No. 284 of 286 · Thursday

September 24, 2026

northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) via San Diego Zoo

Birds radio Spotify

In the room Heath Joe Chris

30 tracks · 2h 02m · 34 artists

Novelty 47 typical for its time ranking →

Mix

light on jazz

Era 1964–2026 · median 2018 song age →

Heard it before: “Ja Funmi” (2nd time), “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” (2nd time) most repeated →
Welcome back: Amen Dunes, first time in 6 years longest absences →
Regulars: Neko Case (12th show), Vanishing Twin (10th show), Meshell Ndegeocello (9th show) most played artists →
Oldest song: “Something Sweet, Something Tender - Remastered 1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition” by Eric Dolphy (1964) song age →
Hot off the press: “101 Run”, “High on a Mountain”, “The Ground Here”: out less than two weeks song age →
Range: from Henrik Olsson (71 followers) to U2 (14.4M)

#	Track	Artist	Label	Time	Notes
1	101 Run Sugar on Blackstone	Kristin Hersh	Fire Records	4:19	debut
2	Who Is He and What Is He to You Peace Beyond Passion	Meshell Ndegeocello	Maverick	4:49
3	High on a Mountain Hope Is the Thing with Feathers	Rhiannon Giddens	Nonesuch	3:38
4	The Ground Here This Bed Was Made For Me	Biita Houdei	Father/Daughter Records	3:20	debut
5	Planète Sauvage The Age of Immunology	Vanishing Twin	Fire Records	5:07
6	Swing Lo Magellan Swing Lo Magellan	Dirty Projectors	Domino	2:37
7	Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hippies, Thugs and Heroes	Richard Thompson	New West Records	3:45	back after 4.9 yrs
8	95 North - Demo 95 North (Demo)	Joe DeVito	Joe DeVito	4:39
9	To Claudia on Thursday Begin	The Millennium	Columbia	3:25	debut
10	Hollywood Zuckerzeit	Cluster	Brain	4:45	debut
11	Balafon Dub Echo Transformations	Michel Banabila	Knekelhuis	4:42
12	Boundlessness Changes in Air	Kara-Lis Coverdale	Smalltown Supersound	4:37	debut
13	Something Sweet, Something Tender - Remastered 1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition Out To Lunch (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)	Eric Dolphy	Blue Note	6:03	back after 4.8 yrs
14	Ba – Umf Penumbra Ensemble	Henrik Olsson	Henrik Olsson	5:01	debut
15	Having Fun Having Fun	The Kimba Unit	Kimba Records	3:29	debut
16	Better Ni The Hit Sound of the Ramblers Dance Band	The Ramblers Dance Band	Afrodisia	2:35
17	I Can Feel It Kenya Special, Vol. 2 (Selected East African Recordings from the 1970's & 80's)	The Lulus Band	Soundway	4:58	debut
18	Ni Uranjuhigirie East Africa Highway	The Lulus Band	No Wahala Sounds	4:33	debut
19	It's Gonna Be A Good Day 51 Lex Presents: Dance In A Circle (Special Edition)	BLO	51 Lex Records	4:19	debut
20	Desire - Live From The Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA / 2001 All That You Can’t Leave Behind (20th Anniversary Edition / Super Deluxe / Remastered 2020)	U2	Island	3:06	debut
21	Skipping School Freedom	Amen Dunes	Sacred Bones Records	5:28	back after 6.3 yrs
22	The Cutter Songs to Learn & Sing	Echo & the Bunnymen	Korova	3:52	back after 2.1 yrs
23	Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Echo & The Bunnymen	Echo & the Bunnymen	wea	3:29	back after 2.1 yrs played 2×: 2024-08-01
24	Candleland Candleland (Expanded)	Ian McCulloch, Dave Bascombe	Sire Records	3:19	debut: Ian McCullochdebut: Dave Bascombe
25	Sweet Leilani Baja Sessions	Chris Isaak	Reprise Records	2:16	back after 4.6 yrs
26	Slow-Motion-Movie-Star Psychedelia in White	Mick Harvey, Amanda Acevedo	Mute	3:41	debut: Amanda Acevedo Mick Harvey back after 5.2 yrs
27	Honey and Smoke case/lang/veirs (10th Anniversary Edition)	case/lang/veirs, Neko Case, k.d. lang, Laura Veirs	Anti‐	3:03	debut: case/lang/veirs
28	Skenpolska Garmarna	Garmarna	Massproduktion	3:38	debut
29	CHICA ELÁSTICA LINDO Y BELLO	FANTA ROSARIO, VEI HABACHE	Art Label	2:38	debut: FANTA ROSARIOdebut: VEI HABACHE
30	Ja Funmi Juju Music	King Sunny Ade	Universal Island Records Ltd.	7:08	back after 5.5 yrs played 2×: 2021-03-11