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By: Nick Langan My knowledge of country music isn’t necessarily extensive, but I know some of the hits, including the #1 Billboard banger from the Summer of 2021, “Famous Friends” from Chris Young and Kane Brown. Indeed, it pays to know friends in high places. WXVU alum Jeffrey St. Pierre is the Assistant Program Director […]
By: Gerry Dobson We Intend to Cause Havoc (abbreviated as Witch), is a Zambian rock band formed in the 1970s during Zambian’s early post-independence days. The lead singer and last surviving member of Witch is Emanual “Jagari” Chanda. Chanda’s name, Jagari, is an Africanization of Mick Jagger of the Rollong Stones. When Witch was first […]
Sunday, October 30, WXVU broadcasted the VU Jazz Band‘s Fall Concert, live from the Mullen Center inside the Performance Lab. The 29-member student band featured Brendan King on Bari Sax, and Mia Farina on Piano, with the band conducted by Peter Neu. American songbook standards such as “God Bless The Child”, “Body And Soul”, “Birdland”, […]
On Wednesday, September 28, the Brazilian Jazz ensemble of Minas performed at the Topper Theater inside the Mullen Center for the Performing Arts on Villanova’s campus. WXVU was there and delivered the first live broadcast of a concert event in the history of the station! WXVU looks forward to broadcasting more events from the Mullen […]
Red Rum Club are a six-piece outfit from Liverpool, England. Fronted by Francis Doran, the band has released three studio albums, with their most recent effort being 2021’s How To Steal The World. The band recently released a single “Vanilla,” and is currently embarking on a U.S. Tour. I chatted with Doran and drummer Neil […]
WXVU welcomed new students and welcomed back returning students with its annual Move-in Broadcast on August 19th. WXVU had a line-up of live interviews featuring conversations with leaders from all aspects of campus life, including an interview with University President Fr. Peter. Listeners can now hear these interviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts at the […]
By Colin Nemeth “There is staff present at this show who are distributing Rushium”, said a pharmaceutical company ad in front of thousands of people. “Be advised that Rushiums effects range from a minor expansion to large time collapses.” The message on the big screen has an almost hypnotic feeling, as the stereotypical pharmaceutical ad […]
By Gabriella Raful Before the show even started, the excitement around the Country Music Awards was buzzing throughout the streets of Nashville. Late morning on November 10, I walked past the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville TN and to my surprise, noticed people waiting outside of the arena at noon, six hours prior to the show. These […]
By Owen Hewitt “CAN ANYBODY REMIND ME WHAT DAY IT IS?!” yelled out Jason Yarger, lead singer of Southern California indie-rock outfit HUNNY, as they launched into their second single from their 2019 project Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes., “Saturday Night,” four songs into their set at The Foundry, upstairs above The Fillmore. The question, for all […]