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First Sunday: Feb 1st — A Celebration of Music on our 5th Anniversary

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Feb­ru­ary 1st, 2026 is not only a First Sun­day, when Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio tra­di­tion­al­ly presents themed pro­gram­ming — this year it also marks the fifth anniver­sary of the launch of Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio.

To cel­e­brate, we’re delight­ed to bring you a spe­cial live broad­cast: two hours of back-to-back music, stream­ing live from The Glen at our spon­sor Sean­chai Library in Sec­ond Life — first with Elrik Mer­lin, fol­lowed by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er.

Elrik kicks off pro­ceed­ings at 2:00 PM SLT/Pacific with a pro­gramme of approx­i­mate­ly one hour of coun­try music — a genre we almost nev­er play on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio. Liv­ing in the Nashville area dur­ing the 1990s, Elrik dis­cov­ered a wealth of excep­tion­al­ly tal­ent­ed and high­ly pro­fes­sion­al musi­cians and song­writ­ers pre­vi­ous­ly unknown to him. This set draws large­ly from that peri­od, when coun­try music often  car­ried a par­tic­u­lar­ly strong rock influ­ence. This pro­gramme is now avail­able on Mix­cloud.

At around 3:00 PM SLT/Pacific, Elrik hands over to Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er for the sec­ond hour. In the 1940’s, jazz lumi­nar­ies such as Char­lie Park­er and Dizzy Gille­spie devel­oped a rev­o­lu­tion­ary style of jazz that moved beyond struc­tured swing to fast tem­pos, com­plex melodies, and high­ly impro­vi­sa­tion­al artistry. They called it Bebop, or just “Bop.” Today Cale­do­nia will fea­ture Bop in the sec­ond hour of VCRa­dio’s Cel­e­bra­tion of Music, as its ener­gy sweeps us for­ward to a new sea­son of VCRa­dio pro­gram­ming. This pro­gramme is now avail­able on Mix­cloud.

Don’t miss this spe­cial anniver­sary broad­cast, pre­sent­ed live from The Glen at Sean­chai Library. You’re warm­ly invit­ed to join us to lis­ten, dance, or sim­ply be present — either in-world or on the air at main.vcradio.org — as we cel­e­brate five years of Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio.

Music of Scotland and A Burns Supper

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Today, 25th Jan­u­ary, is the anniver­sary of the birth of Robert Burns, and today we’re bring­ing you a pro­gramme of tra­di­tion­al and mod­ern music from Scot­land (with plen­ty of bag­pipes of course), and then, at 2pm Pacif­ic Time/SLT (10pm GMT) we are pre­sent­ing a com­plete Burns Sup­per, cour­tesy of the Scots Inde­pen­dent News­pa­per.Con­tin­ue read­ing→

First Sunday January 2026 — Piano Jazz Classics

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This pro­gramme is now avail­able on Mix­cloud

After the hus­tle and stress of the Decem­ber hol­i­days, it was time to take a deep, cleans­ing breath and relax. Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio trav­elled to The Dick­ens Project Skat­ing Pond for Jan­u­ary 2026’s First Sun­day, as Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er offered tunes for the soul — Clas­sics of Piano Jazz.

At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial. That’s why we invite you to join us at 2pm SLT on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: one hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing from new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

Tune In for “A Christmas Carol” — Dec 24th

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On Decem­ber 24, Christ­mas Eve, tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio at 2pm Pacif­ic Time – 10pm in the UK – for a spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tion of Charles Dick­ens’ sea­son­al clas­sic, “A Christ­mas Car­ol”, adapt­ed for radio by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er, with Shan­don Lor­ing, Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er and Elrik Mer­lin.

And what bet­ter place to lis­ten than at The Dick­ens Project in Sec­ond Life, where Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio pro­vides the audio track? Here are the details!

Dur­ing the day, we’ll be play­ing a col­lec­tion of sea­son­al music and Vic­to­ri­ana.

To tune in, use the play­er on the right hand side of the brows­er win­dow. If this does­n’t work for you, open a net­work play­er such as Winamp or VLC and play this URL: or it may open in your brows­er. http://main.vcradio.org 

May we take this oppor­tu­ni­ty to wish all our lis­ten­ers, friends and spon­sors a very hap­py Hol­i­day Sea­son and a hap­py and healthy year ahead. Thank you very much for your sup­port and encour­age­ment which has made it pos­si­ble to bring you our unique pro­gram­ming for the past years — and hope­ful­ly many more!

A Viennese New Year On Skates!

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Join DJ Elrik Mer­lin on Fri­day, January2nd at 2pm SLT at theDick­ens Project Skat­ing Pond to wel­come in the New Year with a Skat­ing Par­ty set to the walzes and polkas of a Vien­nese New Year.

Come to the Dick­ens Project Wel­come Cen­tre and fol­low the path to the Skat­ing Pond. And if you can’t be there in per­son, tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio for the live stream.

Where Have You Been? S05E09 – FlygearZ: A Winter Waltz

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Whether des­ti­na­tions specif­i­cal­ly reflect any of the Decem­ber hol­i­days, or just the breath­tak­ing glo­ries of the snowy sea­son, there’s no doubt there are many, many beau­ti­ful regions to be dis­cov­ered and explored at this time of year — it made it real­ly dif­fi­cult to pick one to fea­ture.

So, as we often sug­gest, when look­ing for places to explore across the Sec­ond Life grid, first lis­ten to us….  (laughs) Then, check out the Sec­ond Life Des­ti­na­tion Guide.

Fly­GearZ pro­duces, among oth­er things, curat­ed dance events. They are more than your aver­age dance par­ty —  what Jen­na Dirval puts togeth­er is some­thing more. She applies her First World knowl­edge of dance and her love of explor­ing musi­cal gen­res to con­struct shows that are mem­o­rable events. Fly­GearZ have been wild­ly pop­u­lar at Calas Gal­ad­hon, among oth­er places.

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First Sunday, December 7, 2025: Classic Electronica

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Now avail­able on Mix­cloud!

In this pro­gramme, we take a broad­ly chrono­log­i­cal look at the devel­op­ment of elec­tron­ic music, from the days of musique con­crete to the mod­ern ubiq­ui­ty of the syn­the­sis­er. We’ll be focus­ing on the melod­ic and even whim­si­cal use of elec­tron­ic instru­ments rather than abstract pieces, so this fea­ture-length pro­gramme should  be great fun. Enjoy!

At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial.  That’s why we invite you to join us at 2pm SLT on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: one hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing from new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

TMoTM S04E06: Pirates!

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This show is now avail­able on Mix­cloud

Gilbert & Sul­li­van’s The Pirates of Pen­zance; or, The Slave of Duty pre­miered on Decem­ber 31, 1879, where it was well received by both audi­ences and crit­ics. Yet even as far back as that open­ing, the show has been a har­bin­ger of change — blur­ring the lines between light com­ic operetta and musi­cal com­e­dy. The recent Broad­way re-imag­in­ing Pirates! The Pen­zance Musi­cal pushed those bound­aries even fur­ther.

In this episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores this Gilbert & Sul­li­van classic’s remark­able his­to­ry and its role in mak­ing the once vaunt­ed exclu­sive realm of the “savo­yard” acces­si­ble over 140 years after its pre­miere.

Where Have You Been? S05E08 – A Museum to Get Lost In: The Vordun

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Even nine years ago when it opened, the Vor­dun Muse­um & Gallery was impres­sive — lots of Euro­pean art­works cel­e­brat­ed in the style of the great muse­ums of the world, and it even then had a touch of the inno­v­a­tive using some then-just-emer­gent media and expe­ri­ence tools to enhance resident’s vis­its. Back then it was on a sub-par­cel of the Fan­cy Decor store region, of which Jake Vor­dun is also the cre­ator.

It’s cer­tain­ly grown since then. The Vor­dun Muse­um & Gallery now fills its own region. And tru­ly, it fills it. Not only are there works by Reynolds, Rubens, Gains­bor­ough and a host of lumi­nar­ies from through­out art his­to­ry, but there are gal­leries fea­tur­ing spe­cif­ic exhi­bi­tions — ten in all! The pas­sion of its cre­ator for art, for mod­ern muse­um cura­tion, and for the expe­ri­ence of vis­it­ing a world class muse­um is clear. It begins even before you enter, with the sit­ing of the Muse­um on a rise with its stair­case con­course, its water fea­tures and sculp­tures.

The Vor­dun offers some unique expe­ri­ences to com­ple­ment the works and themes fea­tured. The exhib­it “Musi­ca Anti­qua”, for exam­ple, focus­es on ear­ly music in art and instru­ments. Both audio and video sup­port are pro­vid­ed to enhance the expe­ri­ence. In the gallery fea­tur­ing “Alle­gories of Artemisia” a series of vibrant­ly col­ored rooms take the vis­i­tor on a jour­ney through the work of Ital­ian Baroque artist Artemisia Gen­tileschi, draw­ing par­al­lels between the sub­jects of the artist’s work and major events in their life. “Proverbs of the Low Coun­tries” explores Peter Bruegel the Elder’s 1559 oil “The Blue Cloak” or “Nether­lan­dish Proverbs.” The paint­ing fea­tures 110 prover­bial phras­es, some of which might be famil­iar to you, such as “armed to the teeth” or “belling the cat.” When you accept the muse­um expe­ri­ence, a HUD will appear on your view­er screen and allow you to nav­i­gate close-up through each of the proverbs depict­ed in the work.

Vis­it­ing The Vor­dun real­ly feels like you are vis­it­ing one of the great hous­es of West­ern art in Lon­don, Paris, Rome, Vien­na or New York.

This episode airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days through the end of Novem­ber.

Region: The Vor­dun Muse­um & Gallery  – Mod­er­ate
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vordun/155/252/26

Own­er: Jake Vor­dun

First Sundays, November 2, 2025: The Peace & Joy of Yo-Yo Ma

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This pro­gramme is now avail­able on Mix­cloud to Lis­ten Again.

Yo-Yo Ma is a French-born Chi­nese Amer­i­can cel­list and song­writer. Ma is known as much more than a musi­cal prodi­gy and a vir­tu­oso. He is cel­e­brat­ed around the world for his abil­i­ty to con­nect with audi­ences and for his col­lab­o­ra­tions with artists from oth­er gen­res and cul­tures. Today, Cale­do­nia cel­e­brates his works and col­lab­o­ra­tions, inspired in part by his album “Songs of Joy & Peace.” Sun­day, Novem­ber 2nd, on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio. Tune in at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time on https://main.vcradio.org!

At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial.  That’s why we invite you to join us at 2pm SLT on the First (usu­al­ly) Sun­day after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: one hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing from new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.