Tornado Rider, plus Uncle John's Band

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2009-10-27T16:48:17-04:00

491 **Due to the late booking tickets WILL NOT be sent to most regular 88.5FM outlets (but Skipper's does have them in the OYSTER BAR!!) advance sales at WMNF or on-line above(until WED 11/4 at 5pm)** *Last week Tornado Rider blew people away at Magnolia Fest in Live Oak, FL with their highly theatrical manic set of music and entertainment.* Tornado Rider is a one-of-a-kind mystical experience driven by the mammoth power of an electric cello. They are fronted by the most animated and original cellist known to man, who yells triumphant melodies as he leaps around the stage dazzling the crowd with his virtuosity. If you ever have the chance to witness Tornado Rider’s magically costumed theatrical parade of showmanship, musicality, athleticism, and humor, you will be transported to another dimension, and you WILL be entertained!!! Now you can see them, for the first time, in Tampa. Uncle John’s Band opens and closes; Tornado Rider will play 90 minutes in the middle.

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A magically costumed theatrical parade of showmanship, musicality, athleticism and humor

Tornado Rider, plus Uncle John's Band

2009-11-03T16:04:32-05:00

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2009-11-02T17:20:32-05:00

495 **Jared Paul is a social worker, journalist, and organizer from Providence, Rhode Island.** *Known for thoroughly researched work, poignant presentation, and dedication to craft, Jared is also widely recognized as one of the top spoken word artists in the country. His performance accomplishments include nation wide tours with world-renowned poet and Epitaph Recording artist Sage Francis, featuring at the 2007 Green-Build World Expo, and advancing to the Individual World Poetry Slam Final's in both 2006 and 2007.* Explosive delivery and intense politics have made Jared a stand out on the mic, but nearly a decade of matching those words with constant involvement in direct action off stage, has made him nearly legendary in the world of performance poetry. Jared has helped organize, and participated in, countless social forums, indy-media fundraisers, electoral campaigns for progressive candidates, street theater actions, block letter writing/phone banking endeavors, anti-war protests, labor rallies, and extensive working class lobbies throughout the United States, Canada, & England. Jared covered both the 2004 Democratic and Republican National Conventions for 90.3FM WRIU News, and the 2008 DNC-RNC's for the Rhode Island periodical publication, "The Agenda." Throughout national performance tours spanning over 150 cities and more than 20 National Poetry Slam tournaments, Jared's versatility as a writer, vocalist, speaker, and emcee have allowed his work to thrive where many solo performers cannot. Whether Training School, University, coffee shop, Conference, lecture hall, street corner, festival, class room, protest, or center stage in front of 2,000 Roaring Hip Hop fans with just a mic and his voice, Jared is a rare performer with the ability to captivate and inspire in any setting. YOUTH COACH: Jared is the founder and coach of the Providence National Youth Slam Team, assisting & encouraging Rhode Island youth to seize the reins of performance art as an outlet for both un-refined creative expression, and as a means of specific artistic statement as well. Under Jared's direction Team Providence has advanced to the national Final's Stage at The Brave New Voices Festival in 2004, 2006, and 2007 (placing 2nd in the nation in 2007.) Jared has participated in and run workshops, slams, and open mics in youth correctional facilities, high schools, community colleges, writer's groups, and universities across America. A HISTORY OF NOISE: *2007 Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist *2007 Featured performer at the U.S. Green Build World Expo *2006 Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist *1st Place 2007 Providence Poetry Slam Finals *1st Place 2005 Providence Poetry Finals *1st Place 2005 New England Individual Finals *1st Place 2004 Providence Poetry Finals *1st Place 2001 Providence Poetry Finals *2006 Featured on the Achtung Records benefit release for animal rights activist Peter Young, along with Bouncing Souls, Goldfinger, Propagandhi, 108, Good Riddance, and more *8 Time Providence Slam Team member *7 Time Providence Youth Slam Coach *2004 Featured performer on Zed TV (Canadian Broadcast Company) *National Poetry Slam Sponsorship Ethics Committee 2004-2007 *Director of the Providence Poetry Slam 2003-2007 *2004-05: Host of The Agenda: Working Class News on 90.3FM WRIU *Jared has opened for, or been on the same bill as: Saul Williams, Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedy's, Atmosphere, The Misfits, Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, Immortal Technique, Sole, P.OS., and many others. Direct Art, Direct Action Workshop Synopsis Direct Art, Direct Action is a 90 minute info share discussing and outlining concrete examples of effective progressive change and counter culture victory. Topics include the rise of modern independent journalism, successful working class campaigns for local office, responsible consumerism, and community organizing. Additionally Direct Art, Direct Action seeks to examine the role all mediums of art play in the presentation, facilitation, and documentation of lasting human rights advances. Presented by Jared Paul, veteran organizer, social worker, and nationally acclaimed performance artist. *Jared's 4 segment article covering the 2008 Republican National Convention as published in the Independent RI Publication "The Agenda" and the Strange Famous Records legal defense blog "Conspiracy To Riot" is posted on-line at: www.ConspiracyToRiot.com "Jared Paul is the watchdog of poetry, a force not unlike a hurricane– a very skinny, loud, sweaty hurricane that wants you to know your life is worth everything and that this planet belongs to us all." -Mike McGee, 2003 Individual National Poetry Slam Champ and 2006 Individual World Poetry Slam Champ "Emerson said that character is higher than intellect. What happens when someone has both character and intellect, as well as a sense of conviction that can be described only as humbling? You have made Jared Paul's acquaintance." -Columbia Recording Artist, Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace "The only thing stronger than JARED PAUL's convictions is his ability to change yours with the craft of his language." -Sonya Renee, 2004 Individual National Poetry Slam Champion "Jared Paul is a firestorm of conviction and flow. In a world long on words and short on action, Jared delivers both." -Peter Young, nationally renowned animal rights organizer and advocate for social justice.

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2009-11-07T22:00:00-05:00

2009-11-08T00:00:00-05:00

Poetry Is: Live!! with Jared Paul

2009-11-02T17:20:33-05:00

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464 **Two of the outstanding acts at the 2009 Tropical Heatwave come back for a powerful double bill or roots rock!!** The picture shows Sarah Borges, at Heatwave ~ Here's how a Creative Loafing blogger described it: 8:08 p.m.: Here's an awesome thing that just happened. Sarah Borges was wrapping up her set in the Bandshell. It was drizzling, but her audience had slowly built back up during the course of her rip-roaring blues-rock set. And in the middle of her final song, she decided the audience wasn't quite as into it as she felt they ought to be. So Borges hopped offstage (sans mic), ran through the crowd, grabbed a vinyl chair and climbed on. She implored the audience to join her in a rain-soaked, unplugged call-and-response. *"Turn your lights down low!"* Borges called. **"TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN LOW!"** *"Open up your back door!"* **"OPEN UP YOUR BACK DOOR!"** She pulled a fan's fuzzy purple hat off his head and did it all again. *"Turn your lights down low!"* **"TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN LOW!"** *"Open up your back door!"* **"OPEN UP YOUR BACK DOOR!** Then she ran back onstage and finished her set. Great stuff. This is the kind of moment that you hear about whenever people reminisce fondly of Heatwave. **The Eilen Jewell Band will rock hard, too!!** **Tickets are now on sale...**

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2009-11-20T20:00:00-05:00

2009-05-27T19:00:00-04:00

Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, plus The Eilen Jewell Band

2009-10-13T15:30:51-04:00

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2009-09-16T11:45:25-04:00

484 **WMNF Presents: The 30th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s The Wall** **Doors 7:30pm** **Show 8pm to 11:30pm** The Wall: Pink Floyd's greatest rock opera and one of progressive rock's finest albums. The conceptual album of conceptual albums, it’s known as having some of the most genius lyrics ever written for a rock opera and is one of the greatest artistic achievements in album history. **You can now see it performed in its entirety in a benefit for WMNF with the Vodkanauts commanding all four sides in a one-time-only performance on Friday, November 27th. To round out the sides and the multitude of vocal and instrumental parts, The Vodkanauts will be enlisting the help of Dan JaJoy (guitar), Stan Arthur (drums and vocals), Brian Merrill (vocals), Heather Harrison (vocals), Mich Sullivan (vocals) and Freight Train Annie (vocals). The night will also include light shows, video backdrops and other electronic elements. It’s a night of music and entertainment that music fans, especially Pink Floyd fans, do not want to miss.** The 30th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s The Wall will be presented in the $3.7 million dollar state-of-the-art concert venue The Largo Cultural Center. In this intimate setting of just 400 seats, with an exceptional sound system and one of the Southeast’s best lighting systems, there may be no place more suited for a recreation of this classic rock opera. The Wall is a rock opera by Pink Floyd. Presented as a 4-sided album it was released on November 30 1979. It was subsequently performed live, with elaborate theatrical effects, and made into a film. Roger Waters developed The Wall, about an emotionally crippled rock star, by constructing the album as a series of fragments that are held together by larger numbers like "Comfortably Numb,” “Another Brick in the Wall” and "Hey You." Generally, the fully developed songs are among the finest of Pink Floyd's later work, but The Wall is a triumph of production: its seamless surface, blending melodic fragments and sound effects. The Wall features a notably harsher and more theatrical style than their previous releases. The album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling double album of all time. The Vodkanauts--fronted by guitar virtuoso Mark Warren -- are regular winners of Best of the Bay awards and also include Jonathan Harrison on vocals and John De Bellis on bass. **Starting off the show will be three bands doing their interpretations of Pink Floyd songs not included on The Wall, including award-winning Americana stalwarts Rebekah Pulley and the Reluctant Prophets; Uncle John’s Band, know nationally for their renditions of “Dark Side of the Moon;” and Rubix Cubed, featuring songs from Pink Floyds 80’s output.** **Largo Cultural Center Box Office Hours:** Mon-Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Tue-Fri 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Sat 10:00 am to 2:00 pm **These tickets are not available at any regular WMNF ticket outlets, only at 88.5FM (phone, lobby or web) or at the LCC**

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2009-11-27T23:00:00-05:00

Tribute to Pink Floyd's THE WALL

2009-10-16T15:20:12-04:00

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2009-10-28T14:27:34-04:00

492 **Old-Timer, Still Telling Mountain Tales** By CHARLES McGRATH, New York Times Published: October 13, 2009 Ralph Stanley is one of the last, and surely the purest, of the traditional country musicians. He’s such a stickler that he has no use for the dobro, let alone electrified instruments, and he’s not overly fond of the term bluegrass. He prefers to call what he performs “that old-time mountain music.” He plays the five-string banjo in the claw-hammer style he learned from his mother — or he used to, until arthritis caught up with him — and he sings in a raw, keening Appalachian tenor. The songs tend to be about hard times, unfaithful lovers, deceased children, lonely graves. One of his most famous, “O Death,” is a pleading dialogue with the Grim Reaper himself. It used to be said that when you heard a Ralph Stanley tune, you either wanted to get drunk or go to church and get saved. Mr. Stanley is 82 and, except for a dry spell in the early 1950s when he worked as a spot welder in Detroit, he has been performing steadily since he was a teenager. He still plays more than 100 dates a year, though he travels now in a customized bus rather than in an old Chevy, the band crammed in the back seat and the bass strapped to the roof. He has even been to Japan several times, where fans learn his songs by rote. Mr. Stanley, who has called himself Doctor ever since being awarded an honorary degree from Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee in 1976, has been so busy, traveling and collecting awards — three Grammys (one for an a capella version of “O Death” on the soundtrack of the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”), the National Medal of Arts, a “Living Legend” designation from the Library of Congress — that he only just got around to writing his autobiography, with the help of the journalist Eddie Dean. His book, “Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times” (Gotham Books), which comes out on Thursday, takes its title from another famous song and is a lot like the man himself: warm, folksy, down to earth, plainspoken, a little blunt and prickly at times. Mr. Stanley talks of how death “brung together” his mother and father, and how he was “borned and raised way back in the hills.” About musical talent, he writes: “It tends to run in families like a good line of dogs, and there ain’t nothing you can do to change that.” Last week, Mr. Stanley was in New York with his band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, as part of a double bill at Carnegie Hall with Steve Martin, who had teamed up with the Steep Canyon Rangers, a North Carolina group, to play some of the songs on Mr. Martin’s recent banjo album, “The Crow.” At the end of the show the two groups got together for a crowd-pleasing version of “Orange Blossom Special” and for “Little Maggie,” with Mr. Stanley singing the plaintive lyrics: “Oh yonder stands little Maggie, a dram glass in her hand. She’s drinkin’ away her troubles. She’s a-courtin’ another man.” Mr. Martin said afterwards that appearing with Mr. Stanley, whom he had idolized for years, was “a scary dream come true,” and added, “I’m already old, and look at him, still going.” Onstage Mr. Stanley looks a little like an undertaker. He’s a small, serious man with wiry, steel-gray hair, and when he’s not using his hands, he tends to keep them clasped in front of him. For concerts he favors coal-black suits and dark shirts with a few tasteful rhinestones. He’s been on the road so long, he said, that he seldom gets stage fright. “I’ll sing in church sometimes, and maybe there’ll be 40 people — that scares me to death,” he added. “But I don’t mind singing in front of 10,000. Church just excites me a little, I don’t know why.” So before the concert he was happy to sit in his dressing room and talk about his book. How it came about, he said, was that Mr. Dean would visit him at his home in Dickenson County, Va., near the Kentucky and Tennessee borders, and they’d “rehearse”: Mr. Stanley would reminisce, that is, and Mr. Dean would listen. “I wanted it to sound natural,” he said. “Just like me a-settin’ and talking to someone — just like it was in person.” He added: “It was a lot of remembering, and sometimes it took a while to remember what happened and how, but it got done. Some of the memories maybe wasn’t like I’d like to have, but I wanted it to be just like it was.” The book at times resembles one of Mr. Stanley’s sorrowful songs, full of pain and loss. He writes about how his father walked out on his mother when he and his beloved older brother, Carter, were just children, and about his brother’s death, probably from drinking too much, when Carter was just 40 and the lead singer and songwriter in what was then known as the Stanley Brothers. Another singer, Keith Whitley, whom Mr. Stanley discovered as a teenager when Whitley was playing with Ricky Skaggs, drank himself to death at just 34. A third, Roy Lee Centers, was shot in front of his young son in a backwoods quarrel. “I’m going to silence that golden voice forever,” the killer supposedly said. Outgoing and enterprising where his brother was shy and cautious, Carter Stanley was the driving force behind the Stanley Brothers, and yet he died with no inkling of how famous the Stanley sound would become. For years the group had a paying lunchtime gig on a radio show called “Farm and Fun Time,” broadcast by WCYB in Bristol, Va., but to make ends meet they had to barnstorm all over the country, driving to schools, honky-tonks, livestock auctions, even drive-ins, where they would set up the sound system on top of the refreshment stands. They kept their spirits up by playing pranks, many involving Ex-Lax. In the 1960s bluegrass was almost eclipsed by Elvis and rock ’n’ roll: his band, Mr. Stanley writes, was like a hog standing under an acorn tree that had run out of acorns. It was probably the folk revival that saved traditional music, even though Mr. Stanley writes: “The hippie types didn’t know any better; they really thought they was playing bluegrass. You’d hear a solo on electric banjo and like to murder the man a-playing it.” His secret, Mr. Stanley says he feels certain now, is that he never changed. “I give myself credit for being in this business for so long,” he said. “I started out the way I was raised, in the old-time mountain style, and I’ve never wavered from it. I’ve always stuck to my roots. I think that means a whole lot to the audience — the people knows exactly what to expect.” He added that he thought now and then about slowing down, but not very seriously, explaining: “I’ve traveled so much that I’m used to it. I would hate to completely stop. I don’t hardly know what I’d do with my time.” There are a lot of good bluegrass players these days, Mr. Martin among them, but Mr. Stanley said he didn’t listen to them much. He prefers to listen to the Stanley Brothers. “I may be a little prejudiced, but I like my own music,” he said, and he smiled for an instant. “I guess I’m about my favorite entertainer.” <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GJqULQpGTQ0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GJqULQpGTQ0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

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2009-12-06T18:00:00-05:00

2009-12-06T19:30:00-05:00

Old Timer, Still Telling Mountain Tales

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Dr. Ralph Stanley and His Clinch Mountain Boys plus Richard Gilewitz & Tim May plus The Scrambled Strays

2009-11-03T09:37:27-05:00

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493 This concert organized by WMNF's Saturday morning folk programmer Jeannie Holton-Carufel brings two artists whose music is steeped in WMNF's values of peace, equality and social and economic justice. Tickets are $20 and only at The [Palladium Theatre](http://www.mypalladium.org) Phone: 727-822-3590 **John McCutcheon** sings of the nation’s heritage. His words channel the conscience of our people into streams of poetry and melody. He writes about subjects small and great, from a child’s haircut to freedom and human dignity – issues equally eternal and enduring. Think of McCutcheon as an incarnation of Pete Seeger and Mr. Rogers, Will Rogers and Bruce Springsteen, and above all Everyman, righteously passionate and impishly playful, blessed with gifts as a songwriter, historian, musician and storyteller that have won him praise in Australia as “the most overwhelming folk performer in the English language,” from a Russian critic as “the most versatile and compelling performer this reviewer has ever seen,” and from Johnny Cash as “the most impressive instrumentalist I’ve ever heard.” While John McCutcheon has performed over a dozen WMNF concerts, this is the first WMNF concert by **Kevin So**. Making a name for himself as a boundary-stretching singer/songwriter, So's original blend of pop, rhythm & blues, and hip hop has garnered the attention and praise from Billy Bragg, Martin Sexton, Mary Lou Lord, Richie Havens, David Wilcox, and most recently Keb’ Mo’(he opened for Keb at the Tampa Theatre). Kevin is one of the most recognized artists in the Asian American community. He, too admits that “there aren’t enough of us.” Fans all over the world have caught on to So's lyrical truths and his knack for engaging people through his music, intense storytelling, and foot stomping performances. Kevin's love of people and community are not only illustrated in his music, but also in his sense of civic obligation. In addition to a rigorous tour schedule, Kevin has performed at many charity fundraising benefits for organizations such as The New England Home for Little Wanderers, the American Heart Association, Leaders of Tomorrow Inc., ANYTOWN New England, and the Judge Baker Children's Center. Kevin has just released his 8th solo CD "leaving the lights on" - a double album - what he describes as “my Asian American Songs in The Key of Rice … my Kwandrophenia …” combining such diverse influences as Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Tupac Shakur, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye “with a little bit of Richard Pryor thrown in.” Confronting identity, sexuality, history, family, and yes - racism, this recording is one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year. **WMNF is inviting local organizations in the forefront of the struggle for peace and justice to set up tables at the concert to share their activities and give inspiration.**

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2009-12-11T23:00:00-05:00

Peace and justice and folk music

John McCutcheon, plus Kevin So

2009-10-28T16:40:17-04:00

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494 We are putting together a fabulous, fun way to ring in the New Year...with your favorite bands playing your favorite songs from that creative era 30 years ago when new bands and modern music were taking over..and when WMNF signed on the air. Includes party favors, champagne and breakfast) **Johnny Zoom and the Cheerlead Squad** as Elvis Costello **Will Quinlan and the Diviners** as Neil Young **Ted Lukas and the Misled** as Tom Petty **Barely Pink** as Cheap Trick **Sons of Hippies** as Blondie **Talk To Mark** as The Cars **Palantine** as The Clash **Urbane Cowboys** as Joe Jackson **Captain Obvious and the Duh Patrol** as AC/DC **Rebekah Pulley and the Reluctant Prophets** as Supertramp **Ricky Wilcox** as Graham Parker **DJ Cen Flo and Ryan Bauer** as The Sugarhill Gang **Jeremy Gloff** as Stevie Nicks- and doing the midnight countdown **Vodkanauts** doing the essential 1979 singles and disco medley

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2009-12-31T19:00:00-05:00

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Celebrating WMNF's 30 Year Anniversary -1979, a great year for music

New Years Eve: The WMNF Tribute to 1979

2009-10-28T16:12:12-04:00