Podcasts about The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Rhiannon Giddens is a folk musician who has won Grammys, a Pulitzer, and MacArthur Genius Grant. But her new album is a true love letter to her North Carolina roots and features former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson. The album is called "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow."Giddens and Robinson join us to talk about North Carolina's musical past, taking the time to learn at the feet of a master, and what it means to call a place home.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Connect with us. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Five years since the passing of Andrew Weatherhall, we dip our sabre in honor, - Worldy local favorites Carolina Chocolate Drops album Genuine Negro Jug turns 15 years old on Nonesuch Records - released in 2010. Face Radio presenters Jaf & Corin had a band in the 80's Zeitgeist - we spin a 12” released on Tony Fletcher's Jamming label, underground synth from Portugal, under the radar American Soul, and Spanish - Mexican protest songs, plus loads more. Enjoy the music without borders, cheers big ears. For more info and tracklisting, visit: https://thefaceradio.com/worldy/Tune into new broadcasts of Worldy with Matt and Dom, LIVE, Mondays from 10 AM - 12 Noon EST / 3- 5 PM GMT.//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Music from Mary Gauthier, Jake Blount, The Honey Dewdrops, Carolina Chocolate Drops and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

La Réunion, La Nouvelle-Orléans et Haïti sont convoqués dans cette magnifique session live ! (Rediffusion) Nos 1ers invités sont le groupe Grèn Sémé pour la sortie de l'EP Maloya Gazé + remixs Genre musical majeur de La Réunion, le Maloya, devient « gazé » (fou) à travers les sons composés par Grèn Sémé pour ce nouvel EP.Un maloya gazé qui se conjugue entre inspiration directe de la plus pure ligne de cette musique traditionnelle réunionnaise et son évolution, très actuelle, signature du groupe Grèn Semé.Composé en marge des sessions studio du dernier album en date, «Zamroza», les trois premiers titres de ce tout nouvel E.P révèlent cette facette solaire de la formation créole.On y goûte l'amour du texte et la soif de découverte. Et on savoure la justesse du mélange de leurs compositions. Entre inspiration de la tradition des plus grands morceaux en chants/percussion de l'histoire de l'île et les arrangements si singuliers et identifiables du groupe, Grèn Sémé offre trois hymnes qui se prêtent à merveille à l'exercice du remix. Bonus de luxe : les 3 Remixs de Voilaaa + La Dame + Guiss Guiss Bou bess. Voilaaa et le fabuleux Bruno Patchworks se sont emparés de « Siko » pour créer un hit de bal cap-verdien, funana avec ses mélodies entêtantes, c'est ultra-dansant ! La Dame, productrice et DJ de Belgique, remixe le titre éponyme vers une batida efficace pour le dance floor, les DJs et les danseurs. Les Guiss Guiss Bou Bess poussent un peu plus loin l'exercice du remix en ajoutant les sabars sénégalais et le chant de Mara Seck leader du groupe, répond à Carlo de Sacco sur le titre «Alkol», c'est beau et provoque une véritable explosion de joie et d'émotions.Titres joués au grand studio- Tanbour Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «tanbour»)- Alkol, extrait Cd (Voilaaa remix) - Siko Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «Siko»).Vidéo  Line Up : Carlo de Sacco (Chant, Kayanm, Tambour malbar), Mickaël Beaulieu (Synthé, chœurs), Bruno Cadet (Guitares, chœurs), Rémi Cazal (Programmation, synthé, chœurs) et Germain Lebot (Percussions, batterie, chœurs).+ Cedric Corrieri (Tech Son).Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch.                                                                             RFI Vidéos : Dominique Fiant, Cyril Etienne, Christophe Valette, réalisation : Vanille Foucher.► EP Maloya Gazé (Markotaz 2024).Site Markotaz. YouTube mini concert Grèn Sémé : Les 3 titres filmés par RFI Vidéos, à savoir Bhopal, Tanbour et SikoSite Grèn Sémé - Facebook - YouTube.#musique #maloya #îledelareunion Puis la #SessionLive reçoit Leyla McCalla pour la sortie de l'album Sun Without The Heat.Née à New York d'un couple d'émigrants et d'activistes haïtiens, Leyla McCalla a développé une fascination précoce pour Haïti et sa culture, en partie grâce au temps qu'elle a passé chez sa grand-mère lorsqu'elle était enfant. Après avoir déménagé au Ghana pendant deux ans et obtenu plus tard son diplôme, elle a finalement dérivé vers le sud jusqu'à la Nouvelle-Orléans, où elle voulait gagner sa vie en jouant du violoncelle dans les rues du quartier français.Son dévouement à éclairer les racines noires de la culture américaine l'a finalement conduite aux Carolina Chocolate Drops. Après deux ans de tournée et d'enregistrement avec le groupe lauréat d'un Grammy Award, elle part poursuivre sa propre carrière en tant qu'artiste solo. L'album Sun Whithout The Heat est son 5ème enregistrement studio. Tout au long des dix titres de l'album, McCalla parvient à un équilibre entre pesanteur et légèreté grâce à des mélodies et des rythmes issus de diverses formes de musique afro-diasporique, notamment l'afrobeat, les modalités éthiopiennes, le tropicalisme brésilien, ainsi que le folk et le blues américains. Titres joués au grand studio- Take Me Away Live RFI- Scaled To Survive, extrait de l'album- Give Yourself a Break Live RFI.Line Up : Leyla McCalla, chant, Pete Olynciw, basse, Nathum Zdybel, guitars, Caito Sanchez, batterie.Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch, Jérémie Besset.► Album Sun Without The Heat (Label: Anti-/Pias 2024). YouTube - Site - facebook.#musique #folk #blues #nouvelleorleans #haïti

La Réunion, La Nouvelle-Orléans et Haïti sont convoqués dans cette magnifique session live ! (Rediffusion) Nos 1ers invités sont le groupe Grèn Sémé pour la sortie de l'EP Maloya Gazé + remixs Genre musical majeur de La Réunion, le Maloya, devient « gazé » (fou) à travers les sons composés par Grèn Sémé pour ce nouvel EP.Un maloya gazé qui se conjugue entre inspiration directe de la plus pure ligne de cette musique traditionnelle réunionnaise et son évolution, très actuelle, signature du groupe Grèn Semé.Composé en marge des sessions studio du dernier album en date, «Zamroza», les trois premiers titres de ce tout nouvel E.P révèlent cette facette solaire de la formation créole.On y goûte l'amour du texte et la soif de découverte. Et on savoure la justesse du mélange de leurs compositions. Entre inspiration de la tradition des plus grands morceaux en chants/percussion de l'histoire de l'île et les arrangements si singuliers et identifiables du groupe, Grèn Sémé offre trois hymnes qui se prêtent à merveille à l'exercice du remix. Bonus de luxe : les 3 Remixs de Voilaaa + La Dame + Guiss Guiss Bou bess. Voilaaa et le fabuleux Bruno Patchworks se sont emparés de « Siko » pour créer un hit de bal cap-verdien, funana avec ses mélodies entêtantes, c'est ultra-dansant ! La Dame, productrice et DJ de Belgique, remixe le titre éponyme vers une batida efficace pour le dance floor, les DJs et les danseurs. Les Guiss Guiss Bou Bess poussent un peu plus loin l'exercice du remix en ajoutant les sabars sénégalais et le chant de Mara Seck leader du groupe, répond à Carlo de Sacco sur le titre «Alkol», c'est beau et provoque une véritable explosion de joie et d'émotions.Titres joués au grand studio- Tanbour Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «tanbour»)- Alkol, extrait Cd (Voilaaa remix) - Siko Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «Siko»).Vidéo  Line Up : Carlo de Sacco (Chant, Kayanm, Tambour malbar), Mickaël Beaulieu (Synthé, chœurs), Bruno Cadet (Guitares, chœurs), Rémi Cazal (Programmation, synthé, chœurs) et Germain Lebot (Percussions, batterie, chœurs).+ Cedric Corrieri (Tech Son).Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch.                                                                             RFI Vidéos : Dominique Fiant, Cyril Etienne, Christophe Valette, réalisation : Vanille Foucher.► EP Maloya Gazé (Markotaz 2024).Site Markotaz. YouTube mini concert Grèn Sémé : Les 3 titres filmés par RFI Vidéos, à savoir Bhopal, Tanbour et SikoSite Grèn Sémé - Facebook - YouTube.#musique #maloya #îledelareunion Puis la #SessionLive reçoit Leyla McCalla pour la sortie de l'album Sun Without The Heat.Née à New York d'un couple d'émigrants et d'activistes haïtiens, Leyla McCalla a développé une fascination précoce pour Haïti et sa culture, en partie grâce au temps qu'elle a passé chez sa grand-mère lorsqu'elle était enfant. Après avoir déménagé au Ghana pendant deux ans et obtenu plus tard son diplôme, elle a finalement dérivé vers le sud jusqu'à la Nouvelle-Orléans, où elle voulait gagner sa vie en jouant du violoncelle dans les rues du quartier français.Son dévouement à éclairer les racines noires de la culture américaine l'a finalement conduite aux Carolina Chocolate Drops. Après deux ans de tournée et d'enregistrement avec le groupe lauréat d'un Grammy Award, elle part poursuivre sa propre carrière en tant qu'artiste solo. L'album Sun Whithout The Heat est son 5ème enregistrement studio. Tout au long des dix titres de l'album, McCalla parvient à un équilibre entre pesanteur et légèreté grâce à des mélodies et des rythmes issus de diverses formes de musique afro-diasporique, notamment l'afrobeat, les modalités éthiopiennes, le tropicalisme brésilien, ainsi que le folk et le blues américains. Titres joués au grand studio- Take Me Away Live RFI- Scaled To Survive, extrait de l'album- Give Yourself a Break Live RFI.Line Up : Leyla McCalla, chant, Pete Olynciw, basse, Nathum Zdybel, guitars, Caito Sanchez, batterie.Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch, Jérémie Besset.► Album Sun Without The Heat (Label: Anti-/Pias 2024). YouTube - Site - facebook.#musique #folk #blues #nouvelleorleans #haïti

La Réunion, La Nouvelle-Orléans et Haïti sont convoqués dans cette magnifique session live ! Nos 1ers invités sont le groupe Grèn Sémé pour la sortie de l'EP Maloya Gazé + remixs Genre musical majeur de La Réunion, le Maloya, devient « gazé » (fou) à travers les sons composés par Grèn Sémé pour ce nouvel EP.Un maloya gazé qui se conjugue entre inspiration directe de la plus pure ligne de cette musique traditionnelle réunionnaise et son évolution, très actuelle, signature du groupe Grèn Semé.Composé en marge des sessions studio du dernier album en date, «Zamroza», les trois premiers titres de ce tout nouvel E.P révèlent cette facette solaire de la formation créole.On y goûte l'amour du texte et la soif de découverte. Et on savoure la justesse du mélange de leurs compositions. Entre inspiration de la tradition des plus grands morceaux en chants/percussion de l'histoire de l'île et les arrangements si singuliers et identifiables du groupe, Grèn Sémé offre trois hymnes qui se prêtent à merveille à l'exercice du remix. Bonus de luxe : les 3 Remixs de Voilaaa + La Dame + Guiss Guiss Bou bess. Voilaaa et le fabuleux Bruno Patchworks se sont emparés de « Siko » pour créer un hit de bal cap-verdien, funana avec ses mélodies entêtantes, c'est ultra-dansant ! La Dame, productrice et DJ de Belgique, remixe le titre éponyme vers une batida efficace pour le dance floor, les DJs et les danseurs. Les Guiss Guiss Bou Bess poussent un peu plus loin l'exercice du remix en ajoutant les sabars sénégalais et le chant de Mara Seck leader du groupe, répond à Carlo de Sacco sur le titre «Alkol», c'est beau et provoque une véritable explosion de joie et d'émotions.Titres joués au grand studio- Tanbour Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «tanbour»)- Alkol, extrait Cd (Voilaaa remix) - Siko Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «Siko»).Vidéo Line Up : Carlo de Sacco (Chant, Kayanm, Tambour malbar), Mickaël Beaulieu (Synthé, chœurs), Bruno Cadet (Guitares, chœurs), Rémi Cazal (Programmation, synthé, chœurs) et Germain Lebot (Percussions, batterie, chœurs).+ Cedric Corrieri (Tech Son).Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch.                                                                              RFI Vidéos : Dominique Fiant, Cyril Etienne, Christophe Valette, réalisation : Vanille Foucher.► EP Maloya Gazé (Markotaz 2024).Site Markotaz. YouTube mini concert Grèn Sémé : Les 3 titres filmés par RFI Vidéos, à savoir Bhopal, Tanbour et SikoSite Grèn Sémé - Facebook - YouTube.#musique #maloya #îledelareunion Puis la #SessionLive reçoit Leyla McCalla pour la sortie de l'album Sun Without The HeatNée à New York d'un couple d'émigrants et d'activistes haïtiens, Leyla McCalla a développé une fascination précoce pour Haïti et sa culture, en partie grâce au temps qu'elle a passé chez sa grand-mère lorsqu'elle était enfant. Après avoir déménagé au Ghana pendant deux ans et obtenu plus tard son diplôme, elle a finalement dérivé vers le sud jusqu'à la Nouvelle-Orléans, où elle voulait gagner sa vie en jouant du violoncelle dans les rues du quartier français.Son dévouement à éclairer les racines noires de la culture américaine l'a finalement conduite aux Carolina Chocolate Drops. Après deux ans de tournée et d'enregistrement avec le groupe lauréat d'un Grammy Award, elle part poursuivre sa propre carrière en tant qu'artiste solo. L'album Sun Whithout The Heat est son 5ème enregistrement studio. Tout au long des dix titres de l'album, McCalla parvient à un équilibre entre pesanteur et légèreté grâce à des mélodies et des rythmes issus de diverses formes de musique afro-diasporique, notamment l'afrobeat, les modalités éthiopiennes, le tropicalisme brésilien, ainsi que le folk et le blues américains. Titres joués au grand studio- Take Me Away Live RFI- Scaled To Survive, extrait de l'album- Give Yourself a Break Live RFI.Line Up : Leyla McCalla, chant, Pete Olynciw, basse, Nathum Zdybel, guitars, Caito Sanchez, batterie.Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch, Jérémie Besset► Album Sun Without The Heat (Label: Anti-/Pias 2024). YouTube - Site - facebook.#musique #folk #blues #nouvelleorleans #haïti

La Réunion, La Nouvelle-Orléans et Haïti sont convoqués dans cette magnifique session live ! Nos 1ers invités sont le groupe Grèn Sémé pour la sortie de l'EP Maloya Gazé + remixs Genre musical majeur de La Réunion, le Maloya, devient « gazé » (fou) à travers les sons composés par Grèn Sémé pour ce nouvel EP.Un maloya gazé qui se conjugue entre inspiration directe de la plus pure ligne de cette musique traditionnelle réunionnaise et son évolution, très actuelle, signature du groupe Grèn Semé.Composé en marge des sessions studio du dernier album en date, «Zamroza», les trois premiers titres de ce tout nouvel E.P révèlent cette facette solaire de la formation créole.On y goûte l'amour du texte et la soif de découverte. Et on savoure la justesse du mélange de leurs compositions. Entre inspiration de la tradition des plus grands morceaux en chants/percussion de l'histoire de l'île et les arrangements si singuliers et identifiables du groupe, Grèn Sémé offre trois hymnes qui se prêtent à merveille à l'exercice du remix. Bonus de luxe : les 3 Remixs de Voilaaa + La Dame + Guiss Guiss Bou bess. Voilaaa et le fabuleux Bruno Patchworks se sont emparés de « Siko » pour créer un hit de bal cap-verdien, funana avec ses mélodies entêtantes, c'est ultra-dansant ! La Dame, productrice et DJ de Belgique, remixe le titre éponyme vers une batida efficace pour le dance floor, les DJs et les danseurs. Les Guiss Guiss Bou Bess poussent un peu plus loin l'exercice du remix en ajoutant les sabars sénégalais et le chant de Mara Seck leader du groupe, répond à Carlo de Sacco sur le titre «Alkol», c'est beau et provoque une véritable explosion de joie et d'émotions.Titres joués au grand studio- Tanbour Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «tanbour»)- Alkol, extrait Cd (Voilaaa remix) - Siko Live RFI + RFI Vidéos (titre «Siko»).Vidéo Line Up : Carlo de Sacco (Chant, Kayanm, Tambour malbar), Mickaël Beaulieu (Synthé, chœurs), Bruno Cadet (Guitares, chœurs), Rémi Cazal (Programmation, synthé, chœurs) et Germain Lebot (Percussions, batterie, chœurs).+ Cedric Corrieri (Tech Son).Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch.                                                                              RFI Vidéos : Dominique Fiant, Cyril Etienne, Christophe Valette, réalisation : Vanille Foucher.► EP Maloya Gazé (Markotaz 2024).Site Markotaz. YouTube mini concert Grèn Sémé : Les 3 titres filmés par RFI Vidéos, à savoir Bhopal, Tanbour et SikoSite Grèn Sémé - Facebook - YouTube.#musique #maloya #îledelareunion Puis la #SessionLive reçoit Leyla McCalla pour la sortie de l'album Sun Without The HeatNée à New York d'un couple d'émigrants et d'activistes haïtiens, Leyla McCalla a développé une fascination précoce pour Haïti et sa culture, en partie grâce au temps qu'elle a passé chez sa grand-mère lorsqu'elle était enfant. Après avoir déménagé au Ghana pendant deux ans et obtenu plus tard son diplôme, elle a finalement dérivé vers le sud jusqu'à la Nouvelle-Orléans, où elle voulait gagner sa vie en jouant du violoncelle dans les rues du quartier français.Son dévouement à éclairer les racines noires de la culture américaine l'a finalement conduite aux Carolina Chocolate Drops. Après deux ans de tournée et d'enregistrement avec le groupe lauréat d'un Grammy Award, elle part poursuivre sa propre carrière en tant qu'artiste solo. L'album Sun Whithout The Heat est son 5ème enregistrement studio. Tout au long des dix titres de l'album, McCalla parvient à un équilibre entre pesanteur et légèreté grâce à des mélodies et des rythmes issus de diverses formes de musique afro-diasporique, notamment l'afrobeat, les modalités éthiopiennes, le tropicalisme brésilien, ainsi que le folk et le blues américains. Titres joués au grand studio- Take Me Away Live RFI- Scaled To Survive, extrait de l'album- Give Yourself a Break Live RFI.Line Up : Leyla McCalla, chant, Pete Olynciw, basse, Nathum Zdybel, guitars, Caito Sanchez, batterie.Son : Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch, Jérémie Besset► Album Sun Without The Heat (Label: Anti-/Pias 2024). YouTube - Site - facebook.#musique #folk #blues #nouvelleorleans #haïti

Send us a textWelcome to Guess the Year! This is an interactive, competitive podcast series where you will be able to play along and compete against your fellow listeners. Here is how the scoring works:10 points: Get the year dead on!7 points: 1-2 years off4 points: 3-5 years off1 point: 6-10 years offGuesses can be emailed to drandrewmay@gmail.com or texted using the link at the top of the show notes (please leave your name).I will read your scores out before the next episode, along with the scores of your fellow listeners! Please email your guesses to Andrew no later than 12pm EST on the day the next episode posts if you want them read out on the episode (e.g., if an episode releases on Monday, then I need your guesses by 12pm EST on Wednesday; if an episode releases on Friday, then I need your guesses by 12 pm EST on Monday). Note: If you don't get your scores in on time, they will still be added to the overall scores I am keeping. So they will count for the final scores - in other words, you can catch up if you get behind, you just won't have your scores read out on the released episode. All I need is your guesses (e.g., Song 1 - 19xx, Song 2 - 20xx, Song 3 - 19xx, etc.). Please be honest with your guesses! Best of luck!!The answers to today's ten songs can be found below. If you are playing along, don't scroll down until you have made your guesses. .....Have you made your guesses yet? If so, you can scroll down and look at the answers......Okay, answers coming. Don't peek if you haven't made your guesses yet!.....Intro song: Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack (1973)Song 1: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding by Elvis Costello & the Attractions (1979)Song 2: Ruby, Are You Made At Your Man? by Carolina Chocolate Drops (2012)Song 3: Whataya Want From Me by Adam Lambert (2009)Song 4: Baltimore by Nina Simone (1978)Song 5: Would I Lie To You? by Eurythmics (1985)Song 6: Fever Pitch by Rainbow Kitten Surprise (2018)Song 7: Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) by Lonnie Donegan (1959)Song 8: The Motorcycle Song by Arlo Guthrie (1967)Song 9: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? by Chicago (1969)Song 10: Slight Figure of Speech by The Avett Brothers (2009)

The duo of Marc Ribot, the New York guitarist, and Leyla McCalla, the New Orleans cellist and banjo player, may seem unlikely at first. Ribot is known for his work with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, his own avant-noise trio Ceramic Dog, and much more; McCalla writes songs that draw on the African-American string band tradition, Cajun music, and her own Haitian heritage. But Ribot was also a student of the Haitian classical guitarist/composer Frantz Casseus, and the two musicians share a strong genre-agnostic streak. Together they play a set at the 25th Annual New York Guitar Festival, recorded in June of 2024 at Kaufman Music Center and co-presented by the World Music Institute.  Set list: Kamen Sa Ou Fe (trad Haitian); Petro (Frantz Casseus); City Called Heaven (trad American); Lavi Vye Neg (Gesner Henry); Sun Without The Heat (Leyla McCalla); Non Fon Bwa (Casseus); Peze Café (trad Haitian); Tree (Leyla McCalla) Marc Ribot has released over two dozen records on his own, ranging from Cuban dance music to free jazz, Haitian classical guitar to political avant-folk. His playing – elegant, edgy, and sometimes, somehow, both at once – has made him the go-to guitarist for artists like Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, McCoy Tyner, and so many others. He has been a regular part of the New York Guitar Festival over the years.  Leyla McCalla was the cellist in the Grammy-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, before moving on to writing her own songs. She is a member of Our Native Daughters, a quartet of Black women who all play the banjo (and other instruments), and has recorded four albums on which she also plays guitar. Her new record, Sun Without The Heat, came out in April. 

Alice Randall was the first Black woman to co-write a number one country hit with her song “XXX's and OOO's,” sung by Trisha Yearwood in 1994. Now, 30 years later, Randall is out with a memoir and accompanying album both called 'My Black Country.' The album features Black women artists of today covering country songs Randall wrote – songs that were originally sung by white performers – including Adia Victoria, Valerie June, and Rhiannon Giddens of The Carolina Chocolate Drops. Randall talks with Emily Fox about her music, life, career and about the other black country artists that came before her.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show is unplugged, sorta, focusing on traditional music and indigenous instruments, all music made without borders- plus more contemporary folk and bluegrass songs, as well as unplugged versions of well known songs. Music; Alabama 3, Michot's Melody Makers, Fulani Ensemble, The Good Ones, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Luminescent Orchestrii, Billy Strings, Violent Femmes, Phranc and loads more. For more info and tracklisting, visit: https://thefaceradio.com/worldy/Tune into new broadcasts of Worldy with Matt and Dom, LIVE, Mondays from 10 AM - 12 Noon EST / 3- 5 PM GMT.//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Incoming transmission. On this episode of our weekly podcast, singer/songwriter Leyla McCalla joins us to discuss the new sonic terrain of her latest album, Sun Without The Heat. Though her earlier work with groups like the Carolina Chocolate Drops and on her own was often classified as Americana, this album finds her shifting into a blurrier, more dynamic zone, where Afrobeat, Tropicalismo, post-rock, and sleek funk all share space. Inspired by Afrofuturistic ecological writings, the natural world, and her own experiences, it's a record that showcases an artist stepping into a new position, that of an interpreter of alternate sonic histories, an art-pop imagineer casting brand new shapes.  Transmissions is a part of the Talkhouse Podcast Network. Visit the Talkhouse for more interviews, fascinating reads, and podcasts. For heads, by heads. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by our members. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it by subscribing to our online music magazine. This episode is brought to you by DistroKid. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keep 100% of their royalties and earnings. To learn more and get 30% off your first year's membership, visit: distrokid.com/vip/aquariumdrunkard Join us next week for a conversation with guitarist Julian Lage.

Classical and folk musician Leyla McCalla's latest album features songs inspired by tropical Brazilian sounds, afrobeat and Ethiopian folk sounds. It's titled Sun Without the Heat, a literary reference to Frederick Douglass's 1857 speech to mostly white abolitionists six years before the Emancipation Proclamation. She joins us for a listening party ahead of her performance at Joe's Pub tomorrow at 7 p.m. McCalla was a cellist with the Grammy Award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops before pursuing a solo career.

By the standards of any musician, Rhiannon Giddens has taken a twisting and complex path. She was trained as an operatic soprano at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and then fell almost by chance into the study of American folk music and took up the banjo. With like-minded musicians, she founded the influential Carolina Chocolate Drops, which focussed on reviving the repertoire of Black Southern string bands. Giddens plays on Beyoncé's new country album, which boldly asserts the Black presence in country music. But her view of Black music is unbounded by genre: “There's been Black people singing opera and writing classical music forever.” Giddens shared a Pulitzer Prize for the opera “Omar” in 2023, and as a solo artist, she has moved through the Black diaspora and beyond it. David Remnick talked with Giddens when her album “There Is No Other,” recorded in Dublin, had just come out, and she performed in the studio with her collaborator, Francesco Turrisi. This segment originally aired May 3, 2019.

Tom Brosseau chats with incomparable Celtic music star Loreena McKennitt — she hails from Morden, Manitoba, just across the border from North Dakota. We'll sample some songs about borders and boundaries, and Australians with Aussie singing voices. Plus, a set from rising star Nat Vazer, and a performance by Hubby Jenkins, former Carolina Chocolate Drops multi-instrumentalist, recorded at the Grand Forks Public Library. — The Great American Folk Show is written, recorded, and hosted by folksinger and songwriter Tom Brosseau and produced by Erik Deatherage at Prairie Public Broadcasting in Fargo, North Dakota. Podcast artwork design by DLT. Find Prairie Public (@prairiepublic) and The Great American Folk Show (@greatamericanfolkshow) on Facebook and Instagram.

Beyoncé's highly anticipated country album, Cowboy Carter, is out today. One of the musicians on it is fiddle and banjo player Rhiannon Giddens. We'll listen to our 2010 in-studio performance with the group she was part of then, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. They played string band and jug band music of the '20s and '30s, music most people associate with a white southern tradition. But the members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops are Black. They saw themselves as part of a little known Black string band tradition— forerunners of modern country music and bluegrass.John Powers reviews A Gentleman in Moscow, starring Ewan McGregor, which begins streaming today on Paramount+. David Bianculli reviews the new Apple TV+ documentary about Steve Martin.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Beyoncé's highly anticipated country album, Cowboy Carter, is out today. One of the musicians on it is fiddle and banjo player Rhiannon Giddens. We'll listen to our 2010 in-studio performance with the group she was part of then, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. They played string band and jug band music of the '20s and '30s, music most people associate with a white southern tradition. But the members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops are Black. They saw themselves as part of a little known Black string band tradition— forerunners of modern country music and bluegrass.John Powers reviews A Gentleman in Moscow, starring Ewan McGregor, which begins streaming today on Paramount+. David Bianculli reviews the new Apple TV+ documentary about Steve Martin.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This mixtape is for all the people involved with the African American Roots Music Festival in Fort Worth, TX taking place this weekend, Saturday March 16th 2024 at Southside Preservation Hall. The live music runs from Noon-10pm. This mixtape features artists playing the festival and other African American Roots musicians, plus Rhiannon Giddens talkin' about the banjo. You will hear Lizzie No, Jeron Paxton, Cedric Watson, Piedmont Bluz, Crys Matthews, Joe Thompson, Charley Pride, Tracy Chapman, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Brittany Davis and more. Tune into new broadcasts of Matt Pape Mixtape, Friday from 12 - 1 AM EST / 5 - 6 AM GMTFor more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/matt-pape-mixtape///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a busy period for the pioneering musical artist Rhiannon Giddens. She won a Pulitzer Prizer for her opera Omar, about Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar in Africa who was sold into slavery in the 1800s. She released a remarkable musical video for her song “Another Wasted Life” featuring 22 people who were wrongly incarcerated. And now her banjo playing can be heard on “Texas Hold 'Em” the new hit single by Beyonce who recently become the first Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart. In October, Rhiannon Giddens spoke to Democracy Now about her remarkable life from her work in the Carolina Chocolate Drops to her new album “You're the One,” which features a song inspired by Kalief Browder.

It's been a busy period for the pioneering musical artist Rhiannon Giddens. She won a Pulitzer Prizer for her opera Omar, about Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar in Africa who was sold into slavery in the 1800s. She released a remarkable musical video for her song “Another Wasted Life” featuring 22 people who were wrongly incarcerated. And now her banjo playing can be heard on “Texas Hold 'Em” the new hit single by Beyonce who recently become the first Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart. In October, Rhiannon Giddens spoke to Democracy Now about her remarkable life from her work in the Carolina Chocolate Drops to her new album “You're the One,” which features a song inspired by Kalief Browder.

Rhiannon Giddens has released five solo albums since 2015. Before that, she was a member of the Grammy-winning band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. She is now also the artistic director of the Silkroad Ensemble, the musical supergroup that Yo-Yo Ma founded. Rhiannon Giddens is one of those people where I feel like they have to start inventing new awards, because she's already won all of them. She's got multiple Grammys, she won the Pulitzer Prize for an opera she co-wrote called Omar, she's a MacArthur Genius, and the new Beyonce song “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the one that features the banjo? That's Rhiannon Giddens playing the banjo. (I guess that's not technically an award, but it feels like one to me.) In 2023, Rhiannon released an album called You're The One, and I talked to her about the song she wrote called "You Louisiana Man," which was nominated for a Grammy for Best American Roots Performance. For more, visit songexploder.net/rhiannon-giddens.

Leyla McCalla is a woman of many talents, especially when it comes to mastering the cello, tenor banjo, and guitar as a multilingual singer and songwriter. McCalla is also a founding member of Our Native Daughters (with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, and Allison Russell), as well as an alum of the Grammy Award-winning group The Carolina Chocolate Drops. 

Rhiannon Giddens, the musician, composer and former lead singer of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, performs live with her band. She talks about her work in uncovering the real history of the banjo and writing her first solo album of original material. Peter Sarsgaard discusses playing a man with early onset dementia in Memory, a performance that won him the Best Actor Award at last year's Venice Film Festival. What is the role of a casting director? As the BBC launches Bring the Drama, a new programme giving untrained amateurs a chance to get into acting, casting director and judge Kelly Valentine and theatre casting director Nadine Rennie discuss the art of discovering new talent. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Paula McGrath

Matt & Dom return with lots of sounds from around the world, all vinyl music without borders. Featuring the brand new, limited edition, Double AA side Dear Boys 7”. We play both sides, as you do with a double AA! Also Les Big Byrd, L'Épée, Jimi Tenor, Tony Allen, Nick Cave, The Pogues, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Luminescent Orchestrii and loads more! Tune into new broadcasts of Worldy with Matt and Dom, LIVE, Monday from 10 AM - 12 Noon EST / 3- 5 PM GMT.For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/worldy///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Grammy-nominated musician, celebrated for his work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Rhiannon Giddens, sums himself up: “I play the banjo, talk about Black people, and really love Star Trek.” Hubby in a nutshell at Terra Blues.

Hubby talks about how he got into music, how he practices in small spaces, his influences in early folk, old-time, influences from other people besides banjoists (comedians, other types of musicians).  Naming our banjos. He dives deep into some music from Black Banjo Songsters and we listen to the Rufus Casey version of the Cuckoo song. What it was like for him learning that the banjo started as a black instrument and how it re-shaped history.   His live shows and what it was like playing his first festival as a touring musician.  Being in the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The perception of the banjo from all different types of audiences.  Hubby asks what it's like for me being a woman playing the banjo.   We chat about the hustle in NYC.  He talks about not letting history get into the way, but also being aware of the songs you're playing and being respectable and knowledgable. Hubby shares his must-know songs for the banjo world.  https://www.hubbyjenkins.com/ https://hubbyjenkins.bandcamp.com/ “I never feel more grounded and more centered than when I'm lost in playing” -Hubby Jenkins

Jordan T. Camp speaks with award-winning musician Leyla McCalla about her work on New Orleans, Haiti, capitalism, and her most recent album, 'Breaking the Thermometer,' out now on ANTI- Records. Conjuncture is a web series and podcast curated and co-produced by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton with support of the Trinity Social Justice Institute. It features interviews with activists, artists, scholars, and public intellectuals. Taking its title from Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall's conceptualization, it highlights the struggles over the meaning and memory of particular historical moments.  Leyla McCalla is an award-winning musician and singer-songwriter. A member of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops as well as the band Our Native Daughters, McCalla has also produced four solo albums of her own: 'Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes' (2014), 'A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey' (2016), 'Capitalist Blues' (2019), and, most recently, 'Breaking the Thermometer' (2022).  Jordan T. Camp is an Associate Professor of American Studies and Co-Director of the Social Justice Institute at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and a Visiting Fellow in the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute.

This week, a titanic trio of certified country blues guitar masters recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, commentary from these blues maestros. Country blues, also known as folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues or down home blues, is one of the earliest forms of blues music. It's performed primarily as a solo vocal with acoustic finger style guitar accompaniment. Country blues was developed in the rural Southern United States in the early 20th century and stands in contrast primarily to the urban blues style, especially in the pre-world war two era. Artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, and Blind Willie McTell were among the first to record blues songs in the 1920s. Country blues ran parallel to urban blues, which was popular in cities. Featured on this episode of Ozark Highlands Radio are renowned old-time singer and multi-instrumentalist Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops veteran Hubby Jenkins, and celebrated bluesicologist & Reverend Gary Davis protege' Roy Bookbinder. Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton is an American musician from Los Angeles. A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Paxton's style draws from blues and jazz music before World War II and was influenced by Fats Waller and "Blind" Lemon Jefferson. According to Will Friedwald in the Wall Street Journal, Paxton is "virtually the only music-maker of his generation—playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements—to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and '30s, the blues of Bessie Smith and Lonnie Johnson.” Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist, who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he delved into his Southern roots, following the thread of African American history that wove itself through country blues, ragtime, fiddle and banjo, and traditional jazz. After years of busking around the country and making a name for himself, Hubby became acquainted with the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Since 2010 he has been an integral part of the Grammy award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops and continues to make solo performances. Guitarist Roy Book Binder has traveled the world as a solo performer for nearly 50 years. Roy's career and playing style is heavily influenced by the late Reverend Gary Davis, who specialized in a unique style of guitar finger picking. Roy's performances are as much a story of his life and experiences as they are a musical endeavor. In this week's “From the Vault” segment, OHR producer Jeff Glover offers a 1981 archival recording of Ozark original Kenneth Rorie performing the tune “The Devil and the Farmers Wife,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. In his segment “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins tells the story of Enoch Wolf, an adventitiously fortunate Arkansas Confederate Civil War officer whom, at the very end of the war, was spared an undeserved execution at the hands of his Union captors.

The sun is out, life is returning to normal and our favorite bands are back on tour. Not even two years ago this seemed like an impossible dream, as I've chronicled on this show. But here we are, in Summer 2023, and things seem, well, pretty good. A new day is dawning. Just ask acclaimed multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Dom Flemons (www.theamericansongster.com), who released his brilliant solo record Traveling Wildfire this past March. Dom joins me for a third time to discuss his new record, and how it signals a new beginning for him and the rest of us. Dom talks about how writing and recording this album was a cathartic experience, to be in the studio again with musicians and producers, and to get back on the road. Traveling Wildfire tracks dozens of emotions from the last few years, from the pain of loss to the joy of normalcy. We also talk about how his interactions with folks like Bob Dylan and James Fearnley of the Pogues influenced a few tracks on the album in particular. As it always is when talking to Dom, you will learn something along the way. So sit back and let Dr. Dom Flemons take you away…

On this episode we are discussing songs written about small towns. Featuring songs from John Mellencamp, Cole Chaney, Grayson Jenkins, Jason Isbell, Matt Woods, Ian Noe, S.G. Goodman, John Prine, The Local Honeys, Tyler Childers, Eric Bolander, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sierra Ferrell, American Aquarium, Lucinda Williams, Hank Williams, Brandi Carlile, Doly Parton, Iris Dement, and Sturgill Simpson. That One Show is brought to you by The Goblin Trading Company.  Get your official That One Show merch and much more here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GoblinTrading

Dom Flemons is a Grammy-winning singer, guitarist, banjo player, and all-around scholar of old Americana who was part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Flemons has dubbed himself “The American Songster,” and has performed songs rooted in blues, early gospel, ragtime, proto-country, and other forms of old-time folk music. His new album, Traveling Wildfire, includes a couple of his unerring arrangements of older tunes, but it's largely comprised of original songs. Dom Flemons, the preservationist, storyteller, and instrumentalist, brings his one-man Americana road show to the live studio.  Set list: "Traveling Wildfire", "Slow Dance With You", "It's Cold Inside" Watch "Traveling Wildfire": Watch "Slow Dance With You" : Watch "It's Cold Inside":

Dr. Dom Flemons comes off as older than his 40 years and I think it's because he seems like he is of a different era. This is thanks in part to his work in teaching and interpreting such old songs, such as his work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops that he was in alongside Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson. Originally from Phoenix, Dom is considered an expert player on the banjo, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, fife and rhythm bones. When he was 18 years old, he saw Dave Van Ronk in concert and was completely taken with the way Van Ronk told the stories and history behind the old songs he was playing in concert. From then on, Dom also would give the background of the songs he performed in concert, leading to much intense research for songs and their backstories.On his latest album Traveling Wildfire, he began work on the album during the pandemic. He wanted “to figure out a way to give the listener a way to process the world around them without being too didactic.” The record is filled with Dom's most personal songs about his family, history and, of course, interpretations of very old songs. We talk about all this and his strong outfit game, which, I'm sure, no one is surprised by. Follow Basic Folk on social media: https://basicfolk.bio.link/Sign up for Basic Folk's newsletter: https://bit.ly/basicfolknewsHelp produce Basic Folk by contributing: https://basicfolk.com/donate/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Episode 245: Dom Flemons made history founding the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time band that changed the face of roots music in the 21st century. Through found songs and tunes learned at the feet of old masters, they won a Grammy Award, played the Grand Ole Opry and opened up new lanes for Black musicians finding their voice in folk. Since parting ways in 2013, Flemons has been a lynchpin of the folk music scene, an “American songster” who plays a wide range of instruments and who puts on magnetic solo shows. His 2018 concept album Black Cowboys dug up more potent history and earned a Grammy nomination. For his first album since then, he goes inward and leans into his life of songwriting for the first time, resulting in the vivacious and eclectic Traveling Wildfire. Also in the hour, guitarist Matthew Stevens on his work producing I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100. 

Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue"Willie Nelson "Whiskey River"Otis Redding "Ole Man Trouble"Lightnin' Hopkins "Moving On Out Boogie"Janis Martin "Bang Bang"Benny Goodman "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider"Albert King "Personal Manager"Lucinda Williams "Me and My Chauffeur"The Kinks "20th Century Man"Freakwater "Number One with a Bullet"Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "Stay a Little Longer"Danny Barker "Ham & Eggs"Thelonious Monk Quartet "Blue Monk"The Big Three Trio & Willie Dixon "Don't Let That Music Die"The Carolina Chocolate Drops "Hit 'Em up Style"Coleman Hawkins "Body And Soul"Willie Brown "Future Blues"Little Miss Cornshucks "Try A Little Tenderness"Bettye LaVette "I Still Want To Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)"Minutemen "This Ain't No Picnic"Mississippi Fred McDowell "Louise"Neko Case "Set out Running"Turner Junior Johnson "When I Lay My Burden Down"Songs: Ohia "Farewell Transmission"Bob Dylan "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine"Broken Social Scene "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl"Neil Young "L.A."Uncle Tupelo "Still Be Around"Valerie June "Astral Plane"Tom Waits "I Never Talk to Strangers"Bette Midler "I Never Talk to Strangers"Bertha "Chippie" Hill "Panama Limited Blues"Built To Spill "Understood"Townes Van Zandt "Tecumseh Valley"Elvis Costello "Dr. Watson, I Presume"Charles Sheffield "It's Your Voodoo Working"Alvin Youngblood Hart "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"Lucero "Macon If We Make It"Big Bill Broonzy "When Did You Leave Heaven"John Prine "Often Is a Word I Seldom Use"Oscar Brown, Jr. "But I Was Cool"Hank Williams "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy"Cory Branan "Jolene"The Mountain Goats "New Monster Avenue"

Episode 236: It would be difficult to name one musician with such long and distinguished resumes as both a recording artist and a record producer as Joe Henry. Since emerging around 1990 as a layered, visionary songwriter, he's released 17 albums to almost universal acclaim. And since his tutelage under T Bone Burnett, stemming from one of his early albums, he's been an in-demand producer with credits on Amy Helm, Bonnie Raitt, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and many more. I spoke with Joe by Zoom from his home in rural Maine and we talked about three albums that shaped him, 1990s Shuffletown, 2001's Scar and his latest, the moody All The Eye Can See. 

On this week's show, we... bid adieu to David Crosby & Tom Verlaine spend quality time with the new Joe Henry record spin fresh tracks from boygenius, Fucked Up & Nickel Creek  all this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

Cette semaine dans Néo Géo Nova, la chanteuse et multi-instrumentiste Leyla McCalla est au micro de Bintou Simporé. Leyla McCalla est une chanteuse et musicienne américaine de classique, jazz, folk, blues, cajun, et musique traditionnelle haïtienne, elle joue de la guitare, du banjo et du violoncelle. Elle est née le 3 octobre 1985 dans le Queens à New-York, issue de parents militants et d'une famille haïtienne. C'est à l'université de New-York qu'elle étudie le violoncelle et la musique de chambre. Dès 2008, elle a accompagné Mod Def à Carnegie Hall lors d'un concert où se produisait aussi Gil Scott Heron. En 2010, elle s'installe à La Nouvelle-Orléans et joue dans les rues, c'est là qu'elle rencontre le saxophoniste de jazz Raphaël Imbert, avec qui elle se produit en France, elle participe notamment à son projet Music is my Home. Avant de débuter sa carrière solo, elle a joué dans le groupe Carolina Chocolate Drops, introduite à ce groupe par Tim Duffy, le fondateur et directeur de la Music Maker Relief Foundation. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Music from Big Little Lions, Guy Clark, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Joy Oladokun, Brandi Carlile, The War and Treaty, Dar Williams, Ellis Paul and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

[REBROADCAST FROM MAY 11, 2022] On her new solo album, Breaking The Thermometer, former Carolina Chocolate Drops and Our Native Daughters bandmember Leyla McCalla explores the history of Radio Haiti, the country's first independent radio station and one of few to broadcast in Haitian Creole. Along with original acoustic compositions and traditional Haitian songs, McCalla includes personal interviews and radio broadcasts to tell the station's story. McCalla joins us for a Listening Party.

Folk musicians Alela Diane, Rhiannon Giddens, Mariee Siou and Uwade discuss that spark of electricity you get when songwriting goes well, how moments of personal growth and transition affect the music, going a whole year without writing a song, thinking of taxes while performing, and how songs are their own little houses or realms that have their own energy. Alela Diane is a singer and guitarist based in Oregon, USA. She would often hear her parents harmonize bluegrass songs in the kitchen, which inspired a move to San Francisco aged 19, and started her on a path to a musical career that has garnered fans all over the world. Rhiannon Giddens is a Grammy award-winning multi-instrumentalist and former Music Life host. She was the lead singer, violinist, banjo player and co-founder of the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, and her solo work covers everything from country to opera and hip-hop. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mariee Siou makes ethereal and transcendental folk music, which draws inspiration from her indigenous heritage and an upbringing spent going to bluegrass festivals. Uwade is a young singer-songwriter born in Nigeria, who started writing music during her studies in New York. Her sound is influenced by everything from Greek mythology to choral hymns to Nigerian highlife.

Christmas is a coming in 2022 with Triskele and the Celtic Christmas Podcast #64. Subscribe at CelticChristmasPodcast.com.  Music from  We Banjo 3, Reilly, Caitríona O'Leary, Triskele, The Barra MacNeils Welcome to the Celtic Christmas Podcast I am Marc Gunn. I am a musician and podcaster. We are promoting Celtic culture through Christmas cheer. I'm working on another new format for this show in 2022. Galway-based We Banjo 3 has one foot in Irish music and one foot in Americana music, seamlessly combining the virtuosity and precision in each genre's traditional disciplines with the artful song-craft and infectious live performance of today's musical landscape. This is their 10th year performing together to thousands of fans at Irish and Bluegrass festivals. Their latest album is called Open the Road. And I'm happy I looked up that information because I can also add it to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast that I host. 0:53 - We Banjo 3 "Joy to the World" from A Winter Wonderful 3:40 - THANK YOU CHRISTMAS PATRONS The Celtic Christmas Podcast is brought to you by the kindness of Celtic Christmas fans on Patreon. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion, and production of the show. Join others to spread Christmas Cheer this holiday season! Sign up for as little as $1 per episode on Patreon. Winners of the folk rock/Celtic band of the year award by Wisconsin Area Music Industry for 2019 and 2015, Reilly have garnered a reputation for being an interactive, get-off-your-chair act. The band's circuit continues to grow along with their reputation for being a highly respected professional group.  National programs such as Good Morning Ireland, Blarney on the Air, and Paddyrock internet radio have featured Reilly.  Celtic Radio Music Network rates them as five out of five stars.  Their ability to adapt Celtic music to an American rock audience, and include unexpected rock favorites into their set, makes them the perfect eclectic choice in today's watered down and predictable Celtic scene. Their latest album is called Durty Pool. You can find it on their Bandcamp page. 4:47 - Reilly "For You On Christmas" from Kick Ass Celtic Christmas 8:13 - PLAYLIST: Christmas Drive There a number of Celtic Christmas playlists that I published on Spotify. The Christmas Drive playlist is Christmas music you will enjoy while taking a holiday drive to see your family or friends. The Wexford Carols is a 2014 album of traditional Irish carols by Caitríona O'Leary featuring guest singers Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash and Carolina Chocolate Drops singer Rhiannon Giddens and more. The album went to No.1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart. 8:52 - Caitríona O'Leary "Tell Shepherds" from The Wexford Carols 15:16 - HOLIDAY FEATURE: Triskele Triskele, [pronounced Tris-Kay-lee] is the premier all~female Celtic band out of Albany NY. They are known for their stunning harmonies, singing in the Gaelic language and for their Irish wit. Noeleen, who grew up in Dublin and is the youngest of 16, taught Sharon and Jenn the Gaelic language through song. These ladies perform, primarily, traditional Celtic/Irish music, but also have written originals. Triskele not only revitalizes the Gaelic language, but weaves history and traditions about growing up in Ireland. This gives the listener a deeper appreciation and understanding of Irish/Celtic history. Triskele stands out in a Celtic music world dominated by men. They have gained fans and supporters with their ability to keep traditional songs traditional. Fans have stated that they enjoy hearing songs sung with the unique qualities of the female voice; given the timbre and rich, clear harmonies. I'm particularly smitten with their byline–Celtic Trad. with a Women's Touch Their song “Christmas Is a Comin'” is a new addition to the Celtic Christmas music world. But I'll let them tell you more about it. 16:24 - STORY OF CHRISTMAS IS A COMIN' 18:02 - Triskele “Christmas Is A Comin'” from Christmas Is A Comin' Do you have a Christmas story to share? Drop me an email. Include a picture for our shownotes. 19:57 - WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE CELTIC CHRISTMAS SONG IN THIS EPISODE? Make sure you add the song to your own Celtic music playlist or even better, support the artist by buying their music and joining their mailing list, or even joining their Patreon page. Several have that as well. There's another way to share your favorite track in this episode. You can vote for your favorite song or tune when you join us on Patreon. The most-popular track will be added to our Christmas playlists. You have just two weeks to vote. So… Cast your vote for the Celtic Christmas Favorite song. Then let me know if there's a Celtic Christmas song or tune that I should add to the next episode of the show. For more than three decades, Cape Breton-based family group the Barra MacNeils has been thrilling audiences of all ages, near and far, with their sparkling repertoire, vocals, instrumental prowess and vibrant showmanship. They are Canada's Celtic ambassadors! Their Christmas album is currently available on vinyl. You'll also find a wooden tree ornament in their store along with all of their albums. 21:22 - The Barra MacNeils "Party In Washabuckt" from The Christmas Album What did you think of this week's show? Send me your feedback. Celtic Christmas Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. Subscribe through your favorite podcatcher or on our website where you can become a Christmas Patron for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through Christmas music at CelticChristmasPodcast.com. Nollaig Shona Daoibh! #celticchristmas #celticchristmasmusic #triskele

Live from the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky. woodsongs.com Production Date: 05/23/22 HUBBY JENKINS is a talented guitar, banjo, and bones, who loves to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. He was an integral part of the Grammy award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops. and an active in touring and a recording member in the Rhiannon Giddens band. Since the he has pursued a solo career with performances around the world. THE DOWN HILL STRUGGLERS is an old time string band based out of Kentucky and New York. They have released albums on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and are featured on the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film, “Inside Llewyn Davis” produced by T-Bone Burnett. The Down Hill Strugglers band formed while hanging out at the home of their mutual friend Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders, where they also met bandmate and mentor John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers. Opening song was sung by Phoebe White. WS Kid Lily Goebel is a 14 year old singer, guitarist, and pianist.

Step right up, it's the greatest show on Earth! We've got all the oddities that one could want. This week we cover fantastic feats like pod and dining, Garily Corrected, petabytes, Douche Coin, balls or death, Carolina Chocolate Drops, squelching wetly, and the Mayor of Marshmallow Town. Oh, and they're different in Missouri. So, upload your consciousness, make more water, and stay Politically Corrected! #HiMandy #ChickFilA #McDonalds #DairyQueen #Missouri #Poland #NorthCarolina #IfYouMusk #DetectiveGrimes #SpitTake #ShutUpCinnamon #California #Fresno #NextdoorNonsense #Netflix #Subtitles #CornBreadAndButterBeans #SavageGarden #Drought --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politically-corrected/support

Dom Flemons, also known as the American Songster, is a truly unique musician. A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, he makes American string music. His most recent release is Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus. It's an exploration of historic sounds, instruments, and musical styles. Dom is a true student of the history of American music and he's a walking encyclopedia of not just songs but the stories behind the songs as well. I had a chance to chat with him about his music at a music festival recently. I got to see him perform as well which is always a pleasure. We had a great conversation about his music. I hope ya dig it! 

On this episode of our mini-series Sepia Tones, Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson welcome Dom Flemons, a renowned performer of American folk music and a founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops. Citing a variety of musical influences—including the legendary Howard Armstrong and the inimitable Elizabeth Cotten—Flemons shares his journey into becoming a tradition-bearer of old-time music and demonstrates the subtleties of rural black musical styles he's learned along the way. Dom Flemons is a founding member of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, a two-time Emmy nominee, and the creative force behind a number of solo works including, most recently, Black Cowboys and Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus. He is a multi-instrumentalist whose repertoire spans the history of American folklore, ballads, and tunes.Dr. William Turner is a long-time African American studies scholar and retired Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Studies and Regional Ambassador from Berea College. He was also a research assistant to Roots author Alex Haley and co-editor of the groundbreaking Blacks in Appalachia. In 2021, Turner received Western Carolina University's individual Mountain Heritage Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Southern Appalachian studies. His memoir called The Harlan Renaissance, available from West Virginia University Press, was awarded the prestigious Weatherford Award at the 2022 Appalachian Studies Association Conference.Dr. Ted Olson is a music historian and professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University. He is the author of many books, articles, reviews, encyclopedia entries, and oral histories. Olson has produced and compiled a number of documentary albums of traditional Appalachian music including GSMA's own On Top of Old Smoky and Big Bend Killing. His work has received a number of awards, including seven Grammy nominations. The East Tennessee Historical Society honored Olson with its Ramsey Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2021.Music featured includes:1.    "John Henry" performed by Amythyst Kiah and Roy Andrade from GSMA's album Big Bend Killing2.    “Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad” and “Knox County Stomp,” both from Dom Flemons' most recent album, Black Cowboys, from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings3.    “Po' Black Sheep” performed by Dom Flemons as part of the African American Legacy Recordings series, co-produced with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Courtesy of the Library of Congress4.    “Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind” and "Cornbread and Butterbeans" both by The Carolina Chocolate Drops and Joe Thompson, from their collaborative album released by Music Maker Foundation5.    And a selection of music performed for our podcast by Dom Flemons

We're celebrating Black Music Appreciation Month by revisiting my 2021 interview with MacArthur Fellow and artistic director of Silkroad Rhiannon Giddens.  A classically-trained singer,  banjo and fiddle-player, and composer, Rhiannon excavates the past to bring forgotten stories and music, particularly of African-Americans, into the present.  Giddens is a co-founder of the Grammy Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, which insisted reclaiming for Black musicians  a central and historically-accurate place in old-time music. She then went on to create solo albums of haunting beauty and power born of African-American struggles past and present. Giddens is, first and foremost, an artist determined to be of service which drives her commitment to unearth musical roots and put that knowledge of different musical traditions to good use.  In this podcast, Rhiannon talks about uncovering the Black roots in old-time music, the importance of National Heritage Fellow fiddler Joe Thompson to her musical lineage, the path to creating her opera Omar, the centrality of history on the margins to her music, and her plans to have Silkroad explore the multiplicity of musical worlds within the US.  Keywords: Rhiannon Giddens, Silkroad, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Joe Thompson, Omar

Based in New Orleans, Leyla McCalla is a talented multi-instrumentalist known for her work in Carolina Chocolate Drops and her project Our Native Daughters, alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell, and Amythist Kiah. At the age of 10, McCalla spent her  summer vacation at her grandmother's home in Haiti, while her mother, a lawyer, traveled throughout the country working on legal advocacy during a turbulent time. This was a seminal experience for McCalla and became the driving theme for her new album, “Breaking The Thermometer.” “Le Bal est Fini,” French for “The party is over,” is based on an editorial piece and one of the highlights from her new recording. 

On her new solo album, Breaking The Thermometer, former Carolina Chocolate Drops and Our Native Daughters bandmember Leyla McCalla explores the history of Radio Haiti, the country's first independent radio station and one of few to broadcast in Haitian Creole. Along with original acoustic compositions and traditional Haitian songs, McCalla includes personal interviews and radio broadcasts to tell the station's story. McCalla joins us for a Listening Party.

Today's guest, Dom Flemons, co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops in 2005, and on their third studio album, Genuine Negro Jig   they won the 2010 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album.  His 2018 album, Black Cowboys,  recorded on the Smithsonian Folkways label, was nominated for a 2019 Grammy in the same category, and he has been nominated for two Emmys. Most recently he was awarded the prestigious 2020 United States Artist Fellowship and his 2014 album , Prospect Hill   with Omnibus Records, has been re-issued.He has adopted the moniker "American Songster," and this was not him just claiming a title that sounded cool. Nope, its earned.  not only by way of the awards and high-praise he has received for his contributions to 20+ album collaborations, along with his seven solo albums, but also because he puts in the work researching what he plays. We learn so much from Don in this episode, not the least being that he has let his interest in his heritage and the music he has identified with over the years pull him into some very fruitful rabbit holes.  So yes, he's a historian, but he's also allowed his ongoing education about cultures in which he's identified,  as well as about the music, it's origins stories and about the instruments used to create such music. And of course, he's become a master on many of those instruments over the years.  Check of the links below to learn more about Dom Flemons, but in the mean time, settle in for some string grabbing and kite flying with Dom Flemons.Dom's website  -  https://theamericansongster.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DomFlemonsMusic/Instagram - @domflemonsTo purchase tickets at the June 10, 2022, Wexler Group Trail Mix Concert Series (the series founded by Steve) featuring Don Flemons    https://www.trailmixmusic.org/Kites and Strings Website: https://www.kitesandstrings.com/​​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kitesandstringspodcastTwitter:   @KitesandstringsInstagram:  @Kites_and_stringsemail: Kitesandstringspodcast@gmail.comKites and String's is produced and edited by Steve Ploum at Turning Stones Counseling, Inc.Our theme music is by Harrison Amer, and all other original music by purple planet music at https://www.purple-planet.com.  Our logo-design is by Cole Monroe at Blue Stag Creative.

Grammy Award-winning banjo player Rhiannon Giddens joins Margaret Hoover to discuss her pursuit of the true history of her instrument and why she has set out to change perceptions of the banjo as an icon of white mountain culture. Giddens traces her path from a childhood in a mixed-race family in North Carolina to studying opera at Oberlin to learning the Black string band tradition at the feet of one of its last great practitioners. She has gone on to an acclaimed career, first as a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and later as a solo artist. She recounts how the banjo went from an invention of African Americans to a white cultural stereotype, reflects on the evolving sound of the instrument over time, and explains why her “American music” defies conventional genre classifications. Giddens performs three songs, including a piece from her upcoming opera, “Omar.” She also reflects on cultural appropriation, political division, and the challenges of teaching the true African American experience in classrooms. Support for “Firing Line for Margaret Hoover” is provided by Stephens Inc., Robert Granieri, Charles R. Schwab, The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation, The David Tepper Charitable Foundation Inc., The Fairweather Foundation, The Asness Family Foundation, Pfizer Inc., Craig Newmark Philanthropies, The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Damon Button and Simmons Family Foundation.