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Jenni Reid – Studio 5 Sessions

Jacksonville Musician/Actress Jenni Reid performs new music on First Coast Connect. You may recognize Jenni from the TV show One Tree Hill. Jenni Reid Music Fans #studio5sessions wjct.org/studio5sessions/

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Studio 5 Sessions : This Frontier Needs Heroes “Just Because”

This Frontier Needs Heroes performs the song  “Just Because” for Studio 5 Sessions. Sample the incredible musical performances from WJCT’s First Coast Connect with video recorded in Studio 5 during the artists’ live radio appearance. We feature some of the area’s hottest bands and theatrical performers as well as big-name national acts who are coming through Jacksonville.These sessions are part …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Million Dollar Quartet “Blue Suede Shoes” LIVE

The cast of Million Dollar Quartet performs live for First Coast Connect in Studio 5 at WJCT in Jacksonville Florida. Million Dollar Quartet is the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first …

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Studio 5 Sessions on the GO! : Grandpa’s Cough Medicine

Grandpa’s Cough Medicine performing live for Studio 5 Sessions at the MOCA theatre during First Coast Connect on the GO! Live at One Spark.  Grandpa’s Cough Medicine is an outlaw bluegrass trio that ignores certain traditions of the genre, such as gospel themes and Blueridge mountain cabins, and instead focuses on frenetic picking, blazing tempos and dark subject matter. Bluegrass music …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Meredith Rae Woodard “Lucky I Found You”

Meredith Rae Woodard performs “Lucky I Found You”  for Studio 5 Sessions “In the Green Room” prior to her appearance on WJCT 89.9’s First Coast Connect. Meredith Rae Woodard grew up singing Joni Mitchell songs with her mother in their dining room in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her love of performance and music led her to musical theater productions — the love of her …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Meredith Rae Woodard “Best Thing”

Meredith Rae Woodard performs “Best Thing” for Studio 5 Sessions “In the Green Room” prior to her appearance on WJCT 89.9’s First Coast Connect. Meredith Rae Woodard grew up singing Joni Mitchell songs with her mother in their dining room in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her love of performance and music led her to musical theater productions — the love of her …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Canary in the Coalmine “Leaving Tonight”

Canary in the Coalmine performing Live for Studio 5 Sessions. “Canary in the Coalmine” are an American folk band based in Jacksonville, Florida, fronted by songwriters Jessica Pounds and Sandy Wicker. A haunting quality underscores striking vocal harmonies that provide a focal point for the band’s Appalachian folk and alt country influences. It’s that uniquely characteristic sound of their voices together …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Canary in the Coalmine “Dancing Devil”

Canary in the Coalmine perform “Dancing Devil” Studio 5 Sessions. “Canary in the Coalmine” are an American folk band based in Jacksonville, Florida, fronted by songwriters Jessica Pounds and Sandy Wicker. A haunting quality underscores striking vocal harmonies that provide a focal point for the band’s Appalachian folk and alt country influences. It’s that uniquely characteristic sound of their voices together that …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Canary in the Coalmine perform “Lonely Bones”

Canary in the Coalmine perform “Lonely Bones” for Studio 5 Sessions. ‘Canary in the Coalmine’ is an Americana Folk band fronted by songwriters Jessica Pounds and Sandy Wicker. The haunting quality underscores striking vocal harmonies that provide a focal point for the band’s Appalachian folk and alt country influences

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Studio 5 Sessions : Tom Shed performs “Florida State of Mine”

Tom Shed performs “Florida State of Mine” from his album “Mama’s Goin’ Out” in this “off air” bonus performance following his visit to 89.9’s First Coast Connect. Tom wrote “Florida State of Mine” as a jingle about the pride he feels for his home state.Singer-songwriter Tom Shed performs his “history, humor and the human condition” show across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Tom Shed interview & performance of “Better Than Good”

Tom Shed interviewed by Melissa Ross host of WJCT 89.9’s First Coast Connect. He performs “Better Than Good” from his album “Mama’s Goin’ Out.” Tom Shed writes songs and performs his “history, humor and the human condition” show across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand. Looking at life through his songs. Tom uses true stories along with …

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Studio 5 Sessions : Acapella group “Calmus” performs Christmas favorites

Acapella group “Calmus” performing Jingle Bells for WJCT 89.9. The multi award winning international Acapella group Calmus presents a unique quintet combination of a pure female soprano voice with four male voices ranging from bass to countertenor, each a graduate of the renowned St. Thomas Church Choir Singing School in Leipzig, Germany. Together they have mastered the art of close …