Local Music Exchange: KUT (Austin, TX)
March 21, 2011
We've partnered with KUT in Austin, TX, to swap 5 of each city's favorite bands and play them on the air. Every night at 6:30, Mark Wheat will talk with KUT's David Brown and play one song from the Twin Cities and one from Austin.
Monday, March 21, 2011 / {% fetch file="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/get_player.php?audio=minnesota/the_current/features/2011/03/18/music_exchange_20110318_128&type=POPUP&link_text=Listen to the exchange&class=plain" %}
The Current: Dessa - "Dixon's Girl"
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KUT: Bright Light Social Hour - "Back and Forth"
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 / {% fetch file="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/get_player.php?audio=minnesota/the_current/features/2011/03/22/music_exchange_20110322_128&type=POPUP&link_text=Listen to the exchange&class=plain" %}
The Current: Peter Wolf Crier - "Crutch and Cane"
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KUT: Stereo is a Lie - "What We Do"
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 / {% fetch file="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/get_player.php?audio=minnesota/the_current/features/2011/03/23/music_exchange_20110323_128&type=POPUP&link_text=Listen to the exchange&class=plain" %}
The Current: Trampled By Turtles - "Wait So Long"
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KUT: Monahans - "Diamonds"
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Thursday, March 24, 2011 / {% fetch file="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/get_player.php?audio=minnesota/the_current/features/2011/03/24/music_exchange_20110324_128&type=POPUP&link_text=Listen to the exchange&class=plain" %}
The Current: Communist Daughter - "Not the Kid"
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KUT: Leatherbag - "Lines"
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Friday, March 25, 2011 / {% fetch file="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/get_player.php?audio=minnesota/the_current/features/2011/03/25/music_exchange_20110325_128&type=POPUP&link_text=Listen to the exchange&class=plain" %}
The Current: Jeremy Messersmith - "Violet!"
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KEXP: Bill Callahan - "Eid Ma Clack Shaw"
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About the hosts
Mark Wheat (The Current, Minnesota)
Mark Wheat is heard weekdays 6-10 p.m. on The Current and has been a DJ with the station since it launched in 2005. He tries to emulate his hero, the late, great BBC DJ John Peel, introducing new music to the audience by mixing it with songs they know and love. Wheat was raised near Cambridge, England, permanently relocating to the United States in 1983.
David Brown (KUT, Austin, TX)
David D. Brown is executive producer and host of the award-winning cultural journalism program Texas Music Matters at KUT-FM in Austin. He is former anchor of the award-winning public radio business program Marketplace, and a veteran public radio journalist.