Hackensaw Boys In-Studio Session
The Hackensaw Boys visited the WNRN station in Charlottesville to play a few songs from their newest record, Hackensaw Boys. Watch them bring their signature energetic stage sound with "Mary Shelley" and "The Weights" at [...]
Decade of Difference: Lord Huron
Lord Huron formed in 2010 in Los Angeles, after founding member Ben Schneider moved from Michigan to France then to New York and on to LA. The name pays tribute to Lake Huron, a family [...]
Decade of Difference: Interpol
Interpol emerged from the New York post punk revival of the early 2000s, releasing their first full length record in 2002 to critical acclaim. Turn on the Bright Lights has been hailed as a defining [...]
Decade of Difference: David Wax Museum
David Wax Museum has found success by blending traditional Appalachian sounds with rural Mexican folk to produce a unique roots folk sound they call ‘Mexo-Americana’. David Wax studied regional Mexican folk music on a Harvard [...]
Decade of Difference: Charlie Pastorfield / The Gladstones
The Gladstones are just the latest musical incarnation for a group of long time Commonwealth artists who arrived here in the 60s and 70s. Charlie Pastorfield was a first year UVa student in 1968, having [...]
Decade of Difference: Bob Girard / The Gladstones
The Gladstones are the latest musical adventure for a group of veteran Commonwealth musicians who played seemingly everywhere in the mid Atlantic a few decades ago. Leading the group is Bob Girard who led the [...]
Decade of Difference: Lord Nelson
Forming in 2012, Lord Nelson has spent a decade touring and recording. With their latest album Transmission, bandleader Kai Crowe-Getty believes the group has finally captured the essence of their live shows. At one point [...]
Caleb Bailey & Paine’s Run In-Studio Session
Out of Grottoes, the bluegrass band Caleb Bailey and Paine's Run formed last year thanks to the success of Bailey's album, Poplar and Pine. The group stopped by the WNRN studio in Charlottesville to play [...]
Dogwood Tales In-Studio Session
The Harrisonburg-based alt-country duo Dogwood Tales came by In Your Ear studios in Richmond to play a live set for an audience during Member Appreciation Week at WNRN. Kyle Grim and Ben Ryan, the [...]
Decade of Difference: Erin & the Wildfire
This Commonwealth band started as a labor of love amongst four college friends in Charlottesville. Erin Lunsford came to UVa to study pre-med, but a family background in music kept her interested in performing. She [...]
Decade of Difference: Emmylou Harris
Over her more than five decades of performing, Emmylou Harris has won 14 Grammys and become a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Moving during [...]
Decade of Difference: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter grew up in New Jersey, cultivating her musical tastes in pretty typical ways including listening to her sister's record collection, which was heavy on the Mamas and Papas and the Beatles. Although [...]