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December 23, 2024

2024 WNRN Holiday Showcase

Sip on a cup of holiday cheer with WNRN as we go live for performances and interviews with Oh He Dead and Justin Golden on Dec. 11 at 6:45 p.m. at In Your Ear Studios in Richmond.

Grateful Dead and Phriends Playlist 12/21/24

Marc Smith and Ed Monde have hosted The Grateful Dead & Phriends for a long time, but love every minute of it. Marc and Ed are both diehard fans of Phish, Grateful Dead, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Umphreys McGee, Les Claypool, Widespread Panic, the Charlottesville music scene and many more. Please join the Grateful Dead and Phriends with Marc Smith and Ed Monde every Saturday from 9 a.m. – noon.

Best of the Year Encores: Feist / Sampha on World Cafe

As part of our Best Interviews of 2024, join World Cafe for a session with Feist. In the first edition of the new feature, Backtracking, Feist looked through her back catalog and picked out four songs that marked special moments for her. She shares their stories and plays them live. Plus, in the second hour of World Cafe, Sampha. He wanted to create a sound that felt like a bird flying through the sky and you can hear that on his album, Lahai. He talks about that, the novella that inspired him, and how becoming a father has reshaped him.

Free Weekly Download: Redeem Your Track

Brooklyn-based quartet, Momma recently released a new single, “Ohio All The Time”. Find your own copy of the tune at WNRN.org as our Free Weekly Download While they haven’t made a formal announcement, all signs point to a follow-up to their debut record coming in 2025. “When we started writing new music, we were very much like, how do we step into a new era but also like feel like the same band?,” vocalist/guitarist Allegra Weingarten says. “It took us a really long time to get there. We wrote 20 songs in total and 10 songs before it even felt like we were getting on the right track. It feels like a more realized Momma. It’s a little more simplified, I think. If one song is the same chords all the way throughout, it’s still okay, as long as it sounds good and it’s catchy.”