On Friday, July 24, 8-9pm, Offbeat Roadhouse welcomes genre bending trio, Please Don't Tell, to the WTJU Stage. This free event is open to all at 2244 Ivy Rd. You can also listen on 91.1 FM, stream via wtju.net, video stream on WTJU’s YouTube channel, or listen via WTJU’s mobile app.

[RESCHEDULED from July 19 to July 26, due to air quality] WTJU has a 2nd Vinyl Takeover series running this summer. Join the WTJU DJs on the patio of Hello Goodbye Records in ONE WEEK, July 26, 11:30-3:30pm, for great tunes in a groovy space! Listen to vinyl & shop for vinyl at 108 4th Street, NW!

TONIGHT! Sat, July 18, 8-9pm, Third Rail presents composer, technologist & violist, Brian Lindgren. Free & open to all at 2244 Ivy Rd, you can also listen on 91.1 FM, wtju.net or video stream on YouTube. Brian will present a solo set for the EV, a digital-acoustic string instrument of his own design

Did you catch Baconfat's chat w/ Cathy Hamer Bollinger today on Fantastic Expedition? If not, catch it in the archive for two weeks at https://shorturl.at/ISg7L. Delight in the magic of music recorded a little over 45 years ago, finding its way into the world again through a Numero Group reissue.

It’s a radio triple header for Mark Rough this weekend, July 17-19. * First, he is sitting in for Pete M Friday afternoon on Sunset Road from 4-6 pm. * Then, it’s his turn for Atlantic Weekly, Part II Saturday morning from 10 am until noon. * And finally, Walkin’ Blues, Sunday evening from 9-11 pm.

Fri, July 17, 8-9pm, Offbeat Roadhouse welcomes the Greg Moody Quartet. Grounded firmly in jazz, the quartet also explores funk, Afro-Cuban &  Brazilian rhythms in a jazz context. Free & open to all at 2244 Ivy Rd, you can also listen on 91.1 FM, stream via wtju.net, & video stream on WTJU’s YouTube

RVA's Tre. Charles plays at the Southern this Fri, July 17. In 2024 Tre. played WTJU's Third Rail & had an afternoon session. Check out the videos on WTJU's YouTube channel & then check out this artist, live & local! Watch his whole Third Rail show at youtube.com/live/-W71XGIdQvI?si=oMz0Ldk8MidaYEwY

On this week’s Fantastic Expedition, July 17, 2-4pm, DJ Baconfat will be speak w/ local musician Cathy Hamer (Bollinger) about Lady Full Of Dreams, a new archival project culled from two rare private press LPs released in 1979 & 1980. Tune in on 91.1 FM, stream at wtju.net, or listen via WTJU's app.

WTJU has a 2nd Vinyl Takeover series running this summer on the 3rd Sun of each month. Join the WTJU DJs on the patio of Hello Goodbye Records in ONE WEEK, July 19, 11:30-3:30pm, for great tunes in a groovy space! Listen to vinyl, shop for vinyl, at 108 4th Street, NW!

WTJU is grateful to have support from the C-ville/Albemarle SPCA, who sent us this message, "I was listening to your station with Poppy to give her a kennel break, and the show soothed her from a quite chaotic little thing, into a restful sleep. It was really sweet! She's since been adopted."

Next in Rum Cove's series is Memphis Records, which lasted less than a year (1970) and had only 5 releases. Despite the excellent Memphis R&B content, Mr & Mrs Rosenburg, the founders, could not sustain the label & it folded. Hear Soulful Situation w/ Rum Cove, Mondays, 12-2pm.

WTJU has a 2nd Vinyl Takeover series running this summer on the 3rd Sun of each month. Join the WTJU DJs on the patio of Hello Goodbye Records in ONE WEEK, July 19, 11:30-3:30pm, for great tunes in a groovy space! Listen to vinyl, shop for vinyl, at 108 4th Street, NW!

It's a "Your Fave's Fave" with Rae the Band who played the WTJU Rock Third Rail series in Sept, 2025. Check out what they were listening to at the time because it's never too late to discover new music (or to donate to community radio!). Watch their 1-hour WTJU concert at https://shorturl.at/wIIJU

It's a Fantastic Expedition Radio Freedonia mashup, Friday, July 10, 2-4pm, as Sister Pirate Jenny steps back into the broadcast studio to sub! He attended the MASS MoCA Solid Sound music festival; maybe we'll get a taste of that inspiration. Tune in on 91.1FM or stream worldwide at wtju.net.

Fri, July 10, 8-9pm,Offbeat Roadhouse welcomes the Ivan Orr Trio, bringing together three veteran musicians with deep roots in R&B, Soul, Gospel & contemporary improvisational music. Free and open to all at 2244 Ivy Rd, you can also listen on 91.1 FM, stream on wtju.net, or video stream on YouTube.

Percussive dancer & multi-instrumentalist, Sophie Wellington, will be joining Pete on Sunset Road, Fri, July 10, 4-6pm, to go track-by-track through their brand-new album Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still, which releases the same day on Adhyâropa Records. Listen on 91.1FM or stream at wtju.net.

It's #throwbackthursday and we think this photo of Professor Bebop and Rus Perry dancing in the studio is worth a share! This is from a 2013 fundraising marathon where they were dancing to the music of Trinidad. Plans have begun for the 2026 Jazz Marathon, which will run Sept 28-Oct 4. #wtjutbt #tbt

Professor Bebop, a fixture of WTJU & the community, passed on July 6, 2026. WTJU feels this loss acutely & shares a webpage of ongoing tributes from fellow hosts at wtju.net/remembering-professor-bebop. Professor, you'll be missed every Fri night, Tues morning & beyond! Catch ya on the flip side!

It's the fireworks after party on WTJU Rock! Tune in an Independence Day Ragtag Radio, 11pm to 1am, when DJ Notorious hosts a semiquincentennial blowout for the ages! Join the festivities on 91.1 FM or worldwide at WTJU.net.

Imagine colors & shapes dancing before your eyes when you hear music or, how about tasting sound! Join William Neil this Sunday, July 5, 1-3pm, when he hosts A New Sound & welcomes, Anna Abounader, who he'll interview about her experience of synesthesia! Listen on 91.1 FM or stream at wtju.net.

We visited our Celtic music section for this WTJU Vinyl View and our random pull found Eric Bogle's, "Singing the Spirit Home," released in 1986 (check out the "strings" on that guitar!). One of Bogle's better known songs is "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (1971), covered by many musicians.

Friday, July 3, 8-9pm, Offbeat Roadhouse will be a broadcast-only program, featuring a 2015 performance by The Deputies. Tune in for an hour of early Jazz & Country on 91.1FM, stream via wtju.net, or listen via the WTJU mobile app. An all new Offbeat Roadhouse returns July 10 with the Ivan Orr Trio.

This Sun, July 5, 1-6pm, keep the Independence Day celebrations going with WTJU Vinyl Takeover at Potter's Craft Cider. Enjoy delightful drinks, fresh food, camaraderie & WTJU DJs spinning all styles of music on vinyl, at 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd, just a few miles South of Charlottesville.

6/30 is the last day to VOTE for WTJU, nominated Best Local Radio Station in BestofCville. In 2025 we won & we hope you'll help us win again, emphasizing the importance of non-profit community radio. Vote at bestof.c-ville.com/2026/local-radio-station! 📸 Rus Perry (Jazz at 100 Now!) & John D'earth

In 2025 federal funding for public media disappeared. That blew a $150k hole into WTJU's budget. This loss of funding will affect WTJU year after year. WTJU’s fiscal year ends on today, June 30th. Please consider making a donation at wtju.net. Listeners like you sustain the sound of WTJU!

Another year, another Radio Camp (or two)! WTJU ran it's summer Radio Camps these last two weeks of June, with a great turn out and enthusiastic participants. All the kids produced audio specials that aried on WXTJ. Thanks to our summer intern super-stars who helped make these camps so successful.

This is Picabia's 1925 "First Meeting" & while it's not Uncle Dave's first meeting w/ A New Sound, the image fits the tenor of the music he plans to play by Maderna, Barraqué, Ives, Beyer, Stravinsky, Villa Lobos, Lachenmann, González de Acilu & Entropic Hop. Tune in 91.1 FM or wtju.net 1-3pm, 6/28.

WTJU is nominated Best Local Radio Station in BestofCville. In 2025 we won! We're grateful for the votes & we hope you'll help us win a 2nd year, emphasizing the importance of non-profit community radio. Vote at bestof.c-ville.com/2026/local-radio-station! 📸 are BlueMonday hosts, Android & Bobby M.

Coming right up is the Independence Day weekend WTJU Vinyl Takeover, Sun, July 5, 1-6pm. Celebrate independent radio, free form DJs, craft beverages & small business with us at Potter’s Craft Cider at 1212 Arrowhead Valley Rd, just a few miles South of Cville. Pictured are scenes from the June event

Brian Keena had an excellent conversation with percussionist JoVia Armstrong, June 26, on the Jazz Messenger. Stream for two weeks via wtju.net/recent-shows/?d=2026-06-26#1782484200_16099 Armstrong is participating in a residency at Reveler in RVA, exploring frontiers of jazz improvisation.