Hungarians first were known as the terrible tribe of Attila the Hun and have continued as a unique nation. Their music is always colorful, covering a wide range of emotions from sorrow to joy. Join Ilona as she brings you Hungarian classical music to brighten your Friday morning.

Join Stephanie for a glorious exploration of the art of vocal scat singing, featuring all your favorites including Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

Grady will serve up 14 different jazz quartets to brighten your morning and entice your financial support.

Pulling into Tokyo Station, a train-stop for lovers of anime and all things Japanese?? but this time with a surprise!

From two o'clock 'til tea time, Memphis battles Kingston with record cases at ten paces: Soulville USA's DJ Robin faces Brentford Road's Ska "T" in a funky throwdown of the longitudes. Soul-Powered fund-raising served on vinyl platters, smoky barbecue and fiery jerk-flavored. Tip your waiters.

Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide...The BBC Newshour is the only program on WTJU that we must pay to carry. Please help offset the cost of this service by calling in a pledge to 434-924-0885!

Tune in every weekday at 4:55 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. They give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to support locally-produced news at 434-924-0885!

Join Terry and special guest Terri Allard as they play some of the most requested folk favorites of the past year. We'll also get Terri to pick some of her favorite Singer/Songwriters and Americana Artists. So call in and show your support for WTJU, the radio station with the most generous listeners in Charlottesville.

Support Central Virginia's only bilingual radio music program! Call 924-3418 and make a pledge! Comienze su fin de semana escuchando a Danza Latina cada viernes. Lo mejor de Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Reggeaton, Rock en Español, Pop, Hip-Hop y muchas cosas mas, es lo que ofrecemos. Miguel "M.I.G." Martinez, DJ Rafa & V-Luv host el unico programa de radio bilingues en Virginia central! Start your weekend right by tuning in to Danza Latina every Friday night. Bringing you the best of Latin music, including Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Reggeaton, Rock en Español, Hip-Hop y muchas cosas mas. Miguel "M.I.G." Martinez, DJ Rafa & V-Luv host the only bilingual radio program in Central Virginia!

Peter pays tribute to the genius and all his fabulous music.

Blues, country, and soul music each developed in eras of strict racial segregation. Numerous musicians, however, have crossed over the lines in order to imitate, re-create, or borrow from the originals. Professor Bebop brings you two hours of copies, covers, and musical extensions from blues, country, and soul musicians chasing the dream of a common language.

Look around for the right jug; a jug is a jug if you want whiskey, but if you want to blow on it, find one that's got music in it. Bourbon & Baseball Bats is a show that features bands/musicians either born or made famous in Louisville, Kentucky. Jug bands originated in Louisville... Bobby Lester from the Moonglows was born there... Indie rock darlings Slint and the Palace Brothers made their name there. Tune in for a chronological look from early jug bands to current rock music... all from Louisville! Let's knock those pledges right out of the ballpark!

Fred will treat you to a special version of "OLD VINYL"! He'll feature only the Number 1 Album of each year, from 1955 - 1979 including music of all genres, covering as many years as possible.

"The Crank" will bring you true but amazing facts about plants and animals.

The earliest recordings give a glimpse of a time when music was a part of life and made with what came to hand. We'll hear the lonely drummer, the field holler, the church choir, the chants of the work gang, jug bands, buskers, and broadside sellers from the dawn of recording.

Seasonal stories of the natural world, lightly told but often blended with serious environmental concerns. A mixture of science and down-home sense along with some personal reminiscence. What you may see outdoors, mostly here in Central Virginia and sometimes from much further afield...

Once a year, Atlantic Weekly Part I's announcers put their heads together for a "Best of" show. The focus this year is on musicians who will be performing in this area. From blazing bluegrass to singer-songwriters both known and unknown, you'll hear why this long-running folk show is one of WTJU's most popular.

A listing of traditional dance activities in the WTJU listening area. New England contra dancing, square dancing, English, Scotch, Irish, and International folk dancing are a few of the many different forms of folk dance available in and around Charlottesville.

What better way to spend a Saturday morning than with AWII? English folk songs, French musettes, Gypsy brass bands, Swedish fiddlers, Bulgarian choirs, and all the music of "Old Europe." Tune in while Cinder, Paul & Terry transport you back and forth across the Channel and the North Sea, bringing you unique music from the far side of the Atlantic.

Join us as we explore the dark star center of the Grateful Dead universe, Jerry Garcia. From his early jug band days, through his forays into funk and R&B, up to his gospel-toned arena shows, we'll ride the smooth grooves and the rough shreds. Banjo Jerry? Jazz Jerry? Rockin' Jerry? PURE Jerry.

From the exaltation of sweat, grime and raunch to the fierce flood of emotional tenders, Danny spins the rock that takes you down and lifts you up. It's punk and blues... It's straight up and twisted...It's puppet shows and metal...It's crooning and snorting...It's math and finger painting...It's riffs and drones. It's hardcore and fluffy. It's raw and refined...It's Hard and Soft.

90 minutes of tradin' paint, tradin' parts, stealin' hubcaps and bein' left in the middle of nowhere. Bring your fuzzy dice and let's boogie!

"Pay us and we'll love you!" Times Square may have been cleaned up but "The Show Show" has not! Turn up your collar, pull down your hat brim, and join Eric Mark for a tour of Broadway's bawdy houses. Bring your wallet.

These 3 genre-bending musicians share a common bond of mutual respect and improvisatory style that has made for some of the most enjoyable music of the past 40+ years. Listen for both classics and little heard gems, individually and collectively. Gary will also be taking requests at 924-4318 (with a pledge of course) for some of the other unusual vocalists heard regularly on Living Time.

Rock slash pop. Electronic slash noise. Hip slash hop. Come explore the space between the genres. Tune in, turn up, slash.

Conner and David take you through ABC's of indie rock.

A healthy mix of creepy electronic and rock music.

Join Colin Campbell and Deborah Murray for a special edition of Classical Sunrise featuring the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, arguably the greatest composer who ever lived. Hear why in a three-hour sampling of some of the best of Bach's keyboard, instrumental, vocal and choral music.

From Moses, Ezekiel and Samson to two little fishes, tune in for vintage and contemporary gospel music featuring Old Testament stories. Rebecca and Terry will feed your soul, lift up your spirits and ask you for your generous pledge. So get up early, call 924-3418 and let WTJU know what this show means to you.

Your Jazzmania hosts bring you the best in jazz guitar.

Call in those pledges during Tell Us A Tale, and help show that children's programming matters!

By special request, we present one of the best-loved operas in the entire repertory- Puccini's tragic tale of a geisha scorned. Bring along your crying towel and your checkbook to support Central Virginia's spot for opera all year 'round.

The most famous of all French organ builders, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, kept a special instrument in his atelier for demonstration purposes. We'll hear this glorious and versatile pipe organ, now restored, played in an exciting program by Daniel Roth of Paris.

Thrice As Nice: For a special Marathon edition of Just a Few Friends, your hosts Winston and Penelope team up to present a choice selection of trios to delight your various tastes.

Take a trip back through the Doo Wop continuum. We'll hear many of the vocal styles that contributed to Doo Wop singing. The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong along with gospel and even some jug band singing.

Airing its genre-busting blend of progressive hootenanny, provocative commentary, and sprawling pop music history lesson on WTJU for the past eight years, Radio Wowsville is broadcast via nuclear warhead from a cave / sound lab in Grottoes, Virginia.

Starting your week? Ending your week? Either way, you've come to the right place- More than Midnight keeps it correct with an eclectic mix of this, that & the other; including but not restricted to funk, disco, dub, hip-hop, free jazz & weird electronic squiggles, not to mention plenty of sweet, shameless pop music for your delectation. Sure to confuse & delight in equal measures.

Space/ambient music featuring Robert Rich, Jeff Pearce, Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana and others.

Giving back to listeners in a special way, John Delehanty will play selections listeners have told WTJU they especially like. The superb classical tastes of central Virginia will be on display in a smorgasbord of delectable music. From the People, to the People. Dawn's Early Light during the WTJU Spring Music Marathon.

The best in recent jazz recordings!

Seasonal stories of the natural world lightly told but often blended with serious environmental concerns. A mixture of science and down-home sense along with some personal reminiscence. What you may see outdoors, mostly here in Central Virginia and sometimes from much further afield...

Robin will take you on a two-hour tour of the Memphis recording label that helped define what soul music was all about... including Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas and the Staple Singers, among others.

Emily and Jeff will go head-to-head in an all-out battle for your support in this special marathon edition of Centripetalia. No musical galaxy lies beyond their grasp when these titans of the daytime airwaves come together to spin some of their all-time faves.

Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide. The BBC Newshour is the only program on WTJU that we must pay to carry. Please help offset the cost of this service by calling in a pledge to 434-924-0885!

Tune in every weekday at 4:55 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. They give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to support locally-produced news at 434-924-0885!

During this special Marathon Edition of The Early Music Show, Colin, Jenny, and Sandy will all be sharing the music that listeners have said they love. Our journey will take us to such places as Italy, France, England, Flanders, and Germany. We will be traveling through time as well, going back many centuries in the history of Western music. Your hosts will bring you mass settings, medieval dances, and the sacred and secular songs of such musical giants as William Byrd, Gabrieli, Lassus, Praetorius, and many others. They invite you to come along!

Performances from the golden age of recording

Seasonal stories of the natural world lightly told but often blended with serious environmental concerns. A mixture of science and down-home sense along with some personal reminiscence. What you may see outdoors, mostly here in Central Virginia and sometimes from much further afield...

Though a contemporary of the be-boppers, Thelonious Sphere Monk is anything but a bopper. Post-bop, maybe, but the consensus is that Monk is Monk-his compositions are studied and unique. Monk tunes are covered by just about everyone -Miles to Lacy, Carmen to Chick, Misha to Motian, and everyone in between. Every hot pianist takes a crack at the Monk songbook, but so too, do horn players, guitarists, and vocalists. Sean and Steve will feature some of the Monk classics, "Bemsha Swing," "Blue Monk," "Crepuscule with Nellie," "Epistrophy," "Misterioso," "Well You Needn't," performed by Monk, as well as covers by other musicians. Sean & Steve will also toss in some of the more obscure parts of the repertoire and some recently released live recordings.

Indie pop and punk music from the northwest and other places... Also boys and girls singing together... Anarchy

Weirdo rock from the extreme fringes. Tune in to hear musical genius from the most uncool and unsavory characters in rock and roll. From Daniel Johnston to Frank Zappa, we'll try and unite all the most loved un-loved musicians of all time.

Classical composers are drawn to the melodies and rhythms of folk music, and many have woven these elements into their compositions. Join Catherine and Elizabeth as they explore the relationship between classical and folk music in this special edition.

Join Ann for Desert Island Brazil... A few colorful pareos (sarongs for the men), your special recipe for caipirinhias, and these exquisite Brazilian tunes and you'll be happy to be stranded.

The time between WWII and Rock & Roll was a time when the greatest singers were recording the most wonderful songs that have ever been written. Join Charles Peale for a taste of this period, and listen to selections from these incredible albums. He will be playing vocalists such as Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Jo Stafford, Tony Bennett, and Margaret Whiting, along with many instrumentals. One of Frank Sinatra's sexiest albums, "Songs for Swingin' Lovers", will be the centerpiece here, with as many selections taken from this session as Charles can comfortably fit into ninety minutes. Don't miss this special edition of Rhythm & Romance.

Sit right down for a song fest, prepared especially for you by Rebecca and guest host Mare. They'll offer the usual vintage, fresh, exotic and local with a focus on beautifully blended voices. Mostly dessert at this acoustic lunch, sweet with some spice thrown in.

Despite its small population and geographic isolation, New Zealand has produced a vibrant, diverse, and globally influential underground music culture. The distinctive "kiwi pop" sound, though commercially underappreciated, influenced American independent rock stalwarts such as Barbara Manning and Pavement, while the improvisational and "noise" scene has been championed by people like Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth. Tune into the lilting pop of the Bats and the Chills, the pastoral ambience of guitarist Roy Montgomery and Dadamah, the nihilistic rock of the Dead C and Gate, the sound collage of Omit and Dean Roberts, along with many others. You'll hear heavenly pop hits and "hell-spawned" noise, Flying Nun and Xpressway Records, music and sound from the North and South Island.

Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide. The BBC Newshour is the only program on WTJU that we must pay to carry. Please help offset the cost of this service by calling in a pledge to 434-924-0885!

Tune in every weekday at 4:55 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. They give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to support locally-produced news at 434-924-0885!

Dance till you drop as Andrew presents two hours of the most intoxicating dance music from Mother Russia, with works of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Glazunov, and many more.

Selections from operas first heard in April in addition to featured singers and composers who were born in that month.

More of the wide variety of Tuesday evening jazz you've come to expect.

Step 1. Build a Spaceship. Step 2. Build a Bigger Spaceship. You get the picture. Davis and Bridge will bring the noise, from discordant space-skronk to transcendent sheets of solar sound, from old monsters to new mutant jerks, soulful word-monkeys and aliens who hate you with music... everything is fair game. Fuel Supply dictates and Translucent Flying-V guitars are boss but surprises are only a sunspot away. Emanatize the Escutcheon!

Sarah and Phillip duke it out aurally, Phillip bringing you the sounds of the future from your favorite internet artists and Sarah hitting back with alt-country and rock, the music you grew up with. It's synths vs. banjos, nerds vs. troubadours, on Timecube: Radio's Binary Genome.

Since July 1991, Gamut's no-repeat policy means host Ralph Graves has programmed an amazing amount of material. For this special edition, Ralph breaks his rule and airs for a second time some of his favorite works presented over Gamut's 14-year run: Hovhaness, David Munro, Vaughan-Williams, Heinechen, Rubbra and many others!

We've got a thing for trains! That's right folks, your favorite train lovers are back in the studio with a boxcar full of train songs for the 2005 spring fundraiser. Come ride the rails with Larry and Brandy as they take a three-hour journey through the Americana landscape of train songs. They'll follow the tracks from the A-Train to the Blue Trane and on down the line to a station known as WTJU. When you hear that lonesome whistle blow, make your pledge at 924-3959 and support community radio in Central Virginia.

In the '80s and '90s, before Radio Tropicale, before the Rough Guides and Putumayo compilations, WTJU listeners got their world music from...The Zebra Club, with Jim Schneider! Join Bruce of Radio Tropicale at noon on April 6th as he welcomes back veteran DJ Jim Schneider for 2 hours of the best of world music; the greatest grooves and the finest voices!

Megalomaniacal pop: Settle down with Dominic. Dance music for invalids and other audio heresies.

Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide. The BBC Newshour is the only program on WTJU that we must pay to carry. Please help offset the cost of this service by calling in a pledge to 434-924-0885!

Tune in every weekday at 4:55 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. They give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to support locally-produced news at 434-924-0885!

A celebration of "in-between" music - not symphonies or concerti, but shorter and engaging works in many styles.

John Mitchell turns Mitchell with Music into a festival of tuneful, daring, and thoroughly American music, from the sturdy hymns of William Billings to the singular harmonies of Philip Glass.

Your Wednesday night hosts of Straight No Chaser have worked up a list of their favorite recordings from all the best artists in all forms of avant-garde jazz. We're still wondering if the two hosts have agreed on any titles, or whether they'll play tunes from two separate lists. So please tune in to find out what they picked, and whether they ranked them, alphabetized them, or just arrayed them in a big circle. And while listening, register your support of Jazz and the diverse programming on WTJU.

Did you know WTJU's got it? Well we do, and we are giving it to you, before you can buy it. New music! And we don't need no stinkin' research firm to tell us which tracks to play. Join us for two hours of your new favorites...brought to you by WTJU's monsters of the midweek, Patrick and Nick.

There's some mighty strange music drifting out from deep inside Mother Russia. Eerie melodies and whispers from a haunted past? Or postmodern discordant noises forecasting a future of unknowns? Perhaps it's art. We'll explore music ranging from ritualistic chanting to apocalyptic electronics, from atavistic soundscapes to expressionist screaming, from whimsical melodies to malevolent nightmares. Decide for yourself about these mysterious sounds echoing around the musical fringes of the former Soviet Union. Vodka highly recommended, but not essential.

Garage Punk and Garage Rock, bands and record labels, from outside the United States.

Bradley explores the limits of today's definition of "classical music." Vote on the web: Is it classical or is it not? Register your opinion by filling out this brief survey.

Your Thursday morning guys are paying tribute to our local and Virginia musicians, including Hod O'Brien, John D'earth, Robert Jospé, and many others.

Alt Country "classics" from the '80s and '90s. Folks like the Blasters, Uncle Tupelo, Jayhawks, Freakwater, Whiskeytown, and many more!

A listing of traditional dance activities in the WTJU listening area. New England contra dancing, square dancing, English, Scotch, Irish, and International folk dancing are a few of the many different forms of folk dance available in and around Charlottesville.

Music from the '50s to right now: Mix garage, soul, rockabilly, punk and R&B... Shake!

Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide. The BBC Newshour is the only program on WTJU that we must pay to carry. Please help offset the cost of this service by calling in a pledge to 434-924-0885!

Tune in every weekday at 4:55 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. They give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to support locally-produced news at 434-924-0885!

Debuting at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez with her soaring soprano voice quickly became the folk music star of the early 1960s, headlining festivals and concert tours. Her traditional music repertoire expanded to include socially conscious material and she began singing at political events including the 1963 March on Washington. An early supporter of Bob Dylan, she recorded his songs in addition to many others including Phil Ochs and The Band. Baez eventually penned her own songs and ventured into the pop/rock world with Diamonds and Rust and recordings with Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Indigo Girls. Tune in to hear Baez, her peers and musical descendants.

The Eclectic Woman show is the only radio program in Central Virginia to feature women's music exclusively. Female musicians span all musical genres and the globe with a variety of rich perspectives. Expect a fresh and tantalizing musical menu of singer-songwriters and women of color, spiced liberally with traditional, blues, world, jazz, rock, avant-garde and instrumental music.

A weekly public affairs program filled with news, gossip, arts and culture on all things gay and lesbian. Inside Out is produced in association with the University of Virginia Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center.

With emphasis on the rhythmic groove, join David and other hosts of Induced to Judder for a soul jazz dance party featuring the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Les McCann, Gene Harris, and many other surprises.

Morgan and Matt get together to bring you tunes from your favorite Chicago hipsters...with selections from studio releases, live tracks, and b-sides.

The Beard Hour, no stranger to confrontation, brings you the heaviest and slowest of modern metal bands, plunging into the depths of doom first brought to life by the mighty Black Sabbath. From Japan to the icy fields of Scandinavia, the Beard Hour will bring you doom and sludge from bands as varied as Earth, Boris, Neurosis, the Melvins, Noxagt, and maybe even the Boredoms. Get ready for two hours of innovative heavy music that will rattle the marrow of your bones.

Tune in to hear the rarely played, delightful, youthful pieces of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and other great classics of classical music. Join Ilona as she brings you these early works to brighten up your Friday morning.

Hear the up and coming generation of the next 'Frank's or 'Nat's. There are powerful singers out there, men crooning their hearts out for your enjoyment or reflection. Do you know Jamie, Michael, Kevin, Freddy, Harry, and on, and on... You will, if you tune in and enjoy.

The premier Jazz bass player has played and recorded with more artists than any other in the field of Jazz since the early 60's to the present. Ron Carter has had a successful career not only as a session player, but also as a solo recording artist.

F$%@#* Up Got Ambushed Zipped In: That's Fugazi in a nutshell, yet more decisively can be defined as simply one of the most definitive bands in the subversive music world today. We're going to showcase the present band and their prior ones as well (such as Minor Threat, Embrace, Rites of Spring, etc.). Join us for the longest two hours you may possibly go without getting lost in D.C.

Coxsone's old Downbeat henchman, defender of the public against Judge Dread, known as Scratch, the Upsetter, and the Super Ape, Lee Perry has had his hands in many a crazed reggae cauldron. He created (and allegedly destroyed) the legendary Black Ark studio out of which came the masterpiece "Heart of the Congos," international hits "Police & Thieves" and "War Inna Babylon," and countless dubs that shook the world. His work in the '70s stretched musical possibilities, inspiring many the world over.

Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide. The BBC Newshour is the only program on WTJU that we must pay to carry. Please help offset the cost of this service by calling in a pledge to 434-924-0885!

Tune in every weekday at 4:55 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. They give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to support locally-produced news at 434-924-0885!

An in-depth look at the international super group put together by Irish music icon Andy Irvine, with music from Riverdance to Appalachian old-time.

Aer Stephen hosts a special edition of The Zydecajun Conspiracy to keep things jumpin' on the second and final Friday evening of our Spring Fundraiser. The double clutchin' is so infectious; some have likened it to a drug. The multi-cultural sounds and rhythms from the Louisiana bayous and dance halls of the Creoles' and the Cajun's are occasionally interrupted by a visit to the Crescent City of New Orleans for some added spice and flavor.... it is, after all, a wonderful conspiracy.

The Clovers, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Rascals, Eric Clapton, Cream, and Derek and the Dominos, the Allman Brothers Band, Dusty Springfield, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Wilson, Solomon, Big Joe, Otis...Aretha, and Ray. During a 55-year career as an engineer and producer, Tom Dowd recorded them all and many more. As Atlantic Records house engineer during the '50s and '60s, he invented the modern studio pioneering many fundamental techniques that are now standards. He brought out the best in The Best, captured it all on tape, and spun more gold and platinum records than you can count.

Check out the funk, rock, blues, soul, jazz montage of madness that is Charlie Hunter. Equipped with his eight-string axe (3 bass strings, 5 guitar strings and two pickups), Charlie has built an extensive career, collaborating with the likes of James Brown, Skerik, and Medeski, Martin and Wood. From his early Blue Note albums to his side-work with T.J. Kirk to his famous cover of Bob Marley's Natty Dread, Mike will check it all out.

A serpentine trek through the annals of rock & roll. Old to new and back again. Brenton Wood...The Troggs...The Dirty Three...It's a little bit of uh huh and a whole lot of oh yeah.

What a long strange migration it's been, from India to America over a period of a thousand years. Gypsy or Roma (common term for Gypsy people) music features sounds and instrumentation that have changed as part of this everlasting migration, creating a rich and varied musical repertoire rooted in vocal improvisations, rapid tempo changes, universal stories of life on the road, and tragedies of lost love. Terry Carpenter will be your guide to the finest artists from Eastern and Central Europe.

Do you ever listen to a song and something about it makes the hair on your arms stand on end? Do you remember in Lily Tomlin's play/movie "In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe" when she is teaching her space chums about the "goosebump experience"? Well, this the musical answer of that for my radio earth chums. Either the melody is eerie in a delicious way or the words move you or the instrument choice is unusual or something you can't even identify grabs you. Featuring eclectic acoustic songs from artists like: Patty Griffin, Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, Nanci Griffith, Joni Mitchell, James Keelaghan and many more.

Seasonal stories of the natural world, lightly told but often blended with serious environmental concerns. A mixture of science and down-home sense along with some personal reminiscence. What you may see outdoors, mostly here in Central Virginia and sometimes from much further afield...

An All Austin edition. Yup, there's a lot more to Texas than right wing politicians and slackers - there's Austin, home to some of the worlds best singer-songwriters. Eliza Gilkyson, Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Austin Lounge Lizards, Danny Barnes and various other Austinites!

A listing of traditional dance activities in the WTJU listening area. New England contra dancing, square dancing, English, Scotch, Irish, and International folk dancing are a few of the many different forms of folk dance available in and around Charlottesville.

Laugh, cry and dance around the kitchen with John Prine. You'll be touched and entertained by his poetry and music. Your requests will be entertained and your pledges of support will be welcomed with open arms in the Big Old Goofy World of John Prine.

Lots of "Live-from-Merlefest!" stuff and a look at some of the acts playing there this year.

Two hours (that's right, not 90 minutes) of live Jumpin' on the Bed! The Monster of Happiness will bring you live tracks, live guests and other living things to entice you to pledge your support for the only station in Central Virginia dedicated to bringing lotsa live music to your ears via radio waves.

A celebration of celebration: Take the wayback machine to cowboy dances, corn huskings, delta picnics and Saturday night fish fries. Might get drunk, shoot craps, get in a fight, and land in jail, but we'll have a good time doing it.

Richard Thompson, is he the ultimate singer/songwriter or just another bloke with a guitar? You decide when you join Terry Carpenter as he plays fan club releases, live recordings, alternative takes, record company promos and all the stuff you won't find in your local record store.

Hey Hey My My, Neil Young will never die..... Well...... probably not so true, but Rock 'n' Roll and his music won't. Waterface returns to wed the old with the new, the future with the past, the folk with rock. From Last Trip to Tulsa to Greendale, the marathon rolls on with the man whose changes have become the tradition...

dance music with rock and rap. but never together. never. it's indy rock, underground hip-hop and top 40......also punk.

With slide guitar gone insane and nutty yet heart felt lyrics to match, Modest Mouse are masters of modern rock. Listen to this band from the American Northwest-three hours of their greatest tracks.

Join Dominic for his fifth consecutive marathon show focusing on the wondrous world that is the prototype power trio Yo La Tengo. He promises the show will be simultaneously louder, quieter, more beautiful, and definitely featuring more arcana!

1..2..3..4! It's amazing how such a laconic gurgle could be made so famous by 4 pizza-eatin' (or sprouts, depending on how you view it), glue-sniffin', downright dogfaced yanks. Join us for a celebration of 3 more poorly missed souls; one hour - short and sweet, the only way Joey, Dee Dee, and Johnny knew how.

Rockabilly pioneer, country music legend, Highwayman, poet of the people and the only performer to successfully collaborate with both Rev. Billy Graham and producer Rick Rubin... Johnny Cash was everywhere, man. From the Folsom Prison hits to obscure gems from the Carter Fold to unlikely covers of Neil Young and Beck, Don Harrison and Tyler Magill will wear black and, like daddy, sing bass. All for your financial support of community radio and in memory of an American legend.

Hey, sometimes even the Rock Department at WTJU must stand naked. Rare and classic recordings of Our Man Zimmy are always unearthed when Don Harrison, Tyler Magill, Rob Sheffield and whoever else wants to bring a harmonica and a rhyming dictionary to the station takes up the mic for the annual Bob-Fest.

Sonic Death. Sonic Life. Sonic Youth. Songs from the future today. A serious argument for living. These songs will change your life. Again.

Together or solo, Frippertronics, Soundscapes, Oblique Strategies

It's the return of the electric warrior! Be prepared to break out the zip gun and battle futuristic dragons with the greatest of all glam rockers - Marc Bolan. David Bowie ain't got nothing on the man that drove a Rolls Royce because it was good for his voice. Rock!

Nate and Caleb will bring you hip hop from its second golden era, as seen through the eyes of the rza. From the brilliantly incoherent musings of ol' dirty to the frenzied pronouncements of ghostface, the Wu-Tang Clan has it all, and produced one of the best catalogs in the history of hip hop. We'll take you on a trip through mid-90s New York, from wu tang collaborations to early solo efforts, and even up through recent rza solo work. We'll leave your head noddin' and your kung-fu appreciation at an all time high as we finish off the wtju marathon in a way you never saw coming.

For over 25 years Jhon Balance created memorable music from well beyond the outer limits of the cutting edge. A frequent collaborator with such luminaries as Psychic TV, Current 93, Thighpaulsandra, and Nurse With Wound, Balance is best known for his his brilliant and influential band Coil. And though his life was cut short in a tragic fall in November of 2004, Jhon Balance will be remembered and revered as one of the most important artists in modern dark experimental music.