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About Me

WUMB-FM is the country's foremost radio station for roots and acoustic music, airing a unique mix of music twenty-four hours weekdays including singer-songwriter, blues, Celtic, Americana, bluegrass, folk and more. Weekends, the station is a leading cultural center for traditional folk and Celtic music, as well as blues, afropop and world music. More than 300 musicians come in to WUMB-FM each year to play live for the station's listeners and provide insight about their music. Public affairs, public service and news programs are blended throughout the entire schedule for a comprehensive information experience.WUMB is a non-commercial radio station licensed to the University of Massachusetts with studios at the UMass Boston Campus as the central hub for a network of five public radio stations in Boston, Worcester, Falmouth, Orleans and Newburyport Massachusetts. The Boston, Worcester and Falmouth stations all broadcast on 91.9FM. The Newburyport station can be heard on 91.7FM, and the Orleans station can be heard on 1170AM.
WUMB's Program Director, Brian Quinn brings you the best in contemporary folk music from Patty Larkin and Nanci Griffith to John Hiatt and Bruce Cockburn, with a regularly rotating playlist. You can listen when you want to, 24 hours a day.
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The Boston Folk Festival was a huge success! Thanks to all the talented performers and over 4,000 audience members who attened! Visit bostonfolkfestival.org for a full recap.

Video of the 2007 Boston Folk Festival

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/4/2006
Band Website: Listen to us live at: http://www.wumb.org
Band Members:
Bob Cannon (Acoustic Sunrise, Sundays 8am-noon)
Patty Domeniconi (Director of Business & Administration)
Gail Gilmore (Celtic Twilight, Saturdays 4-8pm)

Rob Landry (MIS Director)
John Laurenti (Music Director)
Anita Lee (Membership Coordinator)
Grady Moates (Director of Engineering)
Pat Monteith (General Manager)
Barnes Newberry (Highway 61 Revisited, Saturdays 8-noon)
Dave Palmater (Weekdays 10am-3pm)
Marcia Palmater (Downeast Ceilidh, Saturdays 8-9pm)
Dick Pleasants (Weekdays 3-7pm), Saturdays 12-2pm
Janis Pryor (Commonwealth Journal, Sundays 7-7:30pm)
Brian Quinn (Program Director)
Sandy Sheehan (Traditional Folk, Saturdays 9pm-Midnight)
Dana Westover (Folk Odyssey, Sundays 2-6pm)

Sounds Like: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Crooked Still, Mark Errelli, Catie Curtis, Josh Ritter, Lori McKenna, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, The Duhks, Antje Duvekot, The Weepies, The Band, Peter Mulvey, Ani Difranco, Nanci Griffith, Brett Dennen, Great Big Sea, Carrie Rodriguez, Chris Smither, Mindy Smith, Keb' Mo', Norah Jones, Woody Guthrie, Sarah Harmer, Ry Cooder, Vienna Teng, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Chris Trapper, Dar Williams, Jose Gonzalez, Patty Griffin, John Gorka, Alison Krauss, The Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Matt Costa, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Alexi Murdoch, Lucy Kaplansky, Darrell Scott, Indigo Girls, John Gorka, The Kennedys, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin, Janis Ian, Ollabelle, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Cheryl Wheeler, Richard Shindell, Tracy Chapman, Eastmountainsouth, Van Morrison, Natalie MacMaster, Pete Seeger, Tripping Lily, John Prine, Jess Klein, JJ Cale, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Sam Bush, Red Molly. Jennifer Kimball........

Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

How to listen to us!!!!!!!

1 - Move to Boston! ;-) Just kidding.2 - Go to http://wumb.org and follow the "listen live" link. You can also stream specific genres (eg-Celtic,traditional) here.3 - Go to I-tunes on your compu...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:05:00 GMT

Vacation’s over!

Hi Folks,After a bit of a hiatus we are devoting more time and energy to our Myspace page. Keep checking us out for news and event announcements such as the upcoming Boston Folk Festival!
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:28:00 GMT

WUMB Selected to Coordinate "The Big Read - Eastern Massachusetts"

WUMB Selected to Coordinate "The Big Read - Eastern Massachusetts" Hundreds of events to take place in the greater Boston area. To view all of the events we've arranged in Boston and the surroundin...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:46:00 GMT

Welcome friends!

We finally made it to myspace! Thanks for stopping in to see us, and if you have friends who love folk and acoustic music, we'd love to meet them too. Please take time to listen to our excerpt from Al...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:28:00 GMT