Spotlight On: Joe Magnarelli Air Date: 8/2/2026 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archives for up to two weeks . I have enjoyed the music of Joe Magnarelli since I started as an announcer at WICN in 1995. Yes, that's a long time, and from my point of view, it proves to me that what we have here is an enormous talent. The other day at a jam session, someone came over to me and wanted to talk about the importance of song selection in the career of a musician. The point being, that it is not enough to be technically competent or even technically superior if the you pick songs that are, well, duds. Or maybe not duds, but nothing very interesting, and you don't make it interesting. But Mr. Magnarelli always has several really great tunes on his releases, usually with some standards mixed in. For example, two of my favorite songs on his 2008 CD Persistence , Ballad for Baretto and Soul Sister , are his original ...
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