Margo Price shared a solo piano rendition of the Joni Mitchell not-quite-a-Christmas-song classic “River” over Zoom with a group of WNRN members yesterday. She also chatted with NRN’s Desiré Moses about her latest album That’s How Rumors Get Started for an upcoming Home Studio Session. Happy holidays from all of us at WNRN!
On September 4th, veteran singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips released his latest album, Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff. Inspired by a dramatic backyard invocation towards the sky by his daughter, the record’s title represents the risk Phillips takes in writing songs. (more…)
Ruston Kelly’s latest album should be considered nothing short of an inward, spiritual pilgrimage and a personal masterpiece. In light of Kelly’s recent journey to attain sobriety, Shape and Destroy, his latest studio album, takes the listener on an exclusive tour of his mind throughout the process and the biblical, metaphorical nuance that aids in his explanation. (more…)
Matt Berninger says he never thought he would release a solo album, “I don’t play the guitar or the piano, so the idea of a solo album always seemed … unlikely.” What began as a covers recording project eventually began to collect bits and pieces of “orphan songs” that never made it onto albums by his main band The National, until the results became Serpentine Prison, his first ever album under his own name. (more…)
When Dan Croll dropped everything and left Liverpool with a one-way ticket to LA, he had no idea it would be in Richmond, VA where he would actually find his sound again. Croll produced his latest album Grand Plan at Spacebomb studio in Richmond, with Matthew E. White and the studio’s house band.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever share live performances of songs from their new album Sideways To New Italy (Sub Pop Records) and guitarist Joe White talks about using the guitar as a voice, how the band knows when the groove is right, and songwriting then & now.
Kathleen Edwards connects with Bob Mosolgo via Zoom and performs live versions of songs from her first new album since 2012 Total Freedom in this Home Studio Session.
Kenny Roby, the lead singer of the acclaimed roots band 6 String Drag, joins us for this Home Studio Session. Roby recently released his latest solo album, The Reservoir, a heartfelt, personal work channeling the spirit of his longtime friend and musical partner, Neal Casal, who passed away in August of 2019.
Want to know what Rocktober bands our staff loves (or loves to hate …)? Read on:
Patrick Coman – Events & Promotions CoordinatorFavorite rock concert “Seeing Neil Young play a surprise set at a 250-person rock club I was working at in Boston at the time. The show was great (he played lead guitar w/his wife at the time Pegi Young and then did a couple brand new songs) but even better was soundcheck when they were playing songs from Harvest and jamming before doors opened. My brain exploded!”
Least favorite rock band “The f***ing Eagles.”
Most iconic guitar solo: “Eddie Van Halen’s intro on ‘Eruption’, you only need to hear two seconds to know it’s him. Total icon. Totally unique.”
Lauren Velardi, Membership DirectorFavorite rock band The Talking Heads
Favorite rock concert: Seeing My Morning Jacket at Bonnaroo 2015
Who is one rock band you wish you could see in concert right now I wish I could see Car Seat Headrest right now. The new album is one of my favorites of 2020!
Bob Mosolgo, Morning HostFavorite rock album Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick
Favorite rock concert The Kinks – San Francisco – 1981
Tad Abbey – Afternoon Host, Asst. Programming DirectorFavorite rock album Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Hearts Club Band
Favorite rock band The Beatles
Favorite rock lyric “If you hate something, don’t you do it too.” -E. Vedder
Virginia Kenney – Traffic DirectorFavorite rock concert The Rolling Stones
Most overrated rock band KISS
Favorite rock artist: Warren Zevon
Erin Weiss, Member Services CoordinatorFavorite rock album Radiohead OK Computer
Favorite rock concert Radiohead at Bonnaroo 2006
Desiré Moses, Managing Producer & Assistant Music DirectorFavorite rock concert: Radiohead at Lollapalooza 2008; Robert Plant 7th row at the Richmond Raceway; Stevie Nicks at JPJ; Gov’t Mule ft. Ann Wilson at LOCKN’ 2017. So hard to pick just one!
Favorite rock album: Heart, Dreamboat Annie
Favorite rock lyric: “Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun / Whoa but mama, that’s where the fun is” – Bruce Springsteen, “Blinded by the Light”
For S.G. Goodman, raised in Hickman, Kentucky along the Mississippi River, her music and strong Southern identity are inseparable. In this Home Studio Session, she shares some of the back story for her debut album Old Time Feeling and talks about music as a stir for that slow country living.
