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:
9/12 - 7am hour
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7:46am
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Ben Folds Five
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Underground
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Ben Folds Five (Caroline)
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Track Notes: hbd ben folds, b. 9/12/1966
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7:43am
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Hovvdy
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Song For Pete
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Hovvdy (Arts & Crafts)
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7:37am
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Wishy
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Busted
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Triple Seven (Winspear)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall, w/ american football sold out! 9/28
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7:32am
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
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Sad Pilot
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Flight b741 (p(doom)
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7:29am
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Buck Meek
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Undae Dunes
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Haunted Mountain (4AD)
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7:25am
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IDLES
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The Beachland Ballroom
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CRAWLER (Partisan)
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Track Notes: at aragon, 9/18
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7:17am
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Goose
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Dripfield
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Dripfield (No Coincidence)
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Track Notes: at salt shed, tonight! 9/12!
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7:15am
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Plum Local
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Simulacra
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Can't Hold On To It (Eye Vybe Records)
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Track Notes: at sleeping village, 10/12
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7:07am
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Velocity Girl
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Here Comes (Peel Session version)
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UltraCopacetic (Copacetic Remixed and Expanded) (Sub Pop)
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7:05am
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Smoking Popes Local
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My Lucky Day
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Born to Quit (Johann's Face)
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7:03am
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Everything But the Girl
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Bittersweet
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Eden (Blanco y Negro)
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7:00am
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Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
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The Joker
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Herb Alpert Presents: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M)
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Track Notes: RIP Sergio Mendes, d. 9/6/2024
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9/12 - 6am hour
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6:55am
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Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
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Saudade Dos Aviões Da Panair (Conversando No Bar) (Featuring: Lianne La Havas, Maria Gadu, Tim Bernardes, & Lula Galvão)
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Milton & esperanza (Concord)
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6:49am
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Fishbone
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Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party)
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Truth And Soul (Columbia)
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Track Notes: HBD John Norwood Fisher, b. 9/12/1965
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6:46am
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American Music Club
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Over and Done
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Mercury (Reprise)
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6:42am
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
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Eurydice
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Days of Abandon (Yebo)
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6:39am
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Beabadoobee
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California
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This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit)
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Track Notes: at aragon, tues, 9/17
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6:33am
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Jae Skeese
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Wic Coupons (featuring Novel)
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Ground Level (Drumwork Music Group/Equity)
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6:30am
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Vivian Girls
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Vanishing of Time
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Share the Joy (Polyvinyl)
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6:27am
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Tegan and Sara
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Speak Slow
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So Jealous (Vapor)
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6:22am
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Levitation Room
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Heaven
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Strange Weather (ONErpm / RAS / Greenway)
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6:20am
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Low
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Missouri
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Secret Name (kranky)
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6:16am
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The Softies
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I Said What I Said
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The Bed I Made (Father/Daughter)
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6:06am
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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Joy
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Wild God (PIAS)
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Track Notes: announced: show at salt shed- 28 & 29 April 2025!
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6:04am
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Jessica Pratt
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Life Is
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Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer)
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Track Notes: 9/13 bohemian national cemetary w/ rosali and rose city band
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6:01am
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The Chamber Strings Local
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Everyday Is Christmas
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Gospel Morning (Pravda Archives)
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9/5 - 8am hour
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8:52am
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Neu!
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Fur Immer (Forever)
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Neu! 2 (Brain)
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8:47am
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Gilligan Moss
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Waste of Time
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Speaking Across Time (Foreign Family Collective)
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8:45am
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Peter Hook and the Light
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Something Must Break
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So This is Permanence (Live Here Now)
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Track Notes: at Riviera, 9/7
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8:39am
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Digital Phantoms
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War of Regrets
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War Of Regrets (Torrida)
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