WUFT's Fanfares From Home features several former Fanfares favorites performing like you’ve never seen before, including Billy Buchanan, Bears and Lions, the Savants of Soul, UF Health Arts in Medicine Musicians in Residence (Michael Claytor, Jason Hedges, Ricky Kendall, Sam Moss, and Cienna Wesley) Maestro Gary Langford from the Gainesville Community Band, and two unique videos produced this past May – one from the City of Gainesville called the Gainesville Sing-A-Long and Band Together.
Read More »Paula Poundstone on Gator Growl, Podcasting, Tom Hanks, and Touching Her Face
"I totally fail at keep[ing] my hands off my face. Let me just say that aloud, I can’t not touch my face. I’m a face-toucher. … If that’s the solution, then I, personally, am doomed."
Read More »WUFT’s Glenn Richards Talks with Gainesville Punk ‘Whiz Kids,’ Debra Fetzer and Mike McCoy
WUFT Morning Edition host, Glenn Richards, recently spoke with two founding members of the Gainesville punk band, Piss Test: guitarist Mike McCoy and front-woman, Debra Fetzer. Fetzer is no stranger to the Gainesville music scene having been in numerous bands over the years including the legendary all-female punk band, Mutley …
Read More »Forgotten Jazz Giant’s Triumphs and Tragedies Chronicled in New Biography by Travis Atria
WUFT Morning Edition host, Glenn Richards, spoke with Gainesville musician and writer Travis Atria about his new book, Better Days Will Come Again: The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp. Travis is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism …
Read More »Archived Interview with Tom Petty Birthday Bash Organizer, Jason Hedges
Six months after Glenn Richards’ conversation with Jason Hedges about his band’s debut album, Jason (also frontman of the Petty tribute band, Heavy Petty) would be organizing a concert to celebrate the life and legacy of Gainesville’s Tom Petty, who passed away unexpectedly on October 2nd. Two years later, that original event – held over what would have been Petty’s 67th birthday – has grown into the Tom Petty Birthday Weekend featuring multiple events across the city including two music festivals.
Read More »Hippodrome Interview: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Nick Bublitz says, “The co-production is a yearly event between the School of Theater and Dance and the Hippodrome and it is the base of which we kind of launch both seasons … and it’s a wonderful opportunity to really have students at the School of Theater and Dance work professionally at the Hippodrome.”
Read More »Morningbell Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Landmark Album, ‘Sincerely, Severely’
Travis Atria says, "Essentially, these songs sound better than they ever have before. This is the ideal version of the album."
Read More »South Florida’s ‘All The V Words’ Features Former Member of Legendary Gainesville Punk Band, Roach Motel
All The V Words will perform at the Hardback Cafe in Gainesville on Thursday, July 11, with the Ghetto Blasters (Chattanooga) and P*** Test (Gainesville).
Read More »Fanfares 2019: An Interview With Chelsea Carnes of Wax Wings and Billy Buchanan
WUFT’s Morning Edition Host Glenn Richards talks with, Chelsea Carnes of Wax Wings and Billy Buchanan, two of the acts participating in this year’s Fanfare and Fireworks. This is an extended version of the conversation that aired on WUFT’s Morning Edition on Wednesday, July 3rd. Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | …
Read More »Fanfares 2019: An Interview With Bears and Lions
WUFT’s Morning Edition Host Glenn Richards sits down with, Bears and Lions, one of the acts participating at this year’s Fanfares and Fireworks. This is an extendeded version of the conversation that aired during WUFT’s Morning Edition on Wednesday, July 3rd…including an exclusive in-studio performance. Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | …
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