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Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of September 26th 2022

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Head And The Heart (Every Shade Of Blue), Margo Price (Change Of Heart), Smashing Pumpkins (Beguiled), Mitski (Should've Been), Dr. John (Funny How Time Slips Away), Joy Oladokun Featuring Chris Stapleton (Sweet Symphony), & Stevie Nicks (For What It's Worth)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues was a special 2 hour edition for the Fall Fund Drive with a show titled The Remains Of The Song Are The Same! The full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show brought a bunch of groove! Featured music from Gloria Gaynor, Sister Sledge, Parlet, The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Con Funk Shun, Billy Preston, & more! 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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