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Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, July 21-27, 2019

July 30, 2019 by DJ Airon

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, July 21-27, 2019

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JAZZ top ten

1. Simon Nffraabatov – Readings: Red Cavalry (LEO)
2. Nate Wooley – Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)
3. Maurice Louca – Elephantine (NORTHERN SPY)
4. Tom Rainey Trio – Combobulated (INTAKT)
5. Teodross Avery – After The Rain: A Night For Coltrane (TOMPKINS SQUARE)

6. Otherworld Ensemble – Northern Fire (EDGETONE)
7. Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones – From Untruth (NORTHERN SPY)
8. The Hallowed Plant – The Hallowed Plant (RELATIVE PITCH)
9. Dave Rempis/Brandon Lopez/Ryan Packard – The Early Bird Gets (AEROPHONIC)
10. Dave Harrington – Pure Imagination, No Country (YEGGS)

(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)

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World Music top ten

Hope Masike _ Exorcism of a Spinster (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)
Julie Coker _ A Life in the Limelight: Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife, 1976 – 1981 (KALITA RECORDS)
The Mauskovic Dance Band _ The Mauskovic Dance Band (SOUNDWAY)
Grupo Pilon _ Grupo Pilon: Leite Quente Funaná de Cabo Verde (OSTINATO RECORDS)
Romano Drom _ Give Me Wine (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)

Orquesta Akokán _ Orquesta Akokán (Instrumentals) (DAPTONE)
V/A _ Jambú (É os Míticos Sons da Amazônia) (ANALOG AFRICA)
Perú Negro _ Perú Negro (VAMPISOUL)
Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla _ Terrouzi (SAHEL SOUNDS)
V/A _ Rough Guide to Mali Blues

(compiled by World Music director Marissa)

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Experimental Music top ten

1. Black to Comm _ Before After (THRILL JOCKEY)
2. Sir Richard Bishop/W. David Oliphant & Karkhana with Hadah El Shazly _ Carte Blanche (UNROCK)
3. Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky _ Droneflower (SACRED BONES)
4. Franck Vigroux _ Barricades IERTOTOX DECODINGS)
5. Isaac Schankler _ Because Patterns (AEROCADE)

6. Jim Jarmusch, Lee Ranaldo, Marc Urselli & Balazs Pandi _ s/t (TROST)
7. Nivhek _ After its Own Death/Walking in a Spiral Towards the House (W.25TH)
8. V/A-Headlights _ Child’s Play (s/p)
9. Circuit des Yeux _ Reaching for Indigo: Gaia Infinitus (DRAG CITY)
10. Maurice Louca _ Elephantine (NORTHERN SPY)

(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)

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Top 30 Play Chart, week of July 21-27, 2019; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina

1.) 15) Black Midi _ Schlagenheim (Rough Trade)
2.) 14) 3) Necking _ Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
3.) XX) 1) Ouroboros Boys _ Mall of Horrors (Leviathan) … Asheville band

5.) X) 22) 5) The Raconteurs _ Help Us Stranger (Third Man)

6.) 25) 29) Titus Andronicus _ An Obelisk (Merge) … Titus Andronicus plays Nov. 18 (a Monday) @ The Mothlight w/Partner

7.) 18) 24) 20) X) 14) 3) French Vanilla _ How Am I Not Myself? (Danger Collective)
8.) 13) Black to Comm _ Before After (Thrill Jockey)
9.) 5) Jeanines _ Jeanines (Slumberland)
10.) 16) 2) Mike Krol _ Power Chords (Merge) … played July 24 @ The Mothlight

11.) X) 26) 10) Prince _ Originals (Rhino/Warner Records)
12.) Pip Blom _ Boat (PIAS America)
13.) 1) 13) Purple Mountains _ Purple Mountains (Drag City)
14.) 8) Mal Blum _ Pity Boy (Don Giovanni)
15.) 9) Gauche _ A People’s History of Gauche (Merge)

16.) X) 8) Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears _ The Difference Between Me & You (s/r) … Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears play August 10 (a Saturday) @ The Mothlight w/ Annabelle Chairlegs

17.) Florist _ Emily Alone (Double Double Whammy)
18.) Imperial Teen _ Now We Are Timeless (Merge)
19.) 7) Prettiest Eyes _ Volume 3 (Castle Face)
20.) XX) 15) Television Personalities _ Some Kind Of Happening Singles 1978-1989 (Fire)

21.) X) 14) 4) Amyl and the Sniffers _ Amyl and The Sniffers (Flightless / ATO)
22.) 10) Torche _ Admission (Relapse)
23.) Lo-Pan _ Subtle (896)
24.) 2) Elephant9 _ Psychedelic Backfire I (Rune Grammofon)
25.) 12) Oceans of the moon unset Castle Face unset

26.) X) 20) 13) 3) Palehound _ Black Friday (polyvinyl)
27.) 23) 23) 2) 1) 15) Bill Callahan _ Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
28.) 24) 10) 11) 5) Dressy Bessy _ Fast Faster Disaster (Yep Roc)
29.) Aseethe _ Throes (Thrill Jockey)
30.) 27) XX) 15) Froth _ Duress (Altercation)

weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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Asheville FM WSFM-LP
864 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

ashevillefm.org

Filed Under: Station News, Top Charts

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, July 14-20, 2019

July 23, 2019 by DJ Airon

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Hip Hop, HEAVY, Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, July 14-20, 2019

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JAZZ top ten

1. Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones – From Untruth (NORTHERN SPY)
2. Le String’Blo – March For Nature (VETO)
3. Maurice Louca – Elephantine (NORTHERN SPY)
4. Nate Wooley – Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)
5. Simon Nabatov – Readings: Red Cavalry (LEO)

6. Glen Whitehead Trio – The Living Daylights (pfMENTUM)
7. Teodross Avery – After The Rain: A Night For Coltrane (TOMPKINS SQUARE)
8. Dave Rempis/Brandon Lopez/Ryan Packard – The Early Bird Gets (AEROPONIC)
9. Otherworld Ensemble – Northern Fire (EDGETONE)
10. Jeff Snyder/Federico Ughi – Duo (CARRI

(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)

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World Music top ten

Hope Masike _ Exorcism of a Spinster (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)
Khruangbin _ Hasta El Cielo (DEAD OCEANS)
The Mauskovic Dance Band _ The Mauskovic Dance Band (SOUNDWAY)
Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon _ Kalba (WAH WAH 45s)
V/A _ Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984 (STRUT)

Altın Gün _ Gece (ATO RECORDS)
Ekiti Sound _ Abeg No Vex (CRAMMED DISCS)
Peru Negro _ Peru Negro (VAMPISOUL)
Os Seis Em Ponto _ Os Seis Em Ponto (VAMPISOUL)
Los Shains _ El Ritmo De Los Shains (MUNSTER)

(compiled by World Music director Marissa)

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ten top Hip Hop

1. Spaceman Jones _ Southern Exposure (s/r) … Asheville artist

2. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib _ Bandana (Madlib Invazion)
3. Blood Orange _ Angel’s Pulse (Domino)
4. Big K.R.I.T. _ K.R.I.T. Iz Here (BMG)
5. Jamila Woods _ Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar)

6. Young RJ _ Blaq Royalty (Ne’Astra)
7. Tyler, The Creator _ Igor (Columbia)
8. Wale _ On Chill (MMG)
9. Berner & Curren$y _ Pheno Grigio (Bern One Ent)
10. Flying Lotus _ Flamagra (Warp)

(compiled by Hip Hop director Donovan Quixote)

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HEAVY top 10

1. Torche _ Admission (Relapse)
2. X _ Under the Big Black Sun (Fat Possum)
3. Victims _ The Horse and Sparrow Theory (Relapse)
4. Nots _ 3 (Goner)
5. Sheer Mag _ Blood from a Stone (Sheer Mag LLC)

6. Sunn O))) _ Life Metal (Southern Lord)
7. Hildur Guðnadóttir _ Chernobyl (Deutsche Grammophon)
8. Black to Comm _ Before After (Thrill Jockey)
9. Earth _ Full Upon Her Burning Lips (Sargent House)
10. Prurient _ Pleasure Ground (Hospital Productions)

(compiled by HEAVY music director Dr. No)

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Experimental Music top ten

1. Connect_icut _ No Darkness (AAGOO)
2. Marissa Nadler & Stephe Brodsky _ Droneflower (SACRED BONES)
3. Circuit de Yeux _ Reaching for Indigo: Gaia Infinitus (DRAG CITY)
4. Isaac Schankler _ Because Patterns (AEROCADE)
5. Franck Vigroux _ Barricades (EROTOTOX)

6. Nivhek _ After its Own Death / Walking in a Spiral Towards the House (YELLOWELECTRIC)
7. Nate Wooley _ Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)
8. OOGUI _ Travoltazuki (LEO)
9. Siskiyou _ Not Somewhere (CONSTELLATION)
10. Sarah Davachi _ Pale Bloom (W. 25TH)

(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)

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Top 30 Play Chart, week of July 14-20, 2019; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina

1.) 13) Purple Mountains _ Purple Mountains (Drag City)

2.) Elephant9 _ Psychedelic Backfire I (Rune Grammofon)
3.) Hope Masike _ Exorcism of a Spinster (Word Music Network)

4.) The Black Keys _ Let’s Rock (Nonesuch)
5.) Jeanines _ Jeanines (Slumberland)

6.) 9) The Minus 5 _ Stroke Manor (Yep Roc)
7.) Prettiest Eyes _ Volume 3 (Castle Face)
8.) Mal Blum _ Pity Boy (Don Giovanni)
9.) Gauche _ A People’s History of Gauche (Merge)
10.) Torche _ Admission (Relapse)

11.) Connecticut _ Connect_icut No Darkness? (Aagoo)
12.) Oceans of the moon unset Castle Face unset
13.) Black to Comm _ Before After (Thrill Jockey)
14.) 3) Necking _ Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
15.) Black Midi _ Schlagenheim (Rough Trade)

16.) 2) Mike Krol _ Power Chords (Merge) … Mike Krol (Los Angeles) plays July 24 (a Wednesday) @ The Mothlight w/ Asheville locals Ugly Runner, Bad Molly

17.) 4) The Gotobeds _ Debt Begins at 30 (Sub Pop)
18.) 24) 20) X) 14) 3) French Vanilla _ How Am I Not Myself? (Danger Collective)
19.) 6) Victims _ The Horse and Sparrow Theory (Relapse)
20.) The Mauskovic Dance Band _ The Mauskovic Dance Band (Soundway)

21.) Morrissey _ California Son (BMG)
22.) X) 23) X) 19) 12) 30) Cate Le Bon _ Reward (Mexican Summer)
23.) 23) 2) 1) 15) Bill Callahan _ Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
24.) 10) 11) 5) Dressy Bessy _ Fast Faster Disaster (Yep Roc)

25.) 29) Titus Andronicus _ An Obelisk (Merge) … Titus Andronicus plays Nov. 18 (a Monday) @ The Mothlight w/Partner

26.) XX) 23) Fat White Family _ Serf’s Up (Domino)
27.) XX) 15) Froth _ Duress (Altercation)
28.) 17) X) 6) Crumb _ Jinx (Crumb Records)
29.) 30) 20) 9) Stef Chura _ Midnight (Saddle Creek)

30.) Secret Shame _ “Dark” single (s/r) … Asheville band Secret Shame plays July 26 (Friday) @ The Mothlight for Pansy Fest 3 benefit local showcase w/Joybang, Nomadic War Machine, Dead Name

weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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Asheville FM WSFM-LP
864 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

ashevillefm.org

Filed Under: Station News, Top Charts

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, July 7-13, 2019

July 16, 2019 by DJ Airon

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, July 7-13, 2019

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, July 7-13, 2019

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JAZZ top ten

1. Jason Stein’s Locksmith Isidore – After Caroline (NORTHERN SPY)
2. Nate Wooley – Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)
3. Dave Harrington Group – Pure Imagination, No Country (YEGGS)
4. Teodross Avery – After The Rain: A Night For Coltrane (TOMPKINS SQUARE)
5. Simon Nabatov – Readings: Red Cavalry (LEO)

6. Le String’Blo – March For Nature (VETO)
7. Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet – Time Like This (INTAKT)
8. Otherworld Ensemble – Northern Fire (EDGETONE)
9. Glen Whitehead Trio – The Living Daylights (pfMENTUM)
10. Maurice Louca – Elephantine (NORTHERN SPY)

(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)

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World Music top ten

Sister Mantos _ Songs in the Key of Destroy Capitalism (SELF-RELEASED)
V/A _ Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984 (STRUT)
Orquesta Akokán _ Orquesta Akokán (Instrumentals) (DAPTONE)
Romano Drom _ Give Me Wine (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)
The Mauskovic Dance Band _ The Mauskovic Dance Band (SOUNDWAY)

Chelique Sarabia _ Revolución Electrónica en Música Venezolana (GUERSSEN)
Grupo Pilon _ Grupo Pilon: Leite Quente Funaná de Cabo Verde (OSTINATO RECORDS)
Combo Chimbita _ Ahomale (ANTI RECORDS)
Julie Coker _ A Life in the Limelight: Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife, 1976 – 1981 (KALITA RECORDS)
Hope Masike _ Exorcism of a Spinster (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)

(compiled by World Music Director Marissa)

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Experimental Music top ten

1. Sir Richard Bishop/W. David Oliphant – Carte Blance (UNROCK)
2. Elder One’s – From Untruth (NORTHERN SPY)
3. Issac Shankler – Because Patterns (AEROCADE)
4. Siskiyou – Not Somewhere (CONSTELLATION)
5. Circuit des Yeax – Reaching for Indigo: Gaia Infinitus (DRAG CITY)

6. Jessica Pavone – In the Action (RELATIVE PITCH)
7. Black to Comm – Seven Horses for Seven Kings (THRILL JOCKEY)
8. Ondness – V/A Antologia De Música Atípica Portuguesa Vol.2: Regiões (DISCREPANT)
9. Noël Akchoté – Missa Ad Fugam [for Dobro] (Noël Akchoté DOWNLOADS)
10. Nate Wooley – Coumbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)

(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)

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Top 30 Play Chart, week of July 7-13, 2019; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina

1.) 3) 8) Sir Richard Bishop & W. David Oliphant split with Karkhana _ Carte Blanche (Unrock)

2.) Mike Krol _ Power Chords (Merge) … Mike Krol (Los Angeles) plays July 24 (a Wednesday) @ The Mothlight w/ Asheville locals Ugly Runner, Bad Molly

3.) Necking _ Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
4.) The Gotobeds _ Debt Begins at 30 (Sub Pop)
5.) Sister Mantos _ Songs in the Key of Destroy Capitalism (s/r)
6.) Victims _ The Horse and Sparrow Theory (Relapse)

7.) J. Marinelli _ The Big Listen EP (1351437 Records DK) … J. Marinelli plays July 17 (Wednesday) @ Fleetwood’s w/F**K Your Birthday (Punk duo via China), Drew Burgess

8.) Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears _ The Difference Between Me & You (s/r) … Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears play August 10 (a Saturday) @ The Mothlight w/ Annabelle Chairlegs

9.) The Minus 5 _ Stroke Manor (Yep Roc)
10.) 11) 5) Dressy Bessy _ Fast Faster Disaster (Yep Roc)

11.) XX) 3) 1) 32) House and Land _ Across the Field (Thrill Jockey) … Asheville area artist
12.) 18) 14) 12) Nilüfer Yanya _ Miss Universe (ATO)
13.) Purple Mountains _ Purple Mountains (Drag City)
14.) Orquesta Akokán _ Orquesta Akokán (Instrumentals) (Daptone)
15.) Akron _ The Akron Quartet Plays “Ritualul Sferei” (Vampisoul)

16.) Xx5) 29) X) 5) 18) 17) 5) 5) Andrew Bird _ My Finest Work Yet (Loma Vista)
17.) X) 6) Crumb _ Jinx (Crumb Records)
18.) Romano Drom _ Give Me Wine (Riverboat)
19.) X) 28) 29) 5) The National _ I Am Easy to Find (4AD)
20.) 13) 3) Palehound _ Black Friday (polyvinyl)

21.) 22) Living Dog & Mike Johnson _ CRO$$ (Constellation/Tatsu)
22.) 5) The Raconteurs _ Help Us Stranger (Third Man)
23.) 2) 1) 15) Bill Callahan _ Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
24.) 20) X) 14) 3) French Vanilla _ How Am I Not Myself? (Danger Collective)
25.) 19) 13) Lust for Youth _ Lust for Youth (Sacred Bones)

26.) 10) Prince _ Originals (Rhino/Warner Records)

27.) 21) Mannequin Pussy _ Patience (Epitaph) … Mannequin Pussy (from Philadelphia) plays August 19 (a Monday) @ The Mothlight w/ Empath (Philly), T-Rextasy (NYC)

28.) 27) Hatchie _ Keepsake (Double Double Whammy)

29.) Titus Andronicus _ An Obelisk (Merge) … Titus Andronicus plays Nov. 18 (a Monday) @ The Mothlight w/Partner

30.) 20) 9) Stef Chura _ Midnight (Saddle Creek)

weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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Asheville FM WSFM-LP
864 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

ashevillefm.org

Filed Under: Station News, Top Charts

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, June 23-July 6, 2019

July 10, 2019 by DJ Airon

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Hip Hop, HEAVY, Top 30 Play Charts, June 23-July 6, 2019

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JAZZ top ten

1. Otherworld Ensemble – Northern Fire  (EDGETONE)
2. Le String’Blo – March For Nature  (VETO)
3. Tom Rainey Trio – Combobulated  (INTAKT)
4. Dave Rempis/Brandon Lopez/Ryan Packard – The Early Bird Gets  (AEROPHONIC)
5. Exodos – Heuristics  (LEO)

6. Nate Wooley – Columbia Icefield  (NORTHERN SPY)
7. Glen Whitehead Trio – The Living Daylights  (pfMENTUM)
8. Teodross Avery – After The Rain: A Night For Coltrane  (TOMPKINS SQUARE)
9. Jeff Snyder/Federico Ughi – Duo  (CARRIER)
10. Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet – Time Like This  (INTAKT)

(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)

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World Music top ten

Orquesta Akokán _ Orquesta Akokán (Instrumentals) (DAPTONE)
The Mauskovic Dance Band _The Mauskovic Dance Band (SOUNDWAY)
Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla _ Terrouzi (SAHEL SOUNDS)
Chelique Sarabia _ Revolución Electrónica en Música Venezolana (GUERSSEN)
Grupo Pilon _ Grupo Pilon: Leite Quente Funaná de Cabo Verde (OSTINATO RECORDS)

Luka Productions _ Falaw (SAHEL SOUNDS)
V/A _ Jambú (É os Míticos Sons da Amazônia) (ANALOG AFRICA)
Romano Drom _ Give Me Wine (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)
Altın Gün _ Gece (ATO RECORDS)
Hope Masike _ Exorcism of a Spinster (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)

(compiled by World Music director Marissa)

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ten top Hip Hop

1. Yugen Blakrok _ Anima Mysterium (Iapetus)
2. Erykah Badu _ Tempted [single] (s/r)
3. Sampa the Great _ Bye River [single] (Big Dada)
4. Jamila Woods _ Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar)
5. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib _ Bandana (Madlib Invazion)

6. Nicki Minaj _ Megatron [single] (Cash Money)
7. Lizzo _ Cuz I Love You (Atlantic)
8. Big K.R.I.T. _ TDT (Multi Alumni)
9. Anderson .Paak _ Ventura (Aftermath)
10. Flying Lotus _ Flamagra (Warp)

(compiled by Hip Hop director Donovan Quixote)

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HEAVY top 10

1. Empath Active Listening: Night on Earth (Get Better)

2. Mannequin Pussy Patience (Epitaph) … Mannequin Pussy (from Philadelphia) plays August 19 (a Monday) @ The Mothlight w/ Empath (Philly), T-Rextasy (NYC)

3. Bad Religion Age of Unreason (Epitaph)
4. Bob Mould Sunshine Rock (Merge)
5. HIDE Girl on Girl b/w Mommy [single] (Sub Pop)

6. Sunn O))) Life Metal (Southern Lord)
7. Harry Pussy Ride a Dove (Palilalia)
8. The Darts I Like You But Not Like That (Alternative Tentacles)
9. Mars 3E / 11,000 Volts (Munster)
10. Buzzcocks Another Music in a Different Kitchen (Domino)

(compiled by HEAVY music director Dr. No)

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Experimental Music top ten

Dogeye visiting Galapagos Islands ~

(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)

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Top 30 Play Chart, weeks of June 23-July 6, 2019; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina

1.) Ouroboros Boys _ Mall of Horrors (Leviathan) … Asheville’s own, played album release show, July 7 @ Static Age Records

2.) 1) 15) Bill Callahan _ Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
3.) 8) Sir Richard Bishop & W. David Oliphant split with Karkhana _ Carte Blanche (Unrock)

4.) MJ Lenderman _ MJ Lenderman (Sub-Fi) … second album by Asheville singer-songwriter would’ve been #1 last week had there been a chart

5.) The Raconteurs _ Help Us Stranger (Third Man)
6.) Mattiel _ Satis Factory (Heavenly Recordings)
7.) 22) Modern Studies and Tommy Perman _ Emergent Slow Arcs (Fire)
8.) X) 13) Money For Rope _ Picture Us (Cheersquad)
9.) Circuit des Yeux _ Reaching for Indigo: Gaia Infinitus (Drag City)
10.) Prince _ Originals (Rhino/Warner Records)

11.) 5) Dressy Bessy _ Fast Faster Disaster (Yep Roc)
12.) 26) Gov’t Mule _ Bring On the Music: Live at the Capitol Theatre, Pt. 2 (Provogue) … Gov’t Mule played July 3 (Wednesday) @Highland Brewing Company
13.) 3) Palehound _ Black Friday (polyvinyl)
14.) 4) Amyl and the Sniffers _ Amyl and The Sniffers (Flightless / ATO)
15.) Television Personalities _ Some Kind Of Happening Singles 1978-1989 (Fire)

16.) Emily Reo _ Only You Can See It (Carpark)
17.) 7) Psychedelic Porn Crumpets _ And Now for the Whatchamacallit (P-Vine)
18.) 14) 12) Nilüfer Yanya _ Miss Universe (ATO)
19.) 13) Lust for Youth _ Lust for Youth (Sacred Bones)
20.) X) 14) 3) French Vanilla _ How Am I Not Myself? (Danger Collective)

21.) Mannequin Pussy _ Patience (Epitaph) … Mannequin Pussy (from Philadelphia) plays August 19 (a Monday) @ The Mothlight w/ Empath (Philly), T-Rextasy (NYC)

22.) Living Dog & Mike Johnson _ CRO$$ (Constellation/Tatsu)

23.) X) 19) 12) 30) Cate Le Bon _ Reward (Mexican Summer)
24.) Bad Religion _ Age of Unreason (Epitaph)
25.) Pete Seeger _ The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

26.) J. Marinelli _ The Big Listen EP (1351437 Records DK) … J. Marinelli plays July 17 (Wed.) @ Fleetwood’s w/F**K Your Birthday (Punk Duo via China), Drew Burgess

27.) Hatchie _ Keepsake (Double Double Whammy)
28.) 18) X) 19) 23) 7) Big Thief _ U.F.O.F. (4 AD)
29.) 20) 9) Stef Chura _ Midnight (Saddle Creek)
30.) Deportees _ Re-Dreaming (Wild Repeat)

weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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Asheville FM WSFM-LP
864 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

ashevillefm.org

Filed Under: Station News, Top Charts

Congratulations and thanks to Asheville FM’s Volunteer of the Quarter: Sarah B.

June 28, 2019 by DJ Airon

In the spring / summer of 2019, Sarah B. was voted Asheville FM’s Volunteer of the Quarter by her radio station peers …

… Eight decades later, in the year 2099, a few faded pages from an old journal were uncovered by new volunteers looking through Asheville FM’s dusty archives … this is what was written on those weathered journal pages so long ago …

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(Sarah B. voiceover)

June 25, 2019 … Leicester, North Carolina, United States of America

Hello trusty journal, you wanted to know about my involvement with community radio, specifically Asheville FM and what it means to me, so during this brief respite I shall tell you …

I, Sarah B., started radio DJ’ing at KXCI in Tucson, Arizona, in 2012. I began as a music reviewer, then started subbing, and within a couple of months became the host of the Early Morning Music Mix on Thursdays. In 2013, I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where no comparable community radio station existed. But luckily I was only there for a year.

I moved to Asheville in August of 2014 and within two weeks  was attending my first Asheville FM meeting. My good friend Anthony told me about Asheville FM, which he knew about because he was a colleague of P Funk‘s. At that first meeting I acquired a couple of CDs to review and thereafter continued to review albums regularly, catching the attention of Ben Herring, who was the Music Director at the time, and Kim Roney, who was the Station Manager. By January of 2015 I had my own radio show, Songs for Friends, and was the Assistant Music Director to the wonderful Bill Donovan (and later I even did a short stint as Music Director myself).

My radio show Songs for Friends is named after the music mixes I’ve been making for my closest group of friends every year since 2005. I try to play songs that are mix-worthy, i.e. songs you’d like to hear again and again, with close attention paid to sequencing and segues. I approach DJ’ing much like driving a car, striving to give my listeners / passengers a smooth ride, not braking or speeding up too quickly. And of course, I want my audience to feel like they’re being introduced to new-to-them music by a near-and-dear friend.

Somewhere in there, I also started teaching DJ classes for Asheville FM, inspired by the classes I took at KXCI, and by my desire to give new volunteers more knowledge and confidence before going on the air. Whitney Shroyer has been my primary partner in this endeavor, both in designing the DJ class and in teaching it.

I started the Music Matters series in 2017, thanks in large part to the encouragement and participation of Doug Klesch (who’s since moved to Greensboro) and Erik Mattox, who were the first to give presentations. The fantastic Will Sibbald came up with the name Music Matters.

How did the Music Matters presentation lecture series program come about?  In writing music reviews, I often find myself not knowing enough about music. What instrument is that? What style of guitar playing is that? What time period does that type of piano playing evoke? How would you describe that recording quality? What do you call that particular kind of drumbeat? Etc., etc. I knew that many of my fellow AFM DJ’s would probably have the answers to those questions and many others. So that’s how the idea for Music Matters came to me. We started the series in the conference room at the station, and I was soon approached by Revolve Studio, who have been our gracious hosts ever since (thanks again to P Funk).

What does the radio station mean to me?  Asheville FM is how I feel connected to my community and how I stay in touch with the parts of myself that love music, writing, brainstorming, teaching, and connecting with people I would otherwise never know — a sad thought!

Is it important to me to play local Asheville music on my radio program?   It’s important to me to play good music on my radio program; if that music happens to be local, that’s just icing on the cake. It feels good to support artists who might not get that support elsewhere. If I can play some small part in their success, I will have done meaningful work. Spinning local music is also a way to support local venues, many of which support Asheville FM through underwriting and other partnerships, which appeals to my appreciation for symbiotic relationships.

What advice would I give to new volunteers and people wanting to volunteer?   Give it a try! If your love is strong enough, you’ll reap countless rewards from volunteering at AFM. But that love is essential.

I’m endlessly amazed by Asheville FM, by which I mean the people — all the people throughout the years since its inception — who comprise this radio station. AFM is love, pure and simple. All the volunteers who’ve contributed to its survival have done so because they love, and because AFM provides them with a platform from which they can express their truest selves. I wish society at large could model itself after this radio station. The world would be a much better place if it did.

I also just want to say thank you to some folks I haven’t mentioned yet: KP Whaley, Jess Speer, Greg Lyon, Greg and Esther Cartwright, Kama Ward, Steven Howard, Tasha Glenn, Carla Musgrove, Jonathan Price, Jay and Juliet Clawson, Avel Veeta, Emma Hutchens, and Cousin TL. And special thanks to DJ //////// (page is torn and gone, the rest of Sarah B.’s journal entry lost to the ages) ~

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but That Was Then, This Is Now:

(Anthony Michael Hall voice-over)

(In addition to her involvement with Asheville FM, Sarah B. continues to build her psychotherapy counseling practice. That line of work, she says, has also influenced her approach to interviewing musicians on her radio show, Songs For Friends, Monday, 4-6 pm …

… anyhow, for what she has done and continues to do for our community radio station, a huge thank you, Sarah B., from all of us at Asheville FM 🙂

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Filed Under: Station News

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, week of June 16-22, 2019

June 26, 2019 by DJ Airon

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, week of June 16-22, 2019

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JAZZ top ten

1. Glen Whitehead Trio – The Living Daylights (pfMENTUM)
2. Otherworld Ensemble – Northern Fire (EDGETONE)
3. Teodross Avery – After The Rain: A Night For Coltrane (TOMPKINS SQUARE)
4. Nate Wooley – Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)
5. Maurice Louca – Elephantine (NORTHERN SPY)

6. Le String’Blo – March For Nature (VETO)
7. Dave Rempis / Brandon Lopez / Ryan Packard – The Early Bird Gets (AEROPHONIC)
8. Jeff Snyder / Federico Ughi – Duo (CARRIER)
9. Marilyn Crispell / Tanya Kalmanovitch / Richard Teitelbaum – Dream Libretto (LEO)
10. Tom Rainey Trio – Combobulated (INTAKT)

(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)

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World Music top ten

Ahmed Ag Kaedy _ Akaline Kidal (SAHEL SOUNDS)
Combo Chimbita _ Ahomale (ANTI RECORDS)
Grupo Pilon _ Grupo Pilon: Leite Quente Funaná de Cabo Verde (OSTINATO RECORDS)
Luka Productions _ Falaw (SAHEL SOUNDS)
Altın Gün _ Gece (ATO RECORDS)

V/A _ Jambú (É os Míticos Sons da Amazônia) (ANALOG AFRICA)
Julie Coker _ A Life in the Limelight: Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife, 1976-1981 (KALITA RECORDS)
Romano Drom _ Give Me Wine (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)
Vox Dei _ Jeremias, Pies de Plomo (SOMMOR)
Miguel Abuela & Nada _ Miguel Abuela & Nada (GUERSSEN)

(compiled by World Music director Marissa)

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Experimental Music top ten

1. Sir Richard Bishop & W. David Oliphant _ Carte Blanche (UNROCK)
2. Hildur Guðnadóttir _ Chernobyl Soundtrack (DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON)
3. Lee Renaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urseli / Balazs Pandi _ s/t (Trost)
4. Headlights _ Child’s Play (UNROCK)
5. OOGUI _ Travoltazuki (LEO)

6. Circuit des Yeax _ Reaching for Indigo: Gaia Infinitus (DRAG CITY)
7. Constance Hauman _ High Tides (ISOTOPIA)
8. Nivhek _ After Its Own Death/Walking in a Spiral Towards the House (YELLOW ELECTRIC)
9. Nate Wooley _ Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)
10. Light Conductor _ Sequence One (CONSTELLATION)

(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)

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Top 30 Play Chart, week of June 16-22, 2019; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina

1.) 15) Bill Callahan _ Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
2.) Vanishing Twin _ The Age of Immunology (Fire)
3.) Palehound _ Black Friday (polyvinyl)
4.) Amyl and the Sniffers _ Amyl and The Sniffers (Flightless / ATO)
5.) Dressy Bessy _ Fast Faster Disaster (Yep Roc)

6.) Crumb _ Jinx (Crumb Records)
7.) Psychedelic Porn Crumpets _ And Now for the Whatchamacallit (P-Vine)
8.) Sir Richard Bishop & W. David Oliphant split with Karkhana _ Carte Blanche (Unrock)
9.) 27) 27) 25) Aldous Harding _ Designer (4 AD)
10.) XX) 15) 16) Protomartyr _ No Passion All Technique (Domino)

11.) 29) Wand _ Laughing Matter (Drag City)
12.) Drawing Boards _ The Message (Drawing Boards)
13.) Lust for Youth _ Lust for Youth (Sacred Bones)
14.) 12) Nilüfer Yanya _ Miss Universe (ATO)
15.) Froth _ Duress (Altercation)

16.) 7) Headlights _ Child’s Play (s/p)
17.) 10) Dylan LeBlanc _ Renegade (ATO)
18.) X) 19) 23) 7) Big Thief _ U.F.O.F. (4 AD)
19.) 23) X) 1) Nots _ 3 (Goner)
20.) 9) Stef Chura _ Midnight (Saddle Creek)

21.) XX) 24) 27) Weyes Blood _ Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)
22.) Modern Studies and Tommy Perman _ Emergent Slow Arcs (Fire)
23.) Fat White Family _ Serf’s Up (Domino)
24.) The Glow _ Am I (Double Double Whammy)
25.) 28) Bat _ Bat Music for Bat People (Cleopatra)

26.) Gov’t Mule _ Bring On the Music: Live at the Capitol Theatre, Pt. 2 (Provogue) … Gov’t Mule plays July 3 (Wednesday) @Highland Brewing Company

27.) Death And Vanilla _ Are You A Dreamer? (Fire)
28.) 29) 5) The National _ I Am Easy to Find (4AD)
29.) 21) 17) 6) 3) Grace Ives _ 2nd (Dots Per Inch)
30.) XX) 25) L7 _ Scatter the Rats (Blackheart)

weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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864 Haywood Rd.
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