Sunday (6/14) Jazz Brunch with Rice and Beans

I'll be guest hosting WXDU 88.7 FM's Sunday Morning Jazz Show this week, from 10 am - 12 noon.

I'll be tinkering in the kitchen, but hope to feature some new jazz records by Latin artists as well as some of my favorite straight ahead jazz. So, tune in this Sunday at 10 am to WXDU (streaming at www.wxdu.org) for jazz with a side of rice and beans!

RADIO ALERT: John Dee Holeman LIVE on WXDU TODAY

Blues legend John Dee Holeman will perform live today (3/31) on WXDU's "Bull City Cosmic Hoedown" with host Washboard Dave. Andy Coates will play with Holeman; guest segment starts around 7 pm.

WHAT: John Dee Holeman w/ Andy Coates
WHEN: TODAY, Tuesday (3/31), "Bull City Cosmic Hoedown" 6-7:30 pm (guest segment: circa 7pm)
WHERE: WXDU 88.7 FM or live stream with iTunes at www.wxdu.org

More from Dave:

"John Dee Holeman is a North Carolina treasure and has won National Heritage Fellowship awards and NC Heritage Awards over the years for his guitar playing and singing. His style on guitar combines the Piedmont Blues sound (which developed in Durham in the '30s and '40s) with touches of Texas blues and R&B. You've likely seen him playing outdoors at street festivals, at the Eno River, or in clubs. He knows a million tunes, and tonight I hope he'll play a few for us.

John Dee Holeman turns 80 years young this weekend and there will be a birthday party for him Saturday night at Broad Street Cafe with a host of other blues artists on hand to help celebrate. Come on out if you can:
http://www.thebroadstreetcafe.com/events.html"

RADIO ALERT (2/22): Sitar player Viswas Chitnis on WXDU TODAY

From Luke at WXDU:

"Sitar strummer extraordinaire Viswas Chitnis will be playing a somewhat abbreviated raga session tonight on our show at 6PM as well as answering our (and your) questions."

WHAT: Viswas Chitnis, musical guest (sitar)
WHEN: 6-7 pm, Sunday, 2/22
WHERE: WXDU 88.7 FM, live streaming via iTunes at www.wxdu.org

RADIO ALERT (2/14): Santa Salsera Plays Songs of Love...

Today I will be celebrating Valentine's Day (2/14) as your host on Mondo Mundo, WXDU's weekly world music show. Tune in for some salsa favorites and whatever other world music turns my head.

WHAT: Mondo Mundo (world music show)
WHEN: 1-3 p.m. SATURDAY (2/14)
WHERE: WXDU 88.7 FM and streaming online at www.wxdu.org

UPDATE: See archived playlist here.

iTunes U

Hear my interview last week with Bobby Sanabria, and other past episodes of "Azucar y Candela," at iTunes U. This is educational audio available for FREE via the iTunes store.

To access, load the iTunes store and select:
iTunes U / Universities / Duke / Student Life / WXDU / WXDU Interviews

Need help? Get a demo of iTunes U here.

Tune in: Mondo Mundo, WXDU, Saturday 1-3 pm

Lately I've been the extremely silent partner here at OC, but tomorrow I'll be making noise on WXDU when I host the Mondo Mundo world music show. I'm feeling like cumbia ... maybe some baile funk ... and who knows? I haven't actually got the whole thing planned out at this point...

Anyway, tune in: Saturday Oct. 18, 1-3 pm Eastern; 88.7 FM if you're local, wxdu.org if you're not.