** LOTTA EAST END BROTHERS & SISTERS WILL BE PLAYIN' MUSIC FOR A WORTHY CAUSE THIS SUNDAY ! ! 2 - 5 P.M.

THE MAIN MAN AND DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LIVE MUSIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY,

MR. KEN GOURLEY,

SADLY PASSED RECENTLY

LEAVING HIS WIFE

THEDDA MARIE WITH THE TASK

OF HANDLING

THE FINANCIAL MOUNTAIN

THAT COMES FROM

A SUDDEN SPOUSAL LOSS.

THIS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20th

FROM 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

WAGRadio SUGGESTS YOU MAKE IT OUT TO THE WILDS OF SURREY

(home of so-many EastEnd ex-pats)

FOR AN AFTERNOON OF

NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC

featuring . . .

**STARS**

JOE CHAPPEL

CANDUS CHURCHILL

JUSTIN JAMES

ROSALIND KEENE (formerly of THE APPOLOS)

DOUG "THE GOOD SON" LOUIE

JOANI TAYLOR

SIBEL THRASHER

MICHAEL VINCENT

and

HENRY "FONG PAY" YOUNG

TRUE TO THE EAST END HUMOUR OF

YOUNG LOUIE & JAMES

(Hey! What a great name for a group!)

THE TRIO BACKING UP ALL THE WONDERFUL CHANTEUSIES IS CALLING THEMSELVES

"THE CHINESE DRIVER BAND"

. . . driving Mr. James NuTs! no doubt!

THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT AFTERNOON !

AND ONLY $5.00 ADMISSION.

CHEQUES and CASH can be put into a supplied DONATIONS BOX also.

Sponsored by BC Live Music Preservation Society

at

Bill & Cynthia's South Surrey home

13681 18th Ave.

email: gypsysin@shaw.ca phone: (604) 535-3644

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RAPHAEL SAADIQ & INDIA.ARIE IN VANCITY THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 2Oth - AS PART OF THE CITY'S CULTURAL OLYMPIAD

NU-SOUL ARTISTS RAPHAEL SAADIQ AND INDIA.ARIE

WILL BE PLAYING

THE ORPHEUM THEATRE

IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER ON SATURDAY NITE ! !

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WAGRadio broadcasts NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC on the WORLD-WIDE WEB from VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA in CANADA . . .

VIDEO by DAVID and DAN NEWCOMB

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HOMETOWN SOULBROTHER #1 DONNY GERRARD TO APPEAR WITH MAVIS STAPLES AT VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND - JULY 17-19

The man who many regard as the most soulful singer to come outta Canada will be visiting his home town on Sunday, July 19th.   

As a three year veteran of the world-travelled MAVIS STAPLES  entourage, 

DONNY GERRARD  motor-vates in from the Soul Gospel queen's Saturday appearance at the Winthrop Washington Blues Festival to a Sunday nite performance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival but then immediately heads out of Van-City the next morning.  Such is the life of a world renowned entertainer such as M. Staples.  Unfortunately for Vancouver-born Donny (he lives in LA) this allows only a quick visit with family and many close and well-loved friends.

As far as the more-than-three-decade-old music festival itself . . .

It looks like these are the VFMF musical acts that WAGRadio fans would dig;

Friday 17th /9:45pm - ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Saturday 18th /1:40pm - COREY HARRIS

Sunday 19th/9:15pm MAVIS STAPLES

Photo: Donny and Mavis celebrate her 70th birthday at Lake Tahoe on Saturday, July 11th.

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FROM JUNE 26th UNTIL JULY 5th Canada Trust VANCOUVER INTL. JAZZ FESTIVAL

IF YOU ARE VISITING VanCity IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE YOU WILL WANT TO TAKE IN SOME OF THE MUSIC THAT WILL BE FEATURED AS PART OF THE Canada Trust VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL.

WAGRadio's picks include;

June 26 THE DAVID SANBORN GROUP 

[7:30 - Centre For The Performing Arts]

June 26 KING SUNNY ADE & his AFRICAN BEATS

[9:30 - Commodore Ballroom]

June 26 BRAD TURNER QUARTET 

[8:00 - The Ironworks]

June 28 THE MONTEREY QUARTET (GONZALO RUBALCABA on piano / opening act BRAD TURNER's group) [7:30 - Centre For The Perf. Arts]

June 29 SONNY ROLLINS [8:00 - Orpheum Theatre]

June 30 KENNY WERNER QUINTET (Pianist Werner has DAVID SANCHEZ on tenor and RANDY BRECKER on trumpet - say no more!) 

[7:30 - Centre For The Performing Arts]

July 1 BOB MURPHY QUARTET 

[8:00 - The Ironworks] 

July 3  OLA ONABULE * (Brit Soul Singer) 

* DJZigZag recommends this performer . . .

[9:00 - Performance Works]

July 4  CHUCHO VALDES QUINTET / HUGH FRASER QUINTET 

[7:30 - Centre For The Performing Arts]

July 5  JENNIFER SCOTT & RENE WORST 

[2:00 pm - Taproom @ Granville Island Brewing]

***PLEASE RE-CHECK ALL TIMES / DATES & VENUES AT coastaljazz.ca ***

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Photo: Terrenzo Wong

"Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay, Wastin' time . . ."

WAGRadio mascot Hudson Bear reflects & listens to the music drifting on shore from one of the Fraser River fishing boats off Sapperton Bar, British Columbia, Canada.  Its the sounds of the latest 'Groovin' Blue' [GB 09-06].

H. Bear sez he likes to "sit at the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away...".  We appreciate the soulful sentiment but don't have the heart to tell him that while the mighty Fraser is tidal - there is no 'bay' because its a river.  

Radio insider Ted Wendland informs WAGRadio that the laid back bruin hasn't had a real job since the so-called Summer of Love (1967) when he performed some audio tape clean-up work for Jolly John Tanner and Bren Traff at Canada's first Underground Rock Radio station - CKLG-FM.

Photo: Bear Keester 

Back, back, back, back before 'back in the day'

The 1970 CKVN [VanCity] survey is courtesy of former CFMI FM / CKNW AM music director Ted Wendland.