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Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of December 9th 2024

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Rolling Stones (I Got The Blues), Dylan Dunlap (Holding Hands), Deep Blue Something (Saint Morrissey), Bebe Stockwell (Minor Inconveniences), Abigail Rose (Edges), Jack White (Archbishop Harold Holmes), & Al Green (Everybody Hurts)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues was a celebration of the first day of the work week with a show titled A Bad Case Of The Mondays! Featuring music from Prince, Tony Joe White, Wilco, The Jam, James Cotton, Sarah Vaughan, John Prine, & more! A full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show was a mixed bag of groove! Featured music from The Ohio Players, Ann Peebles, The Chambers Brothers, Patti LaBelle, The Pointer Sisters, The Four Tops, The Meters, & more! The 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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