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Monday 9:15am - 4:30pm Tuesday 9:15am - 4:30pm Wednesday 9:15am - 4:30pm Thursday 9:15am - 4:30pm Friday 9:15am - 4:30pm

WDPS FM, 741 Washington Street, Dayton, OH (2024)

06/25/2024

Looking forward to tomorrow's "BeeBop and More" with Jim Woodford at noon. Check out this terrific and interesting playlist!

1- It's Crazy from Patricia Berg with Patricia Berg (vocals), Chris Berg (b), Jeff Hufnagle (p), Kirk Schoenherr (g), Jim Leslie (d)

2- Joy Road from Opal Essence by the Hod O'Brien Quintet with Hod O'Brien (p), Tom Harrell (t), Pepper Adams (bari-sax), Ray Drummond (b) & Kenny Washington (d)

3- A Night in Tunisia from Parker's Mood by Stefano di Battista

4- Little B's poem from One Night with Blue Note with Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), James Newton (flute), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b) & Tony Williams (d)

5- Mami Gato from End of the World Party by Medeski, Martin & Wood (Pictured below!)

6- Work Song from Nina Simone's finest hour

7- Work Song from Eric Burden and The Animals Roadrunners!

8- Don't Let me be Misunderstood from Nina Simone's finest hour

9- Take the A Train from Sinclair Youth Jazz Ensemble under Direction of Bill Burns

10- I'm checkin' out, Goombye from Blue Rose with Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington & his Orchestra

11- Come on Over from Sinclair Youth Jazz Ensemble under Direction of Bill Burns

06/12/2024

Today is the last day to win tickets to see Trombone Shorty at The Rose on Tuesday, June 18th. In the comments, tell us what time you heard the cue to win, then tell us if you’ve ever been to the The Rose Music Center and if so, who was the last person you saw there. We will put everyone’s names in a randomizer and announce the winner this evening!

Tickets on sale now at: www.rosemusiccenter.com

06/10/2024

Here’s your chance to win Thursday’s tickets to see Trombone Shorty at The Rose on Tuesday, June 18th. In the comments, tell us what time you heard the cue to win and who you will take with you to the show. We will put everyone’s names in a randomizer and announce the winner this evening! Listen again tomorrow between 9:15 and 4:30 for another chance to win.

Tickets on sale now at: www.rosemusiccenter.com

06/10/2024

This week! 6/10-6/14! Listen to win tickets to see Trombone Shorty at The Rose Music Center in Huber Heights on Tuesday, June 18th. Here’s how: Listen for the cue and then log on to our page, follow the directions and comment. One winner will be chosen at random to win a pair of tickets each day. You can only win once every 30 days. GOOD LUCK!

You can always buy your tickets by clicking here:

https://www.rosemusiccenter.com/events-tickets/event-list/event.html?event_id=307

12/02/2022

What a fun theme for today's Ponderscapes show with Niki Dakota! The show was all about babes and babies. We guess you could call it a real "labor of love" from Niki. Cue the rimshot!

Our PD loves "One For My Baby...." by the fabulous Lena Horne. What's your fave?

Ponderscapes Playlist FRI Dec 02, 2022
THEME: Babes and Babies
10:04 - The Supremes "Baby Love"
10:06 - White Plains "My Baby Loves Lovin'"
10:09 - The Four Tops "Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
10:12 - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "Ooo Baby Baby"
10:16 - Harlan Howard "She Called Me Baby" (1961 - orig composer)
10:19 - Patsy Cline "He Called Me Baby" (1963)
10:22 - Candi Staton "He Called Me Baby" (1971)
10:25 - One Eskimo "Kandi" (2008)
10:31 - Barry White "Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe"
10:35 - Aretha Franklin "Baby I Love You"
10:38 - Ray Charles "Night Time"
10:41 - Bruce Channel "Hey Baby"
10:44 - Bob Dylan "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
10:48 - Ken Nordine "My Baby"
10:51 - Bobby McFerrin "Baby"
10:54 - Stevie Wonder "Isn't She Lovely"
11:01 - Nicholas Tremulis "You're Famous Baby"
11:07 - The Claudettes "Bad Babe Losin' Touch"
11:11 - Devo "Please Baby Please"
11:14 - Them "Baby Please Don't Go"
11:18 - Champion Jack Dupree "Found My Baby Gone"
11:22 - Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters "Cry Baby"
11:25 - Ringo Starr "Have You Seen My Baby"
11:29 - Chicago "Baby What a Big Surprise"
11:33 - Nat King Cole "Baby All the Time"
11:36 - Bonnie Raitt & (Was) Not Was "Baby Mine"
11:41 - Lena Horne "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)"
11:44 - Ed Ames & Ken Thorne "My Melancholy Baby"
11:48 - Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe"
11:53 - The Cookies "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)"
11:57 - Aretha Franklin "Baby"

11/29/2022

Ponderscapes Playlist MON Nov 29, 2022
Niki Dakota played some all time greats today, including "Watching the Detectives" by Elvis Costello. Are you like the many true crime fans out there "Watching the Detectives"?
10:00 - Oscar Peterson "The Lamp is Low"
10:15 - Hiromi "Flashback"
10:24 - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe "Because of her Beauty"
10:33 - Judith Owen "Blossom's Blues"
10:38 - Judith Owen "Tess's Torch Song"
10:41 - Gladys Knight "Someone to Watch over Me"
10:46 - Etta James "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me"
10:52 - Herb Alpert "Tickle Time"
10:55 - Stanton Moore "I Shall Not Be Moved"
10:59 - Stanton Moore "Thanks (Again)"
11:03 - Nicholas Payton "Feed the Fire"
11:11 - Nicholas Payton "Bust-a-Move"
11:17 - Charles Spearin "Ms. Morris"
11:19 - Elvis Costello "Watching the Detectives"
11:25 - Dr John "It's All Over Now"
11:30 - Bob French "St. James Infirmary Blues"
11:34 - Dave Greer "St. Louis Blues"
11:42 - Ernesto Cervini "Three Pines"
11:47 - Arturo Sandoval - selections from his latest 'Rhythm & Soul'

11/11/2022

A thoughtful, Ponderscapes Playlist for FRI Nov 11, 2022 VETERANS' DAY. Thank you to all who have served.
10:03 - Stephen Stills "Treetop Flyer"
10:09 - Eric Burdon & the Animals "Sky Pilots"
10:16 - The Monkees "Zor and Zam"
10:19 - Coven "One Tin Soldier"
10:23 - Bo Donaldson "Billy Don't Be a Hero"
10:26 - Loretta Lynn "Dear Uncle Sam"
10:28 - Pete Seeger "Study War No More"
10:32 - Ollabelle "Riverside"
10:37 - Carbon Silicon "Why Do Men Fight"
10:42 - Steve Earle "Copperhead Road"
10:47 - Jason Isbell "Dress Blues"
10:52 - John Prine "Sam Stone"
10:57 - Ray Flanagan "Living on the Strongpoint"
11:03 - Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms"
11:11 - Simon Heselev "Tock Tick" ft. Kurt Vonnegut
11:18 - Iris DeMent "There's a Wall in Washington"
11:23 - Richard Thompson "My Dad's Gonna Kill Me"
11:31 - CCR "Fortunate Son"
11:34 - Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA"
11:38 - Mandolin Orange "Wildfire"
11:43 - Billy Bragg "Everywhere"
11:48 - Buffy Sainte-Marie "Universal Soldier"
11:52 - US Navy Band "Anchors Aweigh"
11:54 - Elvis Presley "G.I. Blues"
11:56 - The Andrews Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
11:58 - Whitney Houston "Star Spangled Banner"

11/04/2022

Ponderscapes Playlist FRI Nov 04, 2022
THEME: Songs about Ohio!
What a fantastic show from Niki Dakota this morning. Our Program Director grew up on WKRP and always wanted to be Bailey - fledgling news/promotions gal. Hope you all enjoyed the eclectic mix!

10:00 - WKRP in Cincinnati Theme
10:04 - The Ohio Players "O-H-I-O"
10:08 - The Pretenders "My City Was Gone"
10:14 - Randy Newman "Dayton, Ohio - 1903"
10:17 - Gillian Welch "Miss Ohio"
10:22 - The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
10:29 - Bobbie Gentry "Girl from Cincinnati"
10:34 - Scott Walker "Lights of Cincinnati"
10:45 - James McMurtry "We Can't Make it Here"
10:52 - Bruce Springsteen "youngstown"
10:56 - Jason Molina "Everything Should Try Again"
11:04 - Daniel Dye "Ohio"
11:09 - Lucero "Back in Ohio"
11:11 - Modest Mouse "Ohio"
11:17 - Guided by Voices "Huffman Prairie Flying Field"
11:24 - Bill Monroe & Doc Watson "Banks of the Ohio"
11:27 - Patty Griffin ft. Robert Plant "Ohio"
11:35 - Randy Newman "Burn On"
11:41 - John Hiatt "All the Lilacs in Ohio"
11:45 - Shovels & Rope "Ohio"
11:52 - CSNY "Ohio"
11:56 - Randy Newman "Dayton, Ohio - 1903"
11:58 - WKRP in Cincinnati closing song

09/30/2022

Today's Ponderscapes with Niki Dakota request show was all about "change via movement." What a great variety of songs that took us all over the place and back again. Thanks for your requests - you all truly make the show!!

Ponderscapes Playlist FRI SEP 30, 2022
10:00 - Bossacucanove "Bom Dia Rio"
10:04 - John Hiatt "Memphis in the Meantime"
10:08 - Paul Simon "Graceland"
10:12 - The Weepies "Vegas Baby"
10:15 - The Who "Going Mobile"
10:19 - Paul Pena "Gonna Move"
10:25 - Wang Chung "Dance Hall Days"
10:30 - Sly & the Family Stone "Dance to the Music"
10:33 - Sheryl Crow "Change Would do you Good"
10:36 - The B-52's "Roam"
10:43 - JByrd "I've Been Everywhere" (COVID parody)
10:46 - Johnny Cash "I've Been Everywhere"
10:51 - Little Willie Littlefield "K.C. Loving"
10:54 - Steve Miller Band "Going to Mexico"
10:56 - Canned Heat "Going Up the Country"
11:02 - Grateful Dead "Truckin'"
11:07 - Jamiroquai "Travelling Without Moving"
11:11 - Rusted Root "Send Me On My Way"
11:15 - R.E.M. "Stand"
11:20 - The Cars "Moving in Stereo"
11:25 - Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"
11:30 - Joni Mitchell "Car on a Hill"
11:33 - Hello Emerson "Dancing in the Kitchen"
11:38 - Marc Cohn "Walking in Memphis"
11:42 - James Taylor "Copperline"
11:47 - America "Ventura Highway"
11:51 - William Tyler "Highway Anxiety"

09/29/2022

Today's "Ponderscapes" playlist. Handpicked music from our host Niki Dakota. If our Program Director had to pick one today, it's Madeleine Peyroux on Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me to the End of Love" from her "Careless Love" album. But with Sarah Vaughan singing "Blackbird," and Steve Winwood singing "Higher Love," why pick just one?

10:00 - Stanton Moore "Dunkin' In the Deep"
10:07 - Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon "Sweet Emotion"
10:13 - Stereo MC "Fever"
10:18 - Rachid Taha "Je T'Aime Mon Amour"
10:23 - Olu Dara "Strange Things"
10:26 - Barbara Dane & Lightning Hopkins "Mother Earth"
10:32 - kd Lang "The Joker"
10:36 - Moby "We Are All Made of Stars"
10:40 - Bill Doggett "Hold It"
10:43 - Dayna Kurtz "How You Hold Me"
10:48 - Alabama Shakes "Hold On"
10:52 - Etta James "Burn Down the Cornfield"
10:57 - Peggy Lee "Is That All There Is?"
11:01 - Madeleine Peyroux "Dance Me to the End of Love"
11:05 - John Batiste "Freedom"
11:11 - Sarah Vaughan "Blackbird"
11:15 - Marvin Gaye "Right On"
11:22 - Steve Winwood "Higher Love"
11:28 - Joni Mitchell "Come in from the Cold"
11:35 - Lizz Wright "Barley"
11:41 - Erin McKeown "Blackbirds"
11:45 - Barr Brothers "Beggar in the Morning"
11:51 - Paul Pena "A Bit of All Right"
11:55 - Aretha Franklin "Happy Blues"

09/28/2022

Yes! That WAS Chrissie Hynde on BeBop and More with Jim Woodford today.
Nobody does it like WDPS-FM.

1 - Ahmad's Blues from Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet with Miles Davis (t), John Coltrane (ts), Red Garland (p), Paul Chambers (b) & Philly Joe Jones (d)

2 - You Don't Know What Love Is from Chet Baker Quintet; Conservatorio Cherubini with Chet Baker (t & v), Jean-Louis Chautemps (ts), Francy Boldand (p), Eddie de Haas (b) & Charles Saudrais (d)

3 - You Don't Know What Love Is from Chrissie Hynde with The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble with Chrissie Hynde (vocals), Ian Thomas (d), Liran Donin (b), James Walbourne (g), David Hartley (p) & Eldad Guetta (keyboards) with The Valve Bone Woe Orchestra

4 - Out of the Past from Aaron Seeber; First Move with Aaron Seeber (d), Warren Wolf (v), Tim Green (as), Sullivan Fortner (p) & Uganna Olegwo (b)

5 - Soul Leo from The Artist John Lee with John Lee (b), Carl Allen (d), Miles Black (p) & Cory Weeds (ts)

6 - Naima from Chrissie Hynde with The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble with Ian Thomas (d), Liran Donin (b), James Walbourne (g), David Hartley (p) & Eldad Guetta (keyboards) with The Valve Bone Woe Orchestra

7 - Twelve for Brubeck from When a Door Opens by Lenny Marcus Trio with Denver Nuckolis (d), Lenny Marcus (p) & Zachary McDonald (b)

8 - You Don't Know What Love Is from Voyage 2020; The Blue Wisp Big Band with solos by Jeremy Long (as) & John Zappa (t)

9 - Fun from Shorty Rogers & Bud Shank with The Lighthouse All Stars with Shorty Rogers (t), Bud Shank (as), Conte Candoli (t), Bill Perkins (bari-sax), Bob Cooper (ts), Peter Jolly (p), Monte Budwig (b) & Lawrence Marable (d)

11/01/2021

Here's the playlist from Niki Dakota's Spooktacular show on Friday!

Friday, October 29, 2021 - WDPS
Theme: Halloween!
9:15 - Theme to Amityville Horror
9:19 - Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London"
9:23 - Elvis Presley "Devil in Disguise"
9:26 - INXS "Devil's Party"
9:30 - Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil"
9:37 - Neko Case "Things that Scare Me"
9:40 - West Indian Girl "What Are You Afraid Of"
9:44 - Dan Hicks "I Scare Myself"
9:49 - Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells"
9:54 - Theme from Sleepy Hollow (soundtrack)
9:59 - Bow Wow Wow "I Want Candy"
10:02 - Rosemary Clooney "Come On-a-My-House"
10:04 - Theme from Addams Family TV show
10:06 - MC Hammer "Addams Family"
10:10 - Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters"
10:15 - Rocky Horror Picture Show "Timewarp"
10:19 - Rockwell "Somebody's Watching Me"
10:24 - Stevie Wonder "Superstition"
10:29 - Carl Stalling "Ghost Wanted"
10:33 - Shel Silverstein "Monsters I've Met"
10:34 - Mel Torme "Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives"
10:36 - Theme from Rosemary's Baby
10:39 - The Doors "The End"
10:50 - The Police "Voices Inside My Head"
10:54 - Blue Oyster Cult "Godzilla"
11:00 - Dr John "Gris-Gris Gumbo"
11:05 - Victoria Williams "Wild Eyed Crazy Mary"
11:11 - Norma Tanega "You're Dead"
11:14 - Olu Dara "Strange Things Happy Every Day"
11:19 - Michael Jackson "Thriller"
11:26 - Electric Six "Danger! High Voltage"
11:29 - Steve Miller Band "Abracadabra"
11:36 - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince "Nightmare on My Street"
11:40 - Danny Elfman "This is Halloween"
11:43 - Theme from Beetlejuice
11:45 - Space Ghost Theme
11:46 - Tales from the Crypt Theme
11:48 - Andrew Gold "Witches Witches Witches"
11:51 - Jonathan Winter "The Ghost Brigade"
11:52 - The Specials "Ghost Town"

A couple of throwbacks with Rosemary Clooney including one with her famous nephew - George.

09/24/2021

Check out the playlist from Niki Dakota's show today. It was all about TALK! Our Program Director thinks Stanton Moore is a GROOVY drummer. Don't you?

Listen to Niki 9:25am-12noon weekdays.

FRI - SEP 24, 2021 - WDPS
THEME: TALK
9:21 - Bruce McCulloch "He Said, She Said"
9:24 - Eurythmics - Here Comes thee Rain Again
9:27 - 10,00 Maniacs - selections
9:38 - Stanton Moore "What You Talking About"
9:44 - Herbie Hancock "Both Sides Now"
9:51 - Ben Sollee "A Few Honest Words"
9:55 - Elvis Costello "Alison"
9:58 - R.E.M. "Talk About the Passion"
10:03 - The Strokes "You Talk Way Too Much"
10:06 - Sugar "Good Idea"
10:10 - The Beatles "She Said She Said"
10:13 - James Gang "Walk Away"
10:16 - Don Henley "Dirty Laundry"
10:21 - Timex Social Club "Rumors"
10:26 - Bonnie Raitt "Something to Talk About"
10:30 - Harry Nilsson "Everybody's Talkin'"
10:33 - Love and Rockets. "No New Tale to Tell"
10:36 - The Bee Gees "Jive Talkin'"
10:40 - King Crimson "I Talk to the Wind"
10:46 - Peter Gabriel "Come Talk to Me"
10:52 - Bruce Cockburn "If a Tree Falls" (1989)
10:59 - Moody Blues "Talking out of Turn"
11:07 - Aretha Franklin "Talk to Me" (1969)
11:11 - Jem "They"
11:14 - King Crimson "Elephant Talk"
11:19 - Chicago "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
11:26 - Marvin Gaye "Heard it Through the Grapevine"
11:30 - Stan Ridgeway "Drive, She Said"
11:34 - Jeannie C. Riley "Harper Valley P.T.A."
11:37 - Bonnie Raitt "Something to Talk About"
11:42 - The Fireside Singers "Aba Daba Honeymoon"
11:44 - Tom T. Hall "How to Talk to a Baby Goat"
11:46 - Weird Al "Word Crimes"
11:50 - Jackson 5 "Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing"
11:58 - Harry Nilsson "Everybody's Talking"

09/07/2021

Here's today's playlist from Niki Dakota's show today! Our Program Director's kids introduced her to "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros a while back and it's become a favorite road trip song. Was today the first time you heard it? What will be new to you tomorrow? Tune in 9:15am-12Noon and find out!

TUE September 7, 2021 - WDPS
Bo-Keys music bed
9:20 - Lazyboy "Desiderata"
9:24 - Zack Gill "Ride this Sucker Out"
9:29 - Blitzen Trapper "Furr"
9:33 - Nicholas Tremulous Orchestra "You're Famous Baby"
9:39 - Prince "Kiss"
9:43 - Duffy "Mercy"
9:47 - Lizz Wright "I Idolize You"
9:51 - Tracy Chapman "Gimme One Reason"
9:56 - David Sanborn "Senor Blues"
10:01 - Chris Rea "Espresso Logic"
10:09 - Ray Charles "Rock House"
10:16 - Charles Spearin "Vanessa"
10:24 - William Tyler "Highway Anxiety"
10:33 - Dayna Kurtz "It's How You Hold Me"
10:38 - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros "Home"
10:43 - John Batiste "Freedom"
10:48 - Okkervil River "Plus Ones"
10:51 - Zach Gill "Joy"
10:55 - Sarah Vaughan "Blackbird"
10:59 - Dionne Farris "Blackbird"
11:04 - Dusty Springfield "Son of a Preacherman"
11:11 - Paul Pena "Gonna Move"
11:17 - U2 "Mysterious Ways"
11:21 - Ohio Players "Fire"
11:26 - Stanton Moore "Maple Plank"
11:32 - Rickie Lee Jones "Danny's All-Star Joint"
11:37 - Lyle Lovett "I've Been to Memphis"
11:42 - Dr John "Mood Indigo"
11:49 - Harry Connick Jr. "Avalon"
11:53 - Joni Mitchell "Coyote"

09/03/2021

As we head into the beautiful weekend, Niki Dakota is thinking about chillier things. Our Program Director thinks all the songs on the playlist are cool, but has always had a soft spot for The Boss.

Have a safe and fun weekend everyone!

FRI September 3, 2021 - WDPS
Theme: ICE/COLD
Vince Guaraldi music bed
9:19 - Kate Bush "Snowflake"
9:28 - Feist "Mushaboom"
9:32 - The National "Cold Girl Fever"
9:36 - Raul Malo "Cold Cold Heart"
9:39 - Nora Jones "Cold Cold Heart"
9:43 - Tyler Childers "Shake the Frost (LIVE)"
9:47 - Bonnie Raitt "Cool, Clear Water"
9:52 - Sons of the Pioneers "Cool Cool Water"
9:55 - Squeeze "Cool For Cats"
9:59 - J Geils Band "Freeze Frame"
10:02 - Bruce Springsteen "Tenth Avenue Freezeout"
10:05 - Sia "Freeze You Out"
10:12 - *sung in 25 different languages* "Let it Go"
10:16 - Bjork "Songs from the Cold Seas"
10:20 - Little River Band "Cool Change"
10:25 - Joni Mitchell "Come in from. the Cold"
10:32 - The White Stripes "In the Cold Cold Night"
10:35 - Tom Waits "Cold Cold Ground"
10:41 - Albert Collins "Iceman"
10:46 - Muddy Waters "Cold Weather Blues"
10:51 - Little Feat ft. Bonnie Raitt "Cold Cold Cold"
10:56 - Skating on Thin Ice (in Sweden)
10:59 - Vince Guaraldi "Skating"
11:03 - Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"
11:07 - Rolling Stones "She's So Cold"
11:11 - XTC "Snowman"
11:16 - Peter Case "Icewater"
11:19 - Tori Amos "Winter"
11:24 - Robert Frost "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
11:26 - Asgeir "Head in the Show"
11:31 - Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal"
11:33 - Sufjan Stevens "The Avalanche"
11:36 - Shawn Colvin "Shotgun Down the Avalanche"
11:41 - Herbie Hancock ft. Corinne Bailey Rae "River"
11:47 - The Decemberists "January Hymn"
11:51 - Elvis Costello "I Felt the Chill Before the Winter Came"
11:55 - Chris Stapleton "Cold"

09/01/2021

Check out "Bebop and More" with Jim Woodford at Noon! Here's what Jim says about the show:

"Today's show is partly the result of The Summer Jazz Series sponsored by Kelli Campbell and Wholly Grounds Coffee Cafe at 825 Wayne Ave. I want to do a shout out to Chris Andres, Kaleb Swedlund, Ben Heath, Jordan Johnson and Noah Ramirez. Noah's impeccable drumming with Keigo Hirakawa & Eddie Brookshire to close out the Summer Series is represented in the final two selections."

1 - Unmarked Path from And Then There Were Three by the Keigo Hirakawa Trio with Keigo Hirakawa (p), Eddie Brooshshire (b) & Fenton Sparks (d)

2 - Confirmation from Charlie Parker:Yardbird Suite with Al Haig (p), Percy Heath (b), Max Roach (d) & Charlie Parker (as)

3 - Hazy Moon from Gratitude by Greg Abate and the Tim Ray Trio with Greg Abate (as), Tim Ray (p), John Lockwood (b) & Mark Walker (d)

4 - Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me from Duke Elegant; Dr. John performs the music of Duke Ellington with Dr. John (p)

5 - Just Friends from Charlie Parker with Strings with Charlie Parker (as), Mitch Miller (oboe), Ray Brown (b) & Buddy Rich (d) plus others

6 - Magic Dance from Magic Dance by Greg Abate: the music of Kenny Barron with Greg Abate (as), Kenny Barron (p), Dezron Douglas (b) & Johnathan Blake (d)

7 - My Little Suede Shoes from Charlie Parker:Yardbird Suite with Charlie Parker (as), Walter Bishop (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Roy Haynes (d), Luis Miranda (conga) & Jose Manguel (bongos)

8 - How High the Moon from Tatum-Hampton-Rich with Art Tatum (p), Lionel Hampton (vibes) & Buddy Rich (d)

9 -Cherokee from Queen City Blues by the Phil DeGreg Trio with Phil DeGreg (p), Aaron Jacobs (b) & John Taylor (d)

08/23/2021

There's a lot to like on Niki Dakota's playlist today (as usual)! The first 6 songs takes our Program Director back to her childhood, but she is especially fond of Michael Franti's "Work Hard, Be Nice." That just so happens to be the motto of her Media Arts Radio class at Ponitz Career Tech Center!

MON August 23, 2021 - WDPS
Bo-Keys music bed
9:19 - Rickie Lee Jones "Chuck E.'s in Love"
9:22 - Steely Dan "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
9:27 - Gerry Rafferty "Right Down the Line"
9:32 - Joni Mitchell "Coyote"
9:38 - Elvis Costello "Watching the Detectives"
9:43 - Talking Heads "Life During Wartime (LIVE)"
9:48 - Art Blakey "36-23-36 (LIVE)"
9:53 - Staple Singers "Too Close (LIVE)"
9:59 - Wayfaring Strangers "Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky"
10:04 - St Germain "Rose Rouge"
10:11 - Dave Brubeck "Blue Rondo a la Turk"
10:17 - David Wilcox "Start with the Ending (LIVE)"
10:24 - Robert Randolph "If I Had My Way"
10:32 - Roy Hargrove "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat"
10:37 - Esperanza Spalding "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
10:41 - Dave Brubeck "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
10:45 - Regina Carter "Find Yourself"
10:50 - Bob Marley "One Cup of Coffee"
10:54 - Michael Franti "Work Hard and Be Nice"
10:57 - Paul Pena "A Bit of All Right"
11:00 - Cal Tjader "Soul Sauce"
11:03 - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe "Because of Her Beauty"
11:11 - Bob Dylan "Like a Rolling Stone"
11:17 - Donna the Buffalo "Positive Friction"
11:23 - Marian Makeba "Pata Pata" (1967)
11:26 - Corinne Bailey Rae "Put Your Records On"
11:31 - David Sanborn "Senor Blues"
11:36 - Elton John "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
11:41 - Charles Spearin "Vanessa"
11:48 - Lyle Lovett "She's Already Made Up Her Mind"
11:55 - Beyonce "Honesty"

08/20/2021

Did today's show with Niki Dakota perk you up? It was all about that magic elixir called coffee! Check out this playlist! It's hot. It's smooth. It's sweet. Requests included "Coffee and TV" by Blur and our Program Director's fave - "The Coffee Song" by Frank Sinatra. Catch Niki weekdays 9:15am-12Noon.

FRI August 20, 2021 - WDPS
John Coletrane music bed
9:25 - Greg Brown "Smell of Coffee"
9:29 - The Careless Lovers "Black Coffee"
9:32 - Squeeze "Black Coffee in Bed"
9:38 - Humble Pie "Black Coffee"
9:42 - Patty Larkin "Caffeine"
9:46 - Bob Dylan "One More Cup of Coffee"
9:50 - Herbie Mann "Turkish Coffee"
9:56 - Frank Sinatra "The Coffee Songs"
9:59 - Nat King Cole "The Cream in My Coffee"
10:03 - G. Love "Milk and Sugar"
10:06 - Mississippi John Hurt "Coffe Blues"
10:11 - Lullatone "Morning Coffee"
10:17 - Greg Brown "Good Morning Coffee"
10:20 - Dave Greer "St. Louis Blues"
10:27 - Californiae "Tasse Kaffe"
10:32 - Copeland "Coffee"
10:37 - Ed Sheeran "Cold Coffee"
10:41 - Herbie Mann "Coffee"
10:46 - Combustible Edison "Short Double Latte"
10:49 - Ink Spots "The Java Jive" (1940)
10:52 - Bob Marley "One Cup of Coffee"
10:55 - Blur "Coffee and TV"
11:01 - Robert Randolph "If I Had My Way"
11:06 - Buddy Guy "Cognac"
11:11 - Prince "Starfish and Coffee"
11:16 - Sylvan Esso "Coffee"
11:22 - Landon Pigg "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop"
11:26 - Kate Bush "Coffee Homeground"
11:31 - Gordon Lightfoot "Second Cup of Coffee"
11:34 - Johnny Cash "Cup of Coffee"
11:39 - Otis Redding "Ci******es and Coffee"
11:44 - Caught a Ghost "No Sugar in my Coffee"
11:47 - Ella Mae Morse "Forty Cups of Coffee"
11:50 - The Andrews Sisters "Proper Cup of Coffee"
11:53 - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell "Black Caffeine"
11:57 - Freedy Johnston "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee"

08/18/2021

Check out today's playlist from Niki Dakota's show! Featuring a couple of great tunes by Dayna Kurtz including a duet with Nora Jones. Catch Niki weekdays from 9:15am-12Noon!

WED August 18, 2021 - WDPS
Bo-Keys music bed
9:21 - Dave Greer's Classic Jazz Stompers "The Classic Jazz Stomp"
9:27 - Glenn Miller "In the Mood"
9:32 - Nikki Yanofsky "Airmail Special"
9:36 - Harry Connick, Jr. Trio "One Last Pitch"
9:42 - Elvis Costello "Watching the Detectives"
9:47 - Elvis Costello "God Give Me Strength"
9:56 - Dayna Kurtz "It's How You Hold Me"
10:02 - Donna the Buffalo "Positive Friction"
10:06 - Gary Louris "True Blue"
10:13 - Kurt Elling "Stepping Out"
10:17 - Steely Dan "Deacon Blues"
10:25 - Bob Mould "Heartbreak a Stranger"
10:31 - Aretha Franklin "Suzanne"
10:36 - Nora Jones & Dayna Kurtz "I Got it Bad"
10:43 - William Tyler "Highway Anxiety"
10:53 - BM4 "Praeludium XI in F Major"
11:01 - Hiromi "Beethoven Sonta No. 8"
11:06 - West Indian Girl "What Are You Afraid Of?"
11:11 - Bob James & David Sanborn "Follow Me"
11:17 - Annie Gallup "Unmapped World"
11:23 - Bobby McFerrin "Sightless Bird"
11:30 - Charles Spearin "Mr. Gowrie"
11:36 - Esperanza Spalding "Samba en Preludio"
11:42 - Jazzinho "Constelacao"
11:47 - Mosquitos "Boom Box"
11:50 - Miles Davis "Amandla (live)"
11:55 - Dave Brubeck "Someday My Prince Will Come"

08/10/2021

BeBop and More with Jim Woodford is featuring some excellent music this week including 7-11 Blues with Jazz Patriarch Ellis Marsalis. Tune in Wednesdays from Noon-1pm

1 - Shout Me Out from Shout Me Out; Clayton-Hamilton Big Band with John Clayton (b) & Jeff Hamilton (d)

2 - Cool Breeze from Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Compact Jazz

3 - 7-11 Blues from Songs for my Mother with Ellis Marsalis (p), Bill Grimes (b), Troy Davis (d) & Richard Andrew Schwartz (ts)

4 - Skylark from Make America Great Again with Delfeayo Marsalis (tb)

5 - Autumn Leaves from Chet Baker & Paul Desmond; Together

6 - Stablemates from Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Compact Jazz

7 - My Favorite Things from the Modern Jazz Tuba Project

8 - Cedar's Blues from Midnight Waltz with Cedar Walton (p), David Williams (b) & Jimmy
Cobb (d)

9 - Blues Walk from Live at Sips with Tim Berens (g), Dan Faehnle (g) & Mike Sharfe (b)

08/10/2021

If you caught Harry Connick Jr. at The Rose Music Center on Sunday, you heard a lot of New Orleans Jazz. Today, Niki Dakota was all about The Big Easy. Check out her playlist!

MON August 9, 2021 - WDPS
Stanley Clarke music Bed
9:20 - James and Tony Andrews "Bourbon Street Parade"
9:26 - Stanton Moore "Maple Leaf"
9:34 - Marsalis Family "Swinging at the Haven"
9:44 - Kermit Ruffins "I Can See Clearly Now"
9:51 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band "Flying High (in the Friendly Skies)"
10:02 - Leroy Jones - "Whoopin' Blues"
10:08 - John Boutte "I'll Fly Away"
10:11 - Joshua Redman "Put it in Your Pocket"
10:19 - Don Byron "I Want to Be Happy"
10:28 - Glen Andrews and the Lazy Six "Over in the Gloryland"
10:33 - Trombone Shorty "Dream Boat"
10:37 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Dr. John "It's All Over Now"
10:40 - Allen Toussaint "Yes We Can Can"
10:44 - Allen Toussaing "It's Raining"
10:49 - Bob French "St. James Infirmary"
10:55 - Preservation Hall Hot 4 "Dinah"
11:02 - Stanton Moore "Maple Plank"
11:11 - Marsalis Family "Twelve's It"
11:20 - Marsalis Family "Nostalgic Impressions"
11:27 - Dr John "I Don't Wanna Know"
11:31 - Dr John "Lay My Burden Down"
11:37 - Rebirth Brass Band "Your Mama Don't Dance"
11:42 - Rebirth Brass Band "Move Your Body"
11:48 - Kermit Ruffins "Treme Second Line (Blow da Whistle)"
11:53 - Dukes of Dixieland "Saints (Street Beat)"
11:57 - Stanton Moore music bed

New Orleans musician Dr. John photographed at the Louis Armstrong House and Museum in Corona, Queens on August 14, 2014.

Jacob Blickenstaff/Redux

07/30/2021

Niki Dakota is live in the WDPS-FM studios weekdays, 9:15am-12Noon! Today her show featured music all about Summer and Sunshine. Hope it "brightened" your day!

Which has been your theme of summer? Our program director is stuck between The Beatles and Johnny Nash, but in the end will go with "Here Comes the Sun."

FRI JULY 30, 2021 - WDPS
Theme: SUNSHINE/SUMMER
9:22 - Melody Gardot "Morning Sun"
9:34 - Beatles "Here Comes the Sun"
9:38 - Charles Wright "Here Comes the Sun"
9:42 - Johnny Nash "I Can See Clearly"
9:45 - Oliver "Good Morning Starshine"
9:49 - Harry Chapin "Sunday Morning Sunshine"
9:53 - The Beyman Brothers "Memories of Summer as a Child"
10:01 - Ben Sollee "How to See the Sun Rise"
10:05 - Rusted Root "Cruel Sun"
10:14 - Paul Simon "Boy in the Bubble"
10:18 - Michael Franti "Sound of Sunshine"
10:22 - Katrina and the Waves "Walking on Sunshine"
10:26 - Sheryl Crow "Soak up the Sun"
10:30 - Fishbone "Everyday Sunshine"
10:35 - Stevie Wonder "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
10:38 - Beatles "Good Day Sunshine"
10:40 - Dottie West "Country Sunshine"
10:42 - The Whites "Keep on the Sunny Side"
10:47 - John Denver "Sunshine"
10:52 - Mike Doughty "Sunshine"
10:56 - Samite "Siwa"
11:02 - Sun Tan "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen"
11:11 - Taj Mahal "No Na Mamo"
11:14 - Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine"
11:17 - They Might Be Giants "Why Does the Sun Shine v.1"
11:20 - They Might Be Giants "Why Does the Sun Shine v.2"
11:22 - Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown"
11:26 - Nora Jones "Sunrise"
11:32 - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong "Summertime"
11:37 - Billy Stewart "Summertime"
11:42 - Sly and the Family Stone "Hot Fun in the Summer Time"
11:45 - Mungo Jerry "In the Summer Time"
11:48 - Frank Sinatra "Summer Wind"
11:52 - Ladysmith Black Mambazo "Silgugu"
11:56 - Tomo Yaro "Alegra Vida"

(Image from ukulelemag.com)

07/30/2021

Leonard Cohen sandwiched between Tracy Chapman and Elvis Costello? Only here on WDPS with Niki Dakota! Listen 9:15am-12Noon, Monday-Friday, for a mix of music we promise you won't hear anywhere else!

THU July 29, 2021 - WDPS
Alphabetic tour of 30 years.
9:20 - Allman Brothers "Jessica" [INST[]
9:27 - John Anderson "Seminole Wind"
9:33 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem "Hear Jerusalem Moan"
9:37 - Lonnie Brooks "Two Headed Man"
9:41 - Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues"/"A Boy Named Sue"
9:52 - Joan Armatrading "Cool Blue Stole My Heart"
9:56 - The King Singers "Mother Nature's Son"
10:02 - Pat Boone "Love Letters in the Sand"
10:05 - Blondie "Tide is High"
10:10 - Junior Brown "Stupid Blues"
10:19 - Roy Clark "Thank God and Greyhound"
10:24 - Boston "More Than a Feeling"
10:28 - James Brown "I'll Go Crazy"
10:33 - Patsy Cline "Walking After Midnight"
10:36 - Tracy Chapman "Revolution"
10:40 - Leonard Cohen "Democracy"
10:49 - Elvis Costello "Less Than Zero"
10:52 - Crowded House "Don't Dream it's Over"
10:57 - Rodney Crowell "Leaving Louisiana"
11:03 - Reverend Jimmie Davis "You Are My Sunshine"
11:07 - Robert Cray "Right Next Door (Because of Me)"
11:11 - Al DiMeola "July"
11:16 - Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet"
11:22 - Terrence Trent D'Arby "If You Let Me Stay"
11:28 - Damien Dempsey "Sing All Our Cares Away"
11:33 - Don Dixon "Then I Woke Up"
11:38 - Bob Dylan "I Want You"
11:41 - Eurythmics "Love Is a Stranger"
11:44 - Dionne Farris "I Know"
11:50 - George Gershwin "Sweet and Lowdown"
11:54 - Jefferson Airplane "How Do You Feel"