RTP-area local music and culture

["Music Director WXDU" <music AT wxdu.org>]

Top 88.7:
1.    14...La Drivers Union Por Por Group...Por Por: Honk Horn Music of
Ghana...Smithsonian Folkways
2.    11...Bebel Gilberto...Momento...Ziriguiboom/Crammed
3.    11...Various Artists...Disco Deutschland Disco...Marina
4.    10...Various Artists...White Lace & Strange: Heavy Psych & Power Fuzz
from the USA 68-72...Psychic Circle
5.    10...Balkan Beat Box...Nu-Med...Jdub
6.    9...Von Sudenfed Tromatic…Reflexxions...Domino
7.    9...Ladybug Transistor...Can't Wait Another Day...Merge
8.    8...Dungen...Tio Bitar...Kemado
9.    8...Voxtrot...S/T...Playlouder Recordings
10.    7...Double Negative...The Wonderful and Frightening World of Double
Negative...No Way Records
11.    7...Ruthie Foster...The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster...Blue Corn
12.    7...Betty Davis...Betty Davis & They Say I'm Different...Light in the
Attic
13.    7...Datarock...Datarock Datarock...Nettwerk
14.    7...Still Flyin' ...Za Cloud EJ...Antenna Farm
15.    7...Clientele...God Save The Clientele...Merge
16.    7...Nawang Khechog...Tibetan Meditation Music...Sounds True
17.    6...Adam Thorn & the Top Buttons...Where's the Freedom?...Ernest
Jenning Record
18.    6...Cross Laws...Midwest Tour 2007...s-r
19.    6...Great Lake Swimmers...Ongiara...Nettwerk
20.    6...Life on Earth!...Look! There is......Subliminal Sounds
21.    6...Alessandro Stefana...Poste e Telegrafi...Important
22.    6...Battles...Mirrored...Warp
23.    6...Gondoliers...s/t...Earie Records
24.    6...Meg Baird...Dear Companion...Drag City
25.    6...Paul Shapiro...It's in the Twilight...Tzadik
26.    6...Various Artists...Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay...Numero
27.    6...Various Artists...Just One More: A tribute to Larry
Brown...Bloodshot
28.    6...Dr. Dog...We all Belong...Park the Van
29.    6...Mice Parade...Mice Parade...Fatcat Records
30.    6...Various Artists...Messthetics #103...Hyped2Death
31.    5...Malachi...Holy Music...Fallout
32.    5...Sun Ra & the Astro-Infinity Arkestra...Strange
Strings...Atavistic
33.    5...Wooden Wand...James & the Quiet...Ecstatic Peace
34.    5...Eccodek...Voices Have Eyes...White Swan
35.    5...Matthew Dear...Asa Breed...Ghostly International
36.    5...Standing Nudes ...Ghost Story...True Panther
37.    5...David Torn...Prezens...ECM
38.    5...Headstone Circus...S/T...Shadoks
39.    5...Porter Wagoner...Wagonmaster...Anti-
40.    5...Spanish Harlem Orchestra...United We Swing...Six Degrees
41.    5...Shannon Wright...Let in the Light...Quarterstick
42.    5...King Sunny Ade...Gems from the Classic Years
(1967-1974)...Shanachie
43.    4...Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake...From the River to the
Ocean...Thrill Jockey
44.    4...Metric...Grow Up and Blow Away...Last Gang
45.    4...Cinematic Orchestra...Ma Fleur...Ninja Tunes
46.    4...Hidden Hand...the Resurrection of Whiskey Foote...Southern Lord
47.    4...Exploding Customer...At Your Service...Ayler Records
48.    4...High Strung...Get the Guests...Park the Van
49.    4...Part Chimp...Cup...Monitor
50.    4...Various Artists...Family Album...Grass Roots Records
51.    4...Ananda Shankar...Ananda Shankar and His Music...Fallout
52.    4...White Ghost Shivers...Everyone's Got 'Em ...S/R
53.    4...Charlotte Gainsbourg...5:55...Because
54.    4...David S. Ware Quartet...Renunciation...AUM
55.    4...Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles...Diamonds in the
Dark...Sugar Hill
56.    4...Ibrahim Ferrer...Mi Sueno...Nonesuch
57.    4...Aja West & Friends...Total Recall 2012...
58.    4...Lawrence...Lowlights from the past and future
59.    4...Titan...A Raining Sun of Light & Love, For You & You...
60.    3...Arthur Balsam & Louis Kaufman...Chamber Music of Dvorak &
Chausson...Bridge
61.    3...Daniel A.I.U. Higgs...Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot...Thrill Jockey
62.    3...Lavender Diamond...Imagine Our Love...Matador
63.    3...Lightning Dust...S/T...Jagjaguwar
64.    3...Big Business ...Here Come the Waterworks...Hydra Head
65.    3...Boris with Michio Kurihara...Rainbow...Drag City
66.    3...Black Moth Super Rainbow...Dandelion Gum...Graveface
67.    3...Elliot Smith...New Moon...Kill Rock Stars
68.    3...Midtown Dickens...Oh Yell!...307 Knox
69.    3...Robbie Fulks ...Revenge!...Yep Roc
70.    3...Detroit Cobras...Tied and True...Bloodshot
71.    3...George Jones & Merle Haggard...Kickin' Out the
Footlights...Again...Bandit Records
72.    3...Noiseshaper...Real to Reel...Miracle Sounds
73.    3...Wax Poetic...Brasil...Nublu
74.    2...Dennis Brennan...Engagement...Hi-N-Dry
75.    2...Don Harper's Oceana Orchestra...Dreams & Variations...Luminaria
76.    2...Hildur Gudnottir, BJ Nilsen and Stilluppsteypa...Second
Childhood...Quecksilber
77.    2...Various Artists...Speicher CD3...Kompakt
78.    2...Ensiferum...Victory Songs...Candlelight
79.    2...Job for a Cowboy...Genesis...Metal Blade
80.    2...Powerhouse Sound...Oslo/Chicago Breaks...Atavistic
81.    2...Stark Naked...s/t...Fallout
82.    2...Double Image...Moment to Moment...S/R
83.    2...J Dilla...Ruff Draft...Stones Throw
84.    2...Jandek...The Ruins of Adventure...Corwood
85.    2...Madagascar...Goodbye East, Goodbye West...Western Vinyl
86.    2...Marhaug/Asheim...Grand Mutation...Touch
87.    2...Various Artists...Tamburitza! From the Balkans to America:
1910-1950...Arhoolie
88.    2...Various  Artists...Lope/Yellow6/Absent Without
Leave/Kimonophonic...BSBTA
88.7    2...De Phazz...Days of Twang...Phazz-a-delic

World:
1.    14...La Drivers Union Por Por Group...Por Por: Honk Horn Music of
Ghana...Smithsonian Folkways
2.    11...Bebel Gilberto...Momento...Ziriguiboom/Crammed
3.    10...Balkan Beat Box...Nu-Med...Jdub
4.    7...Nawang Khechog...Tibetan Meditation Music...Sounds True
5.    5...Eccodek...Voices Have Eyes...White Swan
6.    5...Spanish Harlem Orchestra...United We Swing...Six Degrees
7.    5...King Sunny Ade...Gems from the Classic Years
(1967-1974)...Shanachie
8.    4...Ananda Shankar...Ananda Shankar and His Music...Fallout
9.    4...Ibrahim Ferrer...Mi Sueno...Nonesuch
10.    3...Wax Poetic...Brasil...Nublu

RPM:
1.    9...Von Sudenfed...Tromatic Reflexxions...Domino
2.    7...Datarock...Datarock Datarock...Nettwerk
3.    5...Matthew Dear...Asa Breed...Ghostly International
4.    4...Lawrence...Lowlights from the past and future
5.    4...Cinematic Orchestra...Ma Fleur...Ninja Tunes
6.    2...Various Artists...Speicher CD3...Kompakt
7.    2...Various  Artists...BSBTA Sampler...Bloated Sasquatch Beer Theatre
Audio
8.    2...De Phazz...Days of Twang...Phazz-a-delic
9.    1...Strategy...Future Rock...Kranky
10.    1...Fisk Industries...EPs and Rarities ...Mush

Loud Rock:
1.    7...Double Negative...The Wonderful and Frightening World of Double
Negative...No Way Records
2.    6...Cross Laws...Midwest Tour 2007...s-r
3.    4...Hidden Hand...the Resurrection of Whiskey Foote...Southern Lord
4.    3...Big Business ...Here Come the Waterworks...Hydra Head
5.    3...Boris with Michio Kurihara...Rainbow...Drag City
6.    2...Ensiferum...Victory Songs...Candlelight
7.    2...Job for a Cowboy...Genesis...Metal Blade
8.    1...Earthless...Rhythms from a cosmic sky...Tee Pee
9.    1...KTL...KTL 2...Editions Mego
10.    1...Crumer...Future with No Chance...RRR

Jazz:
1.    6...Paul Shapiro...It's in the Twilight...Tzadik
2.    5...Sun Ra & the Astro-Infinity Arkestra...Strange Strings...Atavistic
3.    5...David Torn...Prezens...ECM
4.    4...Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake...From the River to the Ocean...Thrill
Jockey
5.    4...Exploding Customer...At Your Service...Ayler Records
6.    4...David S. Ware Quartet...Renunciation...AUM
7.    2...Powerhouse Sound...Oslo/Chicago Breaks...Atavistic
8.    2...Double Image...Moment to Moment...S/R
9.    2...Robert Ambien and the UFQ...the Unentified Flying
Quartet...Edgetone
10.    1...Ethnic Heritage Ensemble...Hot N' Heavy...Delmark



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Andrea Stewart and Sarah Harlan
Music Directors
WXDU 88.7 FM
Duke University
Box 90689
Durham, NC 27708
music AT wxdu.org
919-684-2957