Bravo Academy on The ArtSpot for Nov 24-25 on WCHL

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this November 24-25, we'll visit with Paula Massengill from the new Bravo Academy of Dance in Governors Village. With a 3 PM kickoff (and Countdown to Kickoff with Ron Stutts at Noon), The ArtSpot will air at 11:30 AM both Saturday and Sunday on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

Elf Fair on The ArtSpot on WCHL-FM 97.9

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this November 17-18, we'll learn all about Elf Fair, a holiday hand made crafts and family fun extravaganza at The ArtsCenter on December 1, from ArtSchool Director Phaedra Kelly. Since the football Tar Heels played Thursday, The ArtSpot will air at 11:30 AM both Saturday and Sunday on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

ArtSpot on WCHL-FM 97.9 for November 11

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this November 11, we shall enjoy visiting with the outstanding contemporary singer-songwriter A.J. Croce. The son of Jim has a sound all his own as you can hear on the show and at The ArtsCenter on November 18th. An open date may have been a better idea that the football debacle that preempted Saturday broadcast, but The ArtSpot will air at 11:30 AM Sunday on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

From the Roots November 3, 2012 on WMMT-FM 88.7

From the Roots, November 3, 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.

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

Nikos Pappas, Seth Folsom, And Jesse Wells / Milwaukee Blues / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 3:40

Karly Higgins / White Oak Mountain / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 2:49

Nick McMillian And Kelly Breiding / Rueben’s Train / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 2:09

Carolina Chocolate Drops / West End Blues / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch /3:01

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

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

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

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

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

Ralph Stanley / White Light, White Heat featuring Ralph Stanley / LAWLESS the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / SONY MASTERWORKS / 1:38

Robin & Linda Williams / My Lucky Day / These Old Dark Hills / Red House Records / 3:48

Coty Hogue / I’m On Fire / When We Get To Shore / Perpetual Hoedown / 2:15

The Stray Birds / Dream to Blue / The Stray Birds / The Stray Birds / 3:32

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry / Tying Ten Knots in the Devils Tail / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 3:22

The Foghorn Stringband / Indian Ate the Woodchuck / Outshine the Sun / www.foghornstringband.com / 2:51

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

The Foghorn Stringband / Outshine the Sun / Outshine the Sun / www.foghornstringband.com / 2:48

Fiddlin John Carson / Don't Let You Deal Go Down / Document Shortcuts Vol. 2 - If You Take Me Back/ Document Records / 3:08

Charlie Poole / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues / You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music/ Columbia Legacy / 2:53

Charlie Poole / White House Blues / You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music/ Columbia Legacy / 3:31

The Swing Billies / From Buffalo To Washington / [78 rpm single] / Bluebird /2:30

Roy Harvey with Jess Johnson / Milwaukee Blues / [78 rpm single] / Superior / 3:18

Carolina Buddies / Otto Wood the Bandit / My Rough and Rowdy Ways / Shanachie / 3:12

The Carolina Tar Heels / Ain't No Use Working So Hard / Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Show / Old Hat / 3:08

Carolina Twins (Gwen Foster & David Fletcher) / The Boarding House Bells Are Ringing / [78 rpm single] / Victor / 3:23

The Red Fox Chasers / Naomi Wise / I'm Going Down to North Carolina / Tompkins Square / 2:58

The Tobacco Tags / If I Only Had a Home Sweet Home / [78 rpm single] / Bluebird / 2:47

Buster Carter & Preston Young / A Lazy Farmer Boy / Buster Carter & Preston Young / Walter Smith & Friends Vol. 3 (1931-1936) / Document / 3:01

The Skillet/Lickers / Giddap Napoleon / The Skillet-Lickers Vol. 4 (1929-1930) / Document / 3:10

Floyd County Ramblers / Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party / Rural String Bands of Virginia / County / 3:10

David McCarn / Cotton Mill Colic / [78 rpm single] / Victor / 2:36

Wilmer Watts & Lonely Eagles / Been On The Job Too Long / [78 rpm single] / Paramount / 3:20

Byron Parker / Married Life Blues / You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music/ Columbia Legacy / 2:41

Roy Hall & his Blue Ridge Entertainers / Wabash Cannonball / Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953

Shemekia Copeland / I Sing the Blues / 33 1/3 / Telarc / 4:59

The Foghorn Stringband / Just A Few Old Memories / Outshine the Sun / www.foghornstringband.com / 4:26

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

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

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

Polecat / Turnbull Reel / Fire on the Hill / self / 3:01

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / www.cahalenandeli.com / 2:24

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 / 3:37

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Church Street Blues / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / www.cahalenandeli.com / 2:46

The Honey DewDrops / Silver Lining / Silver Lining / The Honey Dewdrops / 3:37

Chris Brashear / Silvery Colorado / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 3:22

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

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

Coty Hogue / Pretty Bird / When We Get To Shore / Perpetual Hoedown / 2:56

The Vespers / Close My Eyes / The Fourth Wall / Black Suit Records / 3:49

From the Roots Nov 3 on WMMT-FM 88.7

It is the first Saturday of the month and that means I shall be hosting From the Roots on WMMT-FM 88.7, community radio from The Appalshop, from 11 AM until 2 PM Eastern Time. Listen live on line at www.wmmtfm.org. We shall enjoy two hours of the hottest new old-time music from Foghorn Stringband, Stray Birds, Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry, Honey Dew Drops, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, and more. The Noon hour will enter into a deep exploration of the string band music of the southeastern Piedmont cotton mill towns of the 1920s and 1930s.

ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this November 3-4

On the ArtSpot on WCHL- FM 97.9 for this November 3-4, we shall enjoy visiting with Dana Cohen and Patrick Robinson in conjunction with the Long Story short festival, November 15-through 18th. With no football game today, The ArtSpot will air at 11:30 AM Saturday and Sunday on WCHL or on line anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php