Medicine Ball Caravan on KRVS

MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN today spins new & recent tracks by The Blasters, Jeff the Brotherhood and Patti Smith. Also: new traditional Cajun sounds of Bonsoir Catin, T'Monde and Lost Bayou Ramblers. Somehow we'll get some Sonic Youth and classic King Crimson to fit in there somewhere.

Monday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org) kicks off with another previously unreleased recording of Woody Guthrie along with some early Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Hot Tuna, The Mercy Brothers, Blitzen Trapper, Cat Stevens, Canned Heat and a couple of nice recent live performances by Crosby, Stills and Nash from their new tour album, '2012'.

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones' first ever gig (at The Marquee in London). Today's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally orwww.krvs.org) runs a vintage 1964 radio performance segment from them.

Wednesday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org) spotlights several recordings by area artists such as Carbon Poppies, Royal Teeth, Fights, imagineIAM and Bobcat. Also: the latest by Peggy Sue, Friends and The Chris Robinson Brotherhood plus vintage sounds of The Stranglers and Robin Trower.

New and recent tracks featured on this morning's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally orwww.krvs.org) include Alberta Cross, Husky, Father John Misty, Fiona Apple, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Johanna Divine, Brother Dege and Bas Clas. Also: some Tom Waits, Sam Rey, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Pete Townshend, Cults and The Step Kids.