WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
Potluck at 5:30pm, Music at 6pm
Lava Lamb- the brainchild of cellist Holden Bitner and drummer John Ruben Medina: it’s a genre-defying instrumental project that will take you on a wild emotional ride. Bitner is a formally trained cellist, but growing up in a city as music-rich as Nashville, TN, he’s performed music in many other styles. Originally from Amarillo, TX, Medina moved to Nashville before the pandemic to cut his teeth as a drummer, and has been playing all over there ever since. The two met working in the service industry, started rehearsing in their friend’s shed, and the rest is history. Their music is inspired by curiosity and connection, the compositions driven by tension, gravity, and social interaction. From expressive lyrical anthems – to expansive oceans of harmony – to gritty and mischievous math rock, lava lamb will take you places you didn’t know you needed to go. They’re a new project, with just one EP released in 2024 – Music for Sheep.
A Aardvark- A AARDVARK is a aalternative aambient aamericana project brought to you by the minds, bodies, and spirits of Gabriel Garber (guitar, vocals) and Charles Roldan (drums, piano, vocals). Gabe and Chuck (as the real heads know them) have performed, recorded, and toured together in various projects over the past decade, even at times discussing bringing a project of their own into the world. But the timing, as it so often is—or at least seems—was never quite right. So they waited. They continued to care for other projects—together and separately—that filled their buckets and took them on adventures to faraway places. Throughout it all, the dream never died, and when Gabe returned to Bloomington in the Fall of ‘23, discussions began anew, and the duo decided the time was finally right for a project of their own. And then they got busy caring for other projects again. Cut to: Fall of ‘24, and the stars finally align, with a pair of exploratory studio sessions and a distillery gig marking the material conception of A AARDVARK (born Saturday, January 25, 2025 (fathers tired, but healthy)). On Friday, March 7, 2025, A AARDVARK produced its first project, PROOF OF CONCEPT (available for listening on most streaming platforms). They’re trying for more projects and are expecting their first tour in late May/early June.
Dan “Sully” Sullivan- a Chicago-born poet residing in Bloomington, IN. Sully’s new book, O Body (Haymarket Books 2024), considers the male body—its momentum and privilege when moving through the world, but also its softness and vulnerability. His poems and performances have been featured on HBO Def Poetry Jam, WGN Morning News, and NPR. Sully is a three-time Chicago Poetry Slam Champion, a recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award, the Earl S Ho Award for Excellence in Teaching Creative Writing and an Indiana University Writer in South Asia Recipient. He is co-editor of the anthology Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School (Penguin 2022) and author of The Blue Line Home (EM-Press 2014).
Living Rumors- are an acoustic combo comprised of 3 of our local, long time musicians Micheal Johnson, Dan ‘G man’ Selvaggi, Vicky Helber and their newest member Federico Martinez a visiting IU student from Uraguay. They cover many genres, specifically folk/bluegrass, originals, South American and songs composed by recently deceased friend and mentor, Arthur Heckman, one of Bloomingtons little known but most prolific and beloved songwriters.A bit hard to classify, but folks seem to be liking it!
