WCBE Holiday Programming

Don’t miss these upcoming special programs that are sure to brighten your holiday festivities:

New Year's Eve, Tuesday, 12/31/24

8pm - Toast Of The Nation
Happy New Year from Toast of the Nation, your NPR New Year's Eve tradition since the 1970s. Enjoy sets from Samara Joy, The Village Vanguard, Hess is More, and Brazilian musicians Samuca e a Selvam and Ricardo Herz.

New Year's Day, Wednesday, 1/1/25

8am - Retro Cocktail Hour New Year’s Special
We'll welcome the New Year in style on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, with songs by Sinatra, Dean Martin, Julie London and Nancy Wilson, plus tunes from the Barry Gemso Experience, The Coolbreezers and the Billy May Orchestra.

10am - Afterglow – Let’s Begin: A New Year’s Special
As we say goodbye to one year and say hello to another, its an hour of music from the American Songbook all about beginnings, sung by some favorites like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and more. We’ll hear a couple of “New Year” related songs, including “Let’s Start The New Year Off Right.” We’ll also hear some standards about fresh starts, like “I’m Beginning to See The Light,” “Begin The Beguine,” and “This Could Be The Start Of Something Big.” And Nat King Cole will provide us with some advice for starting over again.

11am - Miles Davis in France
Miles Davis Quintet members Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, George Coleman, and Marcus Moore captured live in France.

12pm - All Songs Considered Holiday Special
This year Robin Hilton and Stephen Thomson head back to the snowy cabin in the woods where the annual All Songs Considered get-togethers began many years ago. Join us as we attempt to throw another party for the ages, with one simple, fate-tempting question: What could possibly go wrong?

1pm - Musician’s Memorial
Paul Ingles offers the thoughtful, heart-felt, year-end capper that allows us to honor many of the music greats lost to us in the last 12 months.

4pm - Willie Nelson “Last Leaf” Special
Exploring Willie Nelson’s latest release “Last Leaf On The Tree” with guests Micah Nelson, Mickey Raphael, John Densmore, Daniel Lanois, Neil Young, Keith Richards, Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips).