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50th Anniversary of ‘The Day The Music Died’

January 28th, 2009 by Kyle S

Buddy Holly Tribute: 50th Anniversary Special

Tuesday, February 3rd , 4 – 6pm on 91.3fm WYEP

Hosted and Produced by Afternoon Mix Host Rosemary Welsch

February 3 marks the 50th anniversary of “The Day the Music Died”. Three of the biggest stars in rock and roll– Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper– and their young pilot died in a small plane crash in an Iowa cornfield. This two hour special takes a look at the influence of Buddy Holly’s music and celebrates his contribution to the music world. 

WYEP’s 913 Essential Songs

January 22nd, 2009 by Kyle S

We all have favorite songs that we’ve discovered listening to 91.3fm WYEP.  We’re trying to have some fun in these long winter months by creating the ultimate listener generated list called ‘WYEP’s 913 Essential Songs’. We’re asking you to submit 20 songs that define the WYEP listening experience for you.  Have some fun with it, it’s a chance to reflect and help us create a really cool list that we’ll count down sometime in May.

I’ll be posting some volunteer announcer and staff lists over the coming weeks, and some other local notables in our community.

http://www.wyep.org/events/contests/index.php?id=51

 

Top Ten of 2008

January 11th, 2009 by Andy C

Andy here, from the Tuesday Evening Mix.

I know, it’s kind of late, but here is a list of my favorites from 2008.

1)DoDo’s – “Visiter” (French Kiss Records)

I’ve written about these guys before on here.  They are fantastic.  Their second full length was a total surprise to me.  The melodies are great, but really the best part for me is the percussion.  It’s loud, forceful, and gorgeous.  It sounds like they are just jamming away on whatever they can find to bang on.  It’s very freeing to listen to that.

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WYEP’s Top 50 of 2008

January 5th, 2009 by Kyle S

Here’s the WYEP 2008 Top 50 recordings !

1. Radiohead, ‘In Rainbows’

2. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, ‘Raising Sand’

3. The Hold Steady, Stay Positive’

4. Kathleen Edwards, ‘Asking for Flowers’

5. Coldplay, ‘Viva La Vida, or Death and All His Friends’

6. Death Cab for Cutie, ‘Narrow Stairs’

7. My Morning Jacket, ‘Evil Urges’

8. DeVotchKa, ‘A Mad & Faithful Telling’

9. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, ‘100 Days 100 Nights’

10. Fleet Foxes, ‘Fleet Foxes’

11. Martha Wainwright, ‘I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too’

12. Vampire Weekend, ‘Vampire Weekend’

13. Michael Franti & Spearhead, ‘All Rebel Rockers’

14. Emmylou Harris, ‘All I Intended to Be’

15. Verve//Remixed 4′

16. Alejandro Escovedo, ‘Real Animal’

17. Jackie Greene, ‘Giving Up the Ghost’

18. Conor Oberst, ‘Conor Oberst’

19. Nicole Atkins, ‘Neptune City’

20. Old 97s, ‘Blame It on Gravity’

21. Joe Jackson, ‘Rain’

22. Jack Johnson, ‘Sleep Through the Static’

23. Carbon/Silicon, ‘The Last Post’

24. Buddy Guy, ‘Skin Deep’

25. Dar Williams, ‘Promised Land’

26. Elbow, ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’

27. Levon Helm, ‘Dirt Farmer’

28. The Kooks, ‘Konk’

29. Sheryl Crow, ‘Detours’

30. Okkervil River ‘The Stage Names

31. Richie Havens, ‘Nobody Left to Crown’

32. Dan Wilson, ‘Free Life’

33. Mike Doughty, ‘Golden Delicious’

34. Band of Horses, ‘Cease to Begin’

35. kd Lang ‘Watershed’

36. The Black Keys, ‘Attack & Release’

37. Joan Osborne, ‘Little Wild One’

38. James Hunter, ‘The Hard Way’

39. Drive-By Truckers, ‘Brighter Than Creation’s Dark’

40. Aimee Mann, ‘#@%&! Smilers’

41. Mudcrutch, ‘Mudcrutch’

42. Beck, ‘Modern Guilt’

43. R.E.M., ‘Accelerate’

44. She & Him, ‘Volume One’

45. Chuck Prophet, ‘Soap and Water’

46. Elvis Costello, ‘Momofuku’

47. Duffy, ‘Rockferry’

48. Jim White, ‘Transnormal Skiperoo’

49. Gary Louris, ‘Vagabonds’

50. John Fogerty, ‘Revival’