My name is pronounced Jo-AN-uh BE-zee.
Music- in one way or another- has been a hobby of mine since childhood. Around age 8, I established my own radio station, WJOJO, where I was the sole DJ, engineer, programmer, weather reporter, and commerical actor. Equipped with a tape recorder and an RCA record player, I played from my and my mom's 45 collection. By the time I reached middle school, I'd forgotten about WJOJO, but advanced my fandom to attending rock concerts like Corey Hart, Duran Duran, Flesh for Lulu, and Gene Loves Jezebel. Many years later after moving to Chicago I played bass in the goof-pop bands Los Shut Up and Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop. And after many years of listening to CHIRP Radio, I joined up as a volunteer and learned how to DJ and host my own show (for real). WJOJO doesn't exist, but you can catch my show Thursdays, 6-9AM. I promise I won't play Corey Hart.
You can listen to Joanna's two most recent shows below:
3/14 - 6am hour
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6:58am
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Faye Webster
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Underdressed at the Symphony
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Underdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian)
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6:53am
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The Darling Suns Local
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Void
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Better Off EP (self-released)
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6:48am
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The Libertines
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Anthem for Doomed Youth
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Anthems for Doomed Youth (Virgin)
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6:46am
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Cavern of Anti-Matter
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liquid gate
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Void Beats / Invocation Trex (Duophonic)
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6:42am
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Tahiti 80
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Cherry Pie
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Fosbury (Atmosphériques)
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6:39am
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Madi Diaz
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Everything Almost
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Weird Faith (ANTI-)
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6:34am
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Abby Sage
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Back & Bone
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The Rot (Nettwerk)
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6:31am
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Beach Fossils
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Careless (featuring Kazu Makino)
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Clash the Truth (Captured Tracks)
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6:29am
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the Raspberries
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Go All the Way
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Raspberries (Capitol)
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Track Notes: RIP Eric Carmen, d. 3/11/2024
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6:24am
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Arthhur Local
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Large Party
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Lost in the Walled City (self-released)
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6:19am
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Eleanor Friedberger
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Inn of the Seventh Ray
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Last Summer (Merge)
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6:16am
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Erika de Casier
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Twice (featuring Blood Orange)
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Still (4AD)
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Track Notes: at Lincoln Hall, 4/3
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6:07am
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Real Estate
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You Are Here
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Daniel (Domino)
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6:04am
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The Reds, Pinks and Purples
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Workers of the World
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They Only Wanted Your Soul (Slumberland)
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6:01am
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R.E.M.
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Perfect Circle
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Murmur (IRS)
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Track Notes: 3.14 the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle: Pi Day!
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3/7 - 8am hour
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8:49am
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Low
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Lullaby
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I Could Live In Hope (Vernon Road)
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8:43am
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Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
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Crazy 'Bout Cars
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The World's Greatest Entertainer (Reality)
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8:41am
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Ghost Funk Orchestra
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Eyes of Love
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A Trip to the Moon (Karma Chief)
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8:36am
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Pylon Reenactment Society
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3x3
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Magnet Factory (Strolling Bones)
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8:33am
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The Beatles
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Across The Universe
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Let It Be (Apple)
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8:28am
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Hurray for the Riff Raff
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Ogallala
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The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
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Track Notes: w Nnamdi at Lincoln Hall, 3/14
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8:25am
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Chance the Rapper Local
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All Night (featuring Knox Fortune)
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Coloring Book (self-released)
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8:20am
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Kiefer
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Doomed
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It's Ok, B U (Stones Throw)
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8:16am
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System Exclusive
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Click
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single (self-released)
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Track Notes: at empty bottle w/ ovef ow, 3/30
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8:11am
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CrumbSnatchers
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NYEvil
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PETWAY (Like You Mean It)
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8:07am
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Ratboys Local
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Look To
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Printer's Devil (Topshelf)
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8:05am
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The Vaselines
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Dying For It
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The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History (Sub Pop)
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8:02am
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Beth Orton
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1973
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Kidsticks (Anti-)
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Track Notes: at old town school, 3/9
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3/7 - 7am hour
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7:56am
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Sheer Mag
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Mechanical Garden
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Playing Favorites (Third Man)
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Track Notes: at sleeping village, 4/27
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7:48am
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Ali Farka Touré
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Ai Bine
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The River (Mango)
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Track Notes: d. 3/6/2006 RIP
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