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Wed 09/09 · 9PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:55 PM	Rolling into One	Jordan Rakei	Origin
9:51 PM	Get Go	Arlo Parks	Ambiguous Desire
9:48 PM	Anotherloverholenyohead	Prince	Parade
9:43 PM	One Shine RIP Cassandra Wilson	The Roots, Cassandra Wilson	Illadelph Halflife
9:36 PM	You Move Me We're still waiting for that Love Jones sequel...	Cassandra Wilson	Love Jones Soundtrack
9:30 PM	My Oh My Kicking off the Evanston Folk Festival will be a concert featuring Punch Brothers at Cahn Auditorium on Friday, September 11th.	Punch Brothers	The Phosphorescent Blues
9:28 PM	Smokestack Valerie June will be playing on Saturday, September 12th, at the Evanston Folk Festival in Dawes Park, Evanston.	Valerie June	Single
9:19 PM	Don't 'Xplain RIP Cassandra Wilson	Courtney Pine, Cassandra Wilson	Modern Day Jazz Stories
9:14 PM	Closer To You RIP Cassandra Wilson	Cassandra Wilson	Closer To You: The Pop Side
9:10 PM	Don't Look Any Further Synonym (Duet Album)— New Release October 2nd	Meshell Ndegeocello, Lianne La Havas	Synonym
9:04 PM	Onenon (featuring Tom Misch)	Nu Genea	People of the Moon
9:01 PM	Dreams Fleetwood Mac cover	Dianne Reeves, Robert Glasper	Beautiful Life
9:01 PM	My Foolish Heart Everybody Digs Bill Evans opens in U.S. theaters December 4th.	Bill Evans Trio	Waltz for Debby
9:01 PM	Moanin'	Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	The Hottest New Group in Jazz

Wed 09/09 · 8PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:44 PM	St. James Infirmary RIP Cassandra Wilson	Cassandra Wilson	Loverly
8:39 PM	Solomon Sang RIP Cassandra Wilson	Cassandra Wilson	New Moon Daughter
8:35 PM	Gimme Shelter	The Rolling Stones, Merry Clayton	Let It Bleed
8:29 PM	Get Down	Low Cut Connie	Livin in the USA
8:29 PM	Miss Judy's Farm	Faces	A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse
8:20 PM	I'm Only Human RIP Cassandra Wilson	Luther Vandross, Bob James, Cassandra Wilson	I Know
8:14 PM	Daydreaming RIP Cassandra Wilson	David Sanborn, Cassandra Wilson, Eric Benét	Inside
8:08 PM	Tiny Girl	Inara George	Songs of Douglass & Littell
8:01 PM	Bonita Cuba LOCAL Kurt Elling will be performing at the Chicago Symphony Center on October 2nd with Freedom Riders, an international jazz collective inspired by the music and legacy of the civil rights movement, with special guest vocalist Lizz Wright.	Kurt Elling, Arturo Sandoval	Passion World

Wed 08/26 · 9PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:56 PM	Good Cop Bad Cop	Everything But The Girl	Walking Wounded
9:52 PM	Mirror Test	Pigeon	OUTTANATIONAL
9:49 PM	Goodnight Lovers	Depeche Mode	Exciter
9:48 PM	Message (featuring Mr Williamz)	Nubiyan Twist	Chasing Shadows
9:38 PM	Don't You Want Me Baby	Meshelle Ndegeochello, Cat Powers	Synonym
9:38 PM	Fire in the Disco	Adrian Younge	Afro-Disco Makossa
9:29 PM	Onenon (featuring Tom Misch)	Nu Genea	People of the Moon
9:23 PM	Kiss Originally produced for Paisley Park group Mazerati by David Z, Prince took it back and a hit was born.	Prince	Parade
9:23 PM	She Drives Me Crazy Produced by David Z.	Fine Young Cannibals	The Raw & The Cooked
9:16 PM	Koo Koo (David Z Remix) RIP David Z.	Shiela E., David Z.	Koo Koo David Z. Remix Single
9:08 PM	Never Knew Love Like This	Alexander O'Neal, Cherrelle	Hearsay
9:00 PM	Saturday Love	Cherrelle, Alexander O'Neal	High Priority

Wed 08/26 · 8PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:56 PM	Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) Vive Dolly!	The White Stripes / Jack White	Under The Great White Northern Lights
8:56 PM	Before The Next Tear Drop Falls Featuring David Hildago of Los Lobos. A cover of a Freddie Fender classic. For Freddie! Love you	Dolly Parton, David Hildago	Treasures
8:52 PM	Remedy	Family Stereo	The Thread
8:52 PM	Favorite Shirt (Boy Meets Girl)	Haircut 100	Pelican West - 40th Anniversary
8:38 PM	Nothng But Love	Crackazat, Olivier St. Louis	SUN
8:37 PM	Crush Cover of a 1998 Jennifer Paige hit.	Ben Macklin, Ami Palmate	Luna EP
8:37 PM	Never The Same	lovetempo	There Is A Light
8:26 PM	All My Love	Baby Rose	YEARNALISM
8:22 PM	If I Let You	The Womack Sisters	The Womack Sisters
8:20 PM	47th Street LOCAL	Lalah Hathaway, J. Ivy	47th Street Single
8:12 PM	Mwela, Mwela (Here I Am) Nautilus Rework	Jazzanova, Rob Gallagher, Valerie Etienne	Inbetween Remixes
8:08 PM	Moonshine (Live) (feat. Carl Cornwell)	Brian Jackson	Now More Than Ever
8:08 PM	Keep On (Holding On) Nice to hear from Rob and Valarie!	Galliano	Unreliable Memories of Contested Conversations

Wed 07/22 · 9PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:47 PM	Love Is Like (Illa J Remix)	Omar, Illa J, India.Irie	Brighter The Days (The Remixes)
9:44 PM	Better	Baby Rose	YEARNALISM
9:40 PM	Impressions	Glenn Lewis	Overture
9:33 PM	Whirlpool LOCAL	The Claudettes	Garage Glamour
9:30 PM	Teach Me About Love	Lyle Lovett	Step Into This House
9:26 PM	If You Wanted To You Would LOCAL	Meg and the Wheelers	Honky Tonk Wisdom
9:19 PM	Neighbors Blues	Jack White	Frozen Charlotte
9:16 PM	Enemies Release October 30th	Jordan Rakei	A Safe Place To Be Wild
9:13 PM	Monochrome OOO out September 26	.multibeat, vAn	OOO
9:07 PM	Sweetest Season	Yasmin Lacey	Single
9:03 PM	The Well Catch her on tour!	Inara George	Songs of Douglass and Littell

Wed 07/22 · 8PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:59 PM	Rainbow	Gretchen Parlato, Robert Glasper	Single
8:56 PM	Lush Life My desert island pick!	John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman	John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
8:48 PM	Non Existant Patricia RIP Jennifer Finch, bassist for L7	L7	The Beauty Process
8:43 PM	One More Thing	L7	Bricks Are Heavy
8:40 PM	Andres	L7	Hungry For Stink
8:37 PM	Fare Thee Well	Danny Golden	The Big Blue
8:31 PM	Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Carl Perkins Cover	Robert Plant, Alison Krauss	Rising Sand
8:28 PM	Great Goodbye LOCAL Guitar teacher at Old Town School of Folk Music	Holy Joke	First Light to Fill My Eyes
8:21 PM	All The Way (Shy One Remix)	Jamie Woon, The Shy One	All The Way Single
8:18 PM	Desire	Puma Blue	Croak Dream
8:14 PM	Jasmin 17 Syd from The Internet - New Release	Syd	Beard
8:06 PM	One More Try (Live Gospel Version) Wham! and FAITH tour films out in 2026.	George Michael	Older (Expanded Edition)
8:02 PM	I Knew You Waiting (For Me) Release date October 2nd	Meshell Ndgeocello, Cynthia Erivo	Synonym

Wed 07/08 · 9PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:50 PM	Eye to Eye	Jordan Rakei	Wallflower
9:44 PM	Take 5	The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Time Out
9:41 PM	Cantaloupe Island	Herbie Hancock	Empyrean Isle
9:33 PM	Outta Sight	Täbï Yösha	Pink Moon
9:29 PM	Win You	Jordan Patterson	Songs From A Valley Girl
9:24 PM	Real Good Girl	Debo Ray	Echoes & Embers
9:20 PM	FOMO	Joe Hertz, Sam Wills	Night / Daze
9:18 PM	Threads (featuring Patrice Rushen)	Nubiyan Twist	Chasing Shadows
9:12 PM	Ice Cream In Bed Inara George is from the duo The Bird and The Bee	Inara George, Jacob Scesney	Songs of Douglass and Littell
9:07 PM	Moonshine (Live) (feat. Carl Cornwell)	Brian Jackson	Now More Than Ever
9:02 PM	Easy	Mac Ayers	Drive Slow

Wed 07/08 · 8PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:56 PM	Pullin' Back The Reins	k.d. lang, The Reclines	Absolute Torch and Twang
8:53 PM	Winter Came While You Were Gone LOCAL	The Claudettes	Garage Glamour
8:50 PM	It Can't Be Me LOCAL	Meg and the Wheelers	Honky Tonk Wisdom
8:45 PM	Love Is Like - Illa J Remix	Omar, Illa J, India.Arie	Brighter The Days (The Remixes)
8:38 PM	Better Thanks to Aja and Claire from Wales!	Clara Hill, Crackazat	Single
8:30 PM	I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun LOCAL Featuring Phil Upchurch and Minnie Riperton. Minnie was a Chess Records receptionist.	Rotary Connection	Hey, Love
8:26 PM	Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr	The 5th Dimension	The Age of Aquarius
8:21 PM	Mirror Test	Pigeon	OUTTANATIONAL
8:17 PM	Lovers' Holiday	Durand Jones & The Indications	Flowers
8:15 PM	Cotton	Vince Staples	Cry Baby
8:02 PM	I Would Die 4 U (Extended Version)	Prince, The Revolution	Purple Rain (Deluxe Expanded Edition)

Sat 07/04 · 5PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
5:54 PM	Take 5 - LIVE 1977 Happy and Safe 4th of July!	Al Jarreau	Look To The Rainbow - Live In Europe
5:47 PM	Jambalaya For Greg, Enjoy that Jam!	The Meters	Kickback
5:44 PM	El Pueblo Unido (Miguel Migs Mix)	Thievery Corporation	El Pueblo Unido Remix
5:39 PM	You Are Evanston Folk Festival Kickoff Concert, Cahn Auditorium, Evanston September 11th	Punch Brothers	Antifogmatic
5:32 PM	Waiting	Beth Orton	The Ground Above
5:28 PM	Happier Than Sunshine	Swing Out Sister	Almost Persuaded
5:23 PM	Winter Came While You Were Gone LOCAL	The Claudettes	Garage Glamour
5:18 PM	Loretta	Alice Cohen	Cardboard Mermaids
5:16 PM	We Should Talk	Bleachers	everyone for ten minutes
5:08 PM	Is That Jazz_ (feat. Rahsaan Patterson)	Brian Jackson	Now More Than Ever
5:05 PM	A Flicker	Debo Ray	Echoes & Embers
5:01 PM	Tiny Girl Inara George is a Los Angeles based singer songwriter. She is the daughter of Lowell George, known for his work with the band Little Feat. Her music moves gracefully between indie pop, jazz and acoustic influences.	Inara George	Songs of Douglass and Littell

Sat 07/04 · 4PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
4:50 PM	Nubian Lady	Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble	Groove In The Face of Adversity
4:44 PM	It Can't Be Me LOCAL	Meg and the Wheelers	Honky Tonk Wisdom
4:41 PM	White Boy Lost In The Blues Written by Michael Franks	Lyle Lovett, Arnold McCuller	Release Me
4:38 PM	Raincoat LOCAL	Widemouth	No Gasoline
4:31 PM	Life During Wartime	Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Desmond Foster	Black Butterfly
4:27 PM	Born Under Punches	Kenny Dope, Roisin Murphy	Naive Melodies
4:20 PM	We Don't Own It New Release	Joan As Police Woman	Real Life Evolution
4:15 PM	Talk About Love	Olive Jones	For Mary
4:10 PM	Message (featuring Mr Williamz)	Nubiyan Twist	Chasing Shadows
4:08 PM	Cumbia De Los Muertes	Ozomatli, Charli 2na	Ozomatli
4:02 PM	So Alive LOCAL	Chicago Soul Jazz Collective	No Wind & No Rain

Wed 06/24 · 9PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:53 PM	Sure Thing	St. Germain	Tourist
9:48 PM	A Kiss To Build A Dream On	Manhattan Transfer	The Spirit of St. Louis
9:43 PM	Rainbow Upcoming album 'The Wise Ones' out September 11th	Gretchen Parlato, Robert Glasper	The Wise Ones
9:43 PM	Is That Jazz_ (feat. Rahsaan Patterson)	Brian Jackson	Now More Than Ever
9:29 PM	So Alive LOCAL	Chicago Soul Jazz Collective	No Wind & No Rain
9:23 PM	Found In A Frozen Fog New Release July 24th - Cahn Auditorium Evanston Evanston Folk Festival Kick Off Friday September 11th	Punch Brothers	The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers
9:14 PM	Traffic Lights	Flea, Thom Yorke	Honora
9:10 PM	Nightmoves	Kurt Elling	Nightmoves
9:02 PM	Lush Life	John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman	John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Wed 06/24 · 8PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:59 PM	Tired Butterfly Inara George is frfrom The Bird And The Bee	Inara George	Songs of Douglass & Littell
8:54 PM	Lithium Nirvana cover	Shelby Lynne, Alison Moorer	Not Dark Yet
8:47 PM	Bleeding Gold New Release September 18	Wasia Project	Nocturne
8:43 PM	Trial By Fire	Nora Kelly Band	So Wrong For So Long
8:40 PM	Walking On A Dream	Empire of the Sun	Walking On A Dream
8:32 PM	Take 5	Warren Wolf	Smooth Vibes
8:26 PM	Stolen Moments	Linda Woodson	Come A Little Closer
8:19 PM	Save Me	Joan As Police Woman, Iggy Pop	Real Life Evolution
8:16 PM	Stray Dogs (featuring Iron & Wine)	Hrishikesh Hirway	In the Last Hour of Light
8:15 PM	10000 Steps from the Door	Gently Tender	This Was Once Fields
8:11 PM	Trouble Man From the 1972 film Trouble Man	Neneh Cherry	Man
8:07 PM	Wonderful World	Nine Horses, Stina Nordenstam	Nine Horses

Mon 05/25 · 8AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:56 AM	Something's Going On	Kokoroko	Could We Be More
8:53 AM	Good Cop Bad Cop	Everything But The Girl	Walking Wounded
8:43 AM	Stone Soul Picnic Can you surrey? Can you picnic? Oh whoa!	Laura Nyro	Stone Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro
8:40 AM	She's Got A Way (Live) Live from Carnagie Hall New York New York 1977	Billy Joel	The Stranger (Legacy Edition)
8:39 AM	Life On Mars David Bowie cover	Barbra Streisand	ButterFly
8:31 AM	The Passenger	Iggy Pop	Lust For Life
8:27 AM	Lithium Cover of a Nirvana song	Shelby Lynne, Alison Moorer	Not Dark Yet
8:21 AM	New Bike New Release July 23 Punch Brothers will host a kickoff concert for The Evanston Folk Festival Cahn Auditorium Friday September 11	Punch Brothers	The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers
8:16 AM	Mirror Test	Pigeon	OUTTANATIONAL
8:12 AM	Summer In The City LOCAL Cover of the 1966 The Lovin' Spoonful song	Quincy Jones	You've Got It Bad Girl
8:04 AM	El Pueblo Unido (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Dub) Thievery Corporation Highland Park IL Thu Sep 17, Miguel Migs Sound-Bar Chicago Saturday June 6	Thievery Corporation	El Pueblo Unido Miguel Migs Remixes
8:00 AM	Superbloom Aragon Ballroom Chicago October	Jessie Ware	Superbloom

Mon 05/25 · 7AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
7:52 AM	Take 5 Live	Al Jarreau	Look To The Rainbow - Live In Europe
7:47 AM	Don't Explain Don't Explain" is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. It was Holiday's final song.	Courtney Pine, Cassandra Willson	Modern Day Jazz Stories
7:44 AM	Pink Lemon	Elder Island	Hello Baby Okay
7:39 AM	We Were Built For This Singer/Songwriter/Actress from Originally from New York City now based in Atlanta.	Tawana Lael	Single
7:36 AM	Lucky Again	Lykke Li	The Afterparty
7:36 AM	Get Go	Arlo Parks	Ambiguous Desire
7:32 AM	Coffee and Cigarettes	Otis Willson	The Soul Album
7:23 AM	Gone With The Wind	Brother Wallace	Electric Love
7:17 AM	Can't Let Go	Lucinda Williams	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
7:15 AM	Girlfriend In A Coma Do you really think she'll pull through?	The Smiths	The Sounds of The Smiths
7:11 AM	When You Know Evanston Folk Festival, Dawes Park, Saturday September	Bebe Stockwell	Single
7:06 AM	Real Love Baby Winettka Music Festival, Downtown Winettka IL, Saturday June 20	Father John Misty	Single
7:05 AM	Momma Told Me Not To Come Three Dog Night cover	Odetta	Odetta Sings
7:05 AM	Oh, What A Beautiful Morning From Oklahoma! The musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II	James Taylor	Other Covers

Mon 05/25 · 6AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
6:53 AM	The Old Shade Tree	Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau	Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
6:50 AM	Automatic LOCAL Pointer Sisters cover	Nate Smith, Lalah Hathaway	LIVE-ACTION (Deluxe)
6:42 AM	Bleeding Gold New Release Sept 18 - Will Gao from Heartstopper,	Wasia Project	Nocturne
6:39 AM	Raspberry Beret	Prince	Single
6:36 AM	Oganesson LOCAL The Salt Shed, Chicago, Saturday May 22nd	Tortoise	Touch
6:32 AM	Oysters In My Pocket The Salt Shed, Chicago, Tuesday July 14	Royel Otis	Single
6:28 AM	Come With Me City Winery, Chicago Thursday July 30 - Sunday August 2	Eric Roberson	Beautifully All Over The Place
6:24 AM	Rose Pink Cadillac Request for Sue Tirey	Dope Lemon	Rose Pink Cadillac
6:18 AM	Cantaloop (Flip Out) Cover of US3 and Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island. Produced by Mervyn Warren of Take 6	Manhattan Transfer	The Junction
6:12 AM	Sure Thing Paris, France	St. Germain	Tourist
6:07 AM	I Want A Little Sugar For My Bowl	Nina Simone	Nina Simone Sings The Blues (Expanded Edition)
6:04 AM	The Universe Request for Alisia Boyce	Gregory Alan Isakov	The Weatherman
6:04 AM	Hesitation Blues	Dida Pelled	I Wish You Would