So much great music!

What a weekend to see live music! Rock fans are in for a real treat with the 2-day Not Much More Than Awesome Fest at Yellow Cab. However, if you love country, blues, metal, jazz or jam bands, keep reading, because there are some great shows in store for you too! Friday March 3rd The…

via Not Much More Than Awesome Again — Dayton Music InsiderDayton Music Insider

Thanks to Libby for such a great article that demonstrates the amazing music in Southwest Ohio! Cheers Libby!

Give Peace A Chance

Originally posted on Opher’s World: I am proud of him At the height of his fame and celebrity John did everything innhuis power to try to promote world peace. He tried to create a media storm with stunt after stunt. All he got for his efforts was ridicule and bad press. It did not…

via John Lennon – Give Peace a Chance – Lyrics about the insanity of war and the need to give peace a chance. — Opher’s World

Jetty Bones in Studio 

 Jetty Bones joined us this past Tuesday to play new music from their EP ‘Crucial States’.  If you get an opportunity you should go and see them! They were such fun guests on the show that we hope to have them back again! You can find them all over social media on Twitter, Facebook and on Instagram.

  
    
   

The slow death of music venues in cities | Cities | The Guardian

Across western cities, small music venues are going out of business. Small music clubs aren’t just incubators for bands – they play a vital role in a healthy urban ecosystem. What will happen if they all get turned into flats?Music in your city: share photos and stories Source: The slow death of music venues in […]

https://musicconnectiondayton.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/the-slow-death-of-music-venues-in-cities-cities-the-guardian/

Happy Birthday Mike Connell

We want to wish Mike Connell a happy birthday and what better way to do that than to play some music from The Connells today on the radio show!

This Week We have a Special Guest!

This week on YTAA we will be joined by Tim Pritchard of The Boxcar Suite!  Tim will be in studio to talk about the band’s new EP Life on the Limb and their upcoming show on April 1st at the legendary Trolley Stop as well as the next full length record the band is work on! Plus Tim will play a few songs in our performance studio!  So, tune into the show this week — 99.5 and 98.1 fm in Dayton and online at wudr.udayton.edu as we all get to hear terrific music from The Boxcar Suite along with tons of new music!  Tweet us questions to ask Tim at twitter.com/drjwudr!  See you all soon!

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Photo courtesy of The Boxcar Suite

Speedy Ortiz & Hop Along Announce Co-Headline Tour

                      Hop Along + Speedy Ortiz Announce Co-Headline Tour

Photo Credit: Shervin Lainez

Photo Credit: Bob Gruen

        Source: Speedy Ortiz & Hop Along Announce Co-Headline Tour

New Show, featuring The Turnback

Turnback bandYou know the drill.  Its Tuesday.  Time for another Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative on WUDR from 3-6pm!

Today on YTAA we are featuring the indie power pop of The Turnback!  Their new record, Are We There Yet? has the perfect combination of solid rock melody, deft harmonies, and well written lyrics backed up with a solid guitar, bass, and drums attack!  Goldmine has a terrific review that we could not agree with more!

All too often music curmudgeons lament the end of rock and roll – there is nothing to get excited about anymore.  Do these folks have ears? With bands like, The Turnback, we say that rock and roll is alive and well. We love the sound of ‘Five Days a Week’,’July’, and ‘A Place for Me’.  And the addition of The Beatles cover ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ that moves past the psychedelia of the original and pulls out the core of that song with a Smithereens-garage rock sound that was deeply hidden in that classic track – we say that rock and roll is not just safe but full of energy!

Join us this Tuesday as we talk with members of The Turnback about their latest and most impressive album to date!

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