Rags to Riches Theatre on WCHL The ArtSpot Feb 16-17

Melody Peters, Managing Director of Durham's Rags to Riches Theater joins me on The ArtSpot to air on Saturday Feb 16 at 9:30 PM and Sunday February 17 at 11:30 AM EST. Rags to Riches brings the magic of their production of Rumpelstiltskin to The ArtsCenter for a SuperFun Family Show at 11 AM on Saturday Feb 23, sponsored by Chapel Hill Tire and the Childrens Store. The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is archived at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

Playlist From the Roots February 9, 2013 on WMMT-FM

From the Roots February 9, 2013 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

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

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

Solas / No Forgotten Man / Shamrock City / Self / 5:31

Sarah McQuaid / Hardwick’s Lofty Tower / The Plum Tree and The Rose / Waterbug / 3:42

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

South Carolina Broadcasters / Roustabout / Can You Hear Me Now / South Carolina Broadcasters / 3:40

Chompin at the Bit String Band / Rueben’s Train / Tear Jerkers, Barn Burners, and Singing Tunes / Self / 3:24

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

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

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

Erynn Marshall and Friends / Poplar Bluff / Tune Tramp / Hickory Jack / 2:26

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

Erynn Marshall and Friends / Tune Tramp / Tune Tramp / Hickory Jack / 3:10

Dubl Handi / Cluck Old Hen / Up Like the Clouds / Self / 2:04

Chris Brashear / Listen to Me Mother / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 3:05

The Barrel Jumpers / Blind Willie McTell / The Barrel Jumpers / Rexdale Records / 3:07

Blind Willie McTell / Bell Street Lightnin' / Roots 'n' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 / Columbia Legacy / 2:54

Blind Blake / Blind Arthurs Breakdown / The Best of Blind Blake / Yazoo / 3:04

Blind Boy Fuller / I’m a Rattlesnakin Daddy / East Coast Piedmont Style / Columbia Legacy / 3:05

Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother / Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus) / American Primitive, Vol. 1 - Raw Pre-War Gospel 1926 - 1936 / Revenant / 2:52

The Blind Boys of Alabama / (Jesus Hits Like The) Atom Bomb / Atom Bomb / 2:27

The Five Blind Boys of Alabama / Our Father / Jubilation, Vol. 2 (More Black Gospel) / Rhino / 2:54

Blind Percy & his Blind Band / Coal River Blues / [78 rpm single] / Paramount / 2:53

Blind John Davis / Magic Carpet / Document Shortcuts Vol. 2 - If You Take Me Back / Document / 2:12

West Virginia Night Owls (Blind Alfred Reed with Arville Reed) / The Telephone Girl / Blind Alfred Reed (1927-1929) / Document / 2:53

Buell Kazee / The Blind Man / Buell Kazee / June Appal / 2:52

The Red Fox Chasers / The Blind Man and His Child / I'm Going Down to North Carolina / Thompkins Square Records / 2:52

Jim "Bud" Stanley/ Blind Fiddler / Music of Coal / Lonesome Day / 3:00

Blind Corn Liquor Pickers / North Carolina / Myths & Routines / Self / 4:10

The Blind Owl Band / Fiddle Don’t / Rabble Rousing / The Blind Owl Band / 4:27

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

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry / How Does A Glass Eye Work? / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 1:51

Erynn Marshall and Friends / Ramblers Blues / Tune Tramp / Hickory Jack / 3:32

Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower / Froggie Went a-courtin / Blue Clouds / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:46

Dubl Handi / New River Train / Up Like the Clouds / Self / 4:21

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 / 3:44

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

The Quiet American / Apple in the Fall / Wild Bill Jones / www.quietamerican.com / 2:52

The Quiet American / Come Walking With Me / Wild Bill Jones / www.quietamerican.com / 4:03

The Honey DewDrops / Bright Morning Stars / Silver Lining / The Honey Dewdrops / 2:54

The Quiet American / Wild Bill Jones / Wild Bill Jones / www.quietamerican.com / 3:54

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

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Loretta / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / www.cahalenandeli.com / 2:57

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

Lee Sexton / Fly Around / Mountain Music of Kentucky / Smithsonian Folkways / 0:52

The Foghorn Stringband / 'Tits Yer Bleaux / Outshine the Sun / www.foghornstringband.com / 2:34

The Revelers / Des Fois / The Revelers / The Revelers / 3:19

Louise Trembley on The ArtSpot on WCHL Feb 9-10

Louise Trembley, director of ArtsCamp at The ArtsCenter joins me on The ArtSpot to air on Saturday and Sunday February 9-10 at 11:30 AM EST. ArtsCamp happens for 11 weeks this summer with registration for the general public opening on Monday Feb 11.  The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is archived at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

From the Roots with Lazy Farm Boy Feb 9 on WMMT-FM

From the Roots with the Lazy Farm Boy has moved to the second Saturday each month on WMMT-FM 88.7.  From the Roots airs each Saturday from 11 AM until 2 PM Eastern. My next show will be Feb 9, 2013.We have first and third hours filled with the latest in roots music including Stray Birds, Honey DewDrops, Foghorn, Quiet American, and lots more, with the second hour featuring a blind theme.

Chris Stamey on WCHL The ArtSpot Feb 3

Veteran Chapel Hill songwriter and musician Chris Stamey joins me on The ArtSpot to air on  Sunday February 3 at 11:30 AM EST. Chris has a brand new Yep Roc album, Lovesick Blues, and will appear with the all-star Fellow Travellers at The ArtsCenter on Feb 8.  The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is archived at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

From the Roots on WMMT-FM Moving to Second Saturday

Effective now, From the Roots with the Lazy Farm Boy is moving to the second Saturday each month on WMMT-FM 88.7.  From the Roots airs each Saturday from 11 AM until 2 PM Eastern. I have been doing the first Saturday since 2011. My next show will be Feb 9, 2013.