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October 6, 2023

Here's your Saturday schedule of live radio on WFMU's Drummer Stream


Enjoy your Saturday with the Drummer Stream!
STREAMING  <ways to listen>  POP-UP PLAYER <ways to listen> TUNEIN

 
11:00 – 2:00pm (ET)  ::::::  Live from Montclair, New Jersey
BOB BRAINEN'S SHOW with Bob Brainen  |  Playlist & Chat
 

 
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2:00 – 5:00pm (ET)  ::::::  Live from Brooklyn, New York
MUSIC FOR A FREE WORLD with Dave Sewelson  |  Playlist & Chat

Special Guest: Bobby Zankel
By the time alto saxophonist Bobby Zankel moved to Philadelphia in 1975 he had already been part of free-jazz innovator Cecil Taylor’s “Unit Core Ensemble,” and had earned accolades from Jazz Times and Downbeat magazines. Bobby joins us to talk about his upcoming performance at Harlem Jazz Nights on October 20.

 
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5:00 – 7:00pm (ET)  ::::::  Live from Nashville, Tennessee
SOMEDAY MATINEE with Gina Bacon  |  Playlist & Chat

Special Guests: Mark Guarino
An acclaimed journalist for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and many other publications, Mark Guarino has written a fantastic book called Country & Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival. Mark will come in to talk about the book and many things, and he'll be bringing along a great playlist!



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7:00 – 10:00pm (ET)  ::::::  Live from Tucson, Arizona
OBSERVATIONS OF DEVIANCE with David Mittleman  |  Playlist & Chat


Special Program: Focus on Idris Ackamoor
Idris Ackamoor is a composer, bandleader, scholar and teacher who has been at the forefront of Progressive Jazz for over 50 years. He studied with Cecil Taylor at Antioch College in the early 1970s where he founded the spiritual Jazz group The Pyramids, which he leads to this day. Host David Mittleman interviewed Ackamoor about his new album "Afro Futuristic Dreams" and his extensive musical history.



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Hear something on Give the Drummer Radio but miss the artist/song info? See THIS PLAYLIST of every song played on the stream during the past week!

You can view the entire GTDR broadcast schedule here.

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