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We’re pretty thrilled to welcome the Turtle Island Quartet to the KSUT studios Wednesday (5/9) at 12:15 PM. They perform at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Wednesday evening. The “Turtles” will be joined by Mike Marshall, one of the world’s most accomplished and versatile string instrumentalists.
Its name derived from Native American Folklore, the Turtle Island Quartet has been cited as a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings, and called the quintessential American string quartet of the 21st century. Winner of the 2006 and 2008 Grammy for Best Classical Crossover, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet esthetic with contemporary American musical styles. The repertoire consists of hundreds of ingenious arrangements and originals.
Mike Marshall has been a part of the new acoustic music scene since the early 1980s. He has performed and recorded with many musicians in a variety of styles, including bluegrass, classical, jazz and Brazilian music. In addition to several instruments within the mandolin family, Marshall also plays the guitar and violin.
Sixth grade students from Ignacio Intermediate School.
The Ignacio School District is now contributing to community programming on KSUT Tribal Radio, with 15 minute updates every Wednesday morning at 10:45. Featuring students, teachers and administrators, the weekly updates cover school organizations, academics, sports, administrative news and more.
Tribal Radio is also pleased to announce they’re resuming regular live coverage of the Ignacio Boy’s Varsity Basketball games beginning this Friday. You can tune-in locally at 91.3 FM, or online here.
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Suzy Bogguss will perform at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College on Saturday night. She’ll join Kenny B Thursday morning, by phone at 9:45 to talk about what she’s been up to, including her new CD American Folk Songbook.
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Rob Rawls will be interviewing John Cater (chair) and Jessica Polatty (co-chair) of the Aztec Highland Games and Celtic Festival on Wednesday morning at 10:06, following BBC. Tune-in for an overview of this weekend’s events – featuring traditional athletic competitions, Celtic music, dancing and children’s activities.
On Friday afternoon at approx 1:15 (we’re depending on flights arriving on time), we’ll be joined by the Australian celtic rock band “BROTHER” for some live music and conversation. We’re psyched to have bagpipes and a digeridoo in the studio. You may have seen BROTHER on NBC’s ‘ER’, maybe heard their music on the classic ‘Baraka’ soundtrack or UPN’s ‘ Twilight Zone.’ The band has shared stages with Joe Walsh, John Entwhistle, Linkin Park, and Alicia Keys and are the only independent band to have played the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Fusing signature vocals and guitar with the deep pulse of the didgeridoo, the soaring highs of the bagpipes, and tribal percussion, BROTHER is wholly original. The band’s powerhouse live performances are an energetic celebration, captivating and engaging the audience from the first song to the last.
Angus, founding member of BROTHER, arrived in Los Angeles from Australia with his brothers a decade ago as little more than fresh-faced farm boys. In LA, they found themselves busking at Venice Beach, the Hollywood Bowl and Universal Studios to survive. Since those days, BROTHER evolved its trademark sound while touring extensively in the United States and in Canada, Japan, France, Egypt and Australia.
They did it all free from standard industry trends and pigeon-holes. BROTHER has self-released 12 albums, sold more CDs in the USA than any other independent Australian act and has regularly been cited as a role model within the independent scene.
BROTHER live today is a powerhouse celtic tribal trio. Tune-in!
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Sarah Siskind and Travis Book are in the area this week for a performance at the Rochester Hotel courtyard on Wednesday evening. The duo will join us live on KSUT, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 for some live music and conversation. Sarah is a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter whose songs have been covered by Alison Krauss, the Infamous Stringdusters and Bon Iver. Her latest album is entitled “Novel.”
Her husband & local favorite, Travis Book, is bassist and lead singer of The Infamous Stringdusters and a former member of Durango’s Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band.
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The southern Ohio-based husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalists/vocalists Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, otherwise known as Over the Rhine, will be joining us live on KSUT Friday afternoon at approximately 1:30. We’ve always had an affinity for this duo – their songs, their sound, and especially their latest CD “The Long Surrender”. We’re really looking forward to having them live on KSUT and encourage you to tune-in for what’s likely to be a very cool session.
Over the Rhine, along with Mary Gauthier and Richard Shindell will perform Friday evening at the Smiley Theater in a Durango Acoustic Music production. They’re all in the area participating in “Conversations On A Musical Train: Roots on the Narrow Gauge” which includes a trip on the Durango & Silverton train.
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Wednesday morning at 10:00, KSUT’s Rob Rawls will visit with Sherri Figgs – Executive Director of the Durango Arts Center, about this weekend’s Durango Autumn Arts Festival taking place on Second Avenue.
At 11 AM, Dustin Arbuckle, vocalist and harpist of Moreland & Arbuckle will join Rob by phone. The delta blues duo will perform Saturday afternoon at 2:30 on Main Avenue as part of the Durango Oktoberfest.
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We love The Black Lillies and we’re so happy to have them back in the area for the Four Corners Folk Festival at 12:15 on Saturday. As a bonus, they’ll be joining us live in-studio Friday morning around 11:00. Their session with us last year was one of KSUT’s best of 2010. Tune-in!
At the risk of being redundant: we’ll also be featuring their new CD “100 Miles of Wreckage” Friday at noon.
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Chatham County Line is on the roster for this weekend’s Four Corners Folk Festival. The band’s lead guitar player, vocalist and songwriter Dave Wilson will join KSUT’s Rob Rawls by phone Wednesday morning at 11. They perform on the festival’s main stage on Saturday at 3 pm.
Ten years in, the four gentlemen that form Chatham County Line have a lot to reflect on. Sold out shows in the US and overseas, appearances on national Radio & TV, four solid selling records, and four really dirty suits. “We want to be the band that puts on the most professional show in the business of what we do” reflects singer/guitarist/writer Dave Wilson. “I get tired of going to a show and the band stands around on stage doing nothing for 40% of the gig, if you’re there for us, we are gonna prove we are there for you.”
It is that sincerity of showmanship and professionalism that has led to countless miles on the road for CCL. “We’ve wore out two vans by now and I’ve actually worn out a few ties as well, you ever hear of someone wearing out a tie?” asks John Teer, mandolin, fiddle and high tenor singer for the band. It is this sweat equity that has fans driving hundreds of miles to catch Chatham County Line at work on the road. “We’ve had fans travel from another country to catch a show,” reflects banjoist Chandler Holt, continuing, “That’s when you know you’re doing something right.”
Releasing IV to critical acclaim in 2008, CCL was invited to be on “Later…with Jools Holland” on BBC 2 in the UK alongside such acts as The Raconteurs, Nick Cave, and Bon Iver. “Now that was a party,” muses Standup Bassist Greg Readling, adding “When you’ve got those guys coming up and introducing themselves to you, all the miles just melt away.”
The band released Wildwood in the summer of 2010 and continues to burn up stages from the southeast to the northwest and overseas from Bristol, UK to Amsterdam…and of course, their home away from home, Norway.
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Electrifying performer and Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster will play at the Four Corners Folk Festival this weekend. She’ll also be checking in by phone with KSUT’s Jen Simon on Tuesday morning at 11. She performs Friday night on the main stage in Pagosa at 7. A perfect reason to start your festival weekend out early!
Well-known to international audiences as one of Canada’s major talents, Natalie has been an ambassador for traditional East Coast music, and is credited with lifting the style to its contemporary prominence. While acclaimed for taking Celtic music to new heights, each album Natalie releases displays a creativity and range that constantly expands the boundaries of the genre.
