radio UNLEASHED

Our mission is to make music lovers happy. Host Dave Leonard has been building a loyal following for over 30 years, programming with artistic integrity since he introduced his free-form fun to WKZE as their first Program Director in 1993 and to WDST as their VP/Programming in 1996. He is known and respected by industry leaders and fans of all ages. He established his reputation by consistently curating and exposing the best new music, helping emerging artists, and demonstrating a keen sensibility of how to beautifully segue music from all genres and time periods.Dave has endeared himself to music-loving fans with his fun personality, approachable style, and artistic integrity. His fans appreciate the way he keeps them in touch with what’s hip and ahead of the curve. He was crowdsourcing long before it became a modern marketing phenomenon.Famous for breaking new songs and acts, Leonard supports the artists in more ways than one, hosting Woodstock’s annual Davestock, which presents up to a dozen acts each year in this increasingly popular outdoor music fest.Dave is one of the top tastemakers in the country and recently has brought his loyal fan base to the podcast world after syndcating on over 30 on NPR and commercial Triple A radio across the country.

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radio UNLEASHED #1591

(Pictured: Nick Cave) Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Sun (Texas Sun EP/Dead Oceans) Big Thief – Cattails (U.F.O.F./4AD) Calexico and Iron & Wine – Midnight Sun (Years To Burn/Sub Pop) Caamp – Keep The Blues Away( By and By/Mom+Pop Music) The Avett Brothers – January Wedding (I and Love and You/American) Girlpool – What... The post radio UNLEASHED #1591 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 50 min

radio UNLEASHED #1590 – Best of 2019, Pt. 2

(Pictured: Sharon Van Etten) Omni – Courtesy Call (Networker/Sub Pop) Mattiel – Keep The Change (Satis Factory/Heavenly) Fontaines D.C. – Boys In The Better Land (Dogrel/Partisan) Ex Hex – Cosmic Cave (It’s Real/Merge Records) Clairo – Bags (Immunity/Clairo) (Sandy) Alex G – Gretel (House of Sugar/Domino Recording Co.) Kevin Morby – No Halo (Oh My... The post radio UNLEASHED #1590 – Best of 2019, Pt. 2 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 50 min

radio UNLEASHED #1589 – Best of 2019, Pt. 1

(Pictured: Lee Fields) The Waterboys – Where the Action Is (Where the Action Is/Cooking Vinyl UK) Leeroy Stagger – Strange Attractor (Strange Path/True North) Sturgill Simpson – Sing Along (Sound & Fury/Elektra NEK) Nilüfer Yanya – In Your Head (Miss Universe/ATO) Angel Olsen – What It Is (All Mirrors/Jagjaguwar) Caamp –Peach Fuzz (By and By/Mom+Pop)... The post radio UNLEASHED #1589 - Best of 2019, Pt. 1 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Dec 30, 2019•1 hr 52 min

radio UNLEASHED #1588 – Merry Christmas!

(Merry Christmas!) Brenda Lee – Papa Noel Scar McLollie with His Honey Jumpers – Dig That Crazy Santa Claus Louis Prima – Shake Hands With Santa Claus Johnny Preston – (I Want a) Rock and Roll Guitar Red Foley and the Little Foleys – Frosty The Snowman Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass – Jingle Bells Bruce... The post radio UNLEASHED #1588 - Merry Christmas! first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 51 min

radio UNLEASHED #1587

(Pictured: Angel Olsen) Electric Guest – More (KIN/Atlantic) Alex Ebert – Stronger (Single/Community Music/AWAL) The Chamanas – Feel It Still (Single/The Chamanas) Tame Impala – Posthumous Forgiveness (The Slow Rush/Modular Recordings) Those Pretty Wrongs – Carousel (Zed for Zulu/Burger Records) Laughed The Boy – Sun (Change of Scenery/Laughed The Boy) Calexico and Iron & Wine... The post radio UNLEASHED #1587 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 48 min

radio UNLEASHED #1586

(Pictured: Big Thief) Rachel Dadd – Cut My Boots (Flux/Taitres/Memphis Industries) Pet Shop Boys – Burning the heather (radio edit) (Burning the heather/x2) The Colourfield – Pushing Up Daisies (Virgins and Philistines/Chrysalis Records) Milky Chance – The Game (Mind The Moon/BMG) Citizen Cope – Sun’s Gonna Rise (The Clarence Greenwood Recordings/RCA) J.S. Ondara – Heart... The post radio UNLEASHED #1586 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1585

(Pictured: Graham Parker) Graham Parker – Nixon’s Rules Better Oblivion Community Center – Dylan Thomas (Better Oblivion Community Center/Dead Oceans) Caamp – Wolf Song (By and By/Mom+Pop Records) Clairo – Bags (Immunity/Clairo) Elvis Costello – Less Than Zero (My Aim is True/Columbia) Miranda Lambert – Tequila Does Kelsey Waldon – Kentucky, 1988 (White Noise/White Lines/Oh... The post radio UNLEASHED #1585 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1584 – Happy Thanksgiving!

(Happy Thanksgiving!) The Shins – Young Pilgrims (Chutes Too Narrow/Sub Pop) Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth (The Shepherd/s Dog/P-Wine Records) The Appleseed Collective – Pumpkin Pie (Young Love/Earthworks) Mac DeMarco – Cooking Up Something Good (2/Captured Tracks) Poi Dog Pondering – Thanksgiving (Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like The Sea/Texas Hotel... The post radio UNLEASHED #1584 - Happy Thanksgiving! first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support ...

Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1583

(Pictured: New Order) The Highwomen – If She Ever Leaves Me (The Highwomen/Low Country/Elektra) Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down (Metamodern Sounds in Country Music/Atlantic) Jack Grace – You’d Be Disappointed (If I Didn’t Disappoint You) (What a Way to Spend a Night/Independent) Caamp – Keep The Blues Away (By and By/Mom +... The post radio UNLEASHED #1583 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1582

(Pictured: New Pornographers) Shintaro Sakamoto – Another Planet (Love If Possible/Zelone Records) Paul Simon – Crazy Love Vol. II (Graceland/Warner Brothers) Oysterhead – Birthday Boys (The Grand Pecking Order/Elektra) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Ain’t No Easy Way (Howl/RCA) White Denim – It Might Get Dark (Performance/City Slang) Devon Gilfillian – Even Though It Hurts... The post radio UNLEASHED #1582 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1581

(Pictured: DIIV) Yori – Bonfire (September/M.A.R.S. Worldwide) Fruit Bats – Ocean (Gold Past Life/Merge) Black Pumas – Colors (Black Pumas/ATO) Tom Walker – Better Half of Me/What a Time To be Alive/Epic) Local Natives – Who Knows Who Cares (Gorilla Manor/Infectious Records) The Mavericks – Are You Sure Hank Would’ve Done It This Way (Play... The post radio UNLEASHED #1581 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 50 min

radio UNLEASHED #1580 – Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Hoodoo Gurus – Hayride To Hell (Mars Needs Guitars!/Elektra) Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell (Hell/Mammoth) Neko Case – Bad Luck (Hell-On/Anti) Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You (Goin’ Back/K-Tel) Roy Orbison – Candy Man (Crying/Monument) Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Devil Like Me (clean edit) (Seven/RKS Recordings) Terrell – I Dreamed... The post radio UNLEASHED #1580 - Happy Halloween! first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 50 min

radio UNLEASHED #1579

(Pictured: Gillian Welch) Trigger Hippy – Don’t Wanna Bring You Down (Full Circle and Then Some/Turkey Grass Records) Steve Lacy – Playground (Apollo XXI/3qtr) Hollis Brown – Do Me Right (Ozone Park/Cool Green Recordings) Wilderado – Surefire (Single/Bright Antenna Records) Local Natives – Wild Eyes (Gorilla Manor/Infectious Records) Cass McCombs – That’s That (Dropping The... The post radio UNLEASHED #1579 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1578 – Cover Songs #2

(Pictured: Jose Feliciano) Poolside – Harvest Moon (Ultimate Poolside Chill/Water Music Records) The Bird and the Bee – I Can’t Go For That (Interpreting the Masters Volume 1/Blue Note Records) Lake Street Dive – Faith (Fun Machine EP/Signature Sounds Recordings) Mike Doughty – The Gambler (The Gambler EP/ATO Records) David Gray – Money (That’s What... The post radio UNLEASHED #1578 – Cover Songs #2 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1577 – Cover Songs #1

(Pictured: Isaac Hayes) The Struts – Dancing In The Street (Dancing In The Street/Interscope) Mike Ness – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (Cheating at Solitaire/Time Bomb Recordings) Cake – War Pigs (B-Sides and Rarities/Upbeat Records) The Donnas – Roll On Down the Highway (Herbie: Fully Loaded/Hollywood Records) The Clash – I Fought The Law (The... The post radio UNLEASHED #1577 - Cover Songs #1 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 52 min

radio UNLEASHED #1576

(Pictured: Fontaines D.C.) The English Beat – Tears of a Clown ( I Just Can’t Stop it/Shout! Factory) Guadalcanal Diary – Watusi Rodeo (Walking In The Shadow of the Big Man/Hybrid Records) Fastball – The Girl You Pretended To Be (The Help Machine/33 1/3) The Pogues – The Sunny Side of The Street (Hell’s Ditch/Universal... The post radio UNLEASHED #1576 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 47 min

radio UNLEASHED #1575

(Pictured: Bat For Lashes) Milky Chance – The Game (Mind The Moon/BMG) Mike Doughty – Ossining (Rockity Roll/Snack Bar) Hovvdy – Cathedral (Heavy Lifter/Double Double Whammy) Bon Iver – Faith (i,i/Jagjaguwar) Roosevelt – Everywhere (Single/W Records) Those Pretty Wrongs – Ain’t Nobody But me (Zed For Zulu/Burger Records) Those Darlins – 222 (Those Darlins/Oh Wow... The post radio UNLEASHED #1575 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1574

(Pictured: Diet Cig) Boy Scouts – Cut It (Free Company/Anti-) Clairo – Bags (Immunity/Clairo) Kevin Krauter – Pretty Boy (Pretty Boy/Bayonet Records) Sunflower Bean – Twentytwo (Twentytwo in Blue/Mom+Pop) Diet Cig – Harvard (clean edit) (Over Easy EP/Father/Daughter Records) Aaron Lee Tasjan – Heart Slows Down (Karma For Cheap/New West Records) Blair Jollands – I’ll... The post radio UNLEASHED #1574 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1573

(Pictured: Black Pumas) Black Pumas – Fire (Single/ATO) Michael Kiwanuka – You Ain’t The Problem (Kiwanuka/Interscope) Peggy Lee – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (A Natural Woman/Capitol) Fever Ray – I’m Not Done (Still Not Done Mix) (Single/Rabid) !!! (Chk Chk Chk) – Serbia Drums (Wallop/WARP) Valerie June – Little Wing (Single/June Tunes... The post radio UNLEASHED #1573 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 50 min

radio UNLEASHED #1572

(Pictured: Massive Attack) Rickie Lee Jones – Nagasaki (kicks/The Other Side of Music) Nick Waterhouse – Katchi (Never Twice/Innovative Leisure) Adia Victoria – Different Kind of Love (Silences/Atlantic) Rayland Baxter – Casanova (Wide Awake/ATO) The Avett Brothers – High Steppin’ (Closer Than Together/American-Republic) Lyle Lovett – Penguins (I Love Everybody/Curb Records) Future Teens – Frequent... The post radio UNLEASHED #1572 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support th...

Sep 02, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1571

(Pictured: Lloyd Cole) Yori – September (Bonfire/M.AR.S.) Whitney – Giving Up (Forever Turned Around/Secretly Canadian) Valerie June – Cosmic Dancer (Single/Fantasy Records) Elliot Smith – Somebody That I Used To Know (Figure 8/Dreamworks) Tamarama – Sunsets (Wonderland City EP/Motown) The Lemonheads – Into Your Arms (Cone On Feel The Lemonheads/Atlantic) Marco Benevento – Let It... The post radio UNLEASHED #1571 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 48 min

radio UNLEASHED #1570

(Pictured: Pink Floyd) The Brook & The Bluff – Shelby (Shelby(Atlantic) Fruition – Snap Dragon (7” Vinyl – B-Side/Self released) Vampire Weekend – Bambina (Father of The Bride/Columbia) Wilder Woods – Supply & Demand (Wilder Woods/Atlantic) Shuggie Otis – Not Available (Inspiration Information/Epic/Sony) Cage The Elephant – Cigarette Daydreams (Melophobia/RCA) Fruit Bats – Gold Past... The post radio UNLEASHED #1570 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 50 min

radio UNLEASHED #1569

(Pictured: Flaming Lips) Oliver Hazard – Hey Louise (34 N. River/R&R Digital) The Lumineers – It Wasn’t Easy To Be Happy For You (III/Dualtone) G. Love feat. Jack Johnson – Rainbow (Lemonade/Brushfire) Andy Frasco & The U.N. – My Recovery (Happy Bastards/Ruf Records GmbH) Hothouse Flowers – Give it Up (Home/London) Benjamin Booker – Believe... The post radio UNLEASHED #1569 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1568

(Pictured: Yola) Spoon – No Bullets Spent (Everything Hits At Once/Matador) The Clash – Pressure Drop (Black Market Clash/Columbia) Rancid – Ruby Soho (…And Out Came The Wolves/Epitaph) Joe Jackson – The Harder They Come (single/A&M Records) U2 – I Will Follow (live) (Under A Blood Red Sky/Island Records) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors –... The post radio UNLEASHED #1568 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1567

(Pictured: Kishi Bashi) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors feat. The Lone Bellow – Dragons (Dragons/Thirty Tigers) The Head and The Heart – See You Through My Eyes (Living Mirage/Reprise) Leroy Stagger – Strange Attractor (Strange Path/True North) Cold War Kids – Complainer (single/V2) The Folk Implosion – Natural One (Kids OST/London) The Duke & The... The post radio UNLEASHED #1567 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1566

(Pictured: P.P. Arnold) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – End of The World (Dragons/Magnolia Music) Brittany Howard – Stay High (Jaime/ATO) Faye Webster – Room Temperature (Atlanta Millionaires Club/Secretly Canadian) Wilder Woods – Supply & Demand (Wilder Woods/Atlantic) The Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter No. 23 (Right On Time/A&M) Low Cut Connie – Controversy (Dirty... The post radio UNLEASHED #1566 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jul 22, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1565

(Pictured: Spoon) Fab Samperi (feat. Arthur Crudup) – That’s Alright (Moonshine Crossroads/ChinChin) Shaka Loves You (feat. Fullee Love) – Boogie (single/Bombstrikes) Soul Scratch – Pacified (Look How Far We’ve Come/Colemine) The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger (Soul Finger/Volt) Tower of Power – What Is Hip! (Tower of Power/Warner) Frazey Ford – Done (Indian Ocean/Nettwerk) Marco Benevento... The post radio UNLEASHED #1565 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1564 – Freedom Show

Happy 4th of July! Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel/Atco) Neville Brothers – Fly Like An Eagle (Family Groove/A&M) Cream – I Feel Free (Cream/Atco) The Who – I’m Free (Tommy/MCA) Burnell Pines – Be Free (Burnell Pines/Royal Potato Family) Donovan Frankenreiter – Free (Donovan Frankenreiter/Universal) Richie Havens – Freedom (Woodstock: Music From the... The post radio UNLEASHED #1564 - Freedom Show first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jul 08, 2019•1 hr 48 min

radio UNLEASHED #1563

(Pictured: Bill Withers) Jamestown Revival – This Too Shall Pass (San Isabel/Thirty Tigers) Devendra Banhart – Kantori Ongaku (Ma/Nonesuch) Faye Webster – Right Side of My Neck (Atlanta Millionaires Club/Secretly Canadian) Caamp – Penny, Heads Up (single/Mom+Pop) Gillian Welch – I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll (Down From The Mountain/Almo) Big Thief –... The post radio UNLEASHED #1563 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 49 min

radio UNLEASHED #1562

(Pictured: Beth Orton) Jamestown Revival – Harder Way (San Isabel/Jamestown Revival) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – American Beauty (Medicine/Dualtone) Fruit Bats – Ocean Gold (Past Life/Merge) Simon & Garfunkel – I Am a Rock (Sound of Silence/Columbia) The Western States Motel – Powerlines (The Western States Motel/Firebird Field) Keb’ Mo’ – This Is My... The post radio UNLEASHED #1562 first appeared on radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard . Support the show...

Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 49 min

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