Bob Longman's Radio Program

I hope, eventually, to post some materials on formatting, free-form radio, Christian approaches to news and music radio, community involvement, and doing radio in a way that cares about its public.

But for now, I'm just going to post a descriptive of the program I currently do on WUSB 90.1 FM, Stony Brook NY, 12:30 to 2:30 pm every other Sunday.

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WHO I PLAY

I don't have any of those gee-whiz Web sound samples to play for you, so I'm mostly left with listing some of the artists I play the most. You may recognize many of them; others are not known much outside the circle of their particular style of music.

• Jimmy Abegg (a sample of his painting work)
• All 4 One
• Rory Block (a descriptive review)
• Brent Bourgeois
• T Bone Burnett
• Cactus World News
• the Call; Michael Been
• Johnny Cash
• Bruce Cockburn
• Nat King Cole (got some great Cole Trio stuff recently)
• Shawn Colvin
• the Commissioned
• the Consolers
• Extempo (an acappella band from Utah)
• the Flamingos
• Dexter Gordon
• John Gorka
• Michael Hakanson-Stacy
• Emmylou Harris
• Sam Hill (the one in England)
• Indigo Girls
• the Ink Spots
• Iona (see reviews for the albums Iona, The Book of Kells, and Beyond These Shores)
• Jeff Johnson (an interview)
• Vernard Johnson
• Alison Krauss
• Jan Krist
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
• Johnny Maestro/Brooklyn Bridge
• Kimberly M'Carver
• Bill Miller
• Joni Mitchell
• Moody Blues
• John Mooney (Now on House of Blues Records, I see...)
• Patsy Moore
• Maria Muldaur
• Tracy Nelson
• Carrie Newcomer
• Over The Rhine (here's an interview). But you should know they're breaking up, with Linford & Karyn going one way, and Ric going another (the 'Monk' shows were kinda hinting at this all year).
• Charlie Peacock
• the Persuasions
• Pierce Pettis
• John Prine
• the Ravens (especially the Maithe Marshall/Jimmy Ricks years)
• Rockapella
• Tammy Rogers
• the Sensational Nightingales
• Dan Smith
• Son House
• Sons Of the Pioneers
• Sounds Of Blackness
• Staples Singers
• Angela Strehli (a review here)
• Sweet Honey In the Rock (a descriptive)
• Take 6 (we're digging the new album *Brothers*!)
• the Treniers
• Vox One
• Gillian Welch
• Cheryl Wheeler
• David Wilcox; that live-show album on Koch Records, *East Asheville Hardware*, is great! It catches the real David, much better than the A&M stuff.
• Brooks Williams
• Victoria Williams

Those are just the ones I most often play; there are many times more than that played once in a blue moon. If you have any suggestions along these lines, please write me about the artist and/or particular track(s). I'd love to know. Also, if you know the web pages of these artists or their record companies or their fan clubs, so I can link thereto.

Oh, and to let you in on an open secret. One of my favorite artists is Ella Fitzgerald. And if, by some chance, the people doing the program that follows me -- Jazz On the Air -- don't arrive in time (it happens four or five times a year), the first two tracks every time will be prime Ella. Promise!