Darkling Eclectica Playlists

Will be the week before the 42nd Anniversary Episode. Start preparing now!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the                                Episode 2182                               Sun., Jan 25, 2026                               4PM to 6PM

Artist                                          Title                                          Album                                        Genre        New?
Kerry Politzer Quintet                          Goodbye                                        In a Heartbeat                               Jazz
Tone of Voice Orchestra                         Trommedans                                     Running from the Devil                       Folk           XX
Dave Frishberg                                  Blizzard of Lies                               The Frishberg Songbook, vol.1                Jazz
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Remi Goode                                      Posterity                                      Things I've Said Before                      Folk           XX
Steve Allee Big Band                            Brothers                                       Full Circle                                  Jazz           XX
The Kingston Trio                               Colorado Trail                                 String Along                                 Folk
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Heitor Villa-Lobos                              Choros No.4                                    Choroi                                       Classical
James Howe; M Payne                             The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Part 2          read live                                    Spoken
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The Flying Horse Big Band w/George Garzone      It Gets Better                                 Unbridled                                    Jazz           XX
The Battlefield Band                            The Cowal Gathering/The Iron Man/Dancing
                                                  Feet/Dick Gossip's Reel                      Home is Where the Van Is                     World
Mose Allison                                    Look What You Made Me Do                       I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'                Jazz
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Doug Adamz                                      Horse Sense                                    Guitar Solos                                 Folk
Yoko Yates                                      Collage of Life                                Eternal Moments                              Jazz           XX
Irish Millie                                    Slip Reel Set                                  Grace                                        World          XX
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Django Reinhart Quintet                         Troublant Bolero                               Brussels and Paris                           Jazz
Orbestra                                        Trans-Danubian Swineherds' Music               Trans-Danubian Swineherds                    World
Robert Earl Keen                                Farm Fresh Onions                              Farm Fresh Onions                            Country
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David Grisman Quintet                           Happy Birthday, Bill Monroe                    Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                              Smoke Rings                                    Chronological, vol.6                         Jazz
The Mills Brothers                              I Guess I'll Get the Papers & Go Home          Anthology 1931 - 1968                        Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 7:23 PM 0 Comments

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

posted by MHPayne  # 7:16 PM 0 Comments

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

posted by MHPayne  # 7:19 PM 0 Comments

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

posted by MHPayne  # 7:16 PM 0 Comments