Mathieu ’96, Knight jam for Live Music Week

WERS-FM morning host George Knight and WBZ-AM news anchor Joe Mathieu ’96, both of whom are accomplished guitarists, held a recording session in the WERS studios in the Ansin Building last week—all in preparation for WERS’s Live Music Week that runs April 5–13.

WERS-FM personality George Knight and WBZ-AM news anchor Joe Mathieu '96 recorded music in the WERS studios April 2 in preparation for Live Music Week. (Photo by Kelsey Davis '14)

Live Music Week helps raise funding for the publicly supported radio station. This year, listeners who donate to the station have a chance to win tickets to the Iceland Airwaves Festival.

Helping out with Live Music Week is nothing new for Mathieu, who first played for it on WERS with his band shortly after he graduated from Emerson.

Joe Mathieu '96 of WBZ-AM playing guitar in the WERS-FM studios. (Photo by Kelsey Davis '14)

Knight has played in a band continuously since he was in high school.

The music that was recorded will be played during the George and Tori morning show, which is hosted by Knight and Victoria Bedford, during Live Music Week.

George Knight performing in the WERS studios. (Photo by Kelsey Davis '14)

Other artists to be featured during the week are The Love Experiment on April 8, Shearwater on April 9, Los Lonely Boys on April 10, Air Traffic Controller on April 11, Wild Child on April 12, and Matt Anderson on April 13.