Jack Herrick, Rebecca Newton, & Bob Vasile on WCHL ArtSpot for July 27-28

Art Menius welcomes Jack Herrick of the Red Clay Ramblers, Rebecca Newton of Rebecca and the Hi Tones, and Bob Vasille of Pratie Heads for a special in-studio performance on the WCHL-FM ArtSpot for July 27 & 28. The ArtSpot on WCHL-FM 97.9 airs this weekend at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM EDT Sat and Sun.

Listen live: 97.9 FM, 1360 AM, and http://chapelboro.com/wchl/

The ArtSpot show page with archives of this show and other recent ones: http://chapelboro.com/category/wchl/lifestyle-weekly/art-spot/

Katharine Whalen live on the WCHL-FM ArtSpot for July 20-21

Art Menius welcomes Katharine Whalen, the former Squirrel Nut Zippers vocalist, who performs two of her songs live in the studio on this weekend's ArtSpot. Whalen will join three other outstanding are singers and songwriters - Christy Smith, Shawn Luby, and former Carolina Chocolate Drop Justin Robinson at The ArtsCenter for an 8 PM show on Thursday, July 25. The ArtSpot on WCHL-FM 97.9 airs this weekend at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM EDT Sat and Sun.

Listen live: 97.9 FM, 1360 AM, and http://chapelboro.com/wchl/

The ArtSpot show page with archives of this show and other recent ones: http://chapelboro.com/category/wchl/lifestyle-weekly/art-spot/

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

From the Roots July 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 / Aeroplane / Warner Brothers / 1:22

The Carper Family / Comes a Time / Old Fashioned Gal / www.carperfamily.com / 2:44

April Verch / Sandy River Belle / Bright Like Gold / Slab Town Records / 2:08

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

Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton / Ruben’s Train / Tractor Beam / Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton / 6:45

South Carolina Broadcasters / East Virginia Blues / Short Time to Stay Here / Flaming Heart Records / 4:00

Bob Skiles Four Old Timers / Wagner / Turn Me Loose : Outsiders of Old-Time Music / Tompkins Square / 2:54

Blind Uncle Gaspard & Delma Lachney / Baltimore Waltz / Let Me Play This For You : Rare Cajun Recordings / Tompkins Square / 2:58

Angelas LeJeune/ La Valse De Church Point / Let Me Play This For You : Rare Cajun Recordings / Tompkins Square / 2:59

Percy Babineaux & Bixy Guidry / I am Happy Now / Let Me Play This For You : Rare Cajun Recordings / Tompkins Square / 2:58

Edgar Morin / Danse carré / Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series Sampler / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:41

Angelas LeJeune / La Valse De La Veuve / Let Me Play This For You : Rare Cajun Recordings / Tompkins Square / 3:00

The Giddens Sisters / Another Man Done Gone / I Know I’ve Been Changed / Music Maker Relief Foundation / 2:29

Doc Watson / Tennessee Stud / The Definitive Doc Watson / Sugar Hill / 3:38

Doc Watson / Country Blues / The Definitive Doc Watson / Sugar Hill / 3:31

Dock Boggs / The Country Blues / Complete Early Recordings / Revenant / 3:01

GangstaGrass / Country Blues (feat. Brandi Hart & Nitty Scott MC) / Rappalachia / Rench Audio / 3:33

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

Black Jake & the Carnies / Ain’t No Grave / Watching, Waiting / self / 2:45

The Dustbowl Revival / John the Revelator / Carry Me Home / dustbowlrevival.com / 4:53

The Copper Ponies / Ring Them Bells / Ring Them Bells / Self / 3:19

Betse Ellis / Straight to Hell / High Moon Order / Free Dirt Records / 5:24

April Verch / Broken / Bright Like Gold / Slab Town Records / 4:38

Betse Ellis / Stamper / High Moon Order / Free Dirt Records / 2:19

Stolen Thyme / Brushy Fork of John’s Creek / Time Is Possibility / self / 2:11

Red Tail Ring / Ohio Turnpike / The Heart’s Swift Foot / Earth Work / 4:28

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

Alice Gerrard / Bittersweet / Bittersweet / Self / 3:03

Alice Gerrard / Lonely Night / Bittersweet / Self / 1:56

Laura Cortese / Into the Dark / Into the Dark / thisislauracortese.com / 3:39

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line / Carnival / Carnival / Blue Pig Music / 3:03

Laureen Sheehan / In The Sweet By and By - Keep on the Sunny Side / The Light Still Burns / Wilson River Records / 3:26

Black Twig Pickers / Old Christmas Morning / Rough Carpenters / self / 2:13

Ivan Rosenberg / Sloth Up a Gum Stump / Oldies and Old Time / www.ivanrosenberg.com / 2:33

Ernest Rogers / Mythological Blues / Turn Me Loose: The Outsiders of Country Music / Tompkins Square / 2:39

Eric Bibb / Just A-Wearyin' For You / The Beautiful Old Turn of the Century Songs / Doubloon Records / 2:57

Doc Watson / Slidin’ Delta / The Definitive Doc Watson / Sugar Hill / 2:03

Sylvester Weaver / Guitar Blues / Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6: Origins of American Primitive Guitar / Tompkins Square / 3:17

Lemuel Turner / Way Down Yonder Blues / Turn Me Loose: The Outsiders of Country Music / Tompkins Square / 3:13

Rory Block / Twelve Gates To The City / I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis / Stony Plain / 4:05

Pink Anderson / Boll Weevil / Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series Sampler / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:06

The Slide Brothers / Motherless Children / Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers / Concord Records / 4:27

The Slide Brothers / Wade in the Water / Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers / Concord Records / 4:57

The Slide Brothers / Sunday School Blues / Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers / Concord Records / 4:11

South Carolina Broadcasters / Where the Soul Never Dies / Short Time to Stay Here / Flaming Heart Records / 2:30

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

Fletcher Bright and Bill Evans / Yellow Barber / Fine Times at Fletcher’s House / Native & Fine / 1:46
Buddy Thomas tune

Fletcher Bright and Bill Evans / Scott No. 2 / Fine Times at Fletcher’s House / Native & Fine / 1:43

Fletcher Bright and Bill Evans / Liverpool Hornpipe / Fine Times at Fletcher’s House / Native & Fine / 1:25

Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton / Hangman’s Reel / Tractor Beam / Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton / 3:52

Sweeny Todd on WCHL ArtSpot today

Art Menius welcomes Tom Quaintance, the Artistic Director of Cape Fear Regional Theater in Fayetteville, Jenny Wales, the Education Director for Playmakers, and Nadia Agourram; all gathered to talk about their involvement in the upcoming Summer Youth Conservatory production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the PlayMakers Repertory Company. The ArtSpot on WCHL-FM 97.9 airs this weekend at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM EDT Sat and Sun.

Listen live: 97.9 FM, 1360 AM, and http://chapelboro.com/wchl/

The ArtSpot show page with archives of this show and other recent ones: http://chapelboro.com/category/wchl/lifestyle-weekly/art-spot/

From the Roots with Lazy Farm Boy on WMMT-FM today July 13

This month's "From the Roots" with the Lazy Farm Boy on WMMT-FM 88.7 www.wmmtfm.org will air today, Saturday, July 13, from 11 AM until 2 PM Eastern Time.

Three hours of new releases and reissues including a new compilation from Tompkins Square
Let Me Play This For You : Rare Cajun Recordings, Sugar Hill's The Definitive Doc Watson and new CDs from April Verch, Alice Gerrard, The Carper Family, Betse Ellis,  Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton, the Slide Brothers, Fletcher Bright and Bill Evans, and more.

10x10 in The Triangle on WCHL ArtSpot this weekend

The fabulous 12th annual 10x10 in The Triangle international festival of short plays is the feature of the ArtSpot on WCHL-FM 97.9 when it airs this weekend at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM EDT Sat and Sun.  Art Menius will visit - and enjoy brief reads - from three of the ten actors and ArtsCenter Stage director Jeri Lynn Schulke. 10x10 began its run at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro on July 5. The final show will be July 21.

Listen live: 97.9 FM, 1360 AM, and http://chapelboro.com/wchl/

The ArtSpot show page with archives of this show and other recent ones: http://chapelboro.com/category/wchl/lifestyle-weekly/art-spot/