Mr. Paul Shugrue and his trusty public radio show "Out of the Box" gave local music a shot in the arm last night by broadcasting an entire show devoted to the best Virginia music of 2007. If you're a local musician hoping to get on the air in prime time in Hampton Roads, Shugrue is your man. Last night's show focused on bands and players from Southeastern Virginia, but Paul looked beyond this corner of the state and included tunes by the wonderful Scott Miller and acoustic jam band king Keller Williams, who is practically a local anyway since he's spent big chunks of time here over the years.
You can find the playlist from last night's show on the "Out of the Box" Web site, but here are a few highlights.
-- Big Wide Grin "I Saw Three Ships"
-- 1888 "In Your Lifetime"
-- Rylo "Corner of DeBree"
-- Mae "Waiting"
-- Mercy Creek "Never Forget"
-- Annie Johnson "Damned If I Do"
-- Skye Zentz "Persephone" (Skye is pictured above)
-- Bill Gaunce "Midnight Train"
-- Special Ed and The Short Bus "Dirty Baby" (And that song really is filthy -- sm)
-- Julie Clark "Growing Up" recorded live in the "Out of the Box" studio
2 comments:
...Skye Zentz, what an incredibly talented musical family that is, between her brother Bryan Zentz, and their dad Bob Zentz, each one has had success in their own arena, total musical diversity there.
And all that outta Norfolk, it's true their is a musical scene here that seems to hide behind closed doors. A musical scene that deserves to be thrown out into the sunshine and exposed to the world.
Amen, brother! Testify! You're right on about the Zentz family. Crawling with talent.
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