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Caleb Caudle Interview: Carolina Ghost
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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Caleb Caudle will release Carolina Ghost on 2/26/16 via This Is American Music, a label featuring the best in Southern Independent songwriting.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Adam Landry #1601
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Album Cover, El Scorpion
Adam Landry produced critically acclaimed albums by Deer Tick, Lilly Hiatt, Diamond Rugs, Rayland Baxter, and T. Hardy Morris, as well as recently ...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
Adam Landry (Producer) Interview #1601
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock PODCASTS
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Music producers in roots rock are not usually household names. In the middle of the fourth interview with a songwriter whose album he produced, it...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 20:51
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians: 50 years and still going strong
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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A half-century of musical innovation and self-determination, told by AACM co-founder (currently AACM-New York president) and 2010 NEA Jazz Master M...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3
Danny Barnes Interview (On Winning the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo & Bluegrass)
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Danny Barnes with Bazouki, Credit: Official Press Photo
Danny Barnes recently won the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. The innovative musician fuses electronics and folk instrum...

Bought by Prairie Public, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:56:04
  • Purchases: 3
Television and Film Composer Dave Porter talks about creating music that tells a story.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: On the set of Better Call Saul, Credit: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television
Dave Porter’s iconic music is an essential part of the story: Think: Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Aaron Lee Tasjan #1524: Interview & Radio Show (New)
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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Aaron Lee Tasjan writes folk songs for an indie rock crowd, weaving storylines with humor and social commentary.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Director and playwright Tazewell Thompson: Bringing it to the stage.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Soloman Howard as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the company of Appomattox at Washington National Opera , Credit: Scott Suchman
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Rayland Baxter Interview: Country Fried Rock #1523
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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Rayland Baxter grew up in Nashville, with a songwriter & pedal steel playing dad, but it wasn't until a lacrosse injury in college sidelined the yo...

Bought by KRPS and WSLR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Dan Sheehy who has spent his life in folk and traditional arts.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dan Sheehy, Credit: Ashlee Duncan
He helped develop the Folk Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts and he's been head of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Now, Dan Shee...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, KPVL, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Todd Grebe: Country Fried Rock Radio Show #1518
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Citizen by Todd Grebe & Cold Country, Credit: Official Album Cover
Alaska-native, Todd Grebe, knows about Cold Country — not just the weather, but his band. After years playing music more influenced by bluegrass t...

Bought by KHNS, KRPS, KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Vicente Gutierrez, the publisher and editor of Highway: Making it Work
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Here's how a writer created the music magazine he wanted to read.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, WNJR, KPVL, and WABE


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Howard Herring: Reimagining the presentation of classical music.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: New World Symphony, Credit: Courtesy of New World Symphony
The CEO of The New World Symphony creates music presentations for the 21st century.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, WNJR, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Folk Family Revival Interview: Country Fried Rock #1517
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waterwalker by Folk Family Revival, Credit: Official Album Cover
Less folk, more family for Waterwalker, the latest album from a family band from Texas, Folk Family Revival.

Bought by KRPS, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Squonk Opera Revealed!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "Pneumatica" created and performed by Squonk Opera, Credit: John Altdorfer
Find out about the artistic exuberance that is Squonk Opera with artistic directors and founders, Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, KPVL, WABE, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Great Peacock Interview #1516
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Great Peacock, Making Ghosts, Credit: Official Album Cover
Great Peacock write Southern indie anthems: instant crowd sing-alongs with a distinctly modern flair.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Year of October Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Year of October, Golden Days, Credit: Official Album Cover
What happens when you actually listen to a band suggested by a music discovery algorithm? Rarely, you get lucky.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Director Donald Sanders--Making a Life on the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ensemble for the Romantic Century blends chamber music with fully staged dramas and changes both theater and concerts in the process. Don Sanders i...

Bought by WABE, WNJR, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Oud-player and composer Rahim AlHaj prisoner, exile, and brilliant musician
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rahim AlHaj, Credit: Dan Merlo
Rahim AlHaj is quite simply one of the best oud players in the world. In this broadcast, Rahim performs and shares his story of leaving Iraq and c...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WABE, WMMT, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Lilly Hiatt Interview: Country Fried Rock #1514
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Lilly Hiatt, Royal Blue, Credit: Official Album Cover
Lilly Hiatt moves forward on her second album, Royal Blue. Her father, noted songwriter John Hiatt, wisely encouraged her to find her own path in ...

Bought by KKRN, KRPS, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sam Lewis Interview: Country Fried Rock #1513
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waiting On You by Sam Lewis, Credit: Official Album Cover
Country soul songwriter, Sam Lewis, has shared the stage with legends like Marty Stuart, but its his crop of friends in the emerging roots music wo...

Bought by KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
The late Joe Wilson--the great friend of American folk culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joe Wilson at the Henderson Festival, 2014, Credit: Ginger Correll
2001 National Heritage Fellow Joe Wilson weaves his storytelling spell into the history of Blue Ridge Mountain culture.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, WMMT, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Hollis Brown Interview: Country Fried Rock #1512
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Hollis Brown *3 Shots*, Credit: Official Album Cover
Brooklyn band, Hollis Brown, takes their name from the Bob Dylan song, then goes electric with their indie rock sensibility.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Bones of JR Jones Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Dark Was The Yearling official album cover, Credit: The Bones of JR Jones
Don't let the one-man band fool you, The Bones of Jr Jones play the blues.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
All that Jazz with Carla Bley
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Carla Bley, Credit: D.D. Rider
Carla Bley is a prolific and agile composer and jazz pianist. She talks about her career--from Birdland to Montreux.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 4