Rock & Roots

Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of June 2nd 2025

By DeBraun Thomas

Published June 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Boxmasters Featuring Herb Albert & Brad Davis (Pepper Tree Hill), Wednesday (Elderberry Wine), Billy Allen & The Pollies (If You Want Me To Stay), NoSo (Sugar), Matt Berninger (Inland Ocean), & Taj Mahal & Keb Mo Featuring Wendy Moten (Better Than Ever)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues a celebrated of two of the greatest bands from across the pond with shows titled The Blues Of Cream & An Evening With Jethro Tull! Featured music the catalogues of both Cream & Jethro Tull! A full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show was another mixed bag of groove! Featuring music from Funkadelic, Merry Clayton, Brass Construction, Leroy Hutson, BT Express, Earth Wind & Fire, Lyn Collins, The Commodores, The Staples Singers, & more! The 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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