WUKY Guest DJ Chris Cunningham brings in a batch of recordings from the Golden Age of Rock and some newer Retro-Rockabilly artists and bands.

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Illiterate Light (Pay Phone), Matt Pond Pa (Those Wings), Suzanne Vega (Rats), Fantastic Cat (So Glad You Made It), Bon Iver (Spey Side), Trampled By Turtles Featuring LeAnn Rimes (Out Of Time), & Billie Eilish (Birds Of A Feather)!

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from David Gray Featuring Talia Gray (Plus & Minus), Aaron Frazer (Into The Blue), Imogen Clark (All Hard Feelings), Nilüfer Yanya (Mutations), Green Day (Bobby Sox), Kim Deal (Crystal Breath), & Amos Lee (Beautiful Day)!

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Eric Bibb (Roll On Buddy), Nada Surf (Second Skin), Bruce Springsteen (She Don't Love Me Now), Warren Haynes (This Is Life As We Know It), Linkin Park (The Emptiness Machine), Kacey Musgraves (The Architect), & Sting (I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart))!

Rock & Roots afternoon host Joe Conkwright is joined by Joan Osborne for conversation and a sampling of music. Joan talks about growing up in Kentucky and her life in music, and she shares a taste of her music. Next year is the 30th anniversary of her major label debut, Relish.Hear what she may have in mind to celebrate.

Oliver Simmons was a member of Kentucky’s national championship team of 1996. He was recruited to UK by coach Rick Pitino after a high school career in which he was named Tennessee’s Mr. Basketball in 1994 and 1995. Simmons and other reserves worked their way through the same difficult Pitino practices and training as the stars who saw most of the playing time. The roster contained nine future NBA players, including current UK coach Mark Pope. Early in his sophomore season, Simmons transferred to Florida State, where he played for two and a half years and started a total of 47 games for the Seminoles. Simmons has had a long career in teaching and coaching. He and his family live in Stewartville, Minnesota, but he keeps up with the Wildcats and has some great memories of his time at UK. Here, he talks about the experience of being on a championship team and his long-standing relationships with his teammates, as well as some of the challenges of being part of the UK program in that era.

Josh England from the Lexington Farmers' Market joins WUKY's Joe Conkwright again to talk about the return of outdoor markets in Lexington and across Kentucky. 2025 marks the 50th Anniversary for Lexington's Farmers' Market with plenty of exciting announcements yet to come. Plus listen for news about 'Dinosaur Time' and Josh's least favorite green vegetables, and how to ruin a pizza.

We've heard a lot in recent weeks about proposed federal cuts to research in science and health. Dr. Greg's guest today talks about potential impacts to us all. Doctor Sudip Parikh is chief executive officer and executive publisher of the American Association for the Advancement of Science based in Arlington, Virginia. He also appeared recently on NPR's Science Friday.

In this podcast, we chat with the UK Prevent Alliance EMPOWER Team, housed in the University of Kentucky’s College of Education to address critical issues related to tobacco use, health disparities, and youth advocacy in underrepresented communities in Lexington and Louisville.