Medicine Ball Caravan on KRVS

Wednesday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org) offers loads of backyard music by the likes of Corey Ledet, Jeffery Broussard, Bas Clas, Feu Follet, Chris Smither, Michael Juan Nunez & the American Electric, Ryan Montbleau and Anders Osborne. Also: an interpretation of classic blues by Led Zeppelin and accapella group, The Persuasions covering Frank Zappa. A splendid hour guaranteed for many!

Music programming with news and interviews on local arts and events, CD and concert ticket giveaways and live in-studio performances. BROADcasting is the operative word here. You can hear just about any form of music on the program ranging from Old-Timey and Bluegrass to classic and contemporary songwriters, Pop, Blues, Soul, Rock, Jazz, Poetry and the Avant Garde.

This week's worth of MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN broad (& web)casts (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM or www.krvs.org) begins with music by Wilco, Neko Case, Nilsson, Yes, Tom Waits and Ahmad Jamal. Also: the latest by Carbon Poppies, Joey Ramone and Little Hurricane and nice instrumental tracks by both Nick Lowe and Sonny Landreth.

Thursday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN lineup (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org) includes the latest releases by Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, Joss Stone, Nick Waterhouse, Dr. John, Dayna Kurtz along with some vintage Soul, Rock & Blues thrown in the mix by Johnny Taylor, Ike Turner, Rudy Ray Moore, Ray Charles, Lightnin' Hopkins, Clifford Curry, Eric Burdon, The Floyd Dakil Combo and The Roughnecks (pre-Velvets Lou Reed).

A load of new & recent releases being hauled on-air on today's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard, y'all on 88.7FM locally or live stream or archived podcast at www.krvs.org) including Milo Greene, Miike Snow, Mmoths, Sleigh Bells, England In 1819, Last To Know, The Phantom Six and Black Box Revelation. Also: Givers, Spencer Davis Group, Frigg A-Go-Go and early T. Rex.