WNRN’s May New Album Previews
WNRN is dedicated to bringing you the best new music. Each month, we’ll be giving you the scoop on new albums coming out from your favorite artists and ones you haven’t heard yet. Plus, some [...]
Adam’s Plastic Pond In-Studio Session
Charlottesville's Adam's Plastic Pond join us in studio to perform songs from new EP Confident Melancholy. Stream the full session above, including a Q&A with WNRN's Patrick Coman and performances of "Mission Report", [...]
Decade of Difference: Dick Dale
Dick Dale was an influential figure in early rock by introducing a new style called ‘surf guitar’. Dale upped the reverb on his electric guitar, and used Middle Eastern scales to bring a whole new [...]
Decade of Difference: Donna the Buffalo
Donna the Buffalo has built a hard core group of loyal fans over their 30 plus year career through near constant touring. Forming in 1989 in New York state the group originally intended their name [...]
Decade of Difference: Soft Cell
With huge records in the early 80s, Soft Cell was the first project for singer/songwriter Marc Almond. He and David Ball met when both were art students in Leeds, UK. They quickly recorded an EP [...]
Hear Together: Live Arts
Powered by more than 1200 volunteers, Live Arts is a nonprofit community theater in downtown Charlottesville that has presented engaging plays and musicals in Central Virginia for more than 30 years. The organization's Pay-What-You-Can offering [...]
Sharon Van Etten Shares 4 Songs That Influenced ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’
During a recent stop in Charlottesville to perform for a packed house at the Jefferson Theater, Sharon Van Etten joined WNRN in studio to play guest DJ. She shared 4 songs that inspired the [...]
Decade of Difference: Peter, Bjorn and John
Peter, Bjorn and John formed in Stockholm in 1999 when the three musicians / songwriters / producers met and began playing together in Stockholm clubs. They spent the early 2000s honing their intricate sound before [...]
Phish Phriday 4/29
This week, Phish will be performing "Free" from last phriday's performance at Madison Square Garden. Below is a video from the same show--check out the dolphins and whale! MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, NY [...]
Jon Russell plays new The Head & The Heart songs live in studio!
Jon Russell talks about his Virginia heritage and how it helped shaped songs from the new album from The Head and the Heart Every Shade of Blue on the album's release date, [...]
Decade of Difference: Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson turns 89 today, and his musical career stretches back to the age of 6, when he got his first guitar. After a short stint in the military and a brief college stay at [...]
Old Crow Medicine Show In-Studio Session
Virginia natives Ketch Secor and Mason Via of Old Crow Medicine Show stop by the WNRN studios ahead of their performance at the Ting Pavilion in Charlottesville to perform two songs from new [...]