Doc Watson captivated the 1960s American folk music revival like few other artists, with his authentic mountain music, his rich and emotional voice and his blazing technique on guitar and banjo. Craig speaks with Appalachian Studies professor Dr. Ted Olson about his work on a new career anthology about the late, great North Carolina musician.
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Nashville-based breakout solo artist Allison Russell finds herself in a good place going into the 2022 Grammy Awards with three nominations, including Americana Album of the Year. Outside Child was released in late May on Fantasy Records and received immediate acclaim for its insightful and healing reflections on horrible abuse she suffered in her youth. Its song “Nightflyer” has been tagged for two possible Grammys, as American Roots Song and American Roots Performance.
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Ten years ago, Phoebe Hunt was a new touring artist, playing progressive western swing with the Belleville Outfit out of her hometown of Austin. Now she’s applying lessons from travel, yoga, study and youth collaboration to her band The Gatherers and her two recent, highly complimentary albums, Shanti’s Shadow (2017) and Neither One Of Us Is Wrong, out last Friday.
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A long-planned partnership between the Roots Barn venue development in Madison and radio show Music City Roots dissolved last week, and MCR producers and staff have departed the holding company Roots Productions, LLC.
LINER NOTES
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Through her rich, emotive voice, Kiely Connell shares observations from around her hometown and a bit of her own story on Calumet Queen.
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On November 10, 2021, WMOT, the noncomMUSIC Alliance and partner stations will host the second annual Public Radio Music Day.Public Radio Music Day is a nationwide celebration uniting public radio music stations, fans, artists, and other music industry members to celebrate and spread the word about the unique role noncommercial stations play in the music world both locally and nationally.
Watch our session with Lee Roy Parnell from Public Radio Music Day 2021 recorded at The Purple Building in East Nashville. Parnell's set is a mixture of old and new songs with plenty of his signature slide guitar solos.
WMOT VIDEO: LIVE SESSIONS ON NPR MUSIC
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Watch our Finally Friday From Home sets with Buffalo Nichols and Emily Duff
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Allie Dunn and Dori Freeman join Finally Friday From Home with four-song sets recorded in their home studios.
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Finally Friday From Home features sets from Rod Gator and Ana Egge recorded in their home studios.
LOCAL NEWS
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Country music community belatedly recognizes the class of 2020
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New infections increased in Williamson County last week for the first time since early October.
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35-year-old Jacob Clare was arrested in California last Thursday
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Lee hasn't said whether he thinks the law’s accommodations for people with disabilities need changes.
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Doctors disseminating COVID-19 misinformation could be disciplined, up to and including the loss license.
NPR Top Stories
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Abortion did not become illegal in most states until the mid to late 1800s. But by the 1960s, abortion, like childbirth, had become a safe procedure when performed by a doctor.
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The newly identified strain of the coronavirus, which could be more transmissible than the previously dominant delta variant, has global health officials worried about a possible new surge in cases.
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Determined to improve the way doctors connect with their patients, a new wave of innovators are using technology to match people of color with culturally competent professionals.
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