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The Speed of Sound: Filthy Friends

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

With their super powers combined, Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Bill Rieflin (King Crimson), and Kurt Bloch and Scott McCaugh...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and WOUB

Added: Nov 13, 2017
Length: 07:05
Purchases: 2

The Speed of Sound: The Afghan Whigs

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

The Afghan Whigs return with their 2nd album since their 2014 comeback, Do To The Beast, with In Spades (May 5, Subpop). Greg Dulli jumped on the p...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WOUB, and WLPR

Added: Nov 06, 2017
Length: 07:11
Purchases: 3

The Speed of Sound: Portugal The Man

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

As the story goes, Portugal. The Man scrapped the album they had been working on after finding one of their dad's original tickets to Woodstock. Th...

Bought by WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB

Added: Oct 23, 2017
Length: 07:04
Purchases: 3

The Speed of Sound: Japandroids

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Brian King of Japandroids gave us a call to talk about the new LP, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, which finds the duo taking on bigger sounds and ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WLPR , and WOUB

Added: Oct 09, 2017
Length: 07:08
Purchases: 3

The Speed of Sound: The Orwells

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

The Orwells released one of the year's best rock records, Terrible Human Beings, earlier this year and are currently on the road supporting it with...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WLPR , and WOUB

Added: Oct 09, 2017
Length: 07:18
Purchases: 3

The Speed of Sound: Spoon

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Ahead of their Forecastle set, Britt Daniel from Spoon sat down to talk with Kyle Meredith about their most recent LP, Hot Thoughts, The Beatles, a...

Bought by WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB

Added: Oct 02, 2017
Length: 07:02
Purchases: 3

The Speed of Sound: Cold War Kids

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Cold War Kids found a sleeper hit when "First" went worldwide off of their 2014 record, Hold My Home, giving them some breathing room going into th...

Bought by WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB

Added: Sep 25, 2017
Length: 06:57
Purchases: 3

The Speed of Sound: Broken Social Scene

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Broken Social Scene, the Canadian supergroup featuring Kevin Drew, Brandon Canning, and members of Feist, Stars, Metric, and many others, have been...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and WOUB

Added: Sep 11, 2017
Length: 07:01
Purchases: 2

The Speed of Sound: Depeche Mode

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Andrew Fletcher from Depeche Mode spoke with Kyle Meredith about the legendary band's new album, Spirit, and it's political leanings. The two also ...

Bought by WOUB and KRCB 104.9

Added: Sep 03, 2017
Length: 07:00
Purchases: 2

The Speed of Sound: Erasure

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

For Erasure 17th LP, Andy Bell and Vince Clark needed look no further than the newspapers for inspiration. World Be Gone is not only lyrically refl...

Bought by WOUB and KRCB 104.9

Added: Sep 03, 2017
Length: 07:02
Purchases: 2

The Speed of Sound: Sheryl Crow

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Sheryl Crow returns with her 10th studio album, Be Myself, on April 21st in what is being billed as a return to her classic mid/late 90's sound. Sh...

Bought by WOUB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9

Added: Aug 21, 2017
Length: 07:13
Purchases: 3

The Speed of Sound: Gorillaz

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Damon Albarn spoke with Kyle Meredith about the new Gorillaz album, Humanz, which he started planning and writing before the presidential election,...

Bought by WOUB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9

Added: Aug 06, 2017
Length: 06:53
Purchases: 3

Pete Seeger: Plain and Complicated

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Pete Seeger died in 2014 at the age of 94, a cultural icon, and a so-called a “consensus hero." But the hero was also a pariah too many. Seeger’s ...

Bought by Prairie Public

Added: Jul 05, 2017
Length: 01:28:26
Purchases: 1

The Political Power of Music: A conversation with Dave Randall

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

We’re joined by guitarist, producer, composer and author Dave Randall. His book, Sound System, newly out from Pluto Press, is an insider’s view of ...

Added: May 23, 2017
Length: 01:28:01

Becoming African in America: The Radical Politics of Fela Kuti

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

This is a special 90-minute show, live from The Atlas Bar, featuring the music and protest politics of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian multi-instrumentalis...

Added: May 17, 2017
Length: 01:32:39

Entertainment Inaction: The Liberal Use of the Cause

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Interviews with Thomas Frank and Rasul Mowatt--Meritocracy dissected and the politics of popular protest songs: "Entertainment Inaction."

Added: Apr 05, 2017
Length: 01:29:36

The Speed of Sound: Ryan Adams

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

We’re closing out the 2nd season of The Speed of Sound with one of the greatest artists of our time, Ryan Adams. His albums of heartache have been ...

Bought by WKMS, WOUB, KSUT, WLPR , KRCB 104.9 and more

Added: Feb 27, 2017
Length: 07:02
Purchases: 6

The Speed of Sound: Elbow

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

I’m a huge Elbow fan. Love every record they’ve put out. Guy Garvey’s voice, the cinematic quality of their songs, lyrics, and movements, it all hi...

Bought by WOUB, KSUT, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9

Added: Feb 27, 2017
Length: 07:10
Purchases: 4

The Speed of Sound: Chuck Prophet (2017)

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

If it comes down to one man to save rock and roll, my money's on Chuck Prophet. His most recent run of albums harkens back to the purest form of th...

Bought by WLPR and KRCB 104.9

Added: Feb 13, 2017
Length: 06:55
Purchases: 2

The Speed of Sound: Josh Ritter

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Before Josh Ritter heads back into the studio to start recording his next album, he’s road testing new material in front of a fanbase always eager ...

Bought by WKMS, WOUB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9

Added: Feb 13, 2017
Length: 07:07
Purchases: 4

The Speed of Sound: Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) (2)

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

As the story goes, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James had been working on scoring a soundtrack when the studio fired him for being too weird. The jams w...

Bought by WOUB, WKMS, KSUT, KRCB 104.9, and WLPR

Added: Jan 16, 2017
Length: 07:04
Purchases: 5

The Sound of Resistance: Protest or Pose

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

We’ll look at three songs: “Strange Fruit” sung by Billie Holiday (and recently sampled by Kanye West); “We Almost Lost Detroit” by Gill Scott Hero...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KZMU Moab Community Radio

Added: Jan 03, 2017
Length: 55:38
Purchases: 2

The Speed of Sound: Teenage Fanclub

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

There are few better pop craftsmen than Teenage Fanclub. Their harmonies and bright riffs have been causing smiles around the globe for over a quar...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and WLPR

Added: Dec 26, 2016
Length: 07:07
Purchases: 2

The Speed of Sound: Father John Misty (2)

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Even when he doesn’t have a new album out, Father John Misty always finds a way to stay in the headlines, whether it’s for his live appearances, vi...

Bought by KSUT, WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB