** LATEST COPY OF ENGLAND'S 'BLUES & RHYTHM' MAGAZINE ARRIVES ** PERFECT TIMING CUZ DJZigZag IS RECUPERATING AT HOME . . . NOW LET'S SEE THOSE BACK COPIES TOO ! !

We here at WAGRadio have subscriptions to a few good magazines.  Each and every issue of "In The Basement", "Juke Blues", "Jazziz", "Blues & Rhythm" and "Wax Poetics" is read from cover to cover and passed around the station.  Sweet Daddy Fonk's favourite is "In The Basement" and he looks forward to seeing this wonderful  mag up and running again soon.  

It seems that DJZigZag is always anticipating the latest issue of "Blues & Rhythm".  Editor Tony Burke and his co-horts - Byron Foulger, Tony Watson, Phil Wight, Mike Stephenson, Ray Templeton and Norman Dawson have always been a group of, not only, very professional journalists, but just-plain-good-guys in our dealings over the years.  

Interestingly, the cover design is by local Vancouverite Bob McGrath (originally a Brit) who also publishes through Eyeball Productions, the much-heralded Soul, Blues and R&B Indies discographies.  Bob's latest gem (co-produced with Les Fancourt) is 'The Blues Discography: 1943-1970'.  

DJZigZag just spent an hour with Bob McG. in West Vancouver, B.C. chatting and picking up 4 copies of this current tome for;  WAGRadio's library, Mike "EastEndKingaDaBlues" Cvetkovich, Ari "King Records" Anas and Co-Op Radio's "Blues In The Night" host and producer Ron Simmonds.

One of the great things about Blues & Rhythm magazine is the generous New World African American Music knowledge that pours forth from each new monthly issue (currently #274).  

While DJZZ and WAGRadio's 'Groovin' Blue' program features Frank Ocean, Usher, Masspike Miles, R Kelly, Andre 3000, Sizzla Kolonji  etc - we are also very knowledgeable of and have lived the music in the 1950's and '60's.  The stories and history of West Coast black-musicologist Mike Cvetkovich also provides us with a look-back to the wonderful 1940's.  Not only does Blues & Rhythm fill in the details and sweep us along the New World African Music road to days long in the past they also feature the music we grew up with plus today's Soul, R'n'B and Blues scene.  What a great, great magazine.

www.bluesandrhythm.co.uk

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* * GOIN' WAY BACK FO' DIS CHERE - MUDDY WATERS IN THIS WONDERFUL "HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN" SEGMENT FROM THE FULL LENGTH FILM "CHICAGO BLUES" * *

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"Ya gotta go ta' church, ta get this paticulah thang in y'soul" sez McKinley "MUDDY WATERS" Morganfield at the end of this four minute clip from the 1970 British film "Chicago Blues".
Great shots of the '70 crowd in a Chi-Town blues club.  With Buddy Guy (gtr), Paul Oscher (harp).

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OH HOLY 5H1+ - OUR BOY'S DONE IT ONE MO' 'GAIN . . . USHER DA BRUVVA has a HUGE WAGRadio HIT SINGLE WITH "DIVE" - LOOK FOR IT ON THE UPCOMING WAGRadio FALL 2012 TOP ONE HUNDRED as well as GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 11 ! ! ! SOUL SHEARS IT'S WAY INTO OUR HEART WITH BRUVVA USHER ! ! !

* * GREAT HOUR AND A HALF DOC 'BOUT TURNTABLEISM (Hip Hop DJing) - full film . . .

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Oh, I know ya' gon' enjoy this full length documentary "SCRATCH" by film-maker DOUG PRAY.

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HERE'S THE LATEST GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 10 ! GO FOR WHAT YOU KNOW ! ! ! GREEZY GOODNESS ON A HOT PLATE ! !

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DA LATEST GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 10 IS PACKED W/ JAZZ, SOUL, REGGAE, FUNK . . .

SOME OLD - TEMPTATIONS, MELODIANS, DEE DEE WARWICK - A WHOLE LOT NEW . . SNOOP LION, FRANK OCEAN, DIVINE BROWN, CHRIS CAB, BEANIE SIGEL . . . SOME JAZZY - IBRAHIM MAALOUF, KENNY GARRETT, RAY BRYANT . . . AND A WHOLE LOT SOULFUL - TERRY "FINGERS" BRADFORD QUARTET, JOHN LEGEND, ANITA BAKER and MR. 704 . . .  THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC ! !

Photo: "Bacon and egg breakfast" - bour3

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SO . . . . ANY GOOD PLAYERS ON THIS VIDEO ? . . . JUST SOME GUYS NAMED GIOVANNI HIDALGO & ANTHONY JACKSON BACKING UP PIANIST EXTRAORDINAIRE MICHEL CAMILO ! ! ! THEY PLAYIN' LEE MORGAN'S "SIDEWINDER" . . .

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WHAT A THRILL FOR THESE LATIN JAZZ FANS IN SPAIN.

THREE GIANTS OF AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ. (July 15, 2011 / Vitoria, Spain)

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THE WONDERFUL 'JAZZWAX' MUSIC BLOG DOES IT AGAIN . . . by featuring THE THREE PART BBC TV SERIES "REGGAE: THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC - One hour each . . .

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THE MIGHTY FINE MUSIC BLOG 'JAZZWAX' originating FROM THE MIND OF Mr. MARC MYERS (2012 Jazz Journalist's 'Best Blog Award)

 http://www.JazzWax.com/

HAS JUST TURNED ALL OF US HERE AT WAGRadio ON TO THE 2008 BBC TV SERIES DEFINING  JAMROCK MUSIC.  

THIS IS THE PERFECT FOLLOW-UP TO OUR RAMBLINGS REGARDING SNOOP LION &  RASTAFARIANISM.

Part Two & Three can be found on the DOCUMENTARIES - YouTube channel.

www.youtube.com/user/DOCUMENTARIES?feature=watch

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ANOTHER GIANT SUMMER HIT ON WAGRadio - IT'S THE MUCCI MAN - SCARRA MUCCI and HIS WINNER "JAH BLESSINGS" (Weedy G Soundforce Prod.)

A TOP TEN SUMMER HIT ON WAGRadio - THE RELENTLESS JAMROCK SOULFULNESS OF Mr. MUCCI and "JAH BLESSINGS" !

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ALL THIS VIDEO IS . . . IS GRATUITOUS SEX . . . SO IF HALF, SEMI & FULLY NAKED BIG BOOTIED WOMEN ARE WHERE YOU SIT INTELLEKTCHALLY . . . THIS VIDEO IS FOR ALL Y'ALL ! ! !

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MRS. WILLIAMS SON BRANDON DONE CALLED HISSEFF URBAN MYSTIC and WITH THAT NAME CHANGE . . . BROUGHT US A TOP THREE HIT ON WAGRadio !

"NAME ON IT" WAS A FAVOURITE OF ALL OF US AND FIT THE GROOVIN' BLUE FORMAT PERFECTLY.  

"There's a key at the front desk (and then) I'm gonna put my name on it ! !"

HA HA -  Oh Lord, URBAN MYSTIC.

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WORLD WIDE STAR SNOOP DOGG BECOMES RASTAFARIAN - CALL HIM SNOOP LION . . . * * THIS REBIRTH IS HUGE IN THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC WORLD ! ! ! * *

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WE HERE AT WAGRadio SELDOM MOVE INTO A POLITICAL or RELIGIOUS MODE.

WE HERE AT WAGRadio HOLD NO POLITICAL or RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE FEELINGS OR IDEAS ABOUT RELIGION and POLITICS.

WE HAVE SPOKEN OUT RECENTLY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIC PREJUDICE IN JAMAICAN MUSIC (in fact we recently edited out homophobic lyrics in the choon "Take You There" by HEFLA NYAH).

WE HERE AT WAGRadio MAKE THIS OFFICIAL STATEMENT ABOUT Mr. CALVIN CORDOZAR BROADUS, Jr. better known as SNOOP DOGG BECOMING A  RASTAFARIAN AND ADOPTING THE AWE-INSPIRING NAME - SNOOP LION.

FOR A LONG TIME WE'VE HELD THE THEORY THAT RASTAFARIANISM WILL ONE DAY ATTAIN THE STATUS OF A MAJOR WORLD WIDE RELIGION PLAYING OUT ITS COURSE ALONGSIDE JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, BUDDHISM, MOSLEMISM, HINDUISM etc.

WITH GANJA (marijuana) HAVING A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SACRED RASTAFARI RITUALS AND THE LOVE OF WEED IN THE REST OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION REACHING LAW-CHANGING PROPORTIONS THIS "... LARGEST, MOST IDENTIFIABLE, INDIGENOUS MOVEMENT IN JAMAICA (as well as) the UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA and AFRICA" WILL BECOME (we predict) A MAJOR WORLD RELIGION IN SIXTY YEARS.
THE POWER OF THE NYABINGI DRUM (the root of Reggae) HAS ALSO BECOME A WORLD FORCE IN POPULAR MUSIC.  REGGAE ARTISTS' TOUR ITINERARIES OFTEN INCLUDE ASIA, EUROPE, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA IN A THREE MONTH TOUR.  A TOP JAMROCK ARTIST CAN PLAY CAPETOWN ONE NIGHT AND BERLIN AND BOSTON THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS.  

WITH THE PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL ARTIST SNOOP DOGG ANNOUNCING THAT HE IS NOW A FOLLOWER OF THE BLACK MESSIAH, HAILE SELASSIE, FORMER EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA, THE STAGE IS SET FOR OTHER NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSICIANS, POLITICIANS and PERSONALITIES TO JOIN THE MESSIANIC MOVEMENT (its been around since the 1930's).

ALL OF US HERE AT WAGRadio WILL HAVE LONG-LEFT THIS MORTAL COIL (more than likely) WHEN  OUR PREDICTION COMES TO FRUITION.  OUR REAL HOPE IS THAT THE GENTLENESS OF THIS RELIGION SUPPLANTS ITS MISTRUST OF OTHER RACES AND ITS CULTURAL  HOMOPHOBIA BY THE TIME THIS WORLD FORCE COMES TO POWER.

quoted excerpt is from: "The Rastafarians" by Leonard E. Barrett, Sr.

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WAGRadio's STUDIO "B" WAKES TO THE TIDAL MEANDERINGS of the MIGHTY FRASER RIVER SLOWLY SLIDING BY and BRINGING PROMISE OF AN ALL NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 10

Recently, at its most tumultuous, the Fraser River cutting around the bend in front of WAGRadio studios has pushed 11,500 to 13,000 cubic metres of itself out to the Pacific Ocean.  And that's per second!

The constantly changing waterway - one of the world's great rivers - is a creative inspiration to and enhances the New World African Music sound of WAGRadio's Groovin' Blue format.

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THIS AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A FOTO OF "B" . . . SO HOW COME IT MAKES US FEEL SO GOOD (suppressing a little chuckle at the main man's "yeah, baby-ness")

We here at WAGRadio are guessin' 1956 . . . makin' the Blue One 29 or 30 years old . . . 
What do you think?

Thanks to one of our constant contributors Bro' Don Chessa.

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WESLEY ! WESLEY ! ! WESLEY ! ! ! - A LITTLE BIT O' "TWISTED BLUES" by THE WES MONTGOMERY QUARTET (Belgium 1965)

THIS WAS TWO YEARS BEFORE GROOVIN' BLUE FIRST AIRED ON CKLG-FM in VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA but THE Hastings Street East BOYZ was already deep into DIGGIN' MASTER MONTGOMERY from their East Van home. . .

Jimmy Lovelace - drums
Harold Mabern - piano
Arthur Harper Jr. - bass
Wesley Montgomery - geetar

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OH MAN, OH MAN . . . THIS AMERICAN 1977 SONNY ROLLINS T.V. COMMERCIAL for PIONEER HOME STEREO ELECTRONICS IS GUARANTEED TO GIVE YA' A SHIVER SOMEWHERE ALONG ITS SIXTY SECOND LENGTH. WONDERFUL SPOT ! !

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Thanks to JAZZWAX blog for hippin' us here at WAGRadio to this great TV commercial.

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HOT SUMMAH TIME 2012 ! THE ALL-NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 09 IS SITTIN' ON YOUR PLATE - READY TO BE ENJOYED . . .

Simple and soulful.  That's the kind of summer music meal we want.

Keepin' it soulfully simple are FRANK OCEAN, MASSPIKE MILES, R KELLY 
for the young'uns  . . .

and BRENTON WOOD, ETTA JAMES and LORD TANAMO 
for the grandmamas & grandpapas . . .

Also, the JAM-ROCK sounds of BUSY SIGNAL, GRAMPS MORGAN, CHRISTOPHER MARTIN and the sizzlin' one - SIZZLA KALONJI.

THROW IN the SUMMERTIME JAZZ of GROOVEATECH, TIM COLLINS with some JOHNNY GILL, SPEAKERS and TANK . . . AND WE GOT OURSELVES 
GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 09 ! ! !

Photo: Potatoe salad and smoked mackerel - Niklas

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