Joe Conkwright interviews Rock & Roots artist Brandon Flowers about his new album Thrasher, which comes out August 21st, 2026.

Rock and Roots celebrates America's Birthday with a showcase of Americana music and a time capsule of the golden music of 1976. Join Joe Conkwright and John Lee for a listening party on Rock & Roots this weekend - 10 am to 2 pm Friday, and Saturday noon to 5 pm.Only on 91.3 or streaming live @ wuky.org or the free WUKY app.

10 Foot Pole brings the Roots of Lexington Music Scene back to life at the next Tahlsound, Sunday June 28th at the Great Lawn Stage behind Oleika Shriners Temple, 326 Southland Drive.10 Foot Pole and Rebeca Rego join Joe Conkwright for a conversation on Rock & Roots. Recorded June 16, 2026.

WUKY Listener Walt Remondini returns as a guest host for The Rock & Roots Special Edition. This program aired first on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Saturday's From the Front Porch Jazz series in Lexington's East End represents a homecoming for Michael Cruse. In addition to being an accomplished jazz musician, arranger, composer and educator, Michael is also a jazz at Lincoln Center performing artist and a headliner at Dizzy's club in New York city. He's also collaborated with Wynton Marsalis among others. In this week's Open Studio, Tom Musgrave talks with promoter Jim Embry and the artist himself.

The Lexington Farmers' Market Report on WUKY is brought to you by Kentucky American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, providing safe, reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately half a million people in portions of 14 counties. Learn more at kentuckyamwater.com.This week Joe and Josh talk Kentucky's mountain fruit, 'Paw Paws.' This distinctive tree fruit is indigenous to the area and has a very short shelf life. Fortunately, we are in peak paw paw season, so you may be able to find some at the Farmers' Market. Listen and find out some ways to use this delicious product in your recipes.

Voting Matters, the podcast collaboration between the Lexington Chapter of the League of Women Voters and WUKY, is back with this conversation with Gilda Walters and Susan Lamb. The Fayette County Clerk's office is busy preparing for the November general election and they're looking to recruit poll workers. They also take the opportunity to 'bust some myths' surrounding ballot security.

Older individuals, the geriatric population, have special needs and can present to an emergency department with atypical symptoms of common diseases. Dr. Jessica Houck, a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine and medical director and geriatric medical director of the Chandler Hospital Emergency Department talks about a new geriatric certification for the emergency department.