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Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of April 25th 2022

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Josh Rouse (Hollow Moon), Acoustic Syndicate (Man Inside), The Waterboys (Here We Go Again), Lo Moon (Expectations), The Regrettes (Anxieties (Out Of Time)), Ray LaMontange (I Was Born To Love You), & Phoebe Bridgers (Sidelines)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues celebrated the 100th Birthday of musical icon Charles Minugs with a show titled The Mingus Centennial! The full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show was a celebration of the Wizard of Woo, the late great Bernie Worrell in honor of what would have been his 78th Birthday! A full playlist can be found here.

DeBraun Thomas fell in love with radio at a young age but only had interest in working in radio after learning Funk musician Sly Stone got his start in radio. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Thomas moved to Lexington in 2009 to attend the University of Kentucky and pursue a career in radio. Thomas joined WRFL in 2009 and through the UK school of Journalism, Thomas had 2 features air on WUKY. In October of 2012, Thomas began interning at WUKY and produced the Unghosting of Medgar Evers. In August of 2013 Thomas became a staff member at WUKY and since that time, Thomas regularly produces the weekly segment Local Music Mondays which highlights local musicians in Lexington. Thomas hosts the Crunkadelic Funk Show which airs Saturday nights at 9pm and also produced a documentary on the 50th anniversary of the March on Frankfort. In addition to producing and hosting a radio show, Thomas also explores his other passion as a musician in Lexington.
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  • This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Band Of Horses (Warning Signs), Georgia Harmer (All In My Mind), Lyle Lovett (12th Of June), Adia Victoria (Ain't Killed Me Yet), River Whyless (Promise Rings), Trombone Shorty Featuring Lauren Daigle (What It Takes), & Edgar Winter (I'm Yours And I'm Hers)!
  • This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Bruce Hornsby (Sidelines), Hippo Campus (Ride Or Die), Mt. Joy (Lemon Tree), Ozomatli (Sacude), The Killers Featuring Lucius (The Getting By II), Angel Olsen (All The Good Times), & Harry Styles (As It Was)!