Check out this beautiful collection of antique radio tuning dials. Can you find 103.3 MHz?

I hope you’ll join me this Friday,  July 30 at 11:00 am when we will be listening to the original Broadway cast recording of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” (1934). Members of the cast include Ethel Merman, William Gaxton, and Victor Moore. Many songs that we know from that show were omitted, so we will hear them when we listen to a recording of a recent revival.  FUN!

Last Sautrday, the staff and DJs made their way out of our top secret, underground headquarters for the first annual WPRBarbecue!

Sunday Morning Opera with Sandy, on July 25th, will feature Cesare Siepi, who passed away on July 5, 2010. He will be singing the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”. This is a recording from the 1956 Salzburg Festival, and also features Elisabeth Grümmer, Léopold Simoneau, Fernando Corena, Lisa della Casa, Walter Berry, Gottlob Frick, and Rita Streich. The conductor is Dimitri Mitropoulos.
Note: Due to the length of the opera, we will begin …

WPRB was ecstatic to have renowned contemporary Israeli-American cellist Maya Beiser as a guest on Marvin Rosen’s Classical Discoveries! Stay tuned for when we upload the interview for those who have missed it!
UPDATE: You can now listen to the entire broadcast, right here!
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Whats up WPRB?! Here’s our top 30 records of the past week. Also shocking music news! – http://www.theonion.com/articles/rock-fans-outraged-as-bob-dylan-goes-electronica,17699/
1 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Before Today 4AD
2 NINA NASTASIA Outlaster FatCat
3 SCREAMING FEMALES Singles Don Giovanni
4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Cloud Cuckooland: 20 Garish Quills Plucked From The Plumage Of Krautrock’s Lesser-Spotted Flock B-Music
5 TRANS AM Thing
6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla And Afro Roots In Colombia Soundway
7 SNACK TRUCK Spacial Findings 1-7
8 WOODS At Echo Lake Woodsist
9 VARIOUS ARTISTS The BYG Deal finders keepers-B-Music
10 ROKY ERICKSON WITH OKKERVIL RIVER True Love Cast Out All Evil Anti
11 CRYSTAL CASTLES Crystal Castles II Universal
12 TEENAGE FANCLUB Shadows Merge
13 PARTY PHOTOGRAPHERS Let the Red Lights …

On Wednesday July 14, world renowned Israeli/American cellist and new music recording artist, MAYA BEISER, will appear live in the WPRB Studio and join Marvin Rosen, host of Classical Discoveries for a series of fascinating discussions about new music and its performance.  Included will be a few live performances! Only on WPRB Princeton, community-supported independent radio! To learn more about Maya Beiser, go to www.mayabeiser.com.

Just when you thought Sundays couldn’t get any cooler, the 5th summer of Jelly NYC’s Pool Parties is upon us! This year’s schedule has been posted on their website, and it’s pretty stacked.  I went to one of these in the McCarren Park Pool (drained) several years ago that rocked my flippin’ socks off. Anyway, check it out. I’m sure you won’t be able to resist at least one of these…

http://thepoolparties.com/

Hey there WPRB listeners!
WPRB is happy to announce that it will soon be airing (date TBA) an exclusive interview with Ralph Farris, the violist of the string quartet ETHEL about their new record Oshtali. Formed in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL dedicates itself to the performance of contemporary and new music. For the past five years, they have been in residence at the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project, a part of the Grand Canyon Music …

Better late than never! Last weekend we were lucky enough to bring some turntables and t-shirts to Art All Night 2010 in Trenton. If you ask me, the event was a massive success. We saw some great art, ate some delicious food, met some awesome people and listened to a boatload of fantastic tunes.  I don’t know who took these pictures, but they were on my camera the next morning. Take a look. You know …