Airdate: Feb. 8,2019 Remembering Raed Fares of Radio Fresh in Syria & thoughts on routine as stability...Spanning the globe with chicks who scream & boogie, soul, blues & 60's.. songs sung in Turkish, Korean & Portuguese...Keane, Earl King, Diamond Joe, Princess Superstar, Royal Trux, Gal Costa, the Dicatators, the Blues Magoos...all over the map this week. songs: https://tinyurl.com/y6sc2jty Listen live every friday morning at 11:00 AM NYC time on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Spending too much time online? Of course you are...but at least if you're listening to music you're not participating in stupid arguments on social media. Right? This week (air date Feb.1) after a minor technical snafu, I get it rolling with some oldies, some new-ies, some funk etc. A little nod to Groundhog Day...the usual mix of this & that. If you skip the first 15 minutes, you're gold. Don't forget to get out & mingle... Track list: https://tinyurl.com/yatzwzou Live on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern

A little harmony, a little fun, what else? The Jimmy Castor Bunch start things off with "It's Just Begun" then it's a little funk, big band, jazz, French pop, rock, hip-hop, post - punk & gypsy, of course. Guess which two consecutive songs mention Steve Mcqueen? And it was pure serendipity... playlist: https://tinyurl.com/ya7n6otu Livestream every Friday 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Airdate: 1-18-19 This week we have songs about boys, sleepless nights and a myriad of other delights. "Storm Warning" by Skatalites, "Cold Flame" by Yello, " Blues Hangover" by Slim Harpo are a few of the others...it's cold out there, people! Also - Homeboy Sandman, the Damned, R. Stevie Moore, Shilpa Ray, APB etc. Night owls unite. Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/ycg9rdvl A new show can be heard live every week, Fridays at 11:00 AM Eastern, streaming via RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

"One half hillbilly, one half punk..." but also with some funk, pop & soul tossed in for good measure. From January 11th - the end of the week that marks the anniversary of David Bowie's birth and death & so we begin and end the first set with him. From "Garbageman" by the Cramps and "Trash Can" by Jon Spencer...to Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger" and "Gold Star" - the song and Gold Star the band...from "Gossip" by Cyril Neville to "the Truth" by the Handsome Boy Modeling School...and some yakking about privacy and censorship...assignment complete. Track list: https://tinyurl.com/yd3paqyj

Original airdate: January 4, 2019. Ruminating on the new year & all those "best of" lists...to hell with 'em....we have a few releases from last year - Kali Uchis, My Brightest Diamond, Warmduscher...also stuff from the Pogues, Odetta, D'Angelo, the Monkees, St. Etienne AND Cuban, Calypso (or is it Mento??) & the CRUNGE...Olé! Track list: https://tinyurl.com/yamvowwa

Air date: December 28, last show of 2018! I look at other people's end-of-year best-of lists & pick a few that I've missed! Also, some New Year's related stuff - a couple songs about time, "Winds of Change" (yes please) , a smidgen of disco & some "Champagne & Reefer" to get you in that party mood and well, you know the drill. Hear a new show LIVE every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Happy solstice, happy winter, happy birthday, happy xmas etc etc...music of many flavors including: John Lennon, Elephant's Memory, Frank Zappa, Lowell Fulson, Dr. Rubberfunk, Art Brut, Sonny Phillips, Lee Ranaldo, Be-Bop Deluxe, Chuck Prophet, Bobby Fuller Four, Bob Dorough and the ever - popular MORE. With some off - kilter Christmas tuines scattered throughout. Track list: https://tinyurl.com/ydgo4snl

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