Blog Archives: Blog
We’re going on a new blog schedule – shorter entries twice a week –
By Helen ~ February 21, 2012
Hi y’all, I hope you had a wonderful President’s Day weekend! Hey, you know we’re always looking for your feedback on how to do things better. That said, based on comments and suggestions from you, our listeners, we’re going to be changing slightly the way we do the blog for you. Instead of… More
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A Magical Musical Night in L.A. plus the scoop on this week’s broadcast/podcast:
By Helen ~ February 15, 2012
This week eTown welcomes back some old friends, the nationally renowned band Big Head Todd and the Monsters . Nick and I have known these talented guys since they were just getting started, and it’s been so great to watch their meteoric rise to the top. Since the band got its start… More
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Snow is gently falling outside my window here at eTown Hall world headquarters (just joking there, about the headquarters part) as I write this. Absolutely beautiful. I’ll be honest with you, I’m feeling physically punky today (virus maybe?) so this may ramble a bit. The word on this week’s… More
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The future with eTown Hall…and the present, with this week’s show:
By Helen ~ January 17, 2012
eTown heads east to join Moby and Suzanne Vega in Baltimore for a special broadcast from the incredibly beautiful Hippodrome Theater. It’s another “eTown on the road” show (and you know how I love going on the road, I guess that’s the wanderlust side of me; otherwise those who know me well know… More
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We did it!! The Operational Grant Match for 2011 fulfilled . . . AND this week’s incredible broadcast:
By Helen ~ January 10, 2012
For your listening pleasure: Mumford & Sons rocked eTown’s world when they were originally with us a year or so ago; it’s been one of THE most requested programs of the past, so much so that we had to re-air it for you. We head just a short distance down the road from the historic Boulder Theater to… More
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Happy New Year!! One of my favorite bands on this week’s show – and a few thoughts on 2012:
By Helen ~ December 27, 2011
We’ve got a great show for you, to finish off our 2011 broadcast season, featuring our old friends, the Grammy winning band (they’re one of my favorite bands of all times, and yes, that includes the Beatles) Los Lobos . First of all, these are some of THE nicest people you’ll ever hope to meet; no… More
Sad news – hope for the future – info on this week’s show:
By Helen ~ December 20, 2011
First off, I must report some sad news: Our friend Warren Hellman has passed away at age 77. We’re all in shock here at eTown: Warren and his band, The Wronglers, were just with us in eTown several weeks ago. He had privately shared with us that he had leukemia, but he was upbeat, positive and hopeful that… More
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Another trip to NYC, and info about this week’s broadcast
By Helen ~ December 15, 2011
We continue our celebration of the holiday season! You’ve maybe noticed we’re doing a three-week series of special eTown holiday programs, two from the past and also this year’s 2011 offering. This week we bring back our Christmas show from last year, with Indigo Girls and Tim O’Brien as our… More
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Hello my friends,
By Helen ~ December 6, 2011
This week’s show features Tori Amos and Loudon Wainwright III , as eTown revisits the Big Apple for a live taping at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. (This was a special program, one that so many of our listeners requested another chance to hear, we just had to accommodate them.) It’s just… More
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How you can help eTown . . and what’s up with this week’s show:
By Helen ~ November 29, 2011
Back by popular demand: Shawn Mullins and Cloud Cult! This is one of my favorite shows we’ve done, and we’re so happy to be able to share it with you this week: Nick and I welcome back Atlanta-based singer songwriter Shawn Mullins . He’s been on the show a number of times, and he’s a real… More
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