Babe Radio

Babe Radio defies explanation, which is exactly what makes it necessary. The programming jumps between metal, classical, dance, jazz, and rock with the philosophy that music is music and arbitrary genre boundaries exist only to limit discovery. A Metallica cut flows into a baroque harpsichord suite flows into house music flows into Herbie Hancock. Most stations couldn't sustain this without feeling like a gimmick, but Babe commits to the idea with such confidence that it transcends novelty. The DJs clearly came from different musical backgrounds and they're not trying to reconcile those backgr…