Decade of Difference: Luscious Jackson
Kate Schellenbach, Jill Cunniff and Gabby Glaser met one another as teenagers in the post punk scene in New York. The three spent a lot of time together in clubs, soaking up the variety of [...]
Hear Together: Virginia Discovery Museum
Located on the downtown mall in Charlottesville, the Virginia Discovery Museum has been serving children and families for 40 years by hosting field trips, birthday parties and annual events like the Discovery Dash. Their engaging [...]
Phish Phriday 12/17
We are time traveling in our Wayback Machine for Phish Phriday. Our journey takes us 22 years and one-day ago. Join Tad to party like it's 1999 with a North Carolina State show. The [...]
Decade of Difference: Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg began performing in the 1970s before joining the Army. It was possible at that time to buy yourself out of your enlistment. Bragg did that after basic training and returned to London. He [...]
Decade of Difference: Art Neville
Happy Birthday Art Neville. The founder of the New Orleans funk band the Meters would have been 84 today. Growing up in the city Neville and his brothers started performing at an early age with [...]
Decade of Difference: Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbon’s first musical cred came in 1968. His band Moving Sidewalks opened four shows for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The next year he went on to found ZZ Top, the iconic southern blues band [...]
Decade of Difference: Pavement
Pavement was originally conceived as a recording studio project by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, and the Stockton, California band initially avoided live performances and press events. After three years the band turned into a [...]
Watch our Commonwealth Holiday Showcase Performances!
Thanks again to this year's Commonwealth Holiday Showcase performers Good Dog Nigel, Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno, Deau Eyes and Saw Black. If you weren't lucky enough to win passes you can watch our full December [...]
Listen Now: Sierra Ferrell In-Studio Session
Tune in Thursday at 9am to hear Sierra Ferrell join host Bob Mosolgo in studio to perform songs from her debut album Long Time Coming and talk about beginning to tour again after a [...]
Decade of Difference: Beth Orton
England’s Beth Orton found her way to music after initially pursuing a career in acting. Acting came after travel and odd jobs. Orton spent some time in Thailand after her mother died of cancer and [...]
Decade of Difference: Steve Forbert
Steve Forbert’s breakout song came in 1979 when Romeo’s Tune from his second album Jackrabbit Slim rose to number 11 on the pop charts. The album, recorded live in Nashville was also a success, reaching [...]
Decade of Difference: J Mascis
Massachusetts native Joseph Mascis, Jr, better known as J Mascis became a music fan at 9 and joined the jazz ensemble in high school as a drummer. After playing with several high school bands, he [...]