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N O N E S U C H : MUSIC IN THE FOLK TRADITION

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

Nonesuch on the Air: The Basics

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!)

SPECIAL FEATURES

Folk Focus and Bohemian Potluck

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)

Free Concert Tickets--and Live Local Music

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.

CONTACT

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.

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 every Sunday. To suggest a guest, e-mail Nonesuch@wvbr.com We've just started to archive past editions of Bohemian Potluck (thanks to many listener requests to do so!) Billy Eli's the first one available. Be patient; we're hoping to offer many others. To listen, click on the icon for BOHO RADIO next to the guest artist you'd like to hear. (Each hour-long segment is divided into three roughly equivalent sections.)

Aug 15

Rick Hoyt and the Cool Club

Rick Hoyt (aka Boone Ra) of Boone Ra Racketstra fame, playing today with an iteration of the COOL CLUB: Tom McClure (sax, flute, clarinet) Joe Crum (bass), Edgar Kemp (sax). Rick started playing guitar and composing in the late 60s, and cites among his musical inspirations the Beatles, Donovan, the Ventures, Chet Atkins, Johnny and the Hurricanes. He says he's been in one kind of band or another most of his life, playing mostly in garages, shacks and bars. He's played rock n roll, country, blues, jugband and lately, added a little jazz to the mix. Maybe you've seen him with Los Finsteros, Miz Marty & SGB, Tony Fam or the Mary Ott band. (Peter Fraissinet guest hosts.) Artist Website

Aug 8

The Stringbusters

A rowdy young bluegrass band�"Ithaca's newest--these fellows play traditional songs as well as pop songs done bluegrass style. On the bass, DION BOR, he's also one the group's lead singers, Dion started out on classical guitar, moved to saxophone and back to guitar…wasn't til high school, trying to found a band with his buddies, they realized it was a problem that everybody's instrument was GUITAR: that's when he switched to bass. On mandolin, COLIN BROWN, also a singer, his first instrument was trumpet but he's got a little background on drums and yes, you guessed it, guitar…he actually BUILT a guitar his second year of college, couple of ‘em, when he moved out to Arizona, and went to luthier school. On fiddle, AL COOK, he's an ITE kid…which is to say, he came up through the Suzuki method, studying at Ithaca Talent Education, Al's played in the ITE chamber orchestra and touring ensemble and started jamming with the Stringbusters awhile back. Then, last, but surely not least, there's the Broadwell brothers, brought up in Ithaca Guitar Works tradition, under the watchful eye of Papa Chris Broadwell and all the other musicians who float through Ithaca Guitar Works: ASH BROADWELL on, yes, you guessed it GUITAR…and his younger brother RYLAN BROADWELL on banjo and uke. Artist Website

Aug 1

Alan Rose

“Songwriter over the 12-string edge,” they say, his primary instrument being the 12-string guitar. Alan's originally from New Jersey; spent his undergraduate years and then some in the Philadelphia area; Alan moved to Ithaca in 1997 and hasn't looked back. He's got degrees from Haverford and Indiana University at Bloomington, and when he's not MAKING music (or LISTENING to music), Alan works in computer development and support (first at C-BORD; these days at Cornell). Over the past several years Alan's been working on an album with his band, THE RESTLESS ELEMENTS--in between helping to organize festivals, that is, Alan's helped with MUSEFEST and the annual ITHACA FESTIVAL, and the ROCK THE ARTS festival, he's probably best known as coordinator of the GRASSROOTS BAND CONTEST�"and he is, without doubt, Ithaca's biggest supporter of live music, which is to say, he gets out there and listens to EVERYBODY, sometimes three or four shows in a single evening! This Saturday, it's a big celebration of Alan's own new disc, AMERICAN HANDS, at Castaways (with Funk ‘n Waffles providing the food, and four other bands, too!) We'll get a sample of the new disc as well as some live music solo in studio from songwriter ALAN ROSE. Artist Website

Jul 25

Chris Broadwell and Marie Burns

CHRIS BROADWELL's the tall friendly fellow with the bushy mustache you'll find down at Ithaca Guitar Works in the Dewitt Mall (he's been sole proprieter since 1996.) MARIE BURNS you know from the Burns Sisters, who've had a string of nationally successful releases, the first for Columbia Records, and then later albums for Philo and Rounder. Marie's also recorded with the Woodshed Allstars (MAC BENFORD) and others over the years and yes, she's got her own solo album as well..she plays with Chris Broadwell with their country & western swing band, SOUTHERN TEARS. Marie and Chris started the group back in the early 1980s, with ERIC & HARRY ACETO, and DOUG ROBINSON and these days, MICHAEL WHELAN (although David Arnay was the band's very first drummer). Chris has played with a couple other bands over the years, probably most notably with the PEABODY BAND, he was also in a trio for awhile with the Aceto brothers that they called The Aesthetics. We'll get some original country tunes, and talk about guitars ‘n other good stuff; if you wanna hear SOUTHERN TEARS live, git yerself out to Oasis on July the 31. Artist Website

Jul 18

The Ambassador from Rongovia: Tom Covell

Which is to say, the new owner of the Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg! Tom grew up partly in Trumansburg, his dad was principal at the high school, and over the past 20 years or so, he's been a familiar face on the local music scene, playing with bands that include The Good Worker, Forget Carbon, Makka Sleuth, and The Atomic Forces; most recently, with Snake Oil Salesmen. Along the way he's gone to art school, worked as art director for Glyph Technologies, spent time in production at the Ithaca Times and in retail at the Ithaca Beer Company. These days, he's married, with three young daughters, living in Enfield…and his full time job is bringing the Rongovian back to what he thinks of as its rightful place in the community, which is--well, some folks think of the Rongo as our local LIVING ROOM. It's a place for eating and drinking and listening to music and gathering together with friends…a place to celebrate and commiserate, it's a place where you might go to have prewedding party…or remember a friend who's gone…or hear a Sunday afternoon concert….take the kids out for an affordable meal…hear some rockin' music late night….it is an INSTITUTION in Trumansburg, and although the last couple years have seen it flounder, Tom Covell is it's new owner, with a vision for the Rongo that well, it's not so different from the vision of the fellow who first dreamed it up. We'll talk about his plans�"(yes, the kitchen's open; Sunday brunch on the way!) and get a sampling of some of this year's pre-Grassroots festivities at the Rongo!
Artist Website

Jul 4

Dave Davies

No, not THAT Dave Davies (of The Kinks), but Ithaca's own Dave Davies. A man of many talents, Dave's a custom woodworker and building expert, and if you need someone to inspect that old house you're thinking about buying, Dave's your man. But it's his musical abilities that bring him to the forefront of our local music scene: he's at home on trombone and guitar as well as bass. Over the years, Dave's fronted his own bands (The HotFoot Club, the Dave Davies Trio) and played with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, the Clayfoot Strutters, Peggy Haine's Lowdown Alligators, the B Side, the Contractions, the Gourmet Jug Band, Lindy Hop Heaven, Djug Django, and probably a few others, too. His work (in a variety of musical styles) has taken him to venues all across the US, Central America and Europe. Just back from another week at the Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp (he's been on staff the past two decades), he's looking forward to the official release of his brand new CD, a musical retrospective: "Downstream: Where the River Meets the Sea." We'll sample some of his recordings, both old and new, and get to hear Dave's behind-the-scenes stories about Ithaca music and musicians over the past 30 years or so. Artist Website

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