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Multi-platinum classical crossover group, IL DIVO, dropped their surprise EP today titled "A Merry Little Christmas," just in time for the holidays. The EP includes most-loved Christmas classics: "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas," "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." Coinciding with the release, the group will embark on their U.S. "A New Day Holiday Tour," launching November 29 at Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts in Newport News, Virginia. The EP, released via Thirty Tigers, was produced by Grammy® and Latin Grammy® Award-winning artist Carlos Fernando Lopez (Ricky Martin, Laura Pausini, Marc Anthony). Says IL DIVO, "We wanted to surprise our fans with a special Christmas EP of holiday favorites that we will perform live, in concert, during our upcoming 'A New Day Holiday Tour.' We're excited to bring cheer and goodwill to audiences in America with our new renditions of classic Christmas songs that are so well beloved." The "A New Day Holiday Tour," which continues through December 23 in Naples, Florida, will feature the group performing songs from the EP, in addition to other holiday classics and songs from their vast catalog. Tickets for the tour are available at: https://ildivo.com/tour-dates/ Singing in English, Spanish, French and Italian, IL DIVO, with members Urs Bühler (tenor) of Switzerland, Sébastian Izambard (tenor) of France and David Miller (tenor), also recently announced a new addition to their group, Mexican American baritone Steven LaBrie. After the untimely passing of original member Carlos Marin in 2021 from COVID-19, Labrie had been a featured guest on their "Greatest Hits Tour" from 2022 to present, and now has become the group's fourth member.

Multi-platinum classical crossover group, IL DIVO, dropped their surprise EP today titled "A Merry Little Christmas," just in time for the holidays. The EP includes most-loved Christmas classics: "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas," "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." Coinciding with the release, the group will embark on their U.S. "A New Day Holiday Tour," launching November 29 at Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts in Newport News, Virginia. The EP, released via Thirty Tigers, was produced by Grammy® and Latin Grammy® Award-winning artist Carlos Fernando Lopez (Ricky Martin, Laura Pausini, Marc Anthony). Says IL DIVO, "We wanted to surprise our fans with a special Christmas EP of holiday favorites that we will perform live, in concert, during our upcoming 'A New Day Holiday Tour.' We're excited to bring cheer and goodwill to audiences in America with our new renditions of classic Christmas songs that are so well beloved." The "A New Day Holiday Tour," which continues through December 23 in Naples, Florida, will feature the group performing songs from the EP, in addition to other holiday classics and songs from their vast catalog. Tickets for the tour are available at: https://ildivo.com/tour-dates/ Singing in English, Spanish, French and Italian, IL DIVO, with members Urs Bühler (tenor) of Switzerland, Sébastian Izambard (tenor) of France and David Miller (tenor), also recently announced a new addition to their group, Mexican American baritone Steven LaBrie. After the untimely passing of original member Carlos Marin in 2021 from COVID-19, Labrie had been a featured guest on their "Greatest Hits Tour" from 2022 to present, and now has become the group's fourth member.

The Sponsors We want to thank Underground Printing for starting this and making it possible—stop by and pick up some gear, check them out at ugpmichiganapparel.com, or check out our selection of shirts on the MGoBlogStore.com. And let's not forget our associate sponsors: Peak Wealth Management, Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender, Human Element, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Michigan Law Grad, The Phil Klein Insurance Group, Venue by 4M, Winewood Organics, Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning, SignalWire where we recorded this, and introducing to the podcast, Autograph: Rewarding Fans, who just launched an app where you earn rewards for things like reading MGoBlog and listening to our podcast. Featured Musicians: 8-Bit Big Band The Video: [After THE JUMP: The things said.] --------------------- 1. Ohio State After Review starts at the top. Defensively it was an NFL game. Michigan unleashed a dizzying array of coverages to hide McCord's leverage from him, and Ryan Day had all kinds of motions and switches to uncover it. The game turned on Mason Graham, who allowed Michigan to keep the pressure on McCord and play with an extra defender in the secondary because OSU could not run on him. Hutchinson-level? Not yet, but Hutchinson before his injury in 2020, where this guy is an All-American. Rod Moore was back to himself. Sainristil isn't a vet at outside cornerback, McBurrows is a good nickel. Offensively there was a lot left on the table. Michigan maximized its RPS wins, Corum's run was RPS+1 but also the biggest play in Michigan football history? JJ almost had a TD on the throwback to Johnson, who didn't recognize he had a Daylen Baldwin opportunity. Run game limited because Tyliek Williams played out of his mind. Going to be a negative in the run game charting for the first time in years, Barnhart especially. But he was their best in pass pro. Do. Not. Leave. JTT. Unblocked. 2. Iowa Preview: Offense starts at 22:44 Abominable, worst in the Power 5. Their receivers are a bad match for their QB, who needs a big target more than a good route. Injured TEs and OL who run a lot of stretch and counter trey: the kind of team Michigan should be best able to defend. Mitigator: Michigan likes to leave their safeties back and subject their DTs to doubles, while teams have been suffocating Iowa specifically because you can bring down your safeties and their RB will break a tackle for 50 yards once every three games. 3. Iowa Preview: Defense starts at 36:59 Excellent as always, with a lot more talent than we're used to. Five-star safety is playing like one, safety-ish linebacker from Virginia is athletic and their best pass-rusher. Plus the usual array of Iowa types. We wonder if their big-butted WLB is grading out so well (87 to PFF, over 90 in coverage) because he's more than a match for Big Ten West competition, but will get dusted if he has to keep up with Donovan Edwards. Missing Cooper DeJean but CBs have been fine. Again: competition question mark, and their DL isn't great at pass-rushing, so there's an opportunity for explosives except they take that away by playing soft cover 2. If they do that Michigan will have to grind them down like last year, but can they without Zinter? Their punter is incredible. Their backup kicker had to kick the game-winner against Nebraska. 4. The Other Conference Championships + Playoff Talk starts at 56:41 We go in order, starting with Washington-Oregon, which is not a 10-point game like Vegas has it. Oregon has been playing fantastic of late and Washington keeps needing to TCU its way through Pac-12 teams. But remember back when they played Washington had that game until Oregon surged back. Texas-Oklahoma State is the biggest spread, want to root for our old friend at QB but also rooting for Texas to get in to keep out the unwanted SEC teams and Ohio State. Georgia could lose to Bama, which is chaos, and we talk more about the committee's choices than the game. FSU beating Louisville would mean FSU goes ahead of any 1-loss team, and if Georgia complains about getting Oregon as the 4-seed they should pound sand. We don't believe in conspiracies; the committee cares about who wins the games, not what ESPN talking heads say to prop up the SEC. A Playoff without any SEC teams would be right, glorious, and absolutely deserved. About the Featured Musician: 8-BIT BAND We're back to letting Seth pick out the songs, so I'm going to nerd out and show you what I've been writing to for a lot of the year. It is this 25+ member orchestra of amazing jazz musicians who come together off their various projects to compose and produce big band versions of videogame music from our childhoods. I could describe further but Adam Neely, who's one of my favorite video essayists (one of the people worth getting a Nebula subscription for), has a 30-minute video on it. He also plays bass. The 8-Bit Band is playing December 15th at Sony Hall in New York, and January 13th at the Ferguson Center in Newport News. Song choices: Chrono Trigger Main Theme Bob-Omb Battlefield Still Alive Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken now now, the opener and outro: “The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark “Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat

After a lifetime on the air, there is no other artist that I have had the pleasure of interacting with longer than Bruce Hornsby. In my mid-20's, and working in Portland, OR, I was lucky to tag along with my Program Director of KMJK (Magic 107) to see an RCA Records showcase with a new artist for 1986 that they were showing off. Little did I know that I would be in the crowd when Bruce would christen the renovated Harrison Opera House. I was the guest that evening of Kathie Moore...and little did I know the role she had in getting Bruce's music heard by RCA in the first place. I was there when Bill Reid asked Bruce to open the Virginia Beach Amphitheater, on the sand at Duck-Inn when Bruce came down on a Friday afternoon to play for the Coast Radio faithful. And I was there on the campus of William and Mary when Bruce announced his first line-up for the Virginia Arts Festival's Funhouse Fest, a three-year run that was curated by Bruce. Well, June brought the passing of our dear friend Kathie, and while celebrating her life, I felt the need to reach out to Bruce once again...to not only lift up the memory of this special game-changer, but to also celebrate yet another chapter in Bruce Hornsby's amazing career. His 23rd album came out in late spring. It's called "'Flicted," and I thought it appropriate to catch up with Bruce, and get you ready for his return-home concert at The Ferguson Center in early November. Let's get 'Flicted with Brother Bruce...on PopUp Radio.

Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky and Clay Jenkinson discuss John Jay, the American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Jay was a proponent of strong, centralized government, which at times put him at odds with Thomas Jefferson. Jay worked to ratify the United States Constitution in New York in 1788 and was a co-author of The Federalist Papers along with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. Clay will be performing live as Thomas Jefferson on May 14th in Newport News, Virginia at the Ferguson Center for the Arts. Mentioned on this episode: PBS: Benjamin Franklin by Ken Burns Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Inc. You can learn more about Clay's cultural tours and retreats at jeffersonhour.com/tours. Check out our merch. You can find Clay's books on our website, along with a list of his favorite books on Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and other topics. Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.

David Swenson speaks with President Jefferson about Plato's Republic and American democracy. This program originally aired in 2016.  Clay will be performing live as Thomas Jefferson on May 14th in Newport News, Virginia at the Ferguson Center for the Arts. Mentioned on this episode: "Democracies End When They Are Too Democratic" by Andrew Sullivan Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Inc. You can learn more about Clay's cultural tours and retreats at jeffersonhour.com/tours. Check out our merch. You can find Clay's books on our website, along with a list of his favorite books on Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and other topics. Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.

This Week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent previews former Miss North Carolina, and current comic sensation, Jeanne Robertson’s performance at the Ferguson Center for the Arts this Friday, Oct. 18th at 8 PM. As Mal recalls, he never knew her when she was short (she’s 6’6 in heels), but he did know her when she competed for the Miss America Pageant in 1963. Learn more at http://fergusoncenter.org/.

Last weekend, Virginia Arts Festival presented an interpretation of Shakespeare’s play Antony and Cleopatra at the Ferguson Center and Chrysler Hall, in addition to a show featuring Michael Feinstein at the Sandler Center. From classical music and Shakespeare to Broadway and cabaret, the 2019 season had a bit of something for every taste.

This Week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent previews the Virginia Arts Festival’s production of “Antony and Cleopatra.” He talks about previous productions and adaptations, as well as the musical history associated with the classic play. You can see it May 17th and 18th at the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts in Newport News. Tickets and information can be found at https://secure.vafest.org/704.

Last weekend, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra commenced their 2018-2019 season with performances at the Ferguson Center for the Arts, Chrysler Hall, and the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts. The show, titled Pictures at an Exhibition, featured the orchestra at its finest under conductor JoAnn Falletta, who’s now in her last full season with the VSO, having served as the Music Director since 1991.

"The constitution ... is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist, and shape into any form they please." — Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane, 1819 Thomas Jefferson had a unique and slightly odd view of the proper place of the judicial branch in America. He thought of judicial independence as both a strength and a weakness of our system: you want judges that are independent of popular factionalism but you want them to be accountable to the sovereign, to the American people. Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson, discusses his concept of judicial balance, his lifelong displeasure with the Supreme Court, and some of the changes that he thinks should be made. He said of life-tenured judges, 'Few die and none resign.' Find this episode, along with further recommended reading, on the blog. Read Clay's Jefferson Watch essay, "Good News for America". Clay will be performing as Thomas Jefferson at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News, VA on April 19th. Find more info and buy tickets here. Learn more about Odyssey Tours and the summer 2017 Lewis & Clark adventure on odytours.net.

"The Vice Presidency turned out to be just what Jefferson had predicted: 'philosophic evenings in winter' and summers at his beloved Monticello." — Clay This week on the Thomas Jefferson Hour, we return to "Jefferson 101", our biographical series. Reluctantly, Jefferson came out of retirement to serve as vice president for four years under his old friend John Adams. They were of different political persuasions and they, in a sense, became the heads of different political parties. Adams & Jefferson were friends when Jefferson's vice presidency began but there was a long period afterwards when they couldn't really abide each other; in the end, in 1812, their friendship was restored and it became one of the great reconciliations of American history. During his vice presidency, Jefferson contributed a rule book to the Senate: A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States. Jefferson meant it: He preferred the happiness of Monticello to the burdens of power — but he loved this country more than he loved his own happiness. This is Jefferson 118. Find this episode, along with further recommended reading, on the blog. Read Clay's Jefferson Watch essay, "A Cul-de-Sac and a Bucket of Piss". Clay will be performing as Thomas Jefferson at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News, VA on April 19th. Find more info and buy tickets here. Learn more about Odyssey Tours and the summer 2017 Lewis & Clark adventure on odytours.net.

"Jefferson regarded the national debt as a national disgrace." This week, President Jefferson (as portrayed by humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson) explains his reasoning behind his federal budget and why he felt it was essential to pay down the national debt that he inherited. We also learn about some of the people who helped Jefferson develop the budget, including Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. Jefferson dedicated his administration to reducing the national debt as severely as possible. As always, there are parallels between Jefferson's time and ours. He wanted to cut taxes and the size of the federal government, but he also wanted to cut the size of the Army and Navy; you don't hear that kind of talk much in our time. In this case, Jefferson was an idealogue about fiscal responsibility. Find this episode, along with further recommended reading, on the blog. Read Clay's Jefferson Watch essay, "The Most Jeffersonian Thing in America". Clay will be performing as Thomas Jefferson at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News, VA on April 19th. Find more info and buy tickets here. Learn more about Odyssey Tours and the summer 2017 Lewis & Clark adventure on odytours.net.

"[Meriwether Lewis] kept promising copy and he never sent a single page. We don't know what, if anything, became of his manuscript. We have nothing. He wouldn't communicate with us." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson President Jefferson talks about the Lewis & Clark expedition and America's role as an “Empire of liberty". Jefferson, that Type A keeper of records, was disappointed that Meriwether Lewis failed to complete his book about the journey. Lewis was Jefferson's neighbor, his protégé, his private secretary in the White House, and he led the most successful expedition in American history — a voyage Clay & David have spent many years discussing, and one that Clay revisits by foot and by canoe each summer with Odyssey Tours. Find this episode, along with further recommended reading, on the blog. Clay will be performing as Thomas Jefferson at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News, VA on April 19th. Find more info and buy tickets here. Learn more about Odyssey Tours and the summer 2017 Lewis & Clark adventure on odytours.net.

This week in Mal's World, Mal Vincent recalls the times he met former Miss America, actress and singer, Vanessa Williams and actor, humorist Hal Holbrook. We'll hear about William's Oscar performance you didn't see and why Hal Holbrook will also have a piece of his heart in Hampton Roads. Hal Holbrook appears at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Mark Twain Tonight on Thursday, March 16th. Vanessa Williams' concert is Saturday, March 11th, also at the Ferguson in Newport News.

Dwight Davis speaks with baritone Nathan Gunn about his show with Mandy Patinkin at the Ferguson Center.

Segment A -- Baby Boomers: A Generation Apart The scope and size of the Baby Boomer generation, estimated to be 75 million Americans, has allowed them to alter the landscape of every life stage they encounter. On today's broadcast, we'll revisit a conversation from our ongoing Boomers series, in which we discuss their views on aging, work, and family and how those views differ from other generations. We'll also talk about their relationship with drugs and their growing reliance on prescription pharmaceuticals. Segment B -- Shatner's World Join us for a rare conversation with Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. Our producer Danny Epperson had a rare opportunity to sit down with his longtime hero and chat about the Shat-man's new one-man show coming to the Ferguson Center this Friday called "Shatner's World: We Just Live In It."

The St. Olaf Choir, from Northfield Minnesota, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States. For nearly a century, the choir has set a standard of choral excellence and remained at the forefront of choral artistry. Their performance at the Ferguson Center in Newport News was everything a lover of choral music could have asked for, according to our critic, M.D. Ridge.

The Virginia Symphony conductor trades her baton for her guitar to perform Vivaldi, alone and with VSO violist Beverly Baker. Program: Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess; Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto; Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola and Guitar; R.Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite. Wed,nesday, April 16th at 8:00 PM at St. Bede Catholic Church; Thu,rsday, April 17th at 10:30 AM at the Ferguson Center; Fri,day, April 18th at 8:oo PM at the Suffolk Center. For ticket information, 892-6366 or www.virginiasymphony.org

The young British violinist Nicola Benedetti performs the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Virginia Symphony conducted by JoAnn Falletta. Also on the program, the Mon,umental Symphony No. 9 by Anton Bruckner. Sat,urday, April 5th at 8:00 PM at Chrysler Hall; Sat,urday, April 6th at 2:30 at the Ferguson Center. For ticket information, 892-6366 or www.virginiasymphony.org

JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony welcome Sir James Galway back for a musical re-telling of the story of the Pied Piper. Fri,day, March 7th at 8:00 PM at the Ferguson Center; Sat,urday, March 8th at 8:00 PM at Chrysler Hall; Sun,day, March 9th at 2:30 PM at the Sandler Center. Program: Rossini: Cinderella Overture; Kodaly: Hary Janos Overture; Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy.