It’s about making sure the record as a whole hangs together and works as an album. The process was the same as it is when you do a record you don’t put out every single thing that you have. At the time, I’d just put them in a bag or box and forget about them. We’d be touring, play a few songs live at a radio station -and at the end, more often than not, the engineer would hand me a CD or tape of what we just did. I started listening to them and realized how high quality some of them were. I found all these boxes full of old CDs, cassettes, and files. I discovered so much material in the back of a closet. I just started cleaning my house from top to bottom. Like so many people, I was at home during COVID. How on earth do you begin the process of picking and choosing which of your kids makes the cut? Style Weekly: You’ve been making music over 25 years and "Radio Waves" is a really diverse collection of songs that pulls in some deep cuts from way back. Recently, Style gave her a buzz to catch up in advance of her gig at the Tin Pan in RVA, to see what’s been shakin’ and what to expect when she hits the stage for the first time in a good long while. And that’s just the start.Ī pandemic-pause related cleaning binge led to Osborne’s latest release, “Radio Waves” (Womanly Hips Records), a collection of live performances from in-studio sessions at beloved stations like KROQ and KCRW that showcase her powerhouse vocals and impressive career. ![]() Since then, she’s produced a record for the Holmes Brothers, hit the festival circuit backing the Dead and Phil Lesh and Friends, jammed with gospel legend Mavis Staples, and formed a supergroup, Trigger Hippy, with some guys from The Black Crowes. Heck, she’s barely taken a break in the past 25 years since her Grammy-nominated debut “Relish” dropped. The Kentucky-born singer-songwriter never went away. The single, however, was hardly an example of her searing, soul-biting chops and deep groove tendencies. ![]() Sure, she became a household name back in the ‘90s with a song about God being one of us and pissed off a bunch of pious folks (but, delighted others). Wavemaker was formed through the merger of MEC and Maxus in 2017 and works with clients such as L'Oréal, Ikea and Mondelēz.īefore joining MediaCom in 2013, Bannerman held roles at Dentsu Aegis Network's Carat and Publicis Groupe's Zenith and Starcom.Don’t you dare call Joan Osborne a one-hit wonder. He oversees a team of 8,600 employees who manage $13 billion in billings for clients in 90 countries. ![]() Jenner, the former MediaCom chief operating officer, was appointed global chief executive of Wavemaker in July 2019. What Wavemaker needs to do is create a way for clients to grow, and it has to be done in a way that's easy to navigate and understand, otherwise we've failed." "I've tried to simplify what we do, and how we talk to each other and clients. "We've got to simplify things," Jenner said. He also noted how easy it is for media agencies, by constantly developing and selling new technologies, to overcomplicate the buying and planning processes for clients. We need to externally articulate the attitude of being a Wavemaker." "The difference for us is in the name," Jenner said. ![]() The new narrative, Jenner explained, should differentiate Wavemaker from other entities outside of WPP as well as within the holding company and GroupM, which also houses agencies like Mindshare, Essence and Xaxis. In an earlier interview with Ad Age, Jenner said he would be focused on putting the right leadership in place to "build a consistent brand narrative around the product and culture born out of the name Wavemaker." He said that effort would include appointing people to communicate the new narrative across global client leadership teams, which Bannerman, Hickey and Altman will be tasked with doing. He is set to assume the role in April, alongside fellow Global Client Presidents Anna Hickey and Alex Altman. Media agency Wavemaker, part of WPP's GroupM, completed a new worldwide client leadership structure with the appointment of Alastair Bannerman as global client president.īannerman, formerly the global category and client president of GroupM's MediaCom, will be based in London and report to Wavemaker Global CEO Toby Jenner.
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