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Courtesy New West Records

Wednesday, January 6

Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! is the upcoming release from Nashville-based singer-songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan. We’ll hear selections from that release as well as songs from Steve Gunn and Cass McCombs.

Credit Album Cover Art Courtesy Big Ego Records
David Lord’s 'Forest Standards, Vol.2'

Thursday, January 7

Listen for music from Ben Dipper’s 2020 album Souvenir as well as songs from David Lord’s Forest Standards, Vol.2.

Friday, January 8

We’ll hear 2020 music from M. Ward, The Mountain Goats, and Jeff Tweedy.

Saturday, January 9

It’s a full two hours of live music on this episode of Strange Currency with selections from Live Drugs by The War on Drugs and music from Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets.

Monday, January 11

Listen for selections from Paul McCartney’s latest, McCartney III as well as music from Spain, M. Ward, Ringo Starr, and The War on Drugs.

Credit Album Cover Art Courtesy Wayne Gottstine
'Cars & Stars' from Wayne Gottstine

Tuesday, January 12

Cars & Stars is the new release from Wayne Gottstine, known for his work with Kansas bands Split Lip Rayfield and Scroat Belly. We’ll hear music from this new effort as well as selections from Great Peacock’s Forever Better Worse.

Wednesday, January 13

Although LPs remained a strong format in 2020, many artists issued stand-alone singles throughout the year. We’ll hear some of those on this episode of the show, including selections from Jon Regen and Vehicles.

Credit Album Cover Art Courtesy Moon June Records
Stick Men's 'Owari'

Thursday, January 14

The 2020 release from Stick Men Owari, recorded in collaboration with Gary Husband, was captured in February 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold. It finds the band in fine form, playing its unique version of progressive rock. We’ll hear selections from that release as well as music from Stick Men’s Markus Reuter’s Truce LP.

Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He has also served as an arts reporter, a producer of A Musical Life and a founding member of the KMUW Movie Club. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in Pop Matters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.