http://www.downhomeradioshow.com Down Home Radio is a window into the interior of our culture. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:47:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en ©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/2008/08/interview-with-alaskas-fiddling-poet-ken-waldman/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/interview-with-alaskas-fiddling-poet-ken-waldman/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:42:30 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/interview-with-alaskas-fiddling-poet-ken-waldman/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/interview-with-alaskas-fiddling-poet-ken-waldman/feed/ 00:01:01 On this week's show I talk with Ken Waldman - Alaska's Fiddling Poet. I interviewed him last Friday while sitting on stage ... On this week's show I talk with Ken Waldman - Alaska's Fiddling Poet. I interviewed him last Friday while sitting on stage at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn, just prior to his show there that night. Ken is an ex-college English professor who taught via telephone to Inuit villagers on the Aleutian Islands that stretch between mainland Alaska and Russia in the Bering Sea. He now tours the country constantly, reciting his poetry and playing his fiddle. Ken has played everywhere from the Kennedy Center to nightclubs to small independent bookstores. He is celebrating the release of a new prose book, a memoir called "Are You Famous?" and a new double CD of his own fiddle tune compositions called "55 Tunes, 5 Poems." Great stuff! Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/martin-carthy-radio-programs/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/martin-carthy-radio-programs/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:49:52 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/martin-carthy-radio-programs/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/martin-carthy-radio-programs/feed/ 00:01:01 Back in 1994 British folk musician and scholar Martin Carthy hosted a series of 6 radio broadcasts on the BBC 2 station. I recently ... Back in 1994 British folk musician and scholar Martin Carthy hosted a series of 6 radio broadcasts on the BBC 2 station. I recently got my hands on cassette tapes of these broadcasts, and they're awesome! He did a really good job- plays some amazing music. I digitized the tapes, and here they are. The first tape is programs 1-3, Jan-Feb 1994 and the second is programs 3-6, Feb-March. You will notice in the middle of each tape it cuts off and then cuts back in, that's where the tape side switches. I really recommend these shows, fun to listen to. Enjoy! Other,,Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/interview-with-hubby-jenkins/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/interview-with-hubby-jenkins/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:51:13 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/interview-with-hubby-jenkins/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/08/interview-with-hubby-jenkins/feed/ 00:01:01 On today's show I speak with Hubby Jenkins, a great young blues musician and songwriter from New York. ... On today's show I speak with Hubby Jenkins, a great young blues musician and songwriter from New York. Hubby (short for Hubert) is 22 and has been playing old blues and folk music for about 5 years. He's doing great stuff with the old material and writing great new songs as well! He plays live in the studio, talks about his background, the current state of affairs for folk musicians in NYC, and plays a bunch of his favorite records. Hubby plays as part of the Roots 'n' Ruckus music collective down at the Jalopy Theater every Wednesday, and also plays many other gigs through out the city, the North East, and everywhere in his ramblings throughout the country. Links: Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/07/interview-with-baby-gramps/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/07/interview-with-baby-gramps/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:21:57 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/07/interview-with-baby-gramps/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/07/interview-with-baby-gramps/feed/ 00:01:01 On today's show I interview blues/jazz/country/everything musician Baby Gramps. Gramps was in NYC on tour from the West coast. I ran into him at ... On today's show I interview blues/jazz/country/everything musician Baby Gramps. Gramps was in NYC on tour from the West coast. I ran into him at the Jalopy Theater and we arranged to meet for an interview the next day at Zebulon, another Brooklyn club where he was playing a show. This interview takes place out on the street. We talk about his early days back in the 60's hanging out with Furry Lewis, Jesse Fuller and Elizabeth Cotton, hunting for old 78's at the "Starvation Army," hear some old records he was influenced by and play a bunch of tracks from his excellent new CD, "Baptized on Swamp Water." See below for links associated with today's program: Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/podcasting-special-interview-with-dan-patterson/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/podcasting-special-interview-with-dan-patterson/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:39:19 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/podcasting-special-interview-with-dan-patterson/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/podcasting-special-interview-with-dan-patterson/feed/ 00:01:01 On this episode of Down Home Radio, Eli interviews his own roommate, Dan Patterson. Dan is a reporter for the Talk Radio News Service ... On this episode of Down Home Radio, Eli interviews his own roommate, Dan Patterson. Dan is a reporter for the Talk Radio News Service and is an expert on the medium of Podcasting and "Social Media" in general. He hosts his own awesome podcast, The Creepy Sleepy Show - "Independent Music, Independent Politics," featuring his own amazing reporting from his recent trip to Darfur as well as his on site reporting on the massive flooding in his own home state of Iowa. On today's show Dan and Eli sit around their apartment, smoke a hookah and discuss the medium of Podcasting itself, its history and its future! Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-the-east-river-string-band/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-the-east-river-string-band/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:27:26 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-the-east-river-string-band/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-the-east-river-string-band/feed/ 00:01:01 This week Eli interviews Eden Brower and John Heneghan- The East River String Band about their new CD/LP "Some Cold Rainy Day," with artwork by ... This week Eli interviews Eden Brower and John Heneghan- The East River String Band about their new CD/LP "Some Cold Rainy Day," with artwork by R. Crumb. They play some cuts from the new record, and also delve into John's extensive collection of rare 78 RPM records, playing a bunch of un-reissued records you won't hear anywhere else! The East River String Band will be playing this Saturday night, June 14th at my Down Home Live show at Banjo Jim's on Manhattan's Lower East Side. No Cover! Come and check it out, should be a great show. Links: Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-willy-gantrim/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-willy-gantrim/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:01:53 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-willy-gantrim/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/06/interview-with-willy-gantrim/feed/ 00:01:01 This week I'll speak with New York based blues/country musician and songwriter Willy Gantrim. We both play as part of the Roots 'n' Ruckus ... This week I'll speak with New York based blues/country musician and songwriter Willy Gantrim. We both play as part of the Roots 'n' Ruckus music collective, every Wednesday at the Jalopy Theater in Redhook, Brooklyn. Willy's been writing great songs, and has just returned to New York from New Orleans, where he spent the winter busking as well as playing shows. We had a good interview about his background, and Willy plays some blues and originals live on the air! Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/best-of-the-down-home-awesome-out-of-print-records-series-vol-1/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/best-of-the-down-home-awesome-out-of-print-records-series-vol-1/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 23:45:58 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/best-of-the-down-home-awesome-out-of-print-records-series-vol-1/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/best-of-the-down-home-awesome-out-of-print-records-series-vol-1/feed/ 00:01:01 Hello everybody- well for the past couple months pretty much all I've been doing here is digitizing and posting up old out of print LPs ... Hello everybody- well for the past couple months pretty much all I've been doing here is digitizing and posting up old out of print LPs from my collection, for what has been known as Down Home Radio's "Awesome Out of Print Records" series. I'm gonna be doing that in fits and starts from here on out, but I think I'm gonna call this first round complete and start back producing regular episodes of Down Home Radio. I've got a lot of good interviews waiting to come out! On this show I have put together a play list of a bunch of my favorite tracks drawn from all the records I've posted up. It was hard to choose which tracks to play, because there are so many great ones on these albums! This show serves as a sampler, and you can go back and download all the records and listen to them in their entirety! Track list for today's episode: Out,of,Print,Records,,Shows Eli Smith no No http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/oh-mother-it-hurts-me-so-traditional-music-from-central-pennsylvania/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/oh-mother-it-hurts-me-so-traditional-music-from-central-pennsylvania/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 22:57:56 +0000 Eli Smith http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/oh-mother-it-hurts-me-so-traditional-music-from-central-pennsylvania/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/oh-mother-it-hurts-me-so-traditional-music-from-central-pennsylvania/feed/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/big-bill-broonzy-live-at-club-montmarte-copenhagen-1956/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/big-bill-broonzy-live-at-club-montmarte-copenhagen-1956/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 16:19:35 +0000 admin http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/big-bill-broonzy-live-at-club-montmarte-copenhagen-1956/ http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2008/05/big-bill-broonzy-live-at-club-montmarte-copenhagen-1956/feed/