Twenty-five officers left the Charlottesville Police Department (CPD) in 2018, up from an average of ten to twelve officers in recent years. WTJU’s Bowie Duncan spoke with Mike Murphy, Interim City Manager for the City of Charlottesville, about why officers are choosing to leave CPD and what the city can do to counter the trend. […]
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Listen: “Unsettled” tells the stories of Charlottesville immigrants
Immigration debates have reached a fever pitch in America in recent years. Meanwhile, on the ground, immigrants are trying to lead better lives than what they had before. Here in Charlottesville, immigrants are very much a part of the cultural and economic life of our community. Yet the stories of many immigrants – particularly undocumented […]
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WTJU’s Jazz Marathon carries the torch for jazz & blues – Sept. 24-30
Listener favorites on WTJU come in many styles from a century of jazz recordings. This year’s WTJU Jazz Marathon promises an exploration of tremendous one-of-a-kind jazz recordings. Join WTJU this year’s Jazz Marathon, September 24-30 — our annual musical scavenger hunt for the lost and found favorites of jazz! DONATE TODAY! Special kick-off event: JOEL HARRISON Concert. On […]
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Circa Blue on Lambeth Live, Nov 3
Contemporary bluegrass band Circa Blue will put on the November 3 edition of Lambeth Live (heard each Friday night from 8-9 on WTJU), and you are invited to be part of the studio audience for this FREE concert broadcast! You can of course listen to it (91.1 FM around Charlottesville, on-line at wtju.net), or even […]
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Early Music Show Goes Live with David McCormick
As the repertoire employed in the field of Early Music is centered in the past, one may think of it as “dead” in the sense some have expressed in regard to mainstream classical music. It’s old, it never makes it into the news cycle and thus it has no relevance to the world as it […]
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WTJU: Free Fall Concert Series Aug 27 – Oct 28
Following the success of WTJU’s 2015 Levitt AMP Charlottesville concert series, the IX Art Park (522 2nd St. SE) will once again serve as the colorful backdrop for WTJU’s FREE Levitt concerts: 10 free outdoor concerts to bring our community together through excellent music. For concert schedule updates due to weather, please visit WTJU’s Facebook […]
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jazz adds may 26, 2016
gregory porter. take me to the alley. blue note. Listen to this! all originals, from vocal luminary gregory porter as he drives the Broadway bus into the r & b archives–all with a light, smart touch. he can write music and lyrics. band includes singers alicia olatuja & lalah hathaway; keyon harrold, trumpet; chip crawford, […]
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jazz adds may 12, 2016
sonny rollins. holding the stage: road shows, vol. 4. okeh. Tenor titan sonny rollins continues his showcase of acclaimed live performances; ..”the interaction of human being to human being creates a tension..i get more involved.” yes, he does. the compilation standouts: disco monk, 1979 Pori Jazz festival, Finland, with exceptional piano work from mark soskin, […]
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jazz adds april 25, 2016
david murray+geri allen+terri lyne carrington. perfection. motema. tribute to innovator ornette coleman from david murray, tenor +bass clarinet; geri allen, queen of the piano; and terri lyne carrington@drums. quality material all around, especially folk song barbara allen which the late charlie haden (inspired by years with ornette) brought to geri allen’s earlier trio ; centerpiece, […]