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Sunday, October 11, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2219: Columbus Et Cetera

Once again:

The traditional Columbus Day Pageant has come and gone, and I think we can all be thankful for that. Except that Thanksgiving's not for another month, is it? I am confused...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                    Episode 2219: Columbus Et Cetera                     Sun., Oct 11, 2026                  4PM to 6PM

Artist                                   Title                                    Album                                     Genre         New?
Kerry Politzer Quintet                   Goodbye                                  In a Heartbeat                            Jazz
Billy Strings                            Bluewater Breakdown                      So Much for Goodbyes                      Folk            XX
Oliver Nelson & his Orchestra            Heidi                                    A Dream Deferred                          Jazz
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Steve Hackman                            Except I Shall See, I Will Not Believe   Sacred Math                               Classical       XX
Peter Ostroushko                         Sluz Blues                               Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood   Folk
The Kamikaze Ground Crew                 S'Albufera                               Postcards from the Highwire               Jazz
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                       Choros No.4                              Choroi                                    Classical
Roger Zelazny; M Payne                   Doorways in the Sand, Part 8             read live                                 Spoken
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Fats Waller                              Christopher Columbus                     I Grandi del Jazz                         Jazz
Stan Freberg                             Columbus Discovers America               United States of America, vol.1           Comedy
Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band       Bob Dylan's 115th Dream                  Chimes of Freedom                         Blues
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Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra              City Machine                             Scenery in My Story                       Jazz            XX
James Keane                              Knocknagow/The Doon Reel/Jean
                                           Carignan's                             That's the Spirit                         World
Hot Club Sandwich                        Waltz Resistance                         Green Room                                Jazz
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Kelly Hunt                               High on the Mountain                     Requiem for a Sleepless Night             Country         XX
Orbestra                                 Norway                                   Trans-Danubian Swineherds' Music          World
The Asylum Street Spankers               Antifreeze                               My Favorite Record                        Country
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David Grisman Quintet                    Bow Wow                                  Quintet '80                               Jazz
The Mills Brothers                       Pennies from Heaven                      Chronological, vol.4                      Jazz
The Mills Brothers                       I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home    Anthology 1931 - 1968                     Jazz

Sunday, October 4, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2218

And next week?

We'll have our annual Columbus Day Pageant! Fats Waller, Taj Mahal, and Stan Freberg will be helping us sail the ocean blue!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                        Episode 2218                          Sun., Oct. 4, 2026                             4PM to 6PM

Artist                                  Title                                       Album                                    Genre        New?
Charlie Haden Quartet West              The Long Goodbye                            Haunted Heart                            Jazz
Anthony Hopkins; Gustavo Dudamel,
   Philharmonia Orchestra               Fanfare and March                           Life is a Dream                          Classical      XX
The Asylum Street Spankers              Hot Lunch                                   Hot Lunch                                Country
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Kalos                                   Spruce Mountain Valentine/Lowground/
                                          The Accountant                            Tamarack                                 Folk           XX
Toots Thielemans                        Five O'Clock Whistle                        The Soul of Toos Thielemans              Jazz
Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz              Lovina                                      Ahma                                     World
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                      Choros No.4                                 Choroi                                   Classical
Roger Zelazny; M Payne                  Doorways in the Sand, Part 7                read live                                Spoken
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Steve Hackman                           The Extremes Are Opposed to Each Other
                                          and the Mean                              Sacred Math                              Classical      XX
Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens              Streets of Bakersfield                      Just Lookin' for a Hit                   Country
Incendio                                Temple of the Sun                           Intimo                                   World
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University of Toronto 12tet             Bolivia                                     When Day Slips into Night                Jazz
Tannahill Weavers                       Duntroon/Trip to Alaska                     Passage                                  World
Bedford Bells                           In an Instant                               Fell in Love in My Hometown              Folk           XX
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Haruna Fukazawa Quintet                 Hot & Spicy, Sometimes Sweet                Plays at the Wrong Time                  Jazz           XX
The Olllam                              The Belll                                   The Olllam                               Folk
Milt Hinton                             Laughing at Life                            Laughing at Life                         Jazz
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David Grisman Quintet                   Blue Midnite                                David Grisman Quintet                    Jazz
The Mills Brothers                      Miss Otis Regrests                          Chronological, vol.3                     Jazz
The Mills Brothers                      'Long About Midnight                        Chronological, vol.4                     Jazz
The Mills Brothers                      I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home       Anthology 1931 - 1968                    Jazz

Sunday, September 27, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2217

The last Episode:

Of KUCI's Summer Season of Programming means that next wekk will be the first Episode of KUCI's Fall Season of Programming! It all follows fairly calendrically!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                         Episode 2217                             Sun., Sept. 27, 2026                           4PM to 6PM

Artist                                     Title                                       Album                                     Genre        New?
John Hartford                              Bye-Bye                                     Morning Bugle                             Country
Steve Hackman                              Out of the Murk of Wordly Hatred and Into
                                             the Light of Love                         Sacred Math                               Classical      XX
John Coltrane & the Africa Brass           Song of the Underground Railroad            Complete Africa Brass Sessions            Jazz
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Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank               Autumnal Prelude                            Selected Classical Works for Guitar & 
                                                                                         Flute                                   Classical
Kalos                                      For Pete                                    Tamarack                                  Folk           XX
The Roches                                 The Largest Elizabeth in the World          Keep on Doing                             A-Play
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                         Choros No.4                                 Choroi                                    Classical
Roger Zelazny; M Payne                     Doorways in the Sand, Part 6                read live                                 Spoken
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Billy Strings                              Lucid Daydream                              So Much for Goodbyes                      Folk           XX
Dick Johnson & Dave McKenna                A Spider Sat Down Beside Her                Piano Mover                               Jazz
Open the Door for Three                    The Drunken Gauger/Green Pastures           A Prosperous Gale                         World
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Haruna Fukazawa Quintet                    Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most      Plays at the Wrong Time                   Jazz           XX
Hot Club of Cowtown                        When the Bloom is on the Sage               Dev'lish Mary                             Country
Poncho Sanchez                             Transdance                                  Freedom Sound                             Jazz
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The Mountain Grass Unit                    Eagle's Nest                                Appalachian Smoke                         Folk           XX
Mike Kindred & Dexter Walker               Midnight Movie                              Handstand                                 Country
Django Reinhardt                           Parfum                                      Solos, Duets, Trios vol.2                 Jazz
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David Grisman's Dawg Trio                  Spud Boy                                    Plays Tunes & Sings Songs                 Jazz
The Mills Brothers                         The Old Man of the Mountain                 Chronological, vol.2                      Jazz
The Mills Brothers                         I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home       Anthology 1931 - 1968                     Jazz

Sunday, September 20, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2216

And next week?

Even though Fall will have begun in the rest of the world, it'll still be Summer at KUCI! So we'll all have one last chance to wear our big floppy hats!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                        Episode 2216                            Sun., Sept. 20, 2026                          4PM to 6PM

Artist                                     Title                                      Album                                    Genre       New?
Alan Kelly                                 Spootiskerry/Harsh February/McLeod's
                                             Farewell                                 Out of the Blue                          Folk
Eddie Daniels                              Equinox                                    Nepenthe                                 Jazz
Mountain Grass Unit                        Earthquake                                 Appalachian Smoke                        Folk          XX
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Zen Zadravec                               Seeking Spirit                             New Paradigm                             Jazz          XX
John Pell                                  Falling Into the Sun                       The Last Time I Saw Home...              Folk
Mora's Modern Rhythmists                   Modern Melody                              Goblin Market                            Jazz
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                         Choros No.4                                Choroi                                   Classical
Roger Zelazny; M Payne                     Doorways in the Sand, Part 5               read live                                Spoken
/
Peter Case                                 Paradise Etc.                              Flying Saucer Blues                      Folk
Kalos                                      Tamarack                                   Tamarack                                 Folk          XX
James Harman Band                          Second Voyage of Noah's Ark                Black & White                            Blues
/
George Shearing & Mel Torme                It Might as Well Be Spring                 An Evening With George Shearing & Mel
                                                                                        Torme                                  Jazz
John Santos Sextet                         Ponme A Gozar                              Filosofia Caribena, Vol.1                World
Hayden Stern                               Rhododendron                               The Morning Dark                         Folk          XX
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The Love Dogs                              Long Long Day                              New Tricks                               Lounge
Elmer Bernstein & his Orchestra w/Shorty
  Rogers                                   Frankie Machine                            Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree    Jazz
L.A.4                                      Zaca                                       Zaca                                     Jazz
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David Grisman Quintet                      Fish Scale                                 David Grisman Quintet                    Jazz
The Mills Brothers                         I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home      Anthology 1931 - 1968                    Jazz

Sunday, September 13, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2215

And next week?

By my calculations, it'll practically be the end of Summer! Time for one last swim through a barrel of ice cream!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                          Episode 2215                                Sun., Sept. 13, 2026                             4PM to 6PM

Artist                                       Title                                        Album                                         Genre       New?
Andy Narell                                  One Last Goodbye                             Down the Road                                 Jazz
Mountain Grass Unit                          Homebound Troubadour                         Appalachian Smoke                             Folk          XX
Huayucaltia                                  Ixhel (Huapango)                             Horizontes                                    World
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Kurt Elling; Bob Mintzer & the WDR Big Band  They Speak No Evil                           In the Brass Palace                           Jazz          XX
Carl Story                                   Banjo on the Mountain                        A Bushel of 5-String Banjos                   Country
Roy Shield; the Beau Hunks                   Dash and Dot                                 The Original Little Rascals Music             Soundtrack
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                           Choros No.4                                  Choroi                                        Classical
Roger Zelazny; M Payne                       Doorways in the Sand, Part 4                 read live                                     Spoken
/
Kalos                                        Earl of Fife Strathspey & Reel Set           Tamarack                                      Folk          XX
Blue Plate Special                           The Hornet                                   A Night Out With Blue Plate Special           Lounge
New Grass Revival                            White Freight Liner Blues                    Live                                          Folk
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Buddy Tate                                   On Green Dolphin Street                      The Great Buddy Tate                          Jazz
Paige Plaisance                              Hummingbird                                  Swampwater                                    Country       XX
The Battlefield Band                         Joseph MacDonald's Jig/The Snuff Wife/
                                               Thief of Lochaber                          Home is Where the Van Is                      World
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Nation Beat                                  Be the Change                                Archaic Humans                                Jazz
Cache Valley Drifters                        Cumberland Blues                             Step Up to Big Pay!                           Folk
Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven                  S.O.L. Blues                                 Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, vol.3                 Jazz
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David Grisman Quintet                        Dawg's Bull                                  Hot Dawg                                      Jazz
The Mills Brothers                           Sweet and Slow                               Chronological, vol.4                          Jazz
The Mills Brothers                           Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider                    Chronological, vol.3                          Jazz
The Mills Brothers                           I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home        Anthology, 1931 - 1968                        Jazz

Sunday, September 6, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2214: Laborious

And yet?

I didn't play any version of Nat Adderley's "The Work Song"! What's the world coming to?

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                       Episode 2214: Laborious                            Sun., Sept. 6, 2026                          4PM to 6PM

Artist                                         Title                                      Album                                       Genre         New?
The Acousticats                                Adios Again                                Down at Evangelina's                        Folk
Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra                    Windy Days                                 Scenery in My Story                         Jazz            XX
Ken Nordine                                    Looks Like It's Going to Rain              Word Jazz, vol.1                            Jazz
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Cassandra Wilson                               Seven Steps to Heaven                      Traveling Miles                             Jazz
Mountain Grass Unit                            Take Your Time                             Appalachian Smoke                           Folk            XX
Black Market Trust                             March Hora                                 Folk Songs                                  World
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                             Choros No.4                                Choroi                                      Classical
Roger Zelazny; M Payne                         Doorways in the Sand, Part 3               read live                                   Spoken
/
Kalos                                          Miss MacGregor's/The First Print/Ladies
                                                 of Boston Harbor                         Tamarack                                    Folk            XX
Esthesis Quartet                               Serial                                     Time Zones                                  Jazz
New Grass Revival                              Four Days of Rain                          When the Storm is Over                      Country
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Kelly Green                                    The Very Thought of You                    Eat Your Greens!                            Jazz            XX
Andy Leftwich & the Aces                       Brookstone                                 Aced                                        Folk
Astor Piazzolla & the New Tango Sextet         Hora Cero                                  Luna                                        World
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Haruna Fukazawa Quintet                        Fungii Mama                                Plays at the Wrong Time                     Jazz            XX
June Tabor                                     Verdi Cries                                Aqaba                                       Folk
Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz                     Nibe                                       Ahma                                        World
/
David Grisman's Dawg Trio                      Razzle Dazzle                              Plays Tunes & Sings Songs                   Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             Funiculi Funicula                          Chronological, vol.5                        Jazz
The Mills Brothers                             I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home      Anthology 1931 - 1968                       Jazz

Sunday, August 30, 2026

 

Darkling Eclectica, Episode 2213

The last Sunday:

Of August means that next Sunday'll be the first Sunday of September, and we'll be smack-dab in the midst of Labor Day weekend! So much going on!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                        Episode 2213                            Sun., Aug. 30, 2026                            4PM to 6PM

Artist                                   Title                                       Album                                      Genre       New?
Lee Presson & the Nails                  Goodbye, Goodbye                            Playing Dirty                              Lounge
Vasen                                    Nipponpolska                                Keyed Up                                   World
Levko Kolodub; Dalia Stasevska,
  BBC Symphony Orchestra                 Solemn Overture                             Ukranian Mixtape                           Classical     XX
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Haruna Fukazawa Quintet                  Let's Cool One                              Plays at the Wrong Time                    Jazz          XX
The Bedford Bells                        Dreaming                                    Fell in Love in My Hometown                Folk          XX
Roy Shield; The Beau Hunks               On to the Show                              The Original Little Rascals Music          Soundtrack
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                       Choros No.4                                 Choroi                                     Classical
Roger Zelazny; M Payne                   Doorways in the Sand, Part 2                read live                                  Spoken
/
Ben Alleman                              LA Rain                                     Underneath the Orange Tree                 Folk          XX
Nate Najar                               Nuages                                      Under Paris Skies                          Jazz
Megan Bee                                Mockingbird                                 Fiction                                    Folk          XX
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James Cohen                              The Lemming                                 High Side of Lowdown                       World
SUSS                                     Sunset X                                    Counting Sunsets                           Folk          XX
Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra              Nightfall Over Shanghai                     Scenery in My Story                        Jazz          XX
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The BOBS                                 Lazy Susan                                  The BOBS                                   A-Play
Toots Thielemans                         Misty                                       The Soul of Toots Thielemans               Jazz
Randy Erwin                              The Id Polka                                Back Home                                  Country
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David Grisman Quintet                    Swamp Dawg                                  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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