Janice Grube

Janice Grube
Born January 19, 1971 (1971-01-19) (age 41)
Origin Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres Alternative rock, pop rock, alternative country, indie rock
Occupations singer, songwriter
Instruments guitar, vocals
Years active 1994–2004
Labels Tequemo Records (independent label)
Associated acts Watsonville Patio

Janice Grube is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon.[1] She was the voice and main songwriter for the Los Angeles band, Watsonville Patio.[2]

After a few years removed from the music industry, Grube started WK Radio,[3] Wieden+Kennedy's in house internet radio station.[4] After a brief hiatus in summer 2009, WK Radio returns in September as WKE (WKEntertainment),[5] W+K's new content driven entertainment channel. Filmmaker Aaron Rose was also hired to help create WKE[6] alongside Grube and Bill Davenport.

Grube currently serves as WKE's content director and executive producer of several television projects, including 12, Don’t Move Here, and Califunya.

References

  1. ^ Don Campbell (2004). "Watsonville Patio, Beneath the Leaves". The Oregonian. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/watsonvillep6. Retrieved 2009-08-31. "Even if you know nothing about the Portland-by-way-of-L.A. band's long and tortured history…" 
  2. ^ "PopMatters Short Takes: Brief Reviews of New Music". October 1, 2003. http://www.popmatters.com/shorttakes/2003_09_28_archive.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-28. "Watsonville Patio have a sound that is truly theirs and rock creatively over the course of the five songs on this disc [...] The secret may very well be vocalist Janice Grube, one of those leading ladies that any guy would love to have fronting his band." 
  3. ^ "WK Radio Portland". shots (115): 31. June 2009. "Janice Grube [...] who heads up the station as a programme director, says the idea for WK Radio came to her when the job of music supervisor opened up at the agency" 
  4. ^ Laura Oppenheimer (April 15, 2009). "Wieden+Kennedy gets real with online radio". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/04/wiedenkennedy_gets_real_with_o.html. Retrieved 2009-08-31. "What: WK Radio, in-house station at Wieden+Kennedy" 
  5. ^ "WK Radio : Coming Soon". http://radio.wk.com. Retrieved 2009-08-28. "WK Radio/T.V. We're Remodeling." 
  6. ^ Christine Clarke (July 6, 2009). "Aaron Rose hits the road for Wieden+Kennedy". Boards Magazine. http://www.boardsmag.com/articles/online/20090706/aaronrosewk.html. Retrieved 2009-08-28. "...the project is only a small slice of what Rose was brought into Wieden to do. His primary job is to help the agency develop an online media channel, which will debut September 1. The channel will air original content produced by W+K" 

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