monday
Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert.
Start the day right with WTJU! Classical Sunrise offers two hours of classical music to ease you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts, weather updates, and everything you need to begin your day with a smile. On Monday morning from 7-9, Chelsea and Jay will help start your week off right with the best classical music from around the globe.
Modern Jazz programming designed to give your morning a lift. Left of Cool , heard each Monday morning from 9 til noon, is a place where improvising musicians of all styles can come together and see what's possible. Searching for that common thread, acoustic or electric, experimental and eclectic -- whatever sounds good!
From the Dixie-fried sounds of the Southern soul centers of Muscle Shoals, Memphis, New Orleans and Shreveport to the Uptown Rhythm and Blues shots from the Northern cities of Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia, Rum Cove puts you in a Situation that is Sooo Soulful! Soulful Situation, each Monday afternoon from noon 'til 2 right here on WTJU.
The Broadcasting System: is about getting into it. Lightning Bolt gets into it, and so do Tony Conrad and Stereolab. Ralph Peer recorded Jimmie Rogers and the Carter Family getting into it in Bristol. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is all about it. They get into it in the forests of Bali and they surf slack-keyed on it in Hawaii. It's called transport, and only music - every kind of music - does it for me. How about you? Two hours spent deep in it, with Tyler.
Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: Live improvised sound collage experiment, weaving mesmerizingly dreamy soundscapes in the present moment from found and collected materials, performed from stages, radio stations, tree houses, cement bunkers, construction sites, experimental dance spaces, living rooms, and elsewhere. Pop music, speeches, spontaneous monologues, and your live call-ins become ambient loopy layered threads riding the liminal spaces between waking and dreaming. Now in its 25th year. Audio archives: lastever.org
Loosely alternating Monday afternoons from 2 to 4pm.
Ryan and Annette look back at Bluegrass and Old Time tunes of yesteryear, and push forward to the music of today and tomorrow. Along with traditional Bluegrass and Old Time, they'll throw in some Folk, Local Favorites, plenty of Live In-studio performances, and the latest news of festivals and other venues for live music. So buckle up for the ride on Monday afternoons from 4 til 7 with the best picking and strumming around on Back Up and Push!
Imagine hearing the origins of the music of Western civilization! The Early Music Show reaches back to the ancient meditative sacred music and foot tapping dances of the abbeys and troubadours of the first millennium and journeys through seven centuries of music, featuring the friendly madrigals of the Italian and English traditions, sublime motets and music of the Renaissance, Medieval and Baroque eras up to the time of JS Bach - a genre of endless richness and variety. Imagine, and then join us for music of centuries gone by, every Monday evening from 7 til 9 on The Early Music Show.
DJs Freddie Jin and David Buie-Moltz invite you to join them for an exciting and insightful exploration of avant-garde, free, and spiritual jazz. Expect to be challenged, inspired, and otherwise transfigured by music from the pioneers, torchbearers, and followers of these mold-breaking jazz genres. Free your ears and your mind will follow! Tune in to Point of Departure, heard each Monday night from 9 'til 11 on WTJU.
The kind of bamboo you cannot stop from spreading, it is music of all forms plucked from outer space and planted in the soil of WTJU. Grounded and cosmic. Nothing and everything. Neil Armstrong faked the moon landing and we have the tapes to prove it.
tuesday
Cadmium is a show for people who hear the phrase "blackened crusty sludge" and think of music instead of the stuff that builds up around your sink drain. Mr. Owl takes you on a screaming ride through extreme metal past and present, from the shallow underground to the molten iron at the earth's core. You might hear some clean singing, but don't hold your breath.
An assortment of tunes curated from WTJU's digital database.
Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert.
Start the day right with WTJU! Classical Sunrise offers two hours of classical music to ease you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts, weather updates, and everything you need to begin your day with a smile. On Tuesday mornings from 7-9, Andrew Morgan brings you great performances of the finest in classical music to help start your day with uplifted spirits.
Take a weekly trip into Heptown each Tuesday morning from 9 til noon. Professor Bebop ankles down Swing Street, slips into Blues Alley, checks out the Museum of the Rhythm and the Blues, catches the service at the Cathedral of the Broken Heart and slips down Palpitation Boulevard to Soulville.
The only radio program in Central Virginia that features women's music exclusively, Eclectic Woman spans all musical genres and the globe with a variety of rich perspectives. Expect a fresh and tantalizing musical menu of singer-songwriters, women of color, and womyn's music, spiced liberally with traditional, blues, world, jazz, rock, avant-garde, and instrumental music. The Eclectic Woman show, heard each Tuesday afternoon from 12 til 2, also features music and occasional news updates which specifically serve the gay and lesbian community.
Ye Olde Tuesday Afternoon Rocke Show, heard each Tuesday afternoon from 2-4, is an assortment of afternoon ear candy from 30 years ago to 30 seconds ago.
Join Alice on Tuesdays from 4-7 pm as she explores all the great live recordings of Folk acts "Coming to the Stage", and even throws in some full concerts along the way. That's Coming to the Stage every Tuesday afternoon from 4-7 right here on WTJU.
A Time For Singing, heard each Tuesday evening from 7 til 9 right here on WTJU, where great singing is always the main feature as Xavier offers the finest in solos, duets, ensembles and choruses from the recital tradition and the world of opera.
You want the hottest classic and contemporary jazz, blues, and soul? You'd better come straight to the source. Straight No Filter delivers two hours of pure musical bliss from 9-11 pm each Tuesday night on WTJU. Your hosts Eric and Barrington bring you uncut, undiluted, unadulterated bops you can't find anywhere else. Accept no substitutes.
Tuesday nights, come to "Midnight Confession" - blowing past the pretense and hobgoblin sameness of the daylight world and revealing the dark truth in late night music, with admissions across the spectrum of sound, from the Flintstones to the Jetsons and The Twilight Zone. From 11pm until 1am and often later, lay it all down with your confessors Ciclamino and Kendall, Actually, as part of WTJU's “Groovy Tuesday” line up. Ask your pharmacist if "Midnight Confession" is right for you!
wednesday
Wednesday mornings, come to "Midnight Confession Cont..." - blowing past the pretense and hobgoblin sameness of the daylight world and revealing the dark truth in late night music, with admissions across the spectrum of sound, from the Flintstones to the Jetsons and The Twilight Zone. The sometimes continuation starting at 1 a.m., lay it all down with your confessor Kendall. Ask your pharmacist if "Midnight Confession" is right for you!
An assortment of tunes curated from WTJU's digital database.
Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert.
Start the day right with WTJU! Classical Sunrise offers two hours of classical music to ease you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts, weather updates, and everything you need to begin your day with a smile. On Wednesday mornings from 7-9, Ralph Graves runs the gamut of music from the middle ages through the present day, celebrating the rich heritage of the classical repertoire.
Great Morning Jazz, heard each Wednesday from 9 til noon, will provide relief from the Midweek Morning Blues. The tunes will include new releases and older ones, the various styles (bop, hardbop, soul jazz, etc.), enough variety of tempo to keep the vital juices flowing, and a weekly sprinkling of modern blues for spice. It's good for what ails ya'.
Borders have political meaning, but when it comes to culture, they're just lines on a map. The music of the world can't be contained by borders or boundaries. Beyond Borders explores the unexpected rhythms, tones, and textures of music from every continent and corner of the globe. Every Wednesday, from noon to 2:00, only on WTJU.
Mood motivated music for midweek musing. You’ll hear music from all genres: soul, punk, funk, dance, and of course, rawk!
Tune in each Wednesday afternoon from 4-7 for Something New as Emily and Michael dig into the new arrivals. Visit Something New on Facebook to leave a message!
Over the past one hundred years, music and the arts have undergone as much revolutionary change and experimentation as science, technology, and medicine. These sounds inspired riots and revolutions, created new schools of thought, and crossed the Rubicon into uncharted musical territory. Join us every Wednesday evening from 7-9 on A New Sound as we explore together the classical music of our lifetime.
Wednesday nights at 9, take the plunge into the Living Time zone— a 2-hour immersion into the stimulating world of modern jazz and the avant-garde. Gary and Steve bring you a world-spanning mix of music, from the cathartic cries of African American masters like Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane to the great innovators of the European improvisational scene, with a focus on the ECM label. If Real time is getting you down, rejuvenate yourself with a weekly dose of Living Time, on WTJU Charlottesville.
It could be a calm starry night, where the moon is bright, or rumbling and thundering and you could be wondering, as the darkness shields the light, if everything merges with the night? Yes, everything, say ANDROID and Annie De Blanco, who invite you to join them every Wednesday night at 11pm for a cosmos of music.
thursday
Serving and swerving up a mildly eclectic mix of records for your sonic consumption and elevation. Hip hop, funk, world, soul (neo and old), rock, and everything in between. And maybe a little bit of Ranger talking both sense and nonsense into your glorious ear canals.
Geezer Rock is a weekly, one-hour radio program that plays new music by geezers who rock. For our purposes, that's anyone over 50 (AARP eligible). On Geezer Rock, it's the musicians who are the oldies, not the songs! We'll hear all-new songs by all of our favorite touch-of-gray rock stars from the '60s, '70s, and '80s who are still hitting the stages and putting out new albums of new rockin' tunes. These songs rock, and they deserve to be heard!
An assortment of tunes curated from WTJU's digital database.
Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert.
Start the day right with WTJU! Classical Sunrise offers two hours of classical music to ease you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts, weather updates, and everything you need to begin your day with a smile. On Thursday mornings from 7-9, Ken and Brendan bring you classical music from around the globe to help you through the second half of your week. You'll find classics and new favorites as we highlight the wide world of classical music each Thursday morning.
Thirty years and still running, All That Jazz remains committed to all the "bops," global influences, and the New. Join us for a continuing salute to the luminous, continuously changing archive that is Jazz. Always, more music and less talk. Thursday morning from 9 'til 11 right here on WTJU.
Taking our title from the Ida Cox song, "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues," our show Wild Women and Friends will feature women artists in Jazz and Blues, with a liberal use of the word "friends" to include other genres, and even an occasional boy now and then. Please join Sandy Snyder and Louise Largiadèr every Thursday morning from 11 'til noon for an hour of Classic Blues women, Jazz women, piano, mellow standards and lots more.
Country and Americana hot off the griddle.... the newest, best releases and guest appearances from artists without Spandex, plastic surgery, pitch correction or fear of alienating key demographic markets. Pull up to the bar each Thursday afternoon at noon while your new friends pour you two hours of pure country and Americana comfort.
Your trusty selectors Rocker Panels, Stevik and Lady D host WTJU's long-standing Thursday afternoon tradition Carry the Zero from 2 to 4 o'clock. They gladly give you a wide variety of rock tunes to get you through the day-- including, but not limited to, innovative pop, soul, psychedelic, and calculated beats. You do the math. It's enough rock to make your wave function!
Heard each Thursday afternoon from 4-7, the title says it all. You can leave Peter and the Folk and Beyond crew a message either at their Facebook page, or by e-mailing folkandbeyond@gmail.com.
Join Matt and Paul for Piano Forte each Thursday evening from 7-9 as he presents the rich repertoire of the piano. Explore the limitless possibilities of this beautiful and powerful instrument, from intimate salon pieces and chamber works to sonatas and virtuoso concertos.
Induced to Judder, heard each Thursday night from 9 to 11, brings you a sonic massage of modern and classic Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, and Rhythm and Blues... intended to move, groove, and soothe the soul.
Stay up and explore the outer limits of rock and roll with Black Circle Revolution Thursday night from 11 to 1. Two vinyl-heavy hours of classic and new punk, stoner metal, garage rock, psychedelic freak-outs, and the best riffs you've never heard from the past 30 years to the present. Join Phil Free and Erin O for an audio adventure guaranteed to ease the pain.
friday
Tune in every other Thursday night at 1 am to hear well-loved songs and deep cuts sure to appeal to any rock fan. From the White Stripes to Speedy Ortiz, "Icky Thump" will cover the latest indie rock, classic grunge, and even the occasional emo anthem. Turn up the volume to keep yourself (and your neighbors) awake.
An assortment of tunes curated from WTJU's digital database.
Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert.
Start the day right with WTJU! Classical Sunrise offers two hours of classical music to ease you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts, weather updates, and everything you need to begin your day with a smile. On Friday mornings from 7-9, Michael and Carl play wonderful classical music from the Middle Ages to our times; featuring historical performances and recent recordings by exciting young musicians; and a wide array of venues and pieces, from the intimate setting of a drawing room sonata to the concert hall symphony.
The depth, diversity and often contrasting ideas of jazz and blues programming is reverently represented each Friday morning with an emphasis on hard bop, modern, soul jazz and scrapyard blues, as well as a sampling of current releases and reissues. Brian invites you to take a full, deep breath and end your week on the downbeat with one hundred eighty minutes of hedonic tones, jazz classics, featured artists and organized chaos. That's The Jazz Messenger, heard each Friday morning from 9 'til noon right here on WTJU.
Take a sound journey with your World Turning hosts each Friday afternoon from 12-2 and reflect on the creative contributions that people all over the planet are making through music. Enjoy a world of diversity in voices and instruments--celebrate the fragile experiment that is humanity.
Join your local chapter of the Deadbeat Club every Friday afternoon from 2 until 4. Baby Shampoo and friends serve soup to nuts. Drop out and tune in.
Hear the full range of musical traditions in folk, bluegrass, new grass, celtic, old time, country, singer/songwriter, blues, world and any other roots-based music. Pete brings you the old and the new, be it local, regional, national, or international. That's Sunset Road, heard Friday afternoon from 4-6.
Every Friday evening from 6 to 8, Perry brings his vast knowledge of the musical theater to present On with the Show, a program featuring music from Broadway musicals, operetta and anything else he finds to entertain us. On With The Show!
Offbeat Roadhouse invites a different musical group from around North America into your home each Friday night for an hour long concert live from WTJU's performance space. There will be Blues, Folk, Jazz, Roots, World and more. So gather round each Friday night from 8 til 9 for Offbeat Roadhouse, right here on WTJU Charlottesville, truly the sound choice in Central Virginia!
One of the longest running blues shows in 'TJU's history, featuring the best of Mississippi and Chicago, rural and urban, and acoustic and electric blues. Nothin' But The Blues, each Friday night from 9 to 11 right here on WTJU.
After another grueling week of working for "the man," replenish your soul every Friday night from 11 to 1 with The Kitchen Sink. Join us while we search for that perfect song, that perfect set, that perfect alignment of the cosmos that reminds you why you love music in the first place. Or you can just tune in and get the party started, this and every Friday night from 11 to 1. The Kitchen Sink, right here on WTJU.
saturday
Mashup of ambient and beat based electronic music. Electronic Explorations navigates the road less traveled of electronic music alternating Saturday mornings at 1.
All Virginia artists. All genres. All night long. Tune in to Virginia Overnights and experience the sounds of our commonwealth, hand-curated by Don Harrison and Erin O’Hare.
Each week scholars explore the worlds of literature, science, the arts, politics, history, and business through lively discussion with our ever curious host Sarah McConnell. From the controversies over slave reparations and global warming, to the unique worlds of comic books and wine-making, With Good Reason is always surprising, challenging and fun. With Good Reason has won five Gabriel Awards for Best Documentary or Public Affairs Programs and is also the recipient of top honors from the Public Radio News Directors, Radio and Television Digital News Association and the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. Produced at Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. More information at withgoodreasonradio.org.
A collection of collected news stories throughout the week along with interesting interviews.
Tune in Leftover Biscuits every Saturday morning from 6:30 'til 8 for stories and music from the early roots of American Country, Bluegrass and Blues music. We'll hear about the famous acts and the not so famous. From the Carter Family, Uncle Dave Macon and the Monroe Brothers to the less-heard sounds of Kelly Harrell, Washington Phillips, and the Golden Melody Boys. Jug bands, string bands, shape note singers, and even classic country and bluegrass artists from the 50s and 60s are all likely guests to round out the show and start your weekend right. Leave a message or request on their Facebook page (and give them a thumbs up!).
For well over 30 years, Atlantic Weekly Part I has been providing listeners with a Saturday morning wake up call of acoustic music. From contemporary singer-songwriters and Americana to the bedrock traditions of bluegrass and old-time string bands, we will have you singing and dancing around the kitchen during your first cup of coffee. Tune in and explore the insightful lyrics and musical diversity that can be found only outside the limits of commercial radio. That's Atlantic Weekly Part I heard each Saturday morning from 8-10.
The second half of Atlantic Weekly, heard each Saturday morning from 10 til noon, switches over to Europe, delving into the Celtic tradition, Scandinavia, and beyond.
The tradition of Roots and Culture in the Old Dominion endures. Set upon the solid foundation of bedrock Nyabinghi chants, syncopated Ska and rumbling Rock Steady, your selectors build the framework of the positive Word, Sound and Power of Reggae. Riddim for the Next Generation each Saturday afternoon from 12 'til 2 right here on WTJU...
One salt-rubbed hunk of indie rock
1 Florin, Post-Punk Gold
1/4 Cup, Whine Pop Vinegar
1/3 Mole, Brazilian Tropicalisimo
2 Bunchs, Wilted Soul and Psychedelia
2 Omicrons, Electronic Ambience
1 Candela, Forgotten Funk
1 Blessed Blast, Japanese Noise Bands
Dash of bitter insouciance
Salt-n-Pepa to taste
Braise Weekly. Cooks between 2 and 4 PM on Saturday afternoons on 91.1 WTJU.
Tune in for two hours of musical mayhem each Saturday afternoon at 4 on Jumpin' on the Bed as David rustles up an eclectic mix of high-energy Americana, blues, rockabilly, folk, jazz, indie, rock and assorted oddities. Regular features include obits in tribute to the recently departed, theme sets, new releases and (someday soon) timely artist appearances and interviews. Often contains high Bob Dylan content. If you’ve been looking for the heart of Saturday night, look no further. Tune in and start jumpin’.
“Listening for the secret, searching for the sound…” going on three decades, Sunshine Daydream has been exploring the vast catalogues and catacombs of the Grateful Dead, as well as other like-minded musicians from the last century.
Gather 'Round each Saturday night from 8-9 for an hour of special concerts, both archived and live. There will be shows from the legendary Prism Coffeehouse archives mixed in with some from our announcers' own libraries. And you never know when a live concert might happen, so Gather 'Round each Saturday night right here on WTJU!
Take a ride on The Groove Tube every Saturday night from 9-11 on WTJU.
Leftover delights from yesteryear's afterthoughts. Moldy stew, rancid milk, a toxic sludge that leaves a grudge. Charming collections of peculiarly preserved sounds that taste better now than they ever did. Salvage what you can, but please do not let any go to waste.
sunday
It’s Saturday night for heaven’s sake. Alex Shoaibi will make you very happy you stayed up.
All Virginia artists. All genres. All night long. Tune in to Virginia Overnights and experience the sounds of our commonwealth, hand-curated by Don Harrison and Erin O’Hare.
Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert.
Sunday mornings begin with First Light. Join Paula as she brings you noteworthy compositions, some well-known, some yet to be discovered - but all refreshing and engaging. First Light, Sunday mornings from 6-9. Only on WTJU.
In The Spirit, heard each Sunday morning at 9, is an hour of vintage and contemporary gospel music to feed your soul and lift you up.
Jazzmania, heard each Sunday morning from 10 'til noon, presents a diverse blend of modern and classic jazz as well as other forms of creative, improvised music..."a veritable smorgasbord of jazz." Comments and requests appreciated at 924-3959.
Heard on stations all over the world, Tell Us A Tale, while technically a children's program, is so much more. Offering stories, tales and tunes collected from six of the seven continents (still working on Antarctica), this show appeals to listeners of all ages. So whether you are three years old getting an allowance, waiting tables in college, drawing a pension or collecting social security, gather 'round the radio each Sunday from noon 'til 1 for Tell Us A Tale!
Your weekly hour of cinema scoops, soundtracks, and scores to have you saying 'Play it again, Sam.’
Heard each Sunday afternoon from 2-6, Sunday Opera Matinee is the only non-syndicated weekly broadcast of opera in Central Virginia coming to you year round, regardless of the season! Hosts Ann Shaffer and Tim Snider share their favorite recordings, old and new. Plot synopsis and historical background are provided.
Michael pulls all the stops to present all manner of music for the monarch of musical instruments -- silvery to stentorian, sublime to bombastic, full of pomp and circumstance. From June thru September the King rests and Evensong treats you to the best in choral music, the perfect accompaniment to a summer's eve. The King of Instruments Sunday evening from 6 to 7
Just a Few Friends, heard each Sunday evening from 7-9, where Penelope invites you to spend your evening in a salon filled with the intimate strains of fine classical chamber music, from early to modern.
Walk your troubles away listening to the early blues. Songsters from the '20s and '30s, field recordings from the '40s and '50s, rediscovered greats from the '60s, and modern acoustic artists who draw on the blues tradition are featured here. That's Walkin' Blues each Sunday night from 9 to 11 right here on WTJU.
Raw Music from the 20th and 21st centuries: Airing its genre-busting blend of progressive hootenanny, provocative commentary, and sprawling pop music history lesson on WTJU since 1995 (or 1996), Radio Wowsville, heard each Sunday night from 11 to 1, is broadcast via nuclear warhead from a cave / sound lab in Grottoes, Virginia.