OUT OF THE BOX
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"Out of the Box"

Definition:

1. an expression that describes things nonconformist and creative.
2. Used as a synonym for "brand new" meaning ready-made, immediate, just created.

Sample sentence;

"You can hear music that is out of the box, weeknights on 89.5 WHRV-FM."

Listen to OUT OF THE BOX, Monday through Thursday night from 7 pm to 9 pm and Saturday from 1pm to 5pm and you’ll hear alternative, Americana, blues, reggae, singer/songwriters, Celtic, Cajun, world beat, electronica, local artists and more…..all mixed together by Paul Shugrue who will keep you up to date on all the great new music that’s being released but rarely played on the radio anywhere else.

OUT OF THE BOX is truly “alternative” music right here on WHRV-FM, 89.5

Want to suggest an artist or find out about a new group?
e-mail Paul pauls@whrv.org

The CD of the Week:

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"Change Your Mind" is the second album for Hampton Roads singer-songwriter Julie Clark. It sets a new high water mark for the local recordings and could be the cd to put her on the national music map. Listen for it all week on Out of the Box, read Paul's review and listen to a sampler of the album by clicking on the cd cover.

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CD's getting the most play this week:

1          SNOW PATROL            A Hundred Million Suns
2          RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS    Cardinology
3          BUDDY GUY     Skin Deep

4          COLDPLAY       Viva La Vida

5          MARK ERELLI   Delivered

6          OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW   Tennessee Pusher

7          JAMES TAYLOR           Covers

8          JENNY LEWIS              Acid Tounge

9          JIMMY THACKERY & THE DRIVERS      Inside Tracks

10         KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON      Rattlin’ Bones

11         FLEET FOXES Fleet Foxes

12         THE DUHKS      Fast Paced World

13         THE PRETENDERS       Break up the Concrete

14         TRACY CHAPMAN        Our Bright Future

15         DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

16         EMMYLOU HARRIS       All I Intended To Be

17         RACHAEL YAMAGATA Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart

18         GOOD OLD WAR          Only Way To Be Alone

19         MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD Radiolarians 1

20         THE DECEMBERISTS   Always a Bridesmaid

21         THE KILLERS    Day & Age

22         B.B. KING         One Kind Favor

23         CALEXICO        Carried to Dust

24         BEN FOLDS      Way to Normal

25         I’M FROM BARCELONA            Who Killed Harry Houdini

26         JULIE CLARK    Change Your Mind

27         OF MONTREAL Skeletal Lamping

28         R.E.M. Murmur (Deluxe Edition)

29         EMILIANA TORRINI        Me And Armini

30         TODD SNIDER Peace Queer










The Best of...

...on Out of the Box:

For the end of the year, Out of the Box did shows based on the theme "the Best of 2007." Here are the playlists for those shows:

11/22 Best of the CD's of the Week (part 1)
11/24 Best Re-issues (part 1)
11/26 Best Rock Artists
11/27 Best Female Artists
11/28 Best Male Artists
11/29 Best Bands
12/1   Best Tribute Albums
12/3   Best Americana Artists
12/4   Best Debut Albums
12/5   Best "Veteran Artists" (over 50)
12/6   Best Live Albums
12/8   Best CD's (part 1)
12/10 Best Blues Albums
12/11 Best Sophomore Releases (2nd albums)
12/12 Best Collaborations
12/13 Best Local Artists
12/15 Best CDs (part 2)
12/17 Best Comeback Albums
12/18-25 Out of the Box Christmas Songs
12/26 Best Cover Songs
12/27 Best of the CD's of the Week (part 2)
12/29 Best Songs of The Year
12/31 Best Reissues (part 2)

Click here for the Best of...

Click here for The Best of...

...on Out of the Box

Pledge Drive moments:

Here's Paul with Elizabeth Oyler who donated during the last night of the Spring pledge drive of 2008 and won a copy of every cd left over after the drive finished...88 cds in all!!

Here's Paul with Amanda Abbey, winner of 100 cds when she generously donated
on the last night of the Out of the Box/WHRV fundraiser in October of 2007. She won
a copy of every cd left over after we made our goal!

Here's Paul with the generous and lucky Richard Freeman Norfolk who made a pledge of support during the last night of the fund drive in April and won a copy of every cd that was left over...Sixty six in all!

Here are some of the best concerts this season: (click the links for more info)

Amy Ray                                            11/18    Jewish Mother

Iron and Wine                                    11/19    The Norva

Southern Culture on the Skids                11/20    Jewish Mother

Buddy Guy                                        11/21     Sandler Center

Erin Mckeown                                    12/5    The Boot

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy                        12/11    Sandler Center

Tab Benoit                                        12/14     Jewish Mother

Robin Rogers                                        1/23    The Taphouse

Kathleen Edwards                                2/21    Attucks Theatre

Neville Brothers/Dr. John                       2/22    Ferguson Center

Phish                                                3/6,7,8    Hampton Coliseum

Emmylou Harris                                    5/20    Ferguson Center