Everything’s Gonna Be Better Next Year!

 

Everything’s Gonna Be Better Next Year! Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 12/29/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) we say goodbye and good riddance to 2020 with a tribute to the late bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice who passed away on Christmas. We’ve also got music from The Who, Grateful Dead, Wilco, Psychic Temple, The Rescues, Activity, Gorillaz, Joachim Cooder, Kate Campbell, and more!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202012291900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/12/29/everythings-gonna-be-better-next-year/#playlist

2nd Handful of Brains Super Special Spectacular Christmas Extravaganza!

 

It’s time for the second Handful of Brains Super Special Spectacular Christmas Extravaganza! (originally aired Tuesday 12/22/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ll ask Santa for a saner 2021 and play music from Kelly Finnigan, ALA.NI, Calexico, Man or Astro-Man?, Smalltown Poets, The Kinks, The Dollyrots, Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians, Delicate Steve, The Beach Boys, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and more!

Mix up some special egg nog and listen to the show here: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202012221900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

Here's a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/12/22/2nd-handful-of-brains-super-special-spectacular-christmas-extravaganza/#playlist

(Photo: https://www.rockettes.com/history/)

Optimistic

 

Tune in to Handful of Brains tonight (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music from Radiohead, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Grateful Dead, The Beatles, The War On Drugs, J Roddy Walston and The Business, Potty Mouth, and more!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202012081900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/12/08/optimistic/#playlist

(Photo: Getty Images)

Want another piece of pie?

 

Want another piece of pie? Celebrate Nat’l Pie Day tonight with Handful of Brains (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! I guess today is Nat’l Pie Day so you can be sure to finish your leftover Thanksgiving pie and/or to start thinking about Christmas pies. Either way, we’ll chow down on some music from Cordovas, Dixie Dregs, Phoebe Bridgers, Low Cut Connie, The Drifters, Farmer Dave Scher, Onism E, Trey Anastasio & more.

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202012011900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/12/01/want-another-piece-of-pie/#playlist

Hey, cool kids!

 

Hey, cool kids! Tune into Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 11/24/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got groovy music from Swearin’, Blondie, Jeremy Ivey, shame, Spencer Burton, Bleachers, The Stone Roses, Field Report, Katy Kirby, The Jerry Garcia Band – JGB, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and more! It’ll be a hip, happenin’ time.

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202011241900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/11/24/hey-cool-kids/#playlist

Give us this day our daily bread

 

Give us this day our daily bread, and give us Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 11/17/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ll celebrate Nat’l Homemade Bread Day with some songs about bread and other things from Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, Gov’t Mule, Lenny Kravitz, Kurt Vile, Low Cut Connie, Leftover Salmon, The Smithereens, Tame Impala, Genesis, Jethro Tull and more!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202011171900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to check out the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/11/17/give-us-this-day-our-daily-bread/#playlist

Leftovers Again?

 

Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday, 11/10/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), it’s leftover night! I’ve got songs leftover from the Halloween/Fund Drive & Election Night shows. See if you can tell which are which. I’ll play songs from Sweet Reaper, Béla Fleck, Little Feat, Grant Lee Buffalo, The James Hunter Six, Dumpstaphunk, Heartless Bastards, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Gary Clark Jr, Arcade Fire & more!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202011101900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/11/10/leftovers-again/#playlist

(Photo: Steven Puetzer / Getty Images)

Scary Fund Drive Show!

 

Join us for a spooky Fund Drive Halloween show on Handful of Brains (Tuesday 7 -9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got scary music from Oingo Boingo, lié, Sad13, Bambara, Turkuaz, The Wood Brothers, The Revivalists, Activity, CLT DRP, Patience & Prudence, Jehnny Beth & The Hooters.

It’s also our Fall Fund Drive, so if you can, please donate by clicking that big red Donate button up there or at https://www.wrir.org/station/donate/. I’ve got pictures of the Fund Drive premiums and levels below, but any amount is welcome. I’m not just ON the station, but I’m first and foremost a FAN of the station. We have the most eclectic lineup of music on the air in RVA. Every show is different and I hear something new and something I like almost every time I listen. If you check out our schedule at https://www.wrir.org/schedule/ and click the genres at the top you can find the shows that play what you like, but check them all out and you might just find a new genre of music you like.

The news and talk programs bring you unique and diverse points of view that you don’t get on other RVA stations. They cover politics, news, geek culture, music history & criticism, science, and more.

We are all volunteers. I don’t get paid, none of the other DJs or news show creators get paid, the President of the station doesn’t get paid. We do it because we love it and we hope you love what we do. Please donate so we can continue to bring you this wonderful, diverse, eclectic station over your airwaves and the Information Superhighway.

Thank you!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010271900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

Here's a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/27/scary-fund-drive-show/#playlist

Arc Of The Sun

 

Rock on with Handful of Brains (originally broadcast Tuesday 10/20/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Tyler Ramsey, Hüsker Dü, Yola, Stevie Wonder, Level 42, Snoop Dogg, The Beths, The Cult, Surfer Blood, Comets on Fire, and more!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010201900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/20/arc-of-the-sun/#playlist

(Photo credit: Getty Images)

RIP Eddie Van Halen

 

It’s a tribute to Eddie Van Halen tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 10/14/20 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got deep tracks from the first to the last VH album along with some music from people that inspired and were inspired by Eddie.

Here's the link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010131900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/13/rip-eddie-van-halen/#playlist

For more EVH tribute, check out Guitar Inferno’s 10/9/20 show here: https://www.wrir.org/show/guitar-inferno/ I think we are only overlapping on two songs, so between the two of us you’ll get all the Eddie you’ll ever need!

Nat’l Mad Hatter Day!

 

You’d have to be mad to miss Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 10/06/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Lucero, Faces, R.E.M. feat. Natalie Merchant, The Replacements, Yo La Tengo, Hurray For The Riff Raff, ELVIS PRESLEY, Rising Appalachia, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010061900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/06/natl-mad-hatter-day/#playlist

(Photo: Walt Disney Productions)

Sleep is for the weak!

 

 

Sleep is for the weak! Have a cuppa joe on this Nat’l Coffee Day and stay up with Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 9/29/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Onism E, OHMME, tune-yards, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Jim James, Jason Isbell, Joe Pug, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009291900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/29/sleep-is-for-the-weak/#playlist

(Photo: Roland Andres)

RIP Toots Hibbert

 

Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 9/22/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), we’ll pay tribute to the late, great Toots Hibbert. We’ve also got music from Bruce Springsteen, Teddy Geiger, Jeremy Ivey, Jeff Tweedy, Earth, Wind & Fire, JJ Grey & Mofro, Lucius, Mt. Joy, and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009221900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/22/rip-toots-hibbert/#playlist

(Photo credit: Dean Budnick)

Get Down! Get Down!

 

Get down with us tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 9/15/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including The Rutles, Cut Worms, R.E.M., Crash Test Dummies, Badge Époque Ensemble, Kool & the Gang, Blur, Los Lobos, Rostam, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009151900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/15/get-down-get-down/#playlist

(Photo: Paramount/CBS)

Just me ‘n the pygmy pony

 

Join me tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday, 9/10/2020 7 – 9 PM) for an eclectic mix of music featuring Phish, Hypoluxo, White Denim, Nick Cave, alt-J, Muse, LL Cool J, Aimee Mann, Jason Isbell & more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009081900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/08/just-me-n-the-pygmy-pony/#playlist

Summer’s Gone

 

Summer’s gone (well, almost) and this year I don’t know if that’s good or bad. Enjoy one of the last summer nights with Handful of Brains tonight (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ll play an eclectic mix incl. Ramones, Jesse Malin, RVG, The Beach Boys, Jeremy Ivey, Petula Clark, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Leftover Salmon, Walter Trout, Arlo Parks & more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009011900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/01/summers-gone/#playlist

(Photo: Summer’s Gone is a photograph by Steve Gass)

Whisky Sour or Banana Split?

 

It’s Nat’l Whiskey Sour Day and Nat’l Banana Split Day, but I don’t think those would go well together so you’ll have to pick one or the other to enjoy while you listen to Handful Of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 8/25/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including MINT FIELD, Brothertiger, Warren Zevon, Victoria Bailey, Caveman, Julie Byrne, Grateful Dead, Trey Anastasio, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202008251900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/08/25/whisky-sour-or-banana-split/#playlist

Rain Is Over

 

The rain is finally over so let’s celebrate with some rock n’ roll tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 08/19/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix featuring Prince, Uncle Tupelo, Dehd, The Nude Party, Bruce Springsteen, Khruangbin, Radiohead, Thundercat, and more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202008181900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/08/18/rain-is-over/#playlist

Gather the Kids!

 

It’s National Son’s and Daughter’s Day so gather the kids around the radio and tune in to Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, August 12, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ll play an eclectic mix of music including Sunny Day Real Estate, Kendall Street Company, Joe Jackson, Ruth Brown, Roger Waters w/ Lucius, The Hold Steady, Queen, Black Pumas, Tom Petty, Lord Huron & more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202008111900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/08/11/gather-the-kids/#playlist

Hard Times Come Again No More

We’ll keep hoping that soon Hard Times Come Again No More. But until then, let’s rock the f out tonight on Handful of Brains (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got music from The Thermals, moe., Dire Straits, Guster, Arlo Guthrie, Death Bells, Cory Wong, Tami Neilson, Donald Fagen, & The Mommyheads!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202008041900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/08/04/hard-times-come-again-no-more/#playlist

(Photo: Corbis)

I Need You to Be Sweet Like Sugar

Listen to Handful Of Brains (originally aired 7/29/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix including music from The Rolling Stones, Helena Deland, Mike Montrey Band, Shamir, Gillian Welch, Arcade Fire, Faces, Belly, Stevie Wonder, Dixie Dregs, The Lone Bellow, The Front Bottoms and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202007281900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/07/28/i-need-you-to-be-sweet-like-sugar/#playlist

(Photo: Alamy)

Oh Rats!

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 07/22/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), we’ll celebrate Nat’l Rat Catchers Day early (it’s 7/22). We’ll have a couple of songs about rats along with music from Blitzen Trapper, Radiohead, Dehd, Anjimile, Lomelda, Grateful Dead, U2, Sleigh Bells, St. Vincent, The Bug vs Earth, and more!

Pet your cat, hug your exterminator, and pay that Pied Piper!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202007211900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/07/21/oh-rats/#playlist

(Graphic Artist: Christian Jackson)

Get Nude!

Today is Nat’l Nude Day so in honor of that, I will do the entire show nude! Get nude with me and listen in to Handful of Brains tonight (originally aired 7/14/20 7 – 9 PM WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). We’ll play an eclectic mix of music including Ariel Pink, Throwing Muses, Crash Test Dummies, Talking Heads, Joan Osborne, Bettye LaVette, Zero 7, Sting, Laura Marling, Brontë Fall, Allman Brothers Band and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202007141900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/07/14/get-nude/#playlist

Suit Up!

Suit up and listen to Handful of Brains (originally aired 7/7/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Whiskey Myers, Phish, The Velvet Underground, Chromeo, Sharon Van Etten, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202007071900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/07/07/suit-up-2/#playlist

We know what you’re thinking

We know what you’re thinking on Handful of Brains (originally aired 06/30/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio) and we know you want to hear stuff from The Mommyheads, Phoebe Bridgers, Joe Pera, Fiona Apple, Beck, Dennis Wilson, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The String Cheese Incident, Ben Glover, & more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202006301900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/06/30/we-know-what-youre-thinking/#playlist

(Photo: Electro-physiology sessions conducted by Dr. Duchenne and photographed by Adrien Tournachon, Paris, 1862)

Sowing the Seeds of Love

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 06/24/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio), we’ll be sowing the seeds of love and hoping some of them bloom with music from Tears for Fears, Sonic Youth, Denise Chaila, Guided By Voices, Fontaines D.C., The Rolling Stones, John Prine and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202006231900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/06/23/sowing-the-seeds-of-love/#playlist

(Art: Sower at Sunset, 1888 by Vincent Van Gogh)

Get Down! Make Love!

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio): Get Down! Make Love! Well, we can definitely cover the first part of that for you with an eclectic mix featuring Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The O’Jays, Living Colour, Low Cut Connie, Khruangbin, Jerry Paper, The Mommyheads, Queen, Robert Earl Keen, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr, DJ Shadow and more! You’re on your own, and hopefully someone else, for the second part.

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202006161900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/06/16/get-down-make-love/#playlist

(Photo credit: keepcalms.com)

Champagne & Reefer

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 06/06/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio): I don’t recommend Champagne & Reefer for everyone during this quarantine, but it’s certainly worked for me. OK, substitute cheap beer for champagne. I’m not that high-falutin’. On tonight’s eclectic mix of music, I’ve got tunes from All Them Witches, The Jerry Garcia Band, Jeff Beck, John Prine, Muddy Waters, Nzca Lines, Shovels and Rope, Sunglasses, Roy Clark, Yes and more!

Here''s a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202006091900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/06/09/champagne-reefer/#playlist

Peace

One more night of curfew in Richmond and hopefully a peaceful one. This episode of Handful of Brains originally aired 6/2/2020 from 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio with music from Old Crow Medicine Show, Drive-By Truckers, Wilco, Katie Von Schleicher, Steel Pulse, Antibalas, empires and more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202006021900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/06/02/peace/#playlist

Assless Chaps

[sorry, no picture this week. my computer is acting funny. but click the link to the playlist to see it. It's a good one!]

Tonight on Handful of Brains (7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), we’ll be wearing chaps with no pants (good thing it’s radio!) and a mask and spinning music from The New Pornographers, Jedd Hughes, Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz, The Beach Boys, Evans The Death, Kilburn & the High Roads, New Order, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202005261900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist and the picture: https://www.wrir.org/2020/05/26/assless-chaps/#playlist

A wop bob alu bob a wop bam boom!

A wop bob alu bob a wop bam boom! We’ll pay tribute to the late Little Richard tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired 5/19/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). We’ll also have music from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Blitzen Trapper, The Heavy Pets, Old Crow Medicine Show, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202005191900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/05/19/a-wop-bob-alu-bob-a-wop-bam-boom/#playlist

(Photo credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty)

This is just an intermission

On Handful Of Brains (originally 5/12/20 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio): This is just an intermission. Go to the restroom and get a beer. The bands will start again in just a little bit. In the meantime, I’ll provide your set break music with an eclectic mix featuring Lori McKenna, Khruangbin, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Sweet Water Warblers, Sarah Jarosz, Flaming Lips, The Beach Boys, Dinosaur Jr., Link Wray and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202005121900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/05/12/this-is-just-an-intermission/#playlist

Even This Is Going to Pass

Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired 5/5/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio): Even This Is Going to Pass. And while it might not pass for months, at least I can help you pass the time for two hours with an eclectic mix of music including Low Cut Connie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eliot Bronson, American Aquarium, The Thermals, Echo and the Bunnymen, John Grant, Peter Gabriel, Angelo De Augustine, Kyle Davis, The Mommyheads & more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202005051900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

(Photo credit: Antje Duvekot, from the video for “Even This Is Going To Pass — Eliot Bronson (featuring Lori McKenna)” at https://youtu.be/y75yxa5czT4)

Use Your Brains! Donate to WRIR!

Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired 4/21 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), it’s the usual eclectic mix of music featuring Sonic Youth, Counting Crows, Retirement Party, Courtney Marie Andrews, American Aquarium & more.

But more importantly, it’s our Spring Fall Fund Drive! Please donate to WRIR at https://www.wrir.org/station/donate/. Pictures of the cool premiums are at the web site in the previous sentence if you can swing it. But no donation is too small (and no donation is too big, either!😄) Your donations help keep us on the air, keep the equipment running, keep the lights on. We are all-volunteer, so every dollar goes to the station. Your donations also help create the sense of community that WRIR brings to RVA, especially right now. When I’m on the air, I feel like I’m talking to my friends and connecting with you for a couple of hours a week. I feel the same listening to the other DJs, as I sit alone in my apartment or in the car. They play the cool music they found for me and I can feel RVA grooving to it, too. They help me discover new bands, new songs, new genres. And in a way, it’s the sound of RVA. This is not the same music you hear on every commercial station, being chosen by a guy in an office in NYC. This is music from DJs from right here in town, sharing the music they have a passion for and hoping to turn you, the listener, on to it. Please donate to help keep us going and turning you on.

PLEASE NOTE: You can donate at any time, even after the fund drive is officially over, and you can still get the premiums while they last!

Here's a link to the show: https://www.wrir.org/2020/04/28/use-your-brains-donate-to-wrir/#playlist

RIP John Prine

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 4/21/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio): Alex, I’ll take “Dead Musicians that begin with P” for $100. We’ll pay tribute to Prince on the 4th anniversary of his death. And we’ll have songs from the late, great John Prine interspersed throughout the playlist tonight. We’ll also have music from Beck w/ St. Vincent, Bob Dylan, Courtney Barnett, Ivan & Alyosha, Western Centuries, Nanci Griffith, FIDLAR & more.

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202004211900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/04/21/rip-john-prine/#playlist

(Photo: Tom Hill/WireImage/Getty Images)

RIP Bill Withers

Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired on 4/14/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), we’ll pay tribute to the late Bill Withers. We’ve also got an eclectic mix including Arcade Fire, Marcus King, Darrin Bradbury, The Who, Robert Earl Keen, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202004141900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/04/14/rip-bill-withers/#playlist

(Photo: Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images)

How to fight loneliness

How to fight loneliness? Let’s be radio friends! We’ve got the music to keep us company. Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired 4/7/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), we’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Wilco, The KnacK, Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, TOPS, Squid, Half Waif, The Beatles, Tacocat, Lucinda Williams, Prince & the Revolution, & more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202004071900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/04/07/how-to-fight-loneliness/#playlist

Turn Off News. Turn On Music!

Turn off the news and turn on the music tonight with Handful of Brains (originally aired 3/1/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ll help you escape with music from Pokey LaFarge, Waxahatchee, Hayley Williams feat. boygenius, Low Cut Connie, Parliament, AC/DC, Lucius, Chrome Sparks, Thee Oh Sees, Geographer, & more!

Here's a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/03/31/turn-off-news-turn-on-music/

and a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202003311900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

Musical Disinfectant

I've got musical disinfectant for your mind, body and soul tonight on Handful of Brains( originally aired 3/25/2020 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio)! It'll be an eclectic mix with music from Robbie Robertson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Radiohead, Eleanor Friedberger, Field Music, Maggie Rogers, Margo Price and more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202003241900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/03/24/musical-disinfectant/#playlist

Let’s be radio friends!

Let’s be radio friends tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired 3/17/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! I’ve got an eclectic mix of music including They Might Be Giants, Billy Strings, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Mogwai, The Mommyheads, Prince, and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202003171900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/03/17/lets-be-radio-friends/#playlist

Win tix to see Papadosio & Jaw Gems!

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 03/11/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio), I’ll give away a pair of tickets to see Papadosio and JAW GEMS at The Broadberry this Sunday night (3/15)! I’ve also got music from The Yeti Trio, Cary Grace, OHMME, Marty Stuart, Ariel Pink, St. Vincent, Mt. Joy, Robyn Hitchcock, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202003101900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/03/10/win-tix-to-see-papadosio-jaw-gems/#playlist

Thanks for listening!

All The World Loves A Winner

All The World Loves A Winner and winners listen to Handful of Brains tonight (originally aired 02/18/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ll have an eclectic mix of music including The Smithereens, Durand Jones & The Indications, Radical Dads, Billy Strings, Cracker, The Power Station, Los Straitjackets, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202002251900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/02/25/all-the-world-loves-a-winner/#playlist

Win tix to see Moon Hooch & paris_monster!

Get a glass of wine (it's Natl. Drink Wine Day!) and listen to Handful of Brains tonight (originally aired 02/11/2020 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio)! We've got tickets to giveaway to see Moon Hooch & paris_monster at The Camel on Friday night, 2/21! We'll also play an eclectic mix of music featuring Jason Isbell, Darrin Bradbury, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Hot Water Music, Hothouse Flowers, Lyle Lovett, Avers, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Georgie Fame, The Wombats and more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202002181900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/02/18/win-tix-to-see-moon-hooch-paris_monster/#playlist

Win tix to see Wood Brothers!

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 2/11/2020 7 - 9 PM), I’ll give away tickets to see The Wood Brothers tomorrow night at The National! We’ll also have tunes from artists like Charlie Parker, The Searchers, Ellis, The Autumn Defense, Jakob Dylan & Josh Homme, Grace Jones, Aaron Binder, Old Crow Medicine Show, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202002111900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/02/11/win-tix-to-see-wood-brothers/#playlist

Tix to see Drew Emmitt & Vince Herman (of Leftover Salmon)

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 2/4/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio), I’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway to see Drew Emmitt & Vince Herman (of Leftover Salmon) at Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House on Sun. 2/9! We’ve also got an eclectic mix of music featuring Grant Lee Buffalo, Shadows, Robert Plant, The Rolling Stones, Mark Knopfler, Muddy Waters, Shovels and Rope, Marcus King, Langhorne Slim, Bonny Light Horseman, The Autumn Defense and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202002041900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And the link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/02/04/tix-to-see-drew-emmitt-vince-herman-of-leftover-salmon/#playlist

It’s Nat’l Kazoo Day!

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 1/28/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio), grab a kazoo and play along! Today is Nat’l Kazoo Day and we’ll play at least one song with a kazoo. We’ve also got music from Yonder Mountain String Band, Calexico, DeVotchKa, PIXIES, Cabin Dogs, Banditos, La Dispute, My Brightest Diamond, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202001281900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/01/28/its-natl-kazoo-day/#playlist

Win tix to see John Kadlecik & Suggesting Rhythm

On tonight’s Handful of Brains (originally aired 1/21/2020 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM), we’ll give away tickets to see John Kadlecik performing a solo set followed by a one-of-a-kind collaboration with Richmond’s own Suggesting Rhythm at The Broadberry this Thursday! We’ve also got an eclectic mix of music featuring The db’s, Keller & the Keels, Torres, Will Hoge, little hurricane, Teebs, Marcus King and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202001211900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/01/21/win-tix-to-see-john-kadlecik-suggesting-rhythm/#playlist

RIP Neil Peart

Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally broadcast on 01/14/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio), a tribute to the drumming and lyrics of Neil Peart (1952 – 2020) of Rush.

Feel the Spirit of Radio on 97.3 FM or at wrir.org!

(Photo credit: Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images)

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202001141900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And here's the link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/01/14/rip-neil-peart/#playlist