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.

Lex Talk History welcomes historian Yvonne Giles as she shares her research on notable Kentucky African-Americans including R.C.O. Benjamin. On Thursday October 1st the history museum is teaming up with Blue Grass Community Foundation and the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative for an event honoring the lawyer, journalist and advocate for voting rights. The program will include the dedication of soil collected at the Equal Justice Initiative marker installation and a staged reading of “Benjamin’s Victory,” an original audio drama by Michele Tyrene Johnson.

The Lexington Farmers' Market Report on WUKY is brought to you by Kentucky American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, providing safe, reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately half a million people in portions of 14 counties. Learn more at kentuckyamwater.com.This week Josh and Joe get down to the meat and potatoes of 'Dinner.' Have your mushroom sauce and green beans ready. Stick around for supper with vegetable beef soup and use those leftover tomatoes to make gazpacho.

Katerina Stoykova interviews poet and fiction writer Wendy Jett about her trilogy and upcoming poetry book.

In Continuum 5 of The Ricochet Effect: Breaking the Cycle – Tobacco, Truth, and Black Health, Dr. Abeni El-Amin continues her conversation with Dr. Valerie Yerger of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC) by examining a critical question in tobacco prevention: Why do some public-health messages reach communities while others fail to resonate at all?