We've partnered with KUT in Austin, TX, to swap 5 of each city's favorite bands and play them on the air. Each night at 6:30, Mark Wheat will talk with KUT's David Brown and play one song from the Twin Cities and one from Austin.
Mark Wheat is heard weekdays 6-10 p.m. on The Current and a DJ with the station since it launched in 2005. He tries to emulate his hero, the late, great BBC DJ John Peel, introducing new music to the audience by mixing it with songs they know and love. Wheat was raised near Cambridge, England, permanently relocating to the United States in 1983.
David D. Brown is executive producer and host of the award-winning cultural journalism program Texas Music Matters at KUT-FM in Austin. He is former anchor of the award-winning public radio business program Marketplace, and a veteran public radio journalist.