Long time WNRN volunteer and music host, Steve Hamilton, presents two hours of Fresh Roots New Blues, Saturdays from 6 – 8 p.m.
At 85 years old, Mavis Staples is still singing songs with messages of hope and justice. On the next World Cafe, hear an interview from the archives in honor of her birthday earlier this month. Mavis tells stories about her long friendship with Aretha Franklin, working with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, and writing songs that Dr. Martin Luther King used at Civil Rights rallies.
The Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary’s mission is to help wild animals and their habitats thrive through a harmony of wildlife rehabilitation, public education, and community collaboration. They serve Central Virginia’s wild animals and humans, treating wildlife in need at their modern facility in Nelson County.
This year marks Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary’s 20th anniversary as a nonprofit organization, and they’ve helped over 10,000 wild animals since their founding in 2004.
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