From the Greek, ekekltikos meaning to select, and topia meaning place, Eclectopia is the place for eclectic contemporary music in West Virginia.
One kind listener remarked that host Jim Lange is "the mad scientist of cool music." Josh Gaffin, of WTSQ, remarked, "When I first moved here from New York, I was glad to know something this cool existed."
Recently, a very generous comment was made: “Eclectopia reminds me of the kind of programming that first drew me to WVPR, in that it IS intelligent. More than that, there are always exciting surprises, and something new and vibrant to hear."
Another listener recently wrote: "Eclectopia is really among the 'best of West Virginia'; it's that good."
Mountain Stage's Larry Groce made this comment: "Jim is the coolest cat who ever slinked around the halls of West Virginia Public Radio. As for Eclectopia, as a great man once said, "You can bet your last money, it's all gonna be a stone gas, honey!"
2022 marks the 20th anniversary of this WVPB original show.
New logo by Ian Bode and Brian Pickens.
-
"Ambient music creates a world without a sense of time." Musician, composer and software engineer Peter Chilvers has worked with Brian Eno on several…
-
I saw Tristen and her band on Mountain Stage on June 16, 2017 and was duly impressed. I love singers with a little grit in their voice and Tristen has…
-
Get ready, Charleston! Jim Lange, Matt Jackfert, Bill Lynch and Joni Deutsch are coming to town (well, to Live on the Levee, at least). Come on down to…
-
Get ready, Charleston! Jim Lange, Bill Lynch and Joni Deutsch are coming to town (well, to Live on the Levee, at least).Come on down to Moses' Live on the…
-
Do you like Eclectopia? Do you love it?Consider being a part of the broadcast in the Eclectopia Guest DJ Summer 2015 Series.YOU will get a chance to not…
-
Special moments-performances which transcend the medium in which they are presented. Perhaps this is what we seek: those consummate performances that…
-
“I am always doing what I cannot yet do, in order to learn how to do it.”― van GoghSoft, watery, Impressionistic, veiled, implied, nuanced: these might be…
-
Many things are taught on Robert Fripp's guitar courses, but one cannot imagine that defensive tactics against scorpions is one of them. Saints preserve…
-
After music, I love the graphic arts, photography, film and almost any variation thereof.Graphic artists, like Ian Bode, fascinate me. I am not filled…
-
When we are first exposed to educational topics that excite and stimulate our minds, the manner with which the information is delivered becomes the…