WCRS Podcast - yourmusic

Joe Sample passed away this month, so, in commemoration we bring you two full hours of his music. Although his later works kind of bordered on "smooth jazz", which I consider to be an abomination, he steered clear of that watered-down soulless drivel, copying only some of the sounds, and utilizing "cross-over" musicians like David Sanborn. Joe Sample was schooled in the "hard-bop" style of Jazz and he maintained a funky edge. So, while this may be considered kind of "light" and "slick", compared to the kinds of Jazz I usually favor on this program, it is still expressive and original, and undeniably skilled.

2 1-hour live performance recordings of Anoushka Shankar with friends in France, including violinist Joshua Bell

To hear any Palestinian music on the radio, you probably have to drive up to Dearbourne, Michigan. We;; guess what? I've been to Dearbourne plenty of times and haven't heard Palestinian music broadcast there, either. Here is two fiull hours of music from, or about Palestine, including protest music, Dabke, hip-hop from "B.A.D., and Shadia Mansour, folk balads from Rim Bana and Reem Kelani, poems from Mahmoud Darwish and Suhair Hamad