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Cause & Effect traces the musical roots of one band or artist every Saturday 1-3PM. 97.3 FM www.wrir.org

We trace the roots of a band or artist every Saturday from 1-3 PM
97.3 on your dial or you can stream the show on www.wrir.org

09/19/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio this Saturday from 1-3 pm as DJ Bob covers the music and legacy of Leonard Bernstein. Thanks for listening!

Photo by Jack Mitchell

09/10/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover the music, history and influences of Crystal Waters. This week’s host will be TAA TUU SWÉ, host of House of SWÉ which airs every other Sunday from 11 pm - 1 am. Thanks for tuning in!

Photo Credit: By Elvert Barnes

09/05/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover musical fiction: literature in song. This week’s host will be One Hit Wanda () host of Unicorn Power which airs Fridays from 3-6 am. Thanks for tuning in!

Photo Courtesy of One Hit Wanda

09/01/2024

Coming up at 1pm: DJ Vince Slay explores the Frankie Knuckles / Eric Kupper connection on Cause & Effect. Then at 3pm he sticks around to host End of the Century, playing music from 1975-1999. At 5pm Surfy Murph takes over , playing music from all local artists.

08/22/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover Pop Will Eat Itself's album, "This is the Day...This is the Hour...This is This." This week’s host will be Rev Noah. Thanks for tuning in!

Photo: Fair Use / Wikipedia

08/15/2024

Jay Smack hosts Cause & Effect this Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio and will be bringing you Metal Thrashing Madness: An Audio History of Thrash Metal including the Influences, major players, waves and resurgence of the genre. Thanks for listening!

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08/08/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Caue & Effect as we explore the music and history of Negativland. This week’s host will be The Wizard King, host of Altered Circuitry which airs every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 9-11 pm. Thanks for listening!

Photo From: Sothismedias

08/03/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio Saturday from 1-3 pm as Charlene and Harper cover the music, influences and collaborations of Neko Case. This is a rebroadcast of an episode from 11/4/2017 just in time for The New Pornographers' Richmond show on 8/3 at The Broadberry (even though Case won't be playing with the band this time around). Thanks for listening!

07/25/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio this Saturday from 1-3 pm as Leek’D Tea brings you Pharrell Williams v. Missy Elliott. Thanks for listening!

Photo: Billboard / Michael Tran/FilmMagic

07/20/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover the music, history and influences of X the Band. This week’s host will be Anna G. Thanks for tuning in!

07/11/2024

Clean out your nose and tune into End of the Century on WRIR.org this Saturday from 3-5 pm EST as I play music from 1975-1999.

Most of what I’ll be playing is stuff I didn’t have a chance to play during my recent two-episode stint on Cause & Effect covering the influences of Buffalo Tom and Bill Janovitz (I'll also be playing some great interview clips I didn't get to play).

I left a lot of great stuff out of those episodes so tune in Saturday at 3 pm and check it out on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio following Dr. Jay on the Radio's Cause and Effect (1-3 pm) on The Replacements.

07/11/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect this Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio as we cover the music and influences of The Replacements. This week’s host will be Dr Jay, host of Alternative Milestones which airs Thursdays from 1-3 pm. Thanks for tuning in!

Graphic by Dr Jay

07/04/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio this Saturday from 1-3 pm as DJ Bob covers the music, influences and side projects of Godflesh and Justin Broadrick. Thanks for listening!

Image Source: Bandcamp

06/28/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as Chuck Moore and the Bougie Goose explore House Music city by city...1st hour is national, 2nd hour international. Thanks for tuning in!

06/20/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover the music and influences of producer Eric Krupper. This week’s host will be DJ Vince Slay -WRIR Radio, host of House Music Sessions which airs Saturdays from 11 pm to 1 am. Thanks for tuning in!

Photo Source: www.deejay.de

06/13/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio this Saturday from 1-3 pm as RVA Playlist covers the music and influences of The Offspring. Thanks for listening!

Photo by By Sven Mandel - Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0

06/08/2024

Sorry for the late change, but today One Hit Wanda is going to be covering Q***r Country. Coming up at 1 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio!

06/06/2024

This Saturday from 1-3pm tune into WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio as One Hit Wanda (Melissa Vaughn, host of Unicorn Power: Fridays 3-6am) plays this year's Eurovision competition entries on Cause & Effect. Thanks for tuning in!

Graphic: GIS UK

05/30/2024

Harper's hosting Cause & Effect again this Saturday on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio from 1-3 pm EST. He's finishing his two-part series on Buffalo Tom featuring an interview with singer / guitarist Bill Janovitz. Thanks for listening!

Graphic By Daykamp Creative
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05/22/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio, Harper's hosting Cause & Effect. This is part one of a two part series of episodes. He's going to be playing the music and influences of Boston band Buffalo Tom and interviewing Bill Janovitz. Thanks for listening!

05/18/2024

Hey everybody. Sorry we're having a last minute change in today's show topic and host. Tune into Cause & Effect this Saturday (today) from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio as DJ Miss Kitty covers the history of Memphis All-Female Radio Station WHER (1955-1973). Thanks for listening!

05/09/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio this Saturday from 1-3 pm as Leek’D Tea devotes two hours to comparing the musical styles of Virginia's Timbaland and Pharrell Williams. Thanks for listening!

05/02/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover the music, history, influences and contemporaries of Colombian band La Perla. This week’s host will be Bill Lupoletti, host of Global A Go-Go which airs Sundays from 1-3 pm. Thanks for tuning in!

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02/16/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect. This week’s host will be The Haberdasher from The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show (Monday's from 9-11 pm EST). He's going to be covering the New Orleans Piano tradition. He said it's sort of a post Mardi Gras / pre-French Quarter Fest / Jazz Fest show. Thanks for tuning in!

Photo By Lionel decoster - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15835160

02/11/2024

Hey everybody. We've put together a list of as many past episodes (as of 2/10/2024) of Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio as we were able to remember. If you've every been curious here you go!

2024

Music in Praise of the Blessed Mother
Pharrell Williams
Frank Tovey (Fad Gadget)
DJ Shadow
De La Soul's 2nd Album: Da La Soul is Dead
Mary J Blige - 2023
The New Orleans Piano Tradition

2023

David Johansen
Marc Ribot
Mary J Blige’s My Life and Influences
Velocity Girl - Part 1
Velocity Girl - Part 2
Funk from TV and Film - 60’s, 70’s and 80’s
Raphael Saadiq
1927 Bristol Sessions and the Birth of Country Music
Anton Bruckner
Shakespeare Inspired Classical Music
Stanley Kubrick Soundtracks
Daft Punk
Music that Inspired Drag Queens from 70s-80s
Pirate Radio
Japanese Movie Soundtracks from the Turn of the Century
Satanic Panic - Jay Smack
Satanic Panic - One Hit Wanda
TV and Movie Soundtracks (2023 Show)
Parliament
Songs Based on Murders
Psychedelia Through the Decades
Bad Boy Records Part 3
Missy Eliott Part 1
Missy Eliott Part 2
Reality TV Stars' Music
Songs of the Year Songwriters
YouTube Mashups Part 1
YouTube Mashups Part 2
80s Halloween
Jamie Cullum
The Offspring
Mizell Brothers (2023)
Mariah Carey
The Accordion (Squeezebox)
Lucinda Willians
Timbaland
Gwen Guthrie
Lydia Lunch
Paul Robeson
Super Mario Brothers (2023)
Trip Hop
Yukihiro Takahashi
Salsa (and interview with Leo Polanco)
Sade
History of Underrated Holiday Television Specials
Q***r Country
Black Veil Brides
Dance with the Dead
Nightwish
Tarot Cards
Tempo
Witch House
Huey Lewis & The News
Mary J Blige - My Life (Album) - 2023
Velocity Girl Part 1
Velocity Girl Part 2

2022

Speak Singing
Prince's Female Proteges
Sly and the Family Stone
Weatherday
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Jessye Norman
Richard Strauss
Richard Wagner
1960s Girl Groups
Donna Summer
Meat Loaf
Ronnie Spector
Sonic Youth
David Bowie
Tortoise
G-Unit
G-Unit vs Murder Inc
Go Go
Murder Inc. Records Part 1
Murder Inc. Records Part 2
Charles Mingus
Dave Brubeck
Mike Patton (Faith No More, etc)
The Influences of WRIR DJ’s LJ and Shannon Cleary
Questlove
Soundtracks (2022 Show)
The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Apollo Brown
John McGeoch
Patti Smith
Tricky's Maxinquaye Album
Pharoah Sanders
Radiohead's OK Computer
UK Street Soul
Sun Ra
Dolly Parton - One Hit Wanda
AFI
Desert Rock / Palm Desert Scene
Folkloric Monsters in Modern Music
Masked or Costumed Bands
Mort Garson
New Beginnings - Singers who Left their Bands to Start a Solo Career
Swords and Sorcery
Twin Temple
Tidewater Hometown Heroes
Valerie June

2021

Bossa Nova and Tropicalia
Cover Songs & their Sources
Ezra Furman
Bill Callahan and Smog
Cover Songs (2021)
Wilco (Yankee) and Psychedelic Country 2021
God Expressed Through Music
Gustav Mahler
Brian Eno
Alice Cooper
Casey Kasem
Wanda Jackson
LCD Soundsystem’s “Losing my Edge” (and artists/bands mentioned in the song)
Heavy D and Mt. Vernon
Herbie Hancock
Hieroglyphics
Loud Records
MF Doom
Nellee Hooper
Q Tip
Rawkas Records
Ron Hardy & Chicago House Music
The S.O.S. Band
The Specials
Talking Heads (2021)
Bad Boy Records Part 1
Bad Boy Records Part 2
Bands Created By Established Artists
Danity Kane
Dawn Richard
Kelly Rowland
Ministry's Al Jourgensen
The Band
Alan Vega
Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding
John Cale
City Pop
Nujabes
The Mechanism of Make Up and Theatricality in Music
Dolly Parton - Jess
Sea Shanties
Elvis Costello
Halloween in America
History of Christmas Music in the US
History of Witchcraft in Music
Oingo Boingo
Southern Gothic

2020

Native Tongues (1996-Present)
DJ Spinna
9th Wonder
Black Jazz Artists
9-11 20 Year Tribute
Thin Lizzy
Heart
Belle & Sebastian
Nouvelle Vague
Cover Songs (2020)
Spoken Word
The Fiery Furnaces
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Spiritualized
Sunshine Pop
Peter Gabriel
Dream Pop
Ray Lugo
Rush
Dio
The Muppets
George Gershwin
Jim Gordon
John Zorn
The Other Electronic Music (1937-1970
Roky Erickson
Hip Hop Henry Christmas (2020)
Jellybean Benitez
Ladies of Soul
Late 1990s Indie Hip Hop Labels
Leon Ware
Sean Price & The Boot Camp Click
Stones Throw Records
Wu Tang Affiliates
Addy / Gnawing
Frankie Knuckles 1
Frankie Knuckles 2
Sandy Denny
UK Dubsteb
Vaporwave
Stevie Wonder
The Everly Brothers
History of House
OV Wright
REM
Carla Bozulich (playlist curated with Carla Bozulich)

2019

Jenny Lewis
West Coast Alternative Hip Hop Scene
The Mizell Brothers (2019)
The Isley Brothers
The Dramatics
Philly Hip Hop
Leroy Burgess
Streetlight Manifesto
Beach Fossils
Bands Named After Songs
Trouble In Mind Records
Old Crow Medicine Show
Timothy Bailey and the Humans - Live Performance
Polyphonic Spree
Krautrock
The Mountain Goats
Gary Numan
ZZ Top
Space Rock
Black Liquid
The Music of Nigeria
My Bloody Valentine
Nu Disco
Twee
Hip Hop Henry Christmas (2019)
J Dilla
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
The Samples of Notorious BIG
Nile Rodgers
Frank Zappa
Zapp
The Soundtracks of Martin Scorcese
Scott Miller (The Loud Family, Game Theory)
Disable Planets’ Blowout Comb
De La Soul's Buhloone Mindstate
Gamble and Huff
George Michael
James Carr
Karen Peris and The Innocence Mission
Laura Stevenson - With Interview
Speech (Arrested Development) - Interview with Speech
Solex
Teddy Pendergrass / Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes
The Byrds
The Connells - Interview with Mike Connell
The Ocean Blue - Interview with David Schelzel
The Zombies
Cover Songs of Yo La Tengo
George Wein – The Father of the Music Festival in America
Academy Awards

2018

PT Burnem
Prog Rock
La Luz
Portishead
B-52’s
Claves and Cowbell
Teen Daze
Obscure Percussion
The Raconteurs/The White Stripes
Clem Snide
Anderson’s tribute to his Mom
B2K
Backup Singers Who Became Stars
Teddy Riley and the New Jack Swing Sound
Co***ne 80s
Justus League
Mr. Bojangles Robinson
Odd Future
SaveMoney
Soft Kill
Supergroups
The Beast Coast Movement
The Mighty Hannibal
Van Morrison
Grace Jones
The Connection Between Western Rock and African Music
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Winstons "Amen Break"
Wire
Alex Cameron
RVA Lyricist Lounge
Geography
Ghost
Rapsody
History of Twee
Koji Kondo
Serge Gainsboug
Sesame Street Fever
Underground Hip-Hop ’89-96
Dan Penn
Phil Ochs
B-52’s (Interview with Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon)
10,000 Maniacs
Kirsty MacColl
D'Angelo
The Cover Songs of Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers)
Ian Svenonius
Janet Weiss - With Interview
Johnny Marr

2017

Space Disco
Jimi Hendrix
Neko Case
Wilco - 2017
Crowded House
Mike Watt - With Interview
Kristin Hersh and Throwing Muses (curated with Kristin Hersh)
Lucy Dacus - Interview and Cohosted with Lucy Dacus
Inxs
The Mad Doctors - Live Performance
Classic Songs and their Samples
Cloudland Canyon
Southpaw Battle Coalition
The Musical Influences of David Lynch
Tommy Duncan / The Texas Playboys
Living Color
Glen Campbell
Mazzy Star

2016

The Posies
Prince (2016)
Cracker - Live Performance
Marshal Crenshaw - Live Performance
The Taters - Live Performance
The Nettles - Live Performance
Hullabaloos - Live Performance
Grass Panther - Live Performance
My Darling Fury - Live Performance
Prabir - Live Performance
White Laces - Live Performance
Pete Curry - Live Performance
Leonard Cohen - 2016
Future Islands
Heartworm Highways – soundtrack / film about Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt

2015

Comrade Nixon - Live Performance
Peace Beast - Live Performance
Mikrowaves - Live Performance
Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox)
St Vincent
The Get Up Kids
Superchunk
Mike Birbiglia
Jeff Rosenstock
Cory Branan
The Blood Brothers
Disasterpeace
Against Me!
Ry Cooder

2010 - 2014

Milkstains - Live Performance
Baroque Pop
Bubblegum
Heavy Midgets - Live Performance
Calexico
A Christmas Gift To You From Phil Spector
Afghan Whigs
Best of 2013
Jellyfish
The Smiths
John Peel
The New Pornographers
David Bowie
Music from Clockwork Orange
The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust
10th Anniversary of Beck’s Sea Change
Music from Wes Anderson Films
Luke Jenner of The Rapture - Influences
Leonard Cohen - 2012
Rick Froberg
Lee Hazlewood
Mount Eerie, The Microphones and Phil Elverum
Best of 2012
Key Influential Artists of 2011
Akron/Family
Songs that Influenced Artists Covered on Cause & Effect in 2011
Reggie Pace (Guest)
Lou Reed
Yo La Tengo
Flaming Lips
Low
1991/The Year Punk Broke - documentary
Women in Music 2010
Favorite Artist of 2010
Best of 2010
Indigo Girls
Bikini Kill
NRBQ
Allen Toussaint
Duran Duran
Luke Haines
Neil Finn

02/09/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover the music and influences of Mary J. Blige. This week’s host will be DreaMonique. Thanks for tuning in!

Photo Credit: By Amber - Mary J Blige, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12655839

02/02/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio this Saturday from 1-3 pm as Harper covers the music and sample sources of De La Soul's second album, De La Soul is Dead. Thanks for listening!

01/26/2024

Tune into Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio this Saturday from 1-3 pm as The Wizard King covers the history and influences of DJ Shadow. Thanks for listening!

Photo By Scott Sandars - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ssandars/199505629/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47207491

01/19/2024

This Saturday, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., I will be hosting Cause & Effect on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio!

My subject for the show will be Frank Tovey, i.e. 𝗙𝗮𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁. Fad Gadget was the first artist signed to Mute Records and has been cited as a major influence for artists like Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy and Liars.

For the past few months I have been collecting and poring over all of his albums as Fad Gadget, Mkultra, under his own name, and as Frank Tovey & the Pyros. I've listened to a myriad amount of covers of his songs and to his side projects and soundscape work.

And, I'm distilling this all down to a two hour show to give a survey of the career and recorded output of Frank Tovey!

If you're not familiar with Frank Tovey, but like early Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Soft Cell, The Human League, Depeche Mode or Heaven 17, this show might be of interest to you!

01/19/2024

This Saturday from 1-3 pm on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio tune into Cause & Effect as we cover the music, history and influences of Frank Tovey (Fad Gadget). This week’s host will be LJ. Thanks for tuning in!

Photo By http://www.fadgadget.co.uk, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26425794

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We trace the roots of a band or artist every Saturday from 1-3 PM 97.3 on your dial or you can stream the show on www.wrir.org What is dark matter? How do we treat ear worms? Do we have free will? Have I heard this beat before?

Every week Cause and Effect summons your inner music nerd to identify the influences of your favorite musical groups, explore their work and peers, and play new artists following in their footsteps. A variety of WRIR DJs scour the Internet for interviews and articles, at times receives direct input from artists and labels, and rely on input from fans to develop a music show destined to be added to your weekly calendar. See a sample show below:

White stripes = Influences: Dylan, Leadbelly, Sonics, Flat Duo Jets, Screaming Lord Sutch, Led Zeppelin, Son House Side projects / band family tree : The Upholsterers, The Raconteurs, Dead Weather, Loretta Lynn Peers: Greenhornes, Black Keys, The Von Bondies, The Vines

Tune in every Saturday afternoon from 1-3p.m. for Cause and Effect!