WITF Music: River Jordan

Making music and a family.

• Joe Ulrich/WITF
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  Joe has been interested in audio and music since he was a kid. What started as a fascination with his parents’ vinyl records and cassette tapes turned into a love of both performing and recording. He grew up in Elizabethtown, Pa. and moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 where he majored in Photography at the University of Pittsburgh.
  
  In 2004, he attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Tempe, AZ. He returned to Pittsburgh to work at a recording studio.
  
  In 2008, Joe arrived at WITF, where his skills have found a good home as an on-air host, audio engineer and producer of WITF Music. In 2016, Joe earned a National Edward R. Murrow award for Best Use of Sound.

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Julia Kamanda performing as River Jordan for WITF Music on April 27, 2026.

River Jordan (Julia Kamanda) fuses her love of songwriting with parenthood and a passion for teaching. Her music is deeply intimate and autobiographical, touching on the challenges she’s faced balancing motherhood and music. She performed two songs from her first album, Urban Legacy, and talked about her beginnings as a musician in L.A., starting a family and her newfound time for creative pursuits.

A collection of interviews, photos, and music videos, featuring local musicians who have stopped by the WITF performance studio to share a little discussion and sound. Produced by WITF’s Joe Ulrich.

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