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Athens Municipal Arts Commission opens public sculpture park behind Stimson Avenue firehouse complex Saturday
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Most hikers don’t give raccoon pawprints a second glance. However, Morgan County artist David Griesmeyer and his two young children are not most hikers. On walks… Read More
Legacy and history shine at 10th West Virginia Music Hall of Fame ceremony
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CHARLESTON, West Virginia (WOUB) – The 10th West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony lit up the Charleston Cultural Center Theater (1900 Kanawha Blvd E) Saturday with a moving… Read More
West Virginia Music Hall of Fame honors Daniel Johnston’s enduring legacy
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CHARLESTON, West Virginia (WOUB) – Before Daniel Johnston became an underground musical cult icon, he was a wildly creative youngster growing up in New Cumberland, WV—drawing superheroes and eyeballs, writing… Read More
Final collaboration between the late Lee Breuer and his son Mojo Lorwin finds new life at 2025 Athens International Film and Video Festival
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ATHENS, Ohio – Lee Breuer made art for 83 very busy years. Among his accomplishments was co-founding the groundbreaking experimental theater collective Mabou Mines, a group known for its radical… Read More
Ricky McKinnie of Blind Boys of Alabama: ‘It’s not about what you can’t do, it’s about what you do’
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WOUB) – On June 10, 1944, six teenage students from the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind arrived at Birmingham’s WSGN radio station, ready to perform… Read More
32nd River City Blues Festival brought large audience for every night of annual fundraiser for the Mid-Ohio Valley Blues, Jazz, and Folk Music Society
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – The Mid-Ohio Valley Blues, Jazz, and Folk Music Society (BJFM) brought everything from the guitar-driven sound of singer Joanna Conner to the gospel influenced tunes of… Read More
Community photo exhibit highlights Athens County’s ‘deep culture of caring’
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – An Eastern box turtle peeks from under lush clover, its glossy black-and-yellow shell catching the light. The aurora borealis paints the inky night sky with streaks… Read More
Selwyn Birchwood talks about recording with Bobby Rush, going ‘Old School’ on latest album
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – Selwyn Birchwood is an award-winning blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Drawing from influences like Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters, he blends traditional blues with rock and… Read More
Blues guitarist Albert Cummings talks songwriting, what you learn from teaching yourself
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – Blues musician Albert Cummings has built a reputation for blending hard-earned technical skill on the guitar with the emotional intensity that defines the genre. Over the… Read More
Trey Hedrick draws on the past for debut single ‘Go Gently Fall’
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Southern Ohio-based singer-songwriter Trey Hedrick releases his debut single today: Go Gently Fall, which reflects deeply on family, memory, and the weight of inherited struggles. Stylistically,… Read More
Saxophonist Jimmy Carpenter talks with WOUB ahead of River City Blues Festival performance
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – The 32nd River City Blues Festival takes place March 14-15 at the Hotel Lafayette (101 Front Street), featuring Las Vegas-based saxophonist Jimmy Carpenter and his band… Read More
2024 Ohio Arts Council Heritage Fellowship recipient Susan Abramovitz reflects on decades of dedication to her craft
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SHADE, Ohio (WOUB) – In the early ’70s, Susan Abramovitz and her father built a pottery wheel in the basement of their Youngstown home, following instructions from Mother Earth News… Read More
Huntington’s Corduroy Brown releases collaboration with folk band Kindred Valley
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HUNTINGTON, West Virginia (WOUB) – Just in time for Valentine’s Day comes Cross Your Mind, the freshest nugget of romantic indie pop to come out of Huntington, WV. The track… Read More
Conversations From Studio B: Bob Stewart is set to release four albums, one EP in 2025
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – In this episode of Conversations From Studio B, host Emily Votaw talks to singer-songwriter and Professor Emeritus of the Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism,… Read More
The Laughing Chimes deliver a moodier, darker sophomore album via Slumberland Records
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – When Spanish label Pretty Olivia Records released The Laughing Chimes’ debut, In This Town, in 2021, international audiences found it remarkable that two teenage brothers from… Read More
‘Influenca’ marks debut for Columbus-based Moonliner Pictures
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) – The regionally filmed mockumentary Influenca follows increasingly frustrated documentarians investigating the disappearance of Billy Sadler, a social media influencer who vanished on the cusp of his… Read More
Jeffrey Martin – 2024 NMF Sycamore Sessions
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – Jeffrey Martin is an indie folk singer-songwriter based out of Portland, whose most recent release, 2023’s Thank God We Left the Garden (Fluff and Gravy), notably… Read More
The Laughing Chimes release music video for second ‘Whispers in the Speech Machine’ single and new goth anthem ‘Cats Go Car Watching’
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Athens’ premier “jangle pop” group, The Laughing Chimes, just released the official video for Cats Go Car Watching, a new single off their upcoming full-length album,… Read More
Local musician reflects on his journey through his turbulent 20s on latest release
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Last month Captain Chucke & the Cadillac South released Letters From the Other Side of Hell, a deeply personal and introspective EP chronicling band leader Charles… Read More
Suggested Listening 2024: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Culture’s Suggested Listening series highlights the music that resonated with WOUB Culture contributors and regional artists in 2024. Today we spotlight Emily Votaw, music journalist and arts producer/reporter for… Read More
Scott Hedrick gets meditative on first solo release, ambient album ‘Devotional Drift Vol. 1’
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Skeletonwitch’s sound is so ferocious it has soundtracked intense workouts and harrowing military combat alike. However, founding member and longtime Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick has long… Read More
Christopher Fiorello is walking 3,800 miles to get ‘Closer to Home’
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – It’s early on a crisp September day and I’m driving far out of cell service to meet writer Christopher Fiorello. Fiorello is several hundred miles into… Read More
John Lodge of the Moody Blues talks ‘Days of Future Passed’
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CLARKSBURG, West Virginia (WOUB) – John Lodge and Justin Hayward joined the Moody Blues in 1966, just before the group embarked on recording the landmark album Days of Future Passed…. Read More
Sean Carney and Jake Friel bring varied influences and generational POVs to Cobbler Coffeehouse show Friday
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – On Friday, Columbus’ Sean Carney and Canton’s Jake Friel play the Gun Room at the Lafayette Hotel (101 Front Street) as a part of the Mid-Ohio… Read More
Loudon Wainwright III talks about ‘forgiving parents,’ his favorite songwriters, and how he knows if a song is ‘working’
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – Loudon Wainwright III is an American singer-songwriter known by many for his early ’70s “novelty” hit Dead Skunk. (There’s a lot to be said about the… Read More
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