ArtSpot on WCHL for Dec 29-30

Jeff York and Lisa Goodwin from Chapel Hill Public and Cultural Art join me on The ArtSpot  scheduled to air on December 29-30 at 11:30 AM EST each day. The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is archived at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

Playlist From the Roots December 8, 2012 on WMMT-FM 88.7

From the Roots December 8, 2012 on WMMT-FM 88.7, real people’s radio from the Appalshop (Whitesburg, KY  www.wmmtfm.org). Hosted – remotely – usually 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

John Haywood / Hook and Line / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 4:18

Brett Ratliff / Brother Green / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 3:32

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

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

The Foghorn Stringband / Western Union / Outshine the Sun / www.foghornstringband.com / 2:17

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

Jesse Wells / Sally in the Garden / The New Young Fogies, Volume One / Anna Roberts-Gevalt / 2:16

Smokey Valley Boys with Kyle Creed / Thinking Tonight of my Blue Eyes / Band in Transition: Camp Creek Boys to Smokey Valley Boys / Field Recorders Collective / 2:33

Tommy Jarrell / Reuben / Band in Transition: Camp Creek Boys to Smokey Valley Boys / Field Recorders Collective / 3:49

Tommy Jarrell / Cluck Old Hen / Band in Transition: Camp Creek Boys to Smokey Valley Boys / Field Recorders Collective / 2:35

Benton Flippen / Breaking Up Christmas / Old Time, New Times / Rounder / 2:33

Dirk Powell / Christmas Time's A Comin' / A Fret Free Christmas / Hearth Music / 2:03

Vera Hall-Ward / Last Month of the Year / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust to Digital / 2:31

Laurelynn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Mike Compton, Joe Newberry, Jason Sypher / Lights In The Lowlands / The Gathering / Sycamore Road / 4:07

Bill Hatton / Christmas Calico / Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 2: Along the Kentucky River / Rounder Records / 2:02

The Haints Old Time Stringband / Old Christmas Morning / Shout Monah / The Haints Old Time Stringband / 2:30

Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter on the Great Divide / Winter On The Great Divide: A Christmas Album / FestivaLink / 3:08

Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra / Christmas Day in the Morning / Song of Solstice / SunSign Records / 1:12

Si Kahn / New Year's Eve / New Wood / June Appal / 2:37

Reeltime Travelers / Paddy Wont You Drink Some Cider / Livin Reeltime, Thinkin Old Time / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2:18

Marcus Martin / Snowbird / When I Get My New House Done / Southern Folklife Collection / 2:05

Carolina Buddies / Murder of the Lawson Family / [78 rpm single] / Columbia / 3:23

Reverend Edward W. Clayborn / The Wrong Way to Celebrate Christmas / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-to-Digital / 2:33

Leroy Carr / Christmas in Jail Ain't That a Pain / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-to-Digital / 3:22

Staple Singers / Last Month of the Year / 25^th Day of December / Fantasy Records / 2:24

Dirk Powell / We Wish You A Merry Christmas / A Fret Free Christmas / Hearth Music / 2:00

Tony Williamson Trio / Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! / Winter Wonderland / Copper Creek / 2:30

Maddox Brothers and Rose / Jingle Bells / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-to-Digital / 2:23

Dirk Powell / Good King Wenceslas / A Fret Free Christmas / Hearth Music / 1:33

Norman Edmonds / Breaking Up Christmas / Southern Journey, Vol. 2: Ballads and Breakdown / Rounder / 1:59

Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers / Early on One Christmas Morn / [78 rpm single] / Brunswick / 3:26

Kid Prince Moore / Rain and Snow / Kid Prince Moore 1936-1938 / Document / 2:43

The Swan Silvertones / Great Day in December / Good News (22 Gospel Greats) / Charly / 2:42

 John McCutcheon / Christmas in the Trenches / Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 3, No. 8) Season's Greeting / Fast Folk / 5:35

Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley & Charlie Pilzer / Glalåten (The Happy Tune) / Hambo In The Snow: A Nordic Winter Celebration / Azalea City Recordings / 2:00

Figgy Duff / Snowy Night / A Retrospective 1974-1993 / Amber Music / 4:51

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Silver Bells / The King Of Western Swing / JSP / 2:43

Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks / Teardrops Falling in the Snow / Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks / Bear Family / 3:19

Cliff Carlisle / Footprints in the Snow / A Country Legacy 1930-1939 / JSP / 2:43

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Potluck Dinner – Vicco Returns from Spain / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / www.cahalenandeli.com / 4:34

Dick Justice / One Cold December Day / [78 rpm single] / Brunswick / 3:04

Darley Fulks / Snowstorm / Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 2: Along the Kentucky River / Rounder / 1:21

Carroll Best / Snowflake Reel / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek / 1:13

John Masters / Snowbird in the Ashbank / Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 2: Along the Kentucky River / Rounder / 0:49

Boyd Asher / Old Christmas / Kentucky Mountain Music / Yazoo / 1:05

Fiddlin John Carson / Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over / Backroads to Cold Mountain / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:54

John Snipes / Snow a Little, Rain a Little / North Carolina Banjo Collection / Rounder / 3:54

Tom Bledsoe and Rich Kirby / Ice and Snow / Hits From Home / June Appal / 3:22

The Lonesome Sisters with Riley Bauguss / Rain and Snow / The Lonesome Sisters with Riley Bauguss / Tin Halo / 4:31

The Stray Birds / Heavy Heart / The Stray Birds / The Stray Birds / 4:07

The Honey DewDrops / One Kind Word / Silver Lining / The Honey Dewdrops / 3:15

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / www.cahalenandeli.com / 3:34

John Brown & Nnenna Freelon on The ArtSpot Dec 8-9

One of the most exciting editions of The ArtSpot in the half-year I have been doing it is scheduled to air on December 8-9 at 11:30 AM with Duke professor John Brown of the John Brown Big Band and six-time Grammy nominee, jazz great Nnenna Freelon. We will enjoy a fun conversation about Christmas, their newly released collaboration. The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is archived at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

Holiday From the Roots on WMMT Dec 8

The holiday edition of From the Roots with the Lazy Farm Boy on WMMT-FM 88.7 and www.wmmtfm.org will today, Saturday, December 8, from 11 AM until 2 PM Eastern Time. We shall enjoy 45 minutes of great recent releases and more than two hours of amazing music with holiday and winter themed traditional American music from the likes of Benton Flippen, Leroy Carr, Carolina Buddies, the Gathering, Dirk Powell, and many others.

Holiday From the Roots on WMMT-FM airs Dec 8

The holiday edition of From the Roots with the Lazy Farm Boy on WMMT-FM 88.7 and www.wmmtfm.org will air not today but on Saturday, December 8, from 11 AM until 2 PM Eastern Time. We shall enjoy 45 minutes of great recent releases and more than two hours of amazing music with holiday and winter themed traditional American music from the likes of Benton Flippen, Leroy Carr, Carolina Buddies, the Gathering, Dirk Powell, and many others.

All is Calm on WCHL ArtSpot for Dec 1-2

We have a truly fascinating ArtSpot for Dec 1-2 when I welcome Jeri Lynn Schulke, Sue Klausmeier, John Paul Middlesworth, and Dave Shroka from the play All is Calm:The Christmas Truce of 1914 having its southeast premier at The ArtsCenter December 7-thought 9th and 13th through 16th. Listen live at 11:30 AM on WCHL-FM 97.9 Saturday, on your way to Elf Fair at The ArtsCenter, or Sunday  or listen anytime at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php.