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.

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Music
7:40 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Top Albums: May 6-11

  1. Spirit In The Room--Tom Jones
  2. The Harder They Come--Various Artists
  3. This River--JJ Grey & Mofro
  4. American Kid--Patty Griffin
  5. Volume 3--She & Him
  6. Up On The Sun--Meat Puppets
  7. Nomad--Bombino
  8. Unstoppable Momentum--Joe Satriani
  9. Stories Don’t End--Dawes
  10. Wing Beat Elastic--Mike Keneally
Music
5:30 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Top Albums: April 29-May 4

  1. Dust Bowl Demos Part 3--Tom Page Trio
  2. Europe ‘72--Grateful Dead
  3. Acting, Thinking, Feeling--The Stark Reality
  4. Ahead of Their Time--Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
  5. Stories Don’t End--Dawes
  6. This River--JJ Grey & Mofro
  7. Primary Perceptions--Nick Jaina
  8. Ghost On Ghost--Iron and Wine
  9. Wing Beat Elastic--Mike Keneally
  10. Standing In The Colour--Standing In The Colour
Music
8:00 am
Mon May 13, 2013

What's On: Week of May 13

Monday, May 13: We’ll hear from the new compilation album Turn Me Loose: Outsiders of “Old Time” Music. The collection focuses on some of the most seldom acknowledged varieties of Anglo-American vernacular music. You'll hear unusual performers, uncommon instrumentation and great fiddlers from California to Ohio, New Mexico to West Virginia. Forget "Americana", this collection shows Anglo-American down-home music as it actually was, and in many cases, still is. Listen for selections from London-based singer-songwriter Tom Odell’s new album Long Way Down. Odell will be one of several acts performing with the Rolling Stones this summer at Hyde Park.

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Music
8:20 am
Mon April 29, 2013

Top Albums: April 22- 27

  1. Shaking The Habitual-- The Knife
  2. The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop-- The Stark Reality
  3. Primary Perceptions-- Nick Jaina
  4. “Times Like This" (single)-- Steve Earle
  5. Songs For Slim-- The Replacements
  6. Hard Attack/Dust-- Dust
  7. Stories Don’t End-- Dawes
  8. Mosquito-- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  9. Wing Beat Elastic-- Mike Keneally
  10. Klavierstucke-- Chris Opperman
Music
8:17 am
Mon April 29, 2013

Top Albums: April 15-20

  1. Wing Beat Elastic --Mike Keneally
  2. This River --JJ Grey & Mofro
  3. Hard Attack/Dust --Dust
  4. A Lazarus Taxon --Tortoise
  5. The Low Highway --Steve Earle & The Dukes (&Duchess)
  6. The Terror --The Flaming Lips
  7. Inspiration Information/Wings of Love --Shuggie Otis
  8. Shaking The Habitual --The Knife
  9. Stories Don’t End --Dawes
  10. Standing In The Colour --Standing In The Colour
Music
10:13 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Top Albums: April 8 - 13

  1. Stories Don’t End -- Dawes
  2. Songs For Slim -- The Replacements
  3. Wing Beat Elastic -- Mike Keneally
  4. Standing In The Colour -- Standing In The Colour
  5. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts -- Cold War Kids
  6. Hush Hush -- Kentucky Knife Fight
  7. Krush -- Niacin
  8. The Happiness Waltz -- Josh Rouse
  9. The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver -- Various Artists
  10. What The Brothers Sang -- Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Music
9:47 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Top Albums: April 1- 6

  1. The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver -- Various Artists
  2. Tooth and Nail -- Billy Bragg
  3. Hush Hush -- Kentucky Knife Fight
  4. Songs For Slim -- The Replacements
  5. Delta Machine -- Depeche Mode
  6. Specter At The Feast -- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  7. Stories Don’t End -- Dawes
  8. Wing Beat Elastic -- Mike Keneally
  9. Dancing -- Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins
  10. Old Worlds Ocean -- The Calamity Cubes
Music
9:54 am
Fri March 29, 2013

Top Albums: March 25 - 30

  1. Hush Hush--Kentucky Knife Fight
  2. Songs For Slim--The Replacements
  3. What The Brothers Sang--Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  4. Delta Machine--Depeche Mode
  5. Tooth & Nail--Billy Bragg
  6. Dancing--Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins
  7. Sound City: Real to Reel--Sound City
  8. Specter at the Feast--Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  9. Bloodsports--The London Suede
  10. Forever Endeavour--Ron Sexsmith
Music
8:00 am
Fri March 29, 2013

Top Albums: March 18 - 23

  1. Songs For Slim--The Replacements
  2. Sound City: Real to Reel--Sound City
  3. Bloodsports--The London Suede
  4. Old Word’s Ocean--The Calamity Cubes
  5. The Next Day--David Bowie
  6. What The Brothers Sang--Dawn McCarthy with Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  7. Wooden Smoke--Mike Keneally
  8. Gold Yeller--Oil Boom
  9. The Sacred Squall of Now--Reeves Gabrels
  10. The Old New Me--Slim Dunlap
Music
11:54 am
Mon March 18, 2013

Top Albums: March 11 - 16

  1. Songs For Slim -- The Replacements
  2. The Next Day -- David Bowie
  3. The Beast In Its Tracks -- Josh Ritter
  4. What The Brothers Sang -- Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  5. Vacilador -- The Giving Tree Band
  6. Old Yellow Moon -- Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
  7. Kimono My House -- Sparks
  8. Skin and Bones -- Foo Fighters
  9. Honky Tonk -- Son Volt
  10. Forever Endeavour -- Ron Sexsmith

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Playlist

February 11, 2013

8:00 PM
Birdhouse In Your Soul
Artist : They Might Be Giants
Album : Flood
Label : Elektra
8:04 PM
Intro/Sweet Jane
Artist : Lou Reed
Album : Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Label : RCA
8:12 PM
Hold On
Artist : John Lennon
Album : Plastic Ono Band
Label : Capitol
8:15 PM
Turning Of The Tide
Artist : Bob Mould
Album : VA: Beat The Retreat
Label : Capitol
8:19 PM
Stupid Things
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fade
Label : Matador
8:24 PM
Swim & Sleep (Like A Shark)
Artist : Uknown Mortal Orchestra
Album : II
Label : Jagjaguwar
8:27 PM
Breakin’ Up
Artist : Rilo Kiley
Album : Under The Black Light
Label : Warner Bros.
8:32 PM
Breakfast In Bed
Artist : Dusty Springfield
Album : Dusty In Memphis
Label : Rhino
8:36 PM
Good Things Happen To Bad People
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Electric
Label : New West
8:41 PM
We Can’t End This Way
Artist : Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Album : Get Up!
Label : Stax
8:45 PM
Grey In L.A.
Artist : Loudon Wainwright III
Album : Strange Weirdos
Label : Concord
8:49 PM
The Next One
Artist : Teddy Thompson
Album : Bella
Label : Verve
8:52 PM
Black Spot
Artist : Local Natives
Album : Hummingbird
Label : Frenchkiss
9:00 PM
Heroes
Artist : David Bowie
Album : Heroes
Label : Virgin
9:07 PM
Space Moth
Artist : Stereolab
Album : Sound-Dust
Label : Elektra
9:14 PM
So Good At Being In Trouble
Artist : Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Album : II
Label : Jagjaguwar
9:19 PM
April Fool
Artist : Patti Smith
Album : Banga
Label : Columbia
9:23 PM
Gypsy Love Songs
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Amnesia
Label : Capitol
9:29 PM
You Found Another Lover (I Lost Another Friend)
Artist : Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Album : Get Up!
Label : Stax
9:33 PM
All My Days
Artist : Elliot Road
Album : The Dust Covered Man
Label : Self-released
9:39 PM
Stoplight Roses
Artist : Nick Lowe
Album : The Old Magic
Label : Yep Roc
9:43 PM
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Electr-O-Pura
Label : Matador
9:49 PM
It Must Be Love
Artist : Madness
Album : Ultimate Collection
Label : Hip-O
9:53 PM
Cocain
Artist : John Martyn
Album : London Conversation
Label : Universal