ah! 50 hours of country radio

[alocispepraluger102]

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/t...try_music_.html

[Free For All]

Have to say, some of it looks pretty good. 50 hours in a row though, that's bordering on some "waterboarding" shit.

Free For All thinks aloc is quite fond of the "rolling eyes smiley".

[alocispepraluger102]

[Free For All]

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I think it's about time WKCR had a month long free jazz festival.

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[Free For All]

[alocispepraluger102]

an evan festival? :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited:mangelsdorf, mengelberg.

dream on.

me lusts for a mortly month.

Edited March 28, 2008 by alocispepraluger102

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They did have an Evan Parker festival in '94 or '95.

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A Morty fest would be great!

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[Neal Pomea]

Someone at that radio station doesn't know what Zydeco music is or doesn't know the difference between Zydeco, Creole, and Cajun.

[Nate Dorward]

I don't know the difference myself! Please explain....

The 50-hour country feature sounds great (since it's evident from the program listing that it's the REAL stuff).

[Neal Pomea]

This link does a good job explaining it:

http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/history.htm

It would have been more appropriate to include Cajun music, which is like the country music of the French speaking Cajuns, than Zydeco, which began as a mix of Creole and blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll but now is mixed with hip hop and soul. Including Zydeco in the program is about like including electric blues music like Muddy Waters and Bobby Blue Bland.

This Web site that I authored represents Cajun music from the 20s to the 60s basically:

http://npmusic.org

(Didn't mean to shanghai the thread! The radio program looks interesting!)

[WorldB3]

Wow, sounds like a great weekend of music, I love that stuff instead of the "pop with boots" that gets passed as new country by the nashville machine these days.

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'KCR serves an education purpose most of the time.

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[Van Basten II]

What's the point of 50 straight hours devoted to a subject on radio, would the fans of this be better served having it offered on small doses on a regular schedule.

I agree there is a lot of great stuff but who's got the time to listen to all of that in one weekend.

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  Van Basten II said:

What's the point of 50 straight hours devoted to a subject on radio, would the fans of this be better served having it offered on small doses on a regular schedule.

They do:

The Moonshine Show

Sundays, 10am-12pm

Bluegrass and old-time music programming first appeared on WKCR in 1966. The Moonshine Show, hosted by Matt Winters, continues this long standing tradition, presenting the hill country string music of the Mid-South via classic recordings and frequent live in-studio performances. The full spectrum of this living art form is covered each Sunday morning.

The Tennessee Border Show

Sundays, 12pm-2pm

Comprising one half of WKCR's country programming, The Tennessee Border Show focuses on the masters of country music from the latter-half of the twentieth century. The show is also not afraid to delve back into country music forefathers, like Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. Over the years, the show has established itself as a source for information about 'real' country music, where elsewhere, commercial country has had the effect of erasing the real music from the record.

Honky Tonkin'

Tuesdays, 10pm-11:30pm

Whereas The Tennessee Border Show focuses on country music from the latter-half of the twentieth century, Honky Tonkin' is dedicated to the country music of the 1940's and 1950's. One might think that this would limit the show to 78-era recordings, but just this year, a new Honky Tonkin' tradition was born with the premier of the WKCR Radio Jamboree. Occurring the third Tuesday of every month, the WKCR Radio Jamboree has a house band, Sheriff Uncle Bob and the Goodtimers, as well as a new act each month in an attempt to recreate the feeling of live radio in the classic country years of the late 1940's.

[Neal Pomea]

You can get a good idea of the early days of Zydeco from the program playing Saturday from 7-10. Doesn't have anything to do with country music, but the music being played is very good! I am hearing vintage Clifton Chenier right now.

[alocispepraluger102]

however, cajun and country music blend seamlessly.

jimmy c. newman has done it with great success for over 50 years.