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.
Every Good Man” from Olivia Ellen Lloyd is the Free Weekly Download at WNRN.org.
Olivia’s new album, Do It Myself, releases March 21.
Lloyd has spent the past three years doubling down on her efforts to build community within the Alt-Country and Americana scene while deepening her working partnership with Mike Robinson, an in-demand sideman known for touring and recording with the likes of Sarah Jarosz, Railroad Earth, Iris Dement, Lindsay Lou, Zach Bryan, and Jobi Riccio. Mike served as her producer and primary instrumentalist on this project.
“Women are sold a dual truth; that we are complete people worthy of pursuing our own dreams and ambitions and also that we must be the center of the home and the helpmeet for any man in our lives,” Oliva Ellen Lloyd explains about her latest single, ‘Every Good Man.’
Long time WNRN volunteer and music host, Steve Hamilton, presents two hours of Fresh Roots New Blues, Saturdays from 6 – 8 p.m.
For years, Willie Watson was an integral part of Old Crow Medicine Show. After he parted ways with the band, the singer wiped the slate clean, releasing a pair of cover albums. On his new self-titled album, Watson’s songwriting and voice are front and center. On the next World Cafe, Willie Watson joins us to play songs from the new record, and he talks about finding the confidence to write and record in his own way.
When Big Thief’s Buck Meek first heard the music of folk artist Tucker Zimmerman he heard a kindred musical soul. Zimmerman, who has been recording since the 1960s, made his latest album, Dance of Love, with Big Thief. Both Zimmerman and Meek talk about how they found each other and made music together on the next World Cafe.
For Brazilian indie pop artist Felipe Puperi, music is about feeling, not thinking. That’s part of what guides his music as the songwriter and producer for the indie-pop band Tagua Tagua. You can clear your mind and feel the music with an exclusive live mini concert from Tagua Tagua, on the next World Cafe.
Every Sunday from 7 – 11 a.m., Rusty handpicks four hours of bluegrass music for Bluegrass Sunday Morning.
Peter Cat Recording Co.’s latest album Beta, was self-described as a “collection of stories about the future, told 50 years in the past, to make sense of the present.” The Indian rock band, originally from Delhi, join World Cafe to talk about how retreating to the beachside region of Goa changed the sound of the new record, and we’ll hear songs from Beta.
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.
Grammy winning, singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz is opening up on her latest album, Polaroid Lovers. She’s not only opening up emotionally (the first time she ever cried in the studio was while recording one of the songs on the album), but she’s also opening up creatively by working with more collaborators and co-writers. Hear her talk about that, and the instrument she calls her soulmate: the octave mandolin, on the next World Cafe.
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