Turn That Dial Productions
Please join us for the last ever season of Turn That Dial Productions. Each week our studio team lead by DJ FriendOfTheShow embarks on an exploration of the world's music curated to a different theme, genre, or location. Our talented team of reporters, correspondents, time travelers, and magicians have traveled to the edges of the earth and depths of history collecting interesting sounds and songs for you, our dear listener. From the African Sahel to the mountains of Paraguay, The US Civil War to Detroit House, tune in and hear it all only on WRBB
# of Episodes
58
Host
DJ FriendOfTheShow
First Aired
February 4th, 2022
Last Episode
August 17th, 2024
Previous broadcasts
August 17th, 2024
Djavan, Sam Cooke, Shirley Horn, Clarence Clemons, and more.
Fare the well and Goodbye !!
This is our last show ever ! Thank you for listening, I love you all !! Goodbye !!!!
August 3rd, 2024
James Brown, Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir, Gil Scott-Heron, Etta James, and more.
July 27th, 2024
Leon Bridges, Aretha Franklin, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Amazonics, and more.
July 20th, 2024
Ray Charles, James Brown, Al Green, Jimmy Dean, and more.
The Last Stretch
Getting back into the groove in the stuido, playing some new music, and learning how to play some vinyl
June 23rd, 2024
The Rustavi Choir, Les Filles de Illighadad, Hamied El Shaeri, Charlie Parr, and more.
June 16th, 2024
Otis Redding, Andy Williams, Aretha Franklin, The Ronettes, and more.
June 9th, 2024
Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Prince & The Revolution, Vaundy, and more.
June 2nd, 2024
Låpsley, Mikky Ekko, Stephen, The 1975, and more.
May 26th, 2024
gnash, Susie Suh & Robot Koch, Susie Suh, Robot Koch, Nelson Can, Tei Shi, and more.
May 19th, 2024
JOY., Who Is Fancy, Jeremih, Trent Dabbs, and more.
Into the Summer
Last show before the summer. But not the end yet !!
Solidarity in Song
Today's show will be a discussion of the campus protests in support for Palestinians and a collection of topical songs from the 1960s.
nearing the end
The Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, Nina Simone, Ichiko Aoba, and more.
April 12th, 2024
Steely Dan, and more.
April 5th, 2024
Broder Daniel, The Lijadu Sisters, Ana Frango Elétrico, Betty N' Boop, and more.
Flying by the seat of my pants
Tyler Childers, The Louvin Brothers, Peggy Seeger, Townes Van Zandt, and more.
Spring?
Cliff Richard, Liam Harris, Phil Ochs, The Kinks, and more.
No Labels
another show just sifting through the archive on a rainy day
Free Wheeling Spring Breaker
shooting from the hip this week
March 1st, 2024
The Nerves, Sun Ra, and more.
History of the Strings
This week we attempt to deliver a history of string instruments, starting in 13,000 BCE.
Dispatch from the Symphony
Our correspondent will be runnin into the studio after a rousing afternoon at Boston’s finest Symphony with a report on what really goes on in those vaulted halls
Uranium Fever
Songs about the Bomb.
February 2nd, 2024
Cage The Elephant, TV Girl, Cocteau Twins, Bleach Lab, and more.
The Beginning of the End
We're back to say goodbye
Backseat Tractor
Last Show for a longtime ! We've flown a special guest out here to the studio so join us and The Warrior Queen for an hour of throwback jams.
episode 6.75 - lobotomy in panera
Lauren from Lobotomy in Panera subs for Turn That Dial Productions.
TTD In The Valley
A collection of 60s french tunes to close out a rainy Sunday here in Boston
Appalachian Day Dream
As we get ready to head home for thanksgiving we put together some songs from the most beautiful place on earth. The colour is orange and the cider is hot
Blood in the West
The beginning of some reflection on the long violent history of The West
Staff Picks
Letting the chimps of the studio pick out CDs from a pile and playing what they find
Songs of the Sea
Head of the Charles weekend and we're looking at boats here at the studio
October 16th, 2022
Rilo Kiley, John Carpenter, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Pip Blom, and more.
Heartworn Highways and Homesick Byways
Returning to the roots this week witha country show and a tribute to Loretta Lynn
Dispatch From The Other World
This week we turn the show over to our Office of Interplanetary Affairs who let their remaining interns fill us in on what it sounds like way out there.
The Return
Turn That Dial Productions returns to the Radio with a survey of what might get covered this season
THE LAWMEN REVOLT
This is the end of summer, the end of summers
Overflow
Some extra songs found while researching previous episode. Playing them now before the summer season finale next sunday.
Songs of the Defeated
Joan Baez, Fontaines D.C., Steeleye Span, Pete Seeger, and more.
The Paraguayan Harp among other things
An intro to Paraguayan harp music and some digressions around the globe
Dispatches from the West
Music from that Great American Frontier, compiled in a Town called Freedom.
A Brand New Season
Intro to the show and a bit of an over view of some upcoming segments
All Things Must Pass
Alyans, Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Альянс, Phil Ochs, and more.
April 29th, 2022
Zbigniew Preisner, Philippe Jaroussky, The Teskey Brothers, The Bulgarian Voices, and more.
Bliss
Alyans, Кино, Brotherly, Fadoul & Sharhabeel Ahmed, and more.
Avril 14th
Abc Dialect, Phoebe Bridgers, Hailu Mergia, Oneohtrix Point Never, and more.
DISCO COWBOY 2
THE RETURN
Heartbeats?
Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, Petula Clark, Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek, and more.
The Podcast NNPR
Instupendo, Kurt Stenzel, Elliott Smith, Colleen, and more.
Porch Sittin
Relaxin tunes for sittin on your porch
Whoops
Giles Corey, Alabaster Deplume, Kristian Anttila, Brenda Lee, and more.
Snow
Lee Fields & The Expressions, San Francisco Saxophone Quartet, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Chet Baker, and more.
Staff Picks
Steve Earle, Douaa, Townes Van Zandt, Ahmad Al Kosem, and more.
America's Favourites
Broadcasting live from Burpelson Airforce Base, it's Football Week in America. Bringing you the best from the Greatest Country in the history of the world. There is only one flavour: Freedom.
Episode 1: Jacques Camembert
Regatably French