Musical ramblings from the manager
Barry Manilow spent a good deal of time on the road in 2014 and 2015 for what he was calling his ‘farewell tour’. While this may or may not be true based on other musical artist’s habits of making multiple ‘farewell tours’ (ie: Cher, The Rolling Stones), no one can doubt the recorded legacy Manilow […]
Another King and a Muleskinner have left the building. While we should feel sad that they are no longer with us, we should also feel a sense of jubilation for the mark they left in the music world. Though BB King passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, he was never that far […]
Right off the bat, I should point out that I don’t like clowns. I never have. I am not sure why I developed a negative reaction to greasepaint, but I vividly remember when I became aware of it. My older brother dragged me to the circus set up in the field across from our house […]
One of the things I absolutely love about working at WOAS-FM is finding golden nuggets. No, I have that backwards: I absolutely love when a golden nugget finds us. We get promotional CDs and information from bands and artists all the time. We make it a point to play the music they send us and […]
Over the last ten years, we have had the opportunity to put some fantastic musicians in front of our students. Living on the north end of US 45 makes importing high quality musical programs an expensive proposition. In many cases, we have been able to partner with the Ontonagon Theater for the Performing Arts, but […]