Get Little: Names in Music with Ben Thornewill

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Nov 8, 2022

Ben Thornewill joins as the musical guest for our Get Little radio event with Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney. Thornewill's band, Jukebox the Ghost, were featured on the soundtrack for the first film adaption of Kinney's series. Earlier this year, the band released their sixth album, Cheers, and last year Thornewill released the solo LP, Quiet At The End Of The Day. Thornewill joins us to talk about those releases as well as his "Name in Music" project. And young listeners are invited to call in and have Ben turn their names into instrumental pieces, live on the radio!

Ben will perform at Rockwood Music Hall on December 6.

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