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01/25/2025

This week we look back at some of the artists that we have lost over the last year.

We remember Melanie with her iconic song Look What They Have Done to My Song. Texas lost two major artists W. C. Clark – the Father of Austin Blues and the irrepressible singer, songwriter, novelist, gubernatorial candidate, and dog lover Kinky Friedman. We hear Clark perform Rough Edges while Kinky adds Sold American. We also lost several icons from the Urban Folk Revival.

Alex Hassilev was the last surviving member of the Limeliters. As a multi-linguist he brought many songs to the group including Cunna from Brazil. Barbara Dane sang traditional songs such as I Know Where I’m Going and also jammed with Blues artist Sam “Lightnin’ Hopkins on I’m Going Back, Baby.

Just this month, Peter Yarrow lost his long battle with cancer. As part of Peter, Paul & Mary, he was part of the soundtrack of our lives with songs such as If I Had a Hammer and Puff(the Magic Dragon) and was a longtime supporter and performer at the Kerrville Folk Festival here in Texas.

We also lost one of America’s most talented songwriters Billy Edd Wheeler, whether it was his witty response to gentrification as in The Little Brown Shack Out Back or his classic song Jackson, he always delivered the goods.

In late December we lost Josh White, Jr. whose career started at age four touring with his dad as we hear in their rendition of One Meatball. To hear these and many more, join me for I Hear America Singing.

Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 9pm

On 103.3 Waco Public Radio

01/24/2025

We are excited to share that WACOAN’s publisher Michelle Johnson is talking with for this week’s Friday Feature! Don’t miss her interview tonight at 8 p.m. as she reflects on 25 years of publishing! 🎙️✨
Tune in on FM 103.3 or at kwbu.org 📻

01/24/2025

On Tuesday, Parks and Recreation director Jonathan Cook provided a timeline and design update to the City Council.

The city committed $25 million to design and build the Floyd-Casey Park, making it the largest monetary investment for a park in city history.

You can read more about the plans, and see renderings of the park, at the link below.

By the end of the year, the City of Waco will begin construction on the Floyd-Casey Park. The project represents the city’s largest investment in a public park.

01/24/2025

The City of Waco has announced a final candidate for the position of city attorney. The City Council is expected to approve the nomination at their next meeting on February 4.

Find out more about the candidate, at the link below..

The City Council is expected to confirm the nomination of Kristen Hamilton-Karam at their next meeting on February 4.

01/24/2025

The Festival - in it’s sixth year - comes to town February 20-23.

And, you have probably seen a copy of a Wacoan Magazine somewhere around town. We learn about the magazines beginning, challenges, changes and triumphs during its 25 anniversary.

Be sure to tune in this Morning at 11:30 on 103.3 Waco Public Radio

01/22/2025

It’s the gold standard of time loop movies - a classic you’ll want to watch again and again. Join us for a screening of Groundhog Day! Bill Murray stars as Chuck Conners, a self-centered weatherman who gets a second (or is it third… or fourth.. or…) chance to make things right. Watch and discuss with us at the Performing Arts Community Center.

Thursday, January 23, 2025
7:30 PM 9:30 PM

01/22/2025

Too hot to handle, too cold to hold! (Randy Savage)

01/20/2025

"A cup of tea is an excuse to share great thoughts with great minds."
- Cristina Re
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01/18/2025

We had a great time tonight at our Member mixer event with the Waco Symphony. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

If you missed tonight’s event, you can catch up with the KWBU team at January’s Monthly Meet Up! Details can be found on the community events page at kwbu.org.

01/17/2025

Built in the 1970s, the Bledsoe-Miller Community Center is the last of Waco’s community centers to be renovated. And by this time next year, it will be the brand-new Bledsoe-Miller STEAM Center for Excellence.

Read more about the renovations at the story below.

Built in the 1970s, the Bledsoe-Miller Community Center is the last of Waco’s community centers to be renovated. And by this time next year, it will be the brand-new Bledsoe-Miller STEAM Center for Excellence.

01/17/2025

01/17/2025

The Texas Legislature officially began session Tuesday and so too did a new discussion series highlighting various state legislative topics of local importance.

You can get a sneak peak of the first meeting below.

The Texas Legislature officially began session Tuesday and so too did a new discussion series highlighting various state legislative topics of local importance.

01/16/2025

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01/15/2025

"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

01/13/2025

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01/11/2025

This week we have a passel of songs about well … uh … songs. Stephen Wilson, Jr. kicks it off with I’m a Song. Townes Van Zandt adds A Song For … I guess you get to fill in the blank. Willie Nelson does Leon Russell’s A Song for You, while Bonnie Carol plays Song for a Fall Birthday on her dulcimer. Frummox adds A Song for Stephen Stills to the mix, and the McGarrigle Sisters honor their mother with A Song for Gaby. While Neil Diamond wails Song Sung Blue, the Brothers Four declare No Sad Songs for Me. Finally, the Best of Friends – Tom Paxton, Bob Gibson & Anne Hills – remind us to Sing for the Song.

To hear these and many more, join me either Saturday at 7pm or Sunday ar 9pm on Waco Public Radio, KWBU.

Remember that you can find the whole playlist on the I Hear America Singing program page on our website.