Picture This: Film Music on the Radio 06/28/2026 Wayne Cresser WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Sundays 6-8 pm On the web at: www.wriu.org A Word about Tonight’s Show: Tonight we dispense with theme, but not purpose, Tonight we feature more Graham …
Swinging Horns June 30, 2026 Jazz Journey Artist – Song – Source Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Big Band – Stolen Memories – Straight Blues Woody Herman ft Bill Chase (trumpet) – Somewhere – Big Bands (live) Lee …
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Live Jazz Listings for June/July 2026 WRIU 90.3FM Kingston RI (updated 6/28/26) Wriu.org>Features>Jazz Listings **** if you would like an event to be listed please email [email protected] **** Best if two weeks in advance! Roger Williams Park …
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Beginning in 1953, Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed poignant and passionate songs that brought him a devoted following in France. By the 1960s, Brel had become a major influence on counterculture performers such as Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie. Translations of Brel’s songs have been recorded by a wide range of singers from Nina Simone to Frank Sinatra.
Tonight, we’re playing Bluegrass music – with the occasional addition of “Ol Timey” tunes, “hillbilly” and various offshoots featuring banjos and other stringed instruments, brilliantly played by hippies & stoners “clean as country water and wild as mountain dew!”
The Boudin Barndance: 06/25/2026 Dan Ferguson WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Thursdays 6-9 pm On the web at: www.wriu.org Boudin Barndance playlists and album reviews now archived at https://wriu.org/features/playlists/boudinbarndance/ SHOW ARCHIVES AT: https://archive.wriu.org/fm-public/4-Thursday/1800/ LISTEN HERE! Stuff: WATCH the BOUDIN BARNDANCE profile …
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By Wayne Cresser
Tonight we listen to two distinguished scores from two of the greatest films ever made. The last time the American Film Institute updated their of the 100 greatest American films of all time, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane still ranked number 1, and Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times number 78. [Continue Reading]
Percy Faith’s hit “The Song from Moulin Rouge” aka “Where Is Your Heart” was #1 on the Billboard charts for ten weeks in 1953-1954. We’ll hear sweet versions of that song, along with great French covers of the garage rock classic “Hey Joe”, Dylan’s “The Mighty Quinn”, and the Shirelle’s “Baby, It’s You”
The Boudin Barndance: 06/18/2026 Dan Ferguson WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Thursdays 6-9 pm On the web at: www.wriu.org Boudin Barndance playlists and album reviews now archived at https://wriu.org/features/playlists/boudinbarndance/ SHOW ARCHIVES AT: https://archive.wriu.org/fm-public/4-Thursday/1800/ LISTEN HERE! Stuff: WATCH the BOUDIN BARNDANCE profile …
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Jazz Food and a Groovy/Funky Morning June 16, 2026 Jazz Journey Artist – Song – Source Dorothy Donegan – Tea For Two – The Incredible Dorothy Donegan Trio Live Dave Bartholomew – Shrimp & Gumbo – …
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