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