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Justin Barney @JBarney

Music and Culture Reporter @WNXPnashville @wpln. ✍@NPR : 🦌Milwaukee native

Joined February 2009
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Warm Visions: The Blog@WarmVisionsBlog
Apr 14
it's fun seeing people finally realize there's such a thing called the "music industry"
WIRED
@WIRED
Apr 14
The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. wired.com/story/geese-chaoti…
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Scottie Lee Meyers@ScottieMeyers
Apr 13
Fun little feature story about the Wisconsin connection of a famous leather bike seat. Compliments of @JBarney. wpr.org/culture/made-in-wisc…

Made in Wisconsin: Selle Anatomica leather bike saddles 

Selle Anatomica saddles are available in shops around the world — stamped and developed in Elkhorn.

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WNXP Nashville@WNXPnashville
Mar 25
.@pitchfork's number 1 album of 2025 came from Los Thuthanaka. This Friday, March 27, one half of the duo, Nashville's Chuquimamani-Condori, joins WNXP for an exclusive live DJ set from 8-9pm CT feat. new edits, unreleased originals and an announcement: wnxp.org/exclusive-unrelease…
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RT @worstmichael: I have traveled all over the world and nowhere compares to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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I hated seeing the old format go, but slimming down to three weekends seems to be much better for booking. These names are huge. Happy for Milwaukee
Summerfest@Summerfest
Feb 19
Turn up the music 🔊 Your Summerfest 2026 lineup presented by @amfam just dropped 🎉 ⭐PLUS grab a @TMobile 9-Day Power Pass for just $58 now through February 25: store.summerfest.com/tickets See you at the lakefront!
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$12 pitchers. Back room to ourselves. Free pool. This is Wisconsin
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@DivesOfWI Fin N Feather. Greenfield, WI
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Justin Barney@JBarney
29 Dec 2025
They are playing Wednesday at Landmark. Everything is good
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David Hines
@hradzka
18 Dec 2025
PIANO. *plays the softest, most heartbreaking melody you ever heard in your life* TOM WAITS, leaning into microphone.
SQUASH B’GOSH@otherjrobbins
18 Dec 2025
There’s a fake leg for sale at the thrift store
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Geese pits are going hard. Tonight at Terminal West in Atlanta
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Cameron Winter of Geese at Terminal West in Atlanta, GA tonight
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I lost my Mickey Mouse watch in the pit at the Geese show in Atlanta tonight. If this somehow reaches someone who found it, please let me know
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Justin Wills
@itsjwills
6 Nov 2025
bro almost became a Milwaukee barista
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@ZohranKMamdani
5 Jan 2014
After 3.5 yrs of #Bowdoin, I sit on pg 19 of my eBear search & wonder: should I take up Milwaukee #Starbucks' offer & become a barista?
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Justin Barney retweeted
WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio@WPLN
26 Sep 2025
Nashville movies have become more accessible in recent months. Regal and the Belcourt Theatre have recently started to offer films with captions on the screen — called “open captioning” — of all their films. wpln.org/post/theaters-are-s…

Theaters are showing more movies with captions on the screen. Will the trend grow?

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Cordell Hell@Chris4TN6
28 Aug 2025
There are songs from this era that I loved (and I even know the title/artist) but they're just gone. To the ether. So this is cool
WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio@WPLN
7 Aug 2025
Nashville’s Alex Caress had all but given up on music. Little did he know, passionate fans of a song that he wrote more than 20 years ago, have been trying to find him for years. It all started with a mix tape. wpln.org/post/lostwave-song-…
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Michael Gigandet
@Motobec810
5 Sep 2025
Nashville singer Emily Hines' growth from farmer to breakout indie artist @WPLN News #music #indiemusic #Nashville wpln.org/post/wnxp-nashville…

Nashville singer Emily Hines' growth from farmer to breakout indie artist

On summer mornings Emily Hines is up at daybreak harvesting the season’s fruits and vegetables. This year she’s also been tending to the garden of song.

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Justin Barney@JBarney
21 Aug 2025
You can order a gyro at Arby’s now because one night in the 70s a woman in Milwaukee had the idea to make gyros a nationwide staple and made it happen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Was the Modern Gyro Invented in Chicago?

Podcast Episode · Proof · August 21, 2025 · 57m

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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio@WPLN
7 Aug 2025
Nashville’s Alex Caress had all but given up on music. Little did he know, passionate fans of a song that he wrote more than 20 years ago, have been trying to find him for years. It all started with a mix tape. wpln.org/post/lostwave-song-…

Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville

Nashville's Alex Caress had all but given up on music. But passionate fans of a song that he wrote, have been trying to find him for years.

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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio@WPLN
23 Jul 2025
THIS JUST IN: Nashville Public Radio has surpassed its $400,000 emergency fundraising goal. Thank you! This organization will still have to address a lost funding source moving forward, and you can still show support: WPLN.org/give.

WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio@WPLN
23 Jul 2025
Instead of federal funding, it will be community support that sustains Nashville Public Radio. WPLN and WNXP need to raise another $20,000 today. This community has rallied this week — and you can help fill the funding gap at WPLN.org.
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