ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for Saturday Sept 29

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this Saturday Sept 29 I shall visit with Gerry Williams, festival coordinator, and Rah Troust from Carrboro Parks & Recreation about the Carrboro Music Festival. The multi-stage, multi-genre event takes over Carrboro, NC on Sept 30 from 1 PM until. For more info http://carrboromusicfestival.com/  You can hear The ArtSpot at 11:30 AM Saturday and Sunday on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php Countdown to kickoff with Ron Stutts follows Saturday at Noon.

ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for Sept 22

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this Saturday Sept 22 I shall visit with ArtsCenter Stage Director Jeri-Lynn Schulke and Mark Filiaci, Director of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. Part of a national theatre festival, 44 Plays for 44 Presidents will be produced at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC on Sept 28-30 and Oct 4-7. For more info http://artscenterlive.org/story/44-plays-44-presidents-september-28-october-4   You can hear The ArtSpot live at 11:30 AM Saturday and Sunday on WCHL-AM 1360 or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php Countdown to kickoff with Ron Stutts follows Saturday at Noon.

ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this Saturday Sept 15

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this Saturday Sept 15 I shall visit with Bryce Lankard, Barbara Tyroller, John Rosenthal in conjunction with Frank In Focus photo festival happening over the next several weeks at the Frank Art Gallery and several other venues in both towns. You can hear The ArtSpot live at 11:30 AM Saturday and Sunday on WCHL-AM 1360 or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php 
Countdown to kickoff with Ron Stutts follows Saturday at Noon.

Woody Guthrie celebration at The ArtsCenter

 I shall be the emcee for the Woody Guthrie celebration at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC at 2 PM Saturday, Sept 15
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The ArtSpot for Sept 8 about Woody Guthrie

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this week, my guest is UNC American Studies professor Robert Cantwell. We shall be talking about Woody Guthrie. Both of will be speaking Saturday afternoon Sept 15 at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC  at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Woody Guthrie. Musicians performing his music will include Danny Gotham & Jim Watson, Kathrine Whalen, Blood Jar Creepers, Charles Pettee, Jon Shain and Joe Newberry. You can hear The ArtSpot live at 11:30 AM Saturday and Sunday on WCHL-AM 1360 or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/9680071.php 
Countdown to kickoff with Ron Stutts follows Saturday at Noon.

Playlist From the Roots for Sept 1, 2012 on WMMT-FM 88.7

From the Roots for Sept 1, 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 Wandering / Sittin’ On Top of the World / Go On Now, You Can't Stay Here / Songs of the South / 2:40

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

Robin & Linda Williams / Tessie Mae / These Old Dark Hills / Red House Records / 3:10

Bill Evans with Tim O’Brien / Follow the Drinking Gourd / In Good Company / Native & Fine / 3:58

O’Brien Party of 7 / King of the Road / Reincarnation - The Songs Of Roger Miller / Howdy Skies / 3:48

Robin & Linda Williams / These Old Dark Hills / These Old Dark Hills / Red House Records / 3:25

John Haywood / Jay Goulds Daughter / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 3:04

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

Brett Ratliff / Jubilee / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 3:48

Brett Ratliff / Born in East Kentucky / Cold Icy Mountain / June Appal / 3:21

Atomic Duo / The Company Man is Not our Friend / Broadsides / Atomic Duo / 3:43

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

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

Trampled by Turtles / Burn for Free / Burn for Free EP / Trampled by Turtles / 3:12

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

David Olney / You Can Call Me Diz / [single] / David Olney / 1:45

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

Sarah McQuaid / Hardwick's Lofty Towers/ The Plum Tree and The Rose / Waterbug / 3:42

Elizabeth LaPelle / Londons Bridge / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 4:54

Emmylou Harris / When Halley Came To Jackson / Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1] / Mailboat Records / 3:10

Robin & Linda Williams / Beyond the Realm of Words / These Old Dark Hills / Red House Records / 3:05

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

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

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

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

The Scrips / Colorado / Chapel Sessions EP / The Scrips / 3:11

Woody Guthrie / Radio Program - The Ballad Gazette With Woody Guthrie / Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:59

Woody Guthrie / WNYC Radio program - Folk Songs of America December 12, 1940 / Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 6:47

Woody Guthrie / Do-Re-Mi / Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:33

Doc & Merle Watson / Nancy Rowland – Salt Creek / Remembering Merle / Sugar Hill / 1:55

Doc Watson & Arnold Watson / Im Troubled / Friends of Old-Time Music / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:10

Doc Watson, David Holt, & Richard Watson / Waiting For the Times to Get Better / MerleFest 2006 / FestivalLink.Net / 2:50

Pete Steele / Payday at Coal Creek / Kentucky Mountain Music Disc 2 / Yazoo / 3:12

Pete Steele / Coal Creek March / Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings / Rounder / 1:31

Etta Baker / Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad / Banjo / Music Maker / 2:32

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

Rafe & Clelia Stefanini / Collins Medley #1 / Lady on the Green / Old Willow Tree / 3:41

W.H. Stepp / Bonepartes Retreat / Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings / Rounder / 1:52

The Honey DewDrops / Catawba / Silver Lining / The Honey Dewdrops / 2:23

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

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

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

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

Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellies / The Leaves are Changing / Release Your Shrouds / lindaloumusic / 2:59

David Greenberg & Harpeth Rising / Outlaw / The End of the World / Grimm Rising / 4:46

Coty Hogue / Im On Fire / When We Get To Shore / Perpetual Hoedown / 2:15

The Honey DewDrops / Somerset / Silver Lining / The Honey Dewdrops / 1:49