Tagged: WNIJ Holiday Specials 2012

American Routes has made its list, and there's no need to check it twice. Join us for our favorite holiday tunes, from the hep jive of Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis, to the cool sentiments of Frank Sinatra and Elvis, and the ecstatic vibe of Celia Cruz and Bela Fleck. Plus yuletide memories from Diana Krall, Soloman Burke and other special guests. Be ready to bachata, boogie and second line as we celebrate the season. Join us Saturday, December 22nd at 7pm on 89.5, WNIJ.

Former Rockford stage director J.R. Sullivan and Friends celebrate the season with stories, music, poems and more. Join us Sunday, December 23rd at 6pm on 89.5, WNIJ.

It's an all-new Echoes Sonic Seasonings this year with live seasonal performances from guitarists Wall Matthews and Trevor Gordon Hill.

Wall Matthews created some of the first ambient albums of the 1970s with his Entourage Music and Theater Ensemble recordings on Folkways. Even today their music is being sampled by artists like Fourtet. Now, Matthews makes neo-classical chamber music. He'll bring his ensemble in to play seasonal songs.