Friday, May 30, 2014

UMMM, UMM, UMM! GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 07 IS HERE! BUILDIN' UP THE WAGRadio FLAGSHIP SERIES SO Y'ALL HAVE PLENTY OF JOYOUS NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC FOR AN IRIE 2014 SUMMAH! HOT, GREEZEE, TASTY AND SOULFUL ! ! !

                Photo: "breakfast for dinner" by rosidae

OH YES, OH YES . . . GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 07 ARRIVES A LITTLE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.  DJZigZag TELLS US THAT HE'S FRYIN' 'EM UP AND DISHING 'EM OUT AT A FASTER RATE THAN USUAL (he's workin' on G.B. 14-08 right now). THE REASON, HE SEZ, FOR SUCH RAPID WAGRadio STUDIO "A" PRODUCTION IS TWO-FOLD.
1. WE'RE SELLIN' THE WAGRadio SIXTY YEAR OLD LIBRARY - FROM LITTLE RICHARD and DR. FEELGOOD TO BIG PUN and JAH CURE.  IT'S ALL GOIN'.  STAY TUNED, RIGHT 'CHERE FOR MORE INFO'MASHUN!!  THAT MEANS SOME GREAT 'REITER RECORD RELICS' WILL BE INCLUDED IN ALL UP-COMING GROOVIN' BLUE SHOWS.
2.  DA ZIGMEISTER SEZ HE'S GETTIN' ALL HIS FAITHFUL LISTENERS READY FOR A WONDERFULLY MUSICAL SUMMER 2014.  HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS PLENTY OF "YOUR" MUSIC POD-BEANABLE ON WAGRadio.  "BLUESTERS" WILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE SHOWS THAN USUAL TO DIG ON THIS JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER.
GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 07 SEES KALADO, ISRAEL HOUGHTON, CHROMEO, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, TARRUS RILEY, DAVID PEASTON, CALEB SARIKEY, T.O.K. and MANY MORE GREAT BLACK MUSIC ARTISTS ON THE G.B. PLATE AND READY TO BE ENJOYED! !

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

TWENTY YEARS AFTER ARETHA . . . PHIL PERRY AND EVERETTE HARP AND THEIR VERSION OF "CALL ME".


FROM 1971 - THE FILLMORE WEST VENUE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - ARETHA, CAROLYN AND ERMA FRANKLIN AND "CALL ME". WONDERFUL!


WELL-LOVED CHANTERS AND GOOD FRIENDS OF WAGRadio PERFORM JUNE 7th AT VANCOUVER, BC's EDGEWATER CASINO IN "A NIGHT OF MOTOWN MUSIC" FEATUING FORMER TEMPS STAR RILEY INGE!


OLD PALS AND TALENTED PERFORMERS MR. BILLY "BROTHER CLEAN" DIXON AND KENTISH "THE PANTY MAN" STEELE WILL STAR ALONG WITH Ms. KAREN HOLNESS AND HEADLINER RILEY "TEMPTATIONS" INGE AT THE EDGEWATER CASINO IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER, B.C. FROM 8:00 'TIL MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 7th, 2014.
DOORS OPEN AT 7:30 - THE SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 PM.   TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE HAD BY CALLING 604.612.6898.
IT SHOULD BE A GREAT NITE OF NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC NOSTALGIA LED BY SOME OF VANCITY'S TOP RHYTHM 'N' BLUES PERFORMERS.

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

WAGRadio STAFFER PRESENTED WITH UNION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PERFORMERS 'SAM PAYNE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD'. CONGRATULATIONS BLU MANKUMA ! !


WAGRadio ANNOUNCER AND A FULL-TIME THESPIAN WITH AN AMAZING RESUME, BROTHER BLU MANKUMA (born James Michael George in Seattle, WA) WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED WITH THE U.B.C.P. SAM PAYNE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.  BLU'S CREDITS INCLUDE ACTOR, MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER, MUSIC PRODUCER, VOICE-OVER TALENT AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS SWEET-AS-HONEY MAN'S MELLIFLUOUS VOICE AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE GROOVIN' BLUE "SOUND".
CONGRATS TO A MULTI-TALENTED MAN!  SO VERY WELL DESERVED!!

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MORE "FOR ADULTS ONLY" MUSIC . . . IT'S BUSY SIGNAL AND HIS LATEST "PROFESSIONALLY". COMING UP ON WAGRadio's GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 07 !


WE MUST BE GETTIN' OLD CUZ WE SURPRISED AT THE OPENNESS OF THIS LOS ANGELES RADIO STATION INTERVIEW WITH OUR MAN - OMARION (ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE CHANTERS).


AINT' NOTHIN' SO SOULFUL AS WHEN YO' BABEE SINGS THE BLUES . . . HA HA . . . THIS IS GREAT ! HA HA !


Saturday, May 10, 2014

* * * SPRINGTIME GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 06 IS JUICY, BEEFY AND SUCCULANTLY FLAVOURFUL AND READY TO BE SOULFULLY SAVOURED - DIG IN ! ! * * *

                Photo: "are you gonna eat that?" - www.ugonnaeatthat.com

AH SPRINGTIME . . . AND THE WARMTH OF A HAPPY SUMMER 2014 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER . . . ENJOY THE ALL-NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 14-06 WITH MUSIC BY 504 GULLY, NOEL GOURDIN, KATHERINE ALEXANDER, STONE BWOY, SOLOMON BURKE, CLUB NOUVEAU, BUNGLE KNOT DREAD, BUSY SIGNAL, OMARION, MORRIS DAY & TIME, R. KELLY AND MANY MORE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC STARS ! !

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Monday, May 5, 2014

DAVID PEASTON & DIANNE REEVES SING "STORMY MONDAY" . . NUFF SAID ! ! !


OH WHAT A WONDERFULLY BOUNCY CHOON! THE JAMES DOUGLAS GROUP OUTTA ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AND (WHAT ELSE?) "WONDERFULLY".


PUT AWAY YOUR WORRIES, PUT AWAY YOUR TROUBLES AND SING ALONG WITH WAGRadio JAMROCK STAR TARRUS RILEY SINGING "MY DAY".


"ONE DAY EV'RYBODY GON' KNOW YOUR NAME" - 1,2,3,4 - IT'S "GET ON UP" THE FILM WE HAVE BEEN WAITIN' FOR - THE JAMES BROWN BIO-PIC ! ! SCREAM ! !


JUMP AND SHOUT ! ! IT'S USHER DANCIN' TO THE NEW MICHAEL JACKSON CHOON "LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD"!


LOS ANGELES FANS OF Ms. TONI BRAXTON GET TO HEAR THE WONDERFUL (AND MAYBE TUNE-OF-THE-YEAR) "I WISH" FOR THE FIRST TIME (Feb. 2014).


DJZigZag CONFIDED TO US THAT THIS CHOON DOES SOMETHING TO HIS NETHER REGIONS. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE'D BIN TA' HOLLAND. Ms. JAGUAR WRIGHT AND FROM 2002 - "THE WHAT IF'S" - SCORCHER ! !


LADIES AND GENNAMEN - PART TWO OF THE BBC DOC. "WELCOME TO THE GO GO".


LADIES AND GENNAMAN, GUYS AND GYALS ! THIS IS THE BBC DOCUMENTARY "WELCOME TO THE GO GO" PART ONE.


KARDINALL OFFISHALL (DJZigZag's 3rd cousin - twice removed) AND HIS LATEST RELEASE "FREEDOM" - LIVE!


ONE OF OUR FAVOURITES HERE AT WAGRadio - THE SINGER OMARION AND A SHORT SNIPPET OF HIS "SEX PLAYLIST" TRAILER .


LIVE FROM THE LATENITE U.S. TV SHOW "CONAN" - KENNY "BABYFACE" AND TONI BRAXTON with "HURT YOU".


DO NOT WALK OUT ! ! CUZ IT'S K. MICHELLE AND HER HUGE WAGRadio HIT CHOON "CAN'T RAISE A MAN".


THE VERY POWERFUL AND SOULFUL MS. CANDICE GLOVER and "CRIED".


YOU HAFTA REMEMBER . . . WAGRadio IS FOR ADULTS ONLY - NOT FOR CHILDREN ! ! THIS CHOON BY STONEBOY MAY OR MAY NOT BE PLAYED BY US . . . BUT WE GOTTA PLAY THE SALIENT, SALIFEROUS VIDEO ! !


ALL THESE EYES WATCHIN' ME . . . AND THEY AIN'T KIWIS, NEITHER . . . OUTTA NEW ZEALAND - THE VERY SOULFUL "BLACKBIRD" by FAT FREDDY'S DROP !


WHAT IN THA' WORLD IS . . . THAT MY FRIEND - IS CHI-TOWN "FOOTWORKIN' " - BRING THE SOUL OUT ! !