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WJCT Public Media Appoints Martha Baker to its Board of Trustees

Media Contact:Neily BrarenPromotion & Marketing Associate, WJCT904.318.2633 | nbraren@wjct.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Experienced community leader joins board immediately in interim role JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jan. 28, 2022 — WJCT Public Media today announced the appointment of Martha Baker to its Board of Trustees. The community-owned and operated public media organization approved her appointment in an interim capacity through the end …

Spotify removes Neil Young’s music after he objects to Joe Rogan’s podcast

Updated January 27, 2022 at 8:13 AM ET Spotify has removed famed singer-songwriter Neil Young’s recordings from its streaming platform. On Monday, Young had briefly posted an open letter on his own website, asking his management and record label to remove his music from the streaming giant, as a protest against the platform’s distribution of podcaster Joe Rogan. Rogan has …

In this article: hipgnosis, Joe Rogan, music removed, Neil Young and Spotify

Fresh Rotation | 3 new tracks out right now

Each and every week the JME team handpicks the juiciest new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists to concoct the tasty, tall-glass-of-a-listening-experience that is our Fresh Squeeze playlist. Each song is chosen with intention. And so we often feel like they are worthy of a broader discussion (or at least a bit of context). Here are three new songs …

In this article: fresh rotation, Fresh Squeeze, Garcia Peoples, New music, Savants and Sonic Youth

Go | Jacksonville Symphony wind and string ensembles at WJCT

By JME Staff

The Jacksonville Symphony’s 2021/2022 season is underway, and, as expected, the beloved local institution has been firing on all cylinders. From the highly approachable Symphony in 60 and pops series events to the mind-blowing musicianship on display in the symphony’s Mozart Piano Series (which kicked off with Italian virtuoso Alessio Bax and contiuned with once-in-a-generation talent Conrad Tao in late …

In this article: Bach, chamber music, Courtney Lewis, Jacksonville Symphony, mozart, orchestra, Soundstage, string quartet, WJCT and Woodwind Quintet

Just Announced | Drive-By Truckers return to PV Concert Hall

Southern-rock torchbearers brings their alt-country torrent to St. Johns County in April

By JME Staff

Enduring and ever-progressing carriers of the southern rock torch, alt-country quintet Drive-By Truckers have a truckload of tour dates on the band’s 2022 itinerary, including a long-awaited return to St. Johns County’s Ponte Vedra Concert Hall on April 12. DBT’s plans to support their 2020 album The Unraveling––which unraveled in the wake of the pandemic––have finally been knotted up. And …

In this article: Drive-By Truckers, Mike Cooley, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Southern Rock Opera, St. Johns County and The New OK

Don Wilson, cofounder of the instrumental guitar group The Ventures, dies at age 88

TACOMA, Wash. — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four children, The News Tribune reported. The band’s hits included “Walk, Don’t Run,” and the theme song for “Hawaii Five-O.” They were inducted into the Rock and Roll …

In this article: Don Wilson, Guitar, Hawaii Five-O, instrumental, surf, The Ventures and Walk Don't Run

Go | Best bets for live music this week

49 Winchester, Authority Zero, John Paul White, Air Supply and a free show downtown

There’s lots of great live music on this week’s concert calendar. Here’s a list of what JME contributors want to see and hear in and around Jacksonville this week. NOTE: The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission even if you are fully vaccinated, to maximize protection from the Delta …

In this article: 49 Winchester, concerts, Florida Theatre, Jack Rabbits, jacksonville, John Paul White, Live music and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

Conrad Tao is an undeniable maestro of the millennial age

The renowned musician tackles Mozart with the Jacksonville Symphony

By Daniel A. Brown

There are prodigies and then there are prodigies. At the earliest age, pianist Conrad Tao displayed quasi-supernatural, or surely genius, skills in performing music. The Illinois native began playing children’s songs on the piano while only 18 months old; he began violin lessons at the age of three, gave his first piano recital at the age of four, and five …

In this article: classical music, Conrad Tao, Jacksonville Symphony, mozart, pianist, piano, Piano Series, prodigy, symphonic music and Tua Tua

On ‘Dawn FM,’ The Weeknd is both suffering and saved

“Now that all future plans have been postponed, and it’s time to look back on the things you thought you owned, do you remember them well?“ actor Jim Carrey, serving as narrator, asks listeners on the final track of The Weeknd’s new album. The dawn climbs out of the darkness where we’ve roamed for the erratic past two years to …

In this article: Dawn FM, Gasoline, new album, NPR Music, review and The Weeknd

Fresh Rotation | 4 new tracks we really dig

New songs from Kim Gordon, Aldous Harding, Robert Glasper and A Place to Bury Strangers

By JME Staff

Each and every week the JME team handpicks the juiciest new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists to concoct the tasty, tall-glass-of-a-listening-experience that is our Fresh Squeeze playlist. Each song is chosen with intention. And so we often feel like they are worthy of a broader discussion (or at least a bit of context). Here are four new songs …

In this article: A Place to Bury Strangers, Al Pete, Aldous Harding, Daniel A. Brown, fresh rotation, Fresh Squeeze, JME, Kim Gordon, Matthew Shaw, New music, Rain Henderson and Robert Glasper

Local Spotlight | Hear 3 new songs from Jax artists out now

Brand new tracks from Bobby Kid, Bad Madonna and Dean Winter and the heat

By JME Staff

The Jacksonville Music Experience team keeps its collective ear to the ground in Duval County in order to put the spotlight on the beautiful noise emerging from the First Coast and reverberating across the globe. Here’s three great new tracks by Jacksonville artists out right now. “High Resolution” by Bad Madonna Indie singer-songwriter Alexis Rhode, aka Bad Madonna, has released …

In this article: Bad Madonna, Bobby Kid, Dean Winter and the Heat, High Resolution, jacksonville, Local Spotlight, New music, Pumpkin Song and Right on Track

Americans bought A LOT of vinyl in 2021

Vinyl accounted for more than half of all physical albums sold

Vinyl was was ascendent in 2021, outpacing CDs and becoming the preferred physical format of American music consumers. In fact, vinyl accounted for more than half of all physical music purchased in 2021, according to a new report from Billboard Magazine and MRC Data, a music data collection company. According to the report, Americans bought more than 41 million vinyl …

In this article: 2021, CDs, JME, records, sales and vinyl

On ‘CAPRISONGS,’ FKA twigs vibrates at her highest frequency

Pluto scoffs at superficiality. The planet’s transit, the way that the planet’s movement activates and interacts with a person’s natal chart, demands for connection with core purpose. It is a chance to break through illusions and probe deep in search of inner truth: to evolve and be reborn without perfunctory airs. Born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, singer-songwriter FKA twigs celebrated her …

In this article: CAPRISONGS, FKA Twigs, MAGDALENE, New music, NPR, NPR Music, pop, R&B, review and Tahliah Barnett

Go | This week’s live music picks

Reggae-rock fusion, Jedi vibes and a country crossover artist

By JME Staff

There’s lots of great live music on this week’s concert calendar. Here’s what JME contributors want to see and hear in and around Jacksonville this week. NOTE: The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission even if you are fully vaccinated, to maximize protection from the Delta and Omicron variants …

In this article: 1904 Music Hall, concert, concert calendar, country, jacksonville, January, Lee Ann Womack, Live music, northeast florida, Passafire, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall and reggae

What’s All the Fuss About the Jax Symphony’s New Piano?

Those in the know are giddy about this state-of-the-art Steinway.

By Daniel A. Brown

The Jacksonville Symphony’s 2021-2022 season includes the David M. Hicks Mozart Piano Series: an impressive roster of guest artists, all younger and celebrated pianists who are performing an equally savvy program of piano concertos composed by the 18th-century composer. In September of last year, pianist Daniel Hsu joined the orchestra for performances of Piano Concerto No. 20; last month, pianist …

In this article: Ann Hicks, concert piano, Conrad Tao, grand piano, Jacksonville Symphony, mozart and Steinway & Sons

Local Spotlight | 4 great tracks by Jax artists out now

New tunes from Awkward Groove, Cory Driscoll, Strangerwolf and Severed + Said

By JME Staff

The Jacksonville Music Experience team keeps its collective ear to the ground in Duval County in order to put the spotlight on the beautiful noise emerging from the First Coast and reverberating across the globe. Here’s four great new tracks by Jacksonville artists out right now. “Delayed Sad” by Severed+Said Tragic Seeker by SEVERED+SAID Duval mope fiend John Touchton, aka …

In this article: Al Pete, Awkward Groove, Cory Driscoll, Daniel A. Brown, duval, jacksonville, local, Matthew Shaw, New music, Severed + Said and Strangerwolf

Watch Anderson .Paak, Elmo, Cookie Monster’s New Supergroup

The multi-hyphenate visits Sesame Street to sing "What is a Holiday"

By JME Staff

Sesame Street celebrated its 50-year anniversary in 2019. And, in more ways than one, it seems that the fictional neighborhood depicted on the iconic PBS show defies our understanding of time. Case in point: Elmo should be a quinquagenarian, at least, instead of perennially three years old. Fifty years in, and the program is as relevant as ever, keeping its …

In this article: Anderson .Paak, sesame street, Silk Sonic and What is a Holiday

Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes has died at age 78

Updated January 12, 2022 at 7:16 PM ET Singer Ronnie Spector, who founded the girl group The Ronettes in 1961, has died after a brief battle with cancer. She was 78. “Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today,” her family wrote on the singer’s website Wednesday. “She was with family and in the arms of her husband, …

In this article: Be My Baby, dead, girl group, NPR Music, obituary, Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes

7 History-Making Jacksonville Musicians You Should Know About

Though Jax is not widely regarded as a music city, Jacksonville-based artists played an outsized role in popular music in the 20th Century, and have continued to do so in the 21st. You can start in the first year of the new century, when James Weldon Johnson wrote “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a great introduction to the history of …

11 Jacksonville-Area Music Venues Every Local Should Know

Jacksonville is fortunate to have a broad-range of music-focused establishments, from intimate listening rooms to mid-sized indie clubs to big ol’ amphitheaters (theatres if we wanna get fancy). And while the suburban sprawl of the consolidated city of Jacksonville (plus St. Johns County to the south) certainly presents a challenge, to those debating a visit to a venue across town, …

Who’s playing in Jacksonville in 2022?

Highlights from the 2022 concert calendar

By JME Staff

After a year hiatus, followed by six to eight months of fits and starts, it finally feels like live music is cruising in fourth gear. With Northeast Florida venues finding their footing, 2022 is looking more and more like a great year for music in Jacksonville. There’s been a deluge of concert announcements in recent weeks. And while the news …

In this article: concert, Intuition Ale Works, jacksonville, Live music, northeast florida, The Amp and who's playing

Go | Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series

Tank and the Bangas, Trombone Shorty and more headline five nights of music to benefit Ft. Mose Historic site

By JME Staff

On February 18, Fort Mose Historic State Park will host the first of five concerts as part of the inaugural Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series, a celebration of the cultural significance of Fort Mose, the site of the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what is now the United States. The series kicks off with the enduring Count …

In this article: Amythyst Kiah, Christian McBride, Count Basie, Fort Mose, Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series, Gregory Porter, st. augustine, St. Johns County, Taj Mahal and Tank and the Bangas

Olivia Rodrigo | Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. Stepping into a DMV when you’re about to take your first driver’s test, while nerve wracking, is …

In this article: Deja Vu, Drivers license, Good 4 U, Home Concert, NPR Music, Olivia Rodrigo, Sour and Tiny Desk

Just Announced | Country singer-songwriter Koe Wetzel at The Amp

The Texas native brings his irreverent brand of country to The Amp

By JME Staff

Wildly popular country singer-songwriter Koe Wetzel will embark on a 32-date spring tour, with a pitstop at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on May 6. After inking a deal with Columbia, the Texas-bred crooner had a message for those who thought major-label syndication might cramp his irreverent style. The then 27 year old, who was a rising a star in country …

In this article: country, Country Grunge, Drunk Drivin, Koe Wetzel, Outlaw, Sellout, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Sundy or Mundy, Texas and The Amp

An album made entirely of endangered bird sounds beat Taylor Swift on a top 50 chart

For most of December, Adele had the top-selling album in Australia, followed by Ed Sheeran, and then there was a collection of absolute bangers that took everyone by surprise. Songs Of Disappearance is an entire album of calls from endangered Australian birds. Last month, it briefly perched at No. 3 on the country’s top 50 albums chart – ahead of …

In this article: Australia, bird calls, charts, Music, NPR, Songs of Disappearance, Taylor Swift and top 50

Go | Innings Festival brings Green Day, The Lumineers, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and more to Tampa

This Tampa-based music and baseball festival is worth a swing

By Shelton Hull

Raymond James Stadium is the home of the defending NFL champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who won the Super Bowl game in that facility just about a year ago. It was the third Super Bowl held there, but with a capacity running upwards of 70,000, the facility is good for much more than just football. For example, one of the …

In this article: 2022, florida, Green Day, Incubus, Innings Festival, Liz Cooper and Tampa

Go | These are the best concerts in Jax this week

Sarbez birthday bash, visionary singer-songwriters Chuck Prophet and Todd Snider, plus raucous local garage rockers

There’s lots of great live music on this week’s concert calendar. Here’s what JME contributors want to see and hear in and around Jacksonville this week. NOTE: The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission even if you are fully vaccinated, to maximize protection from the Delta and Omicron variants …

In this article: calendar, Chuck Prophet, concert, Gino and the Goons, jacksonville, Kona Skatepark, Live music, Sarbez and Todd Snider

Just Announced | Winterland IV lineup revealed

Jacksonville music fest releases stacked lineup of local, regional and national talent

In November, we learned that locally founded, independently operated music festival Winterland would return for its fourth iteration, bringing an intriguing mix of headliners including indie rock outfits La Luz and Slothrust, as well as alt-country singer-songwriter Caroline Rose and multi-hyphenate Reggie Watts to Riverfront Plaza (the former site of the Landing) on February 26 and 27. The festival runners …

In this article: Caroline Rose, Festival, jacksonville, La Luz, lineup, Music, Reggie Watts, Slothrust, Winterland IV and Winterland Presents

Playlist | Chill out and discover new music in the Electro Lounge

Start the New Year off right with a chill new playlist

By David Luckin

Electro Lounge welcomes 2022 with a new and ultra-chill playlist. In the lounge this week, we’ve got help from classic songstress Alice Russell, with some much-needed ambience from Thievery Corporation. In between: Bliss, Blur, Molly Burch, Sneaker Pimps, JAFFA, Noiseshaper, Alessia Cara and much more. Discover new and eclectic music, and take off into the New Year with with a visit to the Electro …

In this article: Alice Russell, Chill, downtempo, Electro Lounge, Electro Lounge Radio, JAFFA, playlist, Thievery Corporation and WJCT

The Grammys are postponed and Sundance is moved online because of omicron surge

It’s official. The 64th annual Grammy Awards are postponed and the Sundance Film Festival has been moved online. A joint statement on Wednesday by the Recording Academy and CBS blamed the Grammy rescheduling on the omicron variant. “The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce …

In this article: 2021, 2022, coronavirus, Grammys, Music, pandemic and postponed

David Bowie’s Catalog Sold for a Reported $250 Million

"The Man Who Sold The World" has been sold

By JME Staff

Another day. Another blockbuster deal reached for the music of a legacy artist. Warner Chapell music has purchased the publishing rights to David Bowie’s entire catalog of songs, which includes ubiquitous hits like “Space Oddity,” “Heroes,” “Let’s Dance,” “Rebel Rebel,” and many more. The deal, reportedly worth more than $250 million, was struck almost exactly five years after the enigmatic …

In this article: Catalog, David Bowie, publishing, royalties, song rights and Warner Chapell

A lawsuit over Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ baby album cover has been dismissed

A judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed against former band members of Nirvana over their iconic Nevermind album cover. Spencer Elden sued former members of the band in August 2021 for child exploitation and pornography, saying the band knowingly distributed a naked photo of him as a baby on the 1991 album cover and profited from it. Elden …

In this article: Dave Grohl, dismissed, Kurt Cobain, lawsuit, Nevermind, Nirvana and sue

Fresh Rotation | Three new songs we really dig

Dig into fresh music from SPUD, Ben Marc and Ryan Pollie

By JME Staff

Each and every week the JME team handpicks the juiciest new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists to concoct the tasty, tall-glass-of-a-listening-experience that is our Fresh Squeeze playlist. Each song is chosen with intention. And so we often feel like they are worthy of a broader discussion (or at least a bit of context). Here are three new …

In this article: Ben Marc, fresh rotation, Fresh Squeeze, Glenn MIchael Van Dyke, Holly Findlay, JME, Matthew Shaw, playlist, Rain Henderson, Ryan Pollie, SPUD and Stonefield

Local Spotlight | Three new tracks from Jax artists out now

Fresh tunes from three standout local artists

By JME Staff

The JME team is always keeping its ears to the ground. And this week, we came across three releases from Jacksonville artists we thought were worth a share. Here’s a few locals we’ve been listening to. “TO2S” by IntricateTheAlmighty and Flash, The Samurai View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Weapen ⚡️🗡🖊 (@flashthesamurai) What’s more dangerous than …

In this article: Al Pete, duval, Flash the Samurai, hip-hop, IntricateTheAlmighty, jacksonville, King Chav, L.O.V.E. Culture, local and Music

Go | The Best Jax Concerts to Start the New Year

Dive into 2022 with folk, rock and jazz

By JME Staff

Each and every week the Jacksonville Music Experience team identifies the best concerts in Northeast Florida. Here’s what the JME team wants to see and hear in the first week of the new year. NOTE: The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission even if you are fully …

In this article: Blue Jay Listening Room, concerts, jacksonville, January, Live music, Steve Forbert, Taylor Roberts and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Listen | New year, Fresh Squeeze

The best new music handpicked by the JME team

By JME Staff

Each month, JME contributors pick the juiciest noise emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond for our Fresh Squeeze playlist. Featuring a few dozen new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists, there are no rules or genre restrictions; just songs we thought were worth a share. Follow the Jacksonville Music Experience on Spotify and our Fresh Squeeze playlist to keep your …

In this article: Fresh Squeeze, Indie, jacksonville, JME, Kim Gordon, New music, NPR, playlist, Spotify and THundercat

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