Station Updates

Tuesday morning on The Waking Hours I featured my Top 12 (13) CD’s of the year. These are the dozen new releases that I have been playing the most and love from top to bottom. Other than #1, they...

As the year 2015 comes to an end this week, we take time to review some of the top stories that had us talking this year. Gay marriage was legalized by the Supreme Court in...

The Way of the Watts Perhaps it is a little hectic around your house this time of the year. Maybe a little dose of our favorite Buddhist philosopher will give you a moment to breathe....

Tracked and located by intrepid WMNF assistant news director Seán Kinane, a reluctant Norman B, agreed to shed a little light on his forthcoming appearance on Art In Your Ear. For days, the halls of WMNF...

This is our super glammy and glamorous gift to you for listening to Surface Noise! We try to unwrap songs you may have never heard each week and really stuff the stocking with rarities and...

According to a new report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center, the number of death penalty sentences issued and executions carried out in the US both dropped to historic lows in 2015. The fewest...

Best of 2015?     Here are 20 albums of 2015 that I have liked a lot: Bob Schneider  – King Kong Rhiannon Giddens  – Tomorrow is My Turn The Hummingbirds  – 13 Days Nathaniel Rateliff and...

Jason Isbell – 24 Frames – Something More Than Free Modest Mouse – Lampshades on Fire – Strangers To Ourselves Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – SOB-  Nathaniel Rateliff and the Alabama Shakes –...

Ugly Christmas sweaters festooned with kitschy mind-boggeling, knitted tchotchkes are so hot this year. Google searches for ugly Christmas sweaters are at an all-time high in the U.S. and Canada. Why even Ted Cruz, Ben...

It no longer matters what song he is singing, or who wrote the words — they are all his words, his sentiments, they are chapters from the lyrical novel of his life. Gay Talese, Frank Sinatra...

Human Rights Day is observed annually on December 10th to commemorate the day in 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  On Morning Energy, we are going to explore the history of...

We will have the best songs of 2015, or at least, the most played songs by our WMNF programmers this Thursday. What songs and artists do you think will be played? There are 88 of...