Keith Morris will stop by WTJU this Tuesday evening, April 5, around 6 (edt) to share a few tracks off his band’s brand new release, The Dirty Gospel. He and his band, The Crooked Numbers, will celebrate the CD’s release on Friday, April 8, over at The Ante Room in downtown Charlottesville (details). Kicking off that night’s festivities will be Sarah White & The Pearls, and Mister Baby.
Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores. Michael Giacchino’s first compositional job was for – video games! After graduating from the school […]
George Enescu’s earliest compositions were for violin and piano. And by early, I mean age five. Enescu was one of Romania’s most talented (and precocious) musicians. He distinguished himself both as a violinist and a composer. Enescu’s sole violin concerto was composed in 1896 when he was 15. It was designed to be a magnum […]
New Jazz & Blues – 8/16/2022 New Jazz: Quentin Baxter Quintet – Art Moves Jazz (Baxter Music Enterprises): “Quentin E. Baxter, a native of Charleston, SC, comes from a family of drummers with his mother leading the troupe. “I’m unable to recall a moment in my youth void of having drums either at home or […]
Episode twenty-five of WorldView is only the second ever show to feature only one artist: Danish composer Ludolf Nielsen. The work, Symphony No. 3 in C major—with a run-time of fifty-four minutes—is not as famous as his operas, but it is one of Nielsen’s most well-known symphonic compositions. […]
We couldn’t let the season go by without having some kind of summer-related theme. The Classics a Day team chose to catch some rays this August. And to find out how many classical composers did so with their music. Of course, any summer-related topic is fair game, too. Here are my posts for the second […]
Elana Brody and Madelyn Ilana will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse Friday night, August 19, for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU. These two solo artists are kicking off their first ever tour together right here at Offbeat Roadhouse. This is a free event, open to all. Masks are strongly encouraged for all attendees. You […]
