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KACEY JONES JOINS KINKY FRIEDMAN ON "SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT TOUR" The Kinkster goes south this February and he's bringing a Sweet Potato Queen
"NASHVILLE, TN --- America's Jewish Troubadour, Kinky Friedman, is going south in 2012, specifically the southern United States. The Kinkster, whose solo performance is best described as Mark Twain meets Groucho Marx...at the corner of Johnny Cash and Lenny Bruce, just wrapped up a highly anticipated new book with Billy Bob Thornton titled The Billy Bob Tapes and he has started writing one with Willie Nelson. The Southern Discomfort Tour will begin in Texas and then swing through the Deep South, often to places Kinky's never been...heads-up, Dixieland!
As a very special added bonus, the hilarious and multi-talented singer-songwriter, Kacey Jones, will open nine dates on the second half of the tour, starting in Lafayette. Best known for her comedic-country trio Ethel and The Shameless Hussies (MCA), Kacey has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Woodsongs, The Bob and Tom Show, GAC, CMT and many other programs. As The Official Songstress of The Sweet Potato Queens, an organization with 75,000 members, born out of a half dozen best-selling Sweet Potato Queen books by Jill Conner Browne...Kacey Jones knows her way around the South.
Friedman and Jones first met in the late 80's when Ethel and The Shameless Hussies opened a show for The Kinkster in Washington, D.C. Ten years later, the two paired up again to create the chart-topping Americana album, "Pearls in the Snow, The Songs of Kinky Friedman," featuring Kinky's songs, Kacey's production work, and stellar performances by Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Dwight Yoakam, Tom Waits, Delbert McClinton, Guy Clark, Asleep At The Wheel, Marty Stuart, and other legends.
Kinky will sing all the tunes for which he is famed, including "They Ain't Makin Jews Like Jesus Anymore" and "Get Your Biscuits In The Oven and Your Buns in The Bed" and will give a book reading. An official signing party will follow each show. Kinky will also be bringing his new "Kinky Friedman's Man in Black Tequila" honoring Zorro, Paladin, and Johnny Cash, "positively guaranteed to bring out one's inner Kinky." Miss Jones will sing all the tunes for which she is "infamous" including "Every Man I Love is Either Married, Gay, or Dead" and "Show Up Naked, Bring Beer." The two artists will also perform the duet they recorded together for the "Pearls in the Snow" album entitled, "Marilyn and Joe"
Kinky Friedman's Southern Discomfort Tour /Deep South/ with Kacey Jones opening: Feb. 15- Lafayette, LA / Vermilionville Performance Center Feb. 16 - Baton Rouge, LA / Red Dragon Listening Room Feb. 17 - Jackson, MS / Duling Hall Feb. 18 - New Orleans, LA / The Maple Leaf Feb. 19 - Atlanta, GA Feb. 20 - Birmingham, AL /WorkPlay Feb. 21 - Auburn, AL / Sundilla Acoustic Concert Series / Auburn UU Feb. 22 - Nashville, TN / Exit In Feb. 23 - Oxford, MS / Proud Larry's
I’m expecting a sellout for KINKY FRIEDMAN’s show on Thur, Feb 16. It is still early, so the sellout isn’t looming yet. Seat donation = $50 and VIP seats are $10 extra. Binky’s Dad, chris m
Drop me a note if you can make any of these shows.
ROY ZIMMERMAN AT UNITARIAN CHURCH OF BATON ROUGE FRI, FEB. 10, 2012
Satirical songwriter Roy Zimmerman’s brings his show, “Live From the Starving Ear” to Baton Rouge Friday, February 10 at 7:30 pm for a performance in the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, 8470 Goodwood Blvd. Admission for the show is $15 at the door, which includes refreshments.
“Live From the Starving Ear” is 90 minutes of Zimmerman’s wickedly inventive satirical songs. The Occupy Movement, the Tea Party, same- sex marriage, Socialism, Creationism, guns, taxes, abstinence and yes, presidential politics all come under tuneful scrutiny. “There’s a whole new political landscape,” he says, “painted by Jackson Pollock.”
"It Took A Woman Like You To Make A Man Outta Me" Is from our next album...We did a music video with this, produced by Randy Walsh of Stray Records Studios. We shot on location in Pierre Part, Baton Rouge and Port Allen and the end result is pretty amazing, actually beyond words, even for The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz. We are having a World Premier at Chelsea's in Baton Rouge on Saturday, February 11th starting at about 7:00. We plan on playing for an hour, showing the video and playing for another 45 minutes. We'd love to have you come by and see the video. It will be on our new web site, bagasseboyz.com, after the premier.
We would like to invite all of you to our CD release party on Feb 10th at the newly opened Feed and Seed in Lafayette, LA. We will be performing at 9pm followed by the legendary Henry Gray and the Cats!! plus special guests the Mercy brothers and the Howdys finish the night!!
OK here' s the free stuff: You can catch a free download right now by going to the Facebook page:
Once you do that, keep checking back and you can get the next tune free as well, released sometime before the next release. Just make some noise about it while you wait, OK?
TOP FOLK ARTISTS OF JANUARY 2012 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 14658 airplays from 162 different DJs www.folkradio.org
1. Red Molly 2. John McCutcheon 3. Gillian Welch 4. Gina Forsyth 5. John Flynn 6. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer 7. Darrell Scott 8. Stan Rogers 9. The Refugees 9. Richard Shindell 11. Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen 12. Alison Krauss 12. Kate Campbell 14. Bob Dylan 15. Carrie Newcomer 15. Joe Crookston 17. Crooked Still 18. Katya Chorover 18. Laurie Lewis 20. The Pines 21. Cosy Sheridan 22. Brother Sun 22. Eliza Gilkyson 22. The Once 22. The Wailin' Jennys 26. Emma's Revolution 26. Greg Brown 28. Ry Cooder 29. Honor Finnegan 30. Pharis And Jason Romero 31. Chuck Brodsky 31. Disappear Fear 31. John Prine 31. Michael Jerome Browne 31. Tom Russell 36. Sultans Of String 36. Suzy Bogguss 38. Joel Mabus 39. Dan Crary And Thunderation 39. Etta James 39. Lou And Peter Berryman 39. Vance Gilbert
TOP 100 FOLK ARTISTS OF 2011 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 162061 airplays from 197 different DJs www.folkradio.org
1. Bob Dylan 2. Alison Krauss 3. Gillian Welch 4. John McCutcheon 5. Red Molly 6. The Wailin' Jennys 7. Eliza Gilkyson 8. Joe Crookston 9. Bill Monroe 10. Stan Rogers 11. Greg Brown 12. Susan Werner 13. The Once 14. Tim Grimm 15. Joel Mabus 16. Danny Schmidt 17. Lauren Sheehan 18. Peter Mayer 19. Emmylou Harris 20. Bill Morrissey 21. Laurie Lewis 22. Chuck Brodsky 23. Tom Russell 24. Pete Seeger 25. Jonathan Byrd 26. Johnny Cash 26. Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers 28. Tim O'Brien 29. Battlefield Band 30. Eilen Jewell 31. Steve Earle 32. Brother Sun 32. Crooked Still 34. Jack Hardy 35. Sarah Jarosz 36. John Prine 37. The Gibson Brothers 38. Si Kahn 39. Kate Campbell 40. Amy Speace 40. Bruce Cockburn 42. Abigail Washburn 43. Abbie Gardner 44. Carrie Newcomer 45. The Honey Dewdrops 46. Guy Clark 47. Putnam Smith 48. Lucinda Williams 48. Paul Simon 50. Lynn Miles 51. John Reischman And The Jaybirds 52. Diana Jones 53. David Bromberg 54. Patti Casey 55. Carrie Elkin 56. John Gorka 57. Slaid Cleaves 58. Donna Ulisse 59. Carolina Chocolate Drops 60. Tom Paxton 61. Ari And Mia 62. Carrie Rodriguez And Ben Kyle 62. Robin And Linda Williams 64. Rachel Harrington 65. Joan Baez 65. Judy Collins 65. Lori McKenna 68. David Francey 69. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer 70. Jonathan Edwards 71. Pharis And Jason Romero 71. Sierra Hull 73. Ray Bonneville 74. Ry Cooder 74. Spuyten Duyvil 76. Geoff Bartley 77. Grant Peeples 78. Disappear Fear 78. Hot Club Of Cowtown 78. Nanci Griffith 81. Nell Robinson 82. Hot Tuna 82. Mustard's Retreat 84. Cheryl Wheeler 85. Dar Williams 86. Mary Chapin Carpenter 87. April Verch 87. Richard Shindell 89. Kyle Carey 89. Solas 91. David Ferrard 92. Catie Curtis 92. Woody Guthrie 94. Ellis Paul 94. Phil Ochs 96. Cosy Sheridan 96. David Wilcox 98. Blame Sally 99. Andrew Calhoun 99. Tom Rush
Roots Rerouted: Tradition and Innovation in Louisiana Cultures
Friday, March 16 – Saturday, March 17
McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA
The Louisiana Folklore Society invites proposals for papers and other types of presentations for its 2012 annual meeting. We welcome presentations on the conference theme and on any other folklore topics and Louisiana folk traditions. The Society is interested in hearing diverse voices; therefore, we encourage presentations on any subject by scholars, tradition bearers, folk artists, musicians, students, community leaders, community scholars, and others interested in local Louisiana cultures throughout the state and elsewhere. Typically, presentations last 20 minutes.
Tradition and Innovation in Louisiana Cultures
This year’s guest speaker, Nick Spitzer, launches the theme for our conference with his presentation “Tradition and Creativity: From Louisiana Creole Expressive Culture to American Routes.” Our own theme title, Tradition and Innovation in Louisiana Cultures, invites participants to explore the relationship between traditional practices, beliefs, and customs and individual or collective improvisation or invention. In what ways do these ideas balance one another or inform our ideas about the origin, blending, and evolution of cultural traditions?
Abstract Submission: Please submit 250-word abstract (proposal/presentation description) by February 10, 2012 via email to clejeune@mcneese.edu or mail to Keagan LeJeune, English Dept., P. O. Box 92655, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70609. Please note equipment needs.
Keynote Address: Friday, March 16, Dr. Nick Spitzer—folklorist, Professor of Communication and American Studies at Tulane University and host of NPR’s American Routes—will deliver a presentation entitled “Tradition and Creativity: From Louisiana Creole Expressive Culture to “American Routes.”
Special thanks to our friends Stuart Poulton, David Nall & Scott Rogers at First Concepts, Inc. in Baton Rouge for these. (They do such wonderful work on this and support the community with the Around Town Show.)
Hi, all - I'm learning how to use the Windows Movie Maker and I've successfully created two shorts - both now uploaded to You Tube. (My mother always says, "Fools' names like fools' faces often appear in public places!)
The first, above, is a Smithfield Fair promotional piece
and the second is this pictoral history of Charmer
My name is Rebecca Sharky. I am the GM of Cafe Des Amis in Breaux Bridge, LA. I'd like for Cafe Des Amis to be considered as an alternative non-smoking venue to your folk friends. If you have any suggestions, please email me.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREATHE SECONDHAND SMOKE AT WORK. WHY SHOULD I?
"I have been affected by secondhand smoke. I remember one night I was playing in a club and I went to hit a high note and I almost blacked out on stage. I had to hold the microphone to keep from falling down. There was so much smoke in the place that it had a negative impact on my singing."
Music selections from audio collections at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Southern Folklife Collection are now being streamed online. Visitors can tune in to channels that feature music in five genres: old-time music; country and bluegrass; folk revival; rhythm, blues, and boogie; and the eclectic “SFC Mix.” The purpose of our radio stream is to make our holdings available for educational use.
I thought you might want to check out this video clip from WCAX TV News about the CD that I am featured on Singing Through The Hard Times , a Tribute To Utah Phillips. Enjoy and pass it along
I've set up a Twitter account. I have no idea where it will lead. I will tweet this, retweet that, and see what happens next. www.twitter.com/hootenannypower
When the song of the angel is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart.
Hundreds of early Rendez-vous des Cajuns broadcasts, featuring some of the greatest names in Cajun music, have now been preserved for all time.
As of the now, the first six years of performances — almost 300 episodes — have been digitally remastered by experts at the Center for Louisiana Acadian Studies at UL's Dupre Library.
"We helped to fund it, and they did the transfer," said Larry Miller, chairman of the Cajun Music Hall of Fame in Eunice.....
This website is updated Saturdays, before the Hootenanny Power radio show at 9 pm on WRKF. Please don't wait until Monday or Tuesday after the radio show to send me info on a performance that coming Friday. It definitely won't make the show, and probably won't make the website. tlcaffery at yahoo dot com
Latino music, art and cultural events are listed at www.LaTno.com, described as "A loose Spanglish acronym for 'La. T n.o.' - Lah-TEE-noh, the Louisiana (La.) and New Orleans (n.o.) connection."
For fun, traditional country music, check out the Old South Jamboree, Walker LA. (I wish they had a website!) ===========================================================================
For this week's Hootenanny Power show, thanks to Caffery Gallery www.cafferygallery.com ==========================================================================
Write me via e-mail if your upcoming folk music, blues, celtic, world, cajun, or similar event should be here. WRKF's signal covers much of South Central Louisiana, so I'd like to include as much info as I can about events listeners might want to know about throughout the state. --Taylor Caffery, WRKF tlcaffery@yahoo.com
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Remember, The Neutral Ground Coffee House in New Orleans is Louisiana's oldest regular folk venue. There's ALWAYS somebody worth hearing on their schedule, year 'round (an assertion supported by NPR's interview with owner Philip Melancon on Saturday, Aug 2, 2003's Weekend Edition, with Philip playing Roy Rogers songs on accordion!) If you'll be in the Nawlins area, be sure to check the Neutral Ground calendar at www.neutralground.org (Since Katrina, the website has not shown a current schedule, but it has a guestbook for artists and customers to check in)
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MORE BATON ROUGE ROOTS RADIO
Rob Payer Rhythm Review WBRH 90.3 FM Saturday / 7am-1pm Tabby Thomas Tabby's Blues Box on WBRH 90.3 FM Saturday / 1pm-2pm Weekly Guest host Blues Buffet WBRH 90.3 FM Saturday / 2pm-3pm Pat McBride, Louisiana Gumbo on WBRH 90.3 Saturday / 3pm-4pm S.J. Montalbano, Roots of Rock & Roll on WBRH 90.3 Saturday / 4pm-7pm Zia Tammami, Spontaneous Combustion & Cat's Corner Sunday KLSU 91.1 10am-2pm WBRH 90.3 3pm-7pm Noel Jackson, The Southern Soul Show on KBRH 1260 AM / Sunday 11am-noon Clarence Moritz Jr., Cajun and Zydeco Radio Show, KBRH 1260 AM / Sunday noon - 2 pm
People do express that sentiment to me oftimes, but the station schedule is guided by all sorts of important considerations, and I'm happy to continue to have the opportunity to bring this alternative music to our area and support the touring performers in whatever way possible. Now, my friend Rich Warren in Chicago on WFMT hosts a show called The Midnight Special, which has been around since the 1950s, when the host was Mike Nichols. Rich loves the late-night hours for folk music, but he knows some folks can't listen to the radio at that time (asleep? out partying?), so he has detailed instructions for taping his show, which can be done on a video recorder (vcr). Recognizing that his station's FM frequency is different, and you'd want to tune to 89.3, here's a link to Rich Warren's "manual" for taping a two-hour radio show on your VCR. Thanks, Rich.
ANOTHER WAY:
Get an iPhone or Android phone. Download the WRKF app. When the show starts, hit pause on your app. Play it later.
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