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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Great Southern Music Festival & Magfest are coming....
We're headed to cooler weather---Fall's coming! And that means Fall Music
Festivals are cranking up! This week's show will include artists you can hear at these festivals.
Here are two festivals nearby that you can't miss! They both have lots of great live music! Local
and national acts! Great food and camping! Covered outdoor stages and seating!
GREAT SOUTHERN MUSIC FESTIVAL, Pickers Paradise Park, Ochlocknee, GA
September 30-Oct. 2nd www.pickersparadisepark.comActs include Grant Peeples, The New 76ers, Pure and Simple, Mickey Abraham, The
Kenny Hill Band
MAGNOLIAFEST, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, FL
October 21-24 www.magmusic.com
Acts include Donna the Buffalo, Sam Bush Band, Peter Rowan, Grant
Peeples, Jim Lauderdale, Dread Clampitt, Two Foot Level, Joe Craven, Railroad Earth,Mickey Abraham and many more
Check out my events page and the festival websites to find out details!
Hope I'll see you there!
Donna
10:26 am est
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Trouble with Goodbyes...
Know anybody who's going through the empty nest blues? I find myself there, so this
week I played some songs for those of us who are going through those very mixed emotions....
Also, tunes about
all kinds of trouble
And some newgrass to start the show off...
GREAT LOCAL MUSIC EVENT COMING UP SEPT
30-OCT 2ND
Check out the events page for news about the next Great Southern Music Festival September 30th -October 2nd at Pickers Paradise Park in Ochlocknee, GA.
Some of the artists I play regularly on my show will be there--like Grant Peeples, the New 76ers, and Pure & Simple!
5:38 pm est
Monday, August 2, 2010
Donna's Chocolate Box
It's the end of summer....for some of us...and time for my annual "Donna's Chocolate
Box" show. Every year at this time I feel sorry for myself because my 2 month vacation is ending and school is
starting and I have to go back to my day job....So I indulge myself and play stuff I really like! If you missed the
show, click on the player to the right and listen to some of my favorite songs and artists...
12:01 pm est
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Kids Are Alright....
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT...No,
I’m not about to give you a movie review…I’m talking about the “kids” I’ve been hearing
on Americana stages and cutting records and doing their musical mentors proud. This
week’s show opens with four young groups that include members ranging from middle school age to twenty-somethings.
The Farewell Drifters, Jubal’s Kin, The New 76ers, and Sarah Jarosz. After hearing them, I
think you’ll agree that we can only be excited about the future of Americana/Roots music… Also, listen up for Americana chart toppers,
and songs about a musician’s best friend---his/her instrument… Check the events page for information about the Mayhaw Palooza—a big sendoff for Mayhaws band member Carrie Hamby, who’ll be leaving the band for a year or so
to work on a project in Virginia. I'll be emceeing the event! Miss the show? Or just miss me? Look over to
the right and listen to the media player for the latest show…. See you next Sunday on the radio!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Drunken Angel
This week's show focuses on an artist that I call the "Van Gogh" of
singer/songwriters. Hardcore Americana/Roots fans are familiar, but the general music loving public may
have missed out on the heart-wringing, funny-bone tickling, politico poking tunes of Texas cowboy poet Blaze Foley.
Why the mention of Van Gogh? Like the famous artist, Foley's work was not widely known until long after
his violent death, murdered in 1989 in a conflict defending a friend.
Blaze Foley lived an unusual and difficult
life, mostly by his own choosing. Struggled with inner demons, but was known for his kindness. Called the venues
where he played home, and that was mostly true.
Close friend and musical cohort Gurf Morlix was with Blaze the night the masters of his record, Cold, Cold World were stolen from his car, with
no known backups available.
Morlix was with him again the afternoon Foley had dug up at least a rough cassete
recording of the songs. and Blaze hit the wrong button and erased a great portion of it.
Happily--a master tape
of Cold, Cold World was found and offered to Gurf Morlix, who released it last year through Lost Art Records. Gurf also plans to make a record of himself covering some of Foley's tunes, expected
out next year. More of Foley's own recordings have just been released by Lost Arts, an album called Sittin' by
the Road.
Fat Possum Records has also released a recording of lost Foley tunes called Blaze
Foley: The Dawg Years.
John Prine, Merle Haggard, Towns Van Zandt, and Willie Nelson are just a few of the
artists that have recorded Blaze Foley's songs.
Lucinda Williams poignant ballad Drunken Angel was
written as a tribute to Blaze Foley.
Also on this weeks show are Americana chart toppers, and highlights of my
summer of live music.
Thanks for "tunin' in!"
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Latest Donna's Americana Playlist
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Donna's Americana Playlist #60
-8/29/2010
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