Podcasts about augusta heritage center

An interview with West Virginia Old-Time fidder and fiddle teacher Dakota Karper. We talk about fiddle and banjo, starting her folk school the Cat and the Fiddle, improv and interpretation in Old-Time tunes, teaching beginners and developing young musicians using the Old-Time repertoire, and her Patreon which is an awesome resource!Dakota Karper, hailing from rural West Virginia, grew up immersed in the rich traditions of Appalachian Old-time music. From an early age, she embraced folk music, studying under master fiddler Joe Herrmann and honing her craft at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota also deepened her skills with classical violin at the Shenandoah Arts Academy in Winchester, VA. After spending seven years in Baltimore, she returned to Capon Bridge, WV, where she now teaches Appalachian fiddle and performs regularly throughout the region.Dakota's website: https://www.dakotakarper.comThe Cat and the Fiddle School: https://www.thecatandthefiddlewv.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/dakotakarperBandcamp: https://dakotakarper.bandcamp.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dakotarkLet me know what you think!Support the showEmail me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on YouTube and Bandcamp. Here are my Fiddle Studio books and my website Fiddle Studio where you can find my courses and mailing list and sign up for my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!

Gerald Milnes is a folklorist, fiddler, author, documentary filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, amateur anthropologist and the former Folk Arts Coordinator at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV.  He is the book author & documentary filmmaker of Signs, Cures & Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore. After an intro about milk witchery, Gerald talks about his passion-driven life as a self-taught folklorist. From there he lays out the history of the 18th-century migration of German settlers from the Old World to Pennsylvania and finally into the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. Living in the region, Gerald befriended & interviewed many of the old timers who revealed to him a mysterious world of folk magic, superstition & occultism still alive on the mountain farmsteads. We hear of witch wars, witch doctoring, hunting magic, animal sacrifice, planting by the signs, selling one's soul to the devil, and the interplay between Christianity & the occult. For the last section, Gerald plays regional songs on his fiddle while telling a story about music's effect on the soul. In closing, he shares some music-lore about rattlesnake tails & a bewitched fiddle.  Readings from Signs, Cures & Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore by Gerald Milnes. Watch the Signs, Cures & Witchery documentary & purchase Gerald's books. Support Our Numinous Nature on Patreon.Follow Our Numinous Nature & my naturalist illustrations on InstagramCheck out my shop of shirts, prints, and books featuring my artContact: herbaceoushuman@gmail.com

This is my second conversation with Rachel Eddy, since I forgot to record the first one! We talk about finding flow in fiddling, learning tunes off recordings (or not), remembering tunes, singing, some great stories about Rachel's dad and his fiddle journey, and some ideas for fiddle students to help relax and get balanced while playing. Rachel Eddy (they/them) hails from West Virginia, where they grew up steeped in Appalachian music and dance. Rachel's multi-instrumental talents and soulful singing bring a powerful energy to the stage. In addition to being a performer, Rachel is passionate about teaching. They have taught fiddle, banjo and guitar at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins WV, at Sore Fingers Summer school in the UK, and different various weekend workshops from the hills of West Virginia to Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, London and Wales.Contact Rachel at reddytojam@gmail.comRachel's website is https://www.racheleddymusic.com/The tune this week is Rose in the Mountain, played live by Rachel on the podcast!Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on YouTube and Bandcamp. Here are my Fiddle Studio books and my website Fiddle Studio where you can find my courses and mailing list and sign up for my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!

Do you think you can play like Django?  How about Radus?  Well think again, and tune in for our in-person convo with incredible finger-pickin singer-songwriter Alex Radus and prepare for "genre whiplash"!We sit down with him and learn about how people recognized his talent at a young age, earning him the opportunity to attend the Augusta Heritage Center - dedicated to the preservation of traditional American styles of music and performance.  There he is inspired by the sounds and mentors, learns many different styles of playing, begins writing the music he was meant to create, meets Maria Woodford to form the folk duo Duende and they start busking/touring across the country....and the rest is history.Now a resident and part of the fabric of the rich Lehigh Valley music scene, Alex continues to perform throughout the area solo, as a trio, and as the recently formed rock group Hot4Robot along with Dave Cahill.Alex performs acoustic - "No Control" from his catalog, and "Just Human" from the Hot4Robot album.This interview and the performances were recorded at the Bethlehem location of Lost Tavern Brewing.Grab a pint, pull up a chair, and enjoy our time with Alex Radus!Alex RadusWebsiteInstagramYoutubePatreonHot4RobotHot4Robot websiteInstagramFacebookAlex Radus / Hot4Robot MusicBandcamp (Buy direct from the artist!)Alex Radius SpotifyAlex Radus Apple MusicHot4Robot SpotifyHot4Robot Apple MusicAs always, our hope is to bring you "your next favorite band". If you tuned in today because you already knew this musician - thank you very much! We hope that you enjoyed it and would consider following us and subscribing so we can bring you your #nextfavband in the future. And check out nextfavband.com for our entire catalog of interviews!If you have a recommendation on who you think OUR next favorite band should be, hit us up on social media (@nextfavband everywhere) or send us an email at nextfavband@stereophiliastudio.com.Thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp, and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use their music in the show open and close. It makes everything sound so much better! Let's catch a live show together soon!#nextfavband #livemusic #music #musicinterview #musician #singer #guitar #song #newmusic #explorepage #instamusic #bestmusic #musicismylife #musicindustry #musiclife #songwriter #musiclover #musicfestival

On this West Virginia Morning, every summer, the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins attracts thousands of visitors who come to learn about traditional arts, music and crafts. Inside Appalachia's Bill Lynch spoke with Seth Young about the center's mission and its plans to bring more high school juniors and seniors to its summer workshops – for free. The post Over The Counter Naloxone And Workshops At The Augusta Heritage Center On This West Virginia Morning appeared first on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

This week, we step on the Appalachian Trail with one of America's most accomplished hikers, Jennifer Pharr Davis. We also talk to the director of the Augusta Heritage Center. Each summer, dozens of students attend workshops to learn traditional skills. This year, the center is turning 50. We'll also visit the steel drum capital of America – which, believe it or not, is right here in Appalachia. You'll hear these stories and more this week, Inside Appalachia.

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Hell Broke Loose in Georgia from The Latter Day Lizards' 2002 album Sleeping on a Rock, Midnight on the Water from The Latter Day Lizards' 2007 album Rainy Night in Montague, The Old Favorite/The Return from Paris from Childsplay's 1994 album Twelve Gated City, Rainy Night in Montague from The Latter Day Lizards' 2007 album Rainy Night in Montague, and Early June/Roscoe/Fiddler's Dream from The Latter Day Lizards' 2002 album Sleeping on a Rock. Of these tunes, Early June and Return from Paris were composed by Dave!See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.See and hear Dave in action:Visit these links to learn more about Dave'sbands: Big Bandemonium, The Latter Day Lizards, Les Z Boys, Childsplay, and Stomp Rocket.Check out this video of Big Bandemonium in action at the guiding star grange, filmed by Ray Sebold. There are a lot of recognizable faces in this video, including Ralph Sweet! And here's another Big Bandemonium video at the Portland Raindance 2011.See Dave play with Latter Day Lizards at the 2020 Contra Carnivale.Here's a video of Dave playing with Supertrad, the Sam Bartlett and Eric Schedler duo.Here is a video of Dave playing with Childsplay at The National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA. (At 6:23 you can hear Dave (off camera) play 4 beats and lead off the tune "Ways of the World.")You can see Dave playing with Stomp Rocket at the Portland Intown Contra Dance in 2018 in this video.Odds and ends mentioned in this interview:Several people Dave mentions have been on their own Contra Pulse episodes: Sam Bartlett, Kate Barnes, Becky Tracy, Larry UngerRalph Sweet's Powder Mill Barn.Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia.Dave mentioned some of his teachers, and inspirations including Pete Sutherland, Liz Carroll, Johnny Gimble, Bruce Molsky, and Lisa Ornstein.Here is an article about fiddlemaker Bob Childs, who made Dave's fiddle.

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Becky Hill! Becky is a percussive dancer, so this episode is great in it’s audio-only form, but it’s even better if you watch the video, which is available on YouTube (https://youtu.be/6XLYbfwNvvI) and Get Up in the Cool’s Facebook page. We recorded this at Clifftop in the Long Point String Band tent! Thank you so much, Long Point String Band, for hosting us! Tunes in this episode: Pride of America Bonaparte Crossing the Alps Billy in the Lowground Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase Big Fish Bonus track: Elk River Blues Study dance or banjo at Augusta Heritage Center: https://augustaheritagecenter.org/ Come to the Helvetia Hoot this Labor Day: https://mountaindancetrail.org/364-2/ Buy the T-Mart Rounders album: https://www.emmyandjesse.com/store/p6/MILNES%2CCHESSER%2CHILL%3AT-MartRounders.html This episode is brought to you in part by Brooks Banjos! Visit https://www.brooksbanjos.com/ for elegance through simplicity and reasonable prices (discounts available for performing musicians). I also want to thank Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for sharing Get Up in the Cool online with their customers and increasing the reach of the show. Next time you need an instrument upgrade or new music gear, visit their online store at https://www.elderly.com/. I’m playing the 3rd Annual Kauai Old Time Gathering this November! Visit https://www.kauaioldtime.com/ for more info.

John Harrod has documented, recorded, and performed traditional music for more than 45 years. Born and raised in Shelby County, Kentucky, he has a B.A. from Centre College (1967) and an M.A. from Oxford University (1969) which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. Recently retired, he taught history and English at Owen County High School and Frankfort High School. In the 1970s and ’80s, he played with a number of bands including the Progress Red Hot String Band, the Bill Livers String Ensemble, and the Gray Eagle Band that re-introduced traditional musicians such as Bill Livers and Lily May Ledford to Kentucky audiences. During this time he also worked for three years as a Kentucky Arts Council folk artist-in-residence in Wolfe, Estill, and Trimble Counties. Along with Mark Wilson and Guthrie Meade, he produced a series of field recordings of Kentucky fiddle and banjo players that is still available on Rounder Records. In 2015 the Field Recorders Collective issued his recordings of Carlton Rawlings and Darley Fulks, two exceptional and heretofore unknown fiddlers who have had a great impact on his life. John's field recordings are housed at both Berea College and the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead. He has taught fiddle and conducted workshops at the Augusta Heritage Center, the American Festival of Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington, the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music, and the Cowan Creek Mountain Music School. He continues to perform with Kentucky Wild Horse, a band that draws on a wide variety of Kentucky music past and present. In 2004 John received the Folk Heritage Award of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts for his work in traditional music. Here, John shares rare recordings and stories about black Kentucky fiddlers. Thumbnail photo by Bill Burke of Bill Livers. The following links might enhance your listening experience: Bill Livers Jim Booker Nathan Salsburg https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1378-camp-nelson-blues Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/cogdelldjedje http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=54621 George Gibson https://nativeground.com/banjo-history-by-george-r-gibson/ https://www.appalshop.org/store/june-appal-recordings-by-format/cd-compact-disc/george-gibson-last-possum-up-the-tree/ Clifford Hayes Curtis Hayes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcw3k5NTzCY Michael Jones https://www.amazon.com/Louisville-Jug-Music-McDonald-National/dp/1626194963 Louisville Jugband Jubilee Jess Ferguson Jerron Paxton: https://www.blindboypaxton.net/ The Ebony Hillbillies: https://www.theebonyhillbillies.com/ Rhiannon Giddens: https://www.rhiannongiddens.com/ Dom Flemons: https://theamericansongster.com/ The Carolina Chocolate Drops: https://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/band/about.html Katie Peabody

This West Virginia bluesman describes the span of his career throughout the southern coalfields. His dad came from Virginia "to shake that money tree," but precious little shook loose. Nat Reese expresses humor and pathos through music and narrative in this eight-minute production made with WV Humanities support by Michael Kline in the 1980s while working on staff at the Augusta Heritage Center. Photo is by the great Douglas O. Yarrow.

Rhiannon Giddens, The SteelDrivers, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, Alice Gerrard and Sam Gleaves, featuring Ricky Simpkins. Recorded live at the Augusta Heritage Center on the campus of Davis & Elkins College.

Gwen Orel talks to Dan Neely, who coordinats Irish Week at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis and Elkins College.

Episode 22: Timothy gives a list of Christmas lore, portents, and folk magic directives collected from various sources and talks with author, musician, filmmaker, and folklore collector Gerry Milnes about some wondrous strange Old Christmas folk traditions from West Virginia and Pennsylvania. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars The Strange Familiars Mothman t-shirt design is here: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2179385-strange-familiars-mothman Episode 22 notes and links: Gerry Milnes on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gerald-Milnes/e/B001HOK0WG/Gerry's Signs Cures and Witchery DVD: https://www.amazon.com/Signs-Cures-Witchery-DVD-hour/dp/1572336048/Augusta Heritage Center: https://augustaheritagecenter.org Songs played in this episode were: The Snow-White Ghost-White Stag from the Stone Breath album The Night Birds Psalm; The Holly Crown from the Stone Breath album Knotwork Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com Contact us via email at: strangefamiliarspodcast@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath – which is Timothy’s band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.