Podcasts about our native daughters

Visit: www.salty.com.au The TRIM Podcast – where timeless roots, independent voices, and modern blues converge. We journey across the gritty backroads and soulful skylines of blues, folk, and Americana with a handpicked lineup of artists pushing tradition forward. From Cedric Burnside's raw Hill Country pulse to Fenn Wilson's poetic Australian resonance, and legends like Bob and Neil, the playlist cuts deep and wide. We also shine a spotlight on rising and homegrown talent including Charlie Bedford, 8 Ball, and The Baker Smith Gamble, capturing the authentic spirit of independent music today. Plug in, turn it up, and take the ride – this is TRIM. Cuts from Cedric Burnside, Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield N Al Kooper, Bob Dylan, Samantha Fish, The Baker Smith Gamble, 63 Deluxe, Tomin, Steve Earle, Pieta Brown N Justin Vernon, Our Native Daughters, Kevin Burt N Big Medicine, Salty Dawg, Lurrie Bell N Mississippi Heat, Matt Walker N The Necessary Few, Shawn Kellerman N Jason Ricci, 8 Ball Aitken N Taya Chani, Charlie Bedford, Dom Turner N Rural Blues Project, Fenn Wilson, Ian Siegal, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Neil Young. ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM ** Australia 1. Cedric Burnside / Coming Real To Ya / Hill Country Love 2. Johnny Winter / Leland Mississippi Blues / Johnny Winter 3. Mike Blomfield N Al Kooper / Albert's Shuffle / Super Session 4. Bob Dylan / Tombstone Blues / Highway 61 Revisited 5. Samantha Fish / Sweet Southern Sounds / Paper Doll 6. ** The Baker Smith Gamble / Right Where You Left It / The Baker Smith Gamble 7. ** 63 Deluxe / Mama's Got You Right / Memphis To Nashville 8. Tomin / Life / A Willed and Conscious Balance 9. Steve Earle / The Gulf Of Mexico / I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive 10. Pieta Brown N Justin Vernon / Flowers of Love / Paradise Outlaw 11. Our Native Daughters / Black Myself / Songs of Our Native Daughters 12. Kevin Burt N Big Medicine / Who is He and What is He To You? / A Tribute To Bill Withers 13. ** Salty Dawg / Misadventure / Pre Release 14. Lurrie Bell N Mississippi Heat / Cold Cold Feeling / One Eye Open: Live at Rosa's Lounge 15. ** Matt Walker N Necessary Few / Hard To Hide / Navigational Skills 16. Shawn Kellerman N Jason Ricci / You're Gonna Learn From This One / Kell's Kitchen 17. ** 8 Ball Aitken N Taya Chani / Nightbird / Nightbird 18. ** Charlie Bedford / Daydream / Daydream 19. ** Dom Turner N Rural Blues Project / Hadn't I Been Good To You / Sit Tight 20. ** Fenn Wilson / Howl / Honey Dates Death: Ghazals 21. Ian Siegal / Master Plan / The Skinny 22. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Black Magic / Heavy Soul 21. Neil Young / Last Dance / Time Fades Away

We're hearing a lot about diversity and inclusion these days (which is great!) but as we'll learn in this episode, those two words and what they stand for are at the very core of what guided the earliest days of Newport Folk and Jazz over sixty years ago, continuing to this day. And as we know, there is still much work to be done to make our world a just and equal place. Listen in as the women of Our Native Daughters share the experience of their powerful performance at Newport in 2019, their mission of amplifying the perspectives of Black American women from the time of slavery through the present, and discuss the ongoing need for better representation across genres - in particular Americana and Country - that have their roots in the black community, and at events like Newport Folk. Amplifying women's voices, and women of color, is an important part of this conversation, too, and Yola speaks on the importance of The Highwomen's debut at Newport Folk and Brandi Carlile's all female headlining set, as well as her own sense of purpose in occupying and owning space in what is currently an overwhelmingly white genre. We dive into the history of Newport and why the insistence racial equality and diversity of its lineups was an especially personal mission of George Wein's - one that he carried to New Orleans when creating Jazz Fest alongside the parents of Preservation Hall's Ben Jaffe. and how that festival in turn helped to integrate New Orleans. And Colin Meloy and Judy Collins join us to talk about folk music's history as a tool for organizing and empowering the disenfranchised, especially through the voice of Pete Seeger. The fight continues to surround hate and force it to surrender. Festival Circuit: Newport Folk is presented by Osiris Media, and hosted by Carmel Holt. It is co-written, co-produced and edited by Carmel and Julian Booker, who is also the series' audio engineer. Production assistance from Zach Brogan. Executive producers are RJ Bee and Christina Collins. Show Logo and art by Mark Dowd.  The series theme music is "Ruminations Pt. 3 (Afternoon Haze)" by Steven Warwick. Thanks to Billy Glassner of the Newport Festivals Foundation for providing archival audio. Additional archival audio provided by the Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity. And many thanks to our folk family guests Amythyst Kiah, George Wein, Ben Jaffe, Bob Boilen, Leyla McCalla, Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell, Yola, Colin Meloy, Judy Collins, Martin Anderson, Phil and Brad Cook, Jay Sweet, Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe, Brittany Howard, Brian Lima and Allison Pangakis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black History Month is celebrated every February, to honor the contributions of African-Americans to the history and culture of America. For the commemoration this year, we'll share music from The Staple Singers, Our Native Daughters, Gil Scott-Heron, Fanny Lou Hamer, Elizabeth Cotten, and many others. Listen as they bend the arc … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysElizabeth Cotten / “Washington Blues” / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian FolkwaysThe Staple Singers / “Freedom Highway” / Freedom Highway / Epic LegacyGordon Lightfoot / “Black Day in July” / Did She Mention My Name? / United ArtistsWord Beat-Charles Williams & Tom Teasley / “Wade in the Water” / The Soul Dances / T&TGil Scott-Heron / “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” / Pieces of a Man / Flying DutchmanBernice Johnson Reagon / “Freedom in the Air” / Give Your Hands to Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysTony Joe White / “Willie and Laura Mae Jones” / Black and White / RepriseElizabeth Cotten / “Ruben” / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian FolkwaysOur Native Daughters / “Black Myself” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian FolkwaysThomas A. Dorsey w/ The Dixie Hummingbirds / “I'm Waiting for Jesus” / Precious Lord / ColumbiaSolomon Linda's Original Evening Birds / “Mbube” / Mbube Roots / RounderMartin Simpson & Dom Flemons / “Stealin'” / Proudly Present A Selection... / Fledg'lingFanny Lou Hamer / “Woke Up This Morning” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian FolkwaysEarl Robinson / “Black and White” / Classic Folk Music / Smithsonian FolkwaysBrownie McGhee / “Black, Brown and White” / The Little Red Book of Protest Songs / ProperPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Last week we took a look at modern Americana/Roots artists who are changing the game. The list was too long to fit them into one episode! So this week we're taking a look at another group of insanely talented women. This week all the artists were featured in a group called Our Native Daughters which is made up of black women banjo players. Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Allison Russell, and Leyla McCalla. Join me as we take a look at this incredible players who are changing the game! 

We had the pleasure of interviewing Amythyst Kiah over Zoom video!GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah shares her new album, Still + Bright via Rounder Records. Produced by Butch Walker (Taylor Swift, Green Day and Weezer) and recorded at his Nashville studio, the 12-track album is a vital new addition to Kiah's body of work, one largely dedicated to exploring the struggle and joy of true self-discovery. While her 2021 Wary + Strange details her grief, anger, and abandonment, Still + Bright is her liberation from the events of her earlier life, examining the vast expanse of her inner world, passions, self-exploration and realization, with a darkly cinematic twist. The project – which Rolling Stone hailed is “poised to be a major moment for the east Tennessee-raised singer-songwriter” – expands upon the wild definitions of Americana music. From gothic love songs with haunting vocals (“Silk and Petals feat. Butch Walker”) to a furiously stomping fantasy-inspired folk epic (“I Will Not Go Down” feat.Billy Strings"), or an ode to meditation laced with lush mandolin lines and lovely fiddle melodies (“S P A C E”), the album affirms her as an artist of both daring originality and uncompromising depth. The album is a collision of her love of indie rock, garage guitars and symphonic metal, flawlessly melded with the visceral lyricism and songwriting she's renowned for in the roots community.The project – which features collaborations with S.G. Goodman, Billy Strings and Avi Kaplan (Pentatonix) – also marks a complete transformation in Kiah's songwriting process: her first time opening up her approach and working with co-writers on an album. The album features co-writes with punk legend Tim Armstrong, Sadler Vaden (guitarist/vocalist for Jason Isbell's 400 Unit) and Sean McConnell (Brittney Spencer, Bethany Cosentino).Kiah is currently on the road on her Still + Bright Tour, plus she recently was announced as direct support for select dates of Larkin Poe's The Bloom Tour.About Amythyst Kiah:With an unforgettable voice that's both unfettered and exquisitely controlled, the Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter is a “fantastic fingerpicker, dynamo singer and profound songwriter [who] defies all sorts of stereotypes” (Guitar Player). Her 2021 release of Wary + Strange earned glowing features and reviews from The New York Times, NPR Morning Edition, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone, plus performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS Saturday Morning. Kiah is also a member of Our Native Daughters—an all-women-of-color supergroup whose standout track “Black Myself” (written by Kiah) earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best American Roots Song. She recently joined Iron & Wine on their summer tour, and has shared stages with The Who, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, CAM and more.  We want to hear from you! Please email Hello@BringinitBackwards.comwww.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #AmythystKiah #NewMusic #ZoomListen & Subscribe to BiBhttps://www.bringinitbackwards.com/followFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpodBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bringin-it-backwards--4972373/support.

Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah released her latest album, Still + Bright, on Oct. 25th. Ahead of the release, Kiah, also a member of the supergroup Our Native Daughters, performed a few songs from the album. You can listen to the full conversation, and enjoy a bonus track she recorded in our studios which has not been previously aired. 

Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah is releasing her new album, Still + Bright, on Oct. 25th. Ahead of the release, Kiah, also a member of the supergroup Our Native Daughters, performs a few songs from the forthcoming album for us and discusses her songwriting practice.

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it's Jake Blount! He's got a new record in collaboration with Mali Obomsawin, “symbiont,” coming out on Smithsonian Folkways later this month. It's absolutely incredible. We talk about how he and Mali came to work together and dig into the album a bit before going in on a bunch of songs. We talk about unlikely stadium anthems, Imogen Heap not getting the recognition she should, the amazing sound of the jouhikko, the beauty and heartbreak of Brown Bird, reassessing Linkin Park, Fiona Apple, Trent Reznor, Our Native Daughters, and more!Listen to all of Jake's picks HEREMali Obomsawin & Jake Blount “symbiont”Jake Blount's websiteSongs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)Follow Foxy Digitalis:WebsitePatreonInstagramTwitterBlueskyMastodonThe Jewel Garden

On this bank holiday in the states Dom and I celebrate the working people around the world. Lots of traditional americana music, punk, New Orleans soul and loads more. DJ John Henry appreciates the effort! Music; Silhouettes, R.E.M., The Specials, Valerie June, Gil Scott-Heron, Lucinda Williams, Charley Crockett, Our Native Daughters, Barbara Dane, Lou Reed, John Cale, Lee Dorsey, Billy Bragg…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.

The last time I had the privilege of interviewing Rhiannon Giddens it was in 2017 at Edmonton Folk Fest. In the next five years, she became a World star. For example: In October 2017, Giddens was named one of the 2017 class of MacArthur "Genius" Fellows. In 2017 and 2018, Giddens appeared in the fifth and sixth seasons of the CMT's  In January 2018, Giddens co-produced Songs of Our Native Daughters for Smithsonian Folkways. in early 2018, the Nashville Ballet announced that Rhiannon Giddens has been commissioned to write the music for Lucy Negro, Redux. In 2019, Giddens released two studio albums: Songs of Our Native Daughters  and There Is No Other with Italian musician Francesco Turrisi Giddens earned an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for her lasting impact on the UNCG community and her work in music. In 2023, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music from Princeton University In other words, the last 5-6 years have been a delightful blur. Thus my first question was …what do you remember of the last 5 years? If anyone is going to change music in her lifetime – it's Rhiannon Giddens!!   Enjoy.

Kiah nasceu em Chattanooga, Tennessee, Estados Unidos. Seu pai (que também é seu administrador de turnê) cantou e tocou percussão em uma banda na década de 1970. Sua mãe cantou na igreja enquanto crescia. Ela frequentou uma escola de artes e aprendeu sozinha a tocar violão. Quando ela tinha 17 anos, sua mãe suicidou, e cantar em seu funeral foi sua primeira grande experiência pública Se formou na East Tennessee State University, onde concluiu o programa de Bluegrass, Old Time e Country Music e se juntou à banda da escola. Em turnês, trabalha com a banda 'Her Chest of Glass' e também com a 'Our Native Daughters'  Lançou seu primeiro álbum, Dig em 2013. O álbum foi produzido por ela e gravado no East Tennessee State University Recording Lab Wary class Strange foi lançado pela Rounder Records em 2021, produzido por Tony Berg. Gravou três vezes, com três produtores diferentes antes de se sentir feliz com o som. Pela Rolling Stone foi incluído na lista dos "25 Melhores Álbuns Country/Americana de 2021". Sua música "Wild Turkey" foi nomeada pela Variety como uma das 50 melhoresmúsicas de 2021.  Kiah também apareceu (junto com Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla e Allison Russell) no álbum Songs of Our Native Daughters(2019). Ganhou uma indicação ao Grammy de Melhor Canção de Americana de 2020 por sua música "Black Myself Na vida pessoal se descreveu como amante de ficção científica e de fala engraçada". Hoje mora em Johnson City, Tennessee. Discografia: Dig (2013) Her Chest Of Glass (2017) Wary + Strange (2021) Pensive Pop (2022) Pré lançamento: Still + Bright chega em 24 de outubro e explora a vasta extensão de seu mundo interior: sua afinidade profundamente enraizada com filosofias orientais e tradições espirituais, uma conexão quase mística com o mundo natural Na playlist destacamos a obra prima Tender Organs, a segunda música. Com vocal gospel/soul  espetacular, vale a pena conhecer.

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. 

In 2019 Rhiannon Giddens put together a group of all women Black banjo players and made an amazing album. The group was called Our Native Daughters and the album reflects on the history of the influence of Black musicians on American folk/roots music. 

Juneteenth commemorates the 19th day in June, 1865, when Union General Gordon Grainger announced General Order No.3, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas. Celebrations began immediately, but eventually took a back seat to the civil rights movement in the 1960s. With the advent of Black Lives Matter new emphasis has been placed on the holiday, which we celebrate on this week's Magazine. We'll hear music from Reggie Harris, Eric Bibb, Robert Finley, Our Native Daughters, Sweet Honey in the Rock and many more. Tune in for a celebration of Juneteenth … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysMichael J. Miles / “Mississippi Overture” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on RedEric Bibb / “Drinkin' Gourd” / Jericho Road / Stony PlainChampion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs Smithsonian-FolkwaysThe Clara Ward Singers / “Twelve Gates to the City” / Meetin' Tonight / VanguardRobert Finley / “Sharecropper's Son” / Sharecropper's Son / Easy Eye SoundLurie Bell & the Bell Dynasty / “What My Momma Told Me” / Tribute to Carey Bell / DelnarkLeyla McCalla / “As I Grow Older-Dreamer” / Vari-Colored Songs / Smithsonian-FolkwaysAllison Russell / “Hy-Brasil” / Outside Child” / FantasyReggie Harris / “Standing in Freedom's Name” / On Solid Ground / Self-producedMichael J. Miles / “Mississippi Rising” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on RedOur Native Daughters / “Moon Meets the Sun” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian FolkwaysRhiannon Giddens / “I Shall Not Be Moved” / They're Calling Me Home / NonesuchSweet Honey in the Rock / “Oh, Sankofa” / #Love in Evolution / AppleseedEric Bibb / “This Land is Your Land” / Migration Blues / Stony PlainPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 04/01/2024 featuring: William Prince "Tanqueray" Stand in the Joy (2023 Six Shooter) 4:10 Missy Raines "Looking To You" Highlander (2024 Compass) 4:12 Moors & McCumber "Survival" Survival (2021 M & M) 3:33 Emily Barnes "Mint Condition" Mint Condition (2024 Emily Barnes) 3:41 Arielle Silver "Riverdock at Sunset" Watershed (2023 Arielle Silver) 3:24 No-No Boy "Gimme Chills" 1975 (2021 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:29 Ordinary Elephant "Relic of the Rain" Single (2024 Ordinary Elephant) 3:37 House of Hamill "Ladder to the Sun" Folk Hero (2021 House of Hamill) 3:12 Muhammad Seven & the Spring "Welcome Every Breath" Muhammad Seven & the Spring (2018 Nima Samimi) 3:43 Gurrumul "Marwurrumburr" Gurrumul (2008 Skinnyfish) 3:15 Our Native Daughters "I Knew I Could Fly" Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:39 American Patchwork Quartet "Big Sciota" American Patchwork Quartet (2024 American Patchwork Quartet) 2:41 David Francey "One Day" The Breath Between (2023 Laker Music) 3:19 Sunny War "Lucid Lucy" Simple Syrup (2021 Sunny War) 3:37

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. 

Elbit | Billy Bragg Critical Thinking by Tha Truth The Message: Jamie Webster - New Album - 10 For the People Steve White - New Song - Just Another Day at Elbit Palestine Action - PalestineAction.org Dan Bern - New Song - Bible Alison Russell - Eve Was Black, Grammy Award, Love Rising Tracy Chapman - Country Music, Black artists, Black Opry, Our Native Daughters, Americana Billy Bragg - Americana Award, Roaring Forty Retrospective, Sexuality The Music: Critical Thinking (feat. D King) | Tha Truth : Music for a Better World Land of 7 Billion Dances | The Coup : Land of 7 Billion Dances - Single How Do You Sleep At Night? | Jamie Webster : 10 For The People Just Another Day at Elbit | Steve White & The Protest Family : Bible (feat. Jane's Great Dane) | Dan Bern : Bible (feat. Jane's Great Dane) - Single Black Myself (feat. Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla & Allison Russell) | Our Native Daughters : Songs of Our Native Daughters Why? | Tracy Chapman : Tracy Chapman Between The Wars | Billy Bragg : Back To Basics The Milkman Of Human Kindness | Billy Bragg : Back To Basics The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions | Billy Bragg : The Internationale [EP] People Have the Power | Patti Smith : Dream of Life (Remastered)

With the Grammy's just over a week away, host Carmel Holt welcomes back the extraordinary multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, poet, and activist Allison Russell, who is up for four Grammy's this year for her second solo album, The Returner, making her an eight-time nominee in three short years. Allison's career spans over two decades, and over a dozen albums recorded with her bands Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters - her collaborative project with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, and Leyla McCalla. But it was Outside Child, Allison Russell's critically acclaimed, and four-time Grammy-nominated 2021 solo debut, that set off what has been a whirlwind three years of awards, accolades, touring, headlining Newport Folk Festival, collaborating, activism, and building what she calls “the Rainbow Coalition”. In today's conversation, Allison reflects on the last couple of years, discusses what awards mean to her, and shares the story of making The Returner as a second chapter of a trilogy: Outside Child was a chronicle of her escape from childhood abuse and trauma, to finding healing, love and chosen family in art, music, and community, and The Returner is the next chapter: a celebration of survivor's joy.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 12/18/2023 featuring: Malcolm MacWatt North “Atlantic Summer” Settler (2021 Need To Know) 5:01 Sadie Gustafson-Zook “Lean In More” Sin of Certainty (2021 BGZ Sounds) 3:50 Jayme Stone “Drunken Hiccups” Jayme Stone's Folklife (2017 Jayme Stone) 2:54 The Bombadils “Losing Track of Time” Dear Friend (2022 The Bombadils) 5:15 Our Native Daughters “I Knew I Could Fly” Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:41 Last Year's Man “Time Brings Change” Time Is a Sparrow (2022 Last Year's Man) 3:21 Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears “Seasons Change” Just over the Ridge (2021 Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears) 4:06 Austin MacRae “Good Things Come” New Weather (2023 Austin MacRae) 4:21 Shawna Caspi “Celebrate” Hurricane Coming (2021 Shawna Caspi) 2:59 Joe Crookston “To Keep You Warm” Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee (2011 Joe Crookston) 2:42 Bethel Steele “I Like You” Shadows and Light (2015 Bethel Steele) 3:20 Chuck Brodsky “Rachel's Guitar” Tell Tale Heart (2015 Chuck Brodsky) 3:46 Rachael Sage “Revelation Ground” Revelation Ground (2022 MPress) 3:26 Jake Blount “Once There Was No Sun” The New Faith (2022 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:21

Singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Allison Russell, shares her incredible life story and teaches us how she healed from abuse through music, sisterhood, and returning to her body. This hour is a soul-stirring reminder of the life-saving, cycle-breaking power of truth telling, art, and love.  About Allison: Allison Russell has spent her career in multiple bands, including Po' Girl, Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago. After a career spent as a gifted multi-instrumentalist, backing numerous other artists, she finally dared to release her solo project in 2021. She made her Opry debut and appeared at the Country Music Hall of Fame and performed at the 2022 GRAMMY's Premiere Ceremony. In addition to her four GRAMMY nominations, she has earned three 2022 Americana Award nominations and a win for Album of the Year, two International Folk Music Award wins, a 2022 Juno nomination for ‘Songwriter of the Year,' and her first-ever Juno Award win for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. Russell received two 2021 Americana Awards nominations, won three Canadian Folk Music Awards, two UK Americana Music Awards, and more. She was recently nominated for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year for the 2023 Americana Awards.  TW: @outsidechild13 IG: @allisonrussellmusic To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.

Our special Juneteenth program showcases three hours of music written and performed by Black folk artists. Songs from Odetta, Crys Matthews, Vance Gilbert, Our Native Daughters, Jensen McRae and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas, produced by WSKG Public Media.

This week on the program we complete our two part feature, Assorted Women. We'll hear music from Emmylou Harris, Our Native Daughters, Kate Campbell, Joni Mitchell, Gillian Welch, Judy Collins and more. “I'm with her” - the sounds of women's voices and tunes … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysRachel Hair & Ron Jappy / “The Proofreader” / Sparks / March HairAni Di Franco / “Simultaneously” / Revolutionary Love / Righteous BabeOur Native Daughters / “Music and Joy” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian FolkwaysLaurie Lewis w/ Molly Tuttle / “You Are My Flower” / and Laurie Lewis / Spruce and MapleJudy Collins / “My Father” / Who Know Where the Time Goes / ElektraCindy Kallet & Grey Larsen / “Letter to America” / Single / Sleepy CreekJoni Mitchell / “Intro to Both Sides Now” / Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1 / RhinoJoni Mitchell / “Both Sides Now” / Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1 / RhinoRachel Hair & Ron Jappy / “Lochinver” / Sparks / March HairLoretta Lynn / “Still Woman Enough” / Still Woman Enough / SonyEmmylou Harris / “Boulder to Birmingham” / Spyboy / EminentI'm With Her / “I-89” / See You Around / RounderKate Campbell / “Long Slow Train” / Damn Sure Blue / Large RiverGillian Welch & David Rawlings / “Jackson” / All the Good Times / AconyJaspar Lepak / “Ever Gonna Fly” / Desert Ghosts / Self-producedPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Links:Leyla McCallaOur Native DaughtersIris Dement - Workin' On a WorldRadio HaitiLangston HughesCarolina Chocolate DropsWestern State CenterClick here to watch this conversation on YouTube.Social Media:The Other 22 Hours InstagramThe Other 22 Hours TikTokMichaela Anne InstagramAaron Shafer-Haiss InstagramSend us your feedback!The Other 22 Hours FeedbackAll music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

Francesca T. Royster's Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions is a vital read that helps us to understand how country music got whitewashed, stripping it of its distinctly African American origins in slavery and its aftermath, and shows us how embracing that history will only enrich the form. Royster weaves Black, queer, and feminist scholarship into her analysis, but even more compellingly, she brings her own experiences as a Black, queer country fan to bear on her exploration of Black artists in country's past and present. Through engaging essays, she explores Tina Turner's country album, Darius Rucker's Black bro image, Our Native Daughters' history-steeped banjo music, and Lil' Nas X's fight to be considered country. The DePaul University English professor talks to Pop Literacy about what inspired her  book, shares some of her favorite country music memories (like a set visit to Hee Haw!), and recommends some of her favorite country artists to add to your playlists. Read more: Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions by Francesca T. Royster Little Golden Books pop biographies on celebrities like Carol Burnett, Betty White, Beyonce, Dwayne Johnson, William Shatner, Taylor Swift, Lucille Ball, Simone Biles, Dolly Parton, Bob Ross, Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Rita Moreno, Willie Nelson, and Bruce Springsteen Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby Pop Literacy is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Writer's Bone. 

Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks to Johnson City, Tennessee based guitarist, singer and songwriter, Amythyst Kiah about studying Bluegrass, Old Time and Country at East Tennessee State University, her work with Our Native Daughters, her father's support, the loss of her Mother, and her experience as a Black artist in country music. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Jenny Snyder - Audio Engineer/Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[REBROADCAST FROM JUNE 21, 2021] On Amythyst Kiah's new album, Wary + Strange, the folk and roots musician, and member of the group Our Native Daughters, broadens her sound, mixing together Americana, rock, and more. Kiah joins us for a Listening Party.

[REBROADCAST FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2021] Canadian roots musician Allison Russell has been a member of several bands, including Po' Girls, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, and Leyla McCalla. Earlier this year, she released her debut solo album, Outside Child, an autobiographical record of childhood abuse and survival. Russell joins us for a Listening Party, and we end on a special performance of "Hy-Brasil" featuring Sista Strings.

[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.

Ahead of a performance at Carnegie Hall by "Our Native Daughters," a banjo-based group, we revisit our conversation with bandleader, composer, multi-instrumentalist and Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens, who was one of the featured musicians in our 'Get Lit! With All Of It' book club.

Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson talk to Amythyst Kiah, an acclaimed musician and songwriter whose work is redefining genre boundaries and has established her as a distinctive new voice of Appalachia. Reconnecting with Amythyst in this episode is her mentor, Jack Tottle, an accomplished musician with a long career as a singer, songwriter, author, and educator.Amythyst Kiah has won critical acclaim as a member of the group Our Native Daughters and for her most recent album, Wary + Strange, which melds roots traditions with alternative rock in songs of personal revelation. She is a native of Chattanooga, TN, and a graduate of East Tennessee State University's Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots program. She received a Grammy nomination in 2020 for “Black Myself," a song she wrote to confront the oppression of her ancestors and to honor their strength.Jack Tottle is a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, songwriter, author, and educator whose career has allowed him to share the stage with some of America's most revered bluegrass artists. He founded the first comprehensive bluegrass music studies program at a four-year university, East Tennessee State's Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies program, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. For many years, he has examined the significant influence of Black Appalachian music on the bluegrass canon.Dr. William Turner is an 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 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 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” and “Pretty Polly” performed by Amythyst Kiah and Roy Andrade from GSMA's album Big Bend Killing2.    “The Bluegrass Sound” by Jack Tottle, from a collaborative album he produced called The Bluegrass Sound and Other Stories3.    “Black Myself” performed live by Amythyst Kiah for our podcast. Recordings are available on Songs of Our Native Daughters and Wary + Strange4.    “Goin Down this Road Feelin' Bad” performed by Amythyst Kiah and Roy Andrade from GSMA's album On Top of Old Smoky: New Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 09/26/2022 featuring: Roy Schneider “Cherry Trees” Walls That Talk (2012 Roy Schneider) 4:59 Jake Blount “Once There Was No Sun” The New Faith (2022 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:21 Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio “Still She Will Fly” Still She Will Fly (2015 Heather Pierson) 4:01 John Smith “To the Shore” The Fray Variations (2022 Commoner) 3:13 John McCutcheon “Mistaken” Leap! (2022 Appalseed) 3:46 Wren “It's Raining” Stitch an Ocean (2016 Laura Adrienne Brady) 2:27 Forest Sun “Embers” Follow the Love (2022 Forest Sun) 2:45 Shawna Caspi “Celebrate” Hurricane Coming (2021 Shawna Caspi) 2:59 Davey O. “Man in Motion” No Passengers (Davey O.) 4:45 Michael Hedges “Ready or Not” Live On the Double Planet (1987 BMG) 3:55 Low Lily “We Sing Hallelujah” Single (2021 Low Lily) 3:40 Our Native Daughters “I Knew I Could Fly” Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:40 Buffalo Nichols “Lost & Lonesome” Buffalo Nichols (2021 Fat Possum) 3:41

“I've had so many different ways that I've described my music,” says singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah, “but it's always been important to me, to allow myself to explore.” That's exactly what she's doing on her latest EP, Pensive Pop—bringing new life and depth to pop-rock songs like Green Day's “Hitchin' A Ride” and Katy Perry's “Chained To The Rhythm” in ways that draw out the soulful heart of those tunes. In this episode, Amythys Kiah and Margo Price dig into how therapy has deepened her songwriting, the expansiveness of the country genre and Kiah's predictions for the future of the country music scene. Show Notes: Amythyst Kiah's EP, Pensive Pop, is available to stream and purchase now.This fall, Amythyst Kiah is on tour across the United States and Europe. On November 4, Amythyst Kiah will perform Songs of Our Native Daughters with fellow collaborators Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell at Carnegie Hall. Amythyst Kiah's gym workout recommendation is Cutthroat Shamrock's There Is A Time. Credits:Runaway Horses is produced by work by work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Kathleen Ottinger and Emily Shaw. The show is mixed by Sam Bair. Our recording engineers are Nick Byrd, Will Grieg, Thad Kopec, and Lake Wilson. Special thanks to Amy Schmalz and Maddie Case at Monotone, Jazz Atkin at Loma Vista, and Joe Dawson at Sonos. The show's theme song is Nowhere Fast off of Margo Price's album, All American Made.

In times of deep sorrow or joy, humans have always turned to music. Archaeologists have found evidence of instruments among very early civilizations. Spiritual communities have centered on music for centuries. We teach our children their ABCs and how to brush their teeth with songs. We dance out our feelings and cry along with sad tunes. What is it about music that enables it to work so powerfully on our bodies, minds and emotions?That is one of the core animating questions of this conversation with Allison Russell. Russell is a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter whose debut album, “Outside Child,” was named one of the best albums of 2021 by critics at NPR and The Times.Russell has played in bands including Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters, traversing folk, rock 'n' roll, Celtic music, the blues and other genres. But alongside her powerhouse vocals and gorgeous melodies, Russell infuses a deep scholarly curiosity into her songs — not just about the nature and power of music, but also what it can teach listeners about our world.Digging into archives and family history, she explores themes like generational trauma, our relationships to diaspora and migration and how music can build empathic bridges between us in times of deep division. But above all, her songs testify to the sheer human capacity for resilience: our capacity to transcend our darkest times if we hold on, reach out to one another and seek out art that helps console.In this episode, Russell performs four songs with a full band, so listeners can enjoy her infectious art. And then we use those songs as jumping-off points to explore the deeper ideas embedded in her music: why we fall into melodies so soon after our births; how music moves us differently from how books or speeches do; how sound can help regulate our emotions, slow our breathing and rewire our neural networks; how Russell's melodies and vocal performances come together in her mind; why songs can at times be more persuasive than nonfiction; why our unwillingness to divulge painful secrets goes back to the Victorian era; how generational trauma like the Middle Passage connects to personal trauma in the present; how Russell structures her songs to help people transcend profound pain; what message Russell would send to people who are struggling and much more.This episode contains references to sexual abuse.Mentioned:“The Transmogrification of Trauma into Art” by Allison Russell“Barley” by Birds of Chicago“Real Midnight” by Birds of Chicago“Songs of Our Native Daughters” by Our Native Daughters“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot“Take Em Away” by Old Crow Medicine Show“The Art of Disappearance” by Hanif AbdurraqibMusic and Book Recommendations:The Bone People by Keri HulmeA Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif AbdurraqibBreaking the Thermometer by Leyla McCallaCarry Me Home by Mavis Staples and Levon HelmThis episode was guest hosted by Annie Galvin, the associate producer of “The Ezra Klein Show.” Galvin has covered books and music for almost a decade and hosted a season of “Public Books 101,” a public-scholarship podcast she co-created.Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris, Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Carole Sabouraud and Isaac Jones; audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Special thanks to Kristin Lin, Kristina Samulewski and Erika Duffee. Russell's band is Monique Ross, Chauntee Ross and Mandy Fer. Additional thanks to Jeff Gruber of Blue House Productions and Allison's touring engineer, Ross Collier. The songs Russell performs in this episode were written by Allison Russell, Jeremy Thomas Lindsay, Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla and Dirk Powell.

A special Juneteenth episode of Free-Range Folk featuring music from Odetta, Crys Matthews, Elizabeth Cotten, Our Native Daughters, Vera Hall, Leon Bibb, Richie Havens, Jake Blount and more.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19th 1865, when Union General Gordon Grainger announced General Order No.3 proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas. Celebrations eventually took a back seat to the civil rights movement in the 1960s. With the advent of Black Lives Matter new emphasis has been placed on the holiday which we feature on this week's program. We'll hear music from Reggie Harris, Eric Bibb, Robert Finley, Our Native Daughters, Sweet Honey in the Rock and many more. We celebrate Juneteenth … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian-FolkwaysMichael J. Miles / “Mississippi Overture” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on RedEric Bibb / “Drinkin' Gourd” / Jericho Road / Stony PlainChampion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs Smithsonian-FolkwaysThe Clara Ward Singers / “Twelve Gates to the City” / Meetin' Tonight / VanguardRobert Finley / “Sharecropper's Son” / Sharecropper's Son / Easy Eye SoundLurie Bell & the Bell Dynasty / “What My Momma Told Me” / Tribute to Carey Bell / DelmarkLeyla McCalla / “As I Grow Older-Dreamer” / Vari-Colored Songs / Smithsonian-FolkwaysAllison Russell / “Hy-Brasil” / Outside Child” / FantasyReggie Harris / “Standing in Freedom's Name” / On Solid Ground / Self ProducedMichael J. Miles / “Mississippi Rising” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on RedOur Native Daughters / “Moon Meets the Sun” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian-FolkwaysRhiannon Giddens / “I Shall Not Be Moved” / They're Calling Me Home / NonesuchSweet Honey in the Rock / “Oh, Sankofa” / #Love in Evolution / AppleseedEric Bibb / “This Land is Your Land” / Migration Blues / Stony PlainPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways

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 the debut episode of Season 3 of Biscuits & Jam Summer Tour, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks to Johnson City, Tennessee based guitarist, singer and songwriter, Amythyst Kiah about studying Bluegrass, Old Time and Country at East Tennessee State University, her work with Our Native Daughters, her father's support, the loss of her Mother, and her experience as a Black artist in country music. Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Jenny Snyder - Audio Engineer/Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 04/04/2022 featuring: Malcolm MacWatt “North Atlantic Summer” Settler (2021 Need To Know) 5:01 Darden Smith “Western Skies” Western Skies (2021 Bull By The Horns) 3:28 Wren “Kite out on the Ocean” Pink Stone: Songs from Moose Lodge (2021 Laura Adrienne Brady) 4:36 Dan Weber “Somewhere Down the Line” The Way the River Goes (2022 Dan Weber) 3:23 Amy Speace “If You Fall” Tucson (2022 Amy Speace) 3:34 Moors & McCumber “All Great Tragedy” Live From Blue Rock (2021 M & M Records) 3:19 The Accidentals “Circling Round Again” Time Out Session #2 (2022 The Accidentals) 3:19 Buffalo Nichols “These Things” Buffalo Nichols (2021 Fat Possum) 2:59 Our Native Daughters “I Knew I Could Fly” Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:41 Michael J. Miles “Opus 822” New Century Suite (2004 Right Turn On Red) 2:44 Cliff Eberhardt “Dreams” Knew Things (2021 Cliff Eberhardt) 2:34 Amythyst Kiah “Wild Turkey” Single (2022 Rounder) 4:38 Lauren Balthrop “Tournesol” single (2022 Lauren Balthrop) 3:45 The Brother Brothers “Red and Gold” Some People I Know (2018 Compass) 2:19

GRAMMY-nominated Allison Russell joins Maggie on this first episode of season 3 to talk about the making of her album, "Outside Child", experiencing a 'creative rebirth' during the pandemic, and why the work of an artist is empathy work. Allison discusses her difficult upbringing and why writing helps her navigate trauma, and shares some important lessons learned from both her grandmother and her young daughter.Allison Russell is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and activist. Prior to her solo music career, Russell performed as a member of the music groups Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters. She released her first solo album, Outside Child, in 2021.Salute the Songbird is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted by Maggie Rose. Produced by Austin Marshall, Maggie Rose, and Kirsten Cluthe with production assistance from Grace Roemer and Kip Baggett. Edited by Justin Thomas of Revoice Media. Music by Maggie Rose. Graphics by Katherine Boils and Mark Dowd. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allison Russell has been writing incredible folk-rooted songs for around 20 years with her bands Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters. But it was her solo debut in 2021, Outside Child, that finally broke through and gained her a taller platform and a wider audience. Coming up on this year's Grammy Awards, where Russell is nominated in three categories—Best American Roots Performance, Best American Roots Song, and Best Americana Album—we decided to share a special Grammy edition of the Why We Write podcast. This conversation about songwriting, and all the parts of life that touch and influence it, was recorded at the end of 2021. Russell's internet was interrupted, so she had to run to a nearby coffee shop for the recording, which explains some of the background noise. In a way, the bustle around her as she talks about what inspires her incredible songwriting, makes sense. Much bustle has been swirling around her for the past year. Whether or not she takes home Grammy Awards, Outside Child was widely lauded as one of the best recordings of last year, and we look forward to what else she has to bring over the next 20 years. So press play an enjoy this episode of Why We Write with Allison Russell.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 03/14/2022 featuring: Terra Spencer “Feels Like Home” Chasing Rabbits (2020 Terra Spencer) 5:03 Jake Blount “The Man Was Burning” Single (2022 Jake Blount) 2:35 Kaia Kater “New Colossus” Grenades (2018 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:26 Johnsmith “Sing Him to the Shore” Backroads (2022 Johnsmith) 4:23 Greg Greenway “Let It Roll” Songs from the Beginning (2022 Greg Greenway) 4:21 The Rough & Tumble “Remember When” Love is Gross (but it looks good on you) (2022 The Rough & Tumble) 2:34 Mark Erelli “Hourglass” For a Song (2016 Mark Erelli) 2:34 Emily Barker “The Woman Who Planted Trees” A Dark Murmuration of Words (2020 Everyone Sang) 3:15 Brett Ratliff “Glory Up Above” Whitesburg, KY (2021 June Appal) 3:15 Steven Roback “Old World” Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music (Windham Hill) 3:10 Sunny War “Lucid Lucy” Simple Syrup (2021 Sunny War) 3:37 Joe Crookston “Good Luck John” Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee (2011 Joe Crookston) 3:41 Our Native Daughters “I Knew I Could Fly” Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:40

Known as the Gate City, Greensboro, North Carolina is a transitional town: hub of the Piedmont between the mountain high country to the west and coastal Sandhill Plains to the east, and a city defined by the people who have come, gone, and passed through over the years. As a crossroads location, it has long been a way station for many endeavors, including touring musicians - from the likes of the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix at the Greensboro Coliseum, the state's largest indoor arena, to James Brown and Otis Redding at clubs like the El Rocco on the Chitlin' Circuit. Throw in the country and string band influences from the textile mill towns in the area, and the regional style of the Piedmont blues, and you've got yourself quite the musical melting pot.  This historical mixture was not lost on one of Greensboro's own, Rhiannon Giddens - one of modern day Americana's ultimate crossover artists. A child of black and white parents, she grew up in the area hearing folk and country music, participating in music programs in local public schools, and eventually going on to study opera at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. Once she returned to North Carolina and came under the study of fiddler Joe Thompson and the Black string band tradition, she began playing folk music and forged an artistic identity steeped in classical as well as vernacular music. In this episode of Carolina Calling, we spoke with Giddens about her background in Greensboro and how growing up mixed and immersed in various cultures, in a city so informed by its history of segregation and status as a key civil rights battleground, informed her artistic interests and endeavors, musical styles, and her mission in the music industry.    Subscribe to Carolina Calling to follow along as we journey across the Old North State, visiting towns like Durham, Wilmington, Shelby, Asheville, and more. Brought to you by The Bluegrass Situation and Come Hear NC Music featured in this episode: Rhiannon Giddens - "Black is the Color"Andrew Marlin - "Erie Fiddler"Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Cornbread and Butterbeans"The Rolling Stones - "Rocks Off"Count Basie and His Orchestra - "Honeysuckle Rose"Roy Harvey - "Blue Eyes"Blind Boy Fuller - Step It Up and GoRhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi - "Avalon"Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig)"Barbara Lewis -"Hello Stranger"The O'Kaysions - "Girl Watcher"Joe and Odell Thompson - "Donna Got a Rambling Mind"Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Country Girl"Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Hit 'Em Up Style"Our Native Daughters - "Moon Meets the Sun"Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi - "Si Dolce é'l Tormento" Cover image: Rhiannon Giddens by Ebru YildizAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, we launch season 4 of the show with a bilingual banjo-slinging singer-songwriter originally from Montreal and now based in Nashville: Allison Russell. After two decades of quietly creating heart-on-her-sleeve roots music in hard-touring groups like Po' Girl, Birds Of Chicago, and recently the supergroup Our Native Daughters - playing the guitar, clarinet, banjo and singing in English and French - the spotlight finally fell straight on Russell in 2021. With the help of her husband and longtime creative partner JT Nero, she released her visceral debut solo record Outside Child which confronts her traumatic childhood head on. Rarely has an album struck such a nerve in the Americana community, as songs like “4th Day Prayer” use the slippery soul of Al Green's best work and Mahalia Jackson's gospel inspiration to paint in white-knuckled detail how she escaped the abusive home of her stepfather for the graveyards and streets of Montreal. As she tells us in the intense conversation from her home in Tennessee, it was her songwriting hero Brandi Carlisle who went to bat for her (a bold Instagram DM set fate in motion,) helping get her raw, unreleased songs to Fantasy Records. Thankfully, they wanted to take a leap. Even President Obama noticed after the songs began to circulate and he put her ominous radio standout “Nightflyer” on his favorite songs of the year list. The album has since been nominated for three Grammy awards.  While Allison may feel like an “overnight sensation” to those just discovering her on AAA radio, hearing her soaring voice shining on stages from Carnegie Hall, Red Rocks and the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she's been playing hundreds of shows in small clubs and festivals around the world for twenty-two years and counting. It hasn't been an easy road, as she often had to her young daughter on the trail with her. With a new book deal in the works continuing her story where Outside Child left off, there is much more to come from Russell. A champion for the often forgotten victims of domestic and sexual abuse, listening to Russell speak reminds one more of a fiery community organizer than a singer. Did your host try and convince Russell to run for office? Maybe.Stick around to hear her dive into one of her favorite tracks from the new record, the hopeful clarinet shuffle “Poison Arrow."Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-show-on-the-road-with-z-lupetin1106/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Editor's note: we're pleased to welcome guest host Lizzie No to Basic Folk for her debut episode with Amythyst Kiah! Lizzie will be on the podcast interviewing folk musicians once a month. We're thrilled to bring her perspective and insight to our listeners. Enjoy! Amythyst Kiah is a star rising so quickly in the roots music universe that it is almost impossible to keep up with her. Raised in Johnson City, Tennessee, Amythyst taught herself guitar and banjo before studying the bluegrass tradition at East Tennessee State University. She released two solo albums, both rich with her bluesy guitar playing and affecting vocal performance.In 2019 Amythyst grabbed the attention of the folk music community as a member of the supergroup Our Native Daughters alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell. Their captivating album, ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters,' tells the often-ignored stories of Black women in American history in the language of traditional folk.Amythyst's new album ‘Wary + Strange' is her first record released with Rounder Records, and includes the Grammy-nominated anthem “Black Myself.” I couldn't wait to discuss this genre-fluid exploration of loneliness and loss with Amythyst. We also got to talk about anime, the marvel cinematic universe, touring with her dad, fashion, and the nitty gritty of how Amythyst recorded, then re-recorded, and then re-re-recorded, this phenomenal album Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Allison Russell's story is unreal and it's hard to know where to begin. Unfathomable childhood abuse: sexual, physical and emotional abuse (at the hands of her white supremacist step-father) is chronicled in searing detail for the very first time on her debut solo album Outside Child. Up until now she was not able to honestly address this story in her other projects: Birds of Chicago (with husband JT Nero), Our Native Daughters (with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla and Amythyst Kiah) and Po' Girl (with Trish Klein and Awna Teixeira). These days, Allison recognizes that she needed the support system in her life in order to process and use her gift to share her story through music. That support system, which she calls "The Magic Circle," includes her partner JT and her daughter Ida, her chosen family of musicians, her newly found biological father and extended Grenadian family and her ancestors. Mainly learning about her many times great-grandmother, Quasheba, and the extreme hardships she faced as a stolen slave in Grenada. Quasheba's survival allowed Allison to realize that she also had the strength to reclaim agency over her story and break the cycle of abuse.We talk about her learning where her abuser came from, a sundown town in Indiana, where being Black was basically illegal. Her abuser also made life difficult for Alli's mom, who was struggling with schizophrenia, but loved music. The song "Kathy" talks about her mother putting the music away and she talks about the impact that had on her and on Allison. She ran away at 15 and started living on the streets on Montreal, until she made her way to Vancouver to connect with an uncle and an aunt who supported her interest in music. She began performing on the folk circuit, formed Po'Girl, met JT and started Birds of Chicago, had her daughter, Ida, and joined Our Native Daughters. She talks about how being a mom to Ida really was the catalyst of wanting to end the cycle of abuse and face her trauma. She actually ended up charging her abuser, facing him in court and seeing him sentenced. It was a light sentence, but it validated that what happened to her was wrong. The new album is joyful, which is intentional, everything about the new record is very intentional. Alli thrives in community and has chosen to remain positive and filled with light through this music. Thank you, Alli! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

In this episode, Eric and Justin discuss the importance and specifics of early childhood and elementary music. Our guest Mrs. Joellen Sumner gives us great insight into why engaging, singing, and exposing music of all forms and genres is pivotal in a child's life. We dispel rumors and layout facts and give real-life applications on how to make this living and breathing in your classrooms and in your homes with your little ones! Tune in Connect with JoEllynDiscount Code: THESCORE for a 10% discount on courses and merch!In Rotation:Notorious BIG - "Hypnotize" - EricUsher- JustinKurt Eiling, Our Native Daughters, & Carolina Chocolate Drop- JoEllynConnect with us Facebook, Twitter & Instagram:@podthescore;podthescore@gmail.com;The Score Podcast WebsiteSupport The Score on Patreon or PaypalMusic Credits:Intro: Justin McLean @jusmackmuzikIn Rotation & Outro: Ben Bohorquez @jamin_music

Who is RMR and what's his true motive for making music? What do songs like "Rascal" and the other country songs made by Black hip hop and R&B artists mean for the future of Black music? Geronimo Knows assembled another panel of friends to answer these questions and more. "Centerpieces" is an every-now-and-then show about Black artists' influence on culture. Be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, social media, and our YouTube channel. All The Fly Kids on everything - https://linktr.ee/alltheflykids What are these conversations worth to you? You can support the show via Cash App (https://cash.app/$AllTheFlyKids) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/geronimonc). Thanks for watching! People to Know: RMR “Rascal” - https://youtu.be/WCdAtvwW1E8 The Yee-Haw Agenda by Bri Malandro - https://instagram.com/theyeehawagenda Songs of Our Native Daughters - https://folkways.si.edu/songs-of-our-native-daughters Our Panelists: Geronimo Knows https://instagram.com/geronimoknows Backpack Matt https://instagram.com/misterbackpack https://twitter.com/backpackmatt BeMo https://instagram.com/bemobrown https://twitter.com/bemobrown DJ RQ Away https://instagram.com/rqaway https://twitter.com/RQaway Marcus K. Dowling https://instagram.com/marcuskdowling https://twitter.com/marcuskdowling Robert Jay! https://instagram.com/robertjay_bb https://twitter.com/RobertJay_BB Stone https://instagram.com/thisisstone https://twitter.com/ThisIsSTONE

In 2013, Amythyst Kiah released her first full length studio album, Dig, and in 2018 she joined forces with Allison Russell, Rhiannon Giddens, and Leyla McCalla as part of a collaboration called Our Native Daughters. They've since released an album on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Songs of Our Native Daughters. Later in 2019, Kiah releases another new solo album, Weary and Strange, and she shared some of her extraordinary history with us at this year's 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida.