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This weeks show is programmed entirely via artificial intelligence . . . also known as the "random music" button on my IPhone . . . with technology this advanced . . . can killer robots be far behind . . . ? Stephen Hawkins warns they may be on their way. This afternoons musicians include : U2, Iggy Pop, M83, Oasis, Lisa Loeb, HelloVenus, Chromatics, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Frank Ocean, the Four Tops, ELO and Foster the People. Yeah. Pretty Damn Cool.

Before there was Rock n Roll, Blues or Country . . . there was American Roots Music.

Songs of Love & Longing from Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA. This afternoon's musical artists include: Nelly Furtado, Nina Simone, AKDong, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Asa, APink, Say Lou Lou & Lindstrom, Jessie Ware, Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, Maude Maggart, GFriend, Dolly Parton.

French Actress and Singer Charlotte Gainesbourgh has just released one of my favorite albums of 2017. You've seen her films including Jane Eyre, Les Miserables, 21 Grams and Melancholia. Her latest collection of tracks, primarily in French, are lovely, innovative and artful. Is "Rest" the best album of the year ?

"Hunky Dory" is one of my favorite David Bowie Albums. It was released in 1971. The instrumentals are understated. The vocals are sublime.

This is the first installation of a new radio series I'm producing for WCRS FM in Columbus, Ohio. It is entitled "Muslim in America." During this first show we meet three very intelligent, highly articulate Muslim women who are members of the Noor Mosque in Hillard. The soundtrack includes: "Al-Khaliq" from "I look I See" written by Rashid A. Zika and performed by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and the Islamic Children's Choir. Also included are "All of the Prophets" featuring Zain Bhikha, Yusuf Islam and the Islamic Children's Choir. The final track is one of my favorite Yusuf Islam songs namely "Heaven / Where True Love Goes."

A full hour of Jack White and his musical collaborations.

K Flay slays with music from "Crush Me" (released in August 2016), "Life as a Dog" and earlier EP's . . . "I got blood in the cut . . . "

JP Marat interviews Everett Smith, Boxing Coach Coach of the Barack Recreation Center (580 East Woodrow Ave) in this 11 minute promotion for the "Columbus Boxing Legends" exhibition coming up on Saturday, Feb 18th at 5pm. WCRS DJ's and Producers are requested to promote this event. Tickets are $10. It is a fund raiser for the Barack Boxing Program.

To paraphrase the words of Tiny Tim, "God Help Us, Every One . . . " Songs by Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Simon and Garfunkel, Nas, Kanye West, Rihanna, Neil Diamond, Frank Sinatra, Bad Religion, American Idiot Broadway Cast, Malcolm X, Don Mclean, Grand Funk Railroad. . . Ya Gotta Hear It To Believe it . . .