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The Duhks swung by WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise this morning. They interviewed with Anne Williams and played a few songs for us off of their new album, “Fast Paced World”. Hailing from Winnipeg, Canada, they are playing their first show ever in Charlottesville tonight at Gravity Lounge.
Yarn dropped into WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise this morning for an interview with Anne Williams, fresh from their show at IS Venue last night. They are playing at Clementine Cafe in Harrisonburg on Saturday. They treated is to some live songs from their album “Empty Pockets”. Videos are up at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Franz Nicolay swung by WNRN this morning for an interview with Jerry Gerard on Late for Work. Franz is kicking off his solo tour in Charlottesville tonight with a free show at Boylan Heights. Franz treated us to a few live versions of songs off of his upcoming “Major General” album.
Ra Ra Riot stopped by at WNRN for an interview this morning on their way to a show on Baltimore. While they could not play a gig in Charlottesville, they treated us to a few songs in the WNRN Studio. Videos will be available soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
On Monday, December 15th, 2008, Jack Trammell, President of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Virginia Writer’s Club, joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss the Blue Ridge Anthology 2009. This is the second edition of the anthology, which collects the works of local writers. Coy’s first piece of published fiction appears in this edition. The book will be featured at the upcoming Virginia Festival of the Book.
Meg Hutchinson came into WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise this morning for an interview with Anne Williams. She is playing tonight at Gravity Lounge along with Natalia Zukerman, Antje Duvekot and Anne Heaton. She played a few songs from her album “Come Up Full”. Videos will be available soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Former local heroes Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin dropped by Acoustic Sunrise this morning for an interview with Anne Williams at WNRN. They each played a couple of songs. They are playing tonight at the Gravity Lounge. They’ll head to the Little Grill in Harrisonburg tomorrow and will be in Blacksburg on Saturday. Videos will be up soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Danny was just signed to Red House Records and will have a new album out on March 10, 2009.
Ray Nedzel climbed into the balcony of Live Arts to hear some wonderful singing in the production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Then he had conversions with Lydia Horan, who plays Mrs. Lovett; John Gibson, the director; Ken Ferguson, who is in the ensemble; and Doug Schneider, who plays Sweeney. But lucky for you he recorded it all in a Sweeney Todd Podcast — A ToddCast. Listen here.
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a Musical Thriller.
Dec. 12 to Jan 10
www.LiveArts.org
434-977-4177
Devon Sproule came by WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise with Anne Williams this morning, along with Jeff Romano and Browning Porter. They are all performing at a benefit tonight for the Charlottesville Waldorf School at the Play On Theater, in the Ix Building.
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Melissa Ferrick dropped by WNRN this morning for an interview on Acoustic Sunrise with Anne Williams. Melissa played a few tracks from her album “Goodbye Youth”. Melissa plays tonight at the Gravity Lounge. Opening for her is Jesse Harper. Videos from the interview will be available soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Sam Wilson dropped by WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise this morning for an interview with Anne Williams. He played a few songs from his new album “Green Gates” as well as some unreleased songs and a new Sons of Bill tune. Sam Wilson’s CD release party is tonight at Gravity Lounge. Videos are coming soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio
Milton and Sami from the band Milton dropped by WNRN this morning for an interview with Anne Williams on Acoustic Sunrise. They were just swinging through Charlottesville and the WNRN studios on their way to their next show in Knoxville. Milton played a few songs from their new album “Grand Hotel”. They will be returning to Charlottesville in early 2009 for a show. For now, this interview will have to suffice. Videos will be available soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.