Rock & Roots

Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of June 19th 2023

By DeBraun Thomas

Published June 23, 2023 at 8:30 AM EDT

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Brent Cobb (Southern Star), Talk (A Little Bit Happy), Inhaler (Just To Keep You Satisfied), Peggy Gou (It Goes Like) Nanana, Wye Oak (Every Day Like The Last), Steve Lukather (Someone), & Meshell Ndegeocello Featuring Joel Ross (Towers)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues celebrated the changing of the season with a show titled Ode To The Summer! Featuring new music from Lou Rawls, BB King, Jethro Tull, The Yardbirds, Richie Havens, Etta James, Santana, The Isley Brothers, The Dave Clark Five, & more! The full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show was a musical journey from 1982-1997! Featured music from Stanley Clarke & George Duke, Donna Summer, Mary J Blige, George Clinton, Midnight Star, Evelyn "Champagne" King, & more! 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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