What kind of music do YOU like to listen to? If your taste is kind of ECLECTIC (and you're open to hearing something BRAND NEW!) tune into Nonesuch.
Nonesuch is old folk, it's new folk; it's blues and bluegrass...the best of traditional music right alongside emerging songwriters. Sometimes you'll hear Cajun or klezmer, celtic, maybe even conjunto... roots music that comes from folk traditions around the world as well as Ithaca's homegrown variety. On the air since 1967, Nonesuch is one of the longest-running successful folk shows on the radio and draws its listeners from the Ithaca community and throughout Central New York. (These days, since WVBR broadcasts 24 hours a day live on the internet, we've got listeners all over the world.)
Host Tracey Craig leans toward country blues, traditional tunes, and American roots music but she's also got a thing for gypsy tunes and klezmer, songwriters from Texas, and songs that make you laugh. You'll always hear something brand new, too. Once a month or so, you'll hear Jackie Merwin sitting in for Tracey; Jackie's especially fond of funky blues, soulful singer-songwriters, African and other world musics as well as songs that address political topics and genre-bending tunes. Get in touch via e-mail at nonesuch@wvbr.com
WHAT YOU'LL HEAR:
Some of the artists you can expect to hear include (but are not limited to): Bob Dylan, Doc Watson, Guy Clark, John Hartford, John Prine, Greg Brown, Tom Waits, Woody Guthrie, Gillian Welch, Dave Van Ronk, Mississippi John Hurt, Mary Gauthier, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Pete Seeger, Balfa Toujours, Leonard Cohen, David Grisman, Martin Simpson, Kasey Chambers, Red Stick Ramblers, Emmylou Harris, Karen Casey, Chris Smither, Fred Eaglesmith, Danny Schmidt, Joel Mabus, Robert Earl Keen, Tom Paxton, The Klezmatics, June Tabor, Bill Morrissey, Leo Kottke, Leadbelly, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tim O'Brien, Eliza Gilkyson and lots more. (And if you were wondering, the piece we use as our theme music is Icarus by Paul Winter & the Winter Consort.)
TO MAKE A REQUEST: give us a call during the show at (607) 273-2121 and we'll do our best to play what you're hankering for. Or e-mail us. (caveat: I don't always check them DURING the show if I'm busy with giveaways and live music in the studio!)
SEND US YOUR CD: If you're a musician and want us to play your tunes/promote your gigs, send us a CD. If it fits our rather broad format, your CD will go into our music library. As for nearby concert dates, we'll try to mention as many as we can. Send your promotional materials to Tracey Craig, host/producer, Nonesuch, WVBR-FM, 957 Mitchell St., Ithaca, NY 14850. PLEASE--do NOT send MP3s without asking first!!!
PLAYLISTS:
If you want a particular week's Nonesuch playlist, contact Tracey at Nonesuch@wvbr.com, (and indicate the date of the show you're interested in, please). If I've got it typed, I'll get it to you.
SPONSORS: Two longtime program sponsors are the Giving Tree Cafe (formerly ABC Cafe), and the Greenstar Cooperative Market, Ithaca's community-owned natural foods grocery. Other regular advertisers include Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca Guitar Works, Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Handwork, and many other community-based businesses. (Thanks, folks!)
Some of the artists you can expect to hear include (but are not limited to): Bob Dylan, Doc Watson, Guy Clark, John Hartford, John Prine, Greg Brown, Tom Waits, Woody Guthrie, Gillian Welch, Dave Van Ronk, Mississippi John Hurt, Mary Gauthier, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Pete Seeger, Balfa Toujours, Leonard Cohen, David Grisman, Martin Simpson, Kasey Chambers, Red Stick Ramblers, Emmylou Harris, Karen Casey, Chris Smither, Fred Eaglesmith, Danny Schmidt, Joel Mabus, Robert Earl Keen, Tom Paxton, The Klezmatics, June Tabor, Bill Morrissey, Leo Kottke, Leadbelly, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tim O'Brien, Eliza Gilkyson and lots more. (And if you were wondering, the piece we use as our theme music is Icarus by Paul Winter & the Winter Consort.)
TO MAKE A REQUEST: give us a call during the show at (607) 273-2121 and we'll do our best to play what you're hankering for. Or e-mail us. (caveat: I don't always check them DURING the show if I'm busy with giveaways and live music in the studio!)
SEND US YOUR CD: If you're a musician and want us to play your tunes/promote your gigs, send us a CD. If it fits our rather broad format, your CD will go into our music library. As for nearby concert dates, we'll try to mention as many as we can. Send your promotional materials to Tracey Craig, host/producer, Nonesuch, WVBR-FM, 957 Mitchell St., Ithaca, NY 14850. PLEASE--do NOT send MP3s without asking first!!!
PLAYLISTS:
If you want a particular week's Nonesuch playlist, contact Tracey at Nonesuch@wvbr.com, (and indicate the date of the show you're interested in, please). If I've got it typed, I'll get it to you.
SPONSORS: Two longtime program sponsors are the Giving Tree Cafe (formerly ABC Cafe), and the Greenstar Cooperative Market, Ithaca's community-owned natural foods grocery. Other regular advertisers include Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca Guitar Works, Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Handwork, and many other community-based businesses. (Thanks, folks!)
With our BOHEMIAN POTLUCK feature, we get to visit in the WVBR studios with some of the musicians, artists, writers and other interesting folks who call Ithaca home (as well as those who visit!). The hour-long segment mixes conversation and music (sometimes live, sometimes recorded) and it runs from 2-3 pm. See BOHO RADIO schedule to the right. To suggest a guest, e-mail Nonesuch@wvbr.com We're just starting to archive past editions of Bohemian Potluck for our RADIO BOHO, you'll find a couple to click on and more to come!
FOLK FOCUS:
Every week we feature one particular artist, group or album for our Folk Focus. You can hear a solid half-hour of their music between 11:30-12. Recent features: Ry Cooder, Hans Theessink, Mavis Staples, John Cephas, Bela Fleck: Throw Down Heart (the Africa Sessions), Sam Baker, Danny Barnes, Precious Bryant, Luiz Bonfa, Tom Russell, Rupa and the April Fishes, JJ Cale, Leonard Cohen, The Pines, Rosalie Sorrels, the Art of Field Recording (Art Rosenbaum)
FOLK FOCUS:
Every week we feature one particular artist, group or album for our Folk Focus. You can hear a solid half-hour of their music between 11:30-12. Recent features: Ry Cooder, Hans Theessink, Mavis Staples, John Cephas, Bela Fleck: Throw Down Heart (the Africa Sessions), Sam Baker, Danny Barnes, Precious Bryant, Luiz Bonfa, Tom Russell, Rupa and the April Fishes, JJ Cale, Leonard Cohen, The Pines, Rosalie Sorrels, the Art of Field Recording (Art Rosenbaum)
We know you like to hear good new music--but listening to Nonesuch is also a good way to free tickets to all kinds of events including summer music festivals and individual music and theatre performances. Of course, you'll also get weekly updates on concert listings in the area. (If you miss ours, catch the Folk Stuff listing at 10:15 p.m. every Sunday night on Bound for Glory.)
LIVE MUSIC: you're in a great town for it! The main WVBR concert log's online at keyword: concert. For the more roots-oriented calendar, make sure you're tuned to Nonesuch at about 1:30 every Sunday. Other resources include Mike Ludgate's wonderful music listing the The Ithaca Times online or in print and The Ithaca Journal (Check out the Thursday Ticket music listings).
In addition to Bound for Glory, look for live folk music at places like the Giving Tree Cafe on Stewart Ave.,Maxie's Supper Club and Oyster Bar hosts a Sunday night Shuck and Jive session as well as Chicken-Fried Tuesday, Felicia's Atomic Lounge features music Sunday and Friday nights....you'll also find lots of bands play The Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg, and Castaways as well as the State Theatre (for major shows, like Doc Watson, Levon Helm, Bela Fleck, and the like.)
Cornell Folk Song Club events bring "big names" in folk music to town for performances on the Cornell campus. Ted Crane offers a monthly update on folksings and dance events through Folkstuff (this is the place to go for info if you're into contra dancing.)
The weekly Irish session happens these days on Tuesday nights at the Chapter House on Stewart Ave. and there's a NEW Irish session most Monday nights at Phoebe's place at the foot of the Seneca St. Hill, The Shop. For folks who like old-time string band music--in summer months, Richie Stearns and friends get together Monday nights at Simply Red at Sheldrake Point, up route 89. Blues lovers head for the Nines Monday nights, where Pete Panek and the BlueCats host Blue Monday. The new Wildfire lounge hosts a variety of live music events, including the swingin' Wednesday night get-together with Djug Django. And you'll find lots of other good music around town, too, of course.
As far as local music festivals go, theThe Ithaca Festivalin early June offers more than 200 concerts by some of Ithaca's best. The annual Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, a four-day celebration every July, is music lover's paradise, with some of the best Cajun, zydeco, string band, African, world-beat, roots-rock, and more on four stages. The event benefits local AIDS programs and art education throughout the upstate area and offers camping, art exhibits, crafts, good food, great folks (and a great vibe).
You'll also discover a lot of original local bands and musicians here who fall into the category of folk (that is, if they fall into any category at all: examples include the Evil City Stringband, Joe Crookston, Jennie Stearns, the Sim Redmond Band, Ti Ti Chickapea (Eric Aceto, Richie Stearns, and Hank Roberts--a two-time winner in DOWNBEAT's International Critics' Poll), the Common Railers, the Burns Sisters, Samite, The Horse Flies, and far too many other good local bands to offer a comprehensive list here!
And don't forget, every Sunday from 10 am-3 pm, you can catch the very best of music in the folk tradition--right here on WVBR-FM with Nonesuch.
LIVE MUSIC: you're in a great town for it! The main WVBR concert log's online at keyword: concert. For the more roots-oriented calendar, make sure you're tuned to Nonesuch at about 1:30 every Sunday. Other resources include Mike Ludgate's wonderful music listing the The Ithaca Times online or in print and The Ithaca Journal (Check out the Thursday Ticket music listings).
In addition to Bound for Glory, look for live folk music at places like the Giving Tree Cafe on Stewart Ave.,Maxie's Supper Club and Oyster Bar hosts a Sunday night Shuck and Jive session as well as Chicken-Fried Tuesday, Felicia's Atomic Lounge features music Sunday and Friday nights....you'll also find lots of bands play The Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg, and Castaways as well as the State Theatre (for major shows, like Doc Watson, Levon Helm, Bela Fleck, and the like.)
Cornell Folk Song Club events bring "big names" in folk music to town for performances on the Cornell campus. Ted Crane offers a monthly update on folksings and dance events through Folkstuff (this is the place to go for info if you're into contra dancing.)
The weekly Irish session happens these days on Tuesday nights at the Chapter House on Stewart Ave. and there's a NEW Irish session most Monday nights at Phoebe's place at the foot of the Seneca St. Hill, The Shop. For folks who like old-time string band music--in summer months, Richie Stearns and friends get together Monday nights at Simply Red at Sheldrake Point, up route 89. Blues lovers head for the Nines Monday nights, where Pete Panek and the BlueCats host Blue Monday. The new Wildfire lounge hosts a variety of live music events, including the swingin' Wednesday night get-together with Djug Django. And you'll find lots of other good music around town, too, of course.
As far as local music festivals go, theThe Ithaca Festivalin early June offers more than 200 concerts by some of Ithaca's best. The annual Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, a four-day celebration every July, is music lover's paradise, with some of the best Cajun, zydeco, string band, African, world-beat, roots-rock, and more on four stages. The event benefits local AIDS programs and art education throughout the upstate area and offers camping, art exhibits, crafts, good food, great folks (and a great vibe).
You'll also discover a lot of original local bands and musicians here who fall into the category of folk (that is, if they fall into any category at all: examples include the Evil City Stringband, Joe Crookston, Jennie Stearns, the Sim Redmond Band, Ti Ti Chickapea (Eric Aceto, Richie Stearns, and Hank Roberts--a two-time winner in DOWNBEAT's International Critics' Poll), the Common Railers, the Burns Sisters, Samite, The Horse Flies, and far too many other good local bands to offer a comprehensive list here!
And don't forget, every Sunday from 10 am-3 pm, you can catch the very best of music in the folk tradition--right here on WVBR-FM with Nonesuch.
Like the program? Hate it? Got an idea to make it better? Let us know!
Nonesuch@wvbr.com, or send a note to us: Tracey Craig, host/producer, Nonesuch, WVBR, 957 Mitchell St., Ithaca, NY 14850
The live, on-air Listener Line number is (607) 273-2121.
Nonesuch@wvbr.com, or send a note to us: Tracey Craig, host/producer, Nonesuch, WVBR, 957 Mitchell St., Ithaca, NY 14850
The live, on-air Listener Line number is (607) 273-2121.
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