Category: Local

Emy & Ethan In-Studio Performance

Emy & Ethan are a husband-wife musical duo from Winchester, Virginia. They are artists set out to create a visual/audible delight through poppy, experimental sounds. Their new album, The Ties We’ve Endeavored To Make/The Ties We’ve Endeavored To Sever, is available wherever digital music is sold or heard. Emy & Ethan performed live in studio on …

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WGMU Hiring For 2017-18 Academic Year

WGMU Radio is hiring paid and volunteer executive/general staff positions for the upcoming Fall 2017-Spring 2018 academic year. The station will be seeking to fill the following positions:   Marketing Director: Produce creative ideas to promote/market the station to the George Mason University student body, community and at times to the greater Fairfax/D.C. area. Work …

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Mason professor mistaken for Antonin Scalia after justice’s death

By Jesse Robinson, WGMU Radio Earlier this week the political world lost United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away at the age of 79 in Shafter, Texas. After the initial news broke, the media turned to a frenzy. Some, however, got a little too caught up in the frenzy of quickly publishing stories …

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Kathy Griffin WGMU Exclusive Comedian Interview

Comedian Kathy Griffin chats with WGMU GM and “Improv4Mason” host Jesse Robinson and 4th Estate Lifestyle editor Savannah Norton. Griffin brings her comedic styling to Fairfax next week for GMU’s Homecoming Week. Tickets are available at Student Involvement or Ticketmaster! Follow @Improv4Mason and host @JesseRobinson94 on Twitter! “Improv4Mason” airs Tuesdays nights form 9-10 PM on …

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Local Artist: The Milestones Interview Pt. 2

The Milestones recently released their new EP – “Honey”, and members Chris and Alex talked to us about the songs, the EP, their start, and their band as a whole. Check out the second part of their interview below –      

Local Artist: The Milestones Interview pt. 1

The Milestones recently released their new EP – “Honey”, and members Chris and Alex talked to us about the songs, the EP, their start, and their band as a whole. Check out the interview below –  

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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Meet Andrew Tufano, and Listen To His Music.

                Photo courtesy of Luke Levenson   Mo Bailey – Local Music Director   Based in Nashville, TN but hailing from Sterling, VA, Tufano is a local artist to be reckoned with. His most recent record, Fireworks in Autumn, channels a young Jason Mraz with his singer/songwriter vibes …

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WGMU in the Spotlight with “Radio Survivor” Article

Check out this thorough, exciting article about WGMU Radio! It is written by Jennifer Waits of Spinning Indie and Radio Survivor publications. Waits toured the station and offices in April 2015, and this is her write up on the studios, staff and general info about our great station! Article here: http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2015/08/03/visiting-wgmu-radio-at-george-mason-university/     A fan …

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[VIDEO] In-Studio Performance with Cinema Hearts

On April 9th, we sat in-studio with Fairfax based dream-pop group Cinema Hearts. During their unplugged session, sister and brother Caroline and Erich Weinroth (their drummer James Adelsberger couldn’t make it) performed a couple of songs from their latest EP “I’ll Always Be Around” as well as a sample of some unreleased material. Drawing influences from …

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