Rock & Roots

Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of August 26th 2024

By DeBraun Thomas

Published August 30, 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Something Corporate (Happy), Dawes (Still Strangers Sometimes), Valley (When You Know Someone), St. Vincent (Big Time Nothing), Coldplay (We Pray), Shemekia Copeland (Blame It On Eve), & Kate Pierson (Take Me Back To The Party)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues took a trip to the Windy City with a show titled The Blues Of 1954! Featuring music from Lou Rawls, Magic Sam, Koko Taylor, Muddy Waters, The Staples Singers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, & more! A full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show was another mixed bag of groove! Featured music from Margie Joseph, Fred Wesley, Rose Royce, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Sly & The Family Stone, Linda Clifford, & 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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