The Wind (formerly Austin James Band) is a vocally driven, indie rock band from Southern California. The group consists of Chad Marshman (guitar, piano, vocals), Kevin Jaemes (guitar, piano, vocals), and brothers Chip (drums, percussion, vocals) and Nick (bass, vocals) Knechtel. Their “sound has been likened to the Beatles” with “hints of the Beach Boys and Queen,” "60’s drug rock mixed with modern indie stylings,” and “sunny-sweet Vaudeville-style pop.”
Their first recording, Histor (originally released under the title "Goes to Austin James Land"), is a 7 song self-produced E.P. This recording received mostly positive reviews, deemed as “tak[ing] your traditional indie rock and [making] it a production.”
They have been in the studio for much of 2010, self-recording and producing their biggest project yet, a twenty-three song double album entitled Harum-Scarum. The release date is set for late October 2010.
KWND (88.3 FM, "88.3 The Wind") is a radio station broadcasting in Springfield, Missouri, USA, with a contemporary Christian music format. KWND is owned/operated by the not-for-profit Radio Training Network, which also operates stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.
KWND programming is also broadcast on a translator/booster station in Bolivar, MO at 100.9 FM (K265DR). In 2007, a second translator signed on at 103.3 FM (K277AM) between Mansfield, MO and Ava, MO. The FCC has also granted a construction permit for a translator to cover Morrisville, MO. 93.3 (K227AO) was put on the air in June 2007.
KWND is a monitored reporting station to the Christian AC charts of Billboard magazine.
Coordinates: 37°10′30″N 93°02′35″W / 37.175°N 93.043°W / 37.175; -93.043
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The Wind is the twelfth and final studio album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on August 26, 2003, by Artemis Records. Zevon began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the lung), and it was released just two weeks before his death on September 7, 2003. The album was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Disorder in the House", performed by Zevon and Bruce Springsteen, won Best Rock Vocal Performance (Group or Duo). Songs from the album were nominated for an additional three Grammys.