Musical ramblings from the manager
Wonderful! The new Rusty Wright Band CD Wonder Man is wonderful! When they last visited Upper Michigan for two performances at the Ontonagon Theater for the Performing Arts in March of 2014, they were promoting their last release This, That, and the Other Thing. A wonderful CD in its’ own right, TT&OT was recorded with […]
Robert Colclasure: aka Rouse. I knew Bob in passing the first couple of years I was in Ontonagon as he was subbing at OASD from time to time. I first realized what a funny, talented guy he really was when I hosted a little musical gathering in my basement for anyone who wanted to show […]
Okay music fans – complete the song lyric in the title – go ahead, I will wait. If you had ‘in perfect harmony’ pop in your head (where it is probably now stuck)(sorry), you win the grand prize. Now the bonus round: Who wrote it? This FTV isn’t actually about that commercial (yes, it was […]
Guitar World magazine has a Q & A feature in every issue that asks a famous guitar player about their first live gig. Monthly reading of this section spurred me to start thinking about my earliest gigs and it was fun remembering how enjoyable (and how much work) it was putting a band together. I […]
The WOAS West Coast Bureau recently sent me a copy of a CD by Noel Gallagher and his current band High Flying Birds. Our WCB music guru Todd has been making me compilations of Oasis songs for quite some time. I was only a casual fan when they first arrived on the world stage, but […]
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 […]