New Blues Adds – 7/23/2019 Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues – Roots And Branches – The Songs of Little Walter (Alligator): Harp player / vocalist Billy Branch pulled together the Sons Of The Blues in order to honor the music of Little Walter. Branch certainly honors the many great performances by Walter, but […]

New Jazz Adds – 7/23/2019 Mike Clark – Indigo Blue Live At The Iridium (ropeadope): “”Ice is made of water, but it is colder than water. Blue dye comes from the Indigo plant, but when something is repeatedly dyed in it, the color is deeper than the plant itself. The phrase, greater than the sum […]

The Carus traversal of Heinrich Schutz works ends with a collection of commissioned works. For the most part, the music on this 2 CD set marks important occasions in the Dresden court. Some were commissioned for birthdays, others for treaty signings, and so on. Schutz studied in Venice with Giovanni Gabrielli (and perhaps with Claudio […]

Coming up this Saturday morning, July 27, from 8 til noon, Atlantic Weekly returns to the Charlottesville City Market.  Besides the usual great music and conversation with some of the local vendors,  a few music acts might even stop by for a visit! While you can of course just listen on WTJU as usual, come on out and say hello […]

We are delighted to welcome John Doyle, Jeremy Kittel, and Josh Pinkham to WTJU’s performance stage this Saturday afternoon, July 27, at 4 (eastern), and you are invited to be part of the studio audience!  They are in town for a concert over at C’Ville Coffee that same evening presented by the Blue Ridge Irish […]

This post isn’t just for classical folks. I think it appeals to all WTJU listeners. Harpsichordist Antoine Souchav mixed together recordings of all 555 sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757). If you’re into classical, ambient, remixes, experimental, and/or contemporary music, check out this track. Yes, it begins with a mass of sound, but as […]