Strange Currency

Monday - Saturday at 8pm

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.

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

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Music
2:35 pm
Tue February 12, 2013

Richard Thompson's Bravest Moment: 1000 Years of Popular Music

Credit Pamela Littky / New West Records
Richard Thompson

With a career that dates back to the late 1960s Richard Thompson has recorded in numerous musical idioms and earned accolades for virtually every turn he's taken, but perhaps his most impressive moment as a recording artist came in 2002 with the album 1000 Years of Popular Music.

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Music
7:36 am
Tue February 12, 2013

Top Albums: February 4-9

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

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

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

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

  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

  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

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

  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

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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January 30, 2013

8:00 PM
Altamont Sunrise
Artist : Drgn King
Album : Paragraph Nights
Label : Bar/None
8:05 PM
Ain’t No Way
Artist : Dropsonic
Album : VI
Label : Self-released
8:07 PM
I Have No Music
Artist : Ariel + The Undertow
Album : Ariel + The Undertow
Label : Tangled Mane
8:13 PM
Speak In Rounds
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Shields
Label : Warp
8:18 PM
Know Til Now
Artist : Jim James
Album : Regions of Light and Sound of God  
Label : ATO
8:24 PM
Endors Toi
Artist : Tame Impala
Album : Lonerism
Label : Modular
8:27 PM
I’m Not The Same Without You
Artist : Donald Fagen
Album : Sunken Condos
Label : Reprise
8:32 PM
We No Who U R
Artist : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Album : Push The Sky Away
Label : Mute
8:37 PM
Miracle Mile
Artist : Cold War Kids
Album : Single
Label : V2
8:40 PM
I Will Dare
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements
Label : Bar/None
8:43 PM
Technical Difficulties
Artist : 2 Cellos
Album : In2ition
Label : Masterworks
8:46 PM
Heart Of The Devil
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : Low Rent Hymns
Label : Self-released
8:49 PM
Emily
Artist : Freedy Johnston
Album : Blue Days Black Nights
Label : Elektra
8:55 PM
The Hippe Girl
Artist : Mike Coykendall
Album : KMUW exclusive
Label :
9:00 PM
The Day The End Finally Came
Artist : William Elliott Whitmore
Album : Ashes To Dust
Label : Southern
9:04 PM
He Don’t Mind (It Don’t Matter)
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : Low Rent Hymns
Label : Self-released
9:07 PM
Abilene
Artist : Kirk Rundstrom
Album : Same Ugly Town
Label : Binky
9:10 PM
Girl
Artist : The Beatles
Album : Rubber Soul
Label : Capitol
9:13 PM
Yet Again
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Shields
Label : Warp
9:18 PM
Hold On
Artist : Alabama Shakes
Album : Boys & Girls
Label : ATO
9:22 PM
Caught Down
Artist : Drgn King
Album : Paragraph Nights
Label : Bar/None
9:27 PM
Jubilee Street
Artist : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Album : Push The Sky Away
Label : Mute
9:31 PM
Love Sick
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Time Out Of Mind
Label : Columbia
9:36 PM
Inot Music
Artist : Bart Davenport
Album : Maroon Cocoon
Label : Antenna Farm
9:40 PM
Kindness From Strangers
Artist : Ariel + The Undertow
Album : Ariel + The Undertow
Label : Tangled Mane
9:45 PM
Revolution
Artist : Dr. John
Album : Locked Down
Label : Nonesuch
9:48 PM
I’ll Be You
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements
Label : Bar/None
9:53 PM
Free Action
Artist : Moon Duo
Album : Circles
Label : Sacred Bones