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Joy to the World 25th Anniversary!

Tickets go on sale Friday, November 3 at 10 a.m.

Pianist and WV Music Hall of Fame member Bob Thompson has announced Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. will be the featured vocalist on Thursday, December 14 at 8pm  for a special 25th anniversary edition of “Joy to the World.” The holiday jazz program, produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and heard nationally on radio stations across the country,  will once again emanate from the Culture Center Theater on the state capitol grounds in Charleston, WV. Tickets will be available Friday, November 3 at 10a.m.

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Pianist Bob Thompson will celebrate 25 years of Joy to the World on Thursday December 14.

Advance tickets will be $30, available by phone at 877.987.6487, online or at Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St. in downtown Charleston. Tickets will be $40 on show day, if available.

“Joy to the World” will feature Murphy performing holiday classics and new favorites along with Thompson’s band- Doug Payne on Saxophone, Timothy Courts on drums, Ryan Kennedy on guitar and John Inghram on bass.

“I am so excited to have Landau lined up to help mark this very special occasion,” says Thompson, who is also the show’s artistic director and co-producer. “The band and I love working with a vocalist of his caliber because he can really bring out the best in us with his energy. Landau always delivers, no matter what style or setting.”

Murphy is the winner of the sixth season of NBC’s competition show “America’s Got Talent.” Since then he has toured all over the country, as well as China and Germany. His debut album, “That’s Life,” was released in 2011 to critical acclaim, and he recently released a love letter to his home state, “Come Home to West Virginia.”

Thompson and Murphy have performed together at the WV Music Hall of Fame ceremony, at charity events, and even on Murphy’s holiday album “Christmas Made For Two,” which features arrangements and instrumentation from Thompson and his band on two songs. Hear the title track below.

Joy to the World is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting. The television and radio premieres of this season’s show will simulcast on WVPB Thursday, December 21 at 8pm ET.

Joy to the World with Bob Thompson
25th Anniversary Celebration
Featuring vocalist Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
Thursday December 14, 2017
Doors 7:30pm Show 8pm.

Advance Tickets $30 Day of Show $40
On Sale Friday, November 3 at 10am.
Available by phone at 877.987.6487,
Online or locally at Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St. Downtown Charleston.

Joy to the World "Marathon" Christmas Day

This season’s premiere broadcast of Joy to the World featuring vocalist Heather Masse can be heard on West Virginia Public Broadcasting Tuesday, December 23 at 9pm, Wednesday December 24 at 9pm, and Thursday, December 25 at 3pm. The 21st annual holiday jazz show was recorded last December when the production went on the road for the first time, recording shows in Charleston, Elkins and Morgantown, WV . The show includes classic seasonal tunes like “The Christmas Waltz,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and an original song by Masse called “Mittens.” There’s also some modern arrangements of favorites “Silver Bells,” “Let It Snow,” and Joni Mitchell’s “River.”

Throughout the day December 25 our listeners will be treated to classic episodes of Joy to the World airing from 12am-6am, 9am-4pm and 6pm-midnight. Special guest vocalists you’ll hear include Catherine Russell, Tom Lellis, Kim Nalley, Dwight Lennox and Toni Lynn Washington & the Appalachian Children’s Chorus.

For those of you who were able to attend this season’s show with Mollie O’Brien, it will air at Christmas time next year. In the meantime, you can enjoy these videos from the television production.

Happy Holidays from all of us here at West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

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