Wordfest CEO and Creative Ringleader Shelley Yougblut brings her typical enthusiasm to a conversation on Imagine On Air, Wordfest's new broadcast channel launching in May. Plus the usual mix of soothing electronics, jazzy diversions, echoey shoegaze epics, and sharp-edged post-punk to get you going on a Monday morning.Playlist: Various Artists, featuring Mac-Talla Nan Creag - A Love's PromiseRachika Nayar - The Trembling of GlassUlrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk - Faint Lights in the DistanceNETRVNNER - Silver GateThe Mirror Cull - The Great ConjunctionChandra, featuring MISCZYK (ft. Brodie Murdoch) - NautilusAlexandre Bazin - Superior AeroVarious Artists, featuring Hiaysu - DaylightKaravelo - Heels UpChristian Löffler - Pacificyehno - Lullaby (For My Dramatic Self)Triorität - Inelegant PeeingEl Michels Affair - Last BlastKarate Boogaloo - "T" Plays It CoolDr. Lonnie Smith, featuring Iggy Pop - Sunshine SupermanNext Time Might Be Your TimeFog Lake - JitterbugMark Mills - Be OkayHis Name is Alive - Mama, Don't You Think I Know (I Thought I Saw)Chad VanGaalen - Spider MilkPoltergeist - Morning StarGoat Girl - BadibabaDry Cleaning - Her HippoNightshift - Infinity WinnerThe Luyas - Too Beautiful to WorkVarious Artists, featuring Shecky Forme - Left To YouZoon - Was & Always Will BeSlowdive - Catch the BreezeJefre Cantu-Ledesma - Love's Refrain

A particularly mellow first hour, contemplative contemporary classical in the second (including a throwback to one of Jóhann Jóhannsson's early scores); and slow-building grandeur in the third. Three hours of low-key auditory escapism to start your week right.Playlist: Emily A. Sprague - WovenLisa Bella Donna - Two Spirit, One LifeChad VanGaalen - Earth From a DistanceMort Garson - Walk to the Other Side of the IslandFuture Museums - Leaving the VesselHannah Peel - Reaction DiffusionEveryday Dust - Traversé: The 11th Hour (Everyday Dust Vs. Dead Melodies)Sébastien Guérive - BellatrixJenny Hval - SunbathingBurdy - Oolong TimeVarious Artists, featuring Sebatian Kamae - UpGroup Listening - Wenn der sudwind wehtEve Parker Finley - Space JamBell Orchestre - VIII: Making TimeTorngat - La RougeJóhann Jóhannsson - Banlol NorðursinsJóhann Jóhannsson - PynnkudagurMonodrone - High Income SlumsFOONYAP - Free and Easy WanderingMahogany Frog - Floral Flotilla (Sail to Me My Love In Your...)Gruff Rhys - Loan Your LonelinessThe Besnard Lakes - The Father of Time Wakes UpMogwai - Midnight FlitSoko - Replaceable HeadsLael Neale - White Wingsmara wild - red/blueCheval Sombre - Time Waits For No One

The first A.M. of spring. The threshold's been crossed—the days are longer than the nights, we're getting more warm days than cold, and pretty soon the leaves will be budding. Don't let the last vestiges of winter discourage you: If we wait for things to be perfect before we call it spring, we'll just get long winters, short summers, and nothing in between.Playlist: Plankton Wat - Modern RuinsTanizaki - AstronomyVarious Artists, featuring tysu - In the Meadowyehno - Walk AloneBurdy - Smush JamJabbu - Loss of IdentityMonodrone - Forbidden FruitEl Michels Affair - Fazed OutCaribou - Home (Toro y Moi Remix)Sun Rain - ZenithBell Orchestre - VII: Colour FieldsThe Breathing Effect - Getting Darker NowCocteau Twins & Harold Budd - Eyes are MosaicsCindy - A Song in FrenchVarious Artists, featuring US Girls - JunkyardThe Raincoats - Running AwayThe Raincoats - No One's Little GirlWau Wau Collectif - Si Tu Savais JusteBeat Sexü - C quoi ton signeBlume - Making Me FeelChad VanGaalen - Where Is It All GoingVallens - Sin So VainJeffrey Silverstein - Trip SitterNo False Suns - Divine CadenceGoat Girl - BangThurston Moore - HashishLorelle Meets The Obsolete - Art For FreeDream Whip - Hopeless RomanticsCentury Palm - King of John St.Undergrünnen - Kyrie Eleison

A few more nostalgic moments than your average AM, with cult classics from Amon Düül II, David Axelrod, Allen Ginsberg and a Calgary disco gem from Rupa. Plus new singles from Chad VanGaalen, Caribou, Cool Ghouls, CRi—and that's just the Cs.Playlist: Caribou - Sunny's Time (Logic 1000 Mix)Sojua - Up the street, around the cornerTunnelvisions - Waiting for the MorningYabra - Righteous LightsKìzis - Higher SelfCasino Versus Japan - Silver and GoldJitwam - ConfessionsVarious Artists, featuring ghstalt - Hum TuneAlexandre Bazin - SupercolliderHania Rani - BukaCRi - Love Spirit (Yu Su Remix)Karavelo - KatsudonDavid Axelrod - Everything CountsAdrian Younge - Dying on the RunSven Wunder - En Plein AirLaure Briard - Eu vooBernice - Big MatoAllen Ginsberg - Father Death BluesAllen Ginsberg - Reef MantraAmon Düül II - You're Not AloneRupa - Moja Bhari MojaChad VanGaalen - NightwavesSpecial Friend - Ennemi CommunCool Ghouls - Smoke & FireThe Clique - SupermanMidnight Sister - EscalatorsCarwyn Ellis & Rio 18, featuring Nina Miranda - Cwmwl PluogMint Julep - PulseKue Varo - DreamingThe Emerald Isle - CraigwizardPROPERTY - Running AwayStephen Malkmus, Von Spar - Vitamin CMahogany Frog - Octavio (Including the Ascension of the Moonrise Children)

This week, The A.M. celebrates music from women and non-binary artists, with classics from Eurythmics, Young Marble Giants and X, along with a steady stream of newer but no less dreamy, adventurous, idiosyncratic & otherwise mind-altering selections.Playlist: Haiku Salut - I Am Who I Remind You OfEve Parker Finley - ElectrofeuThe Hardy Tree - Looking Down on LondonYu Su - DustyKelly Lee Owens - Wake-UpCookie - Chart - The AndelopesBernice - Infinite LoveGoodnight Girl - Fallen Feathers in the SunlightBuildings and Food - Particle DreamBaechulgi - JourneySilje Nes - BranchesJane Weaver - Modern ReputationEurythmics - Take Me To Your HeartLeanne Betasamosake Simpson - ViscosityMegumi Acorda - AftershowYoung Marble Giants - N.I.T.A.Young Marble Giants - Colossal YouthSalami Rose Joe Louis - Cosmic LoveCate Le Bon - Love Is Not LoveThe Analog Girl - HowLiving Hour - Before You LeaveFiver - Leaning Hard (On My Peripheral Vision)Deradoorian - The EyeLe Plaisir - No Ordinary WaveCrystal Eyes - Candy BBDrahla - Burden of ProofMilk Toast - Shabby ChicJuana Molina - Vagos PunkX - Under the Big Black SunThe Space Lady - Across the UniverseBroadcast - Goodbye GirlsOra Cogan - SkullGloria - Sabbat MattersHoney Ltd. - No, You Are

"This morning is amazing and so are you." Nick Cave said it so it must be true. A new month is dawning. Start it on the right note with three hours of blissful, experimental, offbeat sounds courtesy of The A.M.Playlist: Lost Girls - MenneskekollektivetSkúli Sverrisson, featuring Laurie Anderson - One Night of SwordsAlex Albrecht, featuring Sean La'Brooy - Forest from the TreesWarped Love Group - S'all GoodBranches - CloudsThe Utopia Strong - SwimmerDaedelus - Brightest Star TonightNETRVNNER - HoursVarious Artists, featuring Zachary Gray - ExoskeletonNick Cave and Warren Ellis - Balcony ManSam Gendel - They B All LikeCharlie Megira - Yesterday, Today and TomorrowDirty Beaches - ParisBlume - In HeavenThe Field Mice - Coach Station ReunionThe Field Mice - This Is Not HereCocagne Chimera - MaryKue Varo - NoGoat Girl - Anxiety FeelsLael Neale - Some Sunny DayJon Gant - A Song About You and MeLaure Briard - Nao me diz nada (Extended)Stereolab - Solar Throw-AwayMonster Rally - SubmersibleToro Y Moi - How I Know (Instrumental)Megumi Acorda - UnexpectedlyMaidens Names - American IdolPROPERTY - Running AwayNightshift - FencesCindy Lee - A Message from the Aching SkyKevin Drew, Broken Social Scene - How's It GoingGreen-House - Sunflower DanceOhama - Kepler Was My HeroOhama - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry