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.
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John Weingart is the host of Music You Can’t Hear on the Radio, which airs Sunday nights from 7-10 PM. Here’s his list of his five favorite recent movies that focus on folk music!
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune – Fascinating documentary about this quintessential political or “protest” folk singer and the 1960s in which he flourished. A great movie regardless of whether or not you like or are familiar with Ochs’ music.
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Two WPRB DJs had the privilege of checking out the most recent Architecture in Helsinki show last Friday night at The Fillmore – Irving Plaza in New York City. In this recap, you’ll get two points of view: one from a relatively new AIH listener and one from a serious fan who’s seen them live 5 times (3 times in the same Irving Plaza venue)! Full review after the jump.

It’s Friday night and you’re ready to let loose, eh? Well there’s no better way than Architecture in Helsinki tonight (11/18) at Irving Plaza in New York. AIH’s new album “Moment Bends” has been rockin’ the WPRB airwaves since its debut earlier this year. We have two DJs attending this event who will be sure to report back with a show recap and their thoughts. Tickets are still available so you guys should definitely check …

Over the next few weeks, we are going to listen to Thomas Sauer’s performances of three Beethoven piano sonatas from Opus 31, the 16th, 17th and 18th. I plan to begin on November 7th with number sixteen, a sonata that my Aunt Lucy, a fine, professional classical pianist, called “The Girl Next Door Sonata.” To help make sense of this nickname, I must start with an anecdote about my aunt.
Lucy Brown lived on the west …

So you’ve spent the week hooked on our membership drive and are ready to unglue your ears from the radio for a night? WPRB has the perfect idea for how to spend your Sunday: catch Tycho tomorrow night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Sounds awesome, right? Even more spectacularly, Teen Daze and Korallreven will also be playing sets, making this unquestionably a must-see show. [WPRB DJs will be checking it out too, if you …

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The Creators Project, a joint collaboration between Intel and VICE, is coming to New York this Saturday and Sunday and throwing a two-day festival of art, music, film, and technology. While in the past, Creators Project events have been fairly exclusive, this weekend’s festival is completely free and open to the public, with access granted by an online RSVP and limited only by sheer space capacity. The Project expects around 20,000 visitors to show up …

2011 WPRB Membership Drive Premium Guide

$10: Army Knife Magnet

Show your support for WPRB on your fridge, your jewelry, and any other metal surface! Printed in teal, green, and red, this magnet’s cheery, yet vintage feel will brighten up your breakfast as you reach for the OJ. Designed by local artist Jared Shaffer, the musical instrument swiss army “knife” design will make you want to turn on the radio and dance!
$45: Ghost Gal T-Shirt (plus Magnet)

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Why didn’t Schubert finish his “unfinished” symphony?
In fact, he did sketch out a third movement, and some historians feel that they have identified music that Schubert intended, to complete the symphony. But I think the answer is simple: Schubert knew that in this symphony, he was striking out in a new direction. We are so familiar with this music that it’s easy to forget how atypical of Schubert it is. I’m sure the composer knew …