Category: music
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The Only Place You Can See It Live On the Radio, Gate City Port Authority
Pardon the “musician face” in this thumbnail image. It happens sometimes when I hit a wrong note. Regardless, remember Avant On Air? That renegade music show on WUAG hosted by musician Matty Sheets and writer Rae Alton? The duo have recently launched a second iteration of the radio program on…
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Food Truck Fight
The city of Greensboro currently prohibits Food Truck service in downtown proper. A mighty force of folks is organizing to put an end to the restriction. So, as my dear Irish friend Ingrid likes to say, this song is my wee contribution to the fight. Want to know more? downtowngsofoodtrucks.wordpress.com…
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Music and Pictures: Slow Horses
Working session with Kasey Horton on Slow Horses, a song about the Native American controlled burns every spring in Kansas. photo | source
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Keep your chairs right there, boys: John Cowan on Watson, Scruggs and Dillard
In the 70s, when John Cowan and New Grass Revival first appeared on bluegrass festival stages, some folks revolted. Some yanked their camping chairs and headed for higher, traditional music grounds. Some fans divided and picked sides, and so did some musicians. And some, Cowan said, stretched out a helping…
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Kim and Reggie Harris: The civil rights songs we’ll sing 100 years from now
A few nights ago about 1,000 people—all Quakers—stood in a basketball arena in Providence, Rhode Island and sang together. Out loud. “Quakers are not known for singing,” says musician, historian, songwriter, and performer Reggie Harris, who led the performance with his wife Kim. “They’re known for silence. “We sang for…
Molly McGinn 