Strange Currency
Weekdays 8-10 pm, Saturdays 7-9 pm
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 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7:00 to 9:00 on Saturday as he opens up his personal music vault and lets you in.
Have a question? Send Jedd an email at beaudoin@kmuw.org. And, if you’re so inclined, join @strangecurrencyict on Facebook.
Latest Episodes
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Strange Currency | March 18-23, 2024
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Strange Currency | March 11-16, 2024
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Strange Currency | March 4-9, 2024
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Strange Currency | February 26-March 2, 2024
Artist Interviews
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Composer Tim Hinck's "Symphony No. 1" will receive its world premiere this Saturday with a performance from the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. Hinck says that the present moment in music may be more welcoming than the past for living composers.
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Vehicles is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its album "This Bluebird Wants Me Dead" this weekend. The band's Cody Cloud says that the lyrics on the album have a different resonance for him today.
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Veteran folk singer-songwriter John McCutcheon's most recent album, "Together," features songs written with one of his musical heroes, Tom Paxton.
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Texas-based singer-songwriter Abraham Alexander opens for Black Violin at Wichita’s Orpheum Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 6.
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When the Black Violin started 20 years ago, co-founder Wil B said that he wasn't sure how long it would last. That all changed the moment the band won an important award.
Best Music of 2022
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Jedd Beaudoin, host of Strange Currency, shares his picks for the best music of 2022.
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Jedd Beaudoin, host of Strange Currency, shares his picks for the best archival releases and reissues of 2022.
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Jedd Beaudoin, host of Strange Currency, shares his picks for the best local and regional music of 2022.