Threading The Needle

Threading The Needle

A diverse trip through music new and old with a heavily reliance on left of center artists. Expect focused listening and new discoveries with guests regularly featured.
Broadcasting on WRFI Community Radio for Ithaca 88.1 FM. wrfi.org

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Episode 400: Thank You Friends
May 4 2024
Episode 400: Thank You Friends
Playing the hits (so to speak) and signing off.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18910010/Searching-For-A-Thread

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Episode 400: Thank You Friends
May 4 2024
Episode 400: Thank You Friends
Playing the hits (so to speak) and signing off.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18910010/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 399: Free Musics for the Free Form
Apr 25 2024
Episode 399: Free Musics for the Free Form
Free spiritual jazz, avant-garde and improvised sounds for the free thinkers among us.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18844173/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 398: Descent Into Space
Apr 12 2024
Episode 398: Descent Into Space
Songs suited for sky-gazing and phenomena viewing. S  P  A  C  E  R  O  C  K.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18811178/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 397: Rainy Day Rockas
Apr 9 2024
Episode 397: Rainy Day Rockas
Some indie, post-punk and rock for a wet day.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18778503/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 396: Saviours of Rock
Mar 30 2024
Episode 396: Saviours of Rock
Women taking the mic and showing how its done.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18746130/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 395: Black Women In Music
Mar 18 2024
Episode 395: Black Women In Music
Black women in soul, funk, jazz and avant-garde.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18682504/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 394: Sotto Terra de Rock
Feb 29 2024
Episode 394: Sotto Terra de Rock
​Some rather unknown indie and post-punk bands in recent history. A few more well-loved and a few more brand new.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18618437/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 393: Dusty & Angie
Feb 20 2024
Episode 393: Dusty & Angie
On the day of St. Valentines, Angela is welcomed in to talk shop and play records.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18553980/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 392: Ex-Rock and the No-Fly Zone
Feb 1 2024
Episode 392: Ex-Rock and the No-Fly Zone
Mid to late 90s deconstructed and fragmented underground rock. Chicago plays a major role once again.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18489385/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 335: Episode 391: Splashin Thru With Colors
Jan 25 2024
Episode 335: Episode 391: Splashin Thru With Colors
Psychedelic and progressive rock leanings for the Januaries with a slight focus to the UK Kent Canterbury scene.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18457846/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 390: Cerebral Inside-Out
Jan 18 2024
Episode 390: Cerebral Inside-Out
Weird mood so we get moody with experimental wizardry and ambient music both meditative and strange.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18426740/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 389: Blissin' Out
Jan 11 2024
Episode 389: Blissin' Out
A focus on Darla's Bliss Out Series in which indie bands did ambient and "chill-out" music from the mid 90s to mid 00s.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18396413/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 388: 2024 Cuts Deep
Jan 8 2024
Episode 388: 2024 Cuts Deep
Welcome to the next one. Stick with me through dub, experimental, free musics and ambient. And to start, some rock.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18366306/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 387: 99 And Neutral
Dec 14 2023
Episode 387: 99 And Neutral
2 hours on 2 super influential labels from early 80s New York City: 99 Records and Neutral Records.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18247299/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 386: French Transmissions
Dec 13 2023
Episode 386: French Transmissions
French avant garde and psych. And plenty of weirdness.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18216124/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 385: Thanks And Praise
Dec 13 2023
Episode 385: Thanks And Praise
Giving thanks with ska, roots and rocksteady.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18185718/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 384: Trees In A Heron Forest
Nov 22 2023
Episode 384: Trees In A Heron Forest
Uk folk psych, progressive and rock sounds from the holy days of the 1970s.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18154865/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 383: Windsock Blues
Nov 15 2023
Episode 383: Windsock Blues
Drifty and windy folked out freak sounds.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18123171/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 382: Freeekin Out
Nov 4 2023
Episode 382: Freeekin Out
Some oddball and weirdo rock ripe for the season.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18059987/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 381: Somethin Psychedelic
Sep 16 2023
Episode 381: Somethin Psychedelic
60s and 70s psychedelia, from the pop-flavored to the far-out.​Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17869714/Searching-For-A-Thread