DONATE
Back to: Small Studio Signal Boost
An interview and performance from Brent Laidler
March 27, 2026
We have a conversation with Brent Laidler, musician and host of the WBAA Jazz program The Night Shift, and we’ll listen to a performance from his group Brent Laidler and the Swing 39 Quartet recorded live in Lafayette at the WBAA community celebration. Plus, Blues House Party host Matthew Socey stops by to share another vintage track with an Indiana connection, this time from the late Chicago blues slide guitarist J.B. Hutto.
Listen
More selections from our local music playlist
March 20, 2026
We’ll listen back to selections from our Spotify playlist with songs from Karate Guns...
A conversation with D.R.L.N. singer Maxwell Denari
March 13, 2026
Maxwell Denari, lead singer for Indianapolis post-hardcore band D.R.L.N. talks with Adam Gross...
A live performance from Pat and the Pissers
March 6, 2026
A conversation with Indianapolis punk band Pat and the Pissers and a listen back to their performance...
A vinyl listening party with Drew DeBoy
March 3, 2026
Everything Now Keyboardist, and used record curator for Luna Music, Drew DeBoy stops by to...
A live acoustic performance from Joe Cripe
February 20, 2026
Melissa Davis talks with Indianapolis singer-songwriter Joe Cripe about his life as a full...
Small Studio Sessions 10th anniversary show
February 13, 2026
Live performances from Everything, Now!, Sarah Grain and the Billions of Stars and Sweet Poison...
Signal Boost live performances from 2025
February 2, 2026
Live performances from Mina and the Wondrous Flying Machine, Brett Wiscons, Wife Patrol, Dandelion...
Our favorite releases of 2025 part 2
January 22, 2026
We listen back to more of our favorite Indiana releases of 2025. Listen in for tracks from...
Our favorite releases of 2025 part 1
January 12, 2026
The first installment of our listen back to our favorite Indiana releases of 2025.
Small Studio Sessions from 2025
December 30, 2025
We’ll celebrate the New Year with a listen back to Small Studio Sessions from 2025. Tune...
Nicole O’Neal's top 5 holiday songs
December 23, 2025
Wife Patrol bassist and vocalist Nicole O’Neal shares 5 of her favorite holiday songs...
A conversation with two members of Purdue's Vinyl Club
November 21, 2025
A conversation with two members of Purdue University’s student-led Vinyl Club. Plus,...
Selections from our local music playlist
November 14, 2025
We listen to selections from our Spotify playlist featuring over 40 hours of music from Indiana...
ARCHIVES: Poet and MC Pernell from Pike shares 5 songs that represent him
November 13, 2025
Indianapolis creative and poet Pernell from Pike shares 5 songs that represent his life and...
A top 5 from WFYI intern Brylee Stubbs
November 7, 2025
WFYI radio intern Brylee Stubbs talks about her experiences in the Indy music scene and shares...
ARCHIVES: Curator of Naptown Now Bee shares her top 5 Indy songs
November 6, 2025
Bee, creator of the local show guide Naptown Now, shares her top 5 songs from local musicians...
An interview with Joan Osborne
November 3, 2025
Indianapolis-based Brett Wiscons shares lessons he’s learned over the past 30 years and...
ARCHIVES: Blues House Party host Matthew Socey shares his top 5 songs to get into blues
October 31, 2025
WFYI radio host Matthew Socey shares his top 5 songs to help ease you into the blues genre. ...
View More Programs
Support WFYI. We can't do it without you.