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"Musical Odyssey" with Professor G (archive)

Thursday, January 1, 2026 | 16:00 to 18:00 | Playlist

Artist Song Album Label Comments
Patrick Cowley Jungle Jump Hard Ware Dark Entries
ゑでぃまぁこん (Eddie Marcon), トルソ (Torso) Home Before Dark (Recomposed by TORSO) Home Before Dark c/w Home Before Dark (Recomposed by TORSO) EM Records #60 in our countdown of the most played albums of 2025 at WXDU. Nora Guthrie released 2 tunes in 1967, Emily's Illness and Home Before Dark, that EM Records reissued in 2025. This track is an instrumental cover of Home Before Dark by the Tokyo duo TORSO, on flute and cello.
Seu Jorge Sábado à Noite Baile à la Baiana Altafonte #59, A sun-drenched journey into the heart of Bahia, Brazil
Gray Young Fragmentation Traces On Walks Music #58, Raleigh-based band
Saya Gray H.B.W SAYA Dirty Hit #57. Debut album, self-titled.
Weak Signal Wannabe Fine 12XU #56
Yuuf Mesa Mesa (Radio Edit) Calima Technicolour #55. Quartet from Denmark, England, France, & Switzerland, now signed to the Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour. Influenced by Khruangbin & Hermanos Guttierez.
Guided By Voices FranCisco Universe Room GBV Ltd. #54. Their 18th album in the last decade.
Chimers An Echo Through Today 12XU #53. Married couple out of Australia.
Sam Gendel FallsLake Dream Trio Leaving Records #52. Trio with Benny Bock on synth and Hans Kjorstad on violin.
Sam Gendel I See Signs Everywhere Dream Trio Leaving Records
Neko Case Tomboy Gold Neon Grey Midnight Green Anti- #51. Her first album in 7 years after 2018's Hell On.
Sir Richard Bishop They Shall Take Up Serpents Hillbilly Ragas Drag City #50
Sir Richard Bishop Rhythm Methodist Hillbilly Ragas Drag City
James Brandon Lewis Prince Eugene Apple Cores Anti- #49. Sax player, here playing with drummer/vibes player Chad Taylor and bassist/guitarist Josh Werner.
James Brandon Lewis Remember Brooklyn & Moki Apple Cores Anti-
Bad Trips NO QUESTIONS ASKED Nothing But Trouble self-released #48. Out of Queens, New York, a dark-electronic psych-rock band
Mogwai Fact Boy The Bad Fire Temporary Residence Ltd #47. 11th album.
Hand Habits (Forgiveness) Blue Reminder Fat Possum Records #46. Meg Duffy's 5th LP.
Hand Habits Living Proof Blue Reminder Fat Possum Records
Khruangbin People Everywhere ii the Universe Smiles Upon You ii Dead Oceans #45. To mark the 10th anniversary of their debut, they returned to the same Texas barn where they recorded it and cut new sessions.
Khruangbin Balls and Pins ii the Universe Smiles Upon You ii Dead Oceans
Joseph Decosimo Flowery Girls Fiery Gizzard Dear Life #44. Durham folklorist & musician, 3rd album reinterpreting old standards and lost gems of bluegress and Appalachian fiddle and banjo tunes.
Yusef Lateef Lowland Lullaby (Live) La Fleur (Avignon '72) R.S.T.
Yusef Lateef Eboness (Live) La Fleur (Avignon '72) R.S.T. #43. With Kenny Barron (piano), Bob Cunningham (bass), and Albert Heath (drums)
Perfume Genius Glory Glory Matador Records #42
Paint Work Swiss System Paint Work Self Released #41