Welcome Back To The Hootenanny Power Pages, Folk and Roots Music Playlist, and Coming Events in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. The Hootenanny Power radio show is in its 25th year on WRKF Baton Rouge. The live audio stream may be heard via computer, Saturday nights, 9 pm to midnight central time, at www.wrkf.org, or on the airwaves at 89.3
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from Bob Edwards' website... (His best interviews, some think, are his ones with singer/songwriters):
Posted on Sun, July 20, 2008
We met last week with some public radio station news directors who will tell us how they feel about Bob Edwards Weekend. The word continues to be very positive. WRKF in Baton Rouge, which runs the program at 1pm on Saturday, will now be airing it a second time at 6pm on Sunday. KCPW in Salt Lake City now carries both hours of the show. We're now heard on 105 stations nationwide and we expect to be adding to that number soon...
I’m writing to pass on a thank you from Bill Kirchen and Spencer Bohren for the incredible show on Sunday. They asked me to thank y’all for being such a wonderful audience. Hey…..we should be thanking them! But it was a memorable night and if you weren’t there, you messed up……bad! But I have good news for all. Spencer will be back in less than five months for his annual Baton Rouge blowout. It’s not too early to put Sat, Dec 6 on your calendar. I’ll even start taking reservations….don’t worry, I’ll remind you when the time comes!
Hey, what did y’all think of Breaker 1-9? I had no less than 10 folks come up and ask why they weren’t headlining their own show. I’ll talk with the guys and try to set something up so they can do just that!
Our next show is New Orleans own Susan Cowsill. Yup, one of the leaders of the supergroup The Continental Drifters. Her shows in New Orleans are the stuff of legend. I went down and caught one a few years back when they hosted our good friend Iain Matthews as their guest. I was sitting there, sipping on a cold beer when my buddy Jack nudged me. “Look to your left about two feet”, he said. And there was Jackson Browne. Nice fellow, big fan, and old friend of Susan’s. And did I mention she was one of the famous Cowsill family (I’m showing my age here!). So drop me a note to reserve your spot. Seats are just $15. Or you can step up and be a VIP for an additional $10 per seat and get your choice of seating. Or you can REALLY step up and be a sponsor for an extra $75. Sponsorship covers hotel rooms, meals for the artists, drinks for our fridge, etc. Sponsors get seating choice for their entire party! The combination of vips and sponsors has made it where Liz and I haven’t lost a cent on our last 8 shows!
On the subject of the new Red Dragon, several folks have wanted to go by and check out the building we bought. A few have already found it. If you haven’t, the address is 2401 Florida Blvd. (I guess it is still Florida Street that close to town!). It is an L shaped brick building that was Lillie May’s Tavern for over 30 years. If you drive by, check out the back yard with the great trees. That back yard will also serve as our parking lot, in addition to the spaces up front. The building is just before you get to the old CYO gym and the Sacred Heart baseball field (across from the city bus terminal….not the Greyhound depot). In addition to the great artists we have been lucky enough to host, we will now be able to do slightly larger shows as well (probably up to 200 people I’m guessing). And we have the coolest 1940’s payphone booth for your use (I just bought a converted bell payphone online to go back in it….no nickels needed!). Thanks to those who have volunteered to help get it ready. I’ll be planning a Red Dragon work day, complete with music and free beer, when I can find an open weekend to work on the place. I’ll let y’all know if you would like to be a part.
=================================================================== Terri Hendrix LIVE @ The Red Dragon Listening Room Friday, August 29 * 8 pm * $15 5053 Government St. * Baton Rouge, LA * 225.939.7783
Wilory Records The Spiritual Kind
Terri Hendrix's ninth and latest album, reveals her constant evolution of spirit and art and brings to light her raw talent in its most natural form. Hendrix often takes her listener on a philosophical spin. Through her music, she bares heart and soul, asks questions that get the mind rolling, and always fearlessly speaks her mind. Hendrix is especially drawn to individuals and issues that often go overlooked by society, something made quite evident on her 2007 album, The Spiritual Kind. Produced by long-time friend and mentor Lloyd Maines, stylistically, it's typically - by Terri standards - all over the map, jumping deftly from folk to pop to blues to swinging jazz with the anything goes, free-range eclecticism of her live shows.
Last year, Terri found herself both on the cover and featured in the latest issue of Texas Music Magazine and all over the radio airwaves; making a home at the #1 spot for several weeks on the Roots Music Report and the last quarter of the year on the Americana chart.
Through Terri's website alone, close to 10,000 copies of "The Spiritual Kind" were sold. At a time when record companies are floundering, Hendrix's DIY efforts are continuing to pay off musically and professionally.
THE CRITICS SPEAK.....
"...["The Spiritual Kind"] signals a renewed optimism that's as insightful as ever." - Lee Zimmerman, Performing Songwriter
"Simply put, Terri Hendrix creates the kind of music that makes you feel good, conceived and delivered with utter sincerity." - Texas Music Magazine
"Terri Hendrix is at her best on The Spiritual Kind. That is cause for celebration. Thoughtful and tuneful in generous quantities it's a hard one to resist." - MT, Singout
"Though the Texas troubadour's matter-of-fact whimsy keeps her message from becoming overbearing, a seriousness of purpose underscores this song cycle about the ways in which spirituality informs everyday life." - Don McLeese, Amazon.com
"This is a truly excellent album by a truly great singer-songwriter." - David Knowles, Maverick (5 Stars)
"Too smart to be cynical, too sharp to be naïve, Hendrix nonetheless believes the human mess can be fixed. Right or wrong, she makes a delightfully listenable case." - Rick Allen, Harp
Following the Smithfield Fair/Charmer concert at the Manship in May and the release of Charmer: The Perfect Cafe, we've had quite a number of folks let us know that they missed the show due to being elsewhere and have asked when this event will happen again. I can state now the Smithfield Fair will again present "The Music of Charmer" at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 at the Hearn Stage of the Kress Theatre in Alexandria, Louisiana (1102 Third Street). Cenla songwriter and former Charmer member John Wakefield will open the show and the evening's guests will again be Charmer's Joel Smith and guitarist David Praet. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for those under 12, available at the door and soon from the Cenla Arts Council box office. For more information, check the Smithfield Fair website (www.smithfieldfair.com) or the Charmer MySpace page (www.myspace.com/charmeracousticmusic).
Area guitarist and singer Robert Calmes (formerly of Drifthouse) is playing a venue where he says he will be singing folk music for part of the night. It's at Gio's Mezza Luna at 37436 Ultima Plaza Blvd. (Corner of Ultima Plaza and Airline Hwy.) on Fridays and Saturdays from 7 to 10 PM.
IN THE last year, listeners to classical music radio in Los Angeles have noticed something different about segments of the weekday sound of KUSC-FM (91.5) -- evidence of human beings talking to them live between the symphonies and concertos of Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms. It's a change from the public station's deliberately generic classical programming that for the last nine years was prerecorded for distribution to more than 50 other outlets across the country with as little trace of Los Angeles or the announcers' personalities as possible.
Now, in afternoon drive-time, host Rich Capparela serves up irreverent observations about Los Angeles and traffic, along with bits of news he has gleaned that day about the classical world -- in addition to selections from the classical canon. In the mornings, another KUSC alumnus returned home: Dennis Bartel shares his quietly ironic views of just about everything alongside the music, indicative of his background as a published author of fiction and nonfiction.
Apparently reflecting public approval of these changes and combined with the demise of its only significant rival, KMZT-FM, KUSC's audience has boomed to an average weekly listenership of 525,800, as measured by the latest Arbitron ratings, pushing it to the No. 1 spot among local public stations, ahead of previous leader KPCC-FM (520,700), KCRW-FM (496,800) and KKJZ-FM (347,500).
KUSC already had the largest audience of any nonprofit classical station in the nation despite a decline in its membership numbers and audience in recent years. Its latest average quarter-hour share of the total radio audience in Los Angeles and Orange counties, a key statistic in radio ratings, more than doubled from the same period a year ago, from a 0.8 to a 1.9.
"What we were getting out of syndication was costing us too much in our ability to program the station locally," says KUSC General Manager Eric DeWeese, who arrived four years ago from WRKF-FM in Baton Rouge, La., to assist KUSC President Brenda Barnes by overseeing the station's day-to-day operations.
The changes have not included altering the station's largely mainstream classical repertoire, which is less adventurous than the classical programming at Cal State Northridge's KCSN-FM (88.5), where the hosts have freedom to play whatever they choose. KCSN's smaller signal only reaches about a third of the L.A. metro area, however, attracting in the recent survey 58,700 listeners per week.
KUSC uses a playlist, but, says DeWeese, "the hosts can modify it and be creative with it. We just have to make sure we don't play Beethoven's Fifth Symphony three times in one week or a string quartet in a minor key in the afternoon."
The Louisiana Music Hall OF Fame is running strong with recent 2008 inductions of major artists including: Bill Conti, Buddy Guy, and NOLA artists Pete Fountain, the Boswell Sisters (Connee, Martha and Vet) and Deacon John at sites including French Quarter Festival, LSU and NOCCA.
World famous composer/arranger/conductor Bill Conti was inducted in ceremonies at the LSU Union Theatre in conjunction with LSU's presentation of awards for his fundraising activities and contributions top the university's band program and music department. Dignitaries present included President William Jenkins and Dr. Sara Lynn Baird. The LSU wind ensemble performed a set conducted by Bill Conti of his music featuring several of compositions including"Rocky", "The Right Stuff", "For Your Eyes Only", "Dynasty", "Cagney and Lacey", "The North and South" and more. The incredible Pete Fountain, Dixieland and Jazz clarinetist and long time NOLA Mardi Gras personality was honored and inducted in ceremonies at Hollywood Casino in Bay St. Louis. Master bluesman Buddy Guy, known as a mentor to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton was inducted in ceremonies at The Texas Club in BRLA with the assistance of BRLA Mayor Kip Holden. Deacon John Moore was inducted in ceremonies at NOCCA in conjunction with his presentation of the 2008 NO Jazz Fest USPS First Day envelope bearing his likeness and info. Present at that ceremony included President and Board members of the Jazz Fest Foundation, the NOLA District Postmaster, representative of Mayor Ray Nagin's office and other dignitaries. Deacon John was also presented with a leter of thanks from Governor Bobby Jindal, First Lady Supriya Jindal and LMHOF's Mike Shepherd for his incredible performance of "God Bless America" to close the 2008 inauguration and his dynamite set at the Inaugural Ball. Deacon John and special guests including Judy Spellman (daughter of Benny Spellman) performed a great set afterward. The Boswells, a NOLA major vocal act of the 1920s thru 1950s were inducted in ceremonies on the NOLA.com stage at French Quarter Festival, during a performance of NOLA's Pfister Sisters. These most recent inductees bring the LMHOF roster to two dozen with several major inductees planned for the immediate future. For more information, including videos of the performers induction concerts and more, please visit The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame website at www.lmhof.org or www.louisianamusichalloffame.org.
Comments: Love your show, but you need to update your playlists. Please. I try to write down the names of the artists and songs I like during the show, but sometimes miss the backannounce. I know you have to file the playlists...just put them up here...please.
I used to be able to open this website and update it just after the close of the radio show, but the current station computer in the studio, which I use to type my playlist during the show Saturday nights, can't handle all the pop-ups and javascript junk that Network Solutions throws at it in order to update. Then, if I don't have time Sunday to get to my office and post the list to the site, it is not easy to grab the time away from law stuff during the week. I have generally been able to get it up during the week after the show. But, I can do this to make sure those who want a playlist can get it quickly ... Within the half hour after the show ends (so about 12:30 am Sunday), I send an email posting the playlist to www.folkradio.org. I can include anyone who so wishes on the "bcc" of the email. Just write me ( taylor@wrkf.org ) and ask me to include you in the playlist emails.
I send this link to you because you need to at least listen to this ladies beautiful voice and songs. Sarah has been a friend for many years, she writes songs from deep in the heart that we all need to hear, enjoy and share. No matter what style of music you like I think you'll love this one.
Give it a listen and judge for yourself. It doesn't cost a thing to at least LISTEN!
Please if you have other friends that might like this music share it with them too.
Until we meet again remember this.
Once you hear great music, you'll never forget it.
Music, culture, politics, poetry, history, scenery ... (not to mention Guinness Stout!) ... Ireland has it all... and I'd love to show it to you. And now, thanks to my wonderful Irish partner, Tom Pigott, of Enchanted Way Tours, I can...
I'm leading small tours to the west of Ireland this summer on:
June 10-19 (filling up fast!) August 15-24 (only one seat left!) September 30- October 9th
The $1750 cost of this tour includes ALL ground transportation, ALL accommodations, ALL breakfasts, THREE dinners AND admission to many many special events... making this an extraordinary value, not to mention WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much fun!
Tom and I will show you the 'best of the west' -- the real Ireland. I really hope you can join us ... if not this year, then next...
From Clay Eals, author of the Steve Goodman biography w/ cd, "Facing The Music":
I deeply am grateful to all of you and many others whose support for "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music" prompted its first printing of 5,000 copies to sell out in just eight months. My publisher, ECW Press, graciously has taken the plunge for a second printing of 5,000. Those copies are hot off the press and now available at my site. Just visit <www.clayeals.com> and click on the "Online Store" tab to order it at a discount. Included inside each book ordered from my site is a signed postcard (new version) that can be used as a bookmark.
The new edition is more than a mere reprint. It includes hundreds of little fixes, clarifications, updates and additions, including 30 new photos, bringing the total number of images in the book to 575, all in the same 800 pages. My thanks go to ECW for allowing me to revise the book for its second printing and for taking this huge financial step to meet the demand that has been building for several months. www.clayeals.com
Starting April 11th and continuing for 8 consecutive Friday evenings, the Trailhead Foundation and the Backbeat Foundation will present "Free Music Fridays" at the Mandeville Trailhead. This music series is geared towards bringing a quality family cultural experience to the Northshore.
With the onset of springtime weather Free Music Fridays will offer an enjoyable and affordable way to spend a Friday evening. The musical line-up includes: Five Finger Discount, Four Unplugged, Pine Leaf Boys Trio, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Maggie Brown, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, AsheSon Cuban Band, The Iguanas, 30 x 90 Blues Band, The Stringbeans, Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, Paula and the Pontiacs, Christian Serpas and Ghost Town, Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, Robert Fortune Band, and Big Sam's Funky Nation.
The venue gates will open at 5:30pm with the opening musical act starting at 6:00pm and the headliner starting at 7:00pm. Please feel free to bring Lawn chairs, blankets, cameras, and children are all welcome. Sorry- no outside food or drink allowed. Concessions sales keep it free. See you at the Mandeville Trailhead!
Music Schedule:
May 23 - Christian Serpas and Ghost Town / Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show
May 30 - Robert Fortune Band / Big Sam's Funky Nation
We are very close to finalizing the 2008 Festival (May 22 – June 8) Schedule, but we don’t want to wait any longer. We’ve posted the schedules as they stand today (www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/2008schedules.htm). You may notice several “tba”s listed…These spots have been filled by booked performers, but we are not allowed to release names as of yet. Please check back soon as we will be added more names often. Here are some of the highlights:
-First Weekend Performers Include: Jimmy Lafave, Eliza Gilkyson, Kevin Welch, Zoe Lewis, Twilight Hotel, The Belleville Outfit, Jud Caswell, Jon Vezner, Tom Russell, Peppino D’Agostino, Sara Hickman, Albert & Gage, Caroline Aiken, Dave Crossland, Dale Watson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Two High String Band, a Reunion of the Lost Gonzo Band and others to be announced.
-Second Weekend Performers Include: Slaid Cleaves, Band of Heathens, The Gourds, David Wilcox, Austin Lounge Lizards, Ronny Cox, Freebo, Scott Ainslie, Sam Lardner, Madcat & Kane, Pat Wictor, Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, “Peter, Bethany & Rufus”, Blame Sally, and others to be announced.
-Third Weekend Performers Include: Kathy Mattea, Guy Forsyth, Trout Fishing in America, Randy Rogers, Terri Hendrix, South Austin Jug Band, Small Potatoes, Jon Michaels, Sally Barris, Anais Mitchell, Wheatfield, Bobby Bridger, Amilia K Spicer, and others to be announced.
Hi, friends in New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and other fine places in Louisiana! I just wanted to let you know that three of my CDs are available at the Louisiana Music Factory on Decatur Street in New Orleans. If you are doing your Christmas shopping and want to give my music as a gift, please support this great store that does so much to promote Louisiana music and musicians. It was a treat to perform in the store last year and I appreciate that opportunity. You can order online at this link www.louisianamusicfactory.com (search for Les Kerr and you’ll get to my CDs), visit the store at 210 Decatur Street, New Orleans, or call 504-586-1094. Thanks for your support of my music and I hope you’ll contact the Louisiana Music Factory if you would like to order the CDs listed below. Have a wonderful holiday season! Les Les Kerr CDs available at Louisiana Music Factory: Christmas on the Coast 10 songs including Jingle Bells (Christmas in New Orleans) and the title track about Christmas in Pascagoula with vocal accompaniment by The Jordanaires Red Blues 13 songs including Pray for New Orleans, Mackinac Blues, Streetcar in the Rain and Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On Crawfish Caravan 15 songs including The Camellia Grill, Slippin’ into Slidell and House of the Rising Sun www.louisianamusicfactory.com
Lilli Lewis is an up and coming singer/songwriter who plays at Garrison's Global Coffee Bar every Friday night and Sunday afternoons in Hammond. I guess you could say her sound is kind of "earthy/bluesy" but her songs are much harder to categorize. All I can say is, everyone who hears her thinks she's the next big thing.
Her web site is www.lillilewis.com and she's at www.myspace.com/lillilewis. Please check her out and add her to your calendar: Lilli Lewis, Garrison's Global Coffeebar, 105 South Cate Street, Hammond, LA 70401, (985) 419-1180, Fridays: 7:30-9:30pm, Sundays: 3-5pm
Clarence Moritz, Jr.'s Cajun/Zydeco show is on WBRH, 90.3 fm, Saturdays 7-8 pm, and area Cajun and Zydeco radio info are always found at www.cajunradio.org , Cajun music jams at http://www.cajunradio.org/cajunjams.html, and don't forget the Baton Rouge Blues Society and all its events and listings, at www.batonrougeblues.org
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.
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Your basic collector's item: The General Store Hootenanny Power t-shirt
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." --Emma Goldman
I am Taylor Caffery your host for the folk music program Hootenanny Power, in its 24th year (starting in 1981 as The Spaghetti Western Hour, then The General Store) on WRKF in Baton Rouge, now Saturday nights 9 to midnight. There's more information at www.wrkf.org and you can write to me at e-mail address: tlcaffery@yahoo.com . By all means, be sure to take every opportunity to visit the program's regular underwriter at the website: Caffery Gallery, or in person at 4016 Government in Baton Rouge.
Important warning advisory disclaimer and/or notice: This site, HootenannyPower.com is solely my responsibility as a folk music fan, and does not represent, in any capacity, official or "unofficial," the opinions of WRKF Public Radio Inc., the board, the staff, the underwriters, the labels, folksingers, other persons mentioned herein, major league baseball, or anybody else you can think of except moi.
Looking for timely, lovingly, painstakingly updated Cajun/Zydeco listings and links? Your first stop should be this site from Patsy Hebert of Youngsville: The Patsy Report
