Joe Conkwright interviews Rock & Roots artist Brandon Flowers about his new album Thrasher, which comes out August 21st, 2026.

Rock and Roots celebrates America's Birthday with a showcase of Americana music and a time capsule of the golden music of 1976. Join Joe Conkwright and John Lee for a listening party on Rock & Roots this weekend - 10 am to 2 pm Friday, and Saturday noon to 5 pm.Only on 91.3 or streaming live @ wuky.org or the free WUKY app.

10 Foot Pole brings the Roots of Lexington Music Scene back to life at the next Tahlsound, Sunday June 28th at the Great Lawn Stage behind Oleika Shriners Temple, 326 Southland Drive.10 Foot Pole and Rebeca Rego join Joe Conkwright for a conversation on Rock & Roots. Recorded June 16, 2026.

WUKY Listener Walt Remondini returns as a guest host for The Rock & Roots Special Edition. This program aired first on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025.

In 2019, the regional arts organization, South Arts, launched the Southern Prize for Visual Arts program to spotlight outstanding and meaningful work by visual artists from 11 member states, which Kentucky is among them. One artist from each state was selected as a state fellow and their works were evaluated by an independent panel for consideration for the $25,000 Southern Prize. Lexington based artist Diana Settles is not only this year's Kentucky State Fellow, but she is also the 2026 Southern Prize winner, making her the first Kentucky artist in the award's eight year history selected for that distinction. She's Tom's guest this week on WUKY's Open Studio.

On the eve of early voting in the Commonwealth, Voting Matters talks with Ellen Mueller with the non-partisan civic education group Cats Vote Coalition at the University of Kentucky and in the second portion of the program we hear from Deborah Alexander. Deborah is a former State Department election attaché and longtime poll worker with international election observation experience. Currently she serves as a Fayette County Election Commissioner.

You may or may not have heard of alpha-gal syndrome, an allergic reaction by the human body to a sugar molecule found in most mammals, but not in humans. It's now an important allergen that's causing problems all over the Commonwealth and the country. Dr. Greg talks all things alpha-gal with Dr. Kathleen Winter; Kentucky State Epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health of the UK College of Public Health.

The Lexington Philharmonic is celebrating its 65th season and marketing & communications manager, Michaela Bowman tells us about a new exhibit debuting at the Lexington History Museum. Alan and Mandy also catch you up on history museum happenings including a spooky event coming up Wednesday October 28th.