 Dear Listener, July is here, and WICN is ready to have a music parade. Of course the parade goes all day and night at 90.5. Pianist Mulgrew Miller is our artist of the month. Mulgrew died unexpectedly just a few weeks ago. He was a brilliant talent and highly respected. This is our way of letting you not forget just how great he was! Host Michael Feinstein is back with an all-new Song Travels program. Starting this Wednesday at 6pm, Michael will welcome exciting guests like Mark O'Connor, Madeleine Peyroux, Barry Manilow and Johnny Mathis. This is a refreshing hour of music and talk. Check it out! Happy July 4th from all of us at WICN. Have a safe holiday and enjoy the fireworks. Gerry Weston |
2013 Swing at Sunset Concert Series Friday Evenings: June 28 - August 2, 2013
Veteran Inc.
6:30-8:30 PM  Join us this summer for some of the finest big band music in jazz with the Swing at Sunset concert series at Veteran's Inc. in Shrewsbury on Friday evenings throughout the summer. The Compaq Big Band : July 12 Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo: July 19
The Wolverine Jazz Band: July 26 The World Famous Hal McIntyre Orchestra: August 2
Veterans Inc., 59 South St., Shrewsbury, MA To buy tickets or find more info on the event, visit |
| | | Programming of Note: Jazz at Lincoln Center: Monty Alexander: Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra  At first blush, this Jamaican pianist seems an unlikely leader to honor a "king" and a "chairman of the board." But Monty Alexander discovered jazz at a Nat King Cole concert and played his first New Work gig at Sinatra's old haunt called 'Jilly's.' Alexander offers fresh, inventive readings on "Sweet Lorraine", "Come Fly with Me" and more- with vocalists James DeFrances and Allan Harris. Read More... Soul Serenade: Syl Johnson Monday, July 1, 7PM  Tom Lucci subs for Tom Shaker on a summer edition of the Soul Serenade, Monday July 1 at 7:00pm. In the 9:00pm Spotlight will be the great Syl Johnson. A longtime R&B stalwart of willie Mitchell's Hi Records, we bring Syl out of Al Green's shadow for a well deserved 77th birthday bow!
Read More... Jazz Inspired: Dick Hyman Tuesday, July 2, 6PM Pianist/composer talks about his work for Woody Allen on early TV.
Song Travels with Michael Feinstein: Mark O'Connor Grammy-winning violinist Mark O'Connor is at home playing bluegrass, country, jazz, and classical. And his approach to teach strings is considered a rival to the Suzuki method. Feinstein and O'Connor get together to explore American music, including a performance of Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'," on this week's Song Travels. Folk Revival: Liberty Songs Thursday, July 4, 7PM Celebrate Independence Day with host Nick Noble playing the music of Josh Joffen, the New Christy Minstrels, Schooner Fare, the Limeliters, and many more! Read More...
JazzSet: Wynton Marsalis & Vince Giordano Play Louis Armstrong
For the Fourth of July and Armstrong's purported birthday, music from New Years Eve at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Marsalis brings the trumpet; Giordano brings the arrangements, tube, string bass, and bass clarinet. Band members are a merger of both men's working groups. Inquiry: Amy Elizabeth Skinner & Ernesta Corvino Sunday, July 7, 9:00PM Amy Elizabeth Skinner is a photographer and Director of Digital Communications at the Guggenheim Foundation. For almost a year now she has been taking photographs of herself in the office, at home and on the streets of New York City every single day and posting them for the public to critique. Tune in and find out how she manages to take such wonderful pictures of herself, how she chooses her settings and how she started this amazing project. Ernesta Corvino, a New York-based ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer whose life has been dedicated to dancing and teaching dance to young and old. Tune in and listen to Ernesta talk about her legendary father Alfredo Corvino, how she came to embrace dance as her "art" and the "Corvino Approach" to teaching dance. For more information on her classes and some wonderful pictures of the entire talented family got to: http://www.corvinoballet.org/ Read More... Business Beat: Peggy Middaugh & Evelyn Herwitz of Worcester Tree Initiative Sunday, July 7, 10PM In an encore interview Steve D'Agostino, chief pilot of "Best Rate of Climb," interviews Peggy Middaugh (executive director), and Evelyn Herwitz (a sponsor of the Worcester Tree Initiative). They talk about rebuilding Worcester's urban forests. The Worcester Tree Initiative is a non-profit effort to reforest Worcester and surrounding communities. Public Eye: Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti Sunday, July 7, 10:30PM The rapid acceleration of technology is forever changing the workplace, jobs and future career paths. Will this new technology displace any of today's workers? Tune in this Sunday evening at 10:30pm when Al speaks with Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, a leading career expert and visiting scholar at Stanford University. Read More... |
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Artist of the Month Mulgrew Miller We are taking this month to remember Mulgrew Miller who recently passed away on May 29, 2013 at age 57 due to a cerebral hemorrhage. He was an influential pianist regarded as one of the finest mainstream jazz players of his generation. The versatile pianist made hundreds of recordings and worked with a series of imposing jazz leaders. Read More... |
Blues Barbecue Roomful of Blues With a special guest opening act Bruce Bears and threadbarefynn
Tower Hill Botanical Gardens
Sunday, July 28th at 5:30pm
Masterful combination of jumpy, horn-heavy, hard-edged blues and R&B! One of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world. They have never sounded fresher or stronger than with their current line-up!.
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WICN PRESENTS....SUNNY PORTUGAL!
Nov. 15 - Nov. 24, 2013
This November, discover a historic land of great explorers along with vocalist and pianist Amanda Carr. Enjoy time on Portugal's beautiful "Silver Coast" dotted with charming villages, magical castles, and miles of pastoral scenery, and spend three nights in the Algarve.
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 From Sauvignon to Cabernet, Merlot to Chardonay, members can now buy a bottle of wine and help support WICN. Share a night with someone special on behalf of WICN! |
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