This Week on KUPR - the details
April 15-21
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- Beginning Monday at 7 am, enjoy two hours of music exclusively by New Mexico artists each week day - followed by Spanish Music mostly by New Mexico artists from 9am to noon. It's part of our commitment to the great musical talent in New Mexico now and in the past. Enjoy! Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; see instructions here.
- Tune in at 9 am weekdays for three hours of New Mexico music curated by Alonzo Lucero - Rancheros, Cumbias, Boleros, Nortenos, Corridos and more. 2024 will mark Alonzo's 54th year in radio and rumors of retirement! Love New Mexico music and want to learn how to be a radio DJ - contact us. Alonzo is live in the studio every weekday morning.
- At noon Indigenous Brilliance with host Lyle Toledo Yazzie brings you both traditional and contemporary native music.
- At 2 pm we will air The Main Stream from Native Voice One. Host Brett Maybee (Seneca) curates a program that explores the best recorded music of yesterday and today. Brett draws upon his love of all music to create the very best listening experience.
- John McNerney's Early Daze is back playing classic Rock and Roll from the 60s through the 80s at 3 pm Mondays.
- Today at 5:00 pm Marty Tippens brings you his weekly Music of the Space Age and Beyond. Marty's encore moves to midnight Thursdays.
- George Koinis hosts The Jazz Groove from 6 pm until 9 pm. Enjoy mainstream, swing, Latin, fusion, blues and more.
- Then at 9 pm, Bioneers brings us The Blue Economy: Too Good Not to Be True:In this second of a two-part program, we plunge into the mind-bending proposition that we get a second chance to remake our broken food economy. Bren Smith, co-founder and co-Executive Director of GreenWave, has created a revolutionary polycultural farming model that has low upfront costs, is easily scalable, and can help mitigate climate change. It’s called regenerative ocean farming and aims to redesign the food economy away from destructive profit-driven practices and agribusiness monopolies in favor of democratizing the food economy. Bioneers is brought to you by Las Placitas Association.
- From 10 pm to midnight, catch the encore of Electric Bosque, hosted by Sasquatch on Saturday mornings at 7 am. Beyond Words' encore has moved to 2 am Wednesdays.
- 7am - two hours of curated music by New Mexico musicians. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; see instructions here.
- At 9am Alonzo is live in the studio with his selection of Rancheros, Cumbias, Boleros, Nortenos, Corridos and more.
- At noon join us for three hours of Blues from the Roadhouse with host Alan Ball with the best of vintage and new blues.
- At 3 pm we air a syndicated show out of Colorado: The Beth Williams Indie Americana Songwriter Show. This is a one-hour weekly program showcasing Colorado and Texas songwriters, along with songwriters from around the world. Beth is an Academy of Country Music Top 10 Nominee for Best New Female Vocalist of the Year whose songs have charted in Billboard, Cash Box and various European charts through the years.
- At 4 pm we are airing a series from Public Radio Exchange: The International Americana Music Show: "Part One" of two, back-to-back new editions of the show on which Michael Park introduces about half of the new songs he has.
- At 5 pm, long-time favorite Let's Get Creative airs. Larry Goodell starts the hour with some featured poetry, followed by Jerry DiTata with a musical focus on local talent.
- At 6 pm host George Koinis presents music from the Eddie Chelist Collection.
- At 7 pm, Dr. Slide brings his hit show Slide Factor live to Tuesday nights. Enjoy American Slide Music at its best with our Dobro and Steel Guitar master for over 50 years.
- At 9pm enjoy an hour of Global Village: In conjunction with the April Vox Humana feature, Global Village celebrates World Voice Day, a special day to highlight the importance of the human voice and to support artistic voice training, treatments for vocal problems, voice research and more. We’ll feature a wide array of great singers and vocal groups to celebrate - including the Cuban doowop group Los Zafiros; Cuban acapella group Vocal Sampling; Cuban-Haitian vocal group Grupo Vocal Desandann (later known as the Creole Choir of Cuba); vocal pop and doowop groups the Ink Spots, Mills Brothers, and Silhouettes; the meeting of Persian singer Mahsa Vahdat and soul great Mighty Sam McClain; and some Mongolian and Tuvan throat singing from Batsukh Dorj, Huun Huur Tu (with the Bulgarian vocal group, Angelite), and Khoomei Beat.
- Now at At 10 pm, Wandering Minstrels brings you the best of Bluegrass.
- At 11 pm enjoy the encore of Anna Rudolph's Sunday Chasing the Muse.
- 7am - two hours of curated music by New Mexico musicians. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; see instructions here.
- At 9am Alonzo is live in the studio with his selection of Rancheros, Cumbias, Boleros, Nortenos, Corridos and more and brings you the Bernalillo Hour underwritten by merchants in Bernalillo.
- Noon brings Paul Ingles' Music Archive. Jazz of Enchantment Hour 2: In recognition of Jazz Appreciation month, enjoy the second of three hours Part 2 of the Jazz of Enchantment project produced in 2005 and 2006 about the many talented jazz musicians – some famous, some less so - with ties to New Mexico. Their stories offer up history about their influences and a snapshot of the challenges of transforming their passion for making music into making a living from music in the 21st century
- At 1 pm enjoy Sounds from the Mother Road from Public Radio Exchange. Sounds from the Mother Road is a weekly exploration of the last 70 years of American Roots Music, featuring western swing, country, rockabilly, cowboy tunes and the artists who continue those traditions today. This week on the Mother Road dusting off a few old favorites from Jerry Jeff Walker and Ray Price, a little Western Swing and wind up with tunes that feature the accordion from Ponty Bone, Texas Tornados and more.
- At 2 pm DJ Sal Treppiedi hosts Sounds from the Superhighway for three hours.
- Today at 5 pm join us for hours 1 and 2 of The Main Stream from Native Voice One. Host Brett Maybee (Seneca) curates a program that explores the best recorded music of yesterday and today. Brett draws upon his love of all music to create the very best listening experience.
- At 7 pm, a new time slot, tune in for Hindsight with Johnny Lawndart - music underplayed and overlooked. And look for a second airing of some version of Hindsight now on Saturdays at 8pm.
- Then at 9 pm, Singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso David Wilcox in performance at the Fur Peace Ranch from April 21, 2018.
- At 10 pm is our exclusively aired series "Stolen Moments" from the late Simon Barley. You will be treated to the best in acoustic modern jazz recorded between 1944 and 1969. Check out our talent page on the website to learn more about the amazing Simon Barley.
- 7am - two hours of curated music by New Mexico musicians. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; see instructions here.
- At 9am Alonzo is live in the studio with his selection of Rancheros, Cumbias, Boleros, Nortenos, Corridos and more.
- Join us at noon for Art of the Song: This week we go back to our Taos, New Mexico roots with a brand new interview with singer/songwriter Jenny Bird. We had the pleasure of talking with Jenny for our very first Art of the Song interview back in 2003, and we’re so delighted to visit with her now about her recent album Falling & Flying.
- At 1 pm enjoy 10,000 Good Songs - Music Documentarian Paul Ingles shares some of the best from his multi-genre collection of tunes. This is not music you will hear on commercial radio.
- At 3pm join Spinning Kenny G and the Mystery Hour - you never know what to expect.
- Dr. David Hoekenga's Harmonies from the Sandias airs at 6 pm, tonight's feature TBA.
- Night at the Opera at 8pm is also hosted by Dr. Hoekenga and tonight's opera is TBA. Since operas vary in length, Dr. Dave will now fill the remainder of the time slot with classical selections.
- 7am - two hours of curated music by New Mexico musicians. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; see instructions here.
- At 9am, tune in for Alonzo Lucero as he highlights Corridos for an hour on Fridays.
- At noon, Tim Trujillo leads off at noon with Straight No Chaser, now for two hours with an encore at 7 am Sundays. Check out Tim's new sidekick Richard Warren on our Talent Page and on the air. He knows a lot about the music he selects.
- At 2 pm welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K. This week we welcome back from Mig’ma Nation, Quebec. Q052. He's been staying busy, he has three albums out, “ImagiNation,” the “Calm” and “The Storm.” Indigenous Rock Hip Hop at it’s best.
- 4 pm - this week's Happy Hour host is DJ Marty Tippens.
- At 9 pm - The Playlist with host Brandon "Brando" McDaniel ends our day with three hours of eclectic music. Brando has recently been making guest appearances as the host of the local music segment of Let’s Get Creative on KUPR and we are excited to make a space for his eclectic taste in music
- At 7 am we kick off Saturday morning with Electric Bosque. DJ Sasquatch returns to the radio at KUPR, after a decade on the college radio station KCPR in San Luis Obispo, California, where he hosted a range of shows. He's excited to be back on the airwaves, sharing the music that tickles his ears in "Electric Bosque," a two-hour-long wander through electronic music new and old.
- Saturday morning at 9 am join us for a three-hour KUPR unique venture into the world of music. Patrick Vanderwyden hosts Hidden Gems of the 21st Century - Patrick harvests rain water for the station and is newest member of the managing council. On Saturday mornings he introduces you to music he enjoys, but is missing from the playlists of most radio stations.
- Join us at 11 for Whiskey in the Jar, old time fiddle and traditional Irish music with host Marc Robert. Marc has been a fixture on the Placitas music scene for years, playing banjo, guitar and acoustic bass. He’s part of the Virginia Creepers, a local old time band, and also plays with his son Michel as Littlefoot (also old time) and with fiddler Eileen Sullivan as Far From Home (traditional Irish music).
- At noon Bill Honker will bring you Home Again. Bill is a singer and songwriter who played bass, sang and contributed songs to the Alan Munde Gazette, a nationally known bluegrass band.
- At 1 pm host Jerry D brings us Home Country with Slim Randles.
- Next up at 2 pm is Saturday Afternoon Freeform with Jerry D featuring Americana, Bluegrass, and Jambands, just to name a few.
- Bobbi Bell's OutWest Hour comes on at 4 PM- music, poetry, prose, Western, Western Swing, Cowboy Country and more. This week it's "Two on the Dial".
- At 5 pm is an exotica jazz show - The Enchanted Tiki Hut with hosts Kitty and Mr. C. This show is another unique KUPR offering!
- At 7 pm we are excited to bring you another unique, locally produced show - The Lounge with host Nick Upton. Nick joined KUPR after a 45-year career in radio.
- Then at 8 pm, check out X Wave with host Freeze featuring alternative, new wave and underground music from the college radio era. Read more on our talent page.
- Hours 4 and 5 of The Main Stream run from 8 to 10 pm.
- Sunday Morning with Ken Grimes and Lynn Kaskela begins at 9am for a Morning Blend of mostly mellow music to begin your Sunday.
- Ken is followed by Mandolin Magic with host George Koinis at 11, one hour of music featuring some of the world's finest mandolinists playing solo, in duets, with ensembles, and with orchestras.
- Katie Stone's The Children's Hour - Happy Earth Day! This week on The Children’s Hour, we learn how national parks are established with Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, and we meet Barbara Kingsolver and Lily Kingsolver, the mother-daughter biologists and authors of Coyote’s Wild Home.
- At 1 pm enjoy Woodsongs recorded live each week from Lexington, KY. On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes roots Tennessee songwriter Charlotte Morris plus Western North Carolina Troubadour Keturah Allgood.
- Peace Talks Radio airs at 2 pm, a series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. Today it's Youth Storytelling to Promote Peace: On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, producer Megan Kamerick talks with the founders of Narrative 4, an organization that uses storytelling in classrooms to help young people connect with each other across cultural, racial and geographic divides.
- At 3:00 pm we air a four hour KUPR exclusive: Women's Voices - Hour 1 is The Voice with Pam D, featuring a different theme each show. At 4 PM is another hour of Beyond Words with Blaze Defiance, followed at 5:00 pm by Sarah Lawndart as she graces our airwaves with Pearls - music, poetry and more. Then, at 6 pm we are excited to be joined by singer/songwriter Anna Rudolph and Chasing the Muse for the final hour of Women's Voices.
- Bob Witter, host of The Mix, is behind the mic with all new one hour shows.
- At 8 pm enjoy Old Time Radio Theater with host Ken Jones. You’ll be hearing the amazing Margaret Sullivan in: Daphne du Maurier’s immortal thriller Rebecca (1938) costarring Orson Welles And Robert Sherwood’s dramatic masterpiece The PetrIfied Forest (1937) costarring Herbert Marshall Then the following we’ll be featuring one of the most popular Hollywood actors of the day Fred MacMurray.
- At 10 pm to midnight we run an encore of Thursday's 10,000 Good Songs from music Documentarian Paul Ingles with a weekly mix of music from his multi-genre personal collection - mostly stuff you only get from public radio.