Are you ready? We're Ready...Junior Wells throws the starting pitch...then we have some more blues - Sonny Boy WIlliamson & Otis Rush (R.I.P) are up. Also tunes by The Nude Party, Hard - Fi, Les McCann, Etta Jones...then a little humor from Kinky Friedman & Mike Scott's (Waterboys) gibe at Kinky for something he wrote in one of his novels. Finally, a little funk/disco for dessert. New shows air live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com Playlist:https://tinyurl.com/y8373dwv

Indie - electro - pop - soul - jazz - rock - punk. And then some. Find a friend, bug out together. Always better that way. Hopping around this week from Idris Muhammad to Stereolab to Carla Bley, Sleater - Kinney to Nina Simone to Yo La Tengo to Egberto Gismonti...Happy birthday to Little Richard & Tom Waits & adios to Pete Shelley. That's all folks! Track list here: https://tinyurl.com/y9fqdepl

Airdate: November 30. This week, it's the usual birthday salutes, concert announcements. mix of old & new but with a little fire down below...we got: "The Dog In You," "Shack Up," "Pussy Strut," "You Can Leave Your Hat On," " Iron Man," "Love Ain't Nothing But a Business Goiing On" and, uh, "Volva"...Also, a little hats off to NASA for landing on Venus. No wait,..doesn't go with the theme, but, yeah, Mars. Playlist here: https://tinyurl.com/ybcb63yf

November 23rd - the day after Thanksgiving - setting our table we start with Bootsy Collins' 'Hot Saucer', Kip Anderson's 'A Knife & a Fork' and get to Charlie Parker's 'The Bird' with all manner of fine side dishes...Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Rance Allen Group, XTC, BRONCHO & none other then the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band. Live episodes air every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Happy 1-year anniversary to Aural Medication! Starting things off with a set of thank you songs, for you, my listeners in the spirit of gratitude this November, I then play some of my fave discoveries of the last year...but then I digress and randomness sets in. Folk - jazz, psychedelic - soul and some classic rock etc....Tunes by the Go!Team, Jon Lucien, Dusty Springfield, Erasmo Carlos, the Deirdre Wilson Tabac, Low Cut Connie, Prince, the Dirty Projectors & more. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Nov&year=2018&playlist=8763#here Listen live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Another multi-dimensional mix from November 9, 2018. This week it's smidgen of post - election blues, a 60's Brit Rock set - musicians called Wood! - and some birthday salutes including: Big Joe Turner, Patricia Barber, Phil May of the Pretty Things, Joseph Bowie of Defunkt, Minnie Riperton & Lulu....also featuring A Certain Ratio, Blitz the Ambassador, TV on the Radio & Blondie. Live from Brooklyn, Fridays 11 AM Track list: https://tinyurl.com/y7pydhk8

Get lifted with a little funk/soul/disco/jazz to start with...then we get some folk, flamenco & fado...a little latin, a little jazz & a little gloom & doom from Nick Cave & St. Vincent. Spanning the globe once again. Original airdate: November 2. Listen live, with Rina your host, every Friday morning 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Nov&year=2018&playlist=8180#here

The kinda sorta Halloween edition; a bruja, a vampire & a werewolf walk into a bar...just kidding...music from Girl Ray, Artur Nunes, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Sonny Criss, Nick Cave, Baden Powell, Dr. John & the Universal Togetherness Band. BOO!New live show every Friday morning at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org Complete playlist here: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Oct&year=2018&playlist=8115#here

Today's episode hops around from Gypsy music to Hip - Hop to World Pop - including a set of 60's hits covered and sung in other languages - hops around some more and finishes off with a lullaby or two. Broadcasting live from Bushwick every Friday morning at 11:-00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org Playlist: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Oct&year=2018&playlist=8039#here

Songs to keep brass musicians in business, birthday salutes, show announcements & farewell to Charles Aznavour...a mini-ode to NYC and a set about...death?? That's what happened...Featuring the Art Ensemble of Chicago, J.J. Johnson, Firewater, St. Lenox, Roy Nathanson, Elbow, John Lennon, Death Cab for Cutie, Tom Ze, Tom Waits & Tim Cohen Original airdate: October 12 Listen live every Friday @11:00 AM RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Ray Charles invites us to 'Let's Go Get Stoned' while the Runaways accuse us of being 'Wasted'; The Don Ellis Orchestra is all 'Alone' so the Funkees say 'Dance with Me' because King Hannibal says 'I Got That Will'; The Nervous Eaters admit 'I'm a Degenerate' while the Like are 'Wishing He Was Dead'; also on this program: The Allergies, Nervous Dater, Lulu, Jefferson Airplane, Gogol Bordello & St. Lenox. Live every Friday 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Original airdate: 9-28-18 A few birthday shoutouts here, including to Bryan Ferry, Bud Powell, George Gershwin (via Nina Simone) & Santigold; also what do the Hollies, Radiohead & Lana Del Rey have in common? Tune in to find out. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Sep&year=2018&playlist=7878#here

I Can't Live Without Your Love & Affection, people. That's how we begin...then it's off to the Darkness, Palm, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Action, Jack Mcduff, Jungle, !!!, Latimore & more. Track list: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Sep&year=2018&playlist=7818#here

From the most stylish station around, we bring you songs from the Lafayette Afro - Rock Band, the Undertones, Gilberto Cruz, Sonny Rollins, Pete Townsend, Camille Thurman, the bird & the bee, Them, Sonny Clark & more...now stand in the mirror & dig yo'self. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Sep&year=2018&playlist=7754#here Live from Bushwish every Friday morning at 11 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Tales of school boy crushes and lunch ladies, cutting with class and hating on school...also a set for dudes with unrealistic ambitions...hmmm...sound familiar? From the Donnas to ZZ Top with the Voidz, Frankie Cosmos, Jon Lucien, Marcos Valle, Danzig & Bo Diddley in between.

Billy C. takes this one again, playing all your faves & raves: Tony Allen, Chuck Prophet, Japanese Breakfast, Irma Thomas, the Sports, Steely Dan & more...

My final blowout of summer songs: tales of ant invasions, sharks, mosquitoes & melted ice cream. This week brings you the likes of - the Choir, the Pyramids, Tom Waits, Blondie, Jimmy Mcgriff, Letta Mbulu, the Jones Girls, the Strawberry Alarm Clock etc. Track list: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Aug&year=2018&playlist=7596#here Live on Fridays 11 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

We say good - bye to Aretha, play songs that have the same titles as other songs and also a few about spaceships & such. In this program, music by Loyle Carner, Boz Scggs, XTC, Pere Ubu, Judee SIll, Badfinger, Cafe Tacuba, Ben Folds & of course, Aretha. Track list here: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Aug&year=2018&playlist=7501#here Tune in on Friday mornings for a new episode every week. 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Notes on negative ions and wild waters with tunes by Mr. Twin Sister, Denzel Curry, Jack DeJohnette, Rodrigo Amarante, Shy Boys, Tony Molina, Dorothy Ashby, a smattering of soft rock to wash over you like a velvet cocoon & more. Tune in on Fridays at 11:00 EDT to RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Guest host Billy C. does it again, taking you through another musical escapade with tunes from Buddy Guy, Chuck D, Robert Cray, Apollonia 6, Betty Wright, Stevie Wonder, David Byrne...seamless streaming for your listening pleasure. Songs: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Aug&year=2018&playlist=7429#here New show every Friday 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Airdate: 7-27-18: This week we begin by celebrating da beach. From 1977 with the Ramones to 2017 and Tall Juan and some lesser known beach songs...also music by the Dirty Projectors, Chicano Batman, Kamasi Washington, the Get Up Kids, da Stones (Mick Jagger's birthday 7-26...) Linda Perhacs, Betty Davis & mo' Live on Fridays at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com Song list:https://spinitron.com/member/showplaylist.php?plid=7338

This week we begin with a few words for you-know-who, the big orange himself, in light of this week's events. But then we quickly move ON. We have songs by three artists from three different African countries, a set that meanders around time and summer and, uh, summer-time; songs old and new in varieties of soulful rock and rocking soul. A new show can be heard live every Friday morning 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Originally airing Friday, July 13th this program features some songs about youth & its passing, some gypsy songs, some French songs, a little futbol reference (the World Cup! 2018!)...including the likes of: Black Sugar, the Essex Green, the Act, Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band, Sinkane, Kalman Balogh, Marie LaForêt & more... Track list: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Jul&year=2018&playlist=7212#here Listen live every Friday 11:00 AM EDT on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

From the hills of New Jersey to, uh, Rock Creek Park? Not exactly spanning the glode but a splendid mix anyway including a set about traveling & being on the road because that's what we do in summer. Featuring tunes by Marc Ribot & his prosthetic Cubans, Frank Zappa, Della Reese, the Blackbyrds, Hana Vu, Minus the Bear et al. Song list: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=rfb&month=Jul&year=2018&playlist=7149#here

Aural Medication hits its first record speed! Thanks to Billy C. for pinch hitting this week, doing his best imitation of me yet and maybe going one better, bringing you such classics as 'Bang Bang," "Mango Mako," & "Click Clack"...also appearances by the Tuneyards, Pere Ubu, Tom Waits, Garland Jeffreys, Mariachi El Bronx and mo'