Rock & Roots

Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of July 18th 2022

By DeBraun Thomas

Published July 22, 2022 at 8:30 AM EDT

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Willie Nile (Off My Medication), The Lumineers (A.M. Radio), Alvvays (Pharmacist), Early James (Harder To Blame), The Head And The Heart (Hurts (But It Goes Away)), & Ziggy Marley Featuring Stephen Marley (The Lucky One)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues was a focus on instrumental jams from the 60's and 70's with a show titled Speechless Grooves & Mental Instrumentals! Featuring music from Ernest Ranglin, Earl Hooker, Earl Van Dyke, Booker T. Jones, The Ventures, The Meters, The Ohio Players, & more! The full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show highlighted those who are Keeping The Funk Alive! Featured music from The Weeknd, Nané, St. Vincent, Jeverson, Diana Ross & Tame Impala, Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Lettuce Featuring Bootsy Collins, & more! A full playlist can be found here.

Rock & Roots

DeBraun Thomas

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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