Excursions

Weekdays, 10am -1pm

Like the name suggests, Excursions is a daily journey across musical genres and eras.  Niki Dakota guides listeners through a broad cross-section of the newest music from Ohio, around the world, and everything in between while also spending time with beloved classic tunes.  Each day is an adventure and on Wednesdays, you'll hear the fresh tunes from great artists new and old during the noon hour.  Play for fun and prizes on Thursday Threads, and you can put a song on the playlist every Friday when we spin theme tunes.

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October 08, 2012

10:06 AM
Blood Buzz Ohio
Artist : The National
Album : High Violet
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10:11 AM
Star Machine
Artist : Bob Mould
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10:15 AM
5678!
Artist : Butterfly Boucher
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10:19 AM
Weary Lone Horizon
Artist : Tim Pritchard
Album : It Shall Be Revealed
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10:26 AM
Luke the Drifter
Artist : Dan Bern
Album : Drifter
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10:31 AM
Dawn Chorus
Artist : Beth Orton
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10:35 AM
Me After You
Artist : Maia Sharp
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10:38 AM
To Just Grow Away
Artist : Tallest Man on Earth
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10:41 AM
10.8.12
Artist : Pulse of the Planet
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10:43 AM
Chapter One
Artist : Bill Bryson
Album : A Short History of Nearly Everything (audio book)
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10:48 AM
Aeolus/Land Features
Artist : Freelance Whales
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10:54 AM
Further
Artist : Correatown
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10:57 AM
I’ll Fly Away
Artist : Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
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11:06 AM
No Use Living for Today
Artist : Darrell Scott
Album : Long Ride Home
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11:11 AM
Shake it and Break It
Artist : Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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11:15 AM
There’s a Whole Lot of Heaven
Artist : Iris DeMent
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11:19 AM
Heavy Makes You Happy
Artist : Staples Singers
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11:23 AM
Something Good
Artist : alt-J
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11:27 AM
Mi Fido Di Te
Artist : Jovanotti
Album : Italia 1988-2012
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11:33 AM
Two Crooked Hearts
Artist : Langhorne Slim & the Law
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11:35 AM
Epic
Artist : Calexico
Album : Algiers
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11:40 AM
10.8.12
Artist : Writers Almanac
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11:45 AM
Traveller
Artist : Anoushka Shankar
Album : Traveller
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11:48 AM
Long and Wasted Years
Artist : Bob Dylan
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11:53 AM
Will you Be Sleeping?
Artist : David Wax Museum
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12:09 PM
The Maestro
Artist : Ben Sollee
Album : Half Made Man
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12:14 PM
Our Lady of the Tall Trees
Artist : Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
Album : Our Lady of the Tall Trees
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12:18 PM
A Promise to Keep
Artist : Brandi Carlile
Album : Bear Creek
Label : Columbia
12:25 PM
Cheer Up Charlie
Artist : Vocal Spectrum
Album : II
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12:30 PM
Chardon
Artist : Lionel Loueke
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12:36 PM
The Theory of Relativity
Artist : Stars
Album : The North
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12:42 PM
Chained
Artist : The xx
Album : Coexist
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12:44 PM
Don’t Take All Night
Artist : Meshell Ndegeocello featuring Sinead O’Connor
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12:48 PM
Wagon Wheel
Artist : Old Crow Medicine Show
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12:52 PM
Nature’s Way
Artist : Bow Thayer
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12:55 PM
Five Seconds
Artist : Twin Shadow
Album : Confess
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3:04pm

Thu March 24, 2011
Music

Live on Excursions: The Richter Uzur Duo

The Richter Uzur Duo features Viktor Uzur on cello and Brad Richter on guitar.  Uzur and Richter visited the WYSO studio ahead of their performance at the University of Dayton and performed several live songs on Excursions.  The duo chats with Niki Dakota about what brought them together as musical partners and how they make their two instruments work together in composition.  Their latest album, String Theory, is available now.

2:20pm

Wed March 23, 2011
Music

Live on Excursions: Threefifty Duo

Brett Parnell and Geremy Schulick met in music school at Yale.  Now the classically trained guitarists perform under the name Threefifty Duo.  They visited the WYSO studios for a live performance ahead of a performance at Wittenberg University.

3:09pm

Tue March 22, 2011
WYSO Programming Notes

Host Highlights: Norm Whitman

Host highlights features conversations between WYSO Music Director, Niki Dakota and WYSO's volunteer hosts about their programs, how they came to WYSO, etc. This week, Niki chats with Norm Whitman of Detours.  They talk about how fellow host Cindy Funk introduced him to the station as a listener and his early days as a host.

Detours airs Saturday afternoons 1-3pm.

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10:31am

Fri January 28, 2011
Music

Live on Excursions: Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band

Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band visit WYSO to chat with Niki Dakota during this installment of Excursions.

Daniel Dye and Andrew, Carrie, and Thomas Miller makeup this excellent group that brings classic Bluegrass style wherever it goes. One unique aspect of this group is that they are family (Daniel being the uncle to the Miller siblings). Dye and the Millers began playing together at family reunions for fun, but soon realized they had stumbled upon a sound that is heartwarming and soulful (and too good to only showcase at the occasional family reunion).

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11:11am

Sat January 22, 2011
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Live on Excursions: The Bengsons

The Folk Indie duo known as the Bengsons (composed of Abigail and Shaun Bengson) come to perform live in this installment of Excursions on WYSO.

       The Bengsons describe themselves as “the best in vaudevillian indie folk”, and this label comes across very clearly in their music. Combining a traditional folk duo sound with musical theater and a little humor, The Bengsons give their music a unique and welcoming feeling that is an absolute treat to hear.

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