Viva Cackalachy on The ArtSpot this weekend

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this weekend, October 27-28, we shall visit with UNC professor David Garcia about the Viva Cackalachy CD project and Latino music in central North Carolina . Heels football will preempt The ArtSpot at 11:30 AM Saturday, but it is scheduled to air at 9:30 PM Saturday and on Sunday at 11:30 AM on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

Shemekia Copeland interview on WCOM 6 PM EDT Oct 22

She has performed at the White House earlier this year and that was captured for PBS. She is performing at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC on November 1. Tonight, Monday October 22, you can hear a live interview by Art Menius with the Queen of The Blues, Shemekia Copeland, on the ArtsCenter Report on WCOM-LPFM 103.5 at 6 PM Eastern Time. Listen online at www.wcomfm.org

WCHL The ArtSpot for October 20-21

A really big show this weekend - On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for October 20-21, we shall visit with Sam Bush. The New Grass Revival founder, devoted Cardinals fan, King of Telluride, & court jester of MerleFest will perform at The ArtsCenter on Saturday, October 27. With the UNC-Duke football game at night (wrong month and wrong time of day), you can hear The ArtSpot at its normal 11:30 AM Saturday slot as well as 9:30 PM Saturday and on Sunday at 11:30 AM on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

ArtSpot on WCHL for October 13-14

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this weekend, October 13-14, we shall visit with Cat Devine, Tyler Johnson & Celisa Steele about the West End Poetry festival happening in Carrboro on October 20. Heels football will preempt The ArtSpot at 11:30 AM Saturday, but it is scheduled to air at 9:30 PM Saturday and on Sunday at 11:30 AM on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php

Carter Family Bio in comic book form

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/the-carter-family-dont-forg.html

WMMT From the Roots Playlist for October 6 2012

From the Roots for October 6, 2012 on WMMT-FM 88.7, real people’s radio from the Appalshop (Whitesburg, KY  www.wmmtfm.org). Hosted – remotely - on the first Saturday of each month by the Lazy Farm Boy (aka Art Menius; PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510), 11 AM until 2 PM eastern. http://artmenius.com and lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com.

The first hour of the October 6 show was preempted by dead air, so this playlist is unusually short

The Stray Birds / No Part of Nuthin / The Stray Birds / The Stray Birds / 3:06

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry / Uncle Charlie’s Revenge / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 3:35

The Foghorn Stringband / Be Kind to a Man When He Is Down / Outshine the Sun / www.foghornstringband.com / 2:47

Rafe & Clelia Stefanini / Lady on the Green / Lady on the Green / Old Willow Tree / 3:43

The Honey DewDrops / Hills of My Home / Silver Lining / The Honey Dewdrops / 4:20

The Stray Birds / 25 to Life / The Stray Birds / The Stray Birds / 3:27

David Greenberg & Harpeth Rising / Goin Goin Gone / The End of the World / Grimm Rising / 2:57

Rafe & Clelia Stefanini / Collins Medley #2 / Lady on the Green / Old Willow Tree / 4:23

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry / Sally Ann / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 3:12

Coty Hogue / Handsome Molly / When We Get To Shore / Perpetual Hoedown / 3:01

Black Twig Pickers / Life on the Ceiling / Oh Michael, Look What You've Done : Friends Play Michael Chapman / Tompkins Square / 2:38

Mike + Ruthie / (banjo + Bass Duet) / The NYC EP / self / 0:30

Mike + Ruthie / On My Way Home / The NYC EP / self / 3:19

The Scrips / Front Porch / Chapel Sessions EP / The Scrips / 3:13

The Blind Owl Band / Missoula, Montana / Rabble Rousing / The Blind Owl Band / 3:39

Chance McCoy & Appalachian String Band / Waynesboro / Chance McCoy & Appalachian String Band / Chance McCoy / 3:33

Chance McCoy & Appalachian String Band / Rocky Road to Dublin/ Chance McCoy & Appalachian String Band / Chance McCoy / 1:35

Woody Guthrie / WNYC Radio program - Folk Songs of America December 12, 1940 / Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 5:17

Joel Raphael / Segment One Outro / America Come Home Interviews  / Inside Recordings / 0:25

Joel Raphael / Go Tell The Savior / America Come Home Interviews  / Inside Recordings / 4:14

Joel Raphael / Dance Around My Atom Fire / America Come Home Interviews  / Inside Recordings / 6:18

Joel Raphael / China Basin Digs / America Come Home Interviews  / Inside Recordings / 5:39

Woody Guthrie / Do-Re-Mi / Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:37

The Almanac Singers / Union Maid / If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi - Songs Of Rags & Riches / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:10

The Almanac Singers / Talking Union / Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:05

Rambling Jack Elliot / Talking Intro / Country Style Live / Fantasy Records / 1:56

Rambling Jack Elliot / Talking Sailor / Country Style Live / Fantasy Records / 4:02

Cisco Houston / Pastures of Plenty / Folk Song America, Vol. 2 / Smithsonian Collection / 3:11

Vince Gill / Oklahoma Hills / Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry / Rainy Day / 3:01

Woody Guthrie / BBC - Children’s Hour July 7, 1944: Intro   Wabash Cannonball / Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:24

The Byrds / Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) / Ballad of Easy Rider / Columbia Legacy / 2:02

The Byrds / Pretty Boy Floyd / Sweetheart of the Radio / Columbia Legacy / 2:34

2 hours of From the Roots on WMMT October 6

Dead air replaced the first hour of From the Roots on WMMT-FM 88.7 Whitesburg, KY, but the 2nd and third hours can be heard now on the air and on www.wmmtfm.org through 2 PM Eastern. Lots of hot new tracks from Foghorn String Band, the Stray Birds, and others during hour II and a tribute to Woody Guthrie consuming Hour III.

ArtSpot on WCHL FM 97.9 for October 6-7

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this October 6-7, we shall enjoy live in the studio gyspy jazz on guitar and violin from Gabriel Pelli of the Onyx Club Boys and the Old Ceremony. The Onyx Club Boys will open for Los Lonely Boys at The ArtsCenter on 10-17. Heels football will preempt The ArtSpot at 11:30 AM Saturday, but it is scheduled to air at 9:30 PM and on Sunday at 11:30 AM on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php