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Sunday, May 10, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2197

Big Round Number:

Approaching! That's always an exciting moment...for some of us, at least...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                          Episode 2197                            Sun., May 10, 2026                           4PM to 6PM

Artist                                       Title                                      Album                                  Genre        New?
The Acousticats                              Adios Again                                Down at Evangelina's                   Folk
Kerry Strayer Septet                         North Atlantic Run                         Jeru Blue                              Jazz
Veranda                                      Yodel Bleu No.2                            Veranda                                Folk           XX
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The Battlefield Band                         Bagpipe Music                              Room Enough for All                    World
Camille Saint-Saens; Alexandra Whittingham   Danse Macabre                              Letters from Paris                     Classical      XX
The BOBS                                     Freefallin'                                Rhapsody in Bob                        A-Play
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Tony Trischka                                Pour Brel                                  A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas      Folk
Carl Sandburg; M Payne                       Rootabaga Stories, Part 4                  read live                              Spoken
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Al McKibbon Octet                            U M M G                                    Black Orchid                           Jazz
Maria Kalaniemi & Sven Ahlback               Sprakfalen (Wild Foal)                     Airbow                                 World
Foy Vance                                    Bathed in Light                            The Wake                               Folk           XX
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The Buffalo Bills                            It's You                                   The Music Man                          Soundtrack
Countermeasure w/Dylan Hart                  I Will                                     Guest Sessions vol.II                  Classical      XX
String Trio of New York                      Frozen Ropes                               Faze Phour                             Jazz
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Ragged Union                                 Time Captain                               Time Captain                           Country
Project Trio                                 The Stacks                                 When Will Then Be Now                  World
Boys of the Lough                            Maho Snaps/Charile Hunter/Mouse in the 
                                               Cupboard/The Rosewood                    Sweet Rurtal Shade                     World
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David Grisman Quintet & the Kronos Quartet   Mondo Mando                                Mondo Mando                            Jazz
The Mills Brothers                           I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home      Anthology 1931 - 1968                  Jazz

Sunday, May 3, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2196

No Baseball:

Was broadcast this week after all, so it was all Darkling Eclectica from stem to stern! Except the show wasn't at sea at all...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                              Episode 2196                                 Sun. May 3, 2026                                4PM to 6PM

Artist                                           Title                                           Album                                        Genre     New?
John McCutchen                                   Hangman's Reel/Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap   Wind That Shakes the Barley                  Folk
Countermeasure w/Anh Phung                       Give Up                                         Guest Sessions vol.2                         Classical   XX
Hot Club de Norvege                              Nuits des Saint-Germain-des-Pres                Gypsy Swing                                  Jazz
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Ye Vagabonds                                     Danny                                           All Tied Together                            Folk        XX
California Feetwarmers                           Shake It, Break It!                             Silver Seas                                  Jazz
Shana Tucker                                     Shine                                           Shine                                        Jazz
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Tony Trischka                                    Pour Brel                                       A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas            Folk
Carl Sandburg; M Payne                           Rootabaga Stories, Part 3                       read live                                    Spoken
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Michael O'Neill Quintet w/Kenny Washington       Agua de Beber                                   Still Dancin'                                Jazz
Paul Dukas; Dennis Brain & Gerald Moore          Villanelle                                      The Art of Dennis Brain                      Classical
India Ramey                                      Nobody's Coming                                 Villain Era                                  Country     XX
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Brendan Power                                    The Jolly Beggarman/Crowley's Reel              The New Irish Harmonica                      World
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding Trombone Octet        No Moon at All                                  Jay & Kai + 6                                Jazz
Foy Vance                                        When I See You at the Right Time                The Wake                                     Folk        XX
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The Westerlies                                   The Band With Muddy                             Wish the Children Would Come On Home         Jazz
The Klezmorim                                    Moldovanke                                      Jazz-Babies of the Ukraine                   Jazz
Robert Earl Keen                                 No Kinda Dancer                                 No Kinda Dancer                              Folk
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Martin Denny                                     Busy Port                                       Exotica                                      Lounge
Red Clay Ramblers                                Hiawatha's Lullabye                             Rambler                                      Folk
Roy Shield; The Beau Hunks                       Crow-Hop                                        Original Little Rascals' Music               Sountrack
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David Grisman Quintet                            Japan (Op.23)                                   Mondo Mando                                  Jazz
The Mills Brothers                               Caravan                                         Chronological, vol.5                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                               I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home           Anthology 1931 - 1968                        Jazz

Sunday, April 26, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2195

The last Episode:

Of April means May may be approaching!

Which isn't quite a pun, I don't think, but it's definitely some sort of play on words....

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                             Episode 2195                                Sun. April 26, 2026                                4PM to 6PM

Artist                                         Title                                          Album                                          Genre       New?
Lee Presson & the Nails                        Goodbye Goodbye                                Playing Dirty                                  Lounge
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz                        Life of the Mind                               Circle & Square                                Folk          XX
Toots Thielemans                               Speak No Evil                                  Only Trust Your Heart                          Jazz
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Atabasca                                       Dune                                           Atabasca                                       World         XX
Brad Mehldau                                   Things Behind the Sun                          Live in Tokyo                                  Jazz
Deanta                                         The Lilac Reel/Sean Ryan's Star of Munster/
                                                 The Maid from the Bronx                      Ready for the Storm                            Folk
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Tony Trischka                                  Pour Brel                                      A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas              Folk
Carl Sandburg; M Payne                         Rootabaga Stories, Part 2                      read live                                      Spoken
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Countermeasure w/Angela Schwarzkopf            Halfway from Home                              Guest Sessions vol.2                           Classical     XX
Django Reinhardt & his Quintet                 Troublant Bolero                               Brussels and Paris                             Jazz
Huayucaltia                                    Amazonas                                       Amazonas                                       World
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Eddie Condon & his All-Stars                   Wolverine Blues                                Dixieland Jam                                  Jazz
Brave Old World                                Big Train                                      Beyond the Pale                                World
India Ramey                                    Ghost Town                                     Villain Era                                    Country       XX
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Peter Lang                                     Wide Oval Ripoff                               The Thing at the Nursery Room Window           Folk
Herbie Mann & Phil Woods                       Another Shade of Blues                         Beyond Brooklyn                                Jazz
Cache Valley Drifters                          Wake Up in the Morning                         White Room                                     Country
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David Grisman Quintet                          Fumblebee                                      Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass                           Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             Swing is the Thing                             Chronological, vol.4                           Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             Little Old Lady                                Chronological, vol.5                           Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home          Anthology 1931 - 1968                          Jazz

Sunday, April 19, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2194: Baseball Truncation Again

This time:

It took the Anteaters till twenty after four to lose to the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, and my show kicked in after that. I got Part 1 of Rootabaga Stories in, though!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the              Episode 2194: Baseball Truncation Again                Sun., April 19, 2026                4:20PM to 6PM

Artist                                    Title                                     Album                                   Genre        New?
Andy Narell                               One Last Goodbye                          Down the Road                           Jazz
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Tony Trischka                             Pour Brel                                 A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas       Folk
Carl Sandburg; M Payne                    Rootabaga Stories, Part 1                 read live                               Spoken
/
The Fat Babies                            Maple Leaf Rag                            Solid Gassuh                            Jazz
Countermeasure w/Saskia Tomkins           Into the Air                              Guest Sessions vol.2                    Classical      XX
The Montvales                             Overtime                                  Path of Totality                        Country        XX
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Stan Kenton & his Orchestra               La Suerte de los Tontos                   The Comprehensive Kenton                Jazz
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz                   Wide Open                                 Circle and Square                       Folk           XX
Mark Turner Quartet                       The Happiest Man of Earth                 Patternmaster                           Classical      XX
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Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang's Blue Five       Raggin' the Scale                         Stringing the Blues vol.2               Jazz
Boys of the Lough                         Out on the Ocean/Padeen O'Rafferty/
                                            Isabelle Blackley                       In the Tradition                        World
Amina Figarova                            Getting There                             Joy                                     Jazz
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David Grisman's Dawg Trio                 Old Timey Art                             Plays Tunes & Sings Songs               Jazz
The Mills Brothers                        Since We Fell Out of Love                 Chronological, vol.3                    Jazz
The Mills Brothers                        Bugle Call Rag                            Chronological, vol.2                    Jazz
The Mills Brothers                        I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home     Anthology 1931 - 1968                   Jazz

Sunday, April 12, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2193

Wrapping up:

Harry Cat's Pet Puppy this week, I believe we'll be starting Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories next week. After the baseball game and all, of course...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                             Episode 2193                             Sun., April 12, 2026                          4PM to 6PM

Artist                                      Title                                        Album                                      Genre        New?
Kerry Politzer Quintet                      Goodbye                                      In A Heartbeat                             Jazz
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz                     On the Back of a Horse                       Circle and Square                          Folk           XX
Andrew Bird Trio                            Caravan                                      Sunday Morning Put-On                      Jazz
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The Montvales                               Eastern Bluebird                             Path of Totality                           Country        XX
Sarah Wilson Sextet                         Fully Unfolding                              Incandescence                              Jazz
Vasen                                       The Mushroomman                              Gront                                      World
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                          Choros No.4                                  Choroi                                     Classical
George Selden; MPayne                       Harry Cat's Pet Puppy, Part 8                read live                                  Spoken
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Eddie Daniels                               34 Skidoo                                    ...This is Now                             Jazz
Andy M. Stewart, Phil Cunningham &
  Manus Lunny                               The Spare Shillin'/The Viszla's Rambles/
                                              The Lying Dew                              Fire in the Glen                           World
Terry Klein                                 Try                                          Hill Country Folk Music                    Folk           XX
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Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintet        Three Views of a Secret                      The Pythiad                                Jazz
Ye Vagabonds                                Where the Heart Lies                         All Tied Together                          Folk           XX
Devil in a Woodpile                         Steel Guitar Rag                             Devil in a Woodpile                        Country
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The Love Dogs                               That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch             Heavy Petting                              Lounge
Mark Turner Quartet                         Lehman's Lair                                Patternmaster                              Classical      XX
Leo Kottke                                  Theme from "The Rick and Bob Report"         My Father's Face                           Folk
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David Grisman Quintet w/The Tonight Show
  Orchestra                                 Dawg Jazz                                    Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass                       Jazz
The Mills Brothers                          Solitude                                     Chronological, vol.4                       Jazz
The Mills Brothers                          I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home        Anthology 1931 - 1968                      Jazz

Sunday, April 5, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2192: Doo-Wop Sunday

It's Easter again:

So that means it's Doo-Wop Sunday here on the program! Everybody do some sort of appropriate dance!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                      Episode 2192: Doo-Wop Sunday                         Sun, April 5, 2026                        4PM to 6PM

Artist                                       Title                                          Album                                           Genre
Jesse Belvin                                 Goodnight, My Love                             Oldies But Goodies, vol.2                       A-Play
Big Sandy                                    Have Love, Will Travel                         Dedicated to You                                Country
The Flamingos                                I Only Have Eyes for You                       The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll                      A-Play
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The Crows                                    Gee                                            Oldies But Goodies, vol.2                       A-Play
The El Dorados                               At My Front Door                               Oldies But Goodies, vol.3                       A-Play
Tony Allen                                   Night Owl                                      Oldies But Goodies, vol.2                       A-Play
The Cadets                                   Stranded in the Jungle                         Oldies But Goodies, vol.1                       A-Play
The Nutmegs                                  Story Untold                                   Doo-Wop Box, vol.1                              A-Play
The Turbans                                  When You Dance                                 Oldies But Goodies, vol.2                       A-Play
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                           Choros No.4                                    Choroi                                          Classical
George Selden; M Payne                       Harry Cat's Pet Puppy, Part 7                  read live                                       Spoken
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The Chords                                   Sh-Boom                                        Dop-Wop Box, vol.1                              A-Play
The Dells                                    Oh What a Night                                Oldies But Goodies, vol.3                       A-Play
The Dell Vikings                             Come and Go With Me                            Doo-Wop Box, vol.2                              A-Play
Frankie Ford                                 Sea Cruise                                     Oldies But Goodies, vol.3                       A-Play
Bobby Day                                    Rockin' Robin                                  Oldies But Goodies, vol.5                       A-Play
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The Gladiolas                                Little Darlin'                                 Doo-Wop Box, vol.2                              A-Play
The Diamonds                                 Little Darlin'                                 Prom Night                                      A-Play
Norman Fox & the Rob-Roys                    Tell Me Why                                    Doo-Wop Box, vol.2                              A-Play
The Dubs                                     Could This Be Magic                            Oldies But Goodies, vol.4                       A-Play
Maurice Williams                             Stay                                           Oldies But Goodies, vol.5                       A-Play
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Jackie Wilson                                Lonely Teardrops                               Reet Petite                                     A-Play
Krips Johnson & the Dell Vikings             Whispering Bells                               Doo-Wop Box, vol.2                              A-Play
Rosie & the Originals                        Angel Baby                                     Oldies But Goodies, vol.5                       A-Play
The Silhouettes                              Get a Job                                      Doo-Wop Box, vol.3                              A-Play
The Elegants                                 Little Star                                    Oldies But Goodies, vol.5                       A-Play
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Thurston Harris                              Little Bitty Pretty One                        The Very Best of the Oldies                     A-Play
The Jesters                                  The Wind                                       Doo-Wop Box, vol.4                              A-Play
The Rivingtons                               Papa Oom Mow Mow                               Very Best of the Oldies, vol.2                  A-Play
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Jimmy Forrest                                Night Train                                    Dusty & Sweets McGee                            Soundtrack
Santo & Johnny                               Sleep Walk                                     The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll                      A-Play

Sunday, March 29, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2191

This was:

The last Episode of the program for KUCI's Winter Season, which means that next week'll be Spring here at the station! And more than that, it'll be our special Doo-Wop Sunday Episode! So much going on!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                              Episode 2191                             Sun., March 29, 2026                            4PM to 6PM

Artist                                        Title                                         Album                                       Genre       New?
John Hartford                                 Bye-Bye                                       Morning Bugle                               Country
Yoko Yates                                    Outer Space - Myriad Stars!                   Eternal Moments                             Jazz          XX
Simon & Garfunkel                             Blessed                                       Sounds of Silence                           B-Play
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Irish Millie                                  Nonsense                                      Grace                                       World         XX
Django Reinhardt & Eddie South                Eddie's Blues                                 Solos, Duets, Trios, Vol.2                  Jazz
Ben Thomas                                    The Space Between                             Tango Project                               Jazz
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                            Choros No.4                                   Choroi                                      Classical
George Selden; M Payne                        Harry Cat's Pet Puppy, Part 6                 read live                                   Spoken
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Wild Iris Brass Band                          The Slow Express                              Way Up                                      Jazz          XX
Tut Taylor                                    Black Ridge Ramble                            Dobrolic Plectral Society                   Folk
Michael Smith                                 Dead Egyptian Blues                           Love Stories                                Folk
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Donald WG Lindsay & Roo Geddes                The Grinder/Hardiman the Fiddler/Fy Let Us
                                                A Tae the Bridal                            Two Boats Under the Moon                    World
Artemis                                       Lights Away from Home                         In Real Time                                Jazz
The Montvales                                 The Wicked                                    Path of Totality                            Country       XX
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Mora's Modern Swingtet                        Stompology                                    20th Century Closet                         Jazz
Inti-Illimani                                 Danza de Cataluna                             Imaginacion                                 Jazz
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz                       Thomas Hart Benton                            Circle & Square                             Folk          XX
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David Grisman Quintet                         Pneumonia                                     David Grisman Quintet                       Jazz
The Mills Brothers                            The Song is Ended                             Chronological, vol.5                        Jazz
The Mills Brothers                            Sweet Sue                                     Chronological, vol.6                        Jazz
The Mills Brothers                            I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home         Anthology 1931 - 1968                       Jazz

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