From the Soundboard is a show that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. Artist and/or group perfecting the art of “call and response” with its audience. On Wednesday, May 15, NYC Dance Parade returns for this WBAI 2013 fundraiser special. Where we will offer Dance Parade related premiums, speak about how WBAI and NYC Dance Parade is so awesome and why you should care and support both of these things. Mutual lovefest through Dance music during the overnight.

From the Soundboard is a show that focuses on concerts regardless of genre. Artist and/or group perfecting the art of “call and response” with its audience. On Wednesday, May 8, the last show before the start of the Spring Fundraiser for WBAI we will focus on one of the premeire Acid Jazz bands (who’s also performing at a upcoming event to benefit WBAI), Groove Collective.  Click here for more info about the event.

“Groove Collective is exactly what it professes to be — a musical mutant, refusing to conform to any single genre or style. The group’s statement of purpose dictates, “From this point on, there will be no more barriers, no more forced separations between musical styles, cultures or social classes, because melodies and rhythms are universal languages that don’t need words to be understood.” [Joshua Gross - Metrotimes]

From the Soundboard is a show that focuses on concerts regardless of genre. Artist and/or group perfecting the art of “call and response” with its audience.   On Wednesday, April 3, wewill focus on one of Nelson Mandela’s favorite artists, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

“Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was one of the most loved of Russian composers. His music is famous for its strong emotion, and his technical skill and strict work habits helped guarantee its lasting appeal.”  [Encyclopedia of World Briography]

From the Soundboard is a show that focuses on concerts regardless of genre. Artist and/or group perfecting the art of “call and response” with its audience. On Wednesday, March 6 in honor of Women History Month, we will focus on the First Ladies of Funk, Labelle.

“The female trio responsible for the proto-disco funk classic “Lady Marmalade,” LaBelle’s outlandish space-age costumes and brash incorporation of rock & roll were a far cry from their early days as a typical ’60s girl group, not to mention the later solo career of frontwoman Patti LaBelle. While Patti naturally seems like the focal point in hindsight, the group was also blessed with a talented and prolific songwriter in Nona Hendryx, who followed an idiosyncratic muse into her own mercurial solo career, which often bordered on the avant-garde.” [Steve Huey - All Music Guide]

From the Soundboard is a show that focuses on concerts regardless of genre. Artist and/or group perfecting the art of “call and response” with its audience. On Wednesday, November 28 in recognition of his recent passing, we will focus on the brilliant (and grossly overlooked) singer/songwriter Terry Callier.

“Terry Callier (was born in Chicago and was friends with Curtis Mayfield and the singer Jerry Butler as a child) a veteran musician who released a handful of critically acclaimed jazz-folk albums in the Seventies and toured with George Benson and Gil Scott-Heron, had scant commercial success at the time, and had given up his musical career in the Eighties to raise his daughter. He was working at the University of Chicago as a computer programmer in the early Nineties when his music was rediscovered in England, sparking a career revival.” [Rolling Stone]

From the Soundboard – Terry Callier
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
3 am to 5 am
WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC
www.wbai.org worldwide

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