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Sunday, January 18, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2181

It occurs to me:

That the 42nd Anniversary Episode is coming up here in a couple weeks. What's the world coming to?

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                              Episode 2181                                   Sun, Jan. 18, 2026                             4PM to 6PM

Artist                                         Title                                          Album                                        Genre         New?
Alan Kelly                                     Spootiskerry/The Harsh February/McCloud's
                                                 Farewell                                     Out of the Blue                              Folk
Oliver Nelson & his Orchestra                  Martin Was a Man, A Real Man                   A Dream Deferred                             Jazz
Remi Goode                                     Might Not be True                              Things I've Said Before                      Folk            XX
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Horace Tapscott                                Whit                                           Tapscott Sessions vol.4                      Jazz
Irish Millie                                   Allison                                        Between Now and Then                         Folk            XX
Peter Lin & the AAPI Jazz Collective           Tank!                                          Identity                                     Jazz
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                             Choros No.4                                    Choroi                                       Classical
James Howe; M Payne                            The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Part 1          read live                                    Spoken
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Peter & Will Anderson                          The Best Thing for You Would be Me             Best of Berlin                               Jazz            XX
Kevin Burke                                    Biddy Martin's/Ger the Rigger/Bill Sullivan's
                                                 Polka                                        If the Cap Fits                              World
John Kirby & his Sextet                        Blues Petite                                   Complete Associated Transcriptions vol.2     Jazz
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Ye Vagabonds                                   The Flood                                      All Tied Together                            Folk            XX
Ledisi                                         Caravan                                        For Dinah                                    Jazz            XX
Holly Near                                     To Raise the Morning Star                      Sky Dances                                   Folk
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Five Corners Quintet                           Trading Eights                                 Chasin' the Jazz Gone By                     Jazz
Dan Crary                                      Tom and Jerry                                  Guitar                                       Folk
Yoko Yates                                     Winding River                                  Eternal Moments                              Jazz            XX
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David Grisman Quintet                          Mondo Mando                                    Mondo Mando                                  Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home          Anthology 1931 - 1968                        Jazz

Sunday, January 11, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2180

At this point:

I think we've had this New Year for too many days to return it, so I guess we might as well forge onward!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                          Episode 2180                              Sun., Jan. 11, 2026                             4PM to 6PM

Artist                                      Title                                         Album                                      Genre       New?
Charlie Haden Quartet West                  The Long Goodbye                              Haunted Heart                              Jazz
Peter Case                                  Blue Distance                                 Flying Saucer Blues                        Folk
JB Dunckel; Gautier Capucon & Capucelli
  Cello Ensemble                            Wake                                          Gaia                                       Classical     XX
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Yoko Yates                                  Song of the Wild                              Eternal Moments                            Jazz          XX
Bennett Hammond                             Patio Furniture                               Walking on Air                             Folk
John Lewis & Svend Asmussen                 Winter Tale                                   European Encounter                         Jazz
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                          Choros No.4                                   Choroi                                     Classical
James Howe; M Payne                         Howliday Inn, Part 8                          read live                                  Spoken
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Irish Millie                                Riley's Reel                                  Grace                                      World         XX
Cecil Payne                                 Delilah                                       Payne's Window                             Jazz
Cache Valley Drifters                       Feather in the Wind                           Step Up to Big Pay!                        Folk
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Peter & Will Anderson                       All By Myself                                 The Best of Berlin                         Jazz          XX
Brendan Power                               Go to the Devil & Shake Yourself/The Maid 
                                              Behind the Bar/The Corner House             The New Irish Harmonica                    World
Tony Trischka                               Triceratops                                   A Robot Plane Flies over Arkansas          Folk
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Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop                 The Windup                                    Turboprop                                  Jazz
Songstorm                                   You Will Need Me Too                          Snellville                                 Folk          XX
Markus Joachim Rutz                         On the Bosrand                                Many Moons                                 Jazz          XX
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David Grisman Quintet                       Neon Tetra                                    Hot Dawg                                   Jazz
The Mills Brothers                          I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home         Anthology 1931 - 1968                      Jazz

Sunday, January 4, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2179

This week:

Is both the first Episode of the new year and the last episode of KUCI's Fall Season of Programming. Because at KUCI, Winter doesn't start till tomorrow! I figure we must be in our own little time zone...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                               Episode 2179                               Sun., Jan. 4, 2026                             4PM to 6PM

Artist                                      Title                                            Album                                      Genre         New?
John Hartford                               Bye-Bye                                          Morning Bugle                              Country
Sarah Wilson Sextet                         Hopeful Sorrow                                   Incandescence                              Jazz            XX
Ken Nordine                                 Looks Like It's Going to Rain                    Best of Word Jazz, vol.1                   Jazz
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Red Clay Ramblers                           Wind and Rain                                    Stolen Love                                Folk
Pete & Will Anderson                        Isn't This a Lovely Day?                         The Best of Berlin                         Jazz            XX
Joe & Antoinette McKenna                    Fermoy Lasses/Touch Me if You Dare/Farewell
                                              To Fine Weather                                Farewell To Fine Weather                   World
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                          Choros No.4                                      Choroi                                     Classical
James Howe; M Payne                         Howliday Inn, Part 7                             read live                                  Spoken
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Quenton Blache; Gautier Capucon & the
  Capucelli Cello Ensemble                  Of Wind and Rain                                 Gaia                                       Classical       XX
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer             Barnyard Disturbance                             But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?           Jazz
Robert Earl Keen                            Snowin' On Raton                                 Gravitational Forces                       Country
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Wild Iris Brass Band                        Eye of the Cyclops                               Way Up                                     Jazz            XX
Leo Kotke                                   I Yell at Traffic                                Regards from Chuck Pink                    Folk
Pearl Django                                Snow in the Emerald City                         Simplicity                                 Jazz
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Irish Millie                                Time Capsule                                     Grace                                      World           XX
Yoko Yates                                  Winter Calls                                     Eternal Moments                            Jazz            XX
The Melodic                                 Come Outside                                     Effra Parade                               Folk
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Martin Denny                                Island of Dreams                                 Exotica II                                 Lounge
Cal Tjader Sextet                           Poinciana Cha Cha                                Los Ritmos Calientes                       Jazz
Roy Shield; Beau Hunks                      Gangway, Charlie                                 The Original Little Rascals Music          Soundtrack
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David Grisman Quintet                       Winter Wonderland                                Acoustic Christmas                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                          I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home            Anthology 1931 - 1968                      Jazz

Sunday, December 28, 2025

 

Darkling Ecelctica, Episode 2178: Old Year, New Year

Last show of 2025:

Which means next week'll be 2026! Maybe I'll finally stop writing 1978 on my checks!

Mike

Darkling Ecelctica, the                      Episode 2178: Old Year, New Year                            Sun. Dec. 28, 2025                      4PM to 6PM

Artist                                         Title                                          Album                                        Genre       New?
The Acousticats                                Adios Again                                    Down at Evangelina's                         Folk
Steve Allee Big Band                           Circle City                                    Full Circle                                  Jazz          XX
Raymond Scott Quintette                        New Year's Eve in a Haunted House              Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights          Soundtrack
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Old Crow Medicine Show                         December 26                                    OCMS XMAS                                    Holiday       XX
Swap                                           Ice Worms/Bosse Nordins Schottis               [sic]                                        World
Sarah Wilson                                   Incandescence                                  Incandescence                                Jazz          XX
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                             Choros No.4                                    Choroi                                       Classical
James Howe; M Payne                            Howliday Inn, Part 6                           read live                                    Spoken
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My Little Pony: Friendshp is Magic             The Heart Carol                                A Pony Kind of Christmas                     Soundtrack
Barbaro                                        Let's Talk About the Winter                    About the Winter                             Folk
Elvis Costello & the Brodsky Quartet           Lost in the Stars                              The Juliet Letters                           Classical
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Robert Schumann; Burkard Schliessmann          Nachtstuck, Op.23 No.2                         Schumann: Fantasies                          Classical     XX
Kim Wallach                                    The Coldest Winter in Living Memory            The Coldest Winter in Living Memory          Folk
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra                  When Day is Done                               Paul Whiteman vol.1                          Jazz
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From the Dirt                                  The Endless Rain                               From the Dirt                                Folk          XX
The Flying Horse Big Band w/George Garzone     It Gets Better                                 Unbridled                                    Jazz          XX
Hoven Droven                                   Skymning (Dusk)                                Hippa                                        World
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David Grisman Quintet                          Auld Lang Syne                                 Acoustic Christmas                           Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             Jeepers Creepers                               Chronological, vol.6                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home          Anthology 1931 - 1968                        Jazz

Sunday, December 21, 2025

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2177: Solstice, Christmas, Etc.

And next week?

The last Episode of the year! Time certainly is marching on!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                    Episode 2177: Solstice, Christmas, Etc.                    Sun., Dec. 21, 2025                       4PM to 6PM

Artist                                         Title                                        Album                                        Genre        New? 
Anat Cohen Tentet                              Goodbye                                      Happy Song                                   Jazz
Old Crow Medicine Show                         Krampus Night                                OCMS XMAS                                    Holiday        XX
Wynton Marsalis                                Carol of the Bells                           Crescent City Christmas Card                 Jazz
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Kemper Crabb                                   Downe in Yon Forest                          Medieval Christmas                           Holiday        XX
Jonathan Katz & the Bobs                       Santa's Got a Brand-New Bag                  Too Many Santas                              A-Play
Bruce Fowler                                   Winter in Maine                              Ants Can Count                               Jazz
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                             Choros No.4                                  Choroi                                       Classical
James Howe; MPayne                             Howliday Inn, Part 5                         read live                                    Spoken
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Don Byron                                      The Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairies         Bug Music                                    Jazz
Karney                                         Ring in the Holidays                         Ring in the Holidays                         Holiday        XX
Stefan Grossman                                The Windblown Star                           Love, Devils & the Blues                     Folk
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Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz                     Arctic Paradise                              Ahma                                         World
L.A.4                                          A Child is Born                              Zaca                                         Jazz
Back pOrchestra & the Christmas Jug Band       Carolin'                                     Stories in the Heart                         Country        XX
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Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden                       I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In            Glad Christmas Comes                         Folk
Zoe Keating                                    Frozen Angels                                Natoma                                       Classical
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones w/the Alash
  Enselmble                                    What Child is This/Dyngyldai                 Jingle All the Way                           Holiday
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We Banjo 3                                     The Wexford Carol                            A Winter Wonderful                           Holiday
Ben Folds                                      Christmas Time Rhyme                         Sleigher                                     Holiday
The Weavers                                    Go Where I Send Thee                         At Carnegie Hall                             Folk
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David Grisman Quintet                          God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen                 Acoustic Christmas                           Jazz

Sunday, December 14, 2025

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2176

And next weeK?

Our combined Winter Solstice/Christmas Episode! Snow, sleet, and hail not guaranteed!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                            Episode 2176                               Sun, Dec. 14, 2025                                4PM to 6PM

Artist                                        Title                                         Album                                         Genre       New?
John McCutcheon                               Hangman's Reel/Campbell's Farewell to 
                                                Red Gap                                     Wind That Shakes the Barley                   Folk
Stan Kenton & his Orchestra                   Turtle Talk                                   Adventures of Jazz                            Jazz
Robert Schumann; Burkhard Schliessmann        Fantasie in C, Op.17 No.2                     Schumann: Fantasies                           Classical     XX
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Temporary Blessings                           Cold Blood                                    Sumbisori                                     Jazz          XX
Evan Lurie                                    Tarntella                                     Selling Water by the Side of the River        Jazz
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines                  Weather Bird                                  Volume IV                                     Jazz
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                            Choros No.4                                   Choroi                                        Classical
James Howe; M Payne                           Howliday Inn, Part 4                          read live                                     Spoken
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Andre J. Thomas & the London Symph. Orch.     Choo Choo Joubert                             Shout for Joy                                 Classical     XX
Deanta                                        Larmor Plage/The Landsdowne Lass/Darby's
                                                Farewell to London                          Ready for the Storm                           Folk
Woody Herman & Lionel Hampton                 Caledonia                                     Who's Who in Jazz                             Jazz
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Alison Brown & Steve Martin                   Let's Get Out of Here                         Safe, Sensible and Sane                       Folk          XX
29th Street Saxophone Quartet                 Priority Waltz                                Your Move                                     Jazz
The Bobs                                      Bus Plunge                                    The Bobs                                      A-Play
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Lee Mason & his Orchestra                     Top Gear                                      Music by Lee Mason                            Jazz          XX
Tony Trischka                                 A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas             A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas             Folk
Laurindo Almeida & Charlie Byrd               Zum and Resureccion del Angel                 Latin Odyssey                                 Jazz
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David Grisman Quintet                         Fish Scale                                    David Grisman Quintet                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                            Coney Island Washboard                        Chronological, vol.2                          Jazz
The Mills Brothers                            I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home         Anthology 1931 - 1968                         Jazz

Sunday, December 7, 2025

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2175

December!

Which is the 12th month even though "decem" in Latin means "ten"! Sounds like it's just as confused as everyone else, so yeah! C'mon in!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                               Episode 2175                                 Sun., Dec. 7, 2025                            4PM to 6PM

Artist                                       Title                                            Album                                       Genre        New?
Andy Narell                                  One Last Goodbye                                 Down the Road                               Jazz
Alison Brown & Steve Martin                  Bluegrass Radio                                  Safe, Sensible & Sane                       Folk           XX
Roxy Coss Sextet                             Push                                             Restless Idealism                           Jazz
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Dolores Keane & John Faulkner                Home Ruler/Cross the Fence                       Brokenhearted I'll Wander                   World
Eric McFadden                                Song for My Father                               Who's Laughing Now?                         Folk
Hildur Gudnadottir                           Steps Out Loud                                   Where To From                               Classical      XX
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Heitor Villas-Lobos                          Choros No.4                                      Choroi                                      Classical
James Howe; M Payne                          Howliday Inn, Part 3                             read live                                   Spoken
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Riders in the Sky                            Cimarron Moon                                    A Great Big Western Howdy                   Country
Lee Mason & his Orchestra                    Free and Easy                                    Music by Lee Mason                          Jazz           XX
Zoe Keating                                  Hello Night                                      Into the Trees                              Classical
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From the Dirt                                The Edge of the World is a Rounding Error        The Colored Edge of Memory                  Folk           XX
Bongwool Lee Trio                            Why Not                                          My Singing Fingers                          Jazz
Renee Rosnes & David Hadju; Darius DeHaas    Confound Me                                      Ice on the Hudson                           Classical
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Foghorn Stringband                           Rabbit Up a Gum Stump                            Weiser Sunrise                              Country
The Maria Schneider Orchestra                A Potter's Song                                  The Thompson Fields                         Jazz
Cole Quest & the City Pickers                So Pra Variar                                    Homegrown                                   Folk           XX
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Dick Johnson & Dave McKenna                  A Spider Sat Down Beside Her                     Piano Mover                                 Jazz
Varttina                                     Vihi (Wind)                                      Iki                                         World
Pearl Django                                 Biscuits 'N Groovy                               Simplicity                                  Jazz
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David Grisman Quintet                        Dawggy Mountain Breakdown                        Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass                        Jazz
The Mills Brothers                           I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home            Anthology 1931 - 1968                       Jazz

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