestern is the name of Arlo McKinley’s latest album. It includes songs that impressed the late John Prine so much that Prine signed McKinley to his record label. On the next World Cafe, we’ll hear McKinley tell the story of performing for John Prine. Also, the Cafe’s Latin Roots correspondent Byron Gonzalez spins tunes from his personal most-listened-to artist of 2020.
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This Day in Music History at 7:30 Allen Toussaint was born in 1938.

Live Legends at 8am: Allen Toussaint on Austin City Limits
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Each morning in the 10am hour you can join Randi for the 10 o'clock Coffee Break celebrating a music event in history.

For the Producer Spotlight in the 11am hour Randi's featuring famous Producers of the 1970's. This week selections from Jon Landau.

Live at Noon 12pm hour. At the top of the Noon hour Randi features two performances from our WUMB Archives.

Later in the Noon hour Randi features the Artist of the Day.

In the 3pm Hour Albert features the Artist of the Day which rotates on a daily basis

5:30 is Daily Dylan. This week Albert is continuing to recreate Dylan's catalog through covers. He'll continue with covers of Blonde on Blonde.
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Last year The Chicks put out their first new record in 14 years, called Gaslighter. On the next World Cafe, the trio talk about what they have learned about speaking their minds over the years and look back on the impact of the uproar they faced back in the early 2000s. Plus, they share what gave them hope in 2020.
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New Music Feature at 7:30 Brendan will play two new songs not yet heard on WUMB.

This Day in Music History at 7:50 Earl Hooker was born in 1930, Don McLean's "American Pie" hit #1 in the US in 1972, and Captain Beefheart was born in 1941.

Local Spotlight at 8am: Molly Pinto Madigan.
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Each morning in the 10am hour you can join Randi for the 10 o'clock Coffee Break celebrating a music event in history.

For the Producer Spotlight in the 11am hour Randi's featuring famous Producers of the 1970's. This week selections from Jon Landau.

Live at Noon 12pm hour. At the top of the Noon hour Randi features two performances from our WUMB Archives.

Later in the Noon hour Randi features the Artist of the Day.

In the 3pm Hour Albert features the Artist of the Day which rotates on a daily basis

5:30 is Daily Dylan. This week Albert is continuing to recreate Dylan's catalog through covers. He'll continue with covers of Blonde on Blonde.
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Drummer Chris Frantz has a ton of stories from the time he spent co-founding and making music with Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club. On the next World Cafe, he shares some of his highlights, including meeting and marrying the other half of the rhythm section in those two bands, bassist Tina Weymouth.
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This week in 1967 The Beatles began work on “A Day In The Life”! We’ll dissect the recording and go in between the grooves for the real story
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This week Host Albert O pays tribute to the legendary Janis Joplin. We'll hear music from her time in Big Brother and the Holding Company, solo music and more. Mick Taylor is also celebrated on the show along with much more.
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This afternoon Host Scott Alarik will curate the significance of singer-songwriter Donovan and much more.

Massachusetts-bred songwriter and powerhouse vocalist Diana DeMuth’s debut album, Misadventure, announces the arrival of an artist whose music bursts with soul, emotion, and influences including rock, blues, and folk. Her list for Guest Mix, like her new album, is weighted toward music that fuses roots and soul music, featuring artists like Nathaniel Rateliff as well as one of my all-time favorite Susan Tedeschi songs, a ballad from the first Tedeschi Trucks album. You’ll hear an hour of music with great variety and pacing and you’ll meet a rising young artist whose own music demands to be heard.

This week E Town is on hiatus so we can bring you our monthly archived series One Year at a Time with Host Tai Irwin. He'll explore the year 1998 and will feature significant contributions from Steve Earle, Robbie Robertson and more.
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