Mark your calendars, set the clocks: Jon Solomon’s 23rd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show is coming soon! The marathon begins on Friday, December 24 at 6:00 PM ET and ends Saturday, December 25 at 6:00 PM ET.

 
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to resuscitate an old WPRB tradition – compiling yearly “best of” lists! So, our DJs and staff are taking some time to write up lists of your top 5 favorite anythings of 2011. It could be the top 5 albums released this year. It could be the top 5 songs about lemonade. It could be the top 5 bands they saw live this year.
To keep up …

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The WPRB Membership Drive begins today! The full schedule for our special week of programming will be:
Sunday 10/9
7pm – 10pm                        John Weingart
10pm – 2am                       Mister Various
 
Monday 10/10
6am – 9am                        Classical with Toby
9am- 11am                         Classical with Sara
11am – 1pm     …

 
Bernhard started in about 1987 to intensely experiment with his own soundsand tunes after he found out that drawing and painting simply weren’t enoughto adequately express himself. He went about to find something that mighthad a more “performing” approach. Inspired by the likes of Einstürzende Neubauten and other informal and experimental music, he finally began towork in a very personal way to compose and record some early tapes.
Bernhard leads his own solo project “The Redundant Rocker” …

Master Electronic Musicians Dean De Benedictus and Vic Hennegan will be performing 3 sets on this weeks edition of Music With Space on Friday Night just after te midnight hour (technically Saturday morning.) This is a “must not miss” even for fans of electronic and ambient music.
About Dean - Dean’s music, among other mediums, is the result of his will to tie an essential common thread together between opposing genres and mentalities, as well as draw from …

Every week this summer, WPRB will highlight one its DJs in “Get To Know WPRB’s DJS.”
DJ Name: DJ Emanuel Ferrietis
Show: “The Outer Space Employment Agency,” Tuesdays 11Am to 1 PM.
Blog ForYour Show?:
 http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Outerspace-Employment-Agency/126122274072342
Type of music played on show: Jazz and Jazz-related music.
Reasons why you decided to be a DJ?: “Well, I wanted to make jazz more accessible, less mysterious. Other reason, I was inspired by a few WPRB DJs such as Marvin Rosen, Will Constantine, and …

by Jake Sanders
Ah yes. Like a national holiday for those who aren’t quite patriotic, The Pitchfork Music Festival comes around but once a year…however, I don’t have the money to attend. No, I’m not bitter or jealous. After all, there’s a ton of music blogs to choose from that give an group-by-group account of the festival, plus all the really juicy stuff that happens off stage. That should be almost as good as being there, …

This is the third of WPRB’s four part review of the Pitchfork Music Festival held on July 15-17  in Chicago, Illinois.
 Day Three
by Griffin Winton-LaVieri (WPRB Music Director)
Sunday was the hottest day of them all and I was the most worn out. We saw The Fresh and Onlys, Kurt Vile, and Ariel Pink at the Green Stage but I was too tired and hot to be able to judge them well. Kurt Vile seemed to be …

This is the second of WPRB’s four part review of the Pitchfork Music Festival held on July 15-17  in Chicago, Illinois.
 Day Two
by Griffin Winton-LaVieri (WPRB Music Director)
Having realized it was worth it to be up front and thus arrive at the gates early; Ravi and I spent two hours waiting outside the festival grounds on Saturday.  However, that day, instead of going to the Green stage where Fleet Foxes would headline, we opted for the nearby …