Chincoteague Cultural Alliance Podcasts

Will Kimbrough Podcast

janerichstein — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:31:50 +0000

Will Kimbrough, singer/songwriter from Nashville, performed on May 16 as part of the CCA Acoustic Music Series. Jon Richstein talked with him after the show about his music.

Mother Earth Day Festival 2009

janerichstein — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:04:12 +0000

Carole Ireland inteviews Mother Earth Day Festival Chair Megan McCook (Egret Moon Artworks) about the event. Find out what’s happening at this year’s event and learn about the 2nd Saturday Art Stroll, which will take place the evening of the festival.

Interview with Kat Edwards on Native American Festival

janerichstein — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:51:07 +0000

Kat Edwards is the Coordinator of the Native American Heritage Festival. Billie Dayton talks with her about the origin and meaning of the Festival.

Host: Billie Dayton

Producer: Jane Richstein

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Singing of an American Tradition

ccapodcast — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:03:49 +0000

The term “Barbershop Quartet” evokes Norman Rockwell’s famous 1936 painting that captured a barber, his patron and two others holding what must have been a lovely moment of four-part harmony. This enduring bit of Americana is as charming as it is incomplete. More problematic is that the image implies a deeply flawed understanding of the origins of barbershop singing.

Click here to visit a podcasting site dedicated exclusively to barbershop singing.

The music samples in this podcast were taken from the websites of the following barbershop groups. You will find their CDs and individual tracks for sale at these sites:

Boston Common

Barbershop Strut

If There Never was an Ireland

You Must have Been A Beautiful Baby

St. Louis Harmony Chorus

Winter Wonderland

Capri

Start of Something

Spice Quartet

Two Tickets to Georgia

My Buddy

Host and Producer: Bill Troxler

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The Grass Dance

ccapodcast — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:56 +0000

Listen to Snow Owl, emcee of the Native American Festival explain the tradition of the Grass Dance and other forms of dances typically performed during pow wows. After Snow Owl speaks, White Buffalo sings and drums the Grass Dance while one performer demonstrates this Native American dance.

Host: Snow Owl

Producer: Bill Troxler

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Greg Trooper Interview

ccapodcast — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:15:10 +0000

Listen to Jon Richstein Interview Singer-Songwriter Greg Trooper. Greg performed in the CCA Acoustic Music Series on November 1, 2008. Jon interviewed Greg following the concert.

To visit Greg Trooper’s website, click here

Host: Jon Richstein

Producer: Bill Troxler

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The next CCA Acoustic Music Concert is March 28, 2009. Award winning Bryan Bowers returns to the CCA stage. Tickets available online at www.chincoteagueculturalallinace.org

The Troubadour Tradition

ccapodcast — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:36:40 +0000

The thigh bone of the extinct cave bear, a harp of ninth century Wales, itinerant noblemen singing in twelfth century France and performers entertaining an audience on Chincoteague Island. The connection among all these obscure dots in history defines a profound human tradition that survives in spite of the modern ambush of technology and weapons of mass marketing.

The song Bristle Cone Pine that appears at the end of this podcast was performed by Bryan Bowers. This song and seventeen others can be found on the CD of the same name. Visit Bryan’s website for purchasing information. Come hear Bryan Bowers in person on Saturday, March 28, 2009 when he performs as part of the Chincoteague Cultural Alliance’s Acoustic Music Series. For more information and to purchase tickets visit the CCA website .

Host and Producer: Bill Troxler

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Native American Potter & Flute Maker Jeremy Wright

ccapodcast — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:32:47 +0000

CCA Sponsored the 2nd Native American Festival in Robert Reed Park on November 8, 2008. The event included drumming, dancing, signing, demonstrations of various Native American crafts and a ceremony honoring veterans. The Festival was held on 2nd Saturday. Many of the Native Americans who attended the Festival also demonstrated their crafts in shops and galleries throughout the Island.

Listen to Bill Troxler interview Native American potter and flute maker Jeremy Wright.

Host and Producer: Bill Troxler

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From Heather to High Lonesome

ccapodcast — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:24:32 +0000

Few cultural alloys are better documented but more poorly understood than bluegrass music. Most listeners have a vague notion that bluegrass music originated in the Appalachian region of the United States. But the music’s path from the wind blown heather of the British Isles to the high lonesome sound of the Appalachians remains unknown to many listeners.

The tale of bluegrass music involves an English music publisher, immigrants, a king from Holland, kidnapped Africans, a French dance craze, a Broadway star, and a handful of hot musicians from the 1940s.

The music in this podcast was sampled from the following recordings.

Foggy Mountain Breakdown. Played by Earl Scruggs. This tune appears on the CD titled The Essential Earl Scruggs produced by Sony Music and Columbia Records 1948. www.legacyrecordings.com

Black Nag [from the Playford Collection] Played by Bill Spence. This tune appears on the CD titled The Hammered Dulcimer. Front Hall Records, 1975. FHR 05. www.andysfronthall.com

John Greer’s Two-Step Played by Hobart Smith. Recorded by David Flemming Brown in 1963. This tune appears on the CD titled Hobart Smith in Sacred Trust the 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD 40141 www.folkways.si.edu/

Salty Dog Played by Earl Scruggs. This tune appears on the CD titled The Essential Earl Scruggs produced by Sony Music and Columbia Records, 1948. www.legacyrecordings.com

Bonaparte’s Retreat Played by Hobart Smith. Recorded by David Flemming Brown in 1963. This tune appears on the CD titled Hobart Smith in Sacred Trust the 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD 40141 www.folkways.si.edu/

Host and Producer: Bill Troxler

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Native American Drumming

ccapodcast — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:56:23 +0000

The heart beat of the 2nd Native American Festival in Robert Reed Park was provided by White Buffalo Drum Group. Led by Lakota Tribe member David White Buffalo, the six drummers and singers performed four hours of music for dancers and listeners. At the close of the Festival, Bill Troxler and David White Buffalo discussed Native American music.

Note that the audio of this podcast was heavily processed to screen out the worst effects of wind, crowd noise and a nearby roaring generator.

Host and Producer: Bill Troxler

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The Final March of Mary Queen of Scots

ccapodcast — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:13:03 +0000

Beyond those who chop wood for the family hearth, the sound of an axe striking its target is not common place in contemporary life. This was not the case in Elizabethan England. Chunky thuds of axes were common sounds then as men cleared forests, built ships, prepared firewood and executed those convicted of the many capital crimes of the day.

The most famous ax victim of the era had to be Elizabeth’s cousin. The French know her as Marie Stuart. The English speaking world remembers her as Mary Queen of Scots

To read more history about Mary Stewart go to these websites:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/maryqueenofscots.htm

http://tudorhistory.org/primary/exmary.html

http://englishhistory.net/tudor/exmary.html

Click here to view an 1895 re-enactment by Thomas Edison of Mary’s execution

Image of Mary I from http://www.marileecody.com/images.html

The Final March of Mary Queen of Scots is track 2 of Music to Read By, the compilation CD of Island Musicans produced to raise money for the expansion of the Chincoteague Island Library. Copies are available at CCA member shops and the Library.

Host and Producer: Bill Troxler

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