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 […]
New Thursday 7-9 pm show, Sotol Sounds – music by badass women!
WHUP is pleased to roll out another new show, Sotol Sounds, which will air every Thursday from 7-9 pm. Host Carley McCready will be spinning a genre-spanning compendium of tunes with a common theme – badass music by badass women! Tune in for a mind-expanding tour of fresh sounds from across the country and around […]
WHUP special live session with Italian singer-songwriter Valerio Piccolo, Wednesday 5/25 at 3 pm
Two days before the official release of his new concept album Poetry Notes, Rome resident and songwriter Valerio Piccolo will stop by the WHUP studios for a live interview and music session. A frequent visitor to New York, Valerio worked in the late 1990s and 2000s as a translator on numerous film and music projects, […]
WHUP sponsors Futurebirds at Artsplosure
WHUP loves a good music festival, so signing on as a media sponsor of this weekend’s Artsplosure in Raleigh was a proverbial no-brainer. Even better, we’re pleased to sponsor the Friday night main stage appearance by Athens rockers Futurebirds. On an extended national tour behind their latest album Hotel Parties, Futurebirds have been spreading their […]
Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist John Frazier to perform live on WHUP Wednesday, May 18
John Frazier, founder and frontman of FrazierBand, will be making a special appearance on WHUP to play some tunes and promote the band’s latest album, Some People Change. An accomplished mandolinist, guitarist, fiddler and songwriter, John and the band have been at the forefront of the Nashville newgrass and contemporary acoustic scene since forming in […]
New Thursday show, Keep It Locked, to feature soul, funk and beyond
WHUP is pleased to announce the latest addition to our stellar music lineup, Keep It Locked, featuring Durham ’s DJ Ryah. Airing on Thursdays from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., the show will explore the far reaches of funk and soul music with occasional forays into other musical realms. A regular on the Triangle club […]
Live music on WHUP! Two special live sessions, Friday at 4:00 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am
WHUP leads the nation in on-air live music sessions, and we have two more on the schedule featuring musicians from Texas and Georgia! First, on Friday, April 22 at 4 pm, tune in for a spectacular double bill with Savannah-based swing jazz quintet Velvet Caravan and West Texas singer-songwriter Colin Gilmore. Both will be performing […]
Begathon tastefully profiled in local news story
The debut WHUP Begathon on-air fundraiser is underway, and reporter Nick Brzezinski from the News of Orange captured the spirit of the event in an excellent article published just prior to Day 1. Many thanks to Nick for his hard work and diligence in putting the piece together! The Begathon runs through this Thursday at […]