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This week’s show is Part One featuring sister groups—by blood, by harmony, by instinct. Voices that know each other before the song even starts. There’s a kind of musical shorthand here—tight, intuitive, sometimes eerie—where family becomes sound.

Playlist for the week of April 20, 2026:

00:00:00 Rosemary Clooney; Betty Clooney with Paul Weston and His Orchestra – “Sisters” 

00:05:05 The Roches – “Hammond Song” 

00:10:39 The Roches – “Mr. Sellack”

00:14:38 The Roches – “Big Nuthin’”

00:19:19 The Pointer Sisters — Jump (Original Mix)

00:23:40 The Pointer Sisters — Yes We Can Can
00:29:40 The Pointer Sisters — Fairytale

00:34:43 HAIM — The Wire
00:38:48 HAIM — Los Angeles
00:42:08 HAIM — Falling

00:49:11 The Lijadu Sisters — Danger
00:54:58 The Lijadu Sisters — Orere-Elejigbo
00:59:09The Lijadu Sisters — Life’s Gone Down Low

01:04:03 Heart — Crazy On You
01:08:55 Heart — Barracuda
01:13:17 Heart — Magic Man

01:21:36 The Shaggs — Philosophy of the World

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This week’s show is a tribute to Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and a pioneer of the jam band movement, who passed away on January 10, 2026, at the age of 78 following a battle with cancer and underlying lung issues. He is considered an essential figure in American music for his innovative rhythm guitar style and for spending over six decades building a global community dedicated to musical improvisation and artistic freedom.

Today we will honor his memory in songs that feature his voice and unique guitar style. While Garcia drifted and soared, Weir built the frame—odd chords, sharp angles, rhythm that kept everything moving. He was just 16 when he met Garcia in a Palo Alto parking lot, and within a year he was in the band that became the Grateful Dead, learning as the music unfolded around him. Today’s set follows that path—from the early songs through the solo years, into the stripped-down duets, and back again.

Playlist for the week of April 13, 2026:

00:00:00 Bob Weir – Bob Weir – “Bob Weir on Ripple”

00:00:42 Grateful Dead – “Ripple”
00:08:02 Bob Weir – “Playing in the Band”

00:15:38 Grateful Dead – “Sugar Magnolia”

00:18:55 Grateful Dead – “Truckin’”

00:23:58 Grateful Dead – “The Music Never Stopped”

00:28:31 Grateful Dead – “Hell in a Bucket”

00:34:06 Grateful Dead – “Loose Lucy”

00:39:30 Bob Weir -“Lazy Lightnin’”

00:42:30 Bob Weir – “Looks Like Rain”

00:50:21 Bob Weir – “Only a River”

00:55:46 Bob Weir – “Black-Throated Wind”

01:01:27 Bob Weir – “Supplication”

01:05:47 Weir & Wasserman – “Easy to Slip (Live)”

01:12:31 Weir & Wasserman – “KC Moan (Live)”

01:16:14 Weir & Wasserman – “Looks Like Rain (Live)”

01:22:00 Weir & Wasserman – “Fever (Live)”

01:26:23 Weir & Wasserman – “Blackbird (Live)”

01:29:08 Wolf Bros – “Mexicali Blues (Live)”

01:38:30 Bob Weir – “Cassidy”

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As the year comes to a close, we take a moment to remember some of the musicians we lost in 2025—artists whose voices and instruments shaped the music we carry with us, often without realizing how deeply they’d settled in.

There were so many losses this year that I could have easily put together more than one show. The music you’ll hear tonight is a culling—not by importance or influence, but by resonance. These are the songs that stayed with me, the ones that surfaced when I sat quietly and listened back.

Today’s show isn’t meant to be comprehensive. It’s personal. This is dedicated to all the people we’ve lost in 2025.

We’re living through a time in this country marked by noise, confusion, and a kind of willful ignorance and cruelty that makes everything feel louder and harder than it needs to be. The challenges are real. The suffering is real. And some days it feels like we’re drifting further from one another instead of closer.

In moments like this, music doesn’t fix anything—but it reminds us that care, imagination, and human connection have always existed alongside the madness. These songs carry evidence of that.

The show ends with Brian Wilson performing “Love and Mercy.” As 2026 approaches I believe that choosing to practice love and mercy in the new year is a rational response to a complex, wounded world, because they reduce conflict, preserve human dignity, and create the conditions in which real understanding and change can still occur.

Happy New Year my friends.

Dave

Dear Friends,

A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of visiting my dear friend John Abramson in Boston to collaborate on a show. John and I had been friends for over fifty years, sharing countless moments and, always, a deep love of music. Growing up in Forest Hills, Queens gave John a direct line to both the Doo Wop tradition and the folk music of Greenwich Village in the 1960s, and he spent much of our friendship turning me on to both genres. His knowledge was encyclopedic, his passion endless. This show grew out of that collaboration.

Just a few days after we recorded it, John was hospitalized, gravely ill. He returned home on Friday to be with his wife and passed away on Saturday night. This show is dedicated to John— to our friendship, to our shared passion for all kinds of music, and to the love I carry for him.

Thanks for listening,

Dave

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This week  Next To Silence enters the mesmerizing world of Piano Circus — six pianists seated around a circle of grand pianos, where rhythm becomes landscape, repetition turns to revelation, and minimalism meets maximal energy.

Piano Circus was founded in 1989 by six British pianists — Chris Fitkin, Timothy Seddon, Max Richter, John Metcalfe, Kate Halsall, and Joby Talbot — who came together to perform Steve Reich’s Six Pianos. The group emerged from London’s vibrant contemporary music scene, blending classical discipline with minimalist experimentation, and quickly became known for their daring six-piano arrangements and collaborations with composers across the UK, Europe, and the US.

Playlist for the week of November 3, 2025:

00:00:00  Chris Fitkin; Piano Circus — Sextet

00:09::48 Steve Reich; Piano Circus — Six Pianos

00:34:29 Kevin Volans; Piano Circus — Kneeling Dance

00:43:03 Timothy Paul Seddon; Piano Circus — 16

00:47:43 Robert Moran; Piano Circus — Three Dances: Lithuanian Spin

00:53:18 Graham Fitkin; Piano Circus — Log

01:13:28 Terry Riley; Piano Circus — In C

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As always, any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks for listening,

Dave

Playlist for the week of October 6, 2025

00:00:00 Billie Holiday – Autumn in New York

00:06:05 Peggy Lee – Autumn in Rome

00:08:47 Van Morrison – Golden Autumn Day

00:15:19 John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman – Autumn Serenade

00:19:36 The Kinks – Autumn Almanac

00:24:28 Paolo Nutini – Autumn

00:27:17 The Marcus King Band – Autumn Rains

00:31:16 Nat King Cole Trio – ’Tis Autumn

00:34:23 Small Faces – The Autumn Stone

00:38:19 Clannad – Autumn Leaves Are Falling

00:42:02 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Autumn’s Child

00:48:07 Leslie Odom Jr. – Autumn Leaves

00:51:16 The Flaming Lips – My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion

00:56:03 Ella Fitzgerald – Early Autumn

00:59:53 Cheryl Wheeler – When Fall Comes to New England
01:03:05 Jazzwaves – Autumn in Amsterdam

01:05:50 Paul Bley – Autumn Breeze

01:09:59 Woody Herman & Friends – Early Autumn

01:12:49 George Winston – Autumn Longing

01:16:18 Sonny Rollins – Autumn Nocturne

01:19:16 Edgar Winter Group – Autumn

01:23:08 Neil Young – Harvest Moon

This week’s show is built around ten jazz albums that didn’t just make waves—they changed the course of music history. These recordings stretch from the early roots of jazz to the boldest innovations of the modern era, each one a landmark that expanded what jazz could be. Tonight, we’ll move from Armstrong’s Hot Five in the 1920s, to Ellington’s Newport triumph, to Coltrane’s spiritual masterpiece, and beyond. Let’s lean in, listen closely, and hear the moments when the world of music opened a little wider.

Playlistst for the week of September 22, 2025:

00:02:12 Miles Davis (with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans) – So What

00:11:33 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme – Pt. I: Acknowledgement

00:22:33 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five – Heebie Jeebies

00:25:24 The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five

00:30:45 The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Blue Rondo à la Turk

00:37:28 Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus

00:48:59 Herbie Hancock – Chameleon

01:04:31 Ornette Coleman – Lonely Woman

01:09:28 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Dream a Little Dream of Me 

01:12:32 Duke Ellington – Diminuendo in Blue – Live at Newport

01:28:15 Billie Holiday – You’ve Changed

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Dave

Dear Friends,

This Week’s Show brings you female voices that changed everything — Joni, Aretha, Rickie, Janis, Stevie, and more. Songs of power, tenderness, and soul, sung by women who left their mark on music history. This is the first of many shows featuring some of my favorite songs sung by female singers.

Playlist for the week of September 15, 2025:

00:00:00 Joni Mitchell – “Coyote”

00:07:44 Rickie Lee Jones – “We Belong Together”

00:12:45 Stone Poneys (feat. Linda Ronstadt) – “Different Drum”

00:15:22 Jefferson Airplane – “Somebody to Love”

00:18:16 Carole King – “It’s Too Late” 

00:22:08 Jim Kweskin & Maria Muldaur – “I’m a Woman”

00:25:59 Ronnie Spector – “Don’t Worry Baby”

00:29:38 Etta James – “I’d Rather Go Blind” (1967)

00:32:13 Linda Lewis – “Spring Song”

00:34:20 Stevie Nicks – “Edge of Seventeen”

00:41:58 Heart – “Crazy On You”

00:46:52 Tina Turner – “What’s Love Got to Do With It”

00:50:40 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – “Dancing in the Street”

00:53:18 Carly Simon – “You’re So Vain”

00:57:34 Eurythmics (Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart) – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” 

01:01:09 Peggy Lee – “Is That All There Is?”

01:06:47 Janis Joplin – “Mercedes Benz”

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This week’s NEXT TO SILENCE is all about transformation—when a Bob Dylan song takes on new life in someone else’s voice. From rock to folk, soul to Cajun, gospel to garage—these covers prove Dylan’s songwriting has no borders. Whether it’s Hendrix electrifying the apocalypse or Judy Collins spinning poetry into silk, we’re traveling across genres, generations, and states of mind. Let’s hear how other legends interpret the man who’s been called a poet, a prophet, and a mystery.

Playlist for the week of August 11, 2025:

00:00:00 Bruce Springsteen – “The Times They Are A-Changin’” 

00:06:56 The Byrds – “Mr. Tambourine Man” 

00:09:12 Jimi Hendrix – “All Along the Watchtower”

00:13:11 George Harrison – “If Not For You” (Remastered)

00:16:4 Leon Russell – “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”

00:21:47 Manfred Mann – “The Mighty Quinn”

00:24:38 Richie Havens – “Just Like a Woman”

00:29:23 Wanda Jackson – “Thunder on the Mountain” 

00:34:37 Jimmy Buffett & Emmylou Harris – “Mozambique”

00:40:41 Judy Collins – “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”

00:45:46 The Band – “This Wheel’s On Fire” (Remastered) 

00:48:53 Elvis Presley – “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”

00:51:36 The Rolling Stones – “Like A Rolling Stone”

00:57:15 Etta James – “Gotta Serve Somebody”

01:03:51 Kuku – “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (A Sight to Rejoice)”

01:07:59 Johnny Winter – “Highway 61 Revisited”

01:13:04 The Turtles – “It Ain’t Me Babe”

01:15:15 Odetta – “Masters of War”

01:21:29 Doug Kershaw – “Subterranean Homesick Blues”

01:26:35 Cat Power – “Ballad of a Thin Man” (Live at Royal Albert Hall)

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This week’s show features Contemporary Indian Virtuoso Violinists. We’ll trace the resonant strings of the Indian violin through East-West fusions, rhythmic dialogues, and meditative fire. These are virtuosos who don’t just play — they translate tradition into new language.

 Playlist for the week of August 4, 2025:

00:00:00 L. Shankar – “Song For Everyone”

00:09:05 L. Subramaniam – “Blue Lotus”

00:20:24 Shakti – “Joy”

00:41:36 Ganesh & Kumaresh – “Gambhira”

00:45:15 L. Shankar; Jan Garbarek; Palle Mikkelborg – “All For You”

00:51:48 Bickram Ghosh – “Gangotri”

01:02:07 Ganesh & Kumaresh – “Greeshma”

01:08:22 L. Subramaniam – “Dance of Siva”