Strange Currency

We mark the birthday of Paul Westerberg, a founding member of The Replacements, with music from that band and his solo career. We’ll also hear selections from Paul McCartney, Kill Vargas, and The World Palestine.

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We celebrate Independence Day with selections from Jackson Browne, Yes, Drive-By Truckers and X. 

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A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip is the latest album from Sparks. We’ll hear music from that effort as well as selections from Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit’s Reunions. 

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This week, we’ll preview our November featured artists, Bonnie Raitt and Shawn Colvin. 

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(Photo: Bonnie Raitt - David Gans [CC BY-SA 2.0])

This week, you’ll hear music from Robyn Hitchcock’s Bob Dylan tribute album, Robyn Sings. Plus, Postcards of the Hanging: Grateful Dead Performs the Songs of Bob Dylan. 

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(Photo: Robyn Sings by Robyn Hitchcock, album cover – Fair use)

Launched in late 1975 Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue was launched with the intention of Dylan playing to smaller audiences in markets he would not have otherwise visited. The tour, which ended in early 1976, is the subject of a new film and boxed set. We’ll hear some of the music from that collection as well as songs from Assiniboine & The Red the latest from The Small Glories. 

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We celebrate the birthdays of Mike Watt (Minutemen, Firehose), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) and Billy Bragg. 

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(Photo: Strange Currency marks the birthday of bassist Mike Watt – via kmuw.org)

We remember American singer-songwriter John Prine via songs from his body of solo work as well as collaborations with other artists and cover songs. 

This week’s program will begin at 9:00 pm following NPR’s Coronavirus Weekly Special.

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We mark the Thanksgiving holiday with selections from John Hiatt, The Kinks, James Taylor and more.

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New Songs For The 20th Century is the latest from singer-songwriter Chris Stamey that calls upon the tradition of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear selections from that release as well as music from Fastball’s The Help Machine.

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(Photo: Chris Stamey's 'New Songs For The 20th Century' – Album cover art)

You’ll hear music from Black Celebration, the 1986 release from Depeche Mode as well as selections from T. Rex’s 1971 LP Electric Warrior. 

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(Photo: Black Celebration by Depeche Mode – Cover art/fair use)

Creedence Clearwater Revival performed at Woodstock on August 16, 1969 but the band’s leader, John Fogerty, blocked the release of the performances for more than 50 years and wanted the group excluded from the popular 1970 Woodstock film. The quartet’s full performance is finally available in the form a live album. Listen for selections from it as well as selections from jazz guitarist John Scolfield’s take on country music, Country For Old Men. 

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(Photo: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy Records [Public domain])

Released in the United States on October 1, 1969, Abbey Road stands among the most beloved latter-day Beatles’ albums. The original album features staples such as “Come Together,” “Here Comes The Sun” and “Something,” the set has just been reissued in deluxe form with a variety of outtakes and demo versions. We’ll hear from the newly-released set as well as music from Ringo Starr’s 1970 album, Sentimental Journey. 

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(Photo: The Beatles Abbey Road album cover – Fair use)

This week on Strange Currency, you’ll hear a preview our April featured artists Sparks and The Dream Syndicate. Plus, music from Lilly Hiatt, Mercy Bell and Fountains of Wayne. 

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(Photo: Sparks in Outer Space, cover art – fair use)

The album title was a nod to J.D. Salinger and the hope was that 1993’s 14 Songs would establish former Replacements vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Paul Westerberg as a major force in American rock music. Although a highly memorable effort, the album failed to bring the Minnesota-native into stardom. That said, it’s remembered as one of his strongest solo releases and is produced by Matt Wallace (Faith No More, The Replacements). Listen for music from that disc as well as from the 2003 release by Westerberg’s alter-ego, Grandpaboy. 

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(Photo: Paul Westerberg’s 14 Songs, cover art – Fair use/Wikipedia)

Listen for selections from Freak Out! by The Mothers of Invention and What’s Going On from Marvin Gaye. 

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Listen for music from the new Pleased To Meet Me boxed set by The Replacements, including the band’s final recording session with original guitarist Bob Stinson. We’ll also hear selections from Prince’s 1980 release, Dirty Mind. 

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(Photo: Pleased to Meet Me, by The Replacements – Box cover art)

This week, you’ll hear music from Still Flying from Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis plus songs from Breakestra, the Staple Singers, Chicano Batman and others.  

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(Photo: Still Flying, by Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis – Cover art)

Recorded throughout 1974 and 1975, Homegrown, was ultimately abandoned by Neil Young for personal reasons. Though several of the songs from the record have appeared on other albums over the years, 2020 sees the full recording released at last. We’ll hear music from it as well as songs from the new LP by Don Bryant, You Make Me Feel. 

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Listen for music from The Slow Rush, the latest by Tame Impala as well as songs from A Deeper Understanding the 2017 release from The War on Drugs. 

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(Photo: Tame Impala - Abby Gillardi / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0))

This week, hear music from September featured artists Bettye LaVette and Bill Withers.

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(Photo: Bettye LaVette – Aoife Doherty/Courtesy of the artist)

You’ll hear music from Speed, Sound, Lonely KV, the most recent release from Kurt Vile, plus music from Steve Wynn’s recent Decade boxed set.

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Listen for music from Love Is The King, the new solo release from Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Steve Wynn’s Here Come The Miracles. 

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(Photo: Love Is the King, by Jeff Tweedy – Album cover)

Released in 2014, East Nashville Skyline remains one of the most beloved recordings in singer-songwriter Todd Snider’s discography. We’ll hear music from that release, newly issued on vinyl, as well as songs from Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline. 

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Listen for holiday music from Paul McCartney, Norah Jones, The Head and The Heart and more.

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(Photo: Paul McCartney - Jerzy Bednarski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Released in 1999, The Soft Bulletin catapulted Oklahoma’s Flaming Lips from cult status to almost-mainstream status. Informed by classic progressive rock albums of the 1970s as well as by the loss of vocalist Wayne Coyne’s father (and other personal tragedies), the album may be the group’s most beloved release. Listen for selections from it as well as music from The Claypool Lennon Delirium. 

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Listen for live music from Led Zeppelin’s How the West Was Won. 

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(Photo: How the West Was Won, by Led Zeppelin – Album cover)

Released in 1986, Iggy Pop’s Blah Blah Blah was produced by David Bowie and marked their final collaboration. We’ll hear music from that album as well as selections from Bowie’s early ‘90s effort Black Tie White Noise. 

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We mark the birthday of ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons, plus hear selections from December featured artists The World Palestine and Paul McCartney.

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(Photo: Billy Gibbons - Ralph Arvesen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Walking Proof is the latest from Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Lilly Hiatt. You'll hear music from that release as well as selections from her father, John Hiatt’s Riding with The King. That's this week on Strange Currency.

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(Photo: Lilly Hiatt – David McClister/Courtesy of the artist)

Listen for selections from in-concert albums by King Crimson, The Cure, David Bowie, and others. 

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(Photo: King Crimson Live in Toronto – Album cover art)

We look back on the Woodstock Festival with selections from Santana, Grateful Dead, and more on the next Strange Currency.

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(Photo: Grateful Dead - Courtesy Warner Bros. Records/via Billboard Magazine [Public Domain])

Released in 2000 All That You Can’t Leave Behind was the first album from U2 in three years and marked a return to a more traditional sound from the band following the disappointing 1997 release Pop. The record is being readied for a new anniversary edition this fall. We’ll hear selections from the original album as well as selections from Bill Withers and the new single from Gorillaz, featuring Robert Smith of The Cure.

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(Photo: All That You Can’t Leave Behind, by U2 – Album cover)

We’ll hear music from American Foursquare, the 2020 album from Denison Witmer as well as selections from David Ramirez’s My Love Is A Hurricane.

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(Photo: American Foursquare, by Denison Whitmer – Album cover)

This week, we’ll hear music from Death Cab For Cutie’s The Blue EP as well as selections from The Cure’s Disintegration album.

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(Photo: Death Cab for Cutie - deep ghosh [CC BY 2.0])

First made available in 1999 solely for those who subscribed to the BowieNet website, Live and Well.com features songs from David Bowie’s 1997 Earthling tour. The record has now been made available for wide release, along with a series of other live Bowie recordings. We’ll hear music from LiveandWell.com as well as selections from the expanded version of UFO’s 1979 live album, Strangers in the Night, which was recorded over five nights in late 1978.

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Listen for featured music from Old 97’s and Chris Stamey as well as selections from John Fullbright, Son Volt, and others. 

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We’ll hear music from The Dream Syndicate’s The Days of Wine and Roses as well as songs from Sparks’ A Woofer In Tweeter’s Clothing.  

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(Photo: The Dream Syndicate album The Days of Wine and Roses – Fair use)

We’ll hear music from the Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72, plus selections from Phish’s A Live One. 

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(Photo: Grateful Dead Europe ’72 – Album cover art)

Listen for music from the latest from Blesson Roy and Chicano Batman, plus Neil Young, Local Natives and Old Crow Medicine Show. 

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(Photo: Chicano Batman are (l-r) Bardo Martinez, Eduardo Arenas, Gabriel Villa, and Carlos Arévalo - George Mays/Courtesy of Chicano Batman)

Listen for selections from Paul McCartney’s latest, McCartney III as well as music from Spain, M. Ward, and The War on Drugs.

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(Photo: McCartney III, by Paul McCartney – Album cover)

Styles We Paid For is the third album of 2020 from Ohio’s Guided By Voices. Listen for music from it as well as selections from Paul McCartney’s late ‘80s LP Flowers In The Dirt.

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(Photo: Styles We Paid For, by Guided by Voices, album cover)

American Head is the upcoming effort from The Flaming Lips and is being heralded as a return to the band’s sound of the late 1990s and early 2000s, as heard on albums such as The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. We’ll hear music from this new recording as well as selections from Samantha Crain, Bill Frisell, and Guided By Voices. 

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(Photo: American Head, by The Flaming Lips - Cover art / Fair use)

We’ll hear music from Xoxo, the upcoming LP from The Jayhawks as well as selections from Reunions, the latest from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. 

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(Photo: XOXO, the forthcoming release from The Jayhawks)

It’s our New Month, New Music feature. We’ll hear selections from the brand-new recording from Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Davina & The Vagabonds, Sugar Drops as well as the latest from The Bird and The Bee, Interpreting The Masters Vol. 2: A Tribute To Van Halen, which focuses on the music of that legendary California band’s initial run with vocalist David Lee Roth. 

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(Photo: Davina & The Vagabonds - Piotr Drabik, Wikimedia Commons [CC BY 2.0])

Love Is An Art is the latest from Vanessa Carlton. We’ll hear music from that as well as selections from the self-titled release by Chicago’s Rookie. 

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(Photo: Vanessa Carlton - Public domain/fair use)

We’ll preview our October features, Prince and The Replacements, with selections from across their vast catalogues. 

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(Photo: Prince - Nicolas Genin/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Listen for music from Old Crow Medicine Show’s 2017 re-creation of Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde as well as music from Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys. 

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(Photo: Old Crow Medicine Show - Sean Russell [CC BY-SA 2.0])