This Saturday - Kate Campbell and Sean Staples...at the Mockingbird Festival - get your tickets and reserve your free CD today!

WUMB's participation in the NEA's largest federal reading program - The Big Read over the past five months has been incredible! And, it all culminates this Saturday, May 10th, from 11am-5pm at UMass Boston with our Mockingbird Festival. The family-friendly event is FREE and open to the public with children's activities, music, storytellers, singer-songwriters Sean Staples and Eric Royer, the gospel group The Lovetones, inspiring discussions and lots more. David Kipen, Literary Director for the NEA will deliver the Keynote speech. We'll even have the five finalists from the first-ever contest of "Songs Inspired by To Kill A Mockingbird. Singer-Songwriter Kate Campbell will be one of the Songwriting Finalist judges and will perform. If you'd like to attend (we hope you will), please register in advance here. There is a $5 admission charge for the Kate Campbell concert and songwriting finals at 3 PM. More info here about The Big Read, Mockingbird Festival and Songwriting Contest Finalists. (05/09)

Elvis Costello- this week on Beale Street Caravan!

This week - WUMB's program schedule features Live Performances from Australian trio The Waifs and Boston-area musician Tim Blane. Also, Garnet Rogers picks the music on Guest Mix and Elvis Costello is featured on Beale Street Caravan. Click here for more details about these and other WUMB specials this week. (05/05)

2008 Boston Folk Festival line-up has been announced - tickets on sale NOW

WUMB's 11th Annual Boston Folk Festival is going to be better than ever. It features Kathy Mattea, John Gorka, Cliff Eberhardt, Eliza Gilkyson, Henry Butler and lots more, as well as the Songwriting Contest Finals with Buskin & Batteau. It all happens at the UMass Boston campus on September 13 & 14, 2008. The performer line-up and other details for this year's Festival have been announced. More info on the 2008 Boston Folk Festival here. (04/19)

An interview with Pete Morton - in our Audio Archives

If you're not a WUMB Member, you can listen to an MP3 "Audio Sampler" here from the recent interview with Pete Morton (pictured here) and Don White. However, if you are a WUMB Member, you can currently listen to dozens of interviews at your convenience. Current interviews include: Bruce Cockburn, Kathy Mattean, Loreena McKennitt, Christine Lavin, Marty Stuart, Jonatha Brooke, Antje Duvekot, Kate Taylor, Steve Forbert, Jesse Winchester, and more. For more details click here. (04/17)

Our Spring Fundraiser is over -- but we still need your support today!

Every dollar you contribute to WUMB goes to support the great programming & services you've come to expect from us - and helps us reach our goal. We can't do it without you! Please make your investment in WUMB today. You can see our great Spring "thank you" gifts and donate on-line using our secure Web page here now. Whether you listen through one of our many transmitters in eastern Massachusetts or on the internet, please do your part to help keep us going and growing. (04/09)

Why do you listen to WUMB? What do you like most about us?

WUMB is looking for ways to better connect with you and with other listeners. So, we want to find out why you tune-in to our radio station. We're asking you to complete the sentence, "WUMB is My Source for..." Think about it for a little while, and then when you're ready to answer, please complete this brief two-question survey. Thanks! (03/01)

Listen on the internet in stereo or mono, on iTunes, or via wireless!

Listen to WUMB live on your computer anywhere in the world using Real Player, WinAmp, Windows Media Player, iTunes and more -- get set-up info here. If you experience any pop-up ads, commercials or other oddities when you connect to either of our streams, please let us know immediately. This should not happen. Did you know that you can listen to WUMB when you're away from your desktop computer? We've identified an assortment of wireless internet devices. More details here. (01/27)