http://www.downhomeradioshow.com Down Home Radio is a hardcore, unreconstructed, paleo-acoustic folk music program. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:24:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ©Eli Smith eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) eli_smith@hotmail.com Folk Music 1440 Folk music, blues, old-time, Field Recordings, Eli Smith, Banjo, Woody Guthrie, New Lost City Ramblers Old-time Blues, Pre-Blues, Gospel and Spirituals, Corridos, Latin America Folk Music, Field Recordings, Interviews, and more... Down Home Radio is a hardcore, unreconstructed, paleo-acoustic folk music program Eli Smith Eli Smith eli_smith@hotmail.com No no http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/images/dhrspostcard.jpg http://www.downhomeradioshow.com 144 144 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/07/paxton-and-fairfield-in-the-ny-times/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/07/paxton-and-fairfield-in-the-ny-times/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:14:54 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/07/paxton-and-fairfield-in-the-ny-times/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/07/paxton-and-fairfield-in-the-ny-times/feed/ 1 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/05/the-dust-busters-on-woodsongs/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/05/the-dust-busters-on-woodsongs/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 05:17:54 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/05/the-dust-busters-on-woodsongs/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/05/the-dust-busters-on-woodsongs/feed/ 2 00:01:01 While out on tour back in March my old-time string band The Dust Busters appeared on the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour.nbsp; Woodsongs is a radio/TV ... While out on tour back in March my old-time string band The Dust Busters appeared on the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour.nbsp; Woodsongs is a radio/TV show filmed weekly at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington (KY).nbsp; Thanks to Michael Johnathon and all the folks at Woodsongs for having us, it was a fun show!nbsp; Here is our appearance on that program: And be sure to check us out, Friday May 21st, 10:15pm at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Live,Recordings Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/radio-unnamable-with-bob-fass/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/radio-unnamable-with-bob-fass/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:14:22 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/radio-unnamable-with-bob-fass/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/radio-unnamable-with-bob-fass/feed/ 4 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/blind-boy-paxton-on-down-home-tv/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/blind-boy-paxton-on-down-home-tv/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:21:24 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/blind-boy-paxton-on-down-home-tv/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/04/blind-boy-paxton-on-down-home-tv/feed/ 1 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/down-home-tv/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/down-home-tv/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:56:08 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=984 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/down-home-tv/feed/ 1 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/02/treasures-of-the-archive-of-folk-song-at-the-library-of-congress/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/02/treasures-of-the-archive-of-folk-song-at-the-library-of-congress/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:24:14 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=933 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/02/treasures-of-the-archive-of-folk-song-at-the-library-of-congress/feed/ 2 00:01:01 Treasures of the Archive of Folk Song at the Library of Congress - a lecture by Joe Hickerson at the Jalopy Theater, Brooklyn, NY 1/16/10 Greetings ... Treasures of the Archive of Folk Song at the Library of Congress - a lecture by Joe Hickerson at the Jalopy Theater, Brooklyn, NY 1/16/10 Greetings from California.nbsp; I'm out on the West Coast playing some shows with my band The Dust Busters and our friends the The Dough Rollers.nbsp; But I'm still on the job, bringing out Down Home Radio shows!nbsp; Here's a recording I made at the Jalopy Theater just before I left town. Joe Hickerson was the librarian and head of the Archive of Folk Song at the Library of Congress from the 1960's-90's. This is a very cool "lecture-demonstration," where Joe talks about the Archive of Folk Song/Culture, plays great examples from its collection and also plays and sings some of his favorite tunes from the Archive. Got more stuff in the can waiting to come out, plus I've been making some great recordings as I'm traveling around, so look out for more great stuff here on Down Home Radio! Joe Hickerson's appearance at Jalopy was sponsored by: Joe Hickerson records Mississippi John Hurt for the Library of Congress, 1960's. Robert Winslow Gordon, first head of the Archive, with wax cylinder recordings and recording equipment, about 1930. Library of Congress Photo. And donrsquo;t forget to check out the Down Home Radio advert in the Old Time Herald Magazine ndash; www.oldtimeherald.org ndash; lots of great articles, reviews and more! Live,Recordings Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/09/the-dust-busters-on-wfhb-981fm-bloomington-in/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/09/the-dust-busters-on-wfhb-981fm-bloomington-in/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:02:12 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=806 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/09/the-dust-busters-on-wfhb-981fm-bloomington-in/feed/ 9 00:01:01 While on tour in early August, my old-time string band The Dust Busters made our first radio appearance.nbsp; Here we are on Mike Kelsey's program ... While on tour in early August, my old-time string band The Dust Busters made our first radio appearance.nbsp; Here we are on Mike Kelsey's program on WFHB 98.1FM, community radio in Bloomington, IN.nbsp; We play live, talk with Mike and promote the show we played in Bloomington that night.nbsp; It was a great tour!nbsp; Met a lot of really great people (many thanks to all those that put us up, fed us and helped us out along the way), played a lot of music and got quality time in the car! Live,Recordings Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/08/a-walk-around-clifftop-2009/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/08/a-walk-around-clifftop-2009/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:47:55 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=803 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/08/a-walk-around-clifftop-2009/feed/ 0 00:01:01 I went down to the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival just a couple of weeks ago with my band The Dust Busters. We had a ... I went down to the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival just a couple of weeks ago with my band The Dust Busters. We had a great time, met and played with a million different people and played a set on Saturday afternoon with our friends John Cohen and Tracy Schwarz of the New Lost City Ramblers.nbsp; The old-time music never stops at Camp Washington-Carver in Clifftop, West Virginia, so about midnight on Saturday I broke out my field recording device and made a round of the different campsite jam sessions that were in full swing. This broadcast is a just a straight 45 minute recording of my midnight wanderings through the grounds of Clifftop.nbsp; I walked from one great group of musicians to the next in rapid succession.nbsp; Each campsite had its own huddle of musicians playing fiddles, banjos, guitars, doghouse basses, harmonicas and singing away at the old-time tunes- no matter which direction I turned, it was hard to go wrong! Live,Recordings,,Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/06/banjo-workshop-with-john-cohen/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/06/banjo-workshop-with-john-cohen/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:02:02 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=739 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2009/06/banjo-workshop-with-john-cohen/feed/ 6 00:01:01 Banjo Tunings and Styles Workshop with John Cohen Here's the first bit of audio I'm posting from the Brooklyn Folk Festival - John Cohen of the ... Banjo Tunings and Styles Workshop with John Cohen Here's the first bit of audio I'm posting from the Brooklyn Folk Festival - John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers leads a banjo workshop focusing on different tunings and styles used by a number of banjo players he has learned from either directly or studied through their old recordings.nbsp; Banjo player Wade Ward describes tunings as "different atmospheres."nbsp; Each banjo tuning carries its own set of possibilities and its own feeling.nbsp; In 1965 John Cohen encountered Ward and many other banjo players as he journeyed through the South finding musicians, making field recordings, discovering banjo tunings and lots more along the way.nbsp; Many of these field recordings were released on his wonderful album "High Atmosphere". John discusses and demonstrates these many styles, sounds and techniques in this workshop from May, 17th, 2009. The first play button plays a banjo music mix tape of all the original recordings of songs John covers in this workshop.nbsp; The second play button plays the audio of the workshop itself.nbsp; This is for banjo players only! (Unless you're really interested) John begins with a bit of Pete Seeger up picking, then a bit of frailing and thumb lead 2-finger picking, then more up picking (the same rhythm as clawhammer but picking up instead of hitting down on the string), Charlie Poole style finger picking banjo, Bascom Lamar Lunsford / George Landers style up picking (the workshop focuses a lot on this style, where in the first finger picks the melody and also then brushes up over the strings and the thumb picks the fifth string and drops down to some of the other strings.nbsp; There are no downward motions in this style.)nbsp; Sydna Myers style clawhammer, Dock Boggs finger picking and finally Pete Steele finger picking Links: Film about John Cohen on FolkStreams.net: Remembering the High Lonesome Down Home Radio Rufus Crisp Feature Episode - playing recordings of Crisp, a banjo player very influential to John Cohen and the early folk music scene in New York. Tunes included in the workshop:Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Baltimore Fire The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never was a Married Man Mole In the Ground Reuben Rolling Mills Are Burning Down Cumberland Gap Last Chance Twin Sisters Forkey Deer Pretty Polly Country Blues Coal Creek March A selection from the notes to "High Atmosphere" - "These recordings were initially intended to document the different ways Appalachian musicians tune the five string banjo. The search for tunings served as an entree into the musicial memories of the old-time banjo players; as the strings were re-tuned, a rush of old memories was recollected and precise sound patterns were remembered beyond the comprehension of deliberate consciousness. The changing of the note intervals unlocked some closed doors. Alongside these banjo tunes, seldom sung songs and ballads appeared, and were recorded as well...It was a great privilege to document these performances and to feel the individuality of each musician's style: they had unusual ideas about timing, pronounced ways of ornamenting the voice, odd tonal and harmonic choices. Singers adjusted the songs to conform to their own breathing...." High Atmosphere Another good John Cohen album notes quote: "There is a side of us all which goes about trying to make the world over in our own image. There is another side--where one searches to encounter his own image in the world. In this process one examines all kinds of elements which come in his path." The New ... Live,Recordings,,Other,,Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/12/interview-with-jake-of-the-cangelosi-cards/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/12/interview-with-jake-of-the-cangelosi-cards/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:21:47 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=352 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/12/interview-with-jake-of-the-cangelosi-cards/feed/ 0 00:01:01 On today's show I speak with Jake Sanders, guitarist and band leader of The Cangelosi Cards.nbsp; The Cards are an awesome New York based old-time ... On today's show I speak with Jake Sanders, guitarist and band leader of The Cangelosi Cards.nbsp; The Cards are an awesome New York based old-time jazz, swing, New Orleans music, blues, country band (that's a mouthful, but they really range widely in their repertoire!).nbsp; The Cards play all kinds of different gigs and have become very popular on the national swing dance scene.nbsp; I became a big fan the first time I saw them, more than 2 years ago now and am very pleased to have Jake on the program. The band has built up their following the old fashioned way, word of mouth and face to face.nbsp; Jake started out as a street musician and built up the band, which is now achieving considerable success, from there. He talks about the beginnings of the band, their evolution and all the gigs and tours they've done lately.nbsp; Jake also discusses some of his own background as a guitarist and plays some records from a number of musical styles that have been influential to him, and I play some recordings that I made of the band live at Banjo Jim's in Manhattan.nbsp; The Cangelosi Cards frequently play my Down Home Live show at Banjo Jim's, which happens the 2nd Saturday of every month, and they play at Banjo Jim's regularly, every Monday night.nbsp; Check 'em out! In the show I apologize for not having more recent live recordings of them. But I got one!nbsp; So I just posted it.nbsp; Check out this awesome live set by the Cards at my Banjo Jim's show in Jan of 2009. Cangelosi Cards gig listing The Cangelosi Cards '07 (Photo E. Smith) Jake Sander, The Cangelosi Cards '07 (Photo E. Smith) The Cangelosi Cards '07 (Photo E. Smith) Tamar Korn #38; Jake Sanders, The Cangelosi Cards '07 (Photo E. 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