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Willie McDonagh DJ Profile

"To all of you who remember the genuine pleasure that used to be imparted by the weekly 'band concert' in the old home town there must be a little shiver of enjoyment in the increasing number of bands now to be heard on the radio." - Quin A. Ryan, Chicago Daily Tribune, Jul. 11, 1926

I grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and went to school in Minnesota, where I DJed for my college station. My musical interests include lonesome guitar pickers, fresh classical music, and fiery crooners.

Listen to Willie's two most recent shows below:

Willie McDonagh's Playlists

10/24 - 2pm hour
Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me album artwork 2:27pm Porridge Radio You Will Come Home Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)
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Ling Tosite Sigure - Inspiration is Dead album artwork 2:23pm Ling Tosite Sigure Knife Vacation Inspiration is Dead (Nakano)
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PYPY - Sacred Times album artwork 2:18pm PYPY Lonely Striped Sock Sacred Times (Goner)
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100 gecs - 1000 gecs album artwork 2:15pm 100 gecs Local xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx 1000 gecs (Dog Show)
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The Jesus Lizard - Rack album artwork 2:12pm The Jesus Lizard Local Grind Rack (Ipecac)
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2:05pm Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin Crane Bar Crowd-Suggested Set Beo (self-released)
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2:02pm Berlin Taxi Algorithm Milestones (self-released)
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album artwork 2:00pm Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Bunker Soldiers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Virgin)
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10/24 - 1pm hour
1:49pm The Nash Ensemble Piano Trio in D minor, op. 11 - 1. Allegro molto vivace Clara Schumann: Piano Trio / Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio / String Quartet (Hyperion)
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Rurutu Choir - Polynesian Odyssey album artwork 1:43pm Rurutu Choir Vahine Taihara Polynesian Odyssey (Shanachie)
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1:38pm Maxx McGathey Local The Keyhole Imaginary Eyes (Nudie)
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1:33pm Field Music Six Weeks, Nine Wells Limits of Language (Memphis Industries)
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Robert Wyatt - Shleep album artwork 1:28pm Robert Wyatt Free Will and Testament Shleep (Hannibal)
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Katy J Pearson - Someday, Now album artwork 1:24pm Katy J Pearson Maybe Someday, Now (Heavenly/PIAS)
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Don Cherry - Brown Rice album artwork 1:18pm Don Cherry Brown Rice Brown Rice (EMI)
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La Femme - Rock Machine album artwork 1:15pm La Femme Venus Rock Machine (Disque Pointu)
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The Beatles - 1962 - 1966 album artwork 1:13pm The Beatles Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 1962 - 1966 (Apple)
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The Hard Quartet - The Hard Quartet album artwork 1:09pm The Hard Quartet Chrome Mess The Hard Quartet (Matador)
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DJ Spinn - Man I Do It EP album artwork 1:05pm DJ Spinn Local U Don't Need Man I Do It EP (Planet Mu)
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Foul Play Productions - Finest Illusion / Screwface album artwork 1:00pm Foul Play Productions Screwface Finest Illusion / Screwface (Section 5)
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10/24 - 12pm hour
Close Lobsters - Foxheads Stalk This Land album artwork 12:52pm Close Lobsters Mother of God Foxheads Stalk This Land (Enigma)
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12:47pm Ruth Akello, Ateso Jazz Band, Béla Fleck Jesus Is the Only Answer Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions (Craft)
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Honeyglaze - Real Deal album artwork 12:44pm Honeyglaze Don't Real Deal (Fat Possum)
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Max Nagl Trio - Moped album artwork 12:41pm Max Nagl Trio Klepto Moped (JazzWerkstatt)
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Chat Pile - Cool World album artwork 12:36pm Chat Pile Milk of Human Kindness Cool World (The Flenser)
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Spacemen 3 - Sound of Confusion album artwork 12:31pm Spacemen 3 Mary Anne Sound of Confusion (Taang!)
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Alan Sparhawk - White Roses, My God album artwork 12:27pm Alan Sparhawk Brother White Roses, My God (Subpop)
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12:24pm Rafael Buendía Fernando Valenzuela Arco Iris (Craft)
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MEMORIALS - Memorial Waterslides album artwork 12:19pm MEMORIALS Cut It Like a Diamond Memorial Waterslides (Fire)
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Tudor Lodge - Tudor Lodge album artwork 12:15pm Tudor Lodge Nobody's Listening Tudor Lodge (Vertigo)
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