Quintessential Classics
Learn something new every week with Quintin’s Quintessential Classics. Classical music has never been more interesting!
# of Episodes
61026
Host
DJ Nia
First Aired
March 28th, 2005
Last Episode
April 3rd, 2026
Previous broadcasts
The Kitchen
Exuma, The Jephries, Bassvictim, Funkadelic, and more.
Ep 8: Dawn in the Adan
Susumu Yokota, Michiru Aoyama, John Roseboro & Mei Semones, Ichiko Aoba, and more.
Far From the Tree
Sunny Day Real Estate, Charlie Rouse, LTJ Bukem, Autumn's Grey Solace, and more.
S01EP08
Nitefire, Lava La Rue, thredd, Slow Pulp, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/3/26, 4:01 AM
Alex G, bar italia, Tortoise, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/3/26, 3:03 AM
Jackson C. Frank, Air, Burrrn, Sleigh Bells, and more.
alternative realities
Daniel Avery, Johnny Cash, Aventura, Blurred Hologram, and more.
Laughs and Loops
Yugo Kanno, The Gap Band, Snow Strippers, Death Grips, and more.
Laughs and Loops
Boards of Canada, and more.
Did you hear about Pluto?
Gorillaz, Pearl Jam, Sunny Day Real Estate, Fleetwood Mac, and more.
PET ROCK
SHINee, Interpol, Jimi Hendrix, China Crisis, and more.
Sip o Sunshine
Tiga, Daniel Jimenez, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Moojo, and more.
tapedeck
FKA twigs, Madonna, Black Country, New Road, Cocteau Twins, and more.
E.T.'s Golden Record
Wire, Toe, Portishead, Galaxie 500, and more.
FRUIT CITY
David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, and more.
Doble Vida
The Police, Virus, Soda Stereo, The Cure, and more.
Doble Vida
Stina Nordenstam, Soda Stereo, and more.
WRBB Sports
Los Tres Caballeros, Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald, beabadoobee, and more.
Farewell Transmission
Horse Vision, Everyone Asked About You, Lifeguard, Westside Cowboy, and more.
Grit & Grooves
Horse Jumper of Love, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Julian Emery, and more.
cornerstone
Unwound, Olivia Rodrigo, Audrey Hobert, Ellur, and more.
PLAYBACK
Garbage, LSD and the Search for God, John Lennon, LTJ Bukem, and more.
4x08
new snail mail something has healed within me…
Death Club
Flotation Toy Warning, Dean Blunt, Modest Mouse, Alex G, and more.
All Dogs go to Heaven
Nothing, Duster, Silver Jews, Destroyer, and more.
Just Playing 7.9
Dave, Magdalena Bay, Slayyyter, ella jane, and more.
Fool
Songs about a lack of good sense; songs about love.
Sunny Side Up Next
Walk the Moon, Japanese Breakfast, Washed Out, Childish Gambino, and more.
Regions of Rhythym
69, Elliott Smith, Smog, Carl Craig, and more.
episode 8
Philip Brooks, OutKast, The Paper Kites, River Whyless, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/2/26, 4:05 AM
Massimo Volume, Bob Dylan, Carissa's Wierd, Slint, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/2/26, 3:06 AM
Morphine, Floating Points, Mogwai, Blurred Hologram, and more.
karakoram
Bowery Electric, Unwound, Silver Jews, Gwenifer Raymond, and more.
Real Emo Consists Of...
Thoughts on Bowling, Hot Mulligan, saturdays at your place, Pinegrove, and more.
thats hectic
Travis, Ke$ha, David Kauffman, Autumn's Grey Solace, and more.
girl, whatever
Bruno Mars, The Clash, Fleetwood Mac, Flotation Toy Warning, and more.
foolish.
Igorrr, Billion Dollar Mind, Xiu Xiu, Weedeater, and more.
#?
Radiohead, The Crying Nudes, George Harrison, 16 Underground, and more.
NU EQ
Pinback, The Mamas & The Papas, Galaxie 500, Bryan Ferry, and more.
WRBB Sports
Acetone, Duster, Modest Mouse, Alex G, and more.
Season 5. Episode 9.
Slowdive, Rufus Wainwright, The Sugarcubes, Cocteau Twins, and more.
Solo Show with Jo!
Sophie has a test, so it's just Dev and her amazing music taste tonight ;)
The sky is....gray??!
Bill Evans Trio, Cigarettes After Sex, Neil Young, Bill Withers, and more.
summa 2016!!
Nick Jonas, Coldplay, ZHU, Fall Out Boy, and more.
flipside
Billy Joel, Hole, Radiohead, The Beatles, and more.
metaMorphosis
Bread, Horse Jumper of Love, Van Morrison, Eternal, and more.
metaMorphosis
The Eternal, Cocteau Twins, and more.
Welcome To The Forum
Rick Astley, The Who, Steely Dan, Buffalo Traffic Jam, and more.
The Detox
Soccer Mommy, Momma, Blood Orange, Drugdealer, and more.
Around the World
Listen to a collection of songs from around the world, and the English pair they remind me of
Sugar Pill
Angels Of Light, Built To Spill, Kitty Craft, Mazzy Star, and more.
sour strawberries
FKJ, D'Angelo, Blood Orange, Tame Impala, and more.
4/1/26 7am Sub
The Killers, Massive Attack, Lady Gaga, Cascada, and more.
Monkey See, Monkey DJ
Sonic Youth, Jackson C. Frank, Ferkat Al Ard, Failure, and more.
String Theory
Alison's Halo, The Radio Dept., Stos, Duster, and more.
Wildcard
PJ Harvey, Honeyglaze, Toe, Pinback, and more.
Branded
River Whyless, Alvvays, Fiona Apple, MARINA, and more.
the generational gap
C-Clamp, Flotation Toy Warning, Cameron Winter, The Cure, and more.
The Great Sundae Waltz
Esperanza Spalding, Oracle Sisters, Built To Spill, Vince Guaraldi, and more.
episode ate (8)
Tindersticks, Ahmad Jamal Trio, The Mamas & The Papas, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, and more.
The Heartline Highway
Racing Mount Pleasant, Origin Unknown, DJ Shadow, Fleeting Joys, and more.
The South Got Something to Say
Sprain, Sunny Day Real Estate, µ-Ziq, The Hollies, and more.
Whatz Up Boston
Fleetwood Mac, Sondro Castro, Jhef, Dutch Rebelle, and more.
where everything was beautiful
Wolfmother, Tim Simonec, All Time Low, Alice In Chains, and more.
Bugging Out
Mount Eerie, Tindersticks, Pierce The Veil, Fred Hersch Trio, and more.
Wet My Whistle
Little Dragon, Maroon 5, Caroline Polachek, PinkPantheress, and more.
mixed goods
The Bangles, and more.
Tummy Hurts
Eric Clapton, The Temptations, Ann Peebles, Blind Melon, and more.
The Educational Freedom Radio Show
Souls Of Mischief, Duster, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Unknown Mizery, and more.
report card: study music
Blood Orange, Massive Attack, I:Cube, Fabiano Do Nascimento, and more.