New this week: An acknowledged innovator in the electronic music scene, Jack Dangers continues to stretch sonic boundaries and influence new generations of sound activists. His lastest release with his band Meat Beat Manifesto is called Autoimmune
5/17/08

A mysterious brunette with a light-up goose and a giant tambourine... Maggie Walters is a singer songwriter from the Austin, Texas area. Her 2nd LP is called Midwestern Hurricane
3/8/08

Bumtech is a two-piece indie electro band formed by Portland, Oregon musicians Sharon Schloss and John Walterscheid. Their debut LP is called Beware Of D-G
2/9/08

Kevin Henderson is a guitar player with the rock band The Swigs. On his LP Watch Your Head he breaks out with a 2-CD solo effort. Check it out here:
2/9/08

A special thanks to all of you who have supported WFAQ-LP in 2007!! We look forward to a great 2008!
1/1/08

Birthdays

July 10: composer and music educator Carl Orff (1895), Ronnie James Dio (1940), Jerry Miller of Moby Grape (1943), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Dave Smalley of The Raspberries (1949), Greg Kihn (1950), Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys (1954), banjo maestro Bela Fleck (1958), Peter DiStefano of Porno for Pyros (1965), Jessica Simpson (1980)

July 11: actor and pop singer Tab Hunter (1931), Thurston Harris (1931), Jeff Hanna of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1947), Bonnie Pointer (1950), Benny DeFranco of the DeFranco Family (1954), Suzanne Vega (1959), Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi (1960), Li'l Kim (1975)

July 12: Oscar Hammerstein II (1895), Barbara Cowsill (1928), pianist Van Cliburn (1934), blues guitarist Sammy Lawhorne (1935), Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac (1943), John Wetton of Asia (1949), Eric Carr of KISS (1950), Liz Mitchell of Boney M (1952), Sandi Patti (1956), Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy (1962), UB40's Alan Duval (1963), John Petrucci of Dream Theater (1967)

July 13: drummer Steven Jo Bladd of the J. Geils Band (1942), Roger McGuinn (1942), Cheech Marin (1946), Louise Mandrell (1954), Mark Mendoza of Twisted Sister (1956), rock journalist and movie maker Cameron Crowe (1957), Gerald Levert (1966), Coldplay's Will Champion (1978)

July 14: Woody Guthrie (1912), D.J. Zenas Sears (1913), Cliff Trenier (1919), Lowman Pauling of the "5" Royales (1926), Bob Scholl (1938), Vince Taylor (1939), soul singer Ty Hunter (1940), Trevor Horn of Buggles and Yes (1949), Chris Cross (1952), Tanya Donelly of Belly (1966), Ellen Reid of Crash Test Dummies (1966), Tameka Cottle of Xscape (1975), Taboo of Black Eyed Peas (1975)

July 15: Cowboy Copas (1913), Motown drummer William "Benny" Benjamin (1925), potty-mouth soul star Millie Jackson (1944), Peter Lewis of Moby Grape (1945), Linda Ronstadt (1946), guitarist for .38 Special Jeff Carlisi (1952), Johnny Thunders (1952), master guitarist Joe Satriani (1956), Ian Curtis of Joy Division (1956)

July 16: Sollie McElroy of the Flamingos (1934), soul songstress Denise LaSalle (1939), Ruben Blades (1948), Stewart Copeland (1952), Ed Kowalczyk of Live (1971)

Departures:

July 10: legendary Columbia A&R man John Hammond Sr. (1987), conductor Arthur Fiedler (1979), "Jelly Roll" Morton born Ferdinand Joseph Lemott (1941)

July 11: James Hill of The Fairfield Four (2000), Helen Forrest (1999), Louis Gottlieb (1996), Afro-Cuban jazz maestro Mario Bauza (1993), Hubert Johnson of The Contours (1981), George Gershwin (1937)

July 12: Sandy y Papo's Luis "Papo" Deschamps (1999), Jimmie Driftwood (1998), Jonathan Melvoin of Smashing Pumpkins (1996)

July 13: Cuban maestro Compay Segundo (2003), Arthur "Killer" Kane of the New York Dolls (2004), Chicago blues pianist Eddie Boyd (1994)

July 14: "British Queen of the Blues" Beryl Bryden (1998), Phillipe Wynne of the Spinners (1984), Malcolm Owen of the Rutts (1980), progressive country guitarist Clarence White of The Byrds (1973)

July 15: rapper Too Poetic aka Anthony Berkeley (2001), Bobby Day (1990), Bizarros drummer Rick Garberson (1979)

July 16: salsa singer Celia Cruz (2003), Styx drummer John Panozzo (1996), Sun Records' Bill Justis (1982), Harry Chapin (1981), Peter Cowap of Herman's Hermits (1977)