Andre de Channes

Some of Andre's expirence includes being:

Operations Manager/Chief Studio Engineer, FCC designated Chief Operator, KRSH MD/PD, KRSH Morning Show Host at Wine Country Radio in Santa Rosa (owned by Sinclair Telecable...not the ugly one, small family owned). Andre supervised all the technical aspects of 5 radio stations (KRSH, KSXY, KNOB, KXTS, KSXY-HD2) at WCR, as well as the facility infrastructure. His tenure at WCR was 23 years.

On the live side of the mic, Andre was M-F morning DJ at KRSH FM 95.9, a "Triple A" Americana roots heritage station. He was Program Director and Music Director at KRSH for 12 years. Andre coordinated the launch of numerous station formats at Wine Country Radio, such as 96X Alternative, Classical 95.5, Vintage 95.5, BOB/KNOB (based on Jack format), Oldies, The TOOL (Metal), LATINO, and more.

Live music is a passion - This is a list of artists Andre has done live sound for radio broadcast, and/or interviewed...btw, not in any particular order:

Rodney Crowell, Christone Kinfish Ingram, Bele Fleck, The Mother Hips, Tim Bluhm, Tim & Greg, NRPS, Alejandro Escovedo, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Steve Kimok, Steve Earle, Marianne Faithfull, Gillian Welch, Nina Gerber, Chris Webster, Chuck Prophet, Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers, Joan Osborne, David Grisman, ALO, Dave Schools, Pete Sears, Les Claypool, Jackie Greene, Stevie Coyle, Bare Naked Ladies, Bruce Cockburn, Warren Haynes, Vance Joy, Kaleo, Larkin Poe, Jay Farrar, James McMurtry, M. Ward, Courtyard Hounds (2 of the Chicks/D), T-Sisters, NRPS, Moonalice, John Hiatt, Chris Smither, Charlie Musselwhite, Ben Harper, Ry Cooder, Ray Wiley Hubbard, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Delbert McClinton, Nancy Griffith, Calexico, Slaid Cleaves, Mary Gauthier, Jim Lauderdale, Neko Case, Paul Thorn, Kasey Chambers, Shelby Lynn, John Butler Trio, Tift Merritt, John Popper, David Gans, Carrie Rodriguez, Chip Taylor, Alison Moorer, Elien Jewel, Laura Cantrell, Dan Hicks, Wavy Gravy, Poor Man’s Whiskey, The Thugz…and more.

He enjoys playing music and plays out solo as well as in the band Tribal Hippie Under Ground Zone (The THUGZ).

Andre recently had the privilage to work with world-renowned artist Ashwini Bhat, doing sound design for her permanant art installation at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. It is located just outside of the South Asian Galleries. What Will It Take / For Us To Awake?