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15-29: Creole Eyes and Classical Ears, 7/22/2015
From American Routes | Part of the American Routes series | 01:58:57
with Van Dyke Parks and Tom McDermott
Conversation with and music from Van Dyke Parks, an eclectic, popular classicist known as a composer and keyboardist, arranger and producer, with a great love of calypso and Hawaiian cowboy music. The man behind the curtain for so many artists, the Hollywood-based Parks is well-regarded for writing and studio work with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, Ry Cooder, Lowell George and Randy Newman, among many. He recently became a fan of pianist Tom McDermott, a St. Louis-born, New Orleans-dwelling and Brazilian-influenced vernacular virtuoso. Parks thought enough of McDermott's recorded repertoire to collect and reissue some of it as Bamboula--so named for the composition by the mutually-admired New Orleans 19th century pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Tom McDermott, also a fan of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair and James Booker, plays in his parlor for us.
WoodSongs (Series)
Produced by WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
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WoodSongs 1104: Alice Peacock and Charlsey Etheridge
From WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour | Part of the WoodSongs series | 59:00
ALICE PEACOCK is a national level, Cincinnati-based songwriter and folksinger who brings something back to the realm of popular music that has been missing for a while; flawless songwriting with a near confessional quality. It is truly rare the audience can get to know an artist through the music. Her latest album, “Minnesota,” is packed with great songs and strong. clear vocals. Think Sheryl Crowe 2.0 CHARLSEY ETHERIDGE hails from the foothills of the North Georgia Appalachian Mountains, her roots in Americana Music run deep. There she learned to sing harmony around her grandmother’s piano after church on Sundays and taught herself guitar chords from her mother’s old EmmyLou Harris songbook. She wrote her first song at the young age of 7 while riding through the woods in her step-father’s old army jeep. WoodSongs Kid: Derek Stone is a 13 year old banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee.