We're delighted to be featuring the music of Honeyroot and other artists from London's Just Music label on Saturday's show. Honeyroot is Glenn Gregory (ex. Heaven 17 frontman) and Keith Lowndes (ex. ABC member).

We'll hear from Future Loop Foundation, who is Mark Barrott, creating ‘Aural History’ - and reinterpretations of his tracks by cutting edge downtempo producers, including Rob Da Bank, Chris Coco, Jon Kennedy and Pete Lawrence.

Also playing, Digitonal. "Digitonal have been going in one form or another since 1997, although the band's fusion of cinematic strings and electronica beats
wasn't fully realized until 2002."

Also hear from Pirate Satellite fave Jon Hopkins. He "makes big, bold electronic music using walls of synths, twinkling melodies and amorphous bass rumbles."  read more »

"It's almost like you're making fun of the holiday," my husband said last night as I was creating today's show: theme-based for the Fourth of July. From The Star Spangled Banner to the 1812 Overture, marches, gospel, orchestral and classical -- it's red, white & blue today.

Cheesy, predictable, unimaginative? Too obvious and sentimental? I happen to love it...

It's the Filmosophers movie talk show, where we give our filmosophies on the movies and have filmosophical discussions. Film producer and birthday boy James Dean Claitor joins co-hosts Chris Busch and Bruce Miller on this 4th of July edition. You'll hear reviews of Will Smith's new film Hancock, plus Wall-E, Wanted, The Incredible Hulk and more, including Jim's fave film of the year so far- Kung Fu Panda. Also hear about the new film titled Kabluey, out (in limited release) by first time writer/director/actor Scott Prendergast. "This charming, pointed comedy is a genuine discovery." ~ Stephen Farber; Hollywood Reporter.

Mark Cox chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington and teaches in the MFA in Writing Program of Vermont College. He is the recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award, a Pushcart Prize, a Kansas Arts Commission Fellowship, two awards from the Vermont Council on the Arts, and a Bread Loaf Writers' conference Fellowship.

Cox has published poems in such magazines as American Poetry Review, Poetry, and Crazyhorse. Ampersand Press published his chapbook, Barbells of the Gods, in 1988. Godine published Smoulder, his first full-length collection in 1989. His second collection, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone, and his latest book, Natural Causes, were both published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

We're going to make some friendly muscians sing for their supper on the upcoming hour of GREAT TASTE.

Join local artists David Calisle, Carol Carlisle, Steve Giacomini, and Meret Giacomini when they play LIVE in the KRUU studio while Kathy and Steve fix some vittles.

We're jammin' and cookin' this Wednesday live from 7-8 pm and catch us again on Friday morning's 7-8 am replay.

Keelan Dimick will be performing at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, August 2nd. This is the second in a series benefit concerts for KRUU-FM. We hope to see you all there and expect some magical surprises.

What a great way to support the station that supports the community--and have a blast doing it.

Tickets available at the Sondheim box office, call 641 472-2782, or online at www.iowatix.com.

James Moore interviews independent media champion Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! who visited Fairfield this past weekend as part of a tour for her latest book "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times", her latest book co-written with her brother, investigative journalist David Goodman. Democracy Now! is the largest media collaboration in North American public broadcasting.

Archive of interview available by clicking on pics.  read more »

Thanks everyone for your cards and well wishes during the passing of my Dad to his new life! I appreciate all the kindness and prayers sent me and to my family. He was a great dad and will be greatly missed.

Thanks Dad for everything.

Ari Berman discusses the dog days of the presumptive candidates' campaign season with host James Moore. Obama is hopping from Unity, New Hampshire to Independence, Missouri giving out his inspiring message while McCain is talking offshore drilling and green reform, or as Ari puts it:

John McCain's Voodoo Reformism

Ari Berman is a contributing writer for The Nation, covering national politics and the 2008 election, and an Investigative Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute.