Galactic Travels™ Top 20 Report for May, 2026.

https://galactictravels.info/playlists/2026/top20-05may.html

WDIY 88.1 FM Galactic Travels™ Top 20 for May, 2026.
Shows #1501 - #1504 7-May-2026 to 28-May-2026
Reported in non-ranked, alphanumeric order.
Compiled by Bill Fox.

The Special Focus for May was Robert Scott Thompson.


ARTIST - ALBUM TITLE - LABEL
=========================================================================
Ümlaut - Because you are alive, everything is possible - Audiobulb
Alias Zone - Paradise Lost - none
Barry Schrader - Ambient:Aether - Ex Machina
Brendan Pollard - The Coils Suite - Acoustic Wave
Chronotope Project - Kaleidoscope - Spotted Peccary Music
Craig Padilla - The Pulse of Life - Otherside
Dark Sky Alliance - Interdwell - Spotted Peccary Music
Erik W&slash;llo - Snow Tides - Projekt
Forrest Smithson - Ancients - none
Neuro... No Neuro - MemLoss - Audiobulb
Perge - Awakenings 99 - none
RL Huber - Hafgufa - none
Robert Rich and Ian Boddy - Lithosphere - DiN
Robert Scott Thompson - Beneath the Whispering Sky - Aucourant
Robert Scott Thompson - Ascension Volume One - Aucourant
Robert Scott Thompson - Ascension Volume Two - Aucoutant
Robert Scott Thompson - Cianalas - Aucourant
Steve Roach - Sentient Being - Projekt
Steve Tibbetts - Close - ECM
TaboTago - The Neukölln Concert - Iapetus Music

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels™, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays, now at 11:00 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem,
93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, and streaming online. This show will
be available in the Two Week Archive via both the WDIY website as well as
the free app available at the Apple and Google stores.

Galactic Travels™ website: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/galactictravels/
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://galactictravels.info/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Become a WDIY member now! https://wdiy.monkeypod.io/give/donation-page
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Daylight Saving Time in the US (2025) begins at 2:00 am on Sunday, March
9 and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 2.
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Galactic Travels™ is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
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Galactic Travels™ Playlist #1504 for May 28, 2026.

https://galactictravels.info/playlists/2026/260528.html

Galactic Travels™ is an electronic, ambient, and space music
show, that airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM,
Allentown and Bethlehem, PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and
Phillipsburg, NJ, and streaming on-line. Many Choices, Real
Voices.

                Show #1504                May 28, 2026.

RECAP:
On this show, I concluded the month-long focus on Robert Scott Thompson.
The Featured CD at Midnight was Cianalas on Aucourant Records. You also
heard new music by Chronotope Project on Spotted Peccary Music and by
Neuro... No Neuro on Audiobulb.


PLAYLIST:


11:04 pm
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Kevin Braheny        Starflight 1 *       Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Barry Schrader       Cloudrise            Ambient:Aether (Ex Machina)
Neuro... No Neuro    Peoplethings         MemLoss (Audiobulb)
Neuro... No Neuro    Spare One for        MemLoss (Audiobulb)
                       Another
Chronotope Project   Medicine Wheel       Kaleidoscope (Spotted Peccary Music)
                       (remix)
Philip Blackburn     Air: Air, Canary,    Ordo (Neuma)
                       New Ground
Alias Zone           Paradise Lost *      Paradise Lost (none)



12:00 am
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Alias Zone           Paradise Lost **     Paradise Lost (none)
Robert Scott         Memoir for the       Cianalas (Aucourant)
  Thompson             Multiverse (Cianalas Mix)
Robert Scott         Anam Cara (Cianalas  Cianalas (Aucourant)
  Thompson             Mix)
Robert Scott         Cianalas             Cianalas (Aucourant)
Robert Scott         Silent Rooms         Cianalas (Aucourant)
  Thompson             (Cianalas Mix)
Robert Scott         Between the Was and  Cianalas (Aucourant)
  Thompson             Is Not
Robert Scott         The Wind Dreams in   Cianalas (Aucourant)
  Thompson             Fragments



1:00 am

 * = excerpt
** = continued
 + = bonus or extra track
xx = aborted by CD player


NEXT SHOW:
On the next Galactic Travels™, I'll begin a month-long focus on Pollard,
Daniel, and Booth. The Featured CD at Midnight will be pollard/daniel/
booth on pdb Records. You will also hear new music by Ice Planet 9000 on
Black Pill Red Pill Records and by fields we found on quiet details.

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels™, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9
FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, and streaming online. This show will be
available in the Two Week Archive via both the WDIY website as well as
the free app available at the Apple and Google stores.

Galactic Travels™ website: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/galactictravels/
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://galactictravels.info/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Become a WDIY member now! https://wdiy.monkeypod.io/give/donation-page
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Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2025) begins at 2:00 am on Sunday, March
9 and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 2.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels™ is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Thought Radio™ Top 10 Report for May, 2026.

https://thoughtradio.org/playlists/2026/top10-05may.html

Thought Radio™ on WMUH 91.7 FM
Top 10 Report for April, 2026. This report is only for Phase
2, the Eclectic Mix portion of Thought Radio™.


ARTIST - ALBUM TITLE - LABEL
========================================================================
Amygdala - Memento Mori - Dying Art
Andrew Staniland - The Laws of Nature - Leaf Music
Anna Rubin - Powehi - Neuma
Cass Anawaty - Continuance - Heart Dance
David Lindsay - Follow the Sun - Fallingfoot
Forrest Smithson - Reveal - none
Kristen Miller - Dwellings - Heart Dance
Michael Shrieve - Drums of Compassion - 7D Media
Stephen Grew - Pianoply - Discus Music
Trent Hanna - Soul of a Hummingbird - none

Bill Fox
========================================================================
Host of Thought Radio™, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show every
Saturday at 6:00 am.
Phase 1: Electronic, ambient, and space music.
Phase 2: Mixed bag of acoustic, electric, pop, or New Age.
Phase 3: Progressive rock from past masters to contemporary releases.
Website: https://thoughtradio.org
Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thoughtradio
Listen to WMUH Allentown locally at 91.7 FM or on-line at
https://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream/
Playlists are also published at https://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from https://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from https://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2026) begins at 2:00 am on Sunday, March
8 and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 1.
========================================================================

Galactic Travels™ Playlist #1503 for May 21, 2026.

https://galactictravels.info/playlists/2026/260521.html

Galactic Travels™ is an electronic, ambient, and space music
show, that airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM,
Allentown and Bethlehem, PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and
Phillipsburg, NJ, and streaming on-line. Many Choices, Real
Voices.

                Show #1503                May 21, 2026.

RECAP:
On this show, I continued the month-long focus on Robert Scott Thompson.
The Featured CD at Midnight was Beneath the Whispering Sky on Aucourant
Records. You also heard new music by Steve Roach on Projekt Records and a
reissue by Robert Rich and Ian Boddy on DiN Records.


PLAYLIST:


11:04 pm
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Kevin Braheny        Starflight 1 *       Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Steve Roach          I Feel You           Sentient Being (Projekt)
Robert Rich and      Metamorphic          Lithosphere (DiN)
  Ian Boddy
Robert Rich and      Lithosphere          Lithosphere (DiN)
  Ian Boddy
Robert Rich and      Melt                 Lithosphere (DiN)
  Ian Boddy
RL Huber             In the Outer Mist    Hafgufa (none)
Steve Tibbetts       Everywhere Pt. 4     Close (ECM)
Robert Scott         Beneath the          Beneath the Whispering Sky
  Thompson             Whispering Sky *       (Aucourant)


12:00 am
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Robert Scott         Beneath the          Beneath the Whispering Sky
  Thompson             Whispering Sky **    (Aucourant)
Robert Scott         Beneath the          Beneath the Whispering Sky
  Thompson             Whispering Sky       (Aucourant)
                       (Windsong)
Robert Scott         Beneath the          Beneath the Whispering Sky
  Thompson             Whispering Sky       (Aucourant)
                       (Airstream)


1:00 am

 * = excerpt
** = continued
 + = bonus or extra track
xx = aborted by CD player


NEXT SHOW:
On the next Galactic Travels™, I'll conclude the month-long focus on
Robert Scott Thompson. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Cianalas on
Aucourant Records. You will also hear new music by Chronotope Project on
Spotted Peccary Music and by Neuro... No Neuro on Audiobulb.

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels™, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9
FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, and streaming online. This show will be
available in the Two Week Archive via both the WDIY website as well as
the free app available at the Apple and Google stores.

Galactic Travels™ website: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/galactictravels/
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://galactictravels.info/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Become a WDIY member now! https://wdiy.monkeypod.io/give/donation-page
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2025) begins at 2:00 am on Sunday, March
9 and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 2.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels™ is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Thought Radio™ Playlist #791 for May 16, 2026.

https://thoughtradio.org/playlists/2026/260509.html
https://spinitron.com/WMUH/pl/22436432/Thought-Radio

Thought Radio™ is hosted by Bill Fox and is the Saturday
edition of The AM/FM Show. You can expect to hear electronic,
ambient, spacemusic, Progressive Rock, and an eclectic mix of
other genres arranged into three phases. The show airs from
6:00 am to 8:00 am EDT/GMT-4 on WMUH Allentown, 91.7 FM and
streaming on the internet.

                Show #791                May 16, 2026.

RECAP:
On this program, you heard new music by David Helpling and Scott Reich
on Spotted Peccary Music and by Forrest Smithson. This week's EM Flashback
was Resurrection (2002) by Max von Richer on Neu Harmony.


Phase I/Space:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ===============================
Max von Richter      The City of Waking    Resurrection (Neu Harmony)
                       Hallucinations
David Helpling and   Through the Thought   Through the Thought Horizon
  Scott Reich          Horizon               (Spotted Peccary Music)
Ian Boddy            Liturgy *             Serge Works (DiN)
Forrest Smithson     Fragile               Fragile (none)
Jaymie Rose Hennegan Desert Rose of        Desert Goddess (Alien Tribes
                       Elysian               Music)


Phase II/Eclectic:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ===============================
Trent Hanna          With You              Soul of a Hummingbird (none)
Forrest Smithson     Watershed             Reveal (none)
Anna Rubin           The Beekeepers        Powehi (Neuma)


Phase III/Progressive Rock:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ===============================
Matt Dorsey          Impossible Friends    Let Go (Random Disturbance)
Matt Dorsey          Echo                  Let Go (Random Disturbance)
Matt Dorsey          Let Go                Let Go (Random Disturbance)
Matt Dorsey          Dangerous             Let Go (Random Disturbance)
Proto~Kaw            Theophany             Before Became After (InsideOut
                                             Music)
VA [Nick D'Virgilio  Machine Messiah       Yesterday and Today (RecPlay)
  and Geoff Downes]
Alan Morse           Cold Fusion *         Four O'clock and Hysteria
                                             (InsideOut Music)


 * = excerpt
 + = Advanced CDR from artist
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
 x = Aborted by CD player

Bill Fox
========================================================================
Host of Thought Radio™, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show every
Saturday at 6:00 am.
Phase 1: Electronic, ambient, and space music.
Phase 2: Mixed bag of acoustic, electric, pop, or New Age.
Phase 3: Progressive rock from past masters to contemporary releases.
Website: https://thoughtradio.org
Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thoughtradio
Listen to WMUH Allentown locally at 91.7 FM or on-line at
https://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream/
Playlists are also published at https://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from https://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from https://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2026) begins at 2:00 am on Sunday, March
8 and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 1.
========================================================================

Galactic Travels™ Playlist #1502 for May 14, 2026.

https://galactictravels.info/playlists/2026/260514.html

Galactic Travels™ is an electronic, ambient, and space music
show, that airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM,
Allentown and Bethlehem, PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and
Phillipsburg, NJ, and streaming on-line. Many Choices, Real
Voices.

                Show #1502                May 14, 2026.

RECAP:
On this show, I continued the month-long focus on Robert Scott Thompson.
The Featured CD at Midnight was Ascension Volume Two on Aucourant
Records. You also heard new music by Erik Wøllo on Projekt Records and by
TaboTago on Iapetus Music.


PLAYLIST:


11:04 pm
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Kevin Braheny        Starflight 1 *       Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Craig Padilla        Pulse of Life        The Pulse of Life (Otherside)
TaboTago             Recursive Streets    The Neukölln Concert (Iapetus
                       of Neukölln          Music)
Erik Wøllo           Falling Snow,        Snow Tides (Projekt)
                       Whispering Tides
Brendan Pollard      Stutter *            The Coils Suite (Acoustic Wave)


12:00 am
ARTIST               TRACK                ALBUM (label)
==================== ==================== ===============================
Brendan Pollard      Stutter **           The Coils Suite (Acoustic Wave)
Robert Scott         Nephophilia          Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson                                  (Aucoutant)
Robert Scott         Hitting Mung         Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson                                  (Aucoutant)
Robert Scott         The Widening Sky     Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson                                  (Aucoutant)
Robert Scott         Thus We Walk a Vast  Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson             Celestial Canopy     (Aucourant)
Robert Scott         Depth Marked Eye     Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson             of the Lonesome       (Aucourant)
                       Traveller
Robert Scott         Dawn of Starlight    Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson                                  (Aucoutant)
Robert Scott         Memoir               Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson                                  (Aucoutant)
Robert Scott         Welcome Blacke       Ascension Volume Two
  Thompson             Night (After         (Aucourant)
                       Dowland)


1:00 am

 * = excerpt
** = continued
 + = bonus or extra track
xx = aborted by CD player


NEXT SHOW:
On the next Galactic Travels™, I'll continue the month-long focus on
Robert Scott Thompson. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Beneath the
Whispering Sky on Aucourant Records. You will also hear new music by
Steve Roach on Projekt Records and a reissue by Robert Rich and Ian Boddy
on DiN Records.

Bill
=========================================================================
Host of Galactic Travels™, an electronic, ambient, and space music show,
Thursdays at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9
FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, and streaming online. This show will be
available in the Two Week Archive via both the WDIY website as well as
the free app available at the Apple and Google stores.

Galactic Travels™ website: http://galactictravels.info
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/galactictravels
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/galactictravels/
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/galactictravels
RSS News Feed: http://galactictravels.info/rss/enews.xml
Listen to WDIY at http://wdiy.org/programs/galactic-travels on-line.
Playlists are also published at http://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from http://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Become a WDIY member now! https://wdiy.monkeypod.io/give/donation-page
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2025) begins at 2:00 am on Sunday, March
9 and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 2.
========================================================================
Galactic Travels™ is a Trademark of Bill Fox.
========================================================================

Thought Radio™ Playlist #790 for May 9, 2026.

https://thoughtradio.org/playlists/2026/260509.html
https://spinitron.com/WMUH/pl/22402238/Thought-Radio

Thought Radio™ is hosted by Bill Fox and is the Saturday
edition of The AM/FM Show. You can expect to hear electronic,
ambient, spacemusic, Progressive Rock, and an eclectic mix of
other genres arranged into three phases. The show airs from
6:00 am to 8:00 am EDT/GMT-4 on WMUH Allentown, 91.7 FM and
streaming on the internet.

                Show #790                May 9, 2026.

RECAP:
On this program, you heard new music by Jaymie Rose Hennegan on Alien
Tribes Music and by John Sherwood who played at Awakenings Concert #100.
This week's EM Flashback was A Lizards Walk (1997) by Rob Essers on Cue.


Phase I/Space:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ===============================
Rob Essers           Phase 3               A Lizards Walk (Cue)
Jaymie Rose          Spatial Shift         Desert Goddess (Alien Tribes
  Hennegan
John Sherwood        Set #1 part 1         Awakenings Concert #100 (none)
                       A Floating Field of
                       Perpetual Transformation *
dreamSTATE           Petrified Forest      The Drone Cycle (e-SPACE
                                             Editions)

Phase II/Eclectic:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ===============================
Kristen Miller       The House of the      Dwellings (Heart Dance)
                       Muse
Amygdala             Datme La Muerte Que   Memento Mori (Dying Art)
                       Me Falta (Practicing Dying before Death pt.1)

Phase III/Progressive Rock:

ARTIST               TRACK                 ALBUM (label)
==================== ===================== ===============================
Orchestra of the     Unbound               θ7 (Discus Music)
  Upper Atmosphere
Orchestra of the     Oumuamua              θ7 (Discus Music)
  Upper Atmosphere
Rachel Flowers       Feel                  Bigger on the Inside (none)
Sproingg             Stuffer gapes and     Clam (none)
                       drapes his cape on
                       a vaping ape
                       (including Destiny's Abortion)
Alan Morse           Cold Fusion *         Four O'clock and Hysteria
                                             (InsideOut Music)

 * = excerpt
 + = Advanced CDR from artist
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
 x = Aborted by CD player

Bill Fox
========================================================================
Host of Thought Radio™, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show every
Saturday at 6:00 am.
Phase 1: Electronic, ambient, and space music.
Phase 2: Mixed bag of acoustic, electric, pop, or New Age.
Phase 3: Progressive rock from past masters to contemporary releases.
Website: https://thoughtradio.org
Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/thoughtradio
Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thoughtradio
Listen to WMUH Allentown locally at 91.7 FM or on-line at
https://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream/
Playlists are also published at https://billfox.blogspot.com
RSS (2.0) feed from https://billfox.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Atom (0.3) feed from https://billfox.blogspot.com/atom.xml
========================================================================
Timezone information - [ Winter: EST/GMT-5 / Summer: EDT/GMT-4 ]
Daylight Saving Time in the US (2026) begins at 2:00 am on Sunday, March
8 and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 1.
========================================================================