ArtSpot for August 25 2012 on WCHL

This week, the last ArtSpot before WCHL adds FM 97.9 on Tuesday, my guest is Shirlette Ammons, director of  The Afterschool Arts Immersion at The ArtsCenter. The News and Observer profiled Shirlette Friday. http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/08/23/2285143/shirlette-the-dynamite-brothers.html You can hear The ArtSpot live at 11:30 AM Saturday on WCHL-AM 1360 or on line now at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php

Ayr Mountaineers Live on August 11 ArtSpot

This week I present my first ArtSpot on WCHL with live music, performed by the Ayr Mountaineers. They will be playing at The ArtsCenter at 7 PM on Saturday, August 25. You can hear The ArtSpot with the Ayr Mountaineers live at 11:30 AM Saturday or on line now at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php

From the Roots for August 4, 2012 on WMMT-FM

From the Roots for August 4, 2012 on WMMT-FM 88.7, real people’s radio from the Appalshop (91 Madison Ave; Whitesburg, KY 41858. 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.

John Hartford / Turn Your Radio On (II) / Aeroplane / Warner Brothers / 2:16

The Carper Family / My Baby Don’t Like Me / Back When / The Carper Family / 3:11

Milton Brown & His Brownies / The Eyes of Texas / From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics Disc 1 / MCA / 3:09

Lightcrust Doughboys / Cripple Creek / [78 rpm single] / OKeh / 2:32

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Roly Poly / Sooner or Later / Columbia Legacy / 2:42

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Take Me Back to Tulsa / Bob Wills Anthology / Columbia / 2:42

Adolph Hofner / Cotton Eyed Joe / Roots 'n' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 Disc 4 / Columbia Legacy / 2:31

Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers / Wahoo! / [78 rpm single] / Bluebird / 3:16

Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys / Army Blues / Roots 'n' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 Disc 4 / Columbia Legacy / 2:38

The Swing Billies / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / [78 rpm single] / Bluebird / 2:25

Marion Sumner / Steel Guitar Rag / The Road Home / June Appal / 1:41

Luke Smathers String Band / Texas Plains / Mountain Swing / June Appal / 2:32

Arthur Smith & His Crackerjacks / Mountain Polka / [78 rpm single] / Super Disc / 2:48

Al Dexter & Cindy Walker / New Broom Boogie / Piano Boogie Woogie Vol 1 / Document / 1:52

Cindy Walker / Barstool Cowboy From Old Barstow / Country Girl: The Complete Transcription Recordings of Cindy Walker / Soundies / 2:32

Cindy Walker / Hillbilly Bill / Country Girl: The Complete Transcription Recordings of Cindy Walker / Soundies / 3:05

Bob Dunn’s Vagabonds / Stompin At the Honky Tonk / [78 rpm single] / Decca / 2:38

Hank Garland / Sugarfoot Rag / From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics Disc 2 / MCA / 2:44

Ambrose Haley & His Ozark Ramblers / Kansas City Kitty / [78 rpm single] / Mercury / 3:02

Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers / Barn Dance Rag / [78 rpm single] / Bluebird / 2:50

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Lone Star Rag / King of Western Swing / D / 2:44

Ray Price / I've Got a New Heartache / The Essential Ray Price Disc 1 / Columbia Legacy / 2:43

Asleep at the Wheel / Cherokee Maiden / Best of Asleep at the Wheel on the Road / Madacy / 4:02

Asleep at the Wheel / Bob’s Breakdown / Best of Asleep at the Wheel on the Road / Madacy / 2:24

Asleep at the Wheel / The Letter than Johnny Walker Read / Best of Asleep at the Wheel on the Road / Madacy / 3:57

The Pine Valley Cosmonauts / Stay a Little Longer (with Neko Case and Bob Boyd) / Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills / Bloodshot / 2:24

Hot Club of Cowtown / Orange Blossom Special / Continental Stomp / Hightone / 4:10

Hot Club of Cowtown / Ida Red / Continental Stomp / Hightone / 3:06

Willie Nelson / Pistol Packin’ Mama / Country Music / Rounder / 2:38

The Carper Family / My Baby Don’t Like Me / Back When / The Carper Family / 3:11

The Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Jane Baxter/Miller / Time Changes Everything / Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills / Bloodshot / 2:43

The Time Jumpers / South of the Border / Boots too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry / Rainy Day / 3:41

Vince Gill / Oklahoma Hills / Boots too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry / Rainy Day / 2:36

The Carper Family / Back When / Back When / The Carper Family / 3:04

Slaid Cleaves / Texas Top Hand / Sorrow and Smoke / Music Road Records / 3:16

The Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Chris Mills / Home in San Antone / Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills / Bloodshot / 2:36

Hot Club of Cowtown / Devil's Dream / Dev'lish Mary / Hightone / 1:23

Carolina Chocolate Drops / Lights in the Valley / Mercyland Hymns for the Rest of Us / Mercyland / 2:50

North Mississippi AllStars / If I Was Jesus / Mercyland Hymns for the Rest of Us / Mercyland / 4:35

Carolina Chocolate Drops / Salty Dog / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch /3:08

The Wandering / Old Joe Clark / Go On Now, You Can't Stay Here / Songs of the South / 2:39

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

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

Mariel Vandersteel / Three Forks of the Cumberland / Hickory / MarielVandersteel.com / 2:59

South Carolina Broadcasters / Train 45 / Can You Hear Me Now / South Carolina Broadcasters / 2:27

The Stray Birds / My Horses Ain’t Hungry / Borderland / www.StrayBirds.com / 3:50

Geoffrey Hansplant / Zoe’s Cakewalk / Pligrim’s Progress / Self / 3:20

Emily Pinkerton / Summer Heat / Ends of the Earth / Green Jeans Records / 3:34

The Wandering / In The Pines / Go On Now, You Can't Stay Here / Songs of the South / 2:24

Harpeth Rising / Crash Test Dummy Blues / Dead Man’s Hand / Grimm Rising / 4:46

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

The Stray Birds / Birds of the Borderland / Borderland / www.StrayBirds.com / 3:48

Rafe & Clelia Stefanini / Little White Lies / Lady on the Green / Old Willow Tree / 2:08

Two Radio Shows on August 4

I have two new broadcasts of previously recorded shows slated for Saturday, August 4

"From the Roots" on WMMT-FM 88.7, Whitesburg, KY, and www.wmmtfm.org airs from 11 AM until 2 PM eastern. During the first two hours, the Lazy Farm Boy will offer his more or less annual western swing show. The last hour will feature roots hot platters including releases from the Wandering (featuring Luther Dickinson and Amy Lavere),  Harpeth Rising, Stray Birds, Emily Pinkerton, Rafe & Clelia Stefanini, and Mike + Ruthie.  Originally scheduled to air on July 7.

Great to hear Mrs Bluegrass on WMMT last Monday afternoon.

My guest on The ArtSpot for August 4 on Chapel Hill's WCHL and http://www.chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php at 11:30 AM Eastern are Donovan Zimmerman & Jan Burger from the paper hand puppet intervention. There play City of Frogs appears at The Forest Theater most of this month. WCHL adds 97.9 FM on August 28!