music

Strange Fruit: Can Music Change the World?

Laura Ellis — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:57:46 +0000

Forecastle Schedule Released

Erin Keane — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:34:29 +0000

Forecastle has released the daily schedules for its upcoming festival, so you can start obsessively arranging your three days on Waterfront Park hour-by-hour. The festival kicks off on Friday, July 12 at 4:45 p.m. with folk-rockers Roadkill Ghost Choir (sounds like: Radiohead channels Gram Parsons) on the Boom Stage and American bass pioneer Salva on the dance-oriented Ocean Stage, then wraps at 11 p.m. Sunday, July 14, with closing headliners The Avett Bros.

Now on WFPL...Your Music

Gabe Bullard — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:30:00 +0000

Remember a few weeks ago, when we asked local musicians to submit instrumental music for us to play in between stories, segments and shows on WFPL?

You responded.

We had over 100 submissions. We've been digging through them for the last few weeks, and we have come up with a steady rotation of local music beds, which are now airing on WFPL. Tune in. You'll hear them throughout the day.

Thank you.

WFPL Wants (Needs?) Local Music for Station Breaks

Gabe Bullard — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:32:07 +0000

Hey, Louisville. WFPL loves local music, and we want to feature more of it on air. No, we're not taking on our beloved sister station, WFPK. We're looking for fresh songs to play in between news segments and shows throughout the day.

Byline: Music City Hit-Makers with the Louisville Orchestra

Erin Keane — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:49:14 +0000

On today's Byline, I welcomed Grammy Award-winning songwriter Brett James and composer Charlie Judge, two of the members of the Music City Hit-Makers team. James has written songs for Kenny Chesney ("Out Last Night," "When the Sun Goes Down") and Carrie Underwood (including the Grammy Award-winner "Jesus, Take the Wheel"), as well as Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Tim McGraw and dozens of other chart-topping artists.

Forecastle Pre-Sale Begins This Week

Erin Keane — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:34:32 +0000

Tickets for the annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville go on sale Friday. A limited number of $100 three-day passes will be available on the Forecastle website at noon. All other ticketing options, including VIP tickets and single-day passes, will go on sale at a later date.

This year's Forecastle Festival will be held July 12-14 at Waterfront Park. The festival line-up has not yet been released.

Louisville Orchestra Features Own Principal Clarinetist on Weber Concerto

Erin Keane — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:39:01 +0000

The Louisville Orchestra welcomes guest conductor Ryan McAdams to the Kentucky Center this weekend, and a familiar face from the wind section will also take the spotlight.

McAdams will lead the Orchestra in Friday’s performance, which includes Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherezade,” inspired by the classic tales of “1001 Arabian Nights,” and the Louisville premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s “Sidereus,” a nine-minute overture commissioned by a consortium of 35 orchestras.

Kentucky Native Joins Orchestra for Special Concert

Erin Keane — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:14:53 +0000

The Louisville Orchestra will thank its donors with a special concert on December 5 at the Brown Theatre. The program is free for supporters of the season, but all are welcome to make a donation at the door in lieu of tickets. Led by music director Jorge Mester, the program will feature Gioachino Rossini's Overture to The Barber of Seville, Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor and Wolfgang Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.

A Few Honest Words: New Book Explores Pop Music in Kentucky

Erin Keane — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:07:39 +0000

WFPL's Erin Keane speaks with Kentucky author Jason Howard about his new book, “A Few Honest Words: the Kentucky Roots of Popular Music."

In the book's introduction, Howard quotes songwriter Harlan Howard when he writes, “if there is a creed that defines roots music, it is that it consists of ‘three chords and a truth.’”

Jeffrey Lee Puckett on Music Criticism

Laura Ellis — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Courier-Journal music writer Jeffrey Lee Puckett was awarded the Governor's Award in the Arts this year. On Friday's Byline, he joined WFPL's Erin Keane, and host Gabe Bullard, to talk about writing about music. He discussed what it's like to review local acts in a town where everyone knows everyone else, and revealed that his very first beat at the C-J involved bases, not basses.