Medicine Ball Caravan on KRVS

Musicians Kevin Sekhani & Andrew Duplantis (both solo artists as well as being members of Mercy Brothers and Son Volt) are scheduled to drop by THE MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN today (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM or www.krvs.org). Also: new and recent tracks by John Hiatt, Little Hurricane and Dylan Leblanc.

Southwest Louisiana's longest-running reggae tradition...Rasta Reggae Radio! You will hear two hours of True Word SoundPower including classic to 21st Century Roots-Rockers, ska, rocksteady, dee-jay, nyabinghi, dancehall and dub. A typical program will open with earlier vintage classics before moving to newer releases, followed by a live-in-concert set and a dancehall set before concluding with more classics from the Golden Age of Reggae. KRVS was the first Southwest Louisiana radio station to establish a steady weekly Reggae showcase beginning back around 1980.

Music featured around Lafayette this weekend for Festivals Acadiens et Creole is spotlighted on today's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally orwww.krvs.org): Red Stick Ramblers, T' Monde, Beausoleil, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Feu Follet, Mamou, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, The Lil' Band o' Gold, The Band Courtbouillon, Cedric Watson and much more!

Today's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or online at www.krvs.org) spotlights new releases by Rayna Gelbert, Hot Steel & Cool Ukulele, Jake Shimabukuro, Black Prairie, Wanda Jackson, Chuck Prophet and Jeff Lynne. Also: classics by Sixto Rodriguez, Grateful Dead, Cream, Graham Nash and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Today's edition of THE MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org) spins the newest releases by Harlan, JJamz, A.C. Newman, Research Turtles, King Tuff and The Wallflowers. Also: a tune about John Lennon taken from the new album by Bob Dylan.