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A Mischief Night at Recherché - From Christopher Walken to Ozzie, Philip Glass to Burl Ives, and a little Mr. Spock (TOS Star Trek) thrown in for good measure, we make this night es-PECIALLY mischievous. Witches and bogey men? There are scarier things than Hallowe'en - which is why we continue to encourage y'all to VOTE. Buckle up Hallo-wienies - you're in for a grillin' by DJ Readie...

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After finishing up our Spector-less outtakes of John Lennon's oeuvre from last week's 80th birthday episode, we'll deep dive into the culture, trads, and music of the Taino / Arawak people of the Caribbean, who were already here, and needed no "discovering" when in 1492, Columbus stumbled upon the West Indies looking for China. The chaos, brutality, enslavement, and genocide the Europeans brought upon these gentle and welcoming people was deleted from the "history" of the Americas, but we bring the spirit of the Taino to life!

We finish up Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations and dabble in some lost soul. To cap it all off, a deep dive into Lennon's music; he tells us his favorite compositions as a Beatle, and critiques an earlier production. I'll play some stripped-down Lennon Beatles tracks and solo and acoustic work- including naked tracks before Phil Spector got his grubby paws on them -- (these are newer re-mixes, not the ones from "Let it Be...Naked"). What would John Ono Lennon be doing today, at age 80, if he hadn't been assassinated in 1980? Let's speculate together! And we all shine on......

From Kamasi Washington appy, to entres of Rakim, Mueran Humanos, and a little James Brown, with a tasty bit of Argentinian Prog and a side of Moor Mother.

Rest in power - Notorious RBG! A tune from the film "On the Basis of Sex" to remember the champion of women's rights, and for the rights of all, we'll also hear Chichadélicas y cumbia as Hispanic Heritage Month continues, and sneak in Toots and the "quinto" master- guess who?

Kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15- Oct. 15) with some salsa, trad, Latinx, Afro Carribean, and a teeny bit of Reggae, because I love it! Wait till you hear the hyper-optimistic interloper interrupt the program with .... well...you'll have to tune in to find out...

From Odetta and Dylan to W.E.B. Du Bois- where we've been in words and music. Some Argentinian prog, Afro-pop, and a couple of female kick-ass vocalists. We've got funk, and Gospel to stir your soul today on Recherché.

A healthy dose of Gospel and Gospel-inspired music, some Afro-beat, as always, and a soupcon of Argentinian Prog thrown in for good measure. A birthday tribute to 2musical icons - and - wait for it - a track featuring them BOTH.

Today on Recherché, we'll clean up the leftovers from last week's celebration of Bunny "Stryker" Lee's birthday. We'll explore new music from Butcher Brown and Das Das, and our major thrust- our set celebrating the 100th birthday of Charlie"Bird" Parker, the bebop daddy for the ages.