This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Lo Moon (Water), Ben Okafor & The Liberators (Beware Of The Snake), Camera Obscura (Big Love), X Ambassadors (No Strings), J Mascis (Right Behind You), Rett Madison (Flea Market), & Paramore (Burning Down The House)!

The 66th Grammy Awards were presented last night in Los Angeles! Did any of your favorites win? The full list of winners is below!

“JOHN LEE HOOKER: JUMP THE BOOGIE” Originally broadcast 01/19, 2024One of the certified masters of blues guitar – from the Mississippi delta to Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and all around the world – a tremendous blues ambassador with a unique and distinctive voice and style.

Hip-Hop and visual artist Tony Wavy elevates Lexington's scene with his positive message of love and community. He joins Rock & Roots afternoon host Joe Conkwright for conversation and a sample of his sound.

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Red Clay Strays (Wondering Why), Chestnut Grove (Da Freakness), Tyler Ramsey (These Ghosts), Khurangbin (A Love International), Paula Cole (The Replacements & Dinosaur Jr), Mumford & Sons Featuring Pharrell Williams (Good People), & Norah Jones (Running)!

Josh and Joe discuss the final weekend for the Sunday Southland Drive Market - and it's still time for you to get your Halloween treats and decorations. Find out what Josh is dressing as for Halloween.

Jerry Tipton covered University of Kentucky basketball for the Lexington Herald-Leader for 41 seasons before retiring in 2022. He was known for his straightforward questioning of UK coaches, from Joe B. Hall to John Calipari. Tipton was inducted into the U.S, Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2005, the Marshall University Journalism Hall of Fame in 2018, and the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 2020. He has recently written a memoir titled Deja Blue: A Sportswriter Reflects on 41 Seasons of Kentucky Basketball, published by Acclaim Press. In this conversation he tells some entertaining stories about some of his interactions with UK fans, talks about his Sunday Herald Leader "notes" column and plugs his upcoming appearance at this year's Kentucky Book Festival Saturday November 2nd at Joseph Beth Booksellers.

Katerina Stoykova interviews writer Wes Blake about his new novella, Pineville Trace.

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center expert Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D., recently contributed to a critical national discussion on sustaining and supporting the cancer workforce. As he explains in this week's Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine, Vanderford, an associate professor in the UK College of Medicine’s Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, director of Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology Program and assistant director of Markey’s Pathway Programs and Student Success, addressed challenges faced by early-career researchers, issues of diversity in cancer research training and opportunities for supporting researchers’ career paths.