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Hey everyone,

Hope your weekend is off to a good start! WXYC has some excellent programming coming your way to accompany your late summer days and nights. Here are just a few highlights:

You can catch the Orange County Special, WXYC’s specialty show featuring folk, traditional, and neotraditional music from around the world, this Sunday from 11am to 1pm.

Sunday afternoon, from 2 to 3pm, Broken Music will examine the recordings of Spanish sound artist and electroacoustic composer Francisco López. Inspired by his background in biology and ecology, López began examining the sonic details of rural and urban soundscapes, often recording at a macroscopic level to document the sounds at the boundaries of perception. Among his many recordings, he presents both unaltered field recordings and meticulously crafted sound objects. López's works encourage an immersive listening experience, and in performances he often asks that the audience wear blindfolds or sit in pitch black.

This week's Backyard BBQ, Sunday from 8 to 9pm, will feature a live performance from local musicians Brice Randall Bickford and John Davis, who will also be playing at the Cat’s Cradle on 8/3!

And on Sports Rap, this Sunday from 9 to 10pm, guest host Femi Z will be breaking down the Mets' botched trade for Carlos Gomez, the Panthers' preseason prospects, and the never ending Deflategate saga.