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WBGO Journal Podcast

The music of guitarist Thom Rotella, a klezmer collection and the best movies of 2025

By Doug Doyle
Published December 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM EST
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Thom Rotella's latest album Right Time Left
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Thom Rotella's latest album Right Time Left

On the December 20 WBGO Journal...

WBGO’s Daybreak host Gary Walker chats with guitarist Thom Rotella who is out with a new album Right Time Left...

Thom Rotella chats with WBGO's Gary Walker
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Thom Rotella chats with WBGO's Gary Walker

WBGO’s Jon Kalish reports on an important klezmer collection...

Klezmer clarinetist Susi Evans and accordionist Szilvia Csaranko have been teaching the Kiselgof Makonovetsky tunes at klezmer workshops in Europe.
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Klezmer clarinetist Susi Evans and accordionist Szilvia Csaranko have been teaching the Kiselgof Makonovetsky tunes at klezmer workshops in Europe.

And our film critic Harlan Jacobson shares his list of best movies from 2025…

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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