| | | |  Dear Listener, The summer is flying, and so are we. Right into your home, car, computer or mobile device. Don't forget if you have an android smartphone you can download our new WICN App. We'll have an App for iPhones ready by winter. Saxophonist Eric Alexander is our August artist of the month. This young lion has already built an impressive recording catalog. Both as a sideman and leader. Enjoy Eric all month long as we celebrate another warm Massachusetts August!
Gerry Weston General Manager |
| 3rd Annual ROCKPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA August 13- 17  Ali Jackson ........................................ Wednesday, August 13 8PM Cyrille Aimee ........................................ Thursday, August 14 8PM Donal Fox .................................................... Friday, August 15 8PM Kenny Barron Trio .............................. Saturday, August 16 8PM Swing Xing ................................................. Sunday, August 17 2PM Christian McBride .................................. Sunday, August 17 7PM
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Gloucester Blues Festival Saturday, August 9, 2014, 11AM On the Beach At Stage Fort Park Gloucester, MA World-class blues will reverberate through Stage Fort Park with some of the nation's finest performers at the third annual Gloucester Blues Festival. Located right on the waterfront on beautiful Cressey's Beach in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The event will have a beer garden, outstanding food and craft vendors. Gates open at 9AM, and Music starts at 11AM!
Ronnie Baker Brooks, Tinsley Ellis, Victor Wainwright, Debbie Davies, Biscuit Miller, Sugar Ray & The Bluetones and Willie J. Laws
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| Selwyn Birchwood at the Regattabar, Cambridge, MA August 23, 7:30PM 
Selwyn Birchwood, Florida's rising young blues fireball, is a guitar and lap-steel-playing bundle of pure energy. He delivers his original songs with a revival tent preacher's fervor and a natural storyteller's charisma made all the more impactful by his raw, unvarnished vocals.
Tune in to Saturday Night Fish Fry on August 16th, as Norm Rosen interviews Selwyn Birchwood about his upcoming show with Guitar Shorty at the Regattabar.
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 Want to get a taste of true Cuban Jazz? Come experience the heart and soul of Cuban Jazz on our "Jazzing in Cuba" excursion. Departing from Miami on October 30th, we will be traveling around Havana, Cuba for 5 days with the other jazz fans. Experiences include the world famous Tropicana Show, Palace of the Revolution, the Old Havana walking tour, a trip through Papa Hemmingway's farm, and opportunities to discover exclusive Cuban Jazz events for this trip only. Jazzing in Cuba is licensed through Premier World Discovery and is a partnership between WICN and other leading U.S. jazz stations. |
| Programming of Note: Jazz at Lincoln Center: Father of the Mambo: The Music of Cachao Lopez Monday, Aug 4 , 6PM "Mambo," translated from Kikongo (the Creole language of Cuba), means "conversation with the gods." With Afro-Cuban rhythms and other notes from this divine conversation, Cuban bassist "Cachao" Lopez (and his brother) enlightened the jazz world and brought forth the mambo; Stay tune as Wendell Pierce hosts. Read More...
Soul Serenade: Gerald Alston Monday, Aug 4, 7PM  Join host Tom Shaker as he welcomes the lead singer of the legendary Manhattans to the Soul Serenade. For over five decades the Manhattans have been one of soul music's most successful groups, with hits like "Kiss & Say Goodbye" & "Shining Star."
Read More... Jazz Inspired: Vince Giordano Musician and early jazz scholar Vince Giordano fell in love with twenties and thirties jazz at an early age and carries on the tradition performing with his band "The Nighthawks." Vince discusses bringing this music to a broader audience and especially the importance of young people hearing jazz live.
Roots of Smooth: Toots Thielemans Wednesday, Aug 6, 6PM Born in Brussels, Belgium on April, 29 1922. He played accordion as a child and started playing harmonica as a hobby. Toots originated a new sound by whistling and playing the guitar in unison, which he did for commercials; the best known is "Old Spice," and in 1962 he composed "Bluesette" receiving several awards.
Folk Revival: Old Friends & New Bill & Eli Perras will be live in-studio guests, and there will be tracks from newly acquired CDs, plus a few old favorites Read More...
Colors of Jazz: Drummer Will Calhoun: Living Jazz Plus Life in this World Saturday, Aug 9, 4PM  Catch Colors of Jazz when two time GRAMMY award winning drummer Will Calhoun joins host Bonnie Johnson. He'll talk about touring the world with rock band Living Colour and honing in on his career in jazz with his album "Life In This World," released in 2013 with Motéma Music.
Read More... Inquiry: Tim Hanley & Trina Robbins Sunday, Aug 10, 9PM Tonight on Inquiry we talk with comic book historian Tim Hanley about his wild new history WONDER WOMAN UNBOUND: THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS HEROINE. Also on Inquiry we talk with writer and artist Trina Robbins. She is now one of the foremost authorities on the history of women comic artists. Trina Robbins' latest book is PRETTY IN INK: NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN CARTOONISTS 1896-2013. Read More... Business Beat: Douglas Quattrochi and Rich Trifone  (Encore) Sunday, Aug 10, 10pm In an encore episode of The Business Beat, Steve Jones D'Agostino interviews Douglas Quattrochi, part-time executive director of the Worcester Property Owners Association since December 2013 and Rich Trifone, WPOA's membership coordinator and a Realtor with RE/Max Vision. This episode aired originally on March 16, 2014. Sunday, Aug 10, 10:30PM This week Al's guest is best selling author and journalist Hampton Side. His new book "In The Kingdom of Ice" depicts the ill-fated journey of the USS Jeannette, a nineteenth-century US naval expedition to chart the North Pole.
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WICN Offical Application
For Android Phones
WICN is pleased to announce our new Android phone app available on Google Play. Listen to the station live, view upcoming shows, listen to podcasts, and so much more!
Have an iPhone instead? Be patient iOS users -- a team has already been assembled to develop an iOS app next! |
Eric Alexander  Eric Alexander started piano lessons at the age of six. He took up the clarinet at nine and switched to alto sax three years later. The tenor sax became his obsession at Indiana University Bloomington (1986-87). After transferring to William Paterson College in New Jersey he studied with Harold Mabern, Joe Lovano, Rufus Reid, and others.
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Main South Market Fuller Family Park Saturdays June 14- November 1 9:30 am - 2 pm Crafts, free kids activities, live music and art! Beaver Brook Market Beaver Brook Park
Monday & Friday June 16 - October 31 9:30 am - 2 pm Mobile Market Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday June 17 - October 30
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