So, What'd You Think of Our #WhyListen First Listen Music Party?

If you’re reading this right now, chances are you made it out to last Sunday’s #WhyListen First Listen Music Party at Shepherdstown’s Town Run Brewing with MiBurg. If you did, we have a new music playlist waiting for you.

But first things first: Thanks for coming out and talking music with meMountain Stage‘s Larry Groce and Rozwell Kid‘s Jordan Hudkins! Your support makes cool #wvpublic events like this happen.

If you walked away with a new favorite song and want to see more of these #WhyListen events around the state, become a member of West Virginia Public Broadcasting. A gift of $10 or more helps us keep these events free and helps promote new #WVmusic from acts like Christian Lopez, Carolyn Malachi, Tim Browning & the Widowmakers, and more.

Either way, we want to hear from you. What did we absolutely nail at Sunday’s #WhyListen? What could we have done better? Click here to give us your feedback.

While you’re giving us that feedback, kick back with our Shepherdstown #WhyListen new music playlist, including a handy-dandy Spotify playlist with most of the night’s music (where available). Happy listening!

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1.       The Avett Brothers– Ain’t No Man

2.       Gordi– Nothing’s As it Seems

3.       The Paranoid Style– The Ambassador’s Moring Lift

4.       Barry Adamson– Up in the Air

5.       Drive-By Truckers– Surrender Under Protest

6.       of Montreal– It’s Different for Girls

7.       Venus and the Moon– Marry Me

8.       Dinosaur Jr.– Tiny

9.       Gringo Star– Get Closer 

10.     Jake Bugg– Love, Hope and Misery

11.     Angel Olsen– Shut Up Kiss Me

12.    Foy Vance– She Burns (Psst… catch Foy Vance in West Virginia on October 16!)

13.    Field Mouse– Never Would Have Known

14.    Carolyn Malachi– Blowing Smoke

15.    Oh Pep!– The Race (Psst… catch Oh Pep! in West Virginia on October 16!)

16.    Chris Staples– Dog Blowing a Clarinet

17.    Bishops– Hookup (Demo)

18.    Rodrigo Amarante– Tuyo

19.    St. Paul & the Broken Bones– Flow with It (You Got Me Feeling Like)

20.    Christian Lopez– Swim the River (Demo)

21.    Tim Browning & the Widowmakers– Gasoline

Preview New Music & Hang Out with WVPB at Shepherdstown #WhyListen Party

Have you ever wondered what makes a new song into a good song? Or why West Virginia music sounds so different from the rest? Then join West Virginia Public Broadcasting for a #WhyListen: First Listen Music Party on Sunday, August 28 from 4 to 6 p.m at Town Run Brewing Company in Shepherdstown.

“Virginia may be for lovers, but West Virginia is most certainly for music lovers,” says West Virginia Public Broadcasting music host and #WhyListen event coordinator Joni Deutsch. “After successful music listening parties in Charleston, Huntington, and Fayetteville, we’re so excited to bring this #WhyListen event to Shepherdstown and help folks discover their next favorite tune.”

The August 28 #WhyListen event will include a first listen of music from West Virginia and beyond, including the premiere of new music from regional acts Tim Browning, Carolyn Malachi, Bishops, The 29ers, and Christian Lopez Band. Guests will enjoy Town Run Brewing’s local brews and food for the night as they “talk tunes” with Mountain Stage host and artistic director Larry Groce, West Virginia Public Broadcasting host Joni Deutsch, and Rozwell Kid frontman (and Martinsburg native) Jordan Hudkins.

The event marks West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s sixth project with NPR Generation Listen, an initiative to bring young, intellectually curious minds into the public broadcasting community. This event also marks the station’s first collaboration with Town Run Brewing and MiBurg, a media collective that seeks to cultivate community in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

“We pounced on the chance to help bring #WhyListen to the Eastern Panhandle,” says MiBurg team leader April King. “The future of West Virginia depends on retaining younger people, and we support any initiative that attracts and engages audiences by promoting West Virginia’s unique culture.”

The August 28 #WhyListen event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information on the event and to reserve a seat, visit whylistenwv.splashthat.com.

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