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Scott Miller on-air performance Feb 8th canceled

February 3rd, 2010

Scott Miller’s appearance today in canceled.

WYEP’s Annual Anti-Valentine’s Day show with Rosemary

January 28th, 2010

Join Rosemary Welsch as she provides the afternoon mix of songs of love lost, revenge, and serves you up a dozen broken heart shaped cookies on Friday, February 12th from 2 until 6pm.

If you have a song request, drop Rosemary an email Rosemary@wyep.org

Best of 2009 Lists from WYEP’s Programming Staff

December 31st, 2009

Cindy Howes Morning Host  Top 10 albums for 2009

1. Passion Pit- Manners

2. Boca Chica- Lace up Your Workboots

3. Sam Roberts- Love at the End of The World

4. Meeting of Important People- Meeting of Important People

5. Hallelujah The Hills- Colonial Drones

6. Fruit Bats- Ruminant Band

7. Tegan and Sara- Sainthood

8. Bill Callahan- Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle

9. Amadou & Miriam- Welcome to Mali

10. Jenny Owen Youngs- Transmitter Failure

Mike Sauter Midday Host and Music Director

Avett Brothers  I and Love and You
Andrew Bird  Noble Beast
Elvis Costello  Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

Mike Doughty  Sad Man Happy Man

Elizabeth & The Catapult  Taller Children

Great Lake Swimmers  Lost Channels

Indigo Girls  Poseidon and the Bitter Bug

Chris Isaak  Mr. Lucky

Joshua James  Build Me This

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears  Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth  For Crying Out Loud

The Stone Coyotes  A Rude Awakening

The Swell Season  Strict Joy

Rosemary Welsch Afternoon Host and Senior Producer Top 10 of 2009

1.    Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

2.    So Kalmery – Brakka System

3.    Elvis Perkins – Elvis Perkins In Dearland

4.    Tom Waits – Glitter and Doom Live

5.    Allen Toussaint – The Bright Mississippi

6.    Low Anthem – Oh My God Charlie Darwin

7.    Eels – Hombre Lobo

8.    Taj Mahal - Maestro

9.    Amadou & Miriam – Welcome To Mali

10. Rosanne Cash – The List

Kyle Smith Director of Programming and Content and Host of the Music Lab Top 10

1. The Avett Brothers  I and Love and You

2. James Yuill Turning Down Water for Air

3. Great Lake Swimmers Lost Channels

4. Mark Knopfler Get Lucky

5. Benjamin Gibbard/ Jay Farrar One Fast Move or I’m Gone

6. Neko Case  Middle Cyclone

7. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears  Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!

8. The Swell Season  Strict Joy

9. WPA Works Progress Administration

10. Joshua James Build Me This

Brian Siewiorek Production Director Top 10 of 2009

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
Richard Hawley - Truelove’s Gutter
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Girls - Album
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Mew - No More Stories…

What are your top songs of the decade?

December 31st, 2009

Ten years, countless tracks. What your favorite songs from the 2000’s?

Think about it… and let the conversation begin on 1.25.10.

Check out photos from WYEP’s Holiday Hootenanny

December 23rd, 2009

WYEP’s Holiday Hootenanny was a big success! We raised box after box and bag after bag of donations for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Thank you to Silver & Gold for providing the festive and fun music, to our sponsors, and to our hundreds of guests for an amazing evening.

Check out photos on our Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyep

And (graciously donated) pictures from Photos by Foo: http://www.iwasaround.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iwasaround/sets/72157623048003224/

Happy Holidays!

 

 

 

 

Download Some Free Holidays Tunes

December 3rd, 2009

http://musicblog.wyep.org/

Head to the WYEP music blog and download some free holiday songs !

WPA Music Blog Interview

November 4th, 2009

WPA will be here for a studio session this Saturday.  Tune in for live music and conversation.

Sunday mix host Barb was recently able to interview Glen Phillips from WPA.

Check out the WYEP Music Blog for that interview and much more.

http://musicblog.wyep.org/

The Local News - For November

November 2nd, 2009

Check out the feature- The Local News on WYEP with Cindy Howes each Monday Through Thursday evening at 9pm on 91.3fm.  It’s a one song feature spotlight new local music.

This month new local tracks from

Satin Gum- “Run For Cover” (LP)
Fun indie-pop. This is an upbeat song with a great driving drum line. The vocals slightly resemble Billie Joe of Green Day. The music is well mixed, so it blends together very nicely.

Chet Vincent and The Big Bend- “The Last Night With Marie” (Desert Gold)
Reminiscent of some kind of country swing. The song is slower but moves right along. This band features the unique drawling voice of Chet Vincent with interesting, dark lyrics.

Emily Rodgers- “Hurricane” (Bright Day)
Dark and haunting vocals. This heavily shoe-gaze influenced track will resonate with fans of Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine and The Innocence Mission.

Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers- “Carried Away” (East Carson Street)
A Fun and breezy American rock and roll song. This is bar music for the bar on the beach…. with a touch of gospel.

Reminder : Jenny Owen Youngs Member show 11/2

November 2nd, 2009

If you signed up for the Sold Out Member Show  (your name will be on a list at the door) with Jenny Owen Youngs, don’t forget it’s tonight at the Thunderbird Cafe in Lawrenceville at 7pm, with the Wrecked Kids opening. Doors open at 6:30pm.

Halloween Blues & Rhythm Show with Bumblebee Slim

October 23rd, 2009

The annual Halloween Blues & Rhythm Show will air Saturday, October 31from 5 to 8pm. Bumblebee Slim will be featuring the music of the master of the macabre  - Screamin” Jay Hawkins , plus many Halloween related blues tracks and spooky audio frights of horror movies from the past.