Rock & Roots

Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of November 28th 2022

By DeBraun Thomas

Published December 2, 2022 at 8:30 AM EST

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Holy Knives (Easy Trap), Deep Pocket Thieves (What Was I Thinking), Drucker (Defunct Baseball Team), Baby Rose (Go), Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (Crooked Tree), Matt Corby (Problems), & Amos Lee (Look For The Silver Lining)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues was that good about the heat with a show titled Good Cookin'. Featuring music from John Lee Hooker, Junior Walker, Catherine Russell, Guy Clark, Leftover Salmon, The Doors, & more! The full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show celebrated the 80th Birthday of the late great Jimi Hendrix with an hour of live recordings! A full playlist can be found here.

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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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