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Jim Morrison’s Story By Josie Mannon, Music Staff Sep. 28 , 2026 HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) — Welcome to The Story Behind the Sound! I’m Josie Mannon and I have an interest in “old” music, including the artists/bands behind the sound and songs themselves. Here we will take… Read More
By Josie Mannon, Music Staff Sep. 7, 2026 HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) — Welcome to the first edition of The Story Behind the Sound! I’m Josie Mannon, a freshman at Marshall University and a new volunteer at WMUL-FM. I have an interest in “old” music, including… Read More
By Josie Mannon, Music Staff Sep. 2 , 2026 HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) —Welcome to Cutting -Edge Encore! I’m Josie Mannon, a freshman at Marshall University and a new volunteer at WMUL-FM. Last weekend I attended a concert headlined by heavy metal band Mötley Crüe with opening acts from hard… Read More
Album review for STATICA by Avenged Sevenfold
September 1, 2026 · Articles, Music Posts
By Conner Balladares, Digital Music Librarian Sep. 1, 2026 This album is one of the largest sound changes in the last decade. Avenge Sevenfold is known for their intricate guitar riffs in the heavy rock genre but has somehow managed to release an electro pop rock album. While… Read More
Emma Gallus, Online Director June 19, 2026 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WMUL-FM) — Funktafest X is mixing funk and video game theming for the festival’s tenth year. The annual festival brings music, art and community to the Ritter Park Amphitheatre, and the entire weekend is getting a Megaman X-style rebrand, including… Read More
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WMUL-FM) — Ahead of the first-ever Ballad of West Virginia Music Festival, WMUL-FM 88.1 will be spotlighting each artist set to perform on June 13th! Tune in every weekday ahead of the festival for a new spotlight. Up next, we have Seneca. The Morgantown-based Appalachian rock band is… Read More
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WMUL-FM)- Ahead of the first ever Ballad of West Virginia Music Festival, WMUL-FM 88.1 will be spotlighting each artist set to perform on June 13th! Tune in every weekday ahead of the festival for a new spotlight. Up first we have the festival closing act, Kindred Valley. Read More
By Alyson Messinger, News Editor 5-20-26 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WMUL-FM)- As a long-time fan of Huntington band Pet Bandana, I was thrilled to interview them after they played four original tracks at WMUL-FM for a classroom concert. Being friends with the lead singer’s younger brother, my friends and I spent the… Read More
By Emma Johnson, Executive Director Welcome to the second installment of Cutting Edge Encore! I’m WMUL-FM Executive Director Emma Johnson, and all throughout the weekend, we are going to be talking about Healing Appalachia, the three-day music festival that is being held at the Boyd County fairgrounds in Kentucky. Night… Read More
By John Boggess, Music Director Welcome to the first edition of Cutting-Edge Encore! A new blog series by WMUL-FM 88.1 recapping concerts a member of our Music Staff attended. First up I, WMUL-FM Music Director John Boggess, will recap the first ever concert held at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. This… Read More