Music City Roots Radio

Amelia White / Mike & Ruthy / Reno Bo / Sam Outlaw

    

  

 

REVIEW:  From Near And Far

We’ve always maintained a global outlook at MCR, and sometimes interesting and unexpected media or music folks from faraway places drop in on us to ask questions. Yesterday it was a four-person delegation from Korean Broadcasting System’s Radio 2, including producer Mi-Gyung Seo and her translator/interviewer Dan Kim. They asked if they could sit down and get an overview of what we do, and Dan turned out to be particularly well-informed about folk music and the paradoxes of perpetuating authentic folk culture in the modern world. We had a truly fascinating conversation, and part of the upshot for me was to recognize that however disadvantaged and patchy American roots music is in our culture, we in the USA should be grateful that we HAD a folk revival in the 50s and 60s and that it never really went away.

Matthew Fowler / Caroline Spence / Pam Tillis / The Broomestix

    

 

Review: Our Roots Show

A country song in 5/4 time. A quote from a founding father. And a ten-person band of teenagers fronted by a young lady who looks and sings like Esperanza Spalding. Every show has its surprises and first-time-evers but this was a particularly wild Wednesday at Liberty Hall. Every artist brought something utterly different and refreshing. And while our special Tuesday Chet Atkins tribute night was a tough act to follow, this week’s season premiere roster – one loaded with youth – succeeded in every sense of the word.