Tomorrow is Record Store Day when you can visit your local record store (if you still have one) for exclusive new releases on vinyl. Today we're mixing in some of our favorite vinyl records. We're also aksing for your favorite album covers. Whether it's an LP or CD or whatever, what's your favorite album cover? Let us know in the comments below and we'll spin a set this morning.
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Here's what we played:
The common advice for writers is to write about what you know. So it's no surprise that songwriters often write songs about music itself. Those are the songs we're looking for this morning in WFUV's Question of the Day. Today also happens to be WFUV's membership drive. Please support the music mix you get from WFUV online or call 877-938-8907, thanks!
Here's what we played:
Grateful Dead "The Music Never Stopped"
George Harrison "This Song"
On this morning after the bombings at the Boston Marathon authorities are sifting through the rubble. And we're sifting through our own emotions. Our hearts go out to the victims and to the entire city of Boston. At times like this we could all use the healing power of love and music. One song that comes to mind is "Love's in Need of Love Today" by Stevie Wonder. If there's a song about love you'd like to hear this morning, let us know in the comments below.
Here's what we played:
The Youngbloods "Get Together"
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Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, a benefit for the Crossroads Centre Antigua, will be at Madison Square Garden this weekend with a talented line up... of men. Since there are no women hitting the stage, we'd like to spin some of your favorite female guitarists this morning. Leave your suggestions in the comment section below.
What We Played:
Patty Larkin "Banish Misfortune/Open hand"
Just revealed secret documents show U.S. officials discussed sending Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Don Maclean and Joni Mitchell to the Soviet Union in 1975 to undermine communism. The American ambassador in Moscow suggested trying soft rock, blues/rock, or country rock, because "soul genre not of top interest here." Further down on the list of artists considered were the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Poco and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
"Wait, I thought Jimi Hendrix was singing, 'Excuse me while I kiss this guy'"..."Really? Roy Orbison wasn't blind?" Have you had these or similar misconceptions about something to do with music? No need to be embarrassed. Confess your confusion in the comments below. we'll spin a set of songs this morning to set everyone straight.
Here's what we played:
Bobbie Gentry "Ode to Billie Joe" (Billie Joe not a woman)
Shawn Colvin "Steady On" (Ch-ch-china not due to record skipping)
April is National Poetry Month. Poetry influences all of us, and musicians are no exception. Many songs began as poems or were influenced by them somewhere along the line. So this morning's question is this: what's your favorite poetry-inspired song? Write your picks in the comments below!
Here's what we played:
1. "The Bells of Rhymney" - The Byrds
2. "Richard Cory" - Simon & Garfunkel
3. "Slouching towards Bethlehem" - Joni Mitchell
We're sharing some of our favorite new music with you on today's New Music Monday. Today's question is what is your favorite new song? Tell us in the comments below or email us at morning@wfuv.org.
Here's today's playlist:
1. "Another Life" - James Maddock
2. "All of my Memories" - Kathleen Edwards
3. "San Francisco" - Foxygen
4. "Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold" - The Lone Bellow
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