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Strange Currency

Monday - Saturday at 8pm
Jedd Beaudoin

Strange Currency airs six nights a week on KMUW, bringing you new releases, old favorites and forgotten classics. We spotlight local and regional acts, including guests on Currency Exchange, our live in-the-studio program recorded at the KMUW studios.

Jedd Beaudoin invites you to listen 8 to 10pm Monday through Saturday as he opens up his personal music vault and lets you in.

Have a question? Send Jedd an email.

And, if you’re so inclined, join Strange Currency on Facebook.

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Archive is updated between midnight and 3am after the show airs.

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Music
7:36 am
Tue February 12, 2013

Top Albums: February 4-9

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1. Get Up -- Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
2. Electric -- Richard Thompson
3. Regions of Light and Sound of God -- Jim James
4. Wonderful Glorious -- Eels
5. Forever Endeavour -- Ron Sexsmith
6. Cool Cocoon -- The Spinto Band
7. Ariel + The Undertow -- Ariel + The Undertow
8. Hummingbird -- Local Natives
9. Fade -- Yo La Tengo
10. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One -- Yo La Tengo

Music
8:12 am
Mon February 4, 2013

Top Albums: January 21- February 2

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1. Fade --Yo La Tengo
2. Paragraph Nights--Drgn King
3. The Travel Guide--The Travel Guide
4. Gold Yeller--Oil Boom
5. Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements--Bright-Little-Field
6. Ariel + The Undertow--Ariel + The Undertow
7. Wing Beat Fantastic--Mike Keneally
8. Kiko--Los Lobos
9. Rumours Revisited--Various Artists
10. Push The Sky Away--Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Music
8:06 am
Mon February 4, 2013

Top Albums: January 14-19

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1. Fade--Yo La Tengo
2. Tempest--Bob Dylan
3. Shields--Grizzly Bear
4. Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran--Jamey Johnson
5. The Lion’s Roar--First Aid Kit
6. Rumours Revisited--Various Artists
7. Wing Beat Fantastic--Mike Keneally
8. Kiko--Los Lobos
9. Low Rent Hymns--Curt Mitchell
10. Light Up Gold--Parquet Courts

Live Music
10:00 pm
Fri January 25, 2013

Currency Exchange: Dead Silos

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Dead Silos recently performed in the KMUW music library as part of Currency Exchange, KMUW's live-performance series.

Music
9:01 am
Mon January 14, 2013

Top Albums: January 7-12

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  1. The Magic Door-- Chris Robinson Brotherhood
  2. Boing, We’ll Do It Live!--The Aristocrats
  3. Wing Beat Fantastic --Mike Keneally
  4. Electricity Vol.1 --Wayne Gottstine
  5. Liberty. Solidarity.
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Music
8:19 am
Mon January 14, 2013

Top Albums: January 1-5

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  1. Chasing Away The Dots-- Mike Coykendall
  2. Wing Beat Fantastic-- Mike Keneally
  3. Lambo Doors-- Spirit of the Stairs
  4. The Travel Guide-- The Travel Guide
  5. Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements-- Bright-Little-Field
  6. Difficulty-- Big Science
  7. Electricity Vol.1-- Wayne Gottstine
  8. Fade-- Yo La Tengo
  9. Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran-- Jamey Johnson
  10. The Bears For Lunch-- Guided By Voices
Live Music
10:00 pm
Fri December 21, 2012

Currency Exchange: DeathBlack Flowers

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Christopher Flores of DeathBlack Flowers recently performed live in the KMUW music library as part of Currency Exchange, KMUW's live-performance series.
 

Music
3:33 pm
Tue December 18, 2012

Top Albums: December 10-15

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  1. We No Who U R -- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Single)
  2. Lambo Doors -- Spirit of the Stairs
  3. Chasing Away The Dots -- Mike Coykendall
  4. Firefly -- The Wonder Revolution
  5. The Yes Album -- Yes
  6. Acquiring The Taste -- Gentle Giant
  7. Boing, We’ll Do It Live! -- The Aristocrats
  8. Crashes On The Platinum Planet -- Big Dipper
  9. Transcendental Youth -- The Mountain Goats
  10. The Travel Guide -- The Travel Guide
Books
2:52 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Best Books in Music of 2012 - Jedd's Picks

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1. Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever Will Hermes From New York City punk to the wealth of ethnic sounds that permeated popular culture, Hermes covers them all in this fast-paced and thoughtful book, issued in paperback in 2011. Thorough and intelligent, this is an absolute must-read for music lovers.

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2:41 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Strange Currency Best of 2012 - Local

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Tomorrow’s The Day - The Ants
Electricity Vol. 1 - Wayne Gottstine
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Two thousand and twelve saw a bumper crop of ace local and regional releases, including several that did not make this list but were strong contenders, among them three releases from Wichita’s The Wonder Revolution (including Firefly) and Zsa Zsa Ketzner's EP.

There were several surprise releases this year, including the solo debut from Split Lip Rayfield’s Wayne Gottstine, a lo-fi adventure from singer-songwriter Curt Mitchell, and Les Easterby’s The World Palindrome.

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January 03, 2013

8:00 PM
Hoping Machine
Artist : Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames
Album : New Multitudes
Label : New West
8:06 PM
Wing Beat Fantastic
Artist : Mike Keneally
Album : Wing Beat Fantastic
Label : Exowax
8:09 PM
Sugar Man
Artist : Rodriquez
Album : OST: Searching For Sugar Man
Label : Light In The Attic
8:15 PM
If Only You Were Lonely
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute To The Replacements
Label : Bar None
8:18 PM
Do It Anyway
Artist : Ben Folds Five
Album : The Sound of the Life of the Mind
Label : Sony
8:22 PM
Bad Reputation
Artist : Haley Bonar
Album : Bad Reputation single
Label : Self-released
8:26 PM
The Lion’s Roar
Artist : First Aid Kit
Album : iTunes Session
Label : Wichita
8:33 PM
Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go
Artist : Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Album : The Magic Door
Label : Silver Arrow
8:38 PM
Haul Away
Artist : Mark Knopfler
Album : Privateering
Label : Mercury
8:42 PM
I Used To Could
Artist : Mark Knopfler
Album : Privateering
Label : Mercury
8:45 PM
Revolution
Artist : Dr. John
Album : Locked Down
Label : Nonesuch
8:50 PM
Storms
Artist : Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy
Album : VA: Just Tell Me That You Want Me
Label : Hear
8:55 PM
Ghost Hunt
Artist : Judgement Day
Album : Polar Shift
Label : Minus Head
9:00 PM
Miracle Woman and Man
Artist : Mike Keneally
Album : Wing Beat Fantastic
Label : Exowax
9:05 PM
I Will Dare
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute To The Replacements
Label : Bar None
9:08 PM
Crucify Your Mind
Artist : Rodriquez
Album : OST: Searching For Sugar Man
Label : Light In The Attic
9:11 PM
Before We Run
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fade
Label : Matador
9:17 PM
Know Til Now
Artist : Jim James
Album : Regions of Light and Sound of God 
Label : ATO
9:23 PM
My Revolutionary Mind
Artist : Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames
Album : New Multitudes
Label : ATO
9:28 PM
Like A Hurricane
Artist : Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Album : Live From Alabama
Label :
9:36 PM
Waving At Airplanes
Artist : Guided By Voices
Album : The Bears For Lunch
Label : GBV
9:40 PM
Tore Down
Artist : Wanda Jackson
Album : Unfinished Business
Label : Sugar Hill
9:42 PM
I Fall To Pieces
Artist : Jamey Johnson with Merle Haggard
Album : Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran
Label : Mercury
9:46 PM
Mr. Bojangles
Artist : Todd Snider
Album : Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker
Label : Thirty Tigers
9:53 PM
On The Way
Artist : Mike Coykendall
Album : Chasing Away The Dots
Label : Fluffy & Gravy