Category Archives: Ball of Wax

Ball of Wax Showcase at Northwest Folklife 2012

Our friends at Northwest Folklife have announced the schedule for this year’s festival (Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28) and, as usual, it’s a doozy. There’s a mind-boggling number of wonderful artists representing a mind-boggling array of sounds and styles, and … Continue reading

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Submit to Ball of Wax 28: The BoW Dance Party!

This is gonna be a fun one. I have decided that Ball of Wax Volume 28 (Spring 2012) will be the Ball of Wax Dance Party installment – i.e., all things electro, dance, hip-hop, etc. I would love to hear … Continue reading

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The Ball of Wax 27 Release Show: Words and Pictures

Last week we celebrated the release of Ball of Wax Volume 27 at the Sunset Tavern. As always, it was a beautiful night of music. Also as always, I was too caught up in making CDs and coordinating things to … Continue reading

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Listen to (and Order) Ball of Wax 27 Now!

In case you didn’t know, we’re celebrating the release of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly Volume 27 this Thursday at the Sunset, with Alicia Amiri, Kevin Barrans and Friends, The Music of Grayface, Oh Lo Lo, and Sun Tunnels. It’s … Continue reading

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The Bats Pajamas: “Sarai”

The Bats Pajamas are a band from Toronto that I’m pleased to welcome to the Ball of Wax fold for Volume 27. You might say their song “Sarai” is not the usual BoW fodder, but its brash, aggressive strangeness could … Continue reading

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Check Out This Song: oh lo lo – “Laundromat”

I’m listening to my playlist for the new volume of Ball of Wax. Surprise surprise, it’s awesome. As a little taste, here’s the first song, oh lo lo‘s “Laundromat”: I’m very excited to present oh lo lo to the world … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 27! February 23rd at the Sunset

Friends! I have some exciting news for you, but first I hope you will wish us a happy blog birthday. Yes, our first post on Blog of Wax was almost exactly one year ago! I am so proud of us, … Continue reading

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2011 Releases You Should Hear from Ball of Wax Artists

Given the astounding length of our contributors list, I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that I can put together a list of 16 excellent albums and EPs that were released in the past year by artists who have appeared on … Continue reading

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Submit to Ball of Wax 27

The dust is starting to settle on the incredibly successful Volume 26 of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly (though you can still get your copy right here), and it’s time to look forward to the next one. After a couple … Continue reading

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Drew Christie: Some Crazy Magic: Meeting Harry Smith

Last Friday’s Ball of Wax 26/Tribute to Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music show was a blast. Huge thanks to all the great artists who played, to Greg Vandy (American Standard Time) and Devon Leger (Hearth Music), to the … Continue reading

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