2015 archive

The Duskwhales Self-Titled Album

The Duskwhales self-titled album was released in 2014, and has not gotten nearly as much attention as it deserves. This indie-pop-rock band plays music outside of our usual local artists, they play music we’re not necessarily used to hearing here in Fairfax. Some songs sound more relaxed and easy-going, like their song “Lavender Ladies”, and “Honeycomb” while …

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WILTW Week 5 in The NFL

    Nick Ortiz WGMU, Director of Sports Media October 13, 2015 Photo Credit: NY Times       This week in football we saw the undefeated teams remain undefeated. We saw one of the league’s elite running backs go down for the season. We saw Eli Manning rally in primetime. His brother, Peyton on …

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Reid May Interviews Emily Hearn

Emily Hearn is a singer/songwriter from Athens, GA, and is currently touring in support of her most recent album Hourglass, which was released back in March. Her songs from this album have been featured on the CW’s ‘Jane The Virgin’ and ABC Family’s ‘Switched At Birth’. Emily phoned in to WGMU to talk to DJ …

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What I Learned In Week Four of the 2015-16 NFL Season

Nick Ortiz Director of Sports Media, WGMU October 5, 2015 Photo Credit: Elaine Thompson, Associated Photo– From a rule no one knew about, to the Atlanta Falcons going 4-0 and my AFC East pick falling into a hot mess. The AFC South is currently in a state ofemergency. The reason? TheJacksonville Jaguars are contending. Need …

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Local Artist: Andrew Tufano Interview Part 2

Local Music Director Mackenzie Bailey sat down with local singer-songwriter Andrew Tufano. Originally from Sterling, VA, Andrew Tufano moved to Nashville after he graduated high school. His most recent album, Fireworks in Autumn, was just released and he gives WGMU some background on the album, as well as some information about an upcoming project. Read our review …

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