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WDIY Platz! More Musikfest Features Are Coming Up |
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Musikfest's first weekend may be over, but there's still plenty of fest to come! This week, WDIY brings you more exclusive interviews and live performances from Musikfest artists. Here's who is stopping by WDIY this week:
- Patrick Brogan, ArtsQuest Chief Programming Officer
- Doug Ashby of Lehigh Valley blues rock band Tavern Tan
- Carly Comando of Lehigh Valley heavy pop/indie rock band Slingshot Dakota
- Bren, up-and-coming Lehigh Valley singer-songwriter
- Drew & The Blue, energetic Reading, PA garage rock band
Plus, our on-air hosts will be playing album tracks from a bunch of fest artists all throughout the next two weeks, so keep your radio dial and smartphones set to WDIY for all your Musikfest needs!
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Listen to Last Week's Musikfest Artist Features |
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Monday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Find out what’s new, what’s back, what’s cooking and who’s playing at Musikfest 2022! Join host Kate Scuffle as she talks with ArtsQuest’s own Patrick Brogan about the nation’s largest free music festival, returning for its 39th year with new locations, experiences, bands, and of course – food!
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DC League of Super-Pets is an animation feature film with Dwayne Johnson voicing Krypto, Superman’s super dog. The voice talent includes Kevin Hart, John Krasinski and Olivia Wilde. Paul Willistein of the Lehigh Valley Press reviews the action-adventure film.
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Monday, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
Greg Capogna and Edward Meehan of the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health welcome Deidra Vachier, CEO and President of Community Services for Children to talk about the importance of early childhood education, the Head Start program, and how prenatal-to-cradle-to-career guidance can help Lehigh Valley children avoid the pitfalls surrounding this social determinant of health.
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Monday, 7 - 9 p.m.
Come ready to jam and sing along with many of your favorite folkies, singer-songwriters, and folk-rock artists
from the '60s - '00s. Special birthday tributes will celebrate the music of Dan Fogelberg and David Crosby. We will also hear from the Eagles to honor their 50-year debut album.
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Monday, 11 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Hot August weather. It's Mule Songs to start us off, along with Big Joe Williams and his 9 string guitar, nice harp work from Snooky Pryor, Tuff Green and his Orchestra suggesting "Let's Go to the Liquor Store." We will get "Emulsified" with Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers, and who knows what else. Life is a mystery and so are the workings of Capwell and Fuzzy. Voot.
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Tuesday, 1 - 4 p.m.
Host Bill Dautremont-Smith welcomes Doug Ashby as his live guest at around 3 p.m. Doug is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter with Tavern Tan, and is also known to WDIY's late night audience as the host of Tuesday night's Roots After Hours. He'll be talking about Tavern Tan's upcoming Musikfest performance on Thursday, their most recent album very appropriately titled Tandemic, how the band survived the pandemic, and how they have evolved over the 20+ years they have been performing. Bill will also be playing music from other Musikfest performers upcoming during the remainder of the festival.
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Tuesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: Handle With Care
A group of climate scientists warn that the potential for humanity's mass extinction has been dangerously underexplored. On this week’s On the Media, we hear how facing our planet’s fragility could inspire hope, instead of despair, and a physicist explains how creation stories are essential for understanding our place in the universe.
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Tuesday, 7 - 9 p.m.
This week, host Norm Williams will feature archived sets from August’s past – Dan Hicks & Acoustic Warriors (‘88), Livingston Taylor (’06) at the Ice House, and Twisted Pine (’16) at Godfrey Daniel’s Day at Musikfest. We’ll also have several studio cuts from this year’s Godfrey Daniel’s Day performers: Not for Coletrane (Michael Duck), Miriam Clancy, The Black Feathers, Cary Morin, and Peter Karp; all performing on Sunday, August 14 at the IBEW Local 375 Liederplatz stage.
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Tuesday, 11 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Roots After Hours is celebrating Ziggy and Bob Marley's music this week in honor of Ziggy Marley's Musikfest performance (tonight!). We have two solid hours of the finest Roots Reggae from the masters. We will hear some of Bob's early musical roots, and some R&B & Soul contemporaries of the early Wailers. Bob's Island LPs will be played and we'll hear plenty from Ziggy as well!
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Tuesday, 1 - 4 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m., WDIY's Shamus McGroggan talks with Carly Comando, keyboardist and singer for Lehigh Valley heavy pop/indie rock band Slingshot Dakota. The band will be performing at Musikfest on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Plaza Tropical.
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Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This Week's Topic: Navigating Social Security Options.
Listeners can call in with questions on this topic or other general finance topics during the show at 610-758-8810. Listeners can also submit questions during the show or anytime in advance at yourfinancialchoices.com.
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Thursday, 1 - 4 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m., WDIY's Shamus McGroggan welcomes Lehigh Valley singer-songwriter Bren to the WDIY studios for an interview and live performance. Bren will be performing with her band, also named Bren, at Musikfest later this night at both 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Community Stage on the Air Products Town Square.
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Thursday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
On this episode of The Jennings Report, Alan Jennings welcomes Nick Miller, Democratic candidate for the 14th Senate District to talk about his motivations to run for office, addressing the housing crisis, behavioral health, public education, and more. Plus, in his “final thought,” Alan discusses engaging with Republican candidates as part of the “mainstream” media.
*WDIY Public Affairs offered an equal time opportunity to Republican candidate Dean Browning but were unable to schedule time prior to airing.
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Thursday, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
Let's talk about...Black wealth and the new face of philanthropy.
Dr. Batts welcomes Dwayne Jones, CEO of Preventive Measures, Inc. and Chairman of the Preventive Measures Foundation. They discuss the importance of giving back to the community through philanthropic support, the statistics behind Black charitable giving, Preventive Measures' plans for the future, and more.
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Thursday, 11 p.m. - Friday, 1 a.m.
The Special Focus for August is Origo Sound. Origo Sound, founded by Harald Lervik in 1990, is a Norwegian label focusing on various subgenres of electronica. The company merged with the Estonian retailer Planet Origo in 2007. In 2013, Origo Sound was re-established as an independent, Norwegian record label.
On the next Galactic Travels™, the month-long focus on Origo Sound continues. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Dimension D by Exile. You will also hear new music by Andrew Douglas on Neu Harmony and by Colin Rayment on SynGate Records.
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Thursday, 1 - 4 p.m.
Catch WDIY's final Musikfest 2022 feature today at 2:30 p.m. as Carlos Benjamin welcomes three-piece Reading, PA garage rock band Drew & The Blue to the WDIY studios for a live interview and performance. The band will be playing at Musikfest on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Liederplatz.
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Friday, 9 - 11 p.m.
Jeff Biro spotlights jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny. You’ll hear music from Metheny himself as well as his work with other musicians.
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Sunday, 10 - 11 a.m.
Tom Druckemiller concludes the two-part feature highlighting some 'Unsung Songwriters.' Tom invites you to sing along with these lesser-known talented artists.
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Sunday, 9 - 10 p.m.
This week's show: September Songs
Agatha Christie once said that she loved being married to an archeologist because the older she got, the more he appreciated her! And in this hour, characters tell us what it's like to grow old whole staying young at heart.
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This Sunday's Member Ticket Giveaway |
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Hey WDIY members, check out what we're giving away this Sunday, August 14! Watch your email Sunday at noon for your chance to enter.
- A pair of day passes to the 60 Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, August 18-21 at Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township
- A pair of tickets for Jazz Upstairs with Gene Perla and the Ryan Devlin Quartet, Friday, August 19 at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown
- A pair of tickets for Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra Presents: Valley Vivaldi, Sunday, August 21 at Christ Lutheran Church in Allentown
- A pair of tickets for the 2022 Lehigh Valley Pride, Saturday, August 21 at the Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley in Allentown
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If you are a WDIY member who has contributed at least $60 for the year or you are actively supporting WDIY as a Sustaining Member, you are eligible for WDIY's Member Ticket Giveaway! If you are not receiving this member benefit on Sundays, please email shamusm@wdiy.org.
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