Fresh Roots New Blues Playlist 1/25/25
Long time WNRN volunteer and music host, Steve Hamilton, presents two hours of Fresh Roots New Blues, Saturdays from 6 – 8 p.m.
Sense of Place, Boston: Green Line Records on World Cafe
Boston is a college town and wherever you find a lot of students, you can usually find lots of fledgling bands. At Northeastern University, a group of undergrads are working to take those artists to the next level, signing them to the student-run Green Line Records. On the next edition of World Cafe’s Sense of Place Boston series, hear from Green Line Records president and the head of A&R about how they are helping break new artists and listen to some of the new music the label just finished recording this Fall.
Hear Together: The Haven Run For Home 8k
The Haven is a day shelter and housing resource center in downtown Charlottesville.
For the last 15 years, The Haven has provided shelter, food, basic services, AND housing for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
They’re hosting their 15th annual Run For Home 8k on Saturday, March 8th. The Haven welcomes you to walk or run your way through historic downtown Charlottesville as they work to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring in our community.
Each participant is invited to stick around for a post-race breakfast.
More information is online at thehaven.org.
Sense of Place, Boston Encore: Pixies on World Cafe
In 2019, the Pixies classic album Doolittle turned 30 years old, and the band stopped by World Cafe to play a song from Doolittle as well as music from what was then their latest album, Beneath the Eyrie. On the next World Cafe, lead singer Black Francis shares stories about recording in upstate New York, a run-in he had with a deer, and listening to early Pixies demos from when the band was first starting out.
Sense of Place, Boston: Berklee Music Inclusion Ensemble on World Cafe
At Berklee College of Music, the Music Inclusion Ensemble is empowering young musicians with disabilities. For World Cafe’s Sense of Place Boston series, hear a conversation with co-founder Adrian Anantawan, in which he talks about how the ensemble unites disabled and non-disabled musicians. Plus, the world-class violinist, born without a right hand, shares how his own experience has shaped his philosophy as a musician and an activist.
Bluegrass Sunday Morning Playlist 1/26/25
Every Sunday from 7 – 11 a.m., Rusty handpicks four hours of bluegrass music for Bluegrass Sunday Morning.
