Various members and alumni of local bands Ragged Mountain String Band, Mando Mafia, and Bayou Faux Pas (including a couple of WTJU DJs) have been getting together to busk on the weekend on Charlottesville’s downtown mall, playing old-time fiddle tunes for charity and beer money over the last few years whenever time and weather allow. Now they’re […]
Mando Mafia
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Mando Mafia at The Stage, Feb 18
Mando Mafia resurfaces to perform some of their favorite global string band music in support of their favorite station, WTJU. Come on out and be part of the studio audience! Doors open at 6:30, and the one hour concert will start at 7. Or you can also listen at 91.1 FM locally, and on-line at […]
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2020 Folk Marathon Makes the World Go Round
Tags: Alligator, Blue Ridge Irish Music School, BRIMS, Buzzard Hollow Boys, Folk Makes The World Go Round, Jerry Douglas, Jim Waive & The Young Divorcees, live music, Mando Mafia, Mike Marshall & Darol Anger, Ragged Mountain String Band, Sam Bush, Scan-di-radio airwaves, Susie & The Pistols, The Stage at WTJU, Turn Your Radio On, WTJU Folk MarathonFrom February 17 – 23, WTJU aired the “Folk Makes the World Go Around” 2020 Folk Marathon! Thanks so much for your support during the Marathon! You can still donate at wtju.net/donate. Miss a Folk Marathon show? Want to hear a good one again? Swing by the WTJU archives, where we keep past shows for 14 days […]
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Special Vaughan Mairs Tribute, June 28
Vaughan Mairs, noted musician around Central Virginia and beyond, passed away this past Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. Known to many as one of the founding members of Mando Mafia, as well as member of Scuffletown, Vaughan was a longtime fixture in the Central Virginia music community. Sunset Road, heard each Friday afternoon […]
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Tom Espinola track by track of Noises From The Attic, Sept 16
Tom Espinola will pay a visit to WTJU on Friday afternoon, September 16, at 4 (edt) to do a track by track of his new release, Noises From The Attic. As the album is played, Tom will chat about each of the tracks with Sunset Road host Pete Marshall. The recording includes two pieces recorded […]