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Virginian Elizabeth LaPrelle on NPR’s Weekend Edition

lanny — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:58:37 +0000

Ballad singer and old-time musician Elizabeth LaPrelle is a shining star in a movement some are calling The New Young Fogies – twenty-somethings who play old Southern Appalachian music in its pre-bluegrass form, the way it sounded deep in the hills and hollers before radio and commercial recordings came about.

Interview with Duncan Webster and Jeff Stickley of Hammer No More The Fingers

lanny — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:00:45 +0000

Durham, NC rock trio Hammer No More the Fingers (photo L-R: Joe Hall, Duncan Webster, Jeff Stickley) plays Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville this Saturday, June 30. Their excellent new release, a 5-song EP entitled Pink Worm, is some of the best new indie rock to come out this year.

Album Review: Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio - Across the Imaginary Divide

lanny — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00:10 +0000

It’s rare to hear banjo in a straight-ahead jazz setting these days, which makes the new collaboration between banjoist Béla Fleck and jazz masters the Marcus Roberts Trio all the more interesting. What started as an impromptu jam session at the Savannah Music Festival in 2009 has turned into an hour long album entitled Across The Imaginary Divide, released June 10 on Rounder Records.

Three Masters of Traditional Irish Music coming to Charlottesville

lanny — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:29:57 +0000

Three of the world’s most accomplished players of Irish traditional music - Martin Hayes (fiddle), John Doyle (guitar) and Kevin Crawford (flute/whistle) - will bring the “pure drop” to C'ville Coffee (1301 Harris St. Charlottesville, VA) on Tuesday, May 29^th, 7:00 p.m. The trio performs under the name the Teetotallers.

A Marvelous Clouds text from Aaron Freeman (AKA Gene Ween)

lanny — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:14:10 +0000

I received a text message from Gene Ween. It said “Muddle up your mind”, which is a lyric from the song “A Man Alone” on his solo debut Marvelous Clouds, recently released on Partisan Records under his given name of Aaron Freeman. The text was a response to a message I had sent him a few days earlier with the word “Marvelous” – my one word review of the album. I’d like to think I’m special but it’s probably the same reply he sends to everyone.&nb

The Doctors of Jazz at O’Bank’s Sunday May 6

lanny — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:10:21 +0000

I was having breakfast the other day at O’Bank’s Cafe and Grill when the friendly waiter/bartender asked, “Do you like jazz?” That sounded like a trick question*, so I hesitated by saying “Umm…,” when he followed up with, “Let me rephrase that. Do you like New Orleans jazz?” I answered with a resounding “Yes!” The reason he asked is because traditional New Orleans jazz band The

Alternative Rock, Soul, Afro-Cuban and Old-Time. In One Week!

lanny — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:00:11 +0000

A weekly roundup of selected TV and radio programs, web content and local music events.

Television
Live from the Artists Den features alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie. Thursday, 4/12 at 11:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS. Later on that evening/early morning you can catch Independent Lens: When the Drum Is Beating. The film depicts Orchestre Sepentrional, a Haitian band that mixes complex voodoo inspired drums, chicken-scratch guitar, Afro-pop and a Cuban brass section. Friday, 4/13 at 1:00 a.m. on WCVE PBS, repeats at 2:00 a.m. on WCVW PBS. Soul revivalist Raphael Saadiq performs on Austin City Limits. Friday, 4/13 at 11:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS.

Mike Seeger Tribute, Irish Festival and More...

lanny — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:42:53 +0000

A weekly roundup of selected TV and radio programs, web content and local music events.

WCVE’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, Bluegrass Underground, The Hot Seats, and more!

lanny — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:33:38 +0000

Here is your weekly roundup of selected TV and radio programs, web content and local music events.

Elvis Costello, Hayes Carll, Jimmie Dale Gilmore And More

lanny — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:50:26 +0000

There’s lots of good music programming on our stations this week. On television we have American Masters: Cab Calloway: Sketches, which documents the singer/bandleader's career and legacy (Friday 3/2 at 9:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS). Elvis Costello appears on Live from the Artists Den (Thursday 3/1 at 11:00 p.m.