Bios and stories about the artists we feature
The continuing tale of the Doley Brothers! If you are keeping score. . . Lachy Doley had sent WOAS an email out of the blue in the spring of 2015 asking if we would be interested in previewing the new single off his new CD Conviction. Naturally, I said yes and we engaged in some […]
Items of interest we are just passing along in case you missed them: An Update from Lucius: Well hello there, It’s been difficult to keep this under wraps but finally we’ve revealed the big news: our brand new second album Good Grief will be released March 11. Good Grief was produced by Shawn Everett and us with Bob Ezrin […]
Born on Long Island, NY on September 19, 1981, Scott Bradlee was the perfect age to be heavily influenced by the music produced in and around that decade. This leads one to believe that he may have been inspired by the post-disco period, the emerging hair metal scene, or even grunge. No, Bradlee fell […]
Robert Colclasure: aka Rouse. I knew Bob in passing the first couple of years I was in Ontonagon as he was subbing at OASD from time to time. I first realized what a funny, talented guy he really was when I hosted a little musical gathering in my basement for anyone who wanted to show […]
Another King and a Muleskinner have left the building. While we should feel sad that they are no longer with us, we should also feel a sense of jubilation for the mark they left in the music world. Though BB King passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, he was never that far […]
Right off the bat, I should point out that I don’t like clowns. I never have. I am not sure why I developed a negative reaction to greasepaint, but I vividly remember when I became aware of it. My older brother dragged me to the circus set up in the field across from our house […]
One of the things I absolutely love about working at WOAS-FM is finding golden nuggets. No, I have that backwards: I absolutely love when a golden nugget finds us. We get promotional CDs and information from bands and artists all the time. We make it a point to play the music they send us and […]
Over the last ten years, we have had the opportunity to put some fantastic musicians in front of our students. Living on the north end of US 45 makes importing high quality musical programs an expensive proposition. In many cases, we have been able to partner with the Ontonagon Theater for the Performing Arts, but […]