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Encore Presentation: Tin Roof Project with Suzi Parker

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tin Roof Project Encore Presentations
Length: 29:00

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Author Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special encore presentation of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live audience. Hysterical story titled "Teen Idols and Gaudy Carpet: A Cautionary Tale." Music by blues guitarist Mark Simpson. Read the full description.

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Author, Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live audience. Hysterical story titled "Teen Idols and Gaudy Carpet: A Cautionary Tale." Music by blues guitarist Mark Simpson.

Tales from the South is a 29-minute weekly radio show recorded in front of a live audience at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Each week, everyday Southerners read their own true story, unrehearsed and live. Local musicians play during dinner, and blues guitarist Mark Simpson plays on the show. Stories range from funny to sad, to enlightening to touching. Writers are all from the South. Although the show itself is unrehearsed, the literary memoirs have been worked on for weeks leading up to the recording. All stories are true and told by the Southerners who lived them.

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Piece Description

Author, Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live audience. Hysterical story titled "Teen Idols and Gaudy Carpet: A Cautionary Tale." Music by blues guitarist Mark Simpson.

Tales from the South is a 29-minute weekly radio show recorded in front of a live audience at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Each week, everyday Southerners read their own true story, unrehearsed and live. Local musicians play during dinner, and blues guitarist Mark Simpson plays on the show. Stories range from funny to sad, to enlightening to touching. Writers are all from the South. Although the show itself is unrehearsed, the literary memoirs have been worked on for weeks leading up to the recording. All stories are true and told by the Southerners who lived them.

Broadcast History

Tales from the South has been on the air for 6 years on UALR Public Radio (KUAR). This show originally aired on KUAR on November 04, 2010, and on World Radio Network on November 07, 2010. This presentation aired again August 21, 2011 on KUAR and KLRE.

Additional Files

Additional Credits

The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
The Argenta Arts Foundation
AY Magazine

Related Website

www.talesfromthesouth.com