Results for "Radio"

STLJN Audio Archive: Pow! Jeanne Trevor Sings!!

September 19, 2011

For this week's Audio Archive post, we reach back to 1965 for the first full-length recording by one of St. Louis' longtime favorites, singer Jeanne Trevor. Pow! Jeanne Trevor Sings!! originally was released on the Mainstream label and is revived here courtesy of the music-sharing blog Soundological Investimigations. Drawing inspiration from the classic tradition of female ...

The Jazz Session #310: Chris Tarry

September 19, 2011

Bassist Chris Tarry has just released Rest of the Story, an ambitious project that combines an album of new music with a collection of his short fiction. In this interview, Tarry talks about creating in two very different worlds; how we was able to move from concept to creation of this large work; and why he ...

Attention Sirius: Netflix Just Lost 600,000 Subscribers...

September 17, 2011

Is Sirius playing an incredibly dangerous game here? The question is being posed against a horrific situation for Netflix, which is now losing approximately 600,000 subscribers since June on the backs of an unpopular rate hike (among other modifications). Sirius XM Radio is preparing its own increases on January 1st. And, that's just the month-end forecast ...

Butterbeans & Susie Vaudeville Cabaret This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

September 16, 2011

This week, on Riverwalk Jazz, the comic interplay between Butterbeans and Susie is brought to life by Broadway's Vernel Bagneris and acclaimed jazz vocalist Topsy Chapman. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band provides a musical backdrop steeped in jazz and blues of black vaudeville of the '20s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio ...

The Jazz Session #309: The Respect Sextet

September 15, 2011

Will They Notice? Sirius Now Raising Its Monthly Rates....

September 15, 2011

Great service and all, but is Sirius getting a little overconfident here? The company is now raising the monthly subscription charge on its basic package to $14.49, from $12.95 currently, according to details shared earlier today. That's the first basic hike since 2002, and changes go into effect January 1st, 2012. The move comes amidst some ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 5, 2011

September 13, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Giacomo Gates Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs Of Gil Scott-Heron (Savant) 218 220 -2 0 57 1 4 2 14 5 Warren Wolf Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue) 187 133 +54 0 53 2 4 3 5 9 Cedar Walton The Bouncer (HighNote) 178 ...

WICN to be the Home of the New England Jazz Hall of Fame in Worcester, Massachusetts

September 12, 2011

WICN 90.5 FM Public Radio is going to be home to the New England Jazz Hall of Fame, a tribute to the greats who have made the region's jazz scene so vibrant. The Hall of Fame is a special project of the New England Jazz Alliance (NEJA), which initiated it as a traveling exhibit in 2001. ...

STLJN Audio Archive: Human Arts Ensemble - Whisper of Dharma

September 12, 2011

This week's Audio Archive post comes to us once again from the fine avant-jazz music sharing blog Nothing Is v2.0, and features Whisper of Dharma, a rare album by the Human Arts Ensemble that originally was issued in 1972 on the Committee for Universal Justice label (pictured, above left), and later reissued in 1977 on Arista ...

Jazz Radio Returns a Second Time! Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back!

September 11, 2011

'Reeds & Deeds II' is returning for a second full year on WECB! The jazz radio program that made a big splash on the internet airwaves is back with more exclusive content, brand new tracks and exciting interviews. Lydia Liebman's radio program ran from September to May last year on Emerson College's internet radio station, WECB. ...