Radio Z

29/06/2024

Yep. It's the last Radio Z (forever? for now? As Uncle Tupelo says in 'Whisky Bottle'...'not forever, but just for now')

Radio Z for June 28, 2024

NEW - Ki!, Nassomato

NEW - Scree, Exclamation Point

NEW - Mdou Moctar, Imajighen

Fairport Convention, Who Knows Where The Time Goes

NEW - The Mavericks, Look Around You

NEW - Pete Rock & Common, Dreamin'

George Harrison, All Things Must Pass

NEW - Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Broke Down Engine

RERELEASE - Lee Underwood, California Sigh

Grateful Dead, Brokedown Palace

28/06/2024

As Neil Young sings...Tonight's the Night.

As many of you may know, I was caught up in April layoffs at WBEZ, and my 20-year run has come to an end. Wondering if my 36 year run as a radio man has come to an end...but time will tell as I gather my thoughts and reach out to many friends and former colleagues for help and advice over the coming weeks and months.

My official last day at the station was May 28, but I was able to work out a one-month extension for Radio Z. That extension ends tonight. So if can join me at 9pm CST on 91.5 in Chicago or streaming at WBEZ.org, tune in for a great mix...and to find out if I keep it together or bust out crying!

If you can't make it tonight I have a ton of shows archived on mixcloud.com, so head there and type my name in for a great dose of "musical discovery and delight".

(playlist will post at 9:30pm here on this page)

Cheers, JM

27/06/2024

Late, but extremely tasty

Radio Z for June 21, 2024

NEW - Moby, Wild Flame

NEW - Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Juice Cruise

NEW - Animal, Surrender!, Four Corners Of A Square World

NEW - Infinity Song, Hater's Anthem

NEW - Orquesta Akokan, Con Licencia

NEW - Hermanos Gutierrez, Sonido Cosmico

BDAY - Chet Atkins, Dill Pickle Rag

NEW - Nate Terepka, Silence

NEW - Ezra Collective, God Gave Me Feet For Dancing

NEW/LIVE - Arooj Aftab, Na Gul (Millenium Park 7/22)

NEW - Dirty 3, Love Changes Everything Part V

NEW - BADBADNOTGOOD, Your Soul & Mine

27/06/2024

I don't know what the heck the deal is/was. Maybe the stunned sadness that Radio Z is coming to an end. Maybe it was the fact that my 81-year old dad fell down a flight of stairs and broke a bunch of s**t and I've been driving back and forth to the hospital almost every day for a few weeks. Either way...I failed to post the June 7 playlist. So here it is, and thanks for your patience:

Radio Z for June 7, 2024

NEW - Justice, Neverender

NEW - Janel Leppin & Anthony Pirog, Rhizome

ANNIV - Bruce Springsteen, Downbound Train

NEW - Chris Corsano, I Don't Have Missions

NEW - Los Days, The Loss Of Ancient Dreams

NEW - Mark Leggett, Blackbird 12 String

NEW - Shaboozey, All Over

NEW/LIVE - English Teacher, Albatross (Shuba's 6/26)

NEW - Alex Henry Foster, A Vessel Astray

NEW - SML, Industry

BDAY - Marvin Hamlisch, Pine Apple Rag/Gladiolus Rag

15/06/2024

Radio Z for June 14, 2024

We got this one and then 2 more, folks. Hope you dig it. Drop me a line, too! Would love to hear from you.

NEW - Japanese Television, Tabadaboum

ANNIV - The Cars, Dangerous Type

NEW/LIVE - Milky Chance, Naked And Alive (Winnetka Music Festival 6/15)

NEW - 9 Horses, Gasparilla

LOCAL/LIVE - Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman, Gone Too Long (Old Town School of Folk Music 6/28)

NEW - Bonny Light Horseman, The Clover

NEW - Mabe Fratti, Enfrente

NEW - Valerie June, High Note

NEW - Chris Cain, Blues For My Dad

NEW - Oded Tzur, Last Bike Ride In Paris

NEW - Joaquin and the Glowliners, I Remember

NEW - Lucius, Go Home

05/06/2024

My apologies: through rain, snow, out of town, out of country...every week for 5+ years I've posted the playlist. This week, I forgot.

Don't forget...it seems like there won't be room in the WBEZ budget for me or Radio Z. So we're counting down the final show which as of now will be June 28. Mixcloud is updated so you can catch past shows on mixcloud.com just search up "Jason Marck" and they'll all come up.

Radio Z May 31, 2024

NEW/LOCAL - Feller, Sand Sandwich

ANNIV - Future Sounds of London, Eggshell

NEW - P.G. Six, I Have Known Love

NEW - Chris Kasper, Cold Cold World

BDAY - Gladys Knight & the Pips, I Heard It Through The Grapevine

NEW - Baby Rose w/BADBADNOTGOOD, Weakness

NEW - Texas, Keep On Talking

NEW - Aaron Frazer, Payback

NEW/LIVE - Tropa Magica, Price Of Life (Lincoln Hall 6/11)

LOCAL/LIVE - Jeff Tweedy, Both Sides Now (Wilco @ Salt Shed 6.14-6/15)

NEW - Radian, C At The Gates

NEW - Fergus McCreadie, Stone Gate

25/05/2024

Radio Z for May 24, 2024

NEW - Connie Smith, The Other Side Of You

NEW - The Secret Sisters, All The Ways

NEW - The Means Of Production, Provence Avante

BDAY - Joe Cocker, Feelin' Alright

NEW - Frank Rosaly & Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Destejer

BDAY - Fats Waller, Ain't Misbehavin'

NEW - Riley Mulherkar, Ride Or Die

NEW - Ginger Root, No Problems

NEW - OrangeTone, Portail Opaque

NEW - Metronomy, With Balance

NEW - Brune Beerle, Te Amar Eterno

18/05/2024

Radio Z for May 17, 2024

RIP - David Sanborn, Herbs

NEW - Curtis Salgado, You Give The Blues A Bad Name

ANNIV - Van Morrison, Tupelo Honey

NEW - Bastards Of Soul, Try A Little Love

NEW/LIVE - Khruangbin, Hold Me Up (Salt Shed 6/7-9)

NEW - Umberto, Grasp

NEW - Raffi Garabedian, The Armenian Question

NEW - The Sidleys, Sugar Kingdom

NEW - Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, That's All It Took

NEW - Whim, Small Infinity

NEW - Thomas Powers, Half Pirouette

NEW - Gabriel Birnbaum, A Sleeping Dog A Heavy Sigh

NEW - Choo Choo La Rouge, I'll Be On The Lawn

04/05/2024

Radio Z for May 3, 2024

ANNIV - Stone Roses, Elephant Stone

NEW/LIVE - Ride, Last Frontier (Metro 5/16)

NEW - Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin, Fyra

LIVE - Los Straitjackets, Perfidia (Fitzgerald's 5/4)

NEW - Shannon & The Clams, Bean Fields

BDAY - Otis Rush, It Takes Time

NEW - Charley Crockett, Gettin' Tired Again

BDAY - Blossom Dearie, We'll Have Manhattan

NEW - Aziza Brahim, Thajliba

NEW/LIVE - Jim White & Marissa Anderson, Valley Suite 1-Water (Constellation 5/13)

NEW - Mark Lockheart, Morning Smiles

27/04/2024

Radio Z for April 26, 2024

NEW/LOCAL/LIVE - Babe Report, Kathleen (Sleeping Village 5/12

NEW/LOCAL - Goldford, Orange Blossoms

ANNIV - Johnny Cash, Bird On A Wire

NEW - Tennessee Freedom Singers, Tennessee Rise

NEW - Céu, Raio

RIP - (Dickey Betts) The Allman Brothers Band, Jessica

NEW - Mount Kimbie, Empty And Silent

NEW - Glass Beams, Mahal

NEW - Mike Watt, Long May You Burn

NEW/LIVE - Eiko Ishibashi, Fether (Logan Center For The Arts 5/11)

NEW - Deron Johnson, Mimo Omi

20/04/2024

Radio Z for April 19, 2024

NEW - Elelphantine, Trembler

NEW - Tommy Guerrero, Holding The Ocean

NEW - Ana Lua Caiano, Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado

ANNIV - The Rolling Stones, I Just Want To Make Love To You

NEW - Eamon Fogarty, Camera Man

BDAY - Jack Casady (Hot Tuna), Sunny Day Strut

NEW - Karate Boogaloo, One Hand On The Bounce.

BDAY - Bessie Smith, Nobody Knows When You’re Down And Out

NEW/LOCAL - Josh Johnson, Jeanette

NEW - Alex Henry Foster, A Silent Stream

ANNIV - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nobody's Baby Now

NEW - Deena Abdelwahed,The Key To The Exit

13/04/2024

Radio Z April 12, 2024

NEW - Hotline TNT, I Thought You'd Change

RS DAY (1st Time On Vinyl) - Mavis Staples, Will The Circle Be Unbroken

NEW - Takuya Kuroda, Rising Son

NEW - Arnaud Dolmen & Leonardo Montana, Hey Cousin

ANNIV - REM, Seven Chinese Brothers

NEW - Wonder Women Of Country, Hanging On To You

NEW - Blitzen Trapper, Cosmic Backseat Education

NEW - Vegyn, The Path Less Traveled

NEW - Piper Street Sound, Icemilk

NEW - Abbey Masonbrink, Smoke Rising

REISSUE - Abdallah Oumbadougou, Ourgueza Gueakelen

NEW - Dean Olsher, Parfois

BDAY - Brian Setzer Orchestra, Let's Live It Up

06/04/2024

Radio Z for April 5, 2024

NEW - musclecars, Ha Ya!

NEW - Tad Robinson, That's How Strong My Love Is

ANNIV - Mott The Hoople, Golden Age Of Rock 'n Roll

BDAY - Jeff Porcaro (Warren Zevon), Midnight In The Switching Yard

NEW - Kelsey Waldon, Hello Stranger

NEW - James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg, Death Wishes To Kill

NEW - Glass Hours, Same Old You

NEW - Maria Chaira Argirò, Closer

ANNIV - John Coltrane, Cousin Mary

NEW - John Lurie, Small Car

NEW - Lightning Bug, December Song

NEW/LIVE - Good Morning, As The Dogs Were Playing (Salt Shed 4/20)

23/03/2024

Radio Z for March 22, 2024

NEW - Salt Cathedral, Terminal Woes

NEW - Skeewiff, Miserilou

NEW/LOCAL - Sheryl Youngblood, Every Day Of Your Life

NEW/LOCAL - Radio Free Honduras, Pero Te Olvidare

NEW - Rosali, Rewind

NEW/LIVE - Myriam Gendron, Long Way Home (Judson & Moore, 4/6)

NEW - Loren Kramer, Hollywood Boulevard

BDAY - David Lindley, Rag Bag (aka Pants Shiny Like Aluminum Foil)

NEW - Byron Asher's Skrontch, Threads

NEW - Eric Hilton, Closer

16/03/2024

Radio Z for March 15, 2024

NEW - Good Looks, If It's Gone

NEW - Amy Aileen Wood, Slow Light

NEW/LIVE - Farah Kaddour, Bulbul el-Efrah

NEW/LOCAL - Wayfaring, Intermezzo

BDAY - James Taylor, Knockin' Round The Zoo

NEW - Six Organs Of Admittance, The Mission

LIVE - Jontavious Willis, Long Winded Woman

LOCAL - Karen Carroll, Confessin' The Blues

NEW - L'Imperatrice, Me Da Igual

NEW - Black To Comm, Time Will Fly On Equal Pinions

NEW - Audrey Powne, From the Fire

NEW - Nick Schofield, On Air

Cul de Sac, A Voice Through The Crowd

09/03/2024

Radio Z for March 8, 2023

NEW - Kamasi Washington, Prologue

ANNIV - Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic

NEW - Brittany Howard, Every Color In Blue

BDAY - Townes Van Zandt, To Live Is To Fly

NEW - Oh Bummer! Watch It Break

NEW - Elena Setien, Asking

NEW - The South Hill Experiment, Growing Pains

NEW - The Winston Brothers, Boiling Pot

NEW - Sly5thAve, No No No Pt. 2

BDAY - Bobby Womack, Close To You

NEW - Alice Russell, Gravity

04/03/2024

"Dang, I missed it?" No, you didn't!
Last Friday's Radio Z is up and ready for your Musical Discovery And Delight!

From WBEZ Chicago, join long-time radio programmer, lifelong musician and major music geek Jason Marck for a hand-picked mix of mostly new music (with a few surprises thrown in!) from a variety of genres, all flowing together in unexpected ways. Go beyond what any algorithm can bring you with what w...

02/03/2024

Radio Z for March 1, 22024

NEW - Empanadas Illegales, La Primera Pachanga En Marte

BDAY - The Who (Roger Daltrey), Slip Kid

NEW - Yosef Gutman Levitt, Nigun Tzemach Tzedek

NEW - The Staves, I'll Never Leave You Alone

NEW - Ducks Ltd, Hollowed Out

NEW - Nabihah Iqbal, Sky River

NEW/LOCAL - C3zR, 11pm

NEW - EZRA, Contrabuffoon

BDAY - Nicky Hopkins, Waiting For The Band

NEW/LIVE - Michael Nau, Painting A Wall (SPACE 4/5)

NEW - Okonski, Song For My Sister's Son

24/02/2024

Radio Z for Feb 23, 2024

NEW - Dave Harrington/Max Jaffe/Patrick Shiroishi, Dance Of The White Shadow And Golden Kite

NEW - Nathalie Joachim, Ki Moun Ou Ye

NEW - Khrouangbin, A Love International

NEW - Father John Misty, Real Love Baby

NEW/LOCAL - Dehd, Mood Ring

NEW - Royel Otis, Foam

NEW - Cor.Ece & Bad Colours, Mars

NEW - Gregory Uhlmann, Mint Chip

William Tyler, With News About Heaven

NEW - Sunny Sweeney, Don't Think Twice (It's Alright)

ANNIV - Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band, The Graveyard Shift

NEW - Fake Dad, So Dramatic!

17/02/2024

Radio Z for Feb 16, 2024

NEW - Sandcatchers, A Breezy Afternoon In Brooklyn

NEW - Waxahatchee, Ruby Falls

ANNIV - Roy Harper, North Country

NEW/LOCAL - Alexvndria, Twilight

NEW - Dead Chic, You Got It

NEW - Maetar, In The Sun

BDAY - Merle Saunders, After Midnight

NEW - Ci******es After S*x, Motion Picture Soundtrack

NEW - Helado Negro, LFO

NEW - Tony Trischka w/Billy Strings, Brown's Ferry Blues

NEW - Warpaint, Common Blue

NEW - Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim, Passing By

Minutement, Dr. Wu

10/02/2024

Radio Z for Feb 9, 2024

NEW - Keeley, Arrive Alive

NEW - The Ironsides, A Return From The Ashes

NEW/LOCAL/LIVE - Andy Pratt, Something Big (Jazz Showcase 2/20)

BDAY - Earl King, Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)

REISSUE - Chris Forsyth, Solar Motel Pt. 1

NEW - Astrid Sonne, Boost

NEW/LOCAL - Valebol, Netuchepa!

NEW/LOCAL/LIVE - Junegrass, Percolator (Empty Bottle, 2/15)

Robert Nighthawk, Nighthawk Boogie

NEW - Goldfish, Thumper

NEW - Ariel Kalma/Jeremiah Chiu/Mart Sofia Honer, Breathing In Three Orbits

08/02/2024

Blues guitarist and lyrical genius Earl King produced an underrecognized body of work that inspired musical greats.

03/02/2024

Radio Z for Feb 2, 2024

NEW - Orgone, Lies And Games

Steve Gunn & David Moore, Over The Dune

NEW - Oisin Leech, The Colour Of Rain

NEW - Robohands, Moments

ANNIV - Earth Wind & Fire, Mighty Mighty

NEW - Chicano Batman, Fly

BDAY - Charlie Musselwhite, My Road Lies In Darkness

NEW/LOCAL - Kouri Hall, I Feel Pretty Handsome

NEW - Magic Tuber Stringband, A Dance On A Sunday Night

NEW - Mariachi Los Camperos, El Gavilancillo

NEW - Vera Sola, Get Wise

NEW - Dragonchild, The Source

27/01/2024

Radio Z for Jan 26, 2024

NEW/LOCAL - Friko, This Is Crashing Through

NEW - Jacob Young, Shoenstedstrasse

NEW - Ali Sethi & Nicolas Jaar, Muddat

NEW - Richard Sears, Dolorous Interlude

ANNIV - The Temptations, The Way You Do The Things You Do

NEW - High Llamas, Toriafan

NEW - PG Six, I Have Known Love

NEW/LOCAL/LIVE - Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Return Of The Lost Tribe (Promontory, 2/1)

NEW - Tomato Flower, Saint

REISSUE - Augustin Pereyra Lucena, O Astronauta

NEW/LOCAL - Ethan Philion Quartet, The Boot

BDAY/LOCAL - The Blues Brothers (John Belushi) Messin' With The Kid

20/01/2024

Radio Z for January 19, 2024

NEW - Charlie Carr, Boombox

NEW - The Watson Twins, Hundred Miles

NEW - Thee Sinseers, For You

NEW - a.s.o. - Go On

ANNIV - Joni Mitchell, Free Man In Paris

NEW - Verneri Pohjola, Party In The Attic

NEW - Hannah Frances, Floodplain

NEW - Ghost Funk Orchestra, To The Moon!

NEW/LIVE - Lizzie No, Halfsies (Sleeping Village 1-26)

NEW - Mary Halvorson, Ultramarine

NEW - GA-20 - I Let Someone In

BDAY - The Ventures (Bob Bogle), Perfida

NEW - Coco, Mythological Man

19/01/2024

https://thewalrus.ca/joni-mitchell-best-album/

For Court and Spark, Joni the lonely, Joni the soloist, did something nobody expected her to do. She hired a band

13/01/2024

Radio Z for Jan 12, 2024

NEW - Tiga and Hudson Mohawke, TR Smooth

NEW/LOCAL/LIVE - Friend Of A Friend, The Man That Loves Me (Hideout, Feb 2)

LOCAL/LIVE - Así Así, Descubrimientos (Hideout, Feb 2)

NEW - Killer Mike feat. Damien Marley, RUN

NEW - Hurray For The Riff Raff, Alibi

BDAY - Earl Scruggs, Lonesome Road Blues

NEW - Neil Young, Comes A Time

NEW - Luna, Satellite Of Love

NEW - Lonnie Liston Smith, Love Brings Happiness (remix)

BDAY - M'Boom (Max Roach) Caravanserai

NEW/LOCAL - Samuel Mosching, Transition

ANNIV/BDAY - Led Zeppelin, I Can't Quit You Baby

08/01/2024

Tasty

06/01/2024

Radio Z for Jan 5, 2024

NEW/LOCAL - Ratboys, The Window

NEW - Hayden Pedigo, Looking At The Flash

NEW - The Golden Dregs, Dealer

BDAY - The Replacements (Paul Westerberg), Can't Hardly Wait

LIVE - The Rebirth Brass Band, What Goes Around Comes Around (SPACE 1/12)

ANNIV - Los Lobos, Our Last Night

NEW - Altin Gun, Leyla

NEW - bdrmm, It's Just A Bit Of Blood

NEW/LOCAL/LIVE - Fort Francis, Chicago (Hideout 1/27)

NEW - Mustangs Of The West, As Tears Go By

NEW - Bonobo, Sapien

NEW - Reverso, Obstination

05/01/2024

Well this is tasty!