The 2025 Wrock Mixtape Swap owes its roots to a Wrock Swap run by Andrea of Wrock The Reread in May 2020. The premise was simple: a Kris Kringle (a.k.a. Secret Santa) gift exchange in which participants created a mixtape of wizard rock songs, personalised to match their giftee’s requests. This time, the requirements were: Is your playlist 45-60 minutes long?

Back in 2020, Totally Knuts organised a wrock swap that I've always thought back on fondly. Participants signed up to both give and receive a 12-track mixtape of wrock songs. They were matched up…

Jo’s portrayal of mothers in the HP books is fairly straight-forward: mother’s love is the be-all end-all of the series, so we can move right along. But her portrayal of fathers, on the other hand, is...

Hello magical friends, with an extra-big hi to my wonderful patrons whose support makes these interviews possible. Today’s interview is with the delightful Gringotts Grrls and I can’t wait to dive into our conversation, but we’ve got some awesome music to hear first, starting with The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts and their “Lovegood.”

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 126 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m so happy to be chatting with you again. Summer! Of! Fun! might be winding down, but there’s still plenty of joy to be had in the fandom. I’m looking forward to sharing some of it with you, but first the music. Here’s the Butterbeer Experience with “Death Eater Tango.”

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Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 125 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and today I have just so many special treats for you! First of all, the WZRD Radio 5th anniversary comp, “Just Joy,” is available today! I’ll include a link in the transcript for anyone who wants a copy. [link] And don’t forget! The Summer!

Hello magical friends and welcome to episode 124 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch and I’m delighted to inform you all that it’s my birthday month, so prepare your celebrations accordingly. There should be cake. Quick! Go get started on that! To speed you on your way, here’s “Dumbledore’s Army” by The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.

Are you ready for a new creative challenge, wrockers and friends? You've come to the right place—but first, it's time to discover what you've done based on last month's theme.

Hello magical friends, with a great big welcome to all my magical patrons who make these interview episodes possible. I’m your hostwitch Bess, and I think episode 123 is a very fun number, don’t you? I hope you’re ready for this interview; it’s a particularly great one. But first and foremost, we’re all about the music. Here’s “Cheering Charm” from Grace Kendall.

The Wizrocklopedia was created in September 2006 with the sole purpose of celebrating, promoting, and exploring wizard rock (music about Harry Potter). We aim to record the past, present, and future o...

There are launch parties everywhere from Poland to NYC for my books, a shiny new website, and so much more!

Hello magical friends, especially my wonderful patrons who make these interviews possible! I’m your hostwitch Bess and this is episode 121 of WZRD Radio. Today we’re diving into the history of the one and only House of Black! She’s got some amazing stories to tell, but first how about some amazing music? We’re starting with “Detention Sucks” from All Aboard the Knight Bus.

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 120 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope you’re all hard at work on your Summer! Of! Fun! The sun is shining, the air is warm, and it’s time to have fun with friends. Speaking of fun with friends congratulations to Celia, who was the first one to guess episode 118’s theme of “bathrooms.” That was a particularly silly one and I’m glad you figured it out.

Hello magical friends, with an extra big “hi!” to my magical patrons, whose support makes these interview episodes possible. I wanted to make a quick note here that it’s the Summer! Of! Fun! and that means having fun, making things, and sharing it all with friends. If the news is distressing, turn it off and take a wizard rock walk instead.

Wrock-cording – Part 1: Recording Audio Greetings, fellow Wrockers! Welcome to the captivating world of Wizard Wrock-a creative domain where there's magic on every track (1). I'm the Gall…

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 118 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and we are getting into the proper warmth of the year over here. Time for regular visits to Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor and dips in the Black Lake! Or your local equivalent. While you look up “closest giant squid habitat,” here’s our first bit of music, with Siriusly Hazza P and “Why’d I Do It?” leading the charge.

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Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 117 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and this is a fun one—today’s interviewee actually found me through promotions for WZRDFest last year. I can’t wait to dive into it with you, but first, let’s do some music. First up is 32nd Street Jazz and “My Patronus.”

Welcome back, wrock community! We’re here for another creative prompt to inspire us, but also to see what you’ve made last month.

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 116 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and as we move into spring, I hope you’re all thinking hard about your Summer! Of! Fun! plans. Hosting a movie night? Creating the perfect cosplay? Starting a Harry Potter book club? Just don’t forget to let us know with the BBEFJ hashtag. While you work on your projects, here’s our first block of music.

Welcome, wizard rockers and friends, to Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Jam! We gather here to make and share creative projects with a different prompt every month. Before we get to the theme for…

It’s WZRD’s 5th anniversary celebration and I’m your hostwitch Bess! Here’s a little gift from WZRD to you: an interview with the incredible hosts of Harry Potter after 2020. They’re so insightful, even when thinking about their—surely inevitable—wizard rock band. We’ve got so much to talk about but first, how about some music? Here’s Draco and the Malfoys and “First Year Haircut.”

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Hello magical friends, with an extra special hello to my newest patron, Harrison, whose support lets me do these interviews! Our anniversary interview is with Paul of the 8th Horcrux! He’s got so many fun memories and some wonderful advice for new bands, I can’t wait to get into it with you. But first! Some anniversary interview music. Here’s “Stay By My Side” from The Whomping Willows.

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Hello magical friends, and welcome to WZRD’s fifth anniversary! Can you believe we’ve been doing this for five whole years? I’m so impressed with us. I’ve got some fun ideas about how we should celebrate, but first let’s get this party started! Here’s “The Man in the Mirror” by the Sweetwater All-Stars.