Tracy Ross

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Program Director, Host of Sounds Good and Beyond the Edge

Tracy Ross began working for WKMS in 1994 while a student at Murray State. He left the station for a year to live in North Carolina; returning to WKMS as a full-time staff member in 2000. Since then, Tracy has served as WKMS' Operations/Web/Jazz Director, and host of All Things Considered. In March 2011, he became Program Director. Tracy has a love of music that borders on obsession which serves him well as host of Beyond The Edge, which he revived in 2001 and, for many years, hosted Café Jazz. Tracy lives in Murray with his wife, son, and dog. In his spare time, Tracy enjoys food, water, oxygen, shelter, reading, writing, listening to music, and criticizing the status quo.

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Culture
4:01 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Wooden Wand Sounds Good This Saturday at Big Apple

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Wooden Wand

Wooden Wand (James Toth) performs Saturday evening at 9 at The Big Apple Cafe in Murray and live on WKMS during Beyond The Edge. Tracy Ross recently spoke with Toth about his relationship with touring, how illegal downloads affect working musicians, and his latest album, Blood Oaths Of The New Blues.

Tune in for a live broadcast from Murray’s Big Apple Café for“Sounds Good: Live From the Big Apple” on Saturday, February 16 from 9-10 p.m.

Singer/songwriter Wooden Wand, with Doc Feldman, mixes lyrically rich tunes, Americana, and soulful country. The live broadcast airs during Tracy Ross’ Beyond the Edge.

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Sports
1:18 pm
Fri January 4, 2013

Racers Update with Neal Bradley on Sounds Good

Neal Bradley

The Murray State Racers had a busy December. "Voice of the Racers" Neal Bradley and Tracy Ross discuss the final 6 games of the Racers' pre-conference schedule. The Racers play at Southeast Missouri tomorrow afternoon at 5.

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Sports
4:42 pm
Fri November 30, 2012

Racers Update with Neal Bradley on Sounds Good

Today on Sounds Good, Tracy Ross spoke with "The Voice of the Racers" Neal Bradley about the beginning of the Racer Basketball season.

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Arts
2:54 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

MSU Theatre Dept. Presents "Harvey"

Harvey is Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize winning play from 1944 about a man and his giant invisible rabbit. Tracy Ross speaks with Darryl Phillipy, the director of Harvey which plays November 15-18 at Murray State's Robert E. Johnson Theater. See more on the Theatre Department website.

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Sports
3:00 pm
Fri November 9, 2012

Tracy Talks Racer Sports with Neal Bradley on Sounds Good

The "voice of the Racers" Neal Bradley stopped by to talk with Tracy Ross about the end of the MSU football season and the beginning of the basketball season.

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Music
11:50 am
Thu October 4, 2012

Chris Thile on Receiving the MacArthur Genius Award and Future Plans

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Mandolinist, former Murray resident, and Murray State Student, Chris Thile, known for his work in Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, was among those awarded 2012 "genius" grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The 23 fellows will receive $500,000 over the next five years to continue their work or change fields. Tracy Ross spoke with Chris Thile about receiving the award and his plans for the future.

Sports
12:11 pm
Mon October 1, 2012

Tracy Talks Racer Sports with Neal Bradley on Sounds Good

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Tracy Ross talks Murray State sports with the Voice of the Racers, Neal Bradley. 

Sounds Good

About The Show

The music on Sounds Good is a mix of legacy artists who are still making great music now (Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt) deep cuts from classic artists (The Band, The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Talking Heads, REM) great contemporary artists who don' t receive commercial airplay (Neko Case, Wilco, Jack White, Darrell Scott, The Black Keys) and those who defy the boundaries of categorization (Punch Brothers, Bela Fleck, Ry Cooder, Bill Frisell, Justin Townes Earle). You'll also get a bit of World music, Blues, Soul/R&B, Reggae and Jazz.

Good Reads
12:14 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

Good Read: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

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Good Reads
11:50 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Good Read: The Terror by Dan Simmons

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Greeted with excited critical praise, this extraordinary novel-inspired by the true story of two ice ships that disappeared in the Arctic Circle during an 1845 expedition-swells with the heart-stopping suspense and heroic adventure that have won Dan Simmons praise as “a writer who not only makes big promises but keeps them” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). The Terror chills readers to the core.

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