Wednesday 2 May 2012 8-10pm TUNE IN AND SUPPORT WTJU

Alex Caton and I will be spinning for the Teej Folk Marathon from 8-10pm on Wednesday 2 May 2012, trying to raise dollars to help them keep doing what they do.  Please do tune in and call 434-924-3959 to donate.  You can also donate online, but we want you to call during our show to help us meet our goal and prove ourselves better djs than the other guys.

The show, called The Cuckoo's Nest, will feature a few cuckoo songs and other works by artists like Hazel Dickens, Shirley Collins, Ola Belle Reed, Bert Jansch, Paul Brady, Alasdair Roberts, Andy Irvine, Espers, Mellow Candle, and even a bit of early Palace.  The common denominator is the link to the very old music of the British Isles.

So I testify: I didn't realize how much I missed good radio during the seven years each I lived in Birmingham, Alabama, and Baltimore--radio wasteland, 'alternative' stations obviously spinning for grease, obviously doling out mandatory playlists, repeating tunes until you want to vomit--until I moved back to Charlottesville.

WTJU is my constant companion.  True freeform radio.  Listen live or explore archives.  Try an archived edition of The Broadcasting System with Tyler Magill.  Or an edition of The Early Music show.  Those two shows both air on Mondays, and I hate to miss them.

And please do tune in on Wednesday 2 May 2012 at 8pm to 91.1 WTJU.

Ned Oldham with Jonathan Wilson 16 May 2012

Ned Oldham and band will play an opening set for Jonathan Wilson at the Southern Music Hall in Charlottesville on Wednesday 16 May 2012. 

Tuesday, February 7: WTJU and CFOOT Shows

Ned Oldham, Matty Metcalfe, and Nathan Salsburg will perform in Charlottesville's WTJU studio between 1 and 2 on Rebecca's Tuesday afternoon show, Walk Right In.

Later that evening, between 8pm and 10pm, Nathan, Ned, Matty and Alex Caton will perform at the CFOOT (Charlottesville Friends of Old Time) Studio at 1106 West Main Street in Charlottesville.  Tickets are $10 ($5 for CFOOT members).  CFOOT studio is a nice, homey place above the Studio Art Shop; it seats about fifty people.  Free coffee and cookies with the price of admission.

This unamplified show will feature mostly traditional music.  Ned, Alex and Matty perform as a trio with some duo and solo moments.  Nathan has worked with the Lomax Archives and as a DJ for Root Hog or Die.  His new album, Affirmed, just released on No Quarter Records, is solo fingerstyle acoustic guitar music.  There is a good interview with Nathan Salsburg here.