Just one ArtSpot on April 27 at 6 PM

The Stray BIrds, performing at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro on Friday, May 4, joins Art Menius on The ArtSpot to air just one time this week on Saturday April 27 at 6:00 PM EDT. The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is available online at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

Jackie Moran of Comas on The ArtSpot on WCHL April 20-21

Jackie Moran, performing with Irish music veterans Comas at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro on Tuesday April 23rd, joins Art Menius on The ArtSpot to air on Saturday April 20 & Sunday April 21 at 11:30 AM & 9:30 PM EDT. The acclaimed bodhran player forms 1/4 of Comas, making its Triangle debut after a decade of international touring. The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is available online at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

Playlist for From the Roots April 13, 2013 on WMMT-FM 88.7

From the Roots April 13, 2013 on WMMT-FM 88.7, real people’s radio from the Appalshop (Whitesburg, KY  www.wmmtfm.org). Hosted – remotely – on the second 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

Charlie Poole with the Highlanders / A Trip to New York City Part 1 / The Complete Paramount and Brunswick Recordings / Tompkins Square / 3:10

Charlie Poole with the Highlanders / A Trip to New York City Part 2 / The Complete Paramount and Brunswick Recordings / Tompkins Square / 2:59

Charlie Poole with the Highlanders / A Trip to New York City Part 3 / The Complete Paramount and Brunswick Recordings / Tompkins Square / 2:50

Charlie Poole with the Highlanders / A Trip to New York City Part 4 / The Complete Paramount and Brunswick Recordings / Tompkins Square / 2:59

Toshio Watanabe / My Long Journey Home / The Fiction Twins / Red Clay / 2:11

Bruce Molsky / Last of Callahan / If It Ain’t Here When I Get Back / self / 2:22

Old Crow Medicine Show / Levi / ATO Records Fall Sampler 2012 / ATO Records / 2:50

Roscoe Holcombe / Barbara Allen Blues / Classic Harmonica Blues / Smithsonian Folkways / 1:30

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

Kaia Kater / Rappin’ Shady Grove / Banjo Babes / Wepecket / 3:07

Free Range Folk / Fisherman’s Blues / 444(LP) / self / 4:54

John Cephas & Phil Wiggins / Dog Days of August / Classic Harmonica Blues / Smithsonian Folkways / 4:12

Riley Puckett / Fuzzy Rag / Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6: Origins of American Primitive Guitar / Tompkins Square / 3:09

Sam McGee / Buckdancers Choice / Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6: Origins of American Primitive Guitar / Tompkins Square / 3:02

John Reischman / Itzbin Reel / Walk Along John / Corvus Records / 3:44

Bruce Molsky / Shady Grove / If It Ain’t Here When I Get Back / self / 3:04

The Quiet American / John Browns Dream / Johns Brown Dream / quietamericanmusic.com / 1:50

Pharis & Jason Romero / Long Gone Out West Blues / Long Gone Out West Blues / Lula / 2:58

Sonny Terry and unknown string band / Custard Pie / Classic Harmonica Blues / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:47

Bayless Rose / Jamestown Exhibition / Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6: Origins of American Primitive Guitar / Tompkins Square / 2:50

Lauren Sheehan / Georgia Buck / Banjo Babes / Wepecket / 2:27

Carolina Chocolate Drops / Georgie Buck / Dona Got a Ramblin’ Mind / Music Maker / 3:05

Doc Watson / Georgia Buck / Doc Watson / Vanguard / 2:19

Dubl Handi / Shout Little Lulu / Up Like the Clouds / Self / 2:29

Evie Laden / I Love My Honey / Banjo Babes / Wepecket / 2:48

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

Mike Compton & Joe Newberry / How Long Blues / Live / self / 3:35

Mike Compton & Joe Newberry / Raleigh & Spencer / Live / self / 3:17

Toshio Watanabe / Maple on the Hill / The Fiction Twins / Red Clay / 3:31

Bruce Molsky / Bonaparte's Retreat-Piney Ridge / If It Ain’t Here When I Get Back / self / 2:55

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry / Piney Mountain / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 2:24

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

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

Pharis & Jason Romero / Sally Goodin / Long Gone Out West Blues / Lula / 2:45

The Quiet American / Crooked Tree Waltz / Johns Brown Dream / quietamericanmusic.com / 1:45

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line / Jack of Diamonds / Carnival / Blue Pig Music / 3:44

Chris Coole & Ivan Rosenberg / John Hardy / Farewell Trion / Vole-O-Tone Records / 3:52

The Stray Birds / Just Sayin’ / The Stray Birds / The Stray Birds / 3:05

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / A Lady Does Not often Falter / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / www.cahalenandeli.com / 4:36

Erynn Marshall and Friends / Poor Hobo / Tune Tramp / Hickory Jack / 2:56

Jesse Lege – Joel Savoy and the Cajun Country Revival / La Valse D’Evangeline / The Right Combination / Valcour / 3:35

The Revelers / J’avais I’habitude (I Used to) / The Revelers / The Revelers / 3:01

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys / Danser sans Comprendre / Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys / 4:04

Woody Pines / Train That Carried My Gal From Town / Rabbits’ Motel / www.woodypines.com / 2:45

The Howling Brothers / Julia Belle Swain / Howl / Self / 3:06

Dustbowl Revival / John the Revelator / Carry Me Home / self / 4:53

Black 47 / Uncle Jim / Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion / Valley Entertainment / 3:41

Runrig / Clash of the Ash / Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion / Valley Entertainment / 3:15

Celtic Cross / 22 / Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion / Valley Entertainment / 4:16

Tony Williamson on The ArtSpot for April 13-14

UNC alumnus Tony Williamson from the Williamson Brothers Bluegrass Band, performing a CD release concert at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro on April 18th, joins Art Menius on The ArtSpot to air on Saturday April 13 & Sunday April 14 at 11:30 AM & 9:30 PM EDT. One of the world's most respected jazz, classical, and bluegrass mandolin players and purveyors, Tony joins his brother Gary and a quartet of other top NC musicians for classic Carolina bluegrass. The ArtSpot airs on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is available online at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php

From the Roots on WMMT-FM April 13, 2013

From the Roots with the Lazy Farm Boy has moved to the second Saturday each month on WMMT-FM 88.7  from 11 AM until 2 PM Eastern. For April 13, 2013, we have three hours filled with the latest in roots music including two outstanding new compilations from Tompkins Square, CLassic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Pharis & Jason Romero, Banjo Babes, Revelers, Erynn Marshall, and lots more.

Photo Contest & ArtSchool on the WCHL ArtSpot for April 6-7

Phaedra Kelly, director of the ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter, joins Art Menius to talk about the Community Photo Contest and the ArtSchool. The ArtSpot will air on Saturday April 6 & Sunday April 7 at 11:30 AM & 9:30 PM EDT on WCHL-FM 97.9 and is available at http://chapelboro.com/pages/14088827.php