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WBCR-news: April 2007

Town Hall 101 Hosts Candidates for GB Board of Selectmen

Robert Pelliciotti will have the candidates for Selectmen on his radio show, Town Hall 101, on Tuesday, May 1 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on WBCR-LP 97.7 FM.  Five people seek election to the two available seats—incumbent Margaret Beckwith and challengers Alan Inglis, Richard Coons, Bill Tyer, and Patrick Long.

→ Posted on Sun. April 29th, 2007 by biotic.

General Membership Meeting on Potential New Studio Space in the Granary Building

There will be a WBCR-LP General Membership Meeting Wednesday May 2 at 6:30 pm at the Granary Building (the old COOP space) at the end of Rossetter St. in Great Barrington.  Topping the agenda will be a presentation about moving the studios of WBCR-LP to the space formerly occupied by the COOP.  Also on the agenda is a discussion of the upcoming programmer/volunteer initiative, and the September elections for Board of Director seats.

Any other items or concerns of the membership can also be discussed.

→ Posted on Sat. April 21st, 2007 by biotic.

Electing WBCR-LP Board Members

Three Board members’ terms will expire in September.  Members will be asked to vote on candidates to fill these terms at BCRA’s annual meeting in September.  The nominating committee is looking for members interested in developing a slate of candidates, as well as those interested in joining the WBCR-LP Board of Directors. 

If you are interested in participating or being a candidate, please contact the chair of the nominating committee using the email address posted on the Nominating committee page.  The review process will begin in May.

Candidate requirements include current BCRA membership; attendance of least two regularly scheduled board meetings in the 12 months prior to the annual meeting; endorsement of BCRA’s mission and the values that it represents;  commitment of 10-15 hours of work per month for the BCRA board;  the ability to communicate, listen and work toward group consensus in a way that is respectful of others.

→ Posted on Thu. April 19th, 2007 by biotic.

Omar Sosa on Your Radio

Get ready for a double-barreled WBCR event with Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa and his music:

• On Saturday, April 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. on WBCR, the Bahia Sonora show will feature a retrospective of the music of Omar Sosa from his earliest albums to his new CD release “Promises” with the Afreecanos Quartet.  The show will be co-hosted by Orlando Vargas and Phil Johnson.

• And on Sunday, April 22, from 12 to 12:30 p.m., Orlando and Phil will interview Omar Sosa in the WBCR studio, prior to his performance with the Afreecanos Quartet at Club Helsinki later that same day, Sunday, April 22, at 8 p.m. 

Omar Sosa brings his unique style of Afro-Cuban jazz to Club Helsinki on Sunday, April 22, 2007.  On his first tour in the United States with his new Afreecanos Quartet, Sosa continues to explore the African roots of traditional music throughout the Diaspora, using modern jazz harmonies and the latest technology.

Sosa’s new ensemble features Cuban drummer Julio Barreto, Mozambican electric bassist Childo Tomas, and Senegalese vocalist Mola Sylla.  The ensemble fuses the folkloric with the contemporary, the tribal with the urban-all with a Latin jazz heart. 

Downbeat Magazine recently commented, “Sosa stokes the African and Cuban fires:  Each burns distinctly from the other while illuminating the place between them.  This is where Sosa pitches his musical camp and works his magic” (January 2007).

Accompanying the Afreecanos tour is a new live CD release entitled “Promise.”  Recorded in front of a live audience at the NDR radio studios in Hamburg, Germany, the CD features the Afreecanos Quartet, plus noted Italian trumpet player Paolo Fresu, and Cuban flute player Leandro Saint-Hill.  This live recording anticipates the release in October 2007 of Omar Sosa’s next studio album, entitled “Afreecanos.”

→ Posted on Tue. April 17th, 2007 by biotic.

Haale Visits the Splatto Festival

This Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm The Splatto Festival will get a visit from Haale and her band for an interview and live performance. Haale, an Iranian-American singer-songwriter combines traditional Persian devotional music and psychedelic rock, has recently received rave reviews in the New York Times (for a February performance at Carnegie Hall) and the Washington Post. 

She’s playing Helsinki Friday night, but Friday afternoon she’ll be in the WBCR-LP studios and on The Splatto Festival!  Tune in!

→ Posted on Wed. April 11th, 2007 by biotic.