Monday, July 29, 2013

Two Virgins to perform at the Second Annual Middletown Music Festival!


Join the Two Virgins on Sunday, August 11, in the cedar grove at Middlesex Community College. Live and local... this is great music! Rain or shine! We'll be in the state-of-the-art Chapman Hall in case of rain



Two Virgins is no ordinary original pop group. Bandleaders Tom Wrann and Tom Mooney are lifetime music men, now in their fifties, who have together written in their career around five hundred songs. They have performed in many, many rock, punk, folk, Americana and gospel groups over the years, both in NYC and CT, gracing the stages of such legendary venues as CBGBs during its heyday, as well as The Apollo Theatre. Bassist Jim Wrann, Tom’s brother, is also a lifetime musician, having a huge songbook of his original compositions as well. Lead guitarist Michael Arafeh (aka Bumpy Chimes), is also a lifetime musician, as well as a well-known record producer with hundreds of credits to his name. Michael also owns of one of CT’s premiere recording studios - The Coffeehouse, in Middletown. Acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Tom Phelps is also a life-long musician, another gifted songwriter with an impressive songbook, and is also the band “heart-throb”. Although these five musicians have recorded and collaborated together in various projects many times before, Two Virgin’s sixteen-song debut self-titled album, released last year on the Coffeehouse Records imprint, is a significant accomplishment for the group. The group has begun a raw and electrified live performance phase to support the album - with a collection of forty or so original songs both from the album as well as from the catalog which they will be touring on. Don’t miss them!


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Supported by a grant from the Middletown Commission on the Arts


Thursday, June 6, 2013

VOICE of the CITY! Live with Goodnight Blue Moon



Goodnight Blue Moon is an indie-folk band from New Haven, Connecticut that has been playing  together since 2009. Instrumentation includes cello, violin, mandolin, guitar, banjo, upright bass, trumpet, and drums, which support rich  vocal harmonies. With songs that range from americana and bluegrass-based  traditional folk to through-composed and orchestrated pop, Goodnight Blue Moon's style is eclectic, thoughtful, and danceable at the same time.

Followed by a call in with David Bauer, of WESU and an artist for, The “Art for Haiti” art exhibition to Middletown. This Gallery show features the work of 12 visual artists in support of “Movin' With The Spirit", a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Haiti’s poorest communities. WESU is proud to sponsor  Art For Haiti’s exhibit at Wesleyan’s  Zilkha Gallery in Middletown on display June 6-15  with an opening reception, This Thursday, June 6, from  5-7pm featuring 

And the 'Bird Report' with bird man Claude Masses, tune in to hear what birds are in the area, and the best hiking trails to find them on! 


Click here to listen to the show on Cygnus Radio Archives

Airing on WESU 88.1FM ,Tuesday nights from 8-9PM,
 and streaming on Cygnus Radio, Wednesday nights from 7-8PM


Live and local... this ain't no commercial radio!