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Episode: Radio Something with Valerie Richardson
This February 11 show was dedicated to the memory of longtime WPKN programmer Pete Stewart. The archive will be available through February 24, 2026.
Nearly all the songs were drawn from Pete’s past playlists—mostly from 2024, the year of his final shows. Only after downloading my own playlist did I realize I’d played Traffic’s “Dear Mr. Fantasy” twice—once in the first set and again in the last. I think Pete would’ve gotten a kick out of that.
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Cathy Kreger / Can't Find My Way Home / Grand Central Waltz / Passing Tone Music
Traffic / Dear Mr. Fantasy / 60s Psychedelic Rock / Universal Music India Pvt Ltd.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra / Music For A Found Harmonium / Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer) / Universal Music
Mose Allison / I Live the Life I Love / Live 1978 / Liberation Hall
Terrance Simien's Krewe De Monifique / Tomber Amour Encore (Fell in Love Again) / Ancestral Grooves / Music Matters Records
Sam Cooke / Twistin' The Night Away - Live / One Night Stand - Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 / SME
Ry Cooder / Little Sister / Bop Till You Drop / Warner Catalog and O/H
Shakey Graves / The Perfect Parts / And The War Came / Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Shawn Colvin / You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) / Cover Girl / Columbia
Jake Blount / Once There Was No Sun / Once There Was No Sun / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Norah Jones / Black Hole Sun - Live / ‘Til We Meet Again (Live) / Blue Note (BLU)
Lucinda Williams / Big Red Sun Blues / Lucinda Williams (Deluxe) / Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Norma Tanega / Walkin' My Cat Named Dog / Hippies: 60's & 70's Classics / Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
Nina Simone / Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter / The Essential Nina Simone / RCA/BMG Heritage
Thomas Dolby / The Toad Lickers (feat. Imogen Heap) / A Map Of The Floating City / Non-Wea/Other
Talking Heads / (Nothing But) Flowers / Naked / Parlophone UK
Young Dubliners / The Rocky Road To Dublin / St. Patrick's Day Party Jam! / MBO - The Music Business Organisation A/S
Mimi And Richard Farina / Bold Marauder / Reflections In A Crystal Wind / Vanguard
J.J. Cale / Anyway The Wind Blows / Forever Man / Reprise
Bettye LaVette / Don't Get Me Started / LaVette! / Jay-Vee Inc.
Keb' Mo' / Put a Woman in Charge (feat. Rosanne Cash) / Put a Woman in Charge (feat. Rosanne Cash) / Concord Records
Charlie Musselwhite / Chan Chan (Charlie's Blues) / Continental Drifter / Virgin Catalog (V81)
Taj Mahal / Hooray Hooray / Hooray Hooray / Nonesuch
Toshi Reagon / Happy And Satisfied / Righteous Ones / Razor & Tie
Gil Scott-Heron / Winter In America / The Bottle / Prestige Elite USA
Jack Hardy / Winter Sunlight / Noir / Jack Hardy
Miles Davis / Blue In Green / aboutJAZZ / Universal Music Division Decca Records France
Lui Collins / Baptism of Fire / Baptism of Fire / Molly Gamblin Music
Terrance Simien's Krewe De Monifique / Caribbean Second Line / Ancestral Grooves / Music Matters Records
Traffic / Dear Mr. Fantasy / 60s Psychedelic Rock / Universal Music India Pvt Ltd.
Chris Smither / Hey, Hey, Hey / Chris Smither Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop ... /
Chick Corea & Bela Fleck / Bemsha Swing / Remembrance / Béla Fleck Productions
Show: Radio Something with Valerie Richardson
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