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OUT OF THE BOX
with Paul Shugrue listen
"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
Sons of Bill - Live in the Out of the Box studio
Julie Clark - Live in the Out of the Box Studio
The CD of the Week: Duke Robillard & Sunny Crownover: "Tales from the Tiki Lounge."
(Out of the Box CD of the Week podcast:
"Subscribe with iTunes"or via RSS feed.)
 Journeyman guitarist Robillard's latest is a tribute to the late Les Paul, with Sunny Crownover singing the Mary Ford vocals. Listen for songs from it all week and click on the cd to hear Paul's CD of the Week Podcast.
Click here for the CD of the Week Archives
Read more about the CD of the week at...
The Most Played cds this week on Out of the Box:
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1. Spoon |
Transference |
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2. The Magnetic Fields**ADD** |
Realism |
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3. Eric Bibb |
Booker's Guitar |
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4. Patty Griffin |
Downtown Church |
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5. Various Artists |
Crazy Heart |
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6. South Memphis String Band |
Home Sweet Home |
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7. Editors |
In This Light and On This Evenin |
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8. Jackie Scott & the Housewreckers |
How Much Woman Can You … |
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9. Vampire Weekend |
Contra |
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10. Allison Moorer |
Crows |
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11. Gorillaz |
Stylo (single) |
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12. Ray Wylie Hubbard |
A. Enlightenment B. Endarkment |
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13. Jace Everett |
Red Revelations |
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14. Beach House |
Teen Dream |
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15. Duke Robillard & Sunny Crownover |
Tales From The Tiki Lounge |
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16. Watson Twins |
Talking To You, Talking To Me |
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17. John Hiatt |
The Open Road |
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18. Midlake**ADD** |
The Courage of Others |
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19. Sade |
Soldier of Love |
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20. arthur adams |
stomp the floor |
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21. Dawn Landes |
Sweetheart Rodeo |
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22. Jamie Cullum |
The Pursuit |
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23. Citizen Cope |
The Rain Water Lp |
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24. Corinne Bailey Rae |
The Sea |
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25. Tim Morgan & the Mojo Brothers |
Tim Morgan & the Mojo Bros. |
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26. The XX |
XX |
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27. galactic |
Ya Ka May |
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28. David Bowie**ADD** |
A Reality Tour CD2 |
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29. Ray Wylie Hubbard |
A. Enlightenment B…. |
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30. Broken Bells |
Broken Bells |
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31. Dave Rawlings Machine |
A Friend of a Friend |
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32. The Whigs**ADD** |
Kill Me Carolyne (single) |
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33. Rogue Wave**ADD** |
Good Morning (single) |
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34. ALO |
Man of the World |
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35. Motion City Soundtrack |
My Dinosaur Life |
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36. OK Go |
Of the Blue Colour of the Sky |
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37. Charlotte Gainsbourg |
IRM |
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38. Guthrie, Sarah Lee and Family |
Go Waggaloo |
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39. Backyard Tire Fire |
Good to Be |
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40. Basia Bulat |
Heart of My Own |
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41. Kings Of Convenience |
Declaration Of Dependence |
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42. Hollywood Blue Flames**ADD** |
Deep in America |
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43. Moreland & Arbuckle**ADD** |
Flood |
The most played cds OF 2009 on Out of the Box (in no particular order):
THE AVETT BROTHERS I AND LOVE AND YOU
WILCO WILCO (THE ALBUM)
MONSTERS OF FOLK MONSTERS OF FOLK
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION
NEKO CASE MIDDLE CYCLONE
BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS TELL 'EM WHAT YOUR NAME IS!
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING
SARA WATKINS SARA WATKINS
GOMEZ A NEW TIDE
MERCY CREEK ANOTHER PLACE TO START
U2 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
EELS HOMBRE LOBO
DELBERT MCCLINTON ACQUIRED TASTE
CARBON LEAF NOTHING RHYMES WITH WOMAN
GRIZZLY BEAR VECKATIMEST
STEVE EARLE TOWNES
PHISH JOY
BUDDY & JULIE MILLER WRITTEN IN CHALK
DEPECHE MODE SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE
BOB DYLAN TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE
IMELDA MAY LOVE TATTOO
THE DECEMBERISTS HE HAZARDS OF LOVE
LEVON HELM ELECTRIC DIRT
SONS OF BILL ONE TOWN AWAY
YEAH YEAH YEAHS ITS BLITZ
IRON AND WINE AROUND THE WELL
MATISYAHU LIGHT
TODD SNIDER THE EXCITEMENT PLAN
M. WARD HOLD TIME
BOBBY BLACKHAT WALTERS WALL STREET BLUES
SONIC YOUTH THE ETERNAL
ELVIS COSTELLO SECRET, PROFANE & SUGARCANE
MADELEINE PEYROUX BARE BONES
TOMMY CASTRO HARD BELIEVER
TOM RUSSELL BLOOD AND CANDLE SMOKE
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WORKING ON A DREAM
EILEN JEWELL SEA OF TEARS
Links to playlists for the Restrospective season of 2009.
Thursday 11/26 Acoustic Rarities
Saturday 11/28 Best Albums (Part 1)
Monday 11/30 Blues Albums
Tuesday 12/1 Duos
Wednesday 12/2 Cover Songs
Thursday 12/3 Debut Albums
Saturday 12/5 Best Albums (Part 2)
Monday 12/7 Americana Albums
Tuesday 12/8 Female Artists
Wednesday 12/9 Male Artists
Thursday 12/10 Bands
Saturday 12/12 Reissues
Monday 12/14 Collaborations
Tuesday 12/15 Local Artists
Wednesday 12/16 Live Recordings
Thursday 12/17 Rock Albums
Sat-Fri 12/19-25 Christmas Tunes
Saturday 12/26 Best Songs
Monday 12/28 Veterans (artists over 50)
Tuesday 12/29 CDs of the Week (part 1)
Wednesday 12/30 CDs of the Week (part 2) Thursday 12/31 Artists of the Decade
For the end of the year Out of the Box presented a different theme for each show illustrating the "Best of 2008." Below is a calendar of events during the "Retrospective Season" on Out of the Box click each date for a playlist from that show:
11/27 The Cds of the Week (part I)
11/29 The Best Re-issues
12/1 The Best Debut Albums
12/2 The Best Cover Songs
12/3 The Best Local Recordings
12/4 The Best Collaborations
12/6 The Best CDs (part I)
12/8 The Best Rock Releases
12/9 The Best Americana Albums
12/10 The Best Blues Cds
12/11 The Best Live Recordings
12/13 The Best CDs (part II)
12/15 The Best Male Artists
12/16 The Best Female Artists
12/17 The Best Bands
12/18 The Best "Veteran" Artists (over age 50)
12/20-25 Out of the Box Christmas Songs
12/27 The Best Songs
12/29 The Best Sophomore Releases (2nd albums)
12/30 Cds of the Week (part II)
12/31 The Best Party Songs of 2008
Click here for The Best of...
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!
Jim Dombey of Virginia Beach was the winner of the end of the pledge
drive drawing after he donated on the final night. Jims take: 75 cds!
Here are some of the best concerts this season: (click the links for more info)
David Jacobs-Strain 2/12 (rescheduled) Attucks Theatre
The New Familiars 2/12 Taphouse on Queens
Laura Marling 2/13 Attucks Theatre
Marc Cohn 2/13 Sandler Center
Eric Lindell 2/16 Jewish Mother
Tony Trischka Territory 2/18 37th & Zen
C.J. Chenier & Lousiana Hot Band 2/18 Corner Pocket
Sons of Bill 2/19 Jewish Mother
Tinsley Ellis 2/20 Jewish Mother
Flogging Molly 2/22 Norva
Black Joe Lewis & Honeybears 2/22 Jewish Mother
Dropkick Murphys 2/23 Norva
Guthrie Family 2/26 American Theatre
Patty Larkin 2/26 Jewish Mother
Chris Duarte & Bluestone 2/27 Jewish Mother
Ani Difranco/Erin McKeown 3/3 Norva
Jerry Seinfeld 3/5 Chrysler Hall
Suzanne Vega 3/11 Sandler Center
Train 3/11 Norva
Carbon Leaf 3/17 Norva
Ben Folds 3/20 Norva
Ingrid Michaelson/Matt Kearney 3/21 Norva
Moody Blues 3/25 Constant Center
Ben Taylor 4/8 Naro Expanded Cinema
Joan Osborne 4/9 Sandler Center
Drive By Truckers 4/15 Norva
Vienna Teng 4/17 Attucks Theatre
Dave Matthews Band/Amos Lee 7/20 Va Beach Amphitheatre |