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Radio Wowsville

Raw Music from the 20th and 21st centuries: Airing its genre-busting blend of progressive hootenanny, provocative commentary, and sprawling pop music history lesson on WTJU since 1995 (or 1996), Radio… MoreRaw Music from the 20th and 21st centuries: Airing its genre-busting blend of progressive hootenanny, provocative commentary, and sprawling pop music history lesson on WTJU since 1995 (or 1996), Radio Wowsville, heard each Sunday night from 11 to 1, is broadcast via nuclear warhead from a cave / sound lab in Grottoes, Virginia. Less

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1. "Messages" - Pom Pom Squad - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me [City Slang: 2024(NEW)]
2. "Too Late" - Cable Ties - All Her Plans [Merge Records: 2023]
3. "Me and The Girls" - Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness [Virgin: 2024(NEW)]
4. "Uh oh" - Gut Health - Stiletto [Highly Contagious: 2024(NEW)]
5. "Shy Song" - Containe - Only Cowards Walk Like Cowards [Enchante Records: 1996]
6. "Ukraina" - Flin Flon - A-Ok [Teenbeat: 1998]
7. "Brother" - Slow Fiction - Brother [So Young Records: 2024(NEW)]
8. "A Hole In The Ground" - Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me [Secretly Canadian: 2024(NEW)]
9. "Five Foot One - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2023" - Iggy Pop - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 [earMUSIC: 2024(NEW)]
10. "Cede the City" - The Effigies - Burned [BFD: 2024(NEW)]
11. "Soda Dreamer" - Queenadreena - Taxidermy [Blanco Y Negro: 2000]
12. "Drop Me Out" - High Vis - Guided Tour [Dais Records: 2024(NEW)]
13. "Relay" - Snõõper - Relay [Electric Outlet: 2024(NEW)]
14. "Tigers Cage" - The Drin - Elude the Torch [Feel It Records: 2024(NEW)]
15. "She's Got A Problem" - HotWax - She's Got A Problem [Marathon Artists: 2024(NEW)]
16. "Cowboy" - Eternal Dust - Spiritual Healers, Defence Lawyers [Lulu's Sonic Disc Club: 2023]
17. "Normalized" - Vision Video - Modern Horror [self released: 2024(NEW)]
18. "Call of the Void" - The Grin - Call of the Void [EB: 2024(NEW)]
19. "Dr. Suess" - Autoclave - Autoclave [Dischord Records: 1997]
20. "Sin In My Heart" - Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju [Polydor: 1981]
21. "The World’s Biggest Paving Slab" - English Teacher - This Could Be Texas [Island Records: 2024]
22. "Moby Dick" - Gurr - In My Head [Duchess Box Records: 2016]
23. "Mt. Pleasant" - Tuscadero - The Pink Album [Teenbeat: 1994]
24. "When It All Comes Down" - Miaow - When It All Comes Down [Factory: 1987]
25. "Fruit (jag vill bara ha nåt jag vill ha)" - Guds Pengar - Jag går dit solen skiner [Rama Lama Records: 2024(NEW)]
26. "Be The One" - Rowdy - Rowdy [Drunken Sailor Records: 2024(NEW)]
27. "Give Me A Bite" - C.O.F.F.I.N - Australia Stops [Goner: 2023]
28. "Roman Baths" - It Thing - Spirit Level [Marthouse Records: 2024(NEW)]
29. "A Happy Death" - Strange Boutique - The Loved One [Bedazzled: 1991]
30. "Your Spit" - IAN SWEET - SUCKER [Polyvinyl Records: 2023]
31. "Kizza Me" - Big Star - Third [PVC: 1975]

Walkin' Blues

Walk your troubles away listening to the early blues. Songsters from the '20s and '30s, field recordings from the '40s and '50s, rediscovered greats from the '60s, and modern acoustic… MoreWalk your troubles away listening to the early blues. Songsters from the '20s and '30s, field recordings from the '40s and '50s, rediscovered greats from the '60s, and modern acoustic artists who draw on the blues tradition are featured here. That's Walkin' Blues each Sunday night from 9 to 11 right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "Pray For Rain" - Nat Myers - Pray For Rain [Easy Eye Sound: 2023]
2. "Blues Jumped a Rabbit" - Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues Jumped a Rabbit [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: 2023]
3. "Spoonful" - Willie Dixon - Poet Of the Blues (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation) [Columbia/Legacy: 1947]
4. "I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So" - Taj Mahal - Savoy [Stony Plain Records: 2023]
5. "Your Funeral And My Trial (feat. Jontavious Willis)" - Tracy Nelson, Jontavious Willis - Life Don't Miss Nobody [BMG Rights Management (US) LLC: 2023]
6. "Blues Funky Like Dat" - Eric Bibb, Taj Mahal, Jontavious Willis - Ridin' [Stony Plain Records: 2023]
7. "Texas Blues - Live (Remastered)" - Mance Lipscomb - The Acoustic Blues Cafe [Blues Routes / Delta: 2023]
8. "Train Roll Up" - Leroy Country Johnson, Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Train Roll Up [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: 2023]
9. "Bring It On Home To Me" - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee - Sonny & Brownie [Polydor Associated Labels: 1973]
10. "Bad to the Bone" - Carolyn Wonderland - Moon Goes Missing [Home Records: 2017]
11. "Monday Morning Blues - Live" - Mississippi John Hurt - Live [Vanguard Records: 2006]
12. "Louise" - Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Got To Move [Arhoolie Records: 1989]
13. "Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down" - R.L. Burnside - Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down [Fat Possum: 2000]
14. "Feel Like Going Home" - Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (Expanded Edition) [Geffen: 1964]
15. "Red River Blues" - John Jackson, White - Texas Blues [X5 Music Group: 2013]
16. "Next Door Neighbor Blues" - Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu [Warner Records: 2012]
17. "My Journey To The Sky" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marie Knight, Sam Price Trio - Gospel Train (Expanded Edition) [Verve Reissues: 1958]
18. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" - Etta James - All The Way [RCA Victor: 2006]
19. "Deep, Deep Water" - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Instrumental Blues [U-5: 2015]
20. "Didn't It Rain" - Mahalia Jackson - Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns [Columbia/Legacy: 1954]
21. "Going To Canada" - Joe Louis Walker - J.L.W. [Universal Music Division Decca Records France: 1994]
22. "Let's Do It" - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (Expanded Edition) [Universal Classics & Jazz: 1956]
23. "I Shall Be Released" - Nina Simone - To Love Somebody (Expanded Edition) [RCA/Legacy: 1969]
24. "Easy Rider" - Odetta - Sings Ballads & Blues [Tradition Records: 1956]
25. "I'm Feeling Alright" - Big Mama Thornton - Ball n' Chain [Arhoolie Records: 1989]
26. "Trouble in Mind" - Julia Lee - Tonight's the Night [Amanita: 2021]
27. "Sometimes I Have a Heartache" - Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters Blues Band - Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band - 1966 [Arhoolie Records: 1966]
28. "Strollin'" - Champion Jack Dupree - Blues From The Gutter [Atlantic Jazz: 1958]
29. "Give Me One Reason" - Junior Wells, Sonny Landreth - Come On In This House [Telarc: 1996]
30. "How Long Blues" - T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues [Rhino Atlantic: 2005]

Just a Few Friends

Just a Few Friends, heard each Sunday evening from 7-9, where Penelope invites you to spend your evening in a salon filled with the intimate strains of fine classical chamber… MoreJust a Few Friends, heard each Sunday evening from 7-9, where Penelope invites you to spend your evening in a salon filled with the intimate strains of fine classical chamber music, from early to modern. Less

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1. "Sonata in g, BWV 1001" {JS BACH} - Jose Antonio Escobar - Jose Antonio Escobar: Guitar Recital [Naxos: 2001]
2. "Quintet No.2 in G, Op. 33, No.2" {SPOHR} - Danubius Quartet - Dpohr: Complete String Quintets, Volume 1 [Naxos: 2002]
3. "Piano Quintet in f, Op. 34" {BRAHMS} - Artur Rubinstein & Guarneri Quartet - The Rubinstein Collection: Brahms and Schumann Piano Quintets [RCA Records: 1987]
4. "Piano Variations" {COPLAND} - Benjamin Pasternack - Copland: Piano Sonata & Piano Fantasy [Naxos: 2003]
5. "Maple Leaf Rag" {JOPLIN} - Roy Eaton - Joplin: Piano Rags [Sony: 1997]

Heifetz on Air

Each week, "Heifetz On Air" presents captivating performances by Heifetz International Music Institute students, alums, and faculty -- recorded on stage in Staunton and in WTJU's Charlottesville studios.

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Sunday Opera Matinee

Heard each Sunday afternoon from 3-6, Sunday Opera Matinee is the only non-syndicated weekly broadcast of opera in Central Virginia coming to you year round, regardless of the season! Hosts… MoreHeard each Sunday afternoon from 3-6, Sunday Opera Matinee is the only non-syndicated weekly broadcast of opera in Central Virginia coming to you year round, regardless of the season! Hosts Ann Shaffer, Tim Snider, and Brendan O'Donnell share their favorite recordings, old and new. Plot synopsis and historical background are provided. Less

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1. "Farnace" {Antonio VIVALDI} - Max Emmanuel Cencic (Farnace); Ruxandra Dunose (Tamiri); Mary Ellen Nesi (Berenice); Daniel Behle (Pompeo); Ann Hallenberg (Selinda); Karina Gauvin (Gilade); Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Aquilio); I Barocchisti; Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera; Diego Fasolis, conductor - Farnace [Erato: 1738 / 2011]

A New Sound

Over the past one hundred years, music and the arts have undergone as much revolutionary change and experimentation as science, technology, and medicine. These sounds inspired riots and revolutions, created… MoreOver the past one hundred years, music and the arts have undergone as much revolutionary change and experimentation as science, technology, and medicine. These sounds inspired riots and revolutions, created new schools of thought, and crossed the Rubicon into uncharted musical territory. Join us every Sunday afternoon from 1-3 pm on A New Sound as we explore together the classical music of our lifetime. Less

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Offstage, On-Air

Offstage, On-Air is a weekly show highlighting central Virginia's vibrant classical music community. Each week you'll hear conversations with local classical musicians, learn about upcoming concerts, and enjoy artist-curated playlists.… MoreOffstage, On-Air is a weekly show highlighting central Virginia's vibrant classical music community. Each week you'll hear conversations with local classical musicians, learn about upcoming concerts, and enjoy artist-curated playlists. Tune in Sunday from noon to 1:00pm here on WTJU. Less

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Classical Brunch

Join Paula as she brings you noteworthy compositions, some well-known, some yet to be discovered - but all refreshing and engaging. Classical Brunch, Sunday mornings from 10 'til noon. Only… MoreJoin Paula as she brings you noteworthy compositions, some well-known, some yet to be discovered - but all refreshing and engaging. Classical Brunch, Sunday mornings from 10 'til noon. Only on WTJU. Less

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1. "Grand Sonata in G major, Op. 37" {TCHAIKOVSKY, Piotr} - Nikolai Lugansky, piano - Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata and The Seasons [naïve: 2017]
2. "Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra "Aconcagua"" {PIAZZOLLA, Astor} - Ksenija Sidorova, bandoneon/NDR Elbphilharmonie - Thomas Henglebrock - Piazzolla Reflections [outhere: 2021]
3. "Partie IV in E minor, P. 373" {PACHELBEL, Johann} - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Bach's Roots [outhere: 2024]
4. "Violin Concerto in D minor" {SCHUMANN, Robert} - Niek Baar, violin/Deutsche Radio Philharmonie - Christoph Poppen - Schumann & Bruch: Violin Concertos [Channel Classics: 2024]
5. ""Tu del ciel ministro eletto" from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno" {HANDEL, G.F.} - Nardus Williams, soprano/Dunedin Consort - John Butt - Handel in Rome [Linn: 2024]
6. ""Ma che parlo...In tanti affanni miei" from Armida abbandonata, HWV 105" {HANDEL, G.F.} - Nardus Williams, soprano/Dunedin Consort - John Butt - Handel in Rome [Linn: 2024]

In the Spirit

In The Spirit, heard each Sunday morning at 9, is an hour of vintage and contemporary gospel music to feed your soul and lift you up.

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1. "Seek the Lord" - Reverend I. H. Gordon & the Gordonaires - 78 rpm Shellac Resin [Peacock Records: 1951]
2. "Gonna Walk Right Out" - Willing Four - Gospel Music From Shreveport 1971-73 [Lewis Records: 1973]
3. "Holy Ghost Walked Right in" {Edward Lanier} - Galatian Singers - Sing Spiritual, Gospel, Sacred & Religious Songs For the Whole Family [King Records: 1965]
4. "God's Amazing Grace" - Southern Hummingbirds of Suffolk VA - 1960's & 1970's Gospel from Norfolk Virginia [Fink Records: 1968]
5. "Up Hill Journey" - Flying Clouds of Montgomery AL - Ziontone Gospel [Ziontone Gospel: 1965]
6. "My Soul is a Witness" - Cleveland Colored Quintet - At the Sign of the Steeple [Sacred Records of Whittier CA: 1947]
7. "I'm Going to Die With the Staff in My Hand" - Hazel Chatman & the Golden Harmonizers - At the Sign of the Steeple [Sacred Records of Whittier CA: 1948]
8. "He Knows My Heart" - Professor James Earle Hines & the Good Will Singers - At the Sign of the Steeple [Sacred Records of Whittier CA: 1947]
9. "You Can Have a Song in Your Heart" - F. H. Lacy Gospel Singers - At the Sign of the Steeple [Sacred Records of Whittier CA: 1953]
10. "How Far" - Evening Star Quartet - Apex 78 RPM Records Gospel [Ballen Record Company Philadelphia: 1949]
11. "Nobody Knows (dp bass)" - Harmonizing Four - Think of God [Vee Jay Records: 1959]
12. "Lord Remember Me" - Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke - Complete Specialty Gospel Recording [Specialty Records: 1957]
13. "Heavenly Light Shine on Me" {Roland M. Carter} - Swan Silvertones - Love Lifted Me [Specialty Records: 1956]
14. "He Sees All We Do & Hears All We Say" - Alphabetical Four - Complete Recorded Works 1938-43 [Document Records: 1938]
15. "I'm Moving Up Home Someday" - Belmont Silvertone Jubilee Singers - Complete Recorded Works [Document Records: 1939]
16. "My Lord's Coming Soon" - Bessemer Sunset Four - Pre-War Gospel A-B [Wayhi Records: 1930]
17. "Ride on Moses" - Golden Gate Quartet - Rare Gospel Singles Volume 6 [Nova Records: 1939]

The Early Music Show

Imagine hearing the origins of the music of Western civilization! The Early Music Show reaches back to the ancient meditative sacred music and foot tapping dances of the abbeys and… MoreImagine hearing the origins of the music of Western civilization! The Early Music Show reaches back to the ancient meditative sacred music and foot tapping dances of the abbeys and troubadours of the first millennium and journeys through seven centuries of music, featuring the friendly madrigals of the Italian and English traditions, sublime motets and music of the Renaissance, Medieval and Baroque eras up to the time of JS Bach - a genre of endless richness and variety. Imagine, and then join us for music of centuries gone by, every Sunday morning from 6 'til 9 on The Early Music Show. Less

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1. "Missa Salisburgensis" {Orazio BENEVOLI} - Escolania de Montserrat - Missa Salisburgensis [BMG Entertainment: 1974]
2. "Hexachord Fantasia" {Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK} - Minako Tatsumi, harpsichord - Sweelinck: Keyboard Works [ALM Records/Kojima Recordings: 2024]
3. "Fuga in E Minor" {Johann Adam REINCKEN} - Allan Rasmussen - In Dulci Jubilo: Music for the Christmas Season [Decapo SACD: 2017]
4. "A Cherubic Work in the First Plagal Mode" {ANONYMOUS} - Athens Byzantine Orchestra - The Best of Byzantine Music [FM Records: 1995]
5. "Sonata No. 9 for Cornettino, Violin, Trombone & Bombard" {Matthias WECKMANN} - Musica Fiata - Weckmann: Eleven Sonatas for the Hamburg Collegium Musicum [CPO: 2022]
6. "Sinfonia concertante in D Major, WK 43" {Carl Friedrich ABEL} - Main-Barockerchester Frankfurt; Martin Jopp, conductor - Abel: The Late Symphonies [Note 1 Music GmbH: 2023]
7. "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" {Franz TUNDER} - Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert - Franz Tunder: Concerti [CPO: 2023]
8. "Suite in E Minor, BuxWV 235" {Dieterich BUXTEHUDE} - Stripegazelle - Dieterich Buxtehude [Stripedgazelle: 2023]
9. "The Gordion Knot Unty'd, Z. 597" {Henry PURCELL} - Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor - Purcell: Theatre Music, Vol. 1 [Naxos: 2008]
10. "Une Jeune Fillette" {Daniel BACHELER} - Jakob Lindberg - Jacobean Lute Music [BIS: 2014]
11. "O castillo de montagnes" {Juan del ENCINA} - Shirley Rumsey, lute; Christopher Wilson, lute; Margaret Philpot, alto - From a Spanish Palace Songbook [Hyperion: 1992]
12. "Salve regina" {Johannes MARTINI} - The Clerks' Group; Edward Wickham, conductor - Motets by Ohbrecht and Martini [ASV Ltd.: 1998]

Classical Prelude - Sunday

Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to… MoreClassical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert. Less

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Virginia Overnights

All Virginia artists. All genres. All night long. Tune in to Virginia Overnights and experience the sounds of our commonwealth, hand-curated by Don Harrison and Erin O.

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Cadmium

Cadmium is a show for people who hear the phrase "blackened crusty sludge" and think of music instead of the stuff that builds up around your sink drain. Mr. Owl… MoreCadmium is a show for people who hear the phrase "blackened crusty sludge" and think of music instead of the stuff that builds up around your sink drain. Mr. Owl takes you on a screaming ride through extreme metal past and present, from the shallow underground to the molten iron at the earth's core. You might hear some clean singing, but don't hold your breath. Less

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