Medicine Ball Caravan on KRVS

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.

Tuesday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN floats again (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM y'all or www.krvs.org) with a nod to 71st birthday boy, Sir Paul. We'll spin that Monkees tune that was featured on this week's 'Mad Men' before getting to more animals like The Animals and going Oriental with Deep Purple and Siouxsie & the Banshees. Also: the latest by David Bowie, Savages, Fights and Cones of Uncertainty. Plus some Talking Heads, John Doe, The Step Kids and Quicksilver Messenger Service.

THE MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN blasts hard into Summer Sounds this Monday (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org) with seasonal classics by The Jamies, Mungo Jerry, Big Brother & the Holding Company feat. Janis Joplin andBlue Cheer. Also: the newest releases by The Soul Of John Black, Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Steve Earle & the Dukes (and Duchesses), Supersonic Parachute, Arjun and Sigur Ros.

Always a fun ride on THE MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org). Thursday morning's bounce includes the most recent releases by Joseph Arthur, Kurt Vile, Patty Griffin, Truth & Salvage Co., Fights, Vampire Weekend, Queens Of The Stone Age and Carbon Poppies. Also: classic Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, The Who, T. Rex and more.

Keep your radio speaker handy for Wednesday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN broadcast (11am-noon Central Standard on 88.7FM locally or www.krvs.org). On tap are brand new tracks by John Fogerty, Patrick Sweany and current faves from JJ Grey & Mofro, Hanni El Khatib and Bombino. Also: classic spins from The Band, Stephen Stills, Pink Floyd, Walter Wanderly and Traffic.