tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41978122027037627802024-02-19T22:47:40.215-08:00WUMB Radio NetworkWUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-89749028871158043562020-01-13T12:52:00.005-08:002020-01-13T12:58:51.389-08:00WUMB's Top 10 Albums of 2019Here's the list of WUMB's Top 10 Albums of 2019 as voted on by our Members and Staff!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">10) </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=156276024579767&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAbRa4ivMI047CfJTMUwENPUM0EDi1WSxuKaoVfBNQzGFD_ED6gAWXFPAmDuu1bTB0-TXd9RLTmdfyo%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/lulawilesband/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARAbRa4ivMI047CfJTMUwENPUM0EDi1WSxuKaoVfBNQzGFD_ED6gAWXFPAmDuu1bTB0-TXd9RLTmdfyo&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAkM8f8xt_20OEMwLfRpBQFZ_NO2gDmOsjVg2NwAshv_4H4CrCuUIf77SaFZ3oRSq3qB9UUp0etgauE6OvaYRdBlYBbGinPw7CXSe5C6sO_OV_84zDP3ZAVmJsEFgjklR4D65QP-qxJUC_ncNX2S4Ts_UUMWhwj8ZuRbou4Wuc1BA5Vd__wee5T3YnUuUeRjcYxvpWM_U38qP7kICOm_qLlhPJLoFMIPkf-cPxPddddLMrXcEBeq8x6evoQ7iWE8gcAjAcWer9HT4wAdPYcqMmnOi86QxlwxcQvbFGpUjk5Sz-p_1VENIwdKn5wm3qmtQFvkPleR0xXor055w" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Lula Wiles</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> - What Will We Do</span><br />
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Ondara</a> - Tales of America<br /> 6) <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=240782009380585&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAYjZmsUAP2-Ukb0AZ1NOJ9ihdyUrvCzyd3kXkaXRmRnBy2ROAp2fAtdCoHvHJ5xv2U46-3uhC7YYiS%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/iannoemusic/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARAYjZmsUAP2-Ukb0AZ1NOJ9ihdyUrvCzyd3kXkaXRmRnBy2ROAp2fAtdCoHvHJ5xv2U46-3uhC7YYiS&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAkM8f8xt_20OEMwLfRpBQFZ_NO2gDmOsjVg2NwAshv_4H4CrCuUIf77SaFZ3oRSq3qB9UUp0etgauE6OvaYRdBlYBbGinPw7CXSe5C6sO_OV_84zDP3ZAVmJsEFgjklR4D65QP-qxJUC_ncNX2S4Ts_UUMWhwj8ZuRbou4Wuc1BA5Vd__wee5T3YnUuUeRjcYxvpWM_U38qP7kICOm_qLlhPJLoFMIPkf-cPxPddddLMrXcEBeq8x6evoQ7iWE8gcAjAcWer9HT4wAdPYcqMmnOi86QxlwxcQvbFGpUjk5Sz-p_1VENIwdKn5wm3qmtQFvkPleR0xXor055w" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Ian Noe</a> - Between the Country<br /> 5) <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=19929039096&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBsmTuGrvucuC3rVCTwQnrXEdKXexaX_rZryb3fr4BVB5srS-_1UaKpWmJS5WSFP6U93jHpdaG84g7p%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/PattyGriffin/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARBsmTuGrvucuC3rVCTwQnrXEdKXexaX_rZryb3fr4BVB5srS-_1UaKpWmJS5WSFP6U93jHpdaG84g7p&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAkM8f8xt_20OEMwLfRpBQFZ_NO2gDmOsjVg2NwAshv_4H4CrCuUIf77SaFZ3oRSq3qB9UUp0etgauE6OvaYRdBlYBbGinPw7CXSe5C6sO_OV_84zDP3ZAVmJsEFgjklR4D65QP-qxJUC_ncNX2S4Ts_UUMWhwj8ZuRbou4Wuc1BA5Vd__wee5T3YnUuUeRjcYxvpWM_U38qP7kICOm_qLlhPJLoFMIPkf-cPxPddddLMrXcEBeq8x6evoQ7iWE8gcAjAcWer9HT4wAdPYcqMmnOi86QxlwxcQvbFGpUjk5Sz-p_1VENIwdKn5wm3qmtQFvkPleR0xXor055w" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Patty Griffin</a> - Patty Griffin<br /> 4) <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=163864557047478&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARALibTQ9DtLOT88MZ_zaXfWClzr_UOx_FYt3aDr0z7MB7gCfod3r_6GuDX7DaCtEhslgWG1dOObKZ0o%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/mollytuttlemusic/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARALibTQ9DtLOT88MZ_zaXfWClzr_UOx_FYt3aDr0z7MB7gCfod3r_6GuDX7DaCtEhslgWG1dOObKZ0o&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAkM8f8xt_20OEMwLfRpBQFZ_NO2gDmOsjVg2NwAshv_4H4CrCuUIf77SaFZ3oRSq3qB9UUp0etgauE6OvaYRdBlYBbGinPw7CXSe5C6sO_OV_84zDP3ZAVmJsEFgjklR4D65QP-qxJUC_ncNX2S4Ts_UUMWhwj8ZuRbou4Wuc1BA5Vd__wee5T3YnUuUeRjcYxvpWM_U38qP7kICOm_qLlhPJLoFMIPkf-cPxPddddLMrXcEBeq8x6evoQ7iWE8gcAjAcWer9HT4wAdPYcqMmnOi86QxlwxcQvbFGpUjk5Sz-p_1VENIwdKn5wm3qmtQFvkPleR0xXor055w" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Molly Tuttle</a> - When You're Ready<br /> 3) Various Artists - Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits<br /> 2) <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=26672662859&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCy711nQyanWODFvGxlSaJQ6KcQ6k651BPg6o_kNP8KGfuegwHNC-7XIO0EceevwHD3nfG-Uo1ibnRF%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/RhiannonGiddensMusic/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCy711nQyanWODFvGxlSaJQ6KcQ6k651BPg6o_kNP8KGfuegwHNC-7XIO0EceevwHD3nfG-Uo1ibnRF&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAkM8f8xt_20OEMwLfRpBQFZ_NO2gDmOsjVg2NwAshv_4H4CrCuUIf77SaFZ3oRSq3qB9UUp0etgauE6OvaYRdBlYBbGinPw7CXSe5C6sO_OV_84zDP3ZAVmJsEFgjklR4D65QP-qxJUC_ncNX2S4Ts_UUMWhwj8ZuRbou4Wuc1BA5Vd__wee5T3YnUuUeRjcYxvpWM_U38qP7kICOm_qLlhPJLoFMIPkf-cPxPddddLMrXcEBeq8x6evoQ7iWE8gcAjAcWer9HT4wAdPYcqMmnOi86QxlwxcQvbFGpUjk5Sz-p_1VENIwdKn5wm3qmtQFvkPleR0xXor055w" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Rhiannon Giddens</a> w/Francesco Turrisi - There is No Other<br /> 1) <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=275503256495698&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBzT6KuLgLD52nL-cULDWOuvYhya79RI-Ja0MUOpdZYwdqpLzeUHlOf9QmFTYZMK7eEGOdY_COWshKk%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/TheHighWomen/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARBzT6KuLgLD52nL-cULDWOuvYhya79RI-Ja0MUOpdZYwdqpLzeUHlOf9QmFTYZMK7eEGOdY_COWshKk&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAkM8f8xt_20OEMwLfRpBQFZ_NO2gDmOsjVg2NwAshv_4H4CrCuUIf77SaFZ3oRSq3qB9UUp0etgauE6OvaYRdBlYBbGinPw7CXSe5C6sO_OV_84zDP3ZAVmJsEFgjklR4D65QP-qxJUC_ncNX2S4Ts_UUMWhwj8ZuRbou4Wuc1BA5Vd__wee5T3YnUuUeRjcYxvpWM_U38qP7kICOm_qLlhPJLoFMIPkf-cPxPddddLMrXcEBeq8x6evoQ7iWE8gcAjAcWer9HT4wAdPYcqMmnOi86QxlwxcQvbFGpUjk5Sz-p_1VENIwdKn5wm3qmtQFvkPleR0xXor055w" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">The Highwomen</a> - The Highwomen</span><br />
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Thank you to everyone who listened and took the time to vote!WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-37353162658823105972019-11-16T09:57:00.000-08:002019-11-16T09:57:09.973-08:00Sunday Morning Brew and Dr. John
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I wonder how many people,
like me, loved the song “Right Place Wrong Time” when they first heard it on
the radio, but had no idea it was Dr. John who wrote and sang it. I was only
about 10 when it was released in the early 1970s, and to my untrained ear, it was
just another cool tune to shake my pre-teen hips to—alone in my bedroom, of
course. I couldn’t let anyone see me dance at that point in my life.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">What I was learning at that
time was that I liked funk and soul music, though I didn’t use those terms yet.
Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and having first heard the song on
local radio, I assumed the artist was local, too.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Philadelphia, after all,
had its share of soul music, but it wasn’t until later that regional musical
dialects began to come clear to me, and I realized that “Right Place Wrong
Time” wasn’t from Philly at all, but from New Orleans, and from Mac Rebennack
aka Dr. John.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">What many of us know now is
that the album on which that song was released—<i>In the Right Place </i>(1973)—stands
out as Dr. John’s best-known and best-selling album, arriving as a commercial
and artistic breakthrough after years of under-the-radar releases that ranged
from the spooky psychedelic voodoo of his debut <i>Gris Gris</i> (1968) to the
old-school New Orleans R&B sound of <i>Dr. John’s Gumbo</i> (1972).</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">With the release of <i>In
the Right Place,</i> Dr. John was transformed from Crescent City eccentric to
down-home funkster, although that label, like any other critics tried to place
on him, slid off as smoothly as a gator swimming around a bayou swamp.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rebennack (born on Nov. 20,
1941) grew up in New Orleans’s 3</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><sup><span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 7.0pt;">rd</span></sup></span></span><span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Ward, and started his
career as a guitarist when he was barely into his teens. He was producing
records by the time he was 16, and after he moved to Los Angeles, he started
playing sessions as a keyboardist for artists like Frank Zappa and Sonny and
Cher.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">After Dr. John started
releasing solo records, he landed sessions with artists ranging from jazz
greats like Lee Morgan and Stanley Turrentine to stars like the Rolling Stones
and B.B. King.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">He was in his early 30s
when he recorded <i>In the Right Place</i>, and already a music veteran, he
could have hired just about anyone to join him on the sessions. He chose
wisely, bringing in first-call New Orleans composer and pianist Allen Toussaint
to produce, along with legendary locals, the Neville Brothers, to be his
backing band.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">All 11 tracks on the album
are tremendous, but there are two that stand out for me.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">There is, of course, the
title track, which, heard years later, sounds initially like it could double
for a decades-old detective TV show theme, but grooves so hard, thanks to the
Meters and Toussaint’s horn arrangement, that it generated crossover appeal
placing it in the U.S. Top Ten. And the self-effacing lyrics sung by
Rebennack—about a man painfully aware of his personal failings—are
simultaneously straightforward and clever. Never before had atonement ever sounded
like so much fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The other song that became
an instant classic was the second single from the album, “Such a Night.”
Thematically, it’s a fitting companion to “Right Place Wrong Time,” as the
untrustworthy narrator describes his strategy for stealing his best friend’s
lover. The image of “sweet confusion under the moonlight” in the chorus—both
specific and vague—remains a favorite all-time achievement in lyric writing.<span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I must admit that I’m not a
fan of the song’s keyboard sound—it strikes me as a somewhat cheesy, toy organ
patch—but it is somehow the right choice for what feels like an instant
standard, one that any couple with a healthy sense of humor would enjoy dancing
to. That said, I prefer subsequent live versions featuring Dr. John playing the
part on acoustic piano.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">When Dr. John was in his
60s or early 70s, I heard him play a club show in Boston, and, frankly, it
wasn’t one of his best nights. There were some great moments, but it just
didn’t feel like the hoodoo voodoo was fully kicking into gear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rebennack died in June
2019, leaving a legacy of great recordings and songs. One of Boston’s great
local bands, the Giant Kings, often perform “Such a Night” in their live shows,
and it is one of the best covers of the song that you’ll hear. Duke Levine
replaces the Dr. John organ with his guitar, and vocalist Chris Cote not only
sings it with guts and style every time, he provides a vocal trombone solo that
underscores the song’s inherent sense of humor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cochin",serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I’ll celebrate Dr. John’s
birthday on my November 17, 2019 show with music from <i>In the Right Place</i>
and other albums. Any day spent listening to the music of Mac Rebennack is one
in which you know you’ll walk with some bounce in your step and a good feeling
in your soul.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thoughts on Episode 1 of Ken Burns’
new documentary series <i>Country Music</i> (aired Sunday Sept 15, 2019).</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Having been
a fan of Ken Burns’ PBS documentary series <i>The Civil War</i> in 1990 and <i>Baseball</i>
in 1994, It does not surprise me that I really enjoyed the first episode of his
new multi-episode documentary for PBS, <i>Country Music</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had figured that - especially in the first
couple episodes at least - Burns would show many of the connections between
Country Music and its cousins Folk and Blues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Episode 1 did not disappoint in that regard, although perhaps there will
be more of a Bluegrass connection illustrated in future episodes (certainly
Bluegrass cross-pollinates with Folk and Country).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The sections
dominated by text and Peter Coyote’s narration were nicely balanced by
interviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A friend and I had
speculated that with Country music, Charley Pride would be the only Black
artist interviewed or profiled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was
disproved quickly, as the link with slaves both freed and captive was clearly
made with the development of Country Music via the banjo, for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the bands that has helped educate us
on where the banjo came from was the Carolina Chocolate Drops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fittingly - along with people like Merle
Haggard, Kathy Mattea, and Dolly Parton - Rhiannon Giddens (formerly of the
Carolina Chocolate Drops) was an oft used interview in this first episode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show was a
nice surprise as an interview subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He did an excellent job not only of talking about some of the important
players in the music’s development, but he also illustrated some of the
discussion points with fiddle playing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wynton Marsalis and Marty Stuart, both of them virtual music historians
in their careers, were also informative interview subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And on the creative production side, it was
nice how sometimes a song in the background from a narrative section continued
into an interview segment, with the artist being interviewed singing a line from
the same song as it continued in the background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes they synchronized perfectly (for
example, Merle Haggard singing a line from Jimmie Rodgers’ “Muleskinner
Blues”).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The episode
also did a good job of illustrating the influence on Country music by
immigrants from other nations bringing instruments and traditional ballads from
their native lands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Barbry Allan” from
the British tradition is a prime example sited in the show that still speaks to
artists today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But back to Jimmie
Rodgers, it took about halfway through this first episode for the story to get
to The Carter Family and then Jimmie Rodgers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These two then dominated the rest of the episode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’ve ever listened to <b>WUMB</b>’s Folk
Tales with Scott Alarik (Saturday’s at Noon) and The Dixie B-Line with Jon
Gersh (Saturdays from 9pm to Midnight), you are not surprised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the day before this premiere of Ken
Burns’ Country Music aired, Scott Alarik covered much of the AP Carter/Carter
Family territory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This episode of
Country Music also included profiles of Uncle Dave Macon and DeFord Bailey
(Bailey was known for the way he perfected the train sound in his harmonica
playing and became the first African American star in Country music).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would know nothing about Uncle Dave Macon
and DeFord Bailey but for Jon Gersh and The Dixie B-Line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I look
forward to more of this Ken Burns documentary series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I thank <b>WUMB</b>’s Scott Alarik and
Jon Gersh for apparently prepping me for the first episode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">--Perry
Persoff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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I was lucky enough to be filling in
on the air for Albert O on Thursday August 15<sup>th</sup>, 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky to get into the start of the 50<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of Woodstock?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, a
little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I did sign off with Arlo
Guthrie’s “Walking Down The Line” from that first night of Woodstock in 1969 – which
included Arlo’s famous reference to the larger-than-expected crowd in saying
“the New York Throughway is closed, Man!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why was that surprising, considering the incredible line-up?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s consider that some of those legends
were not yet well known, let alone “legendary” (Santana, for example).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In that spirit, I was certainly
lucky to be at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WUMB</b> that day to
interview Martha Scanlan and her guitarist Jon Neufeld.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It’s a funny thing about
music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most people, if it’s not well
known, it’s not worth their time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
then there are pieces of music that just slip into you, regardless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could be barely conscious of their
presence because of how they simply become a part of what you are doing while
listening to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking, driving,
sitting on the porch overlooking the sunset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Martha Scanlan’s music inhabits that space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A good way to explain that came from Martha
herself during our session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
paraphrase her, she talked about how everything has a rhythm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The rhythm of places” is a phrase that comes
up in her online bio at <span style="color: #1f4e79; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">MarthaScanlan.com</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As she talked about her music, that phrase made more and more sense.</div>
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Martha’s musical collaborator for
many years now, Jon Neufeld, certainly contributed to that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the session, I caught myself thinking
how Jon’s playing slipped into the background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And then suddenly he would have these compelling lead guitar parts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He came off as one of those guitar players
who without a doubt is all about serving the song. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s much talent but little ego in his
demeanor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was nice of Martha to plug
Jon’s website as well as her own (<span style="color: #1f4e79; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">neufeldjon.com</span>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jon noted just a little that he was in Black
Prairie, the side project of many of The Decemberists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was tempted to ask Jon about his guitar
style being similar to David Rawlings, but decided not to in deference to this
being Jon’s showcase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that night
at their gig at The Burren, I did approach Jon about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He related it partly to the type of guitar
they both play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you know guitars, I
wish you’d been there with me for that conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Jon did seem happy that someone else
could talk about that style of picking and about the Rawlings connection. </div>
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When we have guests in studio,
generally they play three songs from their newest release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Martha and Jon played songs from throughout
their catalog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They started with “Las
Cruces” from the most recent album, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The
River and The Light</b>,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>released
last October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next was “Honey Blue” from
Feb 2018’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Shape of Things Gone
Missing, The Shape of Things To Come </b>(and one of my favorite album titles…I
forgot to mention that to Martha).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
they finished with “Guardian Angel,” which comes from the Feb 2011 EP <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tongue River Stories: Autumn</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recommend all these songs for a long drive
through rolling hillsides and ocean/lake views.</div>
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Remember that if you are a member
of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WUMB</b>, you will have access to
whatever we post from our in-studio sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So if you are thinking of becoming a member, you can take care of that
at wumb.org (hit the “Donate Now” button and follow the steps from there).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then search for Martha Scanlan and Jon
Neufeld, in studio 8/15/19.</div>
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Thank you, Martha and Jon, for a
terrific in-studio session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And thank
you, dear reader, for your support of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WUMB</b>! </div>
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I was lucky enough to be filling in
on the air for Albert O on Thursday August 15<sup>th</sup>, 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky to get into the start of the 50<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of Woodstock?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, a
little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I did sign off with Arlo
Guthrie’s “Walking Down The Line” from that first night of Woodstock in 1969 – which
included Arlo’s famous reference to the larger-than-expected crowd in saying
“the New York Throughway is closed, Man!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why was that surprising, considering the incredible line-up?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s consider that some of those legends
were not yet well known, let alone “legendary” (Santana, for example).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 115%;">
In that spirit, I was certainly
lucky to be at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WUMB</b> that day to
interview Martha Scanlan and her guitarist Jon Neufeld.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 115%;">
It’s a funny thing about
music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most people, if it’s not well
known, it’s not worth their time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
then there are pieces of music that just slip into you, regardless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could be barely conscious of their
presence because of how they simply become a part of what you are doing while
listening to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking, driving,
sitting on the porch overlooking the sunset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Martha Scanlan’s music inhabits that space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A good way to explain that came from Martha
herself during our session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
paraphrase her, she talked about how everything has a rhythm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The rhythm of places” is a phrase that comes
up in her online bio at <span style="color: #1f4e79; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">MarthaScanlan.com</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As she talked about her music, that phrase made more and more sense.</div>
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Martha’s musical collaborator for
many years now, Jon Neufeld, certainly contributed to that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the session, I caught myself thinking
how Jon’s playing slipped into the background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And then suddenly he would have these compelling lead guitar parts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He came off as one of those guitar players
who without a doubt is all about serving the song. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s much talent but little ego in his
demeanor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was nice of Martha to plug
Jon’s website as well as her own (<span style="color: #1f4e79; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">neufeldjon.com</span>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jon noted just a little that he was in Black
Prairie, the side project of many of The Decemberists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was tempted to ask Jon about his guitar
style being similar to David Rawlings, but decided not to in deference to this
being Jon’s showcase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that night
at their gig at The Burren, I did approach Jon about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He related it partly to the type of guitar
they both play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you know guitars, I
wish you’d been there with me for that conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Jon did seem happy that someone else
could talk about that style of picking and about the Rawlings connection. </div>
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When we have guests in studio,
generally they play three songs from their newest release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Martha and Jon played songs from throughout
their catalog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They started with “Las
Cruces” from the most recent album, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The
River and The Light</b>,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>released
last October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next was “Honey Blue” from
Feb 2018’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Shape of Things Gone
Missing, The Shape of Things To Come </b>(and one of my favorite album titles…I
forgot to mention that to Martha).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
they finished with “Guardian Angel,” which comes from the Feb 2011 EP <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tongue River Stories: Autumn</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recommend all these songs for a long drive
through rolling hillsides and ocean/lake views.</div>
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Remember that if you are a member
of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WUMB</b>, you will have access to
whatever we post from our in-studio sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So if you are thinking of becoming a member, you can take care of that
at wumb.org (hit the “Donate Now” button and follow the steps from there).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then search for Martha Scanlan and Jon
Neufeld, in studio 8/15/19.</div>
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Thank you, Martha and Jon, for a
terrific in-studio session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And thank
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WUMB's <b>"<a href="http://www.wumb.org/programs/announcers.php?AnnouncerID=17" target="_blank">Spinning the Blues</a>"</b> host <b>Holly Harris</b> recently chatted with Grammy Award-winning blues musician <a href="https://www.bobbyrushbluesman.com/" target="_blank"><b>Bobby Rush</b></a> ahead of his show at City Winery in Boston on Tuesday, August 20th. You can hear "Spinning the Blues" every Saturday night from 6-9 on WUMB. Tune in at 91.9 FM in the Boston area or stream at <a href="http://wumb.org/">wumb.org</a>.<br />
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<b>HH</b>: Bobby, I'm so thrilled to be talking with you and that you're coming to Boston in a couple of weeks. I hope you're having a good summer. I'm loving the new CD, <i>Sitting On top Of The Blues</i>. Are you currently on tour?<br />
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<b>BR</b>: Yes, I am, like always.<br />
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<b>HH</b>: We had that nice sit down out in Shirley, MA right before you won a Grammy for <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Meat" target="_blank">Porcupine Meat</a></i>. That was a memorable interview and evening. Can you tell me about this new CD and how it's different?<br />
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<b>BR</b>: I don’t think it’s any different, it’s as good or better. Trying to compete with your own self is one of the hardest things to do, but I did it…and I’m blessed to be able to do that. I want to thank you for being apart of that Grammy winning record's success, and I think you’re going to be apart of that again with this one.<br />
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<b>HH</b>: You always have such good players and dancers. You certainly have a smokin' band this round too. I see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasti_Jackson" target="_blank">Vasti Jackson</a> has a big part in the production and playing. Can you talk about some of the other world-calss musicians on here, and I just want to say how sorry I am about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_%22Lil%27_Buck%22_Sinegal" target="_blank">Lil Buck Sinegal</a>'s passing.<br />
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<b>BR</b>:Yeah Lil Buck was an inspiration to me, because I’ve been knowing him a long time. I had a chance to record with him on this record. I wanted to have him on the last album, but we had too many great guitar players on that last one. I had plans to do more with him on future recordings. The other musicians I didn’t know as well, but I know they play with other artists. I saw how they played and who they played with.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Billington" target="_blank">Scott Billington</a> was with me from A to Z on the Grammy winning record and A to Z on this record. Not in production on this one aside from a couple of songs, but spiritually, with picking the songs, bouncing off his head to my head and there as a friend. I look up to him as a producer and professional.<br />
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I also had <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/patrick-guitarboy-hayes-mn0000933218" target="_blank">Patrick "Guitar Boy" Hayes</a>. He played in the band with me at one time. He knows the licks with me like Vasti knows, but he knows me as a band member. <br />
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<b>HH</b>: All the tunes are great and there are some real varied styles and stories. I've been rockin' out to "Good Stuff' and "Bobby Rush Shuffle'; love that harmonica, Bobby! What will you be playing for us at the Boston show from the new CD?<br />
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<b>BR</b>: Thank you. [We'll be playing]“Good Stuff”, “Get Out Of Here” and “Recipe for Love”. I’ll be playing the show solo, so that changes the set a bit.<br />
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<b>HH</b>: What's on tap in the Fall for Bobby Rush?<br />
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<b>BR</b>: [I'll be] working harder than I’ve ever worked before in my life to make this record comparable to the Grammy winning one. </div>
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WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-73932820479350360222019-06-21T02:49:00.003-07:002019-07-15T09:40:04.549-07:00Ray Davies & the Search for Sartorial Bliss<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Happy birthday to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Davies">Sir Ray Davies</a>, who turns
75 on Friday, 6/21/2019. Albert O. will feature Davies's music this week on Highway 61
Revisited, Saturdays 8 AM to noon (and re-broadcast Sundays at 8 PM). Listen at <a href="http://wumb.org/">wumb.org</a>.</i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Has anybody here seen a chick called Dick?<o:p></o:p></div>
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He looks real burly but he's really hip<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before we go any further, let's make a few things clear.
There are many motivations for people who dress differently from how their
assigned gender and cultural Identities dictate. Cross-dressing is a distinct
self-expression that is often separate from gender identity and sexual
preference. Cross-dressers are not necessarily gay, lesbian, bisexual or
transgender, though they may also be any of those. Though it is sometimes an
introductory behavior on the way to identifying as L, G, B or T, many
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This is where we find Dick, the protagonist of Davies's
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I can't answer that, but it's clear that the appropriate
thing for a human to do is experiment with what makes them feel healthy and
happy. Dick did that and, lo and behold, when he puts on that dress, he feels
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Davies wasn't a newcomer to writing about gender benders
or clothing fetishists. In 1966 he wrote <a href="https://youtu.be/Y9xD2kH-vzA">"Dedicated
Follower of Fashion"</a>, a send up of the mod dandies of Carnaby Street.
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"Out of the Wardrobe" is different from those
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knew that The Kinks had an affinity for deviance (just look at their band
name), “Fashion” still has a sneering overtone that hasn’t aged well. “Lola”
does a little better with its frenetic ambivalence and open ending, but neither
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<i>* One can argue that there are offensive words in the
song--unrepeatable here--that shouldn’t be there. That's a fair critique, but I
think it's important not to throw the inclusive baby out with the slur
bathwater. 1977 England was a different time and place, and Davies often uses
crudeness as a satirical tool to get his points across.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Mike Mellor</b> is a librarian and music lover. He was editor for the <i>Boston Blues
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Mike is interested in U.S. history through the lens of its music, both as
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left to us tell stories that were largely untold by other media and offer a
uniquely diverse look into American life.</div>
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<b>Brendan Hogan:</b> It's no surprise to people who listen to <a href="http://wumb.org/" target="_blank">WUMB</a> that I love <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" target="_blank">Bob Dylan</a>'s music.</div>
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He is our Shakespeare, and people are already writing about Dylan like they write about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" target="_blank">Bard of Avon</a>. Someday, as with Shakespeare and other cultural heroes, we'll lose the connection with Dylan as a living, working artist of our time. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question" target="_blank">Was Shakespeare one person, after all, or a collective of writers?</a>)<br />
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There will forever be a "before" and "after" in reference to him, but we're lucky to experience at least some of his sorcery firsthand. Magic can't be quantified, though, and it's not even worth trying to account for it. It just is. Any cultural impact Dylan has had can't be measured, either, because he has changed our culture. Dylan is like a cultural portal; he exists and so our dimension has shifted. That which could not exist before someone like him, or that which was inaccessible, is now laid out in the open.<br />
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Yes, I think highly of Dylan's art. But to me, his music has always has always been personal. Why? Because Dylan isn't magic. He isn't a figment of our imagination or a hybrid of legends passed down, written into a static, unreachable figure by history. He's a man who has shaped his own story, who has absorbed influences, and who exists in the makeup of our time. That's what I'm interested in talking about today.<br />
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<b>Mike Mellor:</b> You bring up an important point. Whenever I get going on Dylan I'm afraid people think I'm hero worshiping when I actually care very little about who he is as a day-to-day human being. Unlike some "Dylanologists" I don't collect paraphernalia or gossip about his affairs.<br />
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What I care about is his artistic contribution to the world: what he took, what he did with it, how it came out, and how it changed society. He's the most prolific and influential popular artist when it comes to bridging the American folk tradition with "arts and letters". His art made it a regular thing to express <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-structuralism" target="_blank">Post-structuralist</a> ideas in songs about sailors and homeless people, or to tell Existentialist dirty jokes. It brought <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Fred_McDowell" target="_blank">Mississippi Fred McDowell</a> up to the Ivory Tower and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" target="_blank">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> down to the gutter. He's never settled long on genre or instrumentation, but his work has been a consistent cry for egalitarianism and compassion.<br />
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That is some pretty serious stuff. But where did it all start? Well, the legend goes that his ambition upon graduating high school was "to join <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard" target="_blank">Little Richard</a>".</div>
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<b>Brendan:</b> That's the thing about Dylan: We're never really sure of who he is. Is he a man of the heart like a blues musician, of the mind like a poet, or does he want to sing about sex like Little Richard? He's all those things because he can be. Dylan is the ultimate manifestation of what it means to be an American; to be whatever you say you are. It's something he has cultivated from his earliest days as a public persona, and he's carried on laying down the chaff ever since.<br />
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Dylan doesn't use his given name, for starters, and even in his very first radio interview he spun a story about running away with the circus as a young boy. All that coupled with the mysticism and canny insight of his writing makes him a very compelling figure. I couldn't care less about his personal life, either, but I definitely filter the way I perceive the world through the lens his presence as an artist has shaped.<br />
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It's interesting that you suggest Dylan leveled the playing field between "high" and "low" cultures. I've heard people suggest that Dylan came along and broke all the rules, as if he alone had the power to do so. It's true that he did affect and represent a massive change in the way music was published, marketed, and sold, but that's not art; that's commerce. Bob Dylan is an iconic figure because he managed to exist in both the worlds of art and commerce while maintaining a high level of integrity. But nobody exists in a vacuum.<br />
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Tell me <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley" target="_blank">Bo Diddley</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Do_You_Love%3F_(Bo_Diddley_song)" target="_blank">Who Do You Love</a>" from 1956 doesn't stand up to anything on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_It_All_Back_Home" target="_blank">Bringing It All Back Home</a></i>.</div>
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<b>Mike:</b> I'd never tell you that. I'd even go a step further and say Diddley's guitar beats anything Mike Bloomfield put on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_61_Revisited" target="_blank">Highway 61 album</a>. Even the cartoon mythology of "Who Do You Love" seems like a prototype for "Highway 61" the song. So much of Dylan's "electric period" is right there.<br />
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I don't think Dylan leveled the playing field, if by "playing field" you mean society. If you mean "playing field" to be his own worldview, where he believes there is artistic and philosophical merit to be found in every station from beggar to king, then I agree with you. A large part of his gift is to amalgamate it all into something new, yet wholly referential and reverential. He is essentially a pastiche artist.<br />
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Speaking of running away with the circus, I wouldn't doubt it if he stole that biographical detail from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Jack_Elliott" target="_blank">Ramblin' Jack Elliott</a>. Elliot was an important figure in Guthrie's life when Dylan went to find him laid up in a mental hospital, and was an important figure for Dylan when he was finding his folk sound.<br />
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Dylan eclipsed that moon only a few years later but Jack is still around today to tell us the stories, and to perform amazing renditions of Dylan's early material. But before Elliott ever recorded a Dylan song Dylan (under the pseudonym Tedham Porterhouse) played harp on a Ramblin' Jack record.</div>
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<b>Brendan:</b> It's funny how Dylan was copying Ramblin' Jack Elliott copying Woody Guthrie. He did a good job of it, too. Some of those very early Dylan recordings sound exactly like Ramblin' Jack, down to the way he phrases words and even speaks. It's a wonder Elliott was so forgiving and their friendship endured. Artists imitate, though; genius steals.<br />
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Dylan must really be a genius, then, for lifting the melody and story of "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" for his song "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wSIboHqtXY" target="_blank">4th Time Around</a>". A lot is made of his influence on The Beatles, but it actually went both ways.</div>
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<b>Mike: </b>Then he must really be a genius 12 times over for his <a href="https://dylanchords.info/41_lat/textual_sources.htm" target="_blank">love and theft</a> of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_a_Yakuza" target="_blank">Junichi Saga's Confessions of a Yakuza</a></i>.<br />
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I understand why this was a controversy, but in a way it's just Dylan being Dylan. He understands that the folk tradition knows no such thing as copyright and he made a completely separate and self-sufficient work with pieces of another. The vast majority of art does this sort of "stealing" all the time. What is Art History, after all, but a catalogue of who riffed off of whom?<br />
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<b>Brendan:</b> That's his argument, too, and I tend to agree with him. An idea has to start somewhere, and more often than not it starts where someone else left off, or in the exact same place. He has the ability to internalize and codify his influences in such a way that his writing expresses a hybrid of wide-ranging ideas. It's personal and universal at the same time, and I don't think you can set out to do that. It just happens.<br />
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I suppose problems usually arise when one party makes money and the other doesn't. Dylan happily cashes his checks, I'm sure, but I've never been under the impression that he got into the game for that. In fact, he's made some pretty heavy sacrifices himself.<br />
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Morning Show Host Brendan Hogan recently chatted with Singer/Songwriter/Producer John Paul White ahead of his show at Once in Somerville on Monday, May 13th.<br />
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years on the road and much success with The Civil Wars, you decided to move on.
I imagine that must have brought a sense of relief; to have time ready to spend
with your family. Now you're back with your second solo album in 3 years. How
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JPW: "<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I’m
feeling more comfortable with this vagabond style of life than I have in a
while. It’s been a bit of a learning curve - how much is enough, how much is
too much - and it probably always will be. I’m getting better at balancing my
need to connect with people through my songs and my longing to just sit and
hold my babies" </span><br />
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BH: <span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell us about <i>The Hurting Kind</i>. On this album
you enlisted the help of some Nashville icons to help co-write
(i.e., Whisperin' Bill Anderson and Bobby Braddock) and create the
sound of the album (i.e., Pat Bergeson and Lee Ann Womack). Seems like you were
going directly for a big countrypolitan/Nashville sound?</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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JPW: "<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I
was going at it indirectly. I wanted those countrypolitan elements involved,
but I wanted to steer clear of making a retro, throwback kind of record. Early
on I realized that my voice and melodic sensibilities were always going to give
it a unique spin, as I’m not a traditional country singer. That allowed me to
immerse myself in the instrumentation and arrangements, but not worry too much
about sounding dated."</span><br />
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BH: <span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">You are a tremendously gifted singer and songwriter.
Which came first, and do you still approach your music that way?</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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JPW: "<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">That’s
very kind! I’m the most self-deprecating guy out there when it comes to my
voice. I’m tweaking constantly to try to improve. Singing was my first love, by
far. I never wanted to be a songwriter when I was young. I just wanted to sing
and catch the girl’s eye. It was college before I started seriously realizing
why I loved this, and that was due to my songwriting. I dug into the bones of
what really was going on inside me when I’d get those chill bumps from
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BH: <span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Shoals region of Alabama has for decades been a
hot bed of great music via FAME Studio, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, and all of
the incredibly soulful records that came out of those places. Today it's
artists such as yourself, The Alabama Shakes, Jason Isbell, The Secret Sisters,
Patterson Hood and others. Any thoughts as to what makes the area special?</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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JPW: "<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Back
in the day it was sheer determination and ignorance. Our founding fathers and
mothers around here were blissfully unaware that you had to be in New York Or
LA or Nashville. They figured a hit was a hit was a hit. That sort of blind
confidence seeped into the town and the generations that followed. I think we
all had a leg up on other communities, knowing that if you build it they will
come - instead of the other way around. That allowed us to create in our
comfort zone instead of a rat race. </span><br />
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the moment I’ve got my head down and am stoked to tour for the next 4 months.
I’ll be hitting pretty much the whole lower 48, and then off to the EU.
But...songs are starting to pop in my head left and right. That really makes me
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<span lang="EN">We've all got different musical tastes here at
WUMB and that's part of what makes the station so eclectic! Here are our
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3)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Jayhawks</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Paging Mr. Proust <o:p></o:p></div>
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4)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Leonard Cohen</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- You Want it Darker<o:p></o:p></div>
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5)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Samantha Farrell</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- September Sun<o:p></o:p></div>
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6)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Rolling Stones</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Blue and Lonesome<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) <b>Aaron
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8)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Esme Patterson</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- We Were Wild<o:p></o:p></div>
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9)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Peter Wolf</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- A Cure for Loneliness<o:p></o:p></div>
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10)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bob Weir</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Blue Mountain<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span>1)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Small Glories</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Wondrous Traveler<br />
2)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Jim Kweskin and Geoff
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3)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Lisa Bastoni</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- The Wishing Hour<br />
4)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Richard Shindell</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Careless<br />
5)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Kacy and Clayton</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Strange Country<br />
6)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Mandolin Orange</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Blind Failler<br />
7)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bob Weir</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Blue Mountain<br />
8)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Darrell Scott</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Couchville Sessions<br />
9)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Session Americana</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Great Shakes<br />
10)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Eileen Ivers</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Beyond the Bog Road<span lang="EN"><br />
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2)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Hiss Golden Messenger</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Heart Like A Levee<br />
3)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Ryley Walker</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Golden Sings That Have Been Sung<br />
4)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Darlingside</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Whipporwill<br />
5)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sam Beam/Jesca Hoop</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Love Letter For Fire<br />
6)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Jayhawks<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>- Paging Mr. Proust<br />
7)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Stray Birds</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Magic Fire<br />
8)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Grant Lee Phillips</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- the Narrows<br />
9)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Cactus Blossoms</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- You're Dreaming<br />
10)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Mandolin Orange</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Blindfaller<br />
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Jess Phaneuf<br />
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<span lang="EN">1)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Ages
and Ages</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Something To Ruin<br />
2)<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>Fruit Bats</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Absolute Loser<br />
3)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Esme Patterson</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– We Were Wild<br />
4)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Lumineers</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Cleopatra<br />
5)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sam Beam/Jesca Hoop</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Love Letter For Fire<br />
6)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Dawes<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>– We’re All Gonna Die<br />
7)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Margaret Glaspy</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Emotions and Math<br />
8)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bon Iver</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- 22, A Million<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
9)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Regina Spektor</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Remember Us To Life<br />
10)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Parker Milsap</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– The Very Last Day<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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1)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Lumineers</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Cleopatra<br />
2)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Case/Lang/Veirs</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Case/Lang/Veirs<br />
3)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Michael Kiwanuka</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Love & Hate<br />
4)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Samantha Farrell</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– September Sun<br />
5)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Hiss Golden Messenger</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Heart Like A Levee<br />
6)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Jayhawks</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Paging Mr. Proust<br />
7)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Karl Blau</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Introducing Karl Blau<br />
8)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Esme Patterson</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– We Were Wild<br />
9)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sam Beam/Jesca Hoop</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Love Letter For Fire<br />
10)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Stray Birds</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Magic Fire<br />
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5)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Carrie Rodriguez</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Lola<o:p></o:p></div>
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6)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Dennis Brennan</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Into This World<o:p></o:p></div>
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7)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sarah Jarosz</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– Undercurrent<o:p></o:p></div>
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8)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Margaret Glaspy</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Emotions and Math<o:p></o:p></div>
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9)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Christian McNeill</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Trapped On The Planet, Part 1<br />
10)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Jayhawks</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Paging Mr. Proust</div>
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1. Lori McKenna - The Bird and the Rifle</div>
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We're loving this collaboration of Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs! lang invited Case and Veirs to make this album three years ago in a one-line email, and what they've made is fantastic.<br />
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Eric D. Johnson's group Fruit Bats is getting attention for their recent album <i>Absolute Loser</i>. After a five-year hiatus, Fruit Bats' new record is a great renewal of their old sound. Says Eric Swedlund of <i>Paste Magazine</i>, "anyone who’s tapped feet or nodded along to Fruit Bats in the past will find plenty to embrace with this new batch of familiar, comfortable tunes."</div>
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Esmé Patterson's song "No River" comes off her album <i>We Were Wild</i>. Check out the music video, and see why she's one of our favorite new artists here at WUMB!</div>
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We've recently been playing the new <a href="http://www.paulsimon.com/" target="_blank">Paul Simon</a> single "Wristband" from the forthcoming album <b>Stranger to Stranger.</b> The album comes out June 3rd.<br />
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We've been loving the new <a href="http://www.thelumineers.com/" target="_blank">Lumineers</a> album <b>Cleopatra!</b> They haven't put out an album since their debut in 2012.<br />
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"The number of fans we have blows us away. I don’t care about the number of records we sell, I’m just happy that the music connects with people."<br />
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Have you heard the <a href="http://www.elipaperboyreed.com/" target="_blank">Eli Paperboy Reed</a> cover of the Johnny Cash tune "Cut Ya Down"?<br />
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Check out more new music we've been playing <a href="http://www.wumb.org/music/newmusic.php" target="_blank">HERE.</a>WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-60553509417816634812015-12-18T15:48:00.000-08:002015-12-18T15:50:19.839-08:00WUMB's Top 10 Albums Of 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After tallying listener votes, we made a list of the Top 10 Albums of 2015... here they are!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1gsweUp3xfaBfG79KWs9oxmt83DXLKA11jrYM8yBV8dnvOGpBZTMESJUjudCj_PU27E8n3v3OtjAaYsBy7qxVOfzyoMq3sEO6bDombSbpl8EODrNfgAQnhZ9K9HfzhKir-dMQney9Jc/s1600/Isbell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1gsweUp3xfaBfG79KWs9oxmt83DXLKA11jrYM8yBV8dnvOGpBZTMESJUjudCj_PU27E8n3v3OtjAaYsBy7qxVOfzyoMq3sEO6bDombSbpl8EODrNfgAQnhZ9K9HfzhKir-dMQney9Jc/s200/Isbell.jpg" width="200" /></a>1) Jason Isbell -<b> Something More Than Free</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbA_izzdBvwokk2Ee8B-UHLzC6YcWP0eJMss1H2QEcoXcjmMFZYBpACQ_H9bGAorC6DNkUQWIxnhhB5j32Ge0wd3kK4lOqGA8Pu-mIBzalE0URyCj_XT84m5yaBaWOf2-RuInIhf3q3s/s1600/ritter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbA_izzdBvwokk2Ee8B-UHLzC6YcWP0eJMss1H2QEcoXcjmMFZYBpACQ_H9bGAorC6DNkUQWIxnhhB5j32Ge0wd3kK4lOqGA8Pu-mIBzalE0URyCj_XT84m5yaBaWOf2-RuInIhf3q3s/s200/ritter.jpg" width="200" /></a>2) Josh Ritter - <b>Sermon on the Rocks</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQ8FImz6r42TVlRzsGdI6vFatIvo2xVkFCeRvUiRK-JLfopCJR-VKECkH6fvq8zEJ-idjYOmIk71Sm1MjrUG5S5VJpeZsaswlv8cZ7qFXxzAjkgYZ6W7fln_qMYnFNkC2H2k7NjUBBIY/s1600/emmylou+rodney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQ8FImz6r42TVlRzsGdI6vFatIvo2xVkFCeRvUiRK-JLfopCJR-VKECkH6fvq8zEJ-idjYOmIk71Sm1MjrUG5S5VJpeZsaswlv8cZ7qFXxzAjkgYZ6W7fln_qMYnFNkC2H2k7NjUBBIY/s200/emmylou+rodney.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">3) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - </span><b style="text-align: center;">The Traveling Kind</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_F1AJ3H11mbMz3sIYPweedefhRj-xCNBh8B19bL2Ip9NXhBmVY4f_F13HCdWZmcCsWkTP8O1SuuJ_tVvEbfTSxaKs_klR7Y0og-Wdb5u-c5Jg5kF9FoPh9-8oXnSzQQ6G052gKpwJuw/s1600/Griffin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_F1AJ3H11mbMz3sIYPweedefhRj-xCNBh8B19bL2Ip9NXhBmVY4f_F13HCdWZmcCsWkTP8O1SuuJ_tVvEbfTSxaKs_klR7Y0og-Wdb5u-c5Jg5kF9FoPh9-8oXnSzQQ6G052gKpwJuw/s200/Griffin.jpg" width="200" /></a>4) Patty Griffin - <b>Servant of Love</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaW_51-2uuc-rI5y0lt3uPtS13uzmVu9pjWd4-YKhWFIaaFhboCQik1OtdJ_NdF42eJXelylJop0QAPOFv0rlOhEeKeeWoGXMDJ_zMGt-EFfvXm93-oeFnnJ8mnzPpKkgA5G-lLjVMK4/s1600/Carlile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaW_51-2uuc-rI5y0lt3uPtS13uzmVu9pjWd4-YKhWFIaaFhboCQik1OtdJ_NdF42eJXelylJop0QAPOFv0rlOhEeKeeWoGXMDJ_zMGt-EFfvXm93-oeFnnJ8mnzPpKkgA5G-lLjVMK4/s200/Carlile.jpg" width="200" /></a>5) Brandi Carlile - <b>The Firewatcher's Daughter</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIOvZwArzdSLkWcLkGCVORv_vJZ1ucNQ_3ZDNmY8hFIzvN0bgi1NSU8hQlxJSZ0B8ZbBrqpBKzVfd6zCUGtpYJbkVCIiL5Zg2EWjksHOhXfSvYSNmMsp_i3FbppIHWJeGvO88K7QpbKY/s1600/Shakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIOvZwArzdSLkWcLkGCVORv_vJZ1ucNQ_3ZDNmY8hFIzvN0bgi1NSU8hQlxJSZ0B8ZbBrqpBKzVfd6zCUGtpYJbkVCIiL5Zg2EWjksHOhXfSvYSNmMsp_i3FbppIHWJeGvO88K7QpbKY/s200/Shakes.jpg" width="200" /></a>6) Alabama Shakes - <b>Sound and Color</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgxsBs1srl3Pqc22zkeaGtb1y67Odns6d70QJ9hzQC6rt-VmsNQrCRXzUmG11g8IysA1t_TKnTpGCTclyJBC6vsQFQxvE_qU3v-HDeuOaxzki5IHJn8ABLMtJupsP_ecDsvWCyOSDuv0/s1600/DRM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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<b>We'll start our TOP 10 COUNTDOWN tomorrow! Tune in throughout the week as we reveal WUMB's Top 10 Albums of 2015...meanwhile the staff here has shared their personal favorites:<br /><br />Brendan Hogan</b><br />
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1) Jeffrey Foucault - <b>Salt As Wolves </b><br />
2) Jason Isbell<b> - Something More Than Free </b><br />
3) Rhiannon Giddens - <b>Tomorrow Is My Turn</b><br />
4) Dawes - <b>All Your Favorite Bands </b><br />
5) The New Basement Tapes - <b>Lost On The River </b><br />
6) Pops Staples - <b>Don't Lose This</b><br />
7) The Suitcase Junket - <b>Make Time </b><br />
8) Mark Knopfler - <b>Tracker</b><br />
9) Ray Wylie Hubbard - <b>The Ruffian's Misfortune</b><br />
10) Bob Dylan - <b>Bootleg Series Volume 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966</b><br />
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1) The Dustbowl Revival - <b>With a Lampshade On </b><br />
2) Barnstar - <b>Sit Down!</b> <b>Get Up! Get Out! </b><br />
3) Josh Ritter - <b>Sermon on the Rocks </b><br />
4) Old Man Luedecke - <b>Domestic Eccentric </b><br />
5) Darlingside - <b>Birds Say </b><br />
6) Tom Russell - <b>Rose of Roscrae </b><br />
7) Tim O’Brien - <b>Pompador </b><br />
8) Gretchen Peters - <b>Blackbirds </b><br />
9) James McMutry - <b>Complicated Game </b><br />
10) Della Mae - <b>Della Mae </b><br />
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1) Jason Isbell - <b>Something More Than Free</b><br />
2) Christopher Paul Stelling -<b> Labor Against Waste</b><br />
3) New Basement Tapes - <b>Lost On The River</b><br />
4) Josh Rouse - <b>The Embers Of Time</b><br />
5) Joan Shelley - <b>Over + Even</b><br />
6) Joe Pug - <b>Windfall</b><br />
7) Israel Nash - <b>Silver Season</b><br />
8) Mandolin Orange - <b>Such Jubilee</b><br />
9) HoneyHoney - <b>3</b><br />
10) The Wood Brothers<b> - Paradise</b><br />
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1) Alabama Shakes - <b>Sound And Color</b><br />
2) My Morning Jacket - <b>The Waterfall</b><br />
3) Decemberists<b> - What A Terrible World What A Beautiful World</b><br />
4) Josh Ritter - <b>Sermon On The Rocks</b><br />
5) Brandi Carlile - <b>The Firewatcher's Daughter</b><br />
6) Dawes<b> - All Your Favorite Bands</b><br />
7) Courtney Barnett<b> - Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit</b><br />
8) Punch Brothers<b> - The Phosphorescent Blues</b><br />
9) Laura Marling - <b>Short Movie</b><br />
10) JD McPherson - <b>Let The Good Times Roll</b><br />
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1) Jason Isbell - <b>Something More Than Free</b><br />
2) Josh Ritter - <b>Sermon On The Rocks</b><br />
3) Calexico - <b>Edge Of The Sun</b><br />
4) Mike & Ruthy Band - <b>Bright As You Can</b><br />
5) Ana Egge w/The Stray Birds - <b>Bright Shadow</b><br />
6) Mandolin Orange - <b>Such Jubilee</b><br />
7) Rhiannon Giddens - <b>Tomorrow Is My Turn</b><br />
8) The Dustbowl Revival - <b>With a Lampshade On </b><br />
9) Eilen Jewell - <b>Sundown Over Ghost Town</b><br />
10) Danielle Miraglia - <b>Glory Junkies</b><br />
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<b>Patrick Coman</b><br />
Local Folk<br />
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1) Suitcase Junket - <b>Make Time </b><br />
2) Jeffrey Foucault - <b>Salt As Wolves </b><br />
3) Brown Bird - <b>Axis Mundi </b><br />
4) The Grownup Noise - <b>Stewing </b><br />
5) Caitlin Canty<b> - Reckless Skyline </b><br />
6) Session Americana - <b>Pack Up The Circus </b><br />
7) Darlingside - <b>Birds Say </b><br />
8) Barnstar - <b>Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out! </b><br />
9) Tall Heights - <b>Holding On, Holding Out </b><br />
10) Krista Baroni - <b>The Alabaster Girl<br /></b><br />
<b>Jay Moberg</b><br />
Program Director/Music Director<br />
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1) Jason Isbell<b> - Something More Than Free</b><br />
2) Dave Rawlings Machine - <b>Nashville Obsolete</b><br />
3) Israel Nash - <b>Silver Season</b><br />
4) The Wood Brothers - <b>Paradise</b><br />
5) Mandolin Orange - <b>Such Jubilee</b><br />
6) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - <b>The Traveling Kind</b><br />
7) Jeffrey Foucault - <b>Salt as Wolves</b><br />
8) Joan Shelley - <b>Over + Even</b><br />
9) The Ballroom Thieves<b> - A Wolf in the Doorway</b><br />
10) The New Basement Tapes<b> - Lost on the River</b>WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-92196147928914846172015-12-01T10:10:00.001-08:002015-12-01T10:11:34.425-08:00In Memory Of Michael Troy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We lost one of the good ones last Sunday. Michael
Troy lost his long, courageous battle against cancer. He was a
brilliant songwriter, a kind and gentle man, and I am proud to have
called him friend for some three decades. He was a true working class
folksinger. More Guthrie than Dylan. He worked hard all his life. He had
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The thing about Michael’s songs it that you
believe every word of them, every line of every song. That's because
Michael has seen it, done it, and been it. His songs are about real
people who have real lives. People who work and love and triumph over
the everyday obstacles that we all face, and sometimes fail. He writes
of the people that populate the seacoast of his native Massachusetts but
are they that different from the people that you know? And as soon as
you've heard the songs don't you feel like you've known them all your
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Michael was a rare observer who could condense a
story into a few simple verses. He was a rare writer who creates poetry
that sounds like speech. It seems to be just the way people talk, only
better. Michael was also a rare composer who writes melodies that sound
like the people whose stories they carry.</div>
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In ancient days Michael might have been called a
bard, but rather than telling tales of epic battles he chooses to tell
the stories of people whose battles are smaller but, in their own way,
just as epic. As you listen to Michael's songs you come to know these
folks and you come to like them. As you listen to his songs you'll also
come to know Michael, you'll like him too, and believe him, every line
of every song.</div>
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For more information on Michael visit <a href="http://www.folkmichaeltroy.com/" target="_blank">http://www.folkmichaeltroy.com</a>.<br />
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-Dave Palmater</div>
WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-17707266627193782122015-10-20T08:57:00.000-07:002015-10-20T08:57:26.083-07:00WUMB 2015 Fall Fundrive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time again! Here at WUMB we are asking for your monetary support to help us continue to bring you the programming that you love. Where else will you hear artists ranging from Ryan Adams to Townes Van Zandt, to local artists like Darlingside? If you didn't learn about them on WUMB you may not know about these talented artists. Your financial support for WUMB gives you a radio station that plays the music you want to hear even if it's your first time pledging. Listener support makes up a significant percentage of WUMB's overall funding and that is why your contribution is vital.<br />
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WUMB is always here for you, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. You will always find great music and knowledgeable hosts like Albert, Brendan and Dave. You can count on them being there every day. And we count on you for a pledge.<br />
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We're asking you to be as generous as you can when you call 800-573-2100. If you could make a $50 a month commitment to WUMB we'd be glad to thank you with our WUMB jacket. You can also pledge on our website WUMB.org. Pledging only takes a couple of minutes. Soon you'll have done your part to keep WUMB on the air. And if $50 a month is out of your price range contribute any amount that is comfortable for you. Every dollar makes a difference.<br />
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Call 800-573-2100 or pledge online <a href="https://www.wumbsecure.org/alleg/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=WEB&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=nTVTsCAcZKMVQycLjeawDdW0piuR9ZMb" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-8223586347536487892015-10-14T12:22:00.000-07:002015-10-14T13:07:05.519-07:00In-Studio Performance: Josh Ritter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY72TxW73bFNIifQMewoauobSMfTTBuPocFsLgjJ7OMSTK8QVkEKms2dXs0De13lbDWrB2vfDQj16XNEi-OeaGyRn2Tc0CzxShBmDsZGBcEY70wfazJBUACzNWGmEkHyO8p15cfnCmmaI/s1600/ritter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY72TxW73bFNIifQMewoauobSMfTTBuPocFsLgjJ7OMSTK8QVkEKms2dXs0De13lbDWrB2vfDQj16XNEi-OeaGyRn2Tc0CzxShBmDsZGBcEY70wfazJBUACzNWGmEkHyO8p15cfnCmmaI/s320/ritter.jpg" width="320" /></a>Josh Ritter, who has been dubbed one of the :100 Greatest Living Songwriters" popped into the WUMB air studio on October 14th to chat with Dave Palmater about his new album <i>Sermon On The Rocks. </i>He strictly played tracks from the record, including "Where The Night Goes", "Young Moses" and "Cumberland", in anticipation of it's October 16th release.<br />
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<i>Sermon On The Rocks </i>is much more lighthearted, fun and carefree than his previous releases. Describing the departure from his previous style Ritter says that he "realized that [he] didn't have to take things so seriously all the time".He feels that he is at a point in his career where he could start to keep all of his music sounding the same, but that was something he was afraid of. So he chose to experiment with his sounds instead and have the opinion of, "this song [may not] really be me but I'm going to finish it and maybe it will become something".<br />
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Ritter recorded the album in New Orleans and co-produced it with Trina Shoemaker who has worked with artists from Emmylou Harris to Queens of The Stone Age. He chose to record the <i>Sermon On The Rocks</i> in New Orleans because it was a place he had passed through on tour and wanted to stay. He rented a big house and brought his family and friends along with him, wanting to reflect New Orleans Culture, "Wanting to live in the bloodstream for a little while.<br />
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Dave asked Ritter which song from the he would choose to play if only asked to play one. The album has strong themes of Autumn and heading back to where you came from, and for that reason he chose to close out the interview with "Homecoming". Josh Ritter is playing a sold-out show at The Sinclair tonight but he will be back in Boston this winter.<br />
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-Kendall StewartWUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-9502941706374079562015-10-02T11:32:00.000-07:002015-10-02T11:32:58.356-07:00Change is in the Air(waves) at WUMB Radio!<div class="MsoNormal">
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UMass Boston’s </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">full-format folk, roots and world music radio station</span></span></div>
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pleased to announce some changes in its Fall programming line-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be a new voice on air, and a
familiar voice at a new time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The familiar
voice belongs to Brendan Hogan, who is the new host of The Morning Show, Monday
through Friday from 6:00 – 10:00 AM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hogan
has been a fixture on the Boston radio scene since 1999 and at WUMB since 2012,
where he created the popular <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dark Was the
Night </i>blues/roots music program and held the 7:00 – 10:00 PM time slot. Brendan
has eagerly embraced his new role: “WUMB has always been my favorite station
for music, and having worked the evening show for the past few years has been a
dream. Moving to mornings for drive time is even more exciting! I don’t know if
there’s a station playing more local music every day than us. Same with blues
and old gospel, R&B, country, and folk, in addition to the new music and
core roots artists we play. It's something I'm really proud to be a part of.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The new voice, beginning November 9 from 7-10
PM <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday through Friday is Jess
Phaneuf, who comes to WUMB after seven years at MVYRadio on Martha’s Vineyard. In
her own words, “</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I'm thrilled to be returning to Boston to join the team at WUMB, where I'll
have the chance to immerse myself in the city's music scene and bring my
enthusiasm to the airwaves. Not only do I love the diverse and independent mix
of music on UMB, I appreciate their support of local artists in the greater
Boston area. It's so evident that WUMB's listeners are appreciative of the deep
cuts, the unknown artists, and the intelligent and eclectic programming -- I
can't wait to connect with them!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">WUMB
Director of Programming Jay Moberg is very much looking forward to this new
line-up: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“I’m
really excited about both Brendan and Jess. Brendan’s Morning Show is
truly unique and I think a breath of fresh air in Morning Drive. You’ll
hear musicians from Woody Guthrie to Ray Charles and everything in
between. Brendan does an amazing job of not only selecting great music
but also giving you important information about each song or artist.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Jess is someone who’s been on my radar for a while now coming to us from
MVY, a station I truly respect and admire. Jess is not only an extremely
hard worker who’s built up a very good reputation around the industry but she’s
also wired into the Local Music scene in Boston which is incredibly important
to WUMB.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-37662424880927227932015-09-24T13:18:00.002-07:002015-09-24T13:18:48.125-07:00Dawes at The Royale, 9/22/2015<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dTpdgBqdXwppfQug2dtG21ffNbD9Fo505u9fWOWT8C6PoyyJQez5sEZxE3gCGPiWKasm0b4RIyvAN-1iZ08pcPtLOLlygDFKgKFGohPoXdXXfMnr51bbF_1YUiuaeR-CRqu4y7LNr1E/s1600/dawes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dTpdgBqdXwppfQug2dtG21ffNbD9Fo505u9fWOWT8C6PoyyJQez5sEZxE3gCGPiWKasm0b4RIyvAN-1iZ08pcPtLOLlygDFKgKFGohPoXdXXfMnr51bbF_1YUiuaeR-CRqu4y7LNr1E/s320/dawes.JPG" width="180" /></a>On Tuesday, September 22nd, Dawes played The Royale in Boston for the second time in their career. It sold well the first time, but the second time it sold out. We had the opportunity to meet with Taylor Goldsmith, guitarist and lead vocalist for the band, on his tour bus prior to the show.<br />
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Dawes are touring to support their 4th album, <i>All Your Favorite Bands, </i>which was released on June 2nd of this year. Goldsmith said that on previous tours he would often be approached after shows and given the comment of, "I didn't know you could play guitar like that, or I didn't know Griffin [Goldsmith] could play drums like that" which he took as a compliment but still had to think "obviously we aren't doing this right". A unique, passionate live show is a necessity for the band, "no one wants to talk about a band and say 'oh the show was great, but you've really gotta go <i>home </i>and listen to the CD you bought for ten bucks'". So he and drummer (and brother) Griffin got an acoustic guitar and headed down to Nashville to meet with David Rawlings with the hopes of making an album that captured the feel of their live shows.<br />
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After the writing of <i>All Your Favorite Bands </i>was complete Dawes took the tracks on a mini-tour of California as a means of pre-production. They played to tiny rooms with Rawlings standing in the back serving as their coach, reading the way the audience reacted and relaying the information to the guys at the end of the night. In the studio Rawlings encouraged the guys <i>not </i>to listen back to tracks for the first three or for takes. He would then edit the songs and it would be the edits that the band heard.Goldsmith said, "We were a tool for him the way he was for us. We were there for performances and we were fresh ears for him when he played us his edits."<br />
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A typical Dawes audience tends to have a wide age range from late teenagers to the compatriots of their parents. The crowd at The Royale was no different, and meshed seamlessly, all affected by the music in the same way. Tay Strathairn, keyboardist, was unfortunately absent from the stage as his appendix burst a little over a week ago. (We'll give him a free pass for that one.) And Duane Betts, who recently joined up as an official member of the touring band proved yet again that he is an invaluable addition to the lineup complementing Goldmsith on guitar rather than competing. The set included two thirds of <i>All Your Favorite Bands--</i>only "Waiting For Your Call", "Don't Send Me Away" and "To Be Completely Honest" were left out--among older favorites such as "When My Time Comes", "If I Wanted Someone", "A Little Bit of Everything", "Time Spent In Los Angeles" and more. The show was billed as "An Evening With Dawes", forgoing an opener in favor of an eighteen-song career-spanning set. A quarter of the way through, Goldsmith even commented that had they had an opener they would only be getting started at that point. Similarly, when it was time to call it a night, they chose to stay on stage rather than exiting and returning for an encore. And, of course, they closed out the set with "All Your Favorite Bands".<br />
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-Kendall StewartWUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-57772253611363710362015-09-24T10:41:00.000-07:002015-09-24T10:49:39.409-07:00WUMB Q+A: Shemekia Copeland<div class="x_body" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><i>Spinnin' The Blues</i> host, Holly
Harris, recently chatted with Shemekia Copeland about her new record, <i>Outskirts
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH:</b> Hello Shemekia, It’s
great to be sitting down with you again. How are you doing? I last caught up
with you here, playing Cambrdige, MA last year. It was winter and we were all
wrapped up. First of all I just want to say how much I love the album. It’s
really wonderful. The songs have such variety and freshness. I’m excited to
talk about it in a second, but I know you’re on the road. Where you now and
how’s the tour going? When do you plan to be back in Chicago?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC:</b> Doin' great. Workin'
hard. Good to be with you. I'm touring my new CD, <i>Outskirts of Love, </i>almost
non-stop for the next two months. I'm in Kansas now. Won't be back in Chicago
until October 2. But I'm having a ball!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH:</b> I’m excited to talk
with you about your latest Alligator release. What can you tell me about the
title, “Outskirts of Love’? I’m sure a lot of thought went into that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC: </b>It's a CD that I
think is relevant to the times we live in. Most of the people are living on the
outskirts. They're marginalized. Some are homeless. Another is a victim of date
rape. There's even a country song about a woman on the run in a desperate
situation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH: </b>First of all, what
is different for you about this particular album; musically, collaboratively,
and where you are vocally these days?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC:</b> What's different is I
think it's my most complete album from a conceptional point of view. Everything
just seems to fit in together theme-wise from one song to the next. It just
flows. I'm back working with Oliver Wood who just seems to know how to get the
most out of me. And he and John Hahn have written some of my best songs
yet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH:</b> Let’s talk
about the cd, <i>‘Outskirts of Love, </i>dropping right now. There
are 12 wonderfully,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">carefully selected tunes on
here. Your work is so present and relevant. I just want to say, I think you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">sound amazing and I’m not
alone; better than ever. You are able to transcend styles, and make each<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">tune your own as, ‘pure
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">Who’s in your core band? I
love your choice of guest artists too- Billy F. Gibbons, Alvin Youngblood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">Hart, and Robert Randolph,
whom I recently saw and spoke with. He’s great. Plus you have some<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">special other musicians adding
to the mix. Recording engineer Mike Poole and his crew really did a<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">great job. There are a lot of
good products coming out of Nashville.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC: </b>Oliver put together a
great core band then added fantastic local guys in Nashville like Will
Kimborough, Pete Finney, and Guthrie Trapp. Plus I had friends like Billy
Gibbons who I just love, Robert Randolph who I've worked with before on a Slide
Brothers CD, and Alvin Youngblood Hart who really nailed it on <i>Cardboard
Box. </i>Nashville's just incredible to record in. The level of
musicianship is so high. And all the people are great. Plus when the session is
over you can go out to a club and catch somebody like Vince Gill. I had an
awesome time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH:</b> How did the
collaboration with your guitarist Oliver Wood and manager/producer, John Hahn
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SC: </b>John saw Oliver in New York and they just hit it off. John's been
writing great songs for me on every CD but I think he's done his best ones with
Oliver. He and I talk every day about everything and somehow he's able to
translate that into songs I can really relate to on a very personal
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH:</b> Boy, ‘Crossbone
Beach’ in an intense tune if you listen to the lyrics. The songs you sing are
so<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">sincere as you talk about love
and life and the human experience, including your own. I know that is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">a message your dad passed down
to you that, ‘We’re all connected”. It’s really very timely right now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">especially in light of what’s
going on in the world. Another example is ,‘The Battle is Over, But the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">War Goes On’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC:</b> I'm trying to make
music, Blues in particular, that is relevant to the times. So
"Crossbone" is right out of today's headlines about date rape. And
"The Battle </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">Is Over" anti-war message
is as well. The world doesn't really need more blues songs that only say,
"My main left me, ain't that sad". </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH: </b>I love that you
selected, ‘Devil’s Hand’; a tune of your father’s on here, the great, Johnny
Clyde Copeland. I hope you do one every cd! You know he would be proud of all
that you have accomplished. Im sure both your parents are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC:</b> I'm very luck that I
had great parents. I love them both so much. Both were always so supportive of
whatever I wanted to do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH: </b>The songs are all
very sepcial; ‘Albert King’s, ‘Wrapped up in Love Again’, John<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">Fogerty’s...‘Long as I Can See
the Light’ , and the final cut is so poignant, ‘Lord Help the Needy’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">Commentary on social justice
is important to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC: </b>I'm very blessed that
I have this opportunity to use my voice and people actually listen to it. So I
like to take advantage of that to do more than just sing simple songs. Social
justice is important to all of us.So I try to sing about thing but in an entertaining
way.I'd never want to come across as lecturing anyone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH: </b>Are there a few tunes
you that could like talk about specifically or that you would like to touch on
so folks can be aware their messages?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>SC:</b> I think
"Cardboard Box", about homeless people, is an important one. Everyday
we all just walk past these poor people living out in the street. We
ignore them. It's like we treat them and act they're not even people anymore.
We just walk on by. It's incredibly sad and it's not right. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH: </b>Can you just mention
on some of your greatest influences that have help put you on the path?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.666667px;"><b>SC:</b> Koko Taylor and Ruth Brown were huge influences. Otis Redding and O.V. Wright. The Stones and Led Zep. My daddy, Johnny Clyde. Dr. John. Steve Cropper. Too many other people to name. I've been very fortunate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b>HH: </b> Thank you,
Shemekia for sitting down with me today. I’m always so excited to see what you
are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">up to. All the best on,
‘Outskirts of Love’. It’s going places. Our buddy Ed Burke was also happy to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">hear the new cd on ‘Spinning
the Blues’. He’s like a proud uncle out there. I look forward to hearing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">the band again soon. Let’s
check in again in the future. Safe travels...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-79917007440873447642015-09-10T13:49:00.000-07:002015-09-10T13:50:22.166-07:00In-Studio Performance: Catie Curtis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JRl8W4bZemZjKp6_DRvAnZOaVQGvbX41I5zHuuO-ztPRfbLDhyphenhyphentUuPORbIV7MEzlrR3GH9AYZiUnlaGAYy2zfElepv86ZJ_EXqBY-VbwoYby0vcE-A8Z5d-4FOuRCcBMBh43oXzf_Mk/s1600/IMG_1670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JRl8W4bZemZjKp6_DRvAnZOaVQGvbX41I5zHuuO-ztPRfbLDhyphenhyphentUuPORbIV7MEzlrR3GH9AYZiUnlaGAYy2zfElepv86ZJ_EXqBY-VbwoYby0vcE-A8Z5d-4FOuRCcBMBh43oXzf_Mk/s1600/IMG_1670.JPG" /></a>Boston mainstay and resident "folk-rock goddess", as the New Yorker calls her, Catie Curtis paid a visit to the WUMB air studio on September 10th for a performance and interview with Dave Palmater in preparation for her shows at Club Passim on Saturday, September 19th.<br />
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Curtis, who is coming off of a divorce--the end of a seventeen-year marriage to be exact--and has a yet unnamed record dealing with the topic, chose to start the session with "Troubled Mind" from her 1996 album <i>Truth and Lies. </i>As an artist who has based most of her material off of her own life Curtis says that she is in a tricky spot with a lot of the material on her forthcoming album. Many of her earlier records were about her married life and parenting her young children. Not all of the songs are based fact for fact on her own experiences. One song that fits this description is "My Betraying Heart",cowritten with Maia Sharp, which tells the story of overlapping relationships. She never wants to put a disclaimer out on song saying that they did or did not happen in her life. With twenty plus years of touring under her belt fans are always coming up to her and telling her how her songs relate to their own lives. What matters is that relatability, "what is important is that it <i>could </i>have happened" to her. She also played a song that was formerly named after her Unitarian minister who's name appeared in the song. The lyrics include asking "is it real life yet" and questioning whether the person leaving a long-term relationship is in fact doing the right thing. The song is currently untitled because she chose to remove the minister's name from the lyrics.<br />
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The next few months are going to be busy for Curtis. In addition to writing and performing she runs a series of songwriting retreats. Applications are still being accepted for a session running Columbus Day weekend. She also produces the Voices United Concerts to raise awareness for Americans United For Separation of Church and State. The next next installation features Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem on October 30th at the First Unitarian Society in Newton. Curtis is also looking for a venue to host her annual holiday show.<br />
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You can catch Catie Curtis at Club Passim on Saturday, September 19th, at 5 PM and 8 PM. More information can be found on her website <a href="http://catiecurtis.com/">CatieCurtis.com</a>.<br />
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<br />WUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197812202703762780.post-18678273141064396472015-08-31T11:20:00.000-07:002015-08-31T11:20:25.697-07:00WUMB Member Concert with Eliza Gilkyson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AeibKCrDcAbo2Q_w3mdb6xH0Io4zOPr3K4TcsW_X7Iowc2lrYCjMPP9oxrphxRryQGjMezjm1K9ZMJYG3VTaYmos89lfUAQMHsZ6CnaYwHzIqdRd6N9HdZoDxH3KtXvEcwm4WQJJFXs/s1600/eliza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AeibKCrDcAbo2Q_w3mdb6xH0Io4zOPr3K4TcsW_X7Iowc2lrYCjMPP9oxrphxRryQGjMezjm1K9ZMJYG3VTaYmos89lfUAQMHsZ6CnaYwHzIqdRd6N9HdZoDxH3KtXvEcwm4WQJJFXs/s320/eliza.jpg" width="320" /></a>If you are a WUMB Member you know that you can go to free WUMB Member Concerts. We have a Member Concert with Eliza Gilkyson, Rebecca Loebe, Betty Soo, and Bianca De Leon at 7 PM on Thursday, September 24th at David Friend Recital Hall at Berklee College of Music. The event is hosted by Berklee's Professional Education Division, Austin to Boston: Cutting Through The Noise.<br />
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Each of the featured artists are based out of Austin, Texas and are visiting Berklee to teach master classes, chat with students, and to perform. Eliza Gilkyson comes from a musical family. Her father is Terry Gilkyson the folk musician, and her brother Tony is a guitarist. Gilkyson has been releasing music since 1969. Rebecca Loebe competed on Adam Levine's team during the first season of NBC's The Voice and has toured with the likes of Ellis Paul and Raina Rose. Betty Soo has won awards from the Sisters Folk Festival, the Wildflower! Festival, Mountain Stage and more. Bianca De Leon is an internationally renowned folk singer who has had her music featured on film soundtracks and in video games.<br />
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You must be a WUMB member to attend Member Concerts. Become one <a href="https://www.wumbsecure.org/alleg/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=WEB&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=nTVTsCAcZKMVQycLjeawDdW0piuR9ZMb" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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-Kendall StewartWUMB Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475619042145661858noreply@blogger.com0