What better way to celebrate our first anniversary on the air than to shamelessly hit up all our friends for a donation! Join us for a week of fun beginning Sunday, October 9 – unlike most on-air fundraisers, WHUP Begathons are designed to entertain and inform even as we gently pick your pockets. We’ve lived […]
New Monday 10-Midnight show – Cultivation Sessions
Join DJ Hubbble for another new edition to the ever-expanding WHUP lineup! Cultivation Sessions is an eclectic mix of contemporary and historical soundscapes. From Beats to House to Jazz, anything with a smooth and soulful groove is a candidate for the airwaves during the show. Treat your ears and your mind every Monday from 10 […]
New Sunday 10-Midnight show – entertainment! The punk explosion and beyond.
Join DJ Marty C. for the latest addition to the WHUP lineup, a full-volume ride through the mean streets of punk, proto-punk, post-punk and beyond every Sunday from 10 pm to midnight. Marty plumbs the depths of the music that birthed the punk revolution and followed in its wake, including the little-known obscurities that glued […]
WHUP special live session with Reverend Freakchild, Saturday 6/11 at 4 pm
A student of the blues who has been carving his own path through the creek-bed of American music for more than 25 years. A member of the iconic alt-rock bands Bananafish and Soul Coughing, the Rev. engaged in a multiplicity of musical ventures while living in New York City, including a regular weekly off-off-off Broadway […]
WHUP special live session with singer-songwriter Rod Picott, Friday 6/10 at 4 pm
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Rod Picott brings his guitar and prolific songwriting skills to the WHUP studios for another WHUP special session! A native New Englander with blue-collar roots that infuse his lyrics, Rod honed his craft while working a variety of construction jobs and drove Alison Krauss’s merchandise truck before a fill-in slot as her opening […]
New Friday 8-10 pm show – Vinyl Fetish, exploring the wide world of wax!
The latest addition to WHUP’s ever-expanding lineup of locally produced shows, Vinyl Fetish focuses on the resurgent medium of the LP and other waxed wonders. Not your typical rehash of scratchy used discs from the 20th Century, VF has a very contemporary emphasis on new releases, modern sounds and off-the-beaten-path reissues, supplemented by an occasional […]
WHUP special live session with Mark Simonsen, Wednesday, June 8 at 4 pm
Join WHUP for another scintillating special live session of music and conversation on Wednesday, June 8 with Mark Simonsen, whose work spans multiple bands, genres and instruments. Whether you’ve seen him as a member of The Old Ceremony, the Forryst Bruthers, The Last of the Great Sideshow Freaks, Baron Von Rumblebuss, in tandem with Gabriel […]
WHUP swag alert: T-Shirts are here!!!
At long last, the famous WHUP logo is now available on a beautiful, 100% cotton high-quality t-shirt! The retro but thoroughly modern open-can microphone design – printed on the front and in reverse on the back! – comes in both men’s and women’s cuts in the usual array of sizes. You can obtain yours at […]