September 05, 1985 (vol. 96, iss. 1) • Page Image 79
… sway. WEMU also sponsors many live blues and jazz events, usually in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area. The biggest of these is the annual Frog Island Jazz Festival, held just a short step away from historic…
… without thinking at all about causes, effects, or perhaps most importantly, alternatives.. The FM dial, in Ann Arbor, has a cluster of Public Radio Stations on the left, and each in its own way can provide…
… you with an alternative to the rampant commercialism of the vast multitude of American radio wavelengths. The first you'd encounter, at 91.7 FM, is WUOM, Ann Arbor's straight- ahead predominantely…
… your radio can get in that direction, there's a little 10-watt station which has been providing Ann Arbor with surprises and creative enigmas for as long as most of us can remember. Well, since 1972…
… notorious trademark here in Treetown. As you become a part of Ann Arbor, you are encouraged to find the right part of CBN for your tastes, and to expand said tastes with repeated exposure to the varied…
… Liberty off State.....668-9329 Maple Village........ 761-2733 I usually straight-sailing and easy to comprehend. By the time the after- noon is upon you, they're slapping down some blues and boogie and…
…, anyway. This is WC- BN 88.3 FM, "Radio Free Ann Ar- bor.'"> Run aby. , yonhmteers predominately students, this is a remarkable listening opportunity. 1 Most of the programming comes1 under the heading of…
… a learning experience. The blues are the basis for rock 'n' roll, and for much of America's popular music since 1900. WCBN's blues collection spans the entire history of the music, from Blind Blake…
… and Bessie Smith to the very most recent releases from electrified modern blues masters. Any freeform show worth its weight should contain some blues at one point or another, as there's nothing more…
… appropriate to life in America than some honest blues. Jazz means at least 80 years worth of American music. Most stations that bother to air it are reluctant to step outside of the mainstream, at least before…

















































