New Jazz Adds – 10/22/2019 Chase Baird – A Life Between (Self-released): “Part experimental rocker, part classical romantic and part hard-bop devotee, saxophonist and composer CHASE BAIRD has been described as “… the future of jazz music and the saxophone” by Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Randy Brecker.  His latest album, A Life Between, covers a vast […]

New Blues News – 10/22/2019 Johnny Burgin – Live (Delmark): Here’s a live set from Johnny Burgin and he is right in the groove! He wrote or co-wrote all but four of the fourteen songs on offer and his bandmates and guests are among the best you could find anywhere. He has been around for […]

North Carolina duo Chatham Rabbits will stop by WTJU Friday afternoon, October 25, at 4 to kick off Sunset Road ahead of their Prism Coffeehouse concert (presented in part by WTJU) that evening at C’Ville Coffee.

Funk n’ Roll act Driving Sideways will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse on Friday night, October 25, from 8-9 for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU.Sure you could listen to Offbeat Roadhouse on the radio (91.1 FM) or on-line, and even video stream it, but concerts always sound better with you as part of the studio audience.  Offbeat […]

In 2019 the Classics a Day team has been making its way through the seasons. We’ve had Classical Winter (January), Classical Spring (April), and Classical Summer (August). For October, we complete the cycle with Classical Autumn. I tried to steer clear of the really obvious choices (like Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”). In the process, I managed […]

Quebecois group Rosier (formerly Les Poules a Colin) will stop by WTJU Friday afternoon, October 25, around 1:30 for a live session ahead of their concert that evening at The Front Porch.