Tune in to WRCT Thursday, February 8 shortly after 8:00 p.m. when the Godfather of Muscle Rock Jon Mikl Thor and lead guitarist Kevin Stuart Swain join your Rockin’ Attorney, Eric Jackson Lurie on Court’s in Session.

2024 marks the 50th year of Thor‘s career: from world class body builder, to creator of Top Ten metal hits, to a career acting in cult classic movies!

Jon Mikl Thor has a worldwide following because he started the “muscle rock” genre. Classic Rock Magazine has placed him in its Top 100 Frontmen. Thor’s stage act has included bending steel with his teeth; blowing up hot water bottles and entertaining audiences with his melodic hard rock songs.

Citing Pittsburgh as the home of the “Thor Korr,” his new album Ride of the Iron Horse is scheduled
to be released March 15th on Cleopatra Records. Because of the connection with his fans in the ‘Burgh, Thor and WRCT are both proud that the album’s title track will make its radio world premiere on Court’s in Session!!

Catch the excitement, Thursday, February 8 shortly after 8:00 p.m. on WRCT’s Court’s in Session and streaming from this very website! (A replay is scheduled Sunday, February 11, 11:00 p.m.)

On Thursday, February 1 shortly after 8:00 p.m., tune in to Court’s in Session, when rock ‘n’ roll/blues guitar god, Kenny Wayne Shepherd joins Eric Jackson Lurie to talk about his new album Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 1 and his upcoming Palace Theater performance on Sunday, March 10, 2024.

He started in the music industry as a child prodigy at the age of 13 and has opened for everyone from Aerosmith to the Rolling Stones to Van Halen. Over his career, Kenny Wayne Shepherd has amassed five Grammy Nominations, placed seven songs into the Billboard Top 10, and holds the record for the longest running album on the Billboard Blues charts: Trouble Is.

Don’t miss this interview and Eric’s debut of new music from Kenny’s new release. Thursday February 1, at 8:00 p.m. with an encore replay Sunday, February 4 at 11:00 p.m. Only here at WRCT 88.3 FM, Pittsburgh, and streaming online at wrct.org.

Our Spring 2024 Schedule goes live on Monday, January 29! Click on the SCHEDULE link in our website’s header to see the Spring 2024 schedule.

WRCT’s student and community volunteers always provide you with the intelligent, energetic, and diverse programming you’ve come to associate with WRCT. Some of your favorite shows may have moved to new time slots; and lots of new shows are on the schedule. Tune in to WRCT to discover some new favorite shows!

Whether they’re live in the studios or broadcasting from their home studios, WRCT student and community volunteers produce Pittsburgh’s best variety of music and public affairs programming — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on 88.3 FM, Pittsburgh, or streaming from this very website!