Apr 23, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Spring Fund Drive Spectacular!
It's a Spring Fund Drive Spectacular on Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM) We have the amazing Deau Eyes coming in to perform! We have tickets to give away to Thao at Richmond Music Hall 4/25/24! We'll pay tribute to the late great Dickey Betts of Allman Brothers Band! And we'll have an eclectic mix of music including Sue Foley, Khruangbin, Live, Iron & Wine, The String Cheese Incident, Little Feat, Nick Drake, & more!
Please donate during our Spring Fund Drive at wrir.org! Help keep this crazy, eclectic, diverse, all-volunteer, community radio station running. We rely almost completely on listener funding. Whether you'd like to donate enough to get the premiums (pictured below) or just give a few dollars, we are always grateful for your support.
Apr 16, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Win tix to see Strfkr & Ruth Radelet!
Win a pair of tickets to see Strfkr & Ruth Radelet at The National on W, 4/17 on Tuesday's Handful of Brains! (7 - 9 PM) We've also got an eclectic mix including Dawn Landes, Aoife O'Donovan, L'Rain, Vampire Weekend, Hole, Grateful Dead, Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, Phish, Shakti ft John McLaughlin & Zakir Hussain, Oliver Wood & Katie Pruitt. Rachel Ana Dobken, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Apr 9, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Allan Coberly
Brains for Breakfast Snob
Apr 2, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
We're gonna get far out
We're gonna get far out on Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio). We've got a groovy mix of music including Lorde, Purling Hiss, Toyesauce, Sierra Ferrell, The Decemberists, Gruff Rhys, Belle and Sebastian, John Cale, Crowded House, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, Jon Batiste, The Taj Mahal Sextet, Old 97's, PIL, Peter Gabriel, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Mar 26, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Cutting-Edge Technology!
We're using cutting-edge equipment to bring you Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We've got an eclectic mix of music including Phish, Neil Young, The Spinners & Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, World Party, Kendall Street Company, Trevor Rabin, Leslie Mendelson, Lonnie Holley, Sierra Ferrell, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows any time you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
(Photo: Club Cranium https://www.facebook.com/ClubCranium )
Mar 19, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Win tix to see Spafford & Space Koi
We'll give away 2 tix to see Spafford w/ Space Koi at The Broadberry on 3/20/24 on Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio)
We'll also play an eclectic mix of music including The Avett Brothers, Widespread Panic, Fantastic Negrito, Wand, Blackberry Smoke, Marcus King, JJ Grey & Mofro, The Tennessee Freedom Singers, Keith Richards, Uncle Tupelo, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows any time you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Mar 12, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Win tix to see Chris Knight Band!
Tune into Handful of Brains (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) to win a pair of tix to see Chris Knight Band w/special guests JB Brown and Mike Koehler at Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House on 3/15!
We've also got an eclectic mix of music including The String Cheese Incident, Little Feat, The WAEVE, Kacey Musgraves, White Denim, Tones on Tail, The Spinners, Johnny Cash, Sunny War, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Mar 5, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Reach for the moon!
Reach for the moon with Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We've got an eclectic mix of music including Tony Trischka, Tinsley Ellis, James Brown, De La Soul, Beck, Pearl Jam, Quasi, Vampire Weekend, Real Estate, David Bowie, Elephant Stone, Robert Earl Keen, Phosphorescent, Iron & Wine, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Feb 27, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Don't Be a Dummy!
Don't be a dummy! Listen to Handful of Brains! (Tuesday, 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We'll play an eclectic mix of music including Fleet Foxes, The Black Keys, Sweeping Promises, IDLES, Julian Lage. Oteil Burbridge & Friends ft. Duane Betts, Georgia Saunders, Billy Strings & Chris Thile, Kendall Street Company, Béla Fleck, Meshell Ndegeocello, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
(Photo: Club Cranium)
Feb 20, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Tix to see Country Westerns!
On Handful of Brains (Tuesday, 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio), we'll give away a pair of tix to see Country Westerns w/ Alex Jonestown Massacre & steelboy, Th, 2/22 at Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House! We've also got an eclectic mix of music including Mojo Nixon, The Spinners, Can, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beths, Old 97's, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Feb 13, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Win tickets to Sammy Rae & Friends AND Kendall Street Company!
On Handful of Brains (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio), we'll give away tickets to see Sammy Rae & Friends & Erin and the Wildfire at The National on 2/19 AND Kendall Street Company at The Camel on 2/23! We've also got an eclectic mix of music including Jake Vanaman, MGMT, The Black Crowes, Sleater-Kinney, The Mommyheads, Liam Gallagher & John Squire, Carlos Santana feat. Darryl DMC McDaniels, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org!
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Feb 6, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Win tickets to see Kendall Street Company!
Tuesday on Handful of Brains (7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio), we'll give away a pair of tickets to the 2/16 Kendall Street Company show at The Broadberry with Rigometrics & Bebbus! We've also got an eclectic mix of music including Umphrey's McGee, Mozart Estate, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Smile, Green Day, Widespread Panic, Sarah Jarosz, Blues Traveler w/ Marcus Rezak, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Jan 30, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Win Tix to see Kendall Street Company & Town Mountain!
Tuesday on Handful of Brains (7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio), we'll give away tickets to Kendall Street Company w/ Deau Eyes at The Broadberry 2/9/24 AND Town Mountain w/ Dogwood Brothers at The Broadberry 2/1/24! We've also got an eclectic mix including The Rolling Stones, John Cale, Alice in Chains, André 3000, Gregory McLoughlin, boygenius, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two weeks of shows anytime you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Jan 29, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Win Tix to see Kendall Street Company & Town Mountain!
Tuesday on Handful of Brains (7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio), we'll give away tickets to Kendall Street Company w/ Deau Eyes at The Broadberry 2/9/24 AND Town Mountain w/ Dogwood Brothers at The Broadberry 2/1/24! We've also got an eclectic mix including The Rolling Stones, John Cale, Alice in Chains, André 3000, Gregory McLoughlin, boygenius, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two weeks of shows anytime you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Jan 23, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Band of Horses & Kendall Street Company ticket giveaways!
Tuesday on Handful of Brains (7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio), we'll give away tickets to Kendall Street Company w/ Dan and The Fam at The Broadberry on 2/2 AND Band of Horses at The National on 1/29! We've also got an eclectic mix of music including Cody Dickinson, Cowboys in the Campfire, Paul McCartney, Queen, The Smile, Queens of the Stone Age, Radical Face, MGMT, Avers, Syd Arthur, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of show anytime you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Jan 16, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With DJ Bill
Handful of Louisiana Dance Hall!
Tony turns the studio over to Talia & Bill for a surprise Louisiana Dance Hall pop-up show. We're swinging the Dance Hall doors open for one night only! Enjoy the soul-stirrin', toe-tappin', booty-shakin' beats of The 2023 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and Acadiana parish sounds from the heart of Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music.
Jan 9, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Grab a Friend!
Grab a friend and listen to Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We've got an eclectic mix of music including Willie Nelson & Keith Richards, Jaime Wyatt, John Leventhal, Robert Earl Keen, Grateful Dead, THE BAND, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two weeks of shows whenever you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Jan 2, 2024 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Blast Off Into 2024!
Blast off into 2024 with Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 - 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We've got an eclectic mix of music including Conway Savage, David Bowie, Paul McCartney & Wings, Mudcrutch, Sonic Youth, Les Amazones d'Afrique, FUTUREBIRDS & Carl Broemel, CAKE, boygenius & Ye Vagabonds, Marco Benevento & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
Dec 26, 2023 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
With Tony Jordan
Christmas Leftovers
On Tuesday's Handful of Brains (7 - 9 PM), we've got Christmas song leftovers and music from Bad News, Sinkane feat. Tru Osborne, Teddy Swims, Julian Casablancas, Piney Gir, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Pogues, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Yo La Tengo, The Steel Wheels, and more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/