Don’t miss Sunset Road this Friday afternoon as Pete welcomes Brazilian mandolinist Ian Coury to the studio as they go track by track through Ian’s debut solo album, “Bora Brazil”. Sunset Road airs Friday afternoon from 4-6 (eastern) at 91.1 FM and streaming at wtju.net. Having shared a stage with Brazilian choro legends Armandinho and Hamilton […]
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Bill Evans goes track by track through The Banjo in America, July 15
Bill Evans, a former deejay at WTJU, will stop by Sunset Road this Friday afternoon, July 15, to go track by track through his new CD/DVD, The Banjo in America. Sunset Road airs Friday afternoon from 4-6 (eastern) at 91.1 FM, and streaming at wtju.net. Bill Evans first came to prominence with Charlottesville based nationally touring […]
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Hiroya Tsukamoto drops in on Sunset Road, April 15
Japanese finger style guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto will drop by WTJU Friday afternoon, April 15, around 5 to talk about his gig at the Blue Elk in Elkton, Virginia on Saturday, April 30.
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Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert chat about The Flowers That Bloom In Spring, March 11
Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert will stop by WTJU Friday afternoon, March 11, to go track by track through their new album, The Flowers That Bloom In Spring, out now on Dead Reckoning Records. Sunset Road airs Friday afternoon from 4-6pm (est) at 91.1 FM, and streaming worlwide at wtju.net. Kieran Kane’s seminal work in The […]
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Day is Come for John Doyle on WTJU, January 21
John Doyle, arguably the finest guitarist in Irish traditional music, and an equally fine singer and songwriter, will be calling into Sunset Road this Friday, January 21, to go track by track through the brand new album by The Alt, ‘Day is Come’. John co-founded The Alt with flute player Nuala Kennedy and bouzouki player […]
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We Banjo 3 guide us through A Winter Wonderful, December 3
Members of Irish group We Banjo 3 will stop by Sunset Road this Friday afternoon to go track by track through their first ever holiday album, A Winter Wonderful, out that very day. The Galway Ireland band has toured the USA several times a year in recent years, building a passionate and loyal following, though […]
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Thanksgiving week afternoon concert series
As a special treat this Thanksgiving week, three of our afternoon folk programs will be chock full of concerts. It starts Tuesday, November 23, on Coming to the Stage (4-7 pm est) with archived sessions at The WTJU Stage featuring Western Centuries, the East Pointers, and the Frank Vignola Hot Jazz Trio. We will also […]
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Newberry & Verch ring in the holidays on Sunset Road, November 19
Perennial Charlottesville favorites April Verch & Joe Newberry will be zooming in to Sunset Road this Friday, November 19th, from 4-6pm, to play some cuts from their new recording, ‘On this Christmas Day’ (out December 3) , and also look back at some of their earlier work, both as a duo and as individual artists. […]
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Bruce Carveth crosses the border with his English Concertina, October 29
Canadian native Bruce Carveth will stop by WTJU Friday afternoon, October 29, for a live performance with an English Concertina on his knee. Sunset Road airs Friday afternoon from 4-6 (edt) at 91.1 FM, and streaming at wtju.net. Bruce Carveth is from Toronto, Ontario, but has lived in Central Virginia since 1983. He attended the […]