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JME DJ Sessions | The beautiful noise of Northeast Florida on First Coast Connect

Listen to three new songs out of Jacksonville

By JME Staff

As temperatures are cooling here in Northeast Florida, local artists are heating up––setting streaming services ablaze with brand new tunes. On October’s edition of JME DJ Sessions on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, we listened to three songs from some of the region’s most buzzed-about artists. You can read reviews for each song on jaxmusic.org and listen to them …

In this article: DeAndre Lettsome, Faze Wave, First Coast Connect, JME, JME DJ Sessions, LANNDS, Melissa Ross, Music and northeast florida

Local Spotlight | “Stay in L.A.” by Howdy

Jacksonville indie-folk cowboy says "Aloha" to the West Coast

By Matthew Shaw

California retains a mythical quality in the hearts and minds of East Coasters. Los Angeles, too––despite its labyrinths of on- and off-ramps, fire hazards and (now) mosquito problems––can weigh heavy on the imagination of a right-coast romantic. A West Coast pilgrammage, then, is a must; if only to realize the grass is always greener. On “Stay in L.A.” Jax Beach-based …

In this article: aloha, folk, Howdy, Indie, jacksonville, Landon Gay, Los Angeles, Music, New and Stay In LA

Go | The best concerts in Jax this week

A good week for fans of college radio

By JME Staff

There was a time when the term college radio was used to describe any rock music that was just outside the mainstream. Bands like R.E.M. and the B-52’s wore it like a badge of honor. The Replacements glorified such “Left of the Dial” music in song. Today, the term is used to describe a much broader array of artists working …

In this article: concert calendar, Frankie and the witch fingers, Hotel Fiction, Indie, jacksonville, Live music and Sheer Mag

NPR Music hosts live listening party for ‘A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle’

Mythical John Coltrane recording to be released on October 22

By JME Staff

In October of 1965, John Coltrane and an ensemble that featured drummer Elvin Jones and pianist McCoy Tyner, as well as bassist Donald Rafael Garrett and a second tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, finished out a week-long residency at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, performing Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, the heralded saxophonist’s masterwork released earlier that year. Until just a …

In this article: A Love Supreme, Brandee Younger, Branford Marsalis, John Coltrane, Live in Seattle, NPR Music and rare vinyl

Fresh Rotation | New tunes JME contributors can’t stop listening to

New tunes from Michael Hurley, BeMyFiasco, Rodrigo Amarante and a fresh dedication to Pops

By JME Staff

Each and every month the JME team handpicks the juiciest new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists and concocts the tasty, tall-glass-of-a-listening-experience that is our Fresh Squeeze playlist. Each song is chosen with intention. And so we often feel like they are worthy of a broader discussion (or at least a bit of context). Here’s four new songs (all …

In this article: BeMyFiasco, fresh rotation, Louis Armstrong, Michael Hurley, New music and Rodrigo Amarante

Local Spotlight | The best releases by Jax artists out right now

New singles from Faze Wave and Niki Dawson; albums by LPT and DeAndre Lettsome

By JME Staff

The JME team was busy last week, as new music flooded in from across Northeast Florida. New tracks from indie rock quartet Faze Wave and singular vocalist Niki Dawson perked our ears. And meditative and complex new full-lengths from jazz-scene standout DeAndre Lettsome and ten-piece Afro-Cuban salsa orchestra LPT gave us much to chew on. Here are the best new …

In this article: DeAndre Lettsome, Faze Wave, jacksonville, Local Spotlight, LPT, Music, New music, Niki Dawson and northeast florida

Giveaway | Win tickets to see Sheer Mag at Intuition Ale Works

Free tickets to see potent Philly power-pop quartet

By JME Staff

The team over at Intuition Ale Works had big plans for the Bier Hall, a mid-sized music venue inside their Downtown taproom and production facility. While the pandemic may have stalled those initial ambitions (a Ty Segall show was put on ice), the Bier Hall is ready to come alive, rolling out a fall lineup featuring some big-time indie acts …

In this article: Bier Hall, free tickets, giveaway, Indie rock, Intuition Ale Works, jacksonville and Sheer Mag

Defining T. Rex Album Came Out The Same Year NPR Debuted Original Programming

This story originally aired on Sept. 24, 2021. In 1971, Joe Elliott was 12 years old, and he was going to his first rock show. The band was T. Rex, touring their latest album, Electric Warrior. Pushing through the venue’s swing doors with porthole windows, Elliott found himself in a rollicking, ecstatic crowd that screamed itself into his memory. Fifty …

In this article: 1971, Bang a Gong (Get It On), Electric Warrior, glam rock, Hot Love, Marc Bolan and T. Rex

Local Journalism Initiative At WJCT Public Media Receives $500k Grant From Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

Media Contact:Neily BrarenPromotion & Marketing Associate, WJCT904.318.2633 | nbraren@wjct.org Local Journalism Initiative At WJCT Public Media Receives $500k Grant From Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Jacksonville Today newsletter to launch today as first new online product Randy Roguski, Pulitzer Prize-winning metro editor of South Florida Sun-Sentinel, joins WJCT News team Jacksonville, Fla. – October 18, 2021 – WJCT Public Media announced …

Local Spotlight | ‘Se Quema El Mundo’ by LPT

New full-length by popular Jax-based Afro-Cuban Salsa ensemble is designed to move you

By Daniel A. Brown

Since forming 2015, LPT have been vigilant in bringing their personal brand of salsa music to both the stage and studio. The 10-piece Afro-Cuban ensemble have released a handful of singles, a full-length and live releases on labels Winterland Records, Bold City Records and their own LPT Salsa imprint. In concert, LPT is a veritable juggernaut, setting stages ablaze (figuratively) …

In this article: Afro-cuban, Josue Cruz, LPT, new album, Salsa, Se Quema El Mundo and The World Is Burning

Meeting Tracy Chapman In The Spaces Between

Tracy is wearing a plain, worn, black T-shirt, no pockets, no sly sayings, and I imagine her waking up in it, in just that T-shirt, and walking around my small basement bedroom in the Oakland split-ranch that I am sharing with 5 other grad students for $200 dollars a month each, so cold we can see our breath. Tracy is …

In this article: 1988, Fast Car, LGBTQ, NPR and Tracy Chapman

Fresh Rotation | 3 new songs we can’t stop listening to

New music from Wet Leg, serpentwithfeet and Shannon Lay

By JME Staff

Each and every month the JME team handpicks the juiciest new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists and creates the tasty listening experience that is our Fresh Squeeze playlist. Each song is chosen with intention. And so we often feel like they are worthy of a broader discussion (or at least a bit of context). Here’s three new …

In this article: fresh rotation, Fresh Squeeze, Indie, listen, New music, NPR, serpentwithfeet, Shannon Lay and Wet Leg

Local Spotlight | ‘Impetus’ by DeAndre Lettsome

Jax-based alto saxophonist struts across standards and original compositions

By Matthew Shaw

Astute followers of Jacksonville’s red hot jazz scene are surely familiar with DeAndre Lettsome. A founding member of Jax-based purveyors of New-Orleans-style jazz, Let’s Ride Brass Band, the 26-year-old alto saxophonist is an in-demand player. And, as evidenced by the new nine-song collection Impetus (Lettsome’s first solo release on Bold City Music Productions), he’s also a formidable composer and topnotch …

In this article: Bold City Music Productions, DeAndre Lettsome, Impetus, jacksonville, jazz, John Lumpkin, Joshua Bowlus, New music and saxophone

Go | Todd Haynes’ ‘The Velvet Underground’ documentary @ Sun-Ray Cinema

The revered avant-garde rockers finally get the rock-doc treatment

By Matthew Shaw

You don’t have to be a mystic, or even religious, to understand that coincidences don’t really exist. Indeed, any student of rock n’ roll knows that the history of the canon is littered with chance encounters and ripe scenes made up of unusually heterogeneous mixtures of characters. In 1957, a 15-year-old Paul McCartney paid threepence to watch a popular Liverpool …

In this article: Andy Warhol, documentary, John Cale, Lou Reed, New York City, Nico, Sun-Ray Cinema, The Velvet Underground and Todd Haynes

Go | The best concerts in Northeast Florida this week

Funk jams, Pitbull, Thievery Corporation and LPT

By JME Staff

If you haven’t yet heard Jax-based afro-cuban salsa orchestra LPT, this week represents perhaps one of the best opportunities, as the ten-piece owns a headline spot at Viva La Fiesta in James Weldon Johnson Park Downtown. Not only will the band closeout the two day celebration of the contemporary vibrancy of the city’s Hispanic culture. The event doubles as a …

In this article: concerts, Downtown Jacksonville, live music calendar, LPT, Pitbull, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Thievery Corporation and Viva La Fiesta

Local Spotlight | “Feelings” by Niki Dawson

Jax singer flexes her singular vocal talent on new single

By Matthew Shaw

Certainly there are countless singers who can emote a broad spectrum of sentiments despite a limited vocal range. (Bob Dylan comes to mind, though, many––myself included––find his vocal prowess to be somewhat underrated.) But when it comes to Niki Dawson, there are seemingly few, if any, limitations on what the Jacksonville singer can express. On a new single appropriately titled …

In this article: Feelings, Friends of Friends Recording, jacksonville, Niki Dawson, Singer, single and vocalist

GO | Pitbull @ Daily’s Place Amphitheater

Mr. 305 to perform in the 904

By Heather Schatz

Ok so technically, he’s now Mr. Worldwide. But once upon a time, he was simply Mr. 305. And before that, he was simply Pitbull. The Miami-born rapper and producer, who’s real name is Armando Christian Pérez, is bringing his “I Feel Good” tour to Daily’s Place Amphitheater on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. The tour is named after his latest single, …

In this article: Daily's Place, Heather Schatz, I Feel Good tour, Mr. 305, Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull, pop, rap and reggaeton

Neil Young’s mythical 1970 Carnegie Hall Performance Gets the Vinyl Treatment

By David Luckin

By the time he got to Carnegie Hall in 1970, Neil Young was in rare form. Two years removed from his departure from Buffalo Springfield and just months after adding his voice to the soon-to-be-released Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut, Deja Vu, Young was arguably at the height of his singing and songwriting prowess, having just released another seminal …

In this article: 1970, After the Gold Rush, Bootleg, Carnegie Hall, David Luckin, Deja Vu and Neil Young

How Taylor Swift and her master recordings play into the Virginia race for governor

Updated October 5, 2021 at 6:09 PM ET Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is betting that Taylor Swift fans can help prevent his state from turning red. The Democrat, who is running for the seat again on Nov. 2, has a new five-figure ad buy that connects his opponent, Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, to Swift’s bitter battle to gain control …

In this article: Carlyle Group, Fearless (Taylor's Version), Glenn Youngkin, Taylor Swift, Terry McAuliffe and Virginia

Local Spotlight | “Waiting to Lose” by Faze Wave

Popular indie rock kids continue to grow, expand their infectious dissonance

By Matthew Shaw

Faze Wave is nothing if not durable. Since the release of their well-received debut, 2016’s earnest and reverb-drenched collection Melt, the Jax-based quartet has not only sustained that initial buzz. Over a half-dozen singles, EPs and another full-length (2018’s broad-yet-refined collection, Lethologica), the band has persisted––no small feat considering the group’s core members have spent the twilight of their youth, …

In this article: Faze Wave, florida, Indie rock, jacksonville, Lethologica, Waiting to Lose and Wisdom Teeth

Hot Off the (Re)Press | John Prine’s 2005 masterwork and ‘Jazz is Dead 001’

Two great albums get a vinyl reissue this week

By JME Staff

‘Hot Off the (Re)Press’ is a semi-regular column highlighting reissues of seminal, classic and groundbreaking works. The Jacksonville Music Experience team is made of vinyl enthusiasts. Read more about our love affair with the medium via JME’s Crate Diggin’ features. Fair & Square, John Prine (2005) During the height of Covid-initiated quarantines and lockdowns, as people were spending inordinate amounts …

In this article: Adrian Younge, Crate Diggin, Fair & Square, Jazz Is Dead, John Prine, records, Repress and vinyl

Just Announced | These concerts have our ears perked

Chris Thile, Polo G., Futurebirds, Circle Jerks, Henry Rollins and more.

By JME Staff

After the delta variant forced a fits-and-starts-style return to live music, Northeast Florida’s concert calendar is starting to fill up. Venues large and small in and around Jacksonville have made big announcements in the last few weeks and days, signaling a growing confidence in a post-new-normal normal. To be clear, St. Johns County venues the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall and …

In this article: concerts, Henry Rollins, Live music, Polo G., Ponte Vedra Concert Hall and St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Listen | New Electro Lounge Radio playlist

Chill out, relax and get inspired

By David Luckin

From Bossasonic’s remake of The Supreme’s “You Can’t Hurry Love” to some astral traveling with German electronic-duo VARGO, JME’s newest Electro Lounge Radio playlist is painted with fall colors. An always eclectic mix, this month’s ELR playlist features chill, down-tempo, reggae and more from Down To The Bone, Nicola Conte, DF TRAM and plenty of others. Listen to a hand-selected …

In this article: 89.9 HD4, Bossasonic, David Luckin, Down To The Bone, Electro Lounge Radio, fall, playlist and VARGO

Go | Here’s who’s playing in Northeast Florida this week

Folk, pop, indie rock and more are on tap

By JME Staff

September’s eclectically booked Sing Out Loud Festival rolled nicely into the Jacksonville Jazz Festival on the first weekend in October. And live music isn’t letting up just yet. There’s plenty more to see and hear this week in Northeast Florida. Here’s what the JME team is masking up for. NOTE: The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public if you …

In this article: Jack Rabbits, jacksonville, john legend, live music calendar, northeast florida, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, The Amp and The Contenders

Local Spotlight | The four best tracks by Jax artists out now

While jazz gets a weekend in the sun with the Jacksonville Jazz Festival kicking off this week, there are several local artists working in myriad genres that also deserve the spotlight. Here are four great tracks, all from locals, that the JME team put its collective ears on this week. “In the Garden” by LANNDS Due in large part to …

In this article: Ebonique, jacksonville, LANNDS, New music, pop, R&B, Rambler Kane and Teal Peel

Listen | October’s Fresh Squeeze playlist

Discover new music from local, regional, national and international artists

By JME Staff

The JME team is here to help you discover new music. Each month, JME contributors pick the juiciest noise emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond for our monthly Fresh Squeeze playlist. Featuring a few dozen new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists, there are no rules or genre restrictions; just songs we thought were worth a share. Follow …

In this article: Big Thief, discovery, Fresh Squeeze, jacksonville, LANNDS, New music, October, playlist and Snail Mail

Tiny Desk Contest entrant Yosmel Montejo has a message for his community: ‘Go for it’

The 2021 Tiny Desk Contest wrapped up last month with the announcement of this year’s winner, Neffy, and her song “Wait Up.” But the Contest’s panel of judges saw thousands of incredible entries from around the country, and Weekend Edition will be highlighting some of them over the next few months. One of those standout entries came from musician Yosmel …

In this article: Cuba, La Caliente, Latin, Tiny Desk Contest and Yosmel Montejo

Bring the Beat Back | A brief history of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival

A highlight of the city's cultural calendar for 40 years

By Shelton Hull

This year marks 40 years since the Jacksonville Jazz Festival first took place. And the only thing that’s changed more than the festival is the music itself. The name has changed, the dates have changed, and the location has changed––multiple times. One thing that’s never changed, though, is the festival’s status as a highlight of the cultural year in Northeast …

In this article: Dizzy Gillespie, Downtown Jacksonville, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, jazz, Jazz Fest After Dark and WJCT

Anthony Hamilton On Being Vulnerable And His New Album ‘Love Is The New Black’

Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton is back with a new album. Love Is The New Black is his first full length album in five years — one fans have been anxiously awaiting. Hamilton is the self-described “country boy” from North Carolina whose vulnerable lyrics and gospel-tinged delivery have gained him fans across the globe. Many were introduced to Hamilton through his …

In this article: Anthony Hamilton, Jennifer Hudson, Love is the New Black, Mama Don't Cry and Tiny Desk

The Jacksonville Symphony fires up the band for another season of classical and pop favorites

By Daniel A. Brown

Live musicians navigating the realities of performing onstage during the pandemic age are facing unique predicaments. Former concerns about load-ins, soundchecks, and coveted drink tickets have been readily muted. Now musicians are facing current anxieties regarding personal and public health, social distancing, “to mask or not to mask” and other high-volume, Covid-related realities. Add to those factors the anxiety of …

In this article: Beethoven, Courtney Lewis, Jacksonville Symphony, orchestra, Stephen Scwarz, Steven Libman, symphonic and Symphony in 60

Local Spotlight | “How Many Bugs” by Teal Peel

By Matthew Shaw

In July, Taylor Paul Neal introduced Teal Peel, a project that puts Neal––a multi-instrumentalist, producer and sought-after collaborator––front-and-center. The debut single “Smello Coffee,” full of sardonic-yet-good-natured quips on apathy and boredom, offered the first taste of a dynamic and interesting composer and lyricist. “How Many Bugs,” the second single from a forthcoming nine-song collection, finds Neal waxing existential over languid …

In this article: How Many Bugs, Jacob Cummings, Smello Coffee, Taylor Paul Neal and Teal Peel

Listen | Electro Lounge Radio goes all jazz for Jazz Fest weekend

48 hours of jazz on 89.9 HD4, the WJCT app and streaming online

By JME Staff

The JME team has been digging in on jazz in anticipation of this year’s Jacksonville Jazz Festival. Things have changed since ‘81, sure. But the yearly festival continues to mark a week in which Jax feels very much like a jazz city. Truly Jacksonville’s jazz-cup overfloweth this weekend, as WJCT station manager and JME contributor David Luckin has curated 48-hours …

In this article: 89.9, David Luckin, Electro Lounge Radio, HD4, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, jazz and JME

WJCT Public Media Welcomes Three New Additions to its Board of Trustees

Media Contact:Neily BrarenPromotion & Marketing Associate, WJCT904.318.2633 | nbraren@wjct.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Debbie Buckland, Bill Hendrich and LaTanya Wynn-Hall elected at annual meeting JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sept. 27, 2021 — WJCT Public Media today announced three new additions to its Board of Trustees. The community-owned and operated public media organization welcomed Debbie Buckland, Bill Hendrich and LaTanya Wynn-Hall to begin …

Go | Jazz Fest After Dark broadens the Jacksonville Jazz festivities

All that jazz... and much more!

By JME Staff

With the Jacksonville Jazz Fest celebrating its fourth decade with more than a weekend’s worth of main-stage performances and auxiliary programming, another––though relatively new––tradition will commence this week: Jazz Fest After Dark. And while the Jacksonville Jazz Festival certainly leans into eclectic booking by featuring jazz torchbearers like George Benson as well as music icons like percussionist Sheila E. and …

In this article: 1904 Music Hall, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, jazz, Jazz Fest After Dark and Justice Pub

Go | The best concerts in Jax this week

All that (Jacksonville) Jazz (Festival)

By JME Staff

Jazz Fest is upon us. And beyond the action of the two Downtown Jacksonville stages, music will be pouring out of venues across the city. There’s a lot going on. Here’s what the JME team has their ears on this week. NOTE: The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission even …

In this article: concerts, Downtown Jacksonville, jacksonville, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, live music calendar, Piano Competition and Rambler Kane

This French Pianist Has Been Playing For 102 Years And Just Released A New Album

PARIS — Colette Maze welcomes me warmly into her apartment on the 14th floor of a building overlooking the Seine River. From her flowered balcony, she has a view of the Eiffel Tower. She offers me a whiskey or a cognac — along with a hearty laugh as it’s 10:30 in the morning. It’s that humor, a sense of optimism …

In this article: 107, Colette Maze, Music, new album, NPR and pianist

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