My dear fellow MOJANs, This was a tough one but I had to tell you sometime. After 10 years of operation I had to shut down MOJA Radio at the end of the year 2018. There are a number of reasons for this decision and they have all piled up to the point of diminishing […]
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (N.A.R.A.S., AKA The Grammy People) announced the NOMINEES for GRAMMY AWARDS for 2021! Here is a list of JAZZ Artists who have just received nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards in various jazz categories including the MOdern JAzz (MOJA) world, from the more traditional jazz world and other […]
June 17th, 2012 
Russ Davis 
June 12th, 2011 Russ Davis 
Russ Davis here, and please pardon me for blowing my own horn, but I wanted to tell you that I won the 2011 award as “Internet Programmer Of The Year” from the Jazz Programmers List/JazzWeek Awards. So if you are listening to MOJA Radio you’re now listening to “The Award-Winning” MOJA Radio! JazzWeek, celebrating its 10th anniversary in August 2011, is the weekly online publication dedicated to jazz and jazz radio programming. Nominees are selected by JazzWeek subscribers, including: jazz radio programmers, jazz record company executives and independent jazz radio record promoters. A million thanks to those who voted for me and I promise to do all I can to continue to deserve this honor.
November 11th, 2010 Russ Davis Folks…Denon (yep, the great electronics maker) is 100 YEARS OLD! It’s hard to believe…I thought the light bulb was only created yesterday…but as part of their celebration they have done a bunch of interviews with various people who’ve used Denon equipment in the past and they asked me to be involved.
Here’s the link to check it out if you have some extra time…
September 22nd, 2010 Russ Davis 
JAZZ AMERICA is the only full time jazz program heard on the U.S. Government service The Voice of America. JAZZ AMERICA has been programmed and presented by Russ Davis since 1999. The show is two hours long and reaches a potential audience of 40 million listeners worldwide each weekend. It is heard not only on FM radio stations around the world via the VOA entertainment service VOA 1.
For any comments or communication you can reach Russ at jazzamerica@voanews.com.
Here’s the link to listen to the latest JAZZ AMERICA show here on the RUSS DAVIS MOJA website!
https://russdavismoja.com/voice-america-2/
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