All Posts from Emily Votaw
‘You forget to eat’: How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug
By: Stacey Vanek Smith | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – The Oscars: The moment when Hollywood’s most famous and glamorous gather to accept awards and show off their couture. “Everybody looks great,” remarked host Jimmy Kimmel, walking… Read More
Paid circulators will collect signatures for abortion amendment on Ohio ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of an effort to put an amendment before voters in November that could enshrine abortion rights in the constitution are hiring paid circulators. The group… Read More
Fed official: Bank rules under review in wake of SVB failure
By: Christopher Rugaber I AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s bank supervisors warned Silicon Valley Bank’s management as early as the fall of 2021 of risks stemming from its unusual business model, a top… Read More
April Fools’ Day might be the world’s longest-running joke. No one knows how it began
By: Jeff Dean I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – Ever wonder where April Fools’ Day came from? Well, surprise! The joke’s on you. Nobody seems to know its true origins. Historians do have some clues, though…. Read More
ABC Players present their first sensory-friendly performance: ‘Animal Tales’
WOUB Digital · ABC Players present a sensory-friendly performance: ‘Animal Tales’ NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – The ABC Players will present their first sensory friendly performance at Stuart’s Opera House (32… Read More
Here’s the line-up for Radio Free Athens April 1
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through… Read More
Morbid Angel’s Steve Tucker on growing up in Ohio, touring after a three year pause, and the enduring power of heavy metal
By: Nicholas Kobe
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Morbid Angel is headed to Ohio with an April 7 show in Cincinnati at Riverfront Live (4343 Kellogg Ave.) and an April 8 show in Columbus at The King of… Read More
WOUB Culture’s Ian Saint lists 25 music highlights of 2022
By: Ian Saint
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Ian Saint is an arts and culture correspondent for WOUB. 2022 was a uniquely complicated year, both for the music industry and for myself personally – and probably for many… Read More
Mississippi and Alabama face a painful recovery after storms and a tornado killed 26
By: Debbie Elliott I NPR, Joe Hernandez I NPR
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ROLLING FORK, Mississippi (NPR) – Parts of western Mississippi remain littered with debris and rubble after a powerful tornado plowed through the state late Friday night, leaving a trail of… Read More
2023 Ohio University Music Industry Summit features keynotes with Talib Kweli and mxmtoon
ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio University’s fifth annual Music Industry Summit returns on Wednesday, April 5, and Thursday, April 6 in Athens, OH, with both in-person and virtual attendance options. Registration… Read More
Here’s the line-up for Radio Free Athens March 25
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through… Read More
Sugar Nu-Metal party promises a unique and heavy twist on the standard DJ night
By: Nicholas Kobe
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WOUB) — Heavy metal may not be the first thing you associate with DJs and dance parties. As they tour the country this spring and summer, the Sugar… Read More
Rissi Palmer details ‘Still Here,’ PBS American Masters documentary & song with Miko Marks, both premiering Friday
By: Ian Saint
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FORT WORTH, Texas (WOUB) – American Masters unveils season two of documentary short series In the Making in a premiere hosted by Broadway legend Audra McDonald on Friday at 9… Read More
Alex G, Lucinda Williams, Alvvays and more are named in the first 2023 Nelsonville Music Festival lineup announcement
NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The 2023 Nelsonville Music Festival has made their first lineup announcement of the year. The following artists are included in the announcement: Alex G (Saturday night headliner),… Read More
Parliament-Funkadelic singer Clarence ‘Fuzzy’ Haskins dies at 81
By: Chloe Veltman I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – Clarence Eugene “Fuzzy” Haskins, an original member of the influential musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic, has died. He was 81. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted… Read More
Here’s the line-up for Radio Free Athens March 18
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through… Read More
Mid-Ohio Valley Blues, Jazz, and Folk Music Society presents 30th River City Blues Festival this weekend
By: Emily Votaw
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – Doug MacLeod didn’t talk for a very long time. The abuse he’d endured as a child and a debilitating stutter he was born with made him… Read More
Paula Poundstone explains channeling OCD into her enduring comedy career, why she thinks Ohio’s Wright Brothers had OCD too
By: Ian Saint
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Four decades after Paula Poundstone’s comedy career took flight her body of work has weathered society’s major paradigm shifts remarkably well. This weekend her touring brings… Read More
Troy Campbell reflects on the enduring impact of Joe Ely
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Rock ‘n’ roll has always been about absorbing music grown from vastly different facets of the human experience and mixing them together until they don’t seem… Read More
For Puerto Rico’s Villano Antillano, femininity is a shield — and a superpower
By: Isabella Gomez Sarmiento I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – Villano Antillano opens her debut LP, La Sustancia X, by casting a spell. “Prende las velas, repite el mantra,” she sings — “Light the candles, repeat the… Read More
From viral dance hit to Oscar winner, RRR’s ‘Naatu Naatu’ has a big night
By: Stephen Thompson I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – In a field full of heavy hitters — including Lady Gaga, Rihanna and perennial nominee Diane Warren — RRR‘s “Naatu Naatu” won best original song at Sunday’s Academy… Read More
ABC Players presents “9 to 5: the Musical” at Stuart’s Opera House
NELSONVILLE, Ohio – Pour yourself a cup of ambition and make your way over to the historic Stuart’s Opera House (52 Public Square) for the ABC Players’ production of the… Read More
Here’s the line-up for Radio Free Athens March 11
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through… Read More
Actors Guild of Parkersburg to Host Lip Sync Competition
PARKERSBURG, West Virginia – Local celebrities will take the stage at the Actors Guild of Parkersburg on April 1 for Lip Sync Battle 2023. “We are excited about this fundraiser… Read More
Tantrum’s ‘Carrie: the Musical’ asks ‘what does it cost to be kind?’
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Tantrum Theater opens their production of “Carrie: the Musical” March 9. It’s based on Stephen King’s novel about an awkward teenage girl who discovers she has… Read More
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