WVIA's coverage of the 2023 cotajazz.org festival continues with a set by the resident big band, the Water Gap Jazz Orchestra. 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/jazz

WVIA's coverage of the 2023 cotajazz.org festival continues with part 6, featuring the Mike Lorenz Trio. 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/jazz

WVIA's coverage of the 2023 cotajazz.org festival continues with a set by the remarkable Venezuelan-born pianist Silvano Monasterios & trio. 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/jazz

WVIA's coverage of the 2023 cotajazz.org festival continues with part 9 of 10, with vocalist/pianist/songwriter Nicole Zuraitis. 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/jazz

Tonight on Mixed Bag, it's the annual Graham Awards, with our top 10 favorite albums of the year, along with obituaries from the music world. 9 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio

WVIA's jazz listeners are invited to special preview and reception for forthcoming documentary on Eddie Durham, influential but little-known jazz figure. 6 PM Wed. 1/24. Must RSVP to [email protected] or 570-602-1128 See graphic.

Homegrown Music presents an all-new segment with Scranton area composer & pianist Zach Sprowls in an instrumental set with a string trio. 9 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio

Tonight on Mixed Bag, I review the new album by banjo eclecticist Bela Fleck, in which he interprets Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in three ways. 9 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio

Tune in for a special Homegrown Jazz segment with pianist Robert Prester and vocalist Adriana Samargia tonight on All That Jazz. 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio and then stream on-demand at wvia.org/jazz

Homegrown Music presents an archive special with the legendary Blue Sparks from Hell, in three WVIA sessions from 1985 to 1989. 9 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio

Tonight on a special Homegrown Jazz segment, it's a new performance by the Andy Bianco Quintet, feat. saxophonist Adam Niewood. 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio or stream on-demand at wvia.org/jazz

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of Mixed Bag wvia.org/mixedbag as a daily program on WVIA Radio. Almost 13,000 shows, a lot of interesting music. 9 PM wvia.org/radio

Tonight on Homegrown Music, as part of Mixed Bag's 50th anniversary week, an encore of a 1978 session by the beloved Poconos jazz-fusion group Asparagus Sunshine. 9 PM WVIA Radio. wvia.org/radio

On Thanksgiving, Mixed Bag was preempted, so we didn't have our annual broadcast of Alice's Restaurant. So we'll make it up to you, with the Arlo classic Mon, Dec. 2 at 9:30 PM, followed by an essay by Alice Brock, who recently passed away. wvia.org/radio

Tonight we begin our radio coverage of the 2024 COTA festival cotajazz.org with the Bill Warflield Quartet. 8 PM WVIA radio wvia.org/radio wvia.org/jazz

It's the 2nd of our 10-part coverage of the 2024 cotajazz.org festival with a set by Dave Pietro w/ the Bill Goodwin Trio. Tonight (12/3) 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio wvia.org/jazz

It's part 4 of our radio coverage of the 2024 cotajazz.org festival with the Water Gap Jazz Orchestra big band. 8 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/radio wvia.org/jazz

I'm moving to Bluesky, to avoid the Musky smell around here. You can follow me and my radio and music exploits at: George-graham.bsky.social Hope to meet you there.

Tonight (Jan.2) on Mixed Bag, it's the 49th annual Graham Awards, with my Top 10 of 2024, along with the (long) list of musical obituaries. 9 PM WVIA Radio. Listen live: wvia.org/radio/mixed-bag Stream on-demand: wvia.org/radio/mixed-bag https:// George-graham.bsky.social

With the recent passing of Bill Kelly, member of the Buoys, and founder of the Jerry-Kelly Band, and Dakota, Homegrown Music will present all the songs the Jerry-Kelly Band recorded in 1977 at WVIA that led to their signing on Epic Records. 9 PM WVIA Radio wvia.org/listen