Almost Famous On 95.9 Watd

Visiting Wine joins us....social distancing via phone...on this week's Tiny Stage. Their new album is called Take Heart and was officially released on Friday. Learn more at www.VisitingWine.com. 

The COVID-19 Virus Pandemic is really affecting the local music community. At the present time, gatherings of more than 10 people are not permitted for 15 days. That means gigs were suddenly cancelled and musicians who rely on those shows are essentially out of work. Local musician Munk Duane stops by WATD to share his music, but also to talk about how this is affecting him personally and what other musicians can do to survive in these weird and difficult times. Learn more about Munk at www.MunkDuane.com. 

Singer-songwriter and the runner up in the most last Lizard Lounge Open Mic Challenge Main Event, Halley Elwell, stops by the WATD Almost Famous Tiny Stage with her piano to share some music and talk about her latest projects. Learn more at www.halswellmusic.com. 

Singer-songwriter AJ Edwards performs on the WATD Almost Famous Tiny Stage and shares stories about his music and becoming a dad! Find his new single "Vibrant" and learn more about AJ at www.AJEdwardsMusic.com. 

The Limelight Magazine Music Awards are back and better than ever! Get all the information and cast your vote at https://limelightmagazine.com. Artists this hour include: The Daybreakers, Annie Brobst, Coral Moons, The Elovaters, Joe Merrick, Katie Dobbins, blindspot, Will Evans, Kala Farnham and Brandon Manter. 

Cape Cod based singer-songwriter Monica Rizzio travels over the bridge to chat on the WATD Tiny Stage and play some songs live on The Almost Famous Tiny Stage. Monica's new album is called "Sunshine is Free" and is available everywhere. Learn more at www.MonicaRizzio.com. 

Carlin Tripp joins us this week on the WATD Tiny Stage. His new single "Time Is On Our Side" is out now. Learn more at www.CarlinTrippMusic.com. 

SixFoxWhiskey stops by the WATD Almost Famous Tiny Stage to play live in studio and talk about their new EP "Naughty Air". Find more at www.sixfoxwhiskey.com.  

Singer-songwriter Amanda Adams stops by 95.9 WATD to talk about new music projects and her upcoming EP. Learn more at www.AmandaAdamsMusic.com. 

Two incredible singer-songwriters, one night on the Tiny Stage. Kat Kennedy and Katie Dobbins each share their music and stories live on 95.9 WATD. Kat Kennedy's latest album is called Drifting available at www.KatKennedyMusic.com and Katie Dobbins' new album is There Is Light available at www.KatieDobbinsMusic.com. 

Singer-songwriter Paul DeChambeau plays live on the WATD Almost Famous Tiny Stage. His next album "Wonder" is due out this week. Find more at www.PaulDeChambeau.com. 

Singer-songwriter Dinty Child performs on the WATD Almost Famous Tiny Stage and talks about his new album "The Lucky Ones" which drops on Friday. You can also contribute to his Kickstarter which ends on Wednesday January 15 at 12:00PM. Check out his Kickstarter Page for more information. 

We kick off the new year and the new decade with singer-songwriter Lauren Weintraub on the WATD Tiny Stage. Lauren is recently signed to Big Machine and she talks about moving to Nashville, co-writing and working full time as a songwriter. Learn more on Lauren at www.LaurenWeintraub.com. 

Happy New Year! This week we look back at some in-studio highlights from 2019 featuring Munk Duane, Alice Howe, Kala Farnham, Jason Sibi-Okumu, Ghost Grl, Kaiti Jones, Coral Moons, Alissa Musto, Amy Mantis & The Space Between, Danielle Miraglia, Grace Morrison, Josh Knowles, Julia Mark, Shaun England and Didn't Planet. Find podcasts of every 2019 Tiny Stage interview at www.AlmostFamousRadio.com. Enjoy and look forward to more amazing local music coming your way in 2020!!

It's our annual Almost Christmas special - 2 hours of original and classic holiday music performed by local bands and musicians from across New England. Sponsored by: Tiny and Sons Autoglass OldJack - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey cover)  Lori McKenna - Mama's Cooking (original)  Joe Merrick - I Believe In Father Christmas (Greg Lake cover)  Alternate Routes - It's That Time Of Year (original)  Paige Davis - 2000 Miles (Pretenders cover)  Vere Hill - Merry Merry Christmas (original)  Grace Morrison - The Holly and the Ivy (traditional)  Brynn Elliott - Walking In The Snow (original)  Vary Lumar - Wonderful Christmas Time (Paul McCartney cover)  Eddie Japan - We'll Be Together At Christmas (original)  Amanda McCarthy - Christmas Without You (original)  Kim Moberg - In December (original)  Didn't Planet - Christmas Baby Please Come Home (Phil Spector cover)  Aldous Collins Band - It's Christmas (original)  Ashley Jordan - White Christmas (Irving Berlin cover)  Chad Perrone - A Song For The Holid

The Daybreakers stop by the WATD Tiny Stage to talk about their latest album "Worn Out Dream". Sort of a different theme this show, instead of the band playing live, we're joined by producer Rob Loyot of Noise in the Attic studio to feature several select tracks from the album. Lean more at www.DaybreakersBand.com.  

Kim Moberg stops by the WATD Tiny Stage to talk about her upcoming 2nd album and shares some songs live in-studio. Also in studio is founder of the non-profit Folk New England, Betsy Siggins.  Kim Moberg - www.KimMobergMusic.com Folk New England - www.FolkNewEngland.org  

The amazing Betsy Siggins stops by WATD to talk about her non-profit, Folk New England, and her storied history in the local music community. Folk New England is committed to preserving the history of folk music in New England. Betsy was also instrumental in the success of Club 47 in Cambridge, which eventually became Club Passim. Learn more about Betsy and Folk New England at www.FolkNewEngland.org

Savoir Faire stops by the WATD Tiny Stage to talk about her album "Machine with a Memoir" and her "A Guitarist Is" program. Learn more at www.savoirfairemusic.com. 

Singer, songwriter and violinist Josh Knowles stops by the WATD Tiny Stage to talk about his upcoming solo EP and his band, Nemes. Find more on Josh at www.joshknowlesmusic.com.