Hi y’all! Three full sessions on our Song of the Day feature on the website, including a full session from Black Pumas this Friday! mw *From:* Michelle Conrad [mailto:conrad@vuhaus.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 26, 2024 10:04 AM *Subject:* Live Sessions: Song of the Day, January 29 - February 2 Hello! Please see the following for next week’s Song of the Day information. If a video from your station is featured, it will appear on around 30 public media websites around the country in their “Song of the Day” video player. The following best practices will maximize the impact for your local audience. · Make sure you have the “Song of the Day” player embedded on your website. If it’s not currently embedded and you would like it to be, reach out to Mark for the embed code (mark@vuhaus.com). · If your station has a video featured on the “Song of the Day” player, the day of the feature is a great day to push listeners to your station website via on-air and socials, and to ask your featured artist to do the same. Here are the “Song of the Day” videos from NPR Live Sessions scheduled for the next week: January 29th – February 2nd. Please reach out with any questions! *Song of the Day for January 29 - February 2, 2024* *DATE* *ARTIST* *SONG* *STATION* *LINER NOTES* Jan 29 Christopher Crompton “The Darkness and the Dust” KAFM, Grand Junction UK singer/songwriter Christopher Crompton plays a song that was inspired by growing up in a region dominated by mining. This song was recorded at the Radio Room at KAFM. Jan 30 Joanne Shaw Taylor (full session) WMOT, Nashville Joanne Shaw Taylor sits down with WMOT’s Jessie Scott to talk about being a female guitar player and working with Joe Bonamassa. This session also features 4 songs recorded live at the Franklin Theater. Jan 31 Sen Morimoto (full session) WXPN, Philly Sen Morimoto latest album, Diagnosis, fuses guitar rock with free jazz and hip hop. Sen Morimoto and his band share a few songs from that record for WXPN’s Indie Rock Hit Parade series. Feb 1 Squirrel Flower “Alley Light” WFUV, New York Squirrel Flower is the stage name of Ella O’Connor Williams, who writes songs with powerful lyrics and lush guitar-driven arrangements. This song was recorded at WFUV in New York. Feb 2 Black Pumas (full session) KUTX, Austin Black Pumas play a 5 song set at the Austin venue where they got their start, C-Boys, in this special session recorded for public radio and the World Cafe.