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Classic CountryA Better Classic Country Legends Radio Station plays the kings and queens of country music and the songs that swept America. A great station to bring back the magical memories of Nashville.
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Blues Vintage (Classic Blues)A Better Classic Blues Vintage Radio Station plays all of the classic Blues gems that you will not find anywhere else on the net. Featuring all of your favorite artists and sound recordings from the Delta to New Orleans.
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Country KickerA Better Country Kicker Radio Station playing today's best hits and all time favorites from Nashville.
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Dance HitsA Better Dance Hits Radio Station spinning the best in Mainstream Pop Remixes and Club Classics.
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40s Wartime MusicA Better 40s Wartime Music Radio Station plays all of the popular hits from the World War II era.
Wolf Krakowski was born August 26, 1947 in Saalfelden Farmach Displaced Persons Camp, Austria and raised in Eskilstuna, Sweden and Toronto, Canada. His father, Leon, (born Piotrkov, Poland) was a tailor in Lodz who became a plutovny (platoon leader) in Wanda Wasilewska's Polish-Russian Army under Gen. Rokossovski. His mother Esther, (born Sulmierszyce, Poland) comes from a family of textile merchants who had settled in Czenstochov. The family patriarch, Wolf Russak was a Zhuryker khusid. After the end of World War II, Krakowski's parents and older brother Mark, (born Kazakhstan) were repatriated to Poland. (Hinde Ciwia, Leon and Esther's first-born, did not survive Russia.) After the Kielce pogrom, while being smuggled to Palestine by the Brikha and the Haganah, the family (including Wolf in utero) was arrested in Italy and deported to Austria. After Wolf was born, they found refuge in Sweden. The family, now including sister Ruth, subsequently immigrated to Canada, where Krakowski attended kheder and public schools in Toronto. A self-taught musician, Krakowski served a diverse and variegated musical apprenticeship. He has played in the Original Upper Canada Ragtime Mama Jug Band with Mendelson Joe and Daisy DeBolt. Krakowski has performed with Winnipeg bar-band legend, Stork McGillivray and played the blues with the late Delta bluesman Big Joe Williams. He traveled with Conklin and Garrett Shows where he came to know Schlitzie, the "Missing Link," the real-life comic strip character, "Zippy," an avid ukulele player. Luftmentsh and luthier, carpenter and cameraman, Krakowski began documenting Holocaust survivors in 1982. His videos include "Vilna" and "My Name is Stella." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.