Waitiki 7 hits #12 on college radio (CMJ Jazz Top 40)
We’ve been doing really well on the CMJ (College Music Journal) Jazz charts lately. As of CMJ Issue #1127, we’re up to #12!
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Third Time’s the Charm (We Hope…)
Some of our fans might recall the seemingly endless troubles we’ve had with live radio broadcasts in the past! Apparently our WFMU show is no exception. Hopefully you will finally get to hear it this weekend. Tune into wfmu.org if you’re not local to the NJ area.
FINALLY HEAR WAITIKI 7’s WFMU SHOW: This Sunday, October 11th, 5pm - 7pm (Eastern):
A Tropical Excursion With the Waitiki 7: Salvaged Shipwreck Edition
This is the radio show the gods don’t want you to hear! First, on Sept. 20, this program’s broadcast of two hours of exotica — including a live set from the Waitiki 7 — from a boat was waylaid when Poseidon forced our sturdy craft into New York’s version of the Bermuda Triangle, which swallowed up the broadcast signal like so many rummy seafarers. Then, just minutes before an attempted rebroadcast on Sept. 27, Thor tossed a celestial fistful of lightning bolts at the WFMU Building, knocking out the power for hours. So this time, to be on the safe side, a couple of the younger WFMU DJs have been flung into the mouth of a piping volcano — so hopefully, this third time will be the charm. Be a witness to the raising of this Titanic of a radio show from Davy Jones’s Locker!
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10 2009
Skyrocketing Radio Charts! // #2 JazzWeek World, Debut @ #23 on JazzWeek Jazz
This just in… Thanks to some serious upward momentum, The Waitiki 7 has made its debut on the main JazzWeek chart. Our jazz chart debut puts us at #23. On the JazzWeek World side, we’ve moved up to #2! Many thanks to the 70+ stations across North America that have added our CD to their station and/or program playlists, as well as to NPR for using us for interlude music!
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09 2009
Tune in to WFMU this Sunday (9/20)
While everyone is having fun on the WFMU Booze Cruise, radio host Gaylord Fields has to work! So he’s decided to bring his show onboard to lead an oceanic expedition to the tropics! The program will feature a solid two hours of the finest exotica this side of Waikiki, Hong Kong and Nairobi, with the centerpiece being a live performance by the Waitiki 7. Hailing from both mainland coasts and Hawaii, this septet carries on the Polynesian pop tradition of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, down to the expertly human-sung bird calls. If Thor Heyerdahl had a band like this on the Kon-Tiki, he never would have gone ashore!
