Let me say hello and introduce myself. I’m Dominick. I’m very lucky to call myself the new morning show guy at WUMB. I’ve been doing the mornings here for a few months now and not only do I love what I do but I’m very lucky that you allow me into your house, car or computer every morning! I thank you for that! Read More…
September 2014 Archives
American Routes: Sunday, Noon-2pm
-September 7 – Soul Sisters
-September 14 – Get Rhythm: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
-September 21 – Festivals Acadiens et Creoles and New Orleans Nightlife
Mountain Stage: Saturday, 2pm-4pm
-September 6 – Patty Griffin, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Parker Millsap & The Head and the Heart
-September 13 -The Autumn Defense, Twin Forks, Driftwood, Casey Neill & Robby Hecht
-September 20 -The Paul Thorn Band, Billy Joe Shaver, The Holmes Brothers & Candi Staton
-September 27 – Rosanne Cash, Chuck Mead (Of BR549) & His Grassy Knoll Boys, Willie Watson & Hurray for the Riff Raff Read More…
New Music!
I know times flies…but the Summer has broken a new record for how fast time has flown. I hope you’ve enjoyed it, and now we’re looking at Fall and the return of brisk temperatures here in New England. I’m always excited for the Fall for some reason, and the more I thought about it the more I realize it probably has something to do with a plethora of new music being released in the coming weeks. I can’t possibly break it all down for you in one paragraph but I’d like to point to some new releases that might be worth jotting down. Read More…
Whether you lived through it or not the folk revival of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s was an amazing time in musical history. In this area (read that Cambridge) we were lucky enough to have a wonderful document of the era in Baby Let Me Follow You Down. Originally published in 1979 it was assembled by Eric Von Schmidt and Jim Rooney, two of the key figures in the New England folk revival. I say assembled because it is constructed from interviews with nearly all of the folks behind the legendary Club 47, Newport Folk Festival and everything else that happened back then. Read More…
Online Weekly Giveaways
One of the great benefits of being a Member of WUMB is the chance to enter our Weekly Online Giveaways. Every week, we offer our Members a chance to win CDs, tickets, and other great prizes online.
Here are some of the items we have given away over the past few weeks:
– CD “Another Self Portrait” by Bob Dylan
– CD “The Red Album” by Red Molly
– CD “The River and the Thread” by Rosanne Cash
– Tickets to see Alison Krauss and Willie Nelson live in Boston
To see what we’re offering this week, visit our Giveaway page at http://wumb.org/members/weeklygiveaway.php. And good luck! Read More…