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Cross Fade

Cross Fade

Cross Fade is a genre-bending ride through rock, punk, blues, metal, R&B, and everything in between. From Zeppelin to Sade, Patti Smith to Pantera, each week stitches together unexpected sounds that reveal how all music is connected.

# of Episodes

61424

Host

Anam Brennan

First Aired

February 28th, 2005

Last Episode

April 20th, 2026

Previous broadcasts

Spin & Study

ENHYPEN, ACEtone, Mineral, C-Clamp, and more.

snuffleupagus

David Thomas Broughton, Tom Waits, King Krule, The Custodian of Records, and more.

The Last Signal After Dark

Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Sextet, Orynkhan, Agustin Pereyra Lucena, Bill Evans Trio, and more.

Signals after Dar(K)

Cinnamon, Ed's Redeeming Qualities, Silver Jews, Everything But The Girl, and more.

Cool for Cats

Laufey, Jon Batiste & Josh Harmon, Snarky Puppy, Solange, and more.

The Low Down

Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Silver Jews, Dexter Gordon, and more.

Yard Sale

Gwenifer Raymond, Chet Baker, Morphine, bar italia, and more.

sobriety

Tove Lo, Kevin Abstract, Vitalic, JPEGMAFIA, and more.

love letters

bLAck pARty, and more.

Seasick Stereo

Working for a Nuclear Free City, Double Virgo, Suicide, Unwound, and more.

Don't Say Me!

David Kauffman, Sunny Day Real Estate, Tacoma Radar, Kitty Craft, and more.

wkend2

Vashti Bunyan, Justin Bieber, Samia, Blonde Redhead, and more.

Fresh Picked

The Strokes, and more.

Stim Stereo

This Heat, Justin Bieber, Nature TV, Panic! At The Disco, and more.

The Family Tree

Steely Dan, Blind Faith, Black Sheep, Steppenwolf, and more.

Drumbeat

Atlas Sound, Floating Points, Mineral, Bob Dylan, and more.

Gospel Connection Prayz Fest

Sunday Service Choir, J.J. Hairston, Travis Greene, Kierra Sheard, and more.

Gospel Connection Prayz Fest

Pastor Joseph Pace Sr., Nina Simone, and more.

Bits and Pieces

Simon & Garfunkel, The 1975, Lorde, Elliott Smith, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/19/26, 4:04 AM

The Frowning Clouds, Giles Corey, Suicide, Fred Hersch Trio, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/19/26, 3:02 AM

Difference Engine, Cocteau Twins, Everyone Asked About You, Ferkat Al Ard, and more.

Khan Academy

Silver Jews, Theek Cheeks, Fairuz, The Limiñanas, and more.

The Old School Zone/Midnight Love Zone

Remote broadcast Saturday April 18, 2026

Randomness for a jam-packed weekend

Jam-packed weekend of events/randomness

WRBB SYNDICATED PROGRAMMING

The Jackson 5, Mogwai, Tindersticks, Vegyn, and more.

abandon the rule

B77, Radiohead, Department Of Eagles, The Durutti Column, and more.

Super Stupid

Suicide, The Mamas & The Papas, ISIS, Elliott Smith, and more.

FINAL WITH NEIGHBORS

cool guests

Back Bay Blues

Led Zeppelin, MicrowaveMan, Elton John, Leon Bridges, and more.

Let's improv

Grace Jones, PJ Harvey, Lonnie Liston Smith, Cheryl Glasgow, and more.

De Música Ligera

Maná, Soda Stereo, Alice Phoebe Lou, Tijuana No!, and more.

Music & Motivation

Cocteau Twins, Beyoncé, Anthony Brown & group therAPy, and more.

Gospel Connection International

Pastor William Becton, Evans Ighodalo, Eddie James & The Phoenix Mass Choir, Title Fight, and more.

About their children

Bob Dylan, Phil Collins, The Rolling Stones, Loggins & Messina, and more.

Daughters of Lillith

Ichiko Aoba, Cameron Winter, and more.

Raised on Rock

Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Boston, and more.

Punk's Dead Tired

Portishead, Slint, The American Analog Set, Linda Perhacs, and more.

Velvet Spacetime

George Harrison, deeper sleeper, Arlo Parks, RAYE, and more.

Discount Tuesdays

toe, New Order, Tortoise, Anna Kendrick, and more.

Huntington Hip-Hop

Bouvé, Javeco, trill manny, B-Mill/Frank Beats/never goodbye, and more.

PET ROCK

Louis Armstrong, Manuel Göttsching, Travis, Queens of the Stone Age, and more.

Weird Science

Misfits, and more.

season 5 episode 8

LAST EP OF THE SEM

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/17/26, 9:04 PM

Duster, bar italia, Ida, Slowdive, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/17/26, 8:03 PM

Mazzy Star, Sunny Day Real Estate, Songs: Ohia, Massive Attack, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/17/26, 7:04 PM

American Football, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Vegyn, Floating Points, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/17/26, 6:02 PM

Life Without Buildings, Protomartyr, Flotation Toy Warning, The American Analog Set, and more.

LAST SHOW ( I THINK)

Guru, Acid Bath, Starjunk 95, George Clanton, and more.

back2back

Portishead, and more.

the end!

Stevie Wonder, Lorde, Disclosure, Chris Lake, and more.

Ra Ra Radio

Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cure, Ella Fitzgerald, The Flaming Lips, and more.

The Common Room

22º Halo, Massive Attack, Frog, Rocketship, and more.

season 3 ep 7

Demi Lovato, gracie, Lenka, Taylor Dayne, and more.

The Setlist

Adela, and more.

2x09

WE’RE BACK!!!!!! The Lego Movie

g1rlpl4y

Blood Orange, No Doubt, Alsace Lorraine, Katy Perry, and more.

Almost Famous

Peter, Galaxie 500, Mojave 3, Television, and more.

Almost Famous

Liam Harris, Eddy Arnold, Weatherday, and more.

Quintessential Classics

Estudios Talkback, Johann Strauss II, Edward Elgar, and more.

The Kitchen

The Head And The Heart, Amos Lee, The Moldy Peaches, The Beach Boys, and more.

Ep 9: High Standards

Nancy Wilson, Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Lucy Yeghiazaryan, and more.

Far From the Tree

Pinegrove, Morphine, ISIS, Broadcast, and more.

S01EP09

Okay Kaya, Kara Jackson, Viji, NEW YORK, and more.

Subbin in big time

The Mamas & The Papas, West Side Cowboy, Air, John Coltrane Quartet, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/17/26, 3:03 AM

Sparklehorse, Cocteau Twins, John Mayer, Belle & Sebastian, and more.

alternative realities

The Red Thread, Nothing, Tom Waits, Andy Stott, and more.

Laughs and Loops

deadmau5, Slayyyter, ericdoa, Bess Atwell, and more.

Did you hear about Pluto?

David Bowie, Rose Royce, The Neighbourhood, Deftones, and more.

PET ROCK

Liam Harris, Built To Spill, Teenage Fanclub, Texas Is The Reason, and more.

Sip o Sunshine

Nu, Latour, John Summit, Francis Mercier, and more.

tapedeck

Donna Summer, Cocteau Twins, Minnie Riperton, Mitski, and more.