Tune into the KSUT Music Blend for a not so typical selection of holiday tunes this week; and join us for these special broadcasts to celebrate the season:
12/21: 8-10 PM A Paul Winter Solstice Concert,
12/22: 8-11 PM Straight Ahead Holiday with Ron Fundingsland,
11-midnight: Christmas with Sinatra and Friends feature CD,
12/23: 7-9 PM American Routes 2009 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
9 PM Sounds From the Mother Road Christmas with Jamie Hoover,
12/24: 7 PM E-Town Holiday special recorded in NYC featuring Loudon Wainwright III and Tori Amos,
8-10 PM The Grass is Bluer Celebrates Christmas with host Hugh Felt,
10- mid A World Cafe Christmas Eve Special
Featuring an interview with Sting about his new holiday album “If On A Winter’s Night” and a holiday-themed music mix.
9 AM 12/25 Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites Christmas is a time of traditions, and over the years, NPR has created a few traditions of its own. In this hour-long special: Wistfulness, joy, doubt, hope, all the emotions we feel at this time of year, all summoned up in memorable stories from the NPR broadcast archives. David Sedaris, Bailey White, John Henry Faulk — these and other NPR voices, past and present, tell stories of the season. It may be you’ll remember these tales fondly, or it may be you’ll fall in love with them for the first time.
10 AM A Carolina Christmas From Biltmore Estate, with Kathy Mattea
11 AM Jay Ungar & Molly Mason The Pleasures of Winter This Americana duo and their special guests present an hour of live acoustic music celebrating the holidays and the winter season. Gorgeous acoustic rarities from around the world combine with swing jazz, English songs, original compositions and Jay’s signature fiddle tunes to make a relaxing yet stimulating hour of listening pleasure.
12 noon – 2 PM A World Cafe Christmas Day Special
For Christmas Day, the World Cafe features two hours of holiday-themed music. The first hour includes an interview and performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
2-4 PM FM Odyssey’s Holiday Show
FM Odyssey uses the songs we grew up with to take you on this musical journey through the many moods and memories of the holiday season.
7-9 PM A Global Groove Holiday with Kenny B
9 PM Afropop Worldwide holiday special
10-midnight A World Cafe Christmas Day Special (encore)
Filed under: KSUT in-studio
We welcomed back an old friend today, musician Greg Brown. He performs tonight (11/17/09) in Durango. I put on the headphones and he started singing, and it about knocked me out of my chair. He’s in amazing voice – and this is a guy known for his…..voice! Greg treated us to a new song, and had to start over. Stuff like that makes live radio really fun. Song number two was Boomtown and he described writing it while traveling from Silver City, NM to a gig in Colorado. I can’t count the times I’ve played that song in the past 18 years. Usually it was when a huge development was going to public comment. Remember Artesian Valley anyone? We are so lucky that artists make a stop at our little red brick house in Ignacio. Thank you as well to Bad Girls Productions! Listen online or download the podcast under “Happenings”.
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Don’t miss the awesome troubadour Greg Brown’s in-studio performance and interview with Beth Warren today at 1:30. He performs tonight (12/17) at the Smiley Auditorium in Durango.
NPR's Susan Stamberg
A perennial NPR favorite for nearly two decades, acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah stories written expressly for Hanukkah Lights. This year’s show features brand new stories by Danit Brown, Michael Blumenthal and Rachel Shukert. Hosted by NPR’s Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz. Friday (12/11) night at 9.
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One of our favorite folk singers will be performing at the Smiley Auditorium on December 17. Greg Brown returns to Durango for his first show in several years. Tickets are available at Animas Trading in Durango, Zuma Natural Foods in Mancos, and Spruce Tree Coffee House in Cortez. We’ve been told he can’t make it to KSUT for an in-studio, but we’re still trying.
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President Obama is expected to announce his decision on future American troop levels in Afghanistan in an address to the nation on Tuesday evening. Join NPR News for live, in-depth coverage and analysis. We are still awaiting details, but the projected time is 6 PM mountain time. Stay tuned for more information.
Tune in to KSUT on Thanksgiving day for programming about food and music. On the day even non-cooks are busy in the kitchen, the Splendid Table’s “Turkey Confidential” is ready to help on air and online. In addition to the 2-hour live radio call-in from 9-11 AM, they’ll host a live chat, stream the audio online, take questions over the web, and showcase some favorite recipes.
The new Bruce Hornsby Radio Special features live music and conversation and plenty of great songs, with a focus on his new CD Levitate from 11-noon.
Putumayo’s global holiday food special is rich with world music from noon-1 PM.
FM Odyssey’s 10th Anniversary Thanksgiving Day Special, features a special recording of Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant, interviews with Judy Collins, Jesse Colin Young, Dan Fogelberg; seasonal songs and much more from 1-4 PM.
The Grass is Bluer helps us give thanks with Hugh Felt’s thematic blend of bluegrass at 9 PM.
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Austin based singer songwriter Eliza Gilkyson will join us at approximately 3 Thursday afternoon for live music and conversation on KSUT. She performs that evening, along with Nina Gerber at the Smiley Auditorium in Durango, in a benefit for Great Old Broads For Wilderness. Executive Director of the GOB’s Ronni Egan will join her old friend Eliza for the interview.
Eliza’s latest recording on Red House Records is Beautiful World.
Filed under: Four Corners: One Book
KSUT continues it’s Four Corners: One Book community-wide book club with Abandon by local author Blake Crouch. Buy or borrow the book locally and let us know what you think by leaving a comment on this blog post.
Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR) is a group of non-commercial public and community radio stations mainly from Colorado, with stations in Utah and New Mexico. Folks are gathering Wednesday through Friday at the Sky Ute Casino Resort for their annual meeting.
This is a great opportunity to network with colleagues and share ideas. RMCR provides financial support for a state reporter, shared among the group of stations. Meetings and discussions will address opportunities and challenges, new technologies, revenue and programming ideas.
