Roots music so often plays on the theme of ‘going home’ and uses metaphor to illustrate the journey. In past episodes of Deeper Roots, A Century of America’s Music, we’ve explored the music of the railroad and waterways as themes in American roots music. This episode has us focusing on the muse of routes, roads, and highways. We’ll hear from Mose Allison, Chuck Berry, Lowell Fulson, and Hank Williams in a set that follows road trips, functions at the junctions, highway signs, rocky roads, dusty roads, big roads, gospel highways, and bi-ways of the heart. Don’t miss it! And don’t forget that you can hear past episodes by subscribing to our podcasts here: http://deeperroots.podomatic.com/
This episode will be posted to Mixcloud in the near future.
In this installment of Deeper Roots, a special edition dedicated to the music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, she began her career at age four performing with her evangelical mother in shows that were part sermon, part gospel concert, and energetic events that got the audience moving. She influenced a great number of performers who would go on to take her secular message into a realm that, for all intents and purposes, she had created: rock and roll. Her electrifying guitar work complimented her voice and she left us with a legacy of recordings that has no peer. Join Dave Stroud Friday night at 9PM as he explores her influences, those she influenced, and music from Sister Tharpe herself.
This episode will be posted to Mixcloud in the near future.
He had become a fixture of the Delta juke joints and small clubs of the South so that when Sam Phillips first recorded him for the Chess Brothers, the change from local legend to urban blues star was a very short journey. He was a giant of a performer in both the figurative sense as well as in real life.
We’ll hear Wolf’s reflections in his own voice as well as the songs that, over the years, were honed into American roots classics. Smokestack Lightnin’, Three Hundred Pounds of Joy, Little Red Rooster, and other pieces of Howlin’ Wolf are a part of this week’s show…performed by both Wolf as well as other artists. Join Dave Stroud for an enlightening journey into the sounds of Howlin Wolf…with its twists of evil, penitence, and fiery passion.
Join us for a musical celebration dedicated to International Women’s Day, 2013. We’ll be playing two hours of performances from some of the greatest female artists of the past century including Ethel Waters, Little Sylvia, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and many others. Dave Stroud cues it up with music and stories in a show first broadcast in March of 2013.
This episode will be posted to Mixcloud in the near future.
Deeper Roots explores the theme of ‘gambling’ in this episode, first broadcast in March, 2013. Songs of blackjack, cards, dice, gambling and gamblers, including some that have evolved over the centuries, and we’ll hear the inevitable stories of winner’s luck and hard times for the loser. Our performers in this episode include The Burnette Brothers, the Harlem Hamfats, Frankie Laine, and Big Joe Turner…Tune in!
This episode will be posted to Mixcloud in the near future.
In this episode of Deeper Roots Dave Stroud digs into the sounds of Harlem in the 1930s. From the Lafayette Theater to the Savoy Ballroom to the Cotton Club… experience the music of the Harlem Renaissance where jazz clubs gave many a place to let loose and celebrate in the face of the Depression’s impact in the streets outside. We’ll hear the energetic sounds of Chick Webb, Ethel Waters, Buster Bailey and a host of others.
We explore the music of The Carter Family. Arguably the most influential group in country music history, the craft of songwriting and vocals was elevated to a precipice that nobody had recorded before. Their catalog of music is a tribute to A. P. Carter and his quest for topics that went beyond the (then contemporary) experience of instrumental mountain music. And Mother Maybelle Carter, known for her innovative guitar work at a time when the instrument was not in the foreground, was the glue that inspired so many performers and songwriters to follow.
Take a two hour tour of the legacy of The Carter Family’s contributions to country, as well as mainstream, American music. In addition to their own recordings, we’ll hear covers by a host of musicians that followed in their tracks including Lucinda Williams, The Stanley Brothers, John Prine, and (of course) Johnny Cash. Join Dave Stroud for this week’s episode.
This show will be posted via Mixcloud at some future date.
