Decade of Difference: Bruce Springsteen
Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen! The artist once said that he would like to make a record with the lyrics like Bob Dylans, a sound like Phil Spector produced it and vocals like Roy Orbison. Although [...]
Fresh Roots New Blues Playlist 9/17/22
Fresh Roots New Blues on WNRN FRNB LIVE! #17 Air Date: 9/17/22, Saturday 6-8 PM Set 1 The Nighthawks – Leave My Woman Alone (Live From Mountain Stage) (Blue Plate) 1995 Shirley Jackson – As [...]
Announcing In Studio at WNRN – 25th Anniversary Collection
Announcing our special edition of In Studio at WNRN, our 25th Anniversary Collection, featuring 16 tracks recorded just for WNRN. Along with favorites from out In Studio volumes 1-9, we've also included previously unreleased tracks. [...]
Tim Heidecker on World Cafe
Thursday, September 22nd at 6pm High school can be an awkward time...but all those new, exciting, and awkward experiences? They can be turned into great songs. Tim Heidecker talks about his latest album High School [...]
Decade of Difference: Josh Ritter
Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan triggered Ritter's initial interest in music, prompting him to visit the local K-Mart to purchase his first guitar. Initially drawn to neuroscience as his intellectual pursuit, Ritter quickly shifted to [...]
Community Connection: Artspace
Artspace is a nonprofit gallery in Richmond located in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center. Their mission is to promote the understanding and awareness of contemporary art with monthly exhibitions, artist talks, performances, classes and more. Artspace [...]
Encore: Jorge Drexler on World Cafe
Wednesday, September 21st at 6pm Jorge Drexler was the first Uruguayan to ever win an Oscar – an honor he received for the song he wrote for The Motorcycle Diaries. He also trained as a [...]
Decade of Difference: John Craigie
Southern Californian John Craigie attended the University of California Santa Cruz where he graduated with a degree in mathematics. Craigie dove into music playing house parties and local venues, first in a psychedelic band during [...]
Bluegrass Sunday Morning 9/18/22
7 a.m. Marty Raybon - A Little Bit Of Living Ralph Stanley - Black-Eyed Susie Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys - Back To Virginia Magnolia Drive - That Girl On Sugar Pie [...]
Greensky Bluegrass In Studio Session
Greensky Bluegrass recently joined WNRN at Mountainside Studios in Charlottesville to discuss their new album, Stress Dreams, and play a career-spanning mini-set. Listen to their performances below. "Reasons To Stay" "The Radio Blues" [...]
Muna on World Cafe
Tuesday, September 20th at 6pm Muna was almost on the verge of breaking up, but then last year, the band released a song called “Silk Chiffon” that was quickly embraced by fans as an anthem [...]
Decade of Difference Drew Holcomb
Drew Holcomb grew up listening to his father’s collection of 70’s singer/songwriters and that drove his initial songwriting. College at the University of Tennessee increased his interest in music. That continued during his pursuit of [...]