The Julian Pinelli Project will stop by WTJU on Friday afternoon, May 31, at 4 (eastern) ahead of their concert that evening at The Front Porch.  They are currently touring behind Julian’s solo debut release, Bent Creek.You are invited to be part of the studio audience for this special event.  WTJU is located at 2244 […]

Red & The Romantics, no stranger to WTJU listeners, will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse on Friday night, May 31, from 8-9 for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU.  Sure you could listen on the radio (91.1 FM) or on-line, and even video stream it, but concerts always sound better with you as […]

For the third year running, the Classics a Day team chose to honor May Day. For the month of May, Soviet musicians are the theme. Last year I posted music by Soviet prize-winners.  This time, I’m simply walking my way through the alphabet (Latin, not Cyrillic). The music I discovered proved anything but ordinary. Here […]

New Blues News – 5/21/2019 Bad Influence – Got What You Need (Badblues): This is an interesting story: This band was formed 30 years ago and the band membership has been together for 25 years. It also appears to be the first recording by this group. That could mean that they are terrible, but in […]

New Jazz Adds – 5/21/2019 Greg Abate – Gratitude: Stage Door Live @ The Z (Whaling City Sound): Composer/saxophonist Greg Abate has released numerous recordings in his career and even at 71, he sounds like he’s got plenty of music and drive to spare. This live recording features eight original compositions and the three covers […]

In an ideal world, the works of Jan Dismas Zelenka would be as familiar as those of Johann Sebastian Bach, or Georg Philipp Telemann. Both were friends and colleagues of Zelenka, and both admired his work. The 1741 Missa Omnium Sanctorum is one such work. It’s a major work (over 50 minutes long), and an […]