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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Playlist

December 06, 2012

8:00 PM
Changes
Artist : Yes
Album : 90125
Label : Atlantic
8:07 PM
Rondo
Artist : The Nice
Album : The Immediate Years
Label : Immediate
8:16 PM
Trampled Under Foot
Artist : Led Zeppelin
Album : Celebration Day
Label : Atlantic
8:24 PM
Patterns
Artist : Paul Simon
Album : The Paul Simon Songbook
Label : Sony
8:27 PM
Cocain
Artist : John Martyn
Album : London Conversation
Label : Island
8:29 PM
Circle
Artist : Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Album : Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
Label : Geffen
8:33 PM
Your Love Is Not Enough
Artist : Jenny Wood
Album : Thumbsucker
Label : Self-released
8:38 PM
On Reflection
Artist : Gentle Giant
Album : Free Hand
Label : Chrysalis
8:43 PM
Black Diamond
Artist : The Replacements
Album : Let It Be
Label : Twin/Tone
8:47 PM
Brown Sugar
Artist : The Rolling Stones
Album : Sticky Fingers
Label : Virgin
8:50 PM
Digging In The Dirt
Artist : Kira Small and Bryan Beller
Album : Live At The White House
Label : Mermaid Holler
9:00 PM
1000 Miles Of Highway
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : KMUW Exclusive
Label :
9:04 PM
Steal Your Voice
Artist : The Haunted Windchimes
Album : KMUW Exclusive
Label :
9:06 PM
Stop Believin’
Artist : Carrie Nation and The Speakeasy
Album : KMUW Exclusive
Label :
9:11 PM
Dark Turn Of Mind
Artist : Gillian Welch
Album : The Harrow & The Harvest
Label : Acony
9:16 PM
Leave It
Artist : Yes
Album : 90125
Label : Atlantic
9:20 PM
Misty Mountain Hop
Artist : Led Zeppelin
Album : Celebration Day
Label : Atlantic
9:25 PM
The Moon Is Down
Artist : Gentle Giant
Album : Acquiring The Taste
Label : Vertigo
9:31 PM
Midnight At The Movies
Artist : Justin Townes Earle
Album : Midnight At The Movies
Label : Bloodshot
9:35 PM
When I Fall Down
Artist : Chris Mars
Album : Single
Label : Chris Mars Publishing
9:38 PM
Princess Warrior
Artist : Big Dipper
Album : Crashes On The Platinum Planet
Label : Almost Ready
9:41 PM
Hurricane Bill
Artist : Big Dipper
Album : Crashes On The Platinum Planet
Label : Almost Ready
9:45 PM
America
Artist : The Nice
Album : The Immediate Years
Label : Immediate
9:52 PM
Sister Morphine
Artist : The Rolling Stones
Album : Sticky Fingers
Label : Virgin