James Maddock stopped by for an in-studio visit in which he did two of his songs live. He went on to play a terrific concert with keyboardist Oli Rockberger at The University Cafe in the Sunday Street Acoustic Series to a sold-out house.

We were joined in the studio by Pat Wictor and Greg Greenway, of Brother Sun. Brother Sun did an incredible concert at The University Cafe in the afternoon.

Today's program featured an in-studio visit from Vance Gilbert. In the afternoon, Vance did a terrific concert at The University Cafe, receiving a standing ovation.

The Sunday Street Acoustic Series will present the following shows at The University Cafe:

Garnet Rogers, Sunday, January 22nd 2 P.M.
Vance Gilbert, Sunday, February 12th, 2 P.M.
Lucy Kaplansky, Sunday, February 19th, 2 P.M.
Brother Sun (Pat Wictor, Joe Jencks, Greg Greenway) Sunday, March 4th, 2 P.M.
James Maddock, Sunday, March 11th, 2 P.M.
Zoe Lewis, Sunday, April 22nd, 7 P.M.

information at www.universitycafe.org

An in-studio visit from Mark Erelli and Jeffrey Foucault was part of today's program. They shared the stage at The University Cafe in the afternoon for a "Seven Curses" concert, playing songs from that collaborative project of covers of "Murder Ballads", as well as original songs from their respective catalogues.

Nothing but Christmas music on Christmas. Merry Christmas! Eve is guest DJ this morning so Charlie can have a nice holiday home with his family <3

Much of today's program was devoted to a look at the evolution of music for the holiday season. Steve Matteo, who writes about popular music for Long Island Pulse and has also published books on Bob Dylan and The Beatles, joined us for that segment of the program.