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Singers of Note Singers from many Centrum programs, lots of duets, including: The Brain Marshall Family Band, Laurel Bliss and Cliff Perry Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin,  Pharis and Jason Romero, Mary Sherhart,  Alice Gerrard, Julie Fowlis, Shaye Cohn and Erika Lewis, the Lonesome Doves, Morten Alfred Høirup and Mia Guldhammer, Riley Baugus, and the Birmingham Sunlights If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/ Thanks for listening, have fun! Peter

Every Month is Black History Month Let’s retire Black History Month and incorporate Black history into every year-round history curriculum nationwide. In the meantime, we’ll listen to some Black musicians who have participated in Centrum programs. Including: The Carolina Chocolate Drops, with Joe Thompson Jerron Paxton and Phil Wiggins Howard Armstrong Boo Hanks and Dom Flemons Lynn August The Creole Cowboys and a little bit of Etta Baker Rhiannon Giddens has been loading one awesome post per day this month on her Facebook page, about Black history in general, highly recommended: https://www.facebook.com/RhiannonGiddensMusic/ If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/ Thanks for listening, have fun! Peter

Don Pedro Dimas El Maestro, the dean of Purepecha fiddlers, passed last week, and we’ll spend some time listening to his music and telling some stories, and remembering him. … and a conversation with Zaidee Stavely about his life and legacy. For a look at Mirando al Lago (it’s worth it), Don Pedro’s orchestra, with dancers wearing regalia that he designed, dancing his choreography - tune in to the Quarantine Happy hour on Sunday, January 31, at 5:30pm PST. https://www.facebook.com/groups/quarantinehappyhourmusic   If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/ Thanks for listening, have fun! Peter

The Bobs! How they started, how they got their name, and a chat with Matthew Stull, founding member and selections from a Voice Works concert in 2015.   Including:   The Thundering Cannonballs; Moira Smiley; Elizabeth Laprelle; Eli West; Cedric Watson; The Peña-Govea Family – Miguel, Susan, Rene, and Cecilia; and some of the Bobs early hits     If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

A chat with Cathy Jordan, lead singer with Dervish, and how Reeb Willms came to know her. And selections from a Voice Works concert in 2015.   Including:   A look back at Christine Balfa’s triangle record; Cedric Watson; The Peña-Govea Family – Miguel, Susan, Rene, and Cecilia – with a corrido and a polka; Joel Savoy, Kelli Jones, Reeb Willms, Caleb Klauder; Cathy Jordan herself, with Mark Simos and Moira Smiley; If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

Alas, John passed way too soon, on January 2. We'll take an (inadequate) listen to some of the music John loved, vintage jazz, choro, and Italian dance music.   With: a few cuts of John on clarinet and bass clarinet; some of the source material for the Italian music that John played, including Tony Flores and his family and his connection to Port Townsend; Ricardo Tunzi; Paul Rangell and Emily Abbink; Irene Herrmann and Paul Hostetter   If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

Songs About Drinking (and other mood-altering substances), wishes for 2021, and a conversation with Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms about what it was like to be a touring band in 2020 and what it might look like going forward.   With: Neville Pearsall The Whiskey Spitters Steve James Tex Jackson and the Panhandlers Richie Stearns Tiny Moore Bearcat Wildcat Eric and Suzy Thompson Caleb and Reeb Bill Kirchen Outlaw Social (featuring Pharis Romero) Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong

New Christmas Music from Louisiana, and a chat with Chas Justus about his recent Yuletide Project   With:   Dirk Powell, fret-free The Roches Red Simpson The Stony Point Quartet (Dudley Connell, David McLaughlin, Linda Lay, and Bill Lux) Bill Kirchen The Silent Knights, featuring Brody Douglas Hunt Chas Justus Blake Miller and Amelia Biere Jamie Lynn Fontenot and Miriam McCracken Megan Constantin and Kelli Jones Corey Porche and Bird Courtney Granger (my favorite living male singer) Johnny Paycheck                 … and a few others     If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

Klezmer Music, Thoughts from Alicia Svigals about celebrating Hanukkah, Seven-Day Weddings, and Inviting Itzhak Perlman to Fiddle Tunes With: Alicia Svigals, Patrick Farrell, Lauren Brody Cookie Segelstein, Margot Leverett, Don Weeda, and Mark Rubin     If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

With: De Temps Antan - Andre Brunet, Pierre Luc-Dupuis, and Eric Beaudry; Genticorum - Pascal Gemme,  Yann Falquet, and Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand. Kevin Desrosiers with the mighty Lisa Ornstein ….. and a big band update from the McBeebee Twins leading off the show. If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/ Thanks for listening, have fun! Peter

You’ll hear:   Ross Brown with George Reynolds Mark Graham and Sandy Silva Marley’s Ghost Pete Sutherland The Neolithic Broadcasters Sheila Kay Adams Scott Nygaard, Jerry Gallaher, and Jack Link Lightnin Wells   Ethel Caffie Austin   And another episode of itmightabeen, featuring Abner Jay.   Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

With a spotlight on the Heartbeats and a short chat with Tara Nevins   You’ll hear: Jimmy and Nancy Borsdorf Molly Tenenbaum and Mark Graham Tony Marcus                                      Evo and Jemmy Bluestein The Hillbillies from Mars Eileen Ivers and Mick Moloney Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers And the Heartbeats – Tara Nevins, Rose Sinclair, Beverly Smith, and June Drucker   If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

Selections from the Country Blues festival featuring all 12 faculty members, including six National Heritage Fellows.   John Cephas and Phil Wiggins Rich and Maureen DelGrosso Orville Johnson Jack Owens Mary Flower John Jackson Suzy Thompson John Dee Holeman Steve James Howard Armstrong Del Rey John Miller   Lagniappe of the week: look here for a video of John Dee Holeman and Algia Mae Hinton buck dancing. https://www.facebook.com/ptcentrum   If you can’t hear it live - most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

If you like country blues, this is your meat. Selections from all 12 faculty members, including six National Heritage Fellows.   Featuring:   John Cephas and Phil Wiggins Rich and Maureen DelGrosso Orville Johnson Jack Owens Mary Flower John Jackson Suzy Thompson John Dee Holeman Steve James Howard Armstrong Del Rey John Miller   Lagniappe of the week: attached is an example of Howard Armstrong’s handwriting.   Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

A listen to some of the folks who were at the 11th Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and a conversation with Judy Hyman and Jeff Claus. The festival was curated and managed by David Romtvedt that year.   Featuring:   The Horse Flies – Jeff and Judy plus the incomparable Richie Stearns and the late John Hayward. Marley’s Ghost – Danny Wheetman, Ed Littlefield, Mike Phelan, and Jon Wilcox. Tiny Moore, with his big band - Kevin Wimmer, Joe Weed, Bill Meyer, Nancy Katz, David Sebring, David Cahn, Dean and Debra Moore. Paul Hostetter and Irene Herrmann. Cleofes Ortiz with Jeanie McLerie, Ken Keppeler, Paul Rangell, and Emily Abbink. And Andre Alain from Quebec.     Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

This was a radio show that Centrum produced in 1992 featuring the players on a run-out tour – Clyde Davenport, Joe and Od4ell Thompson, John Dee Holeman, and Los Campesinos de Michoacán. Narrated by Barry Shultz.   Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

Centrum’s musical archive tenders some bluegrass music this week, featuring Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands from 2003, as well as three disciples of Bill Monroe – Byron Berline, Blaine Sprouse, and Peter Rowan.   Also appearing – Tom Rozum, Craig Smith, Scott Huffman (singing a Mark Graham song), Rich Levine, Eric Thompson, Craig Korth, Nancy Katz, and Patrick Sauber playing some superb banjo.   Here’s a great story, in Blaine Sprouse’s own words, about how he became Kenny Baker’s friend: https://bluegrasstoday.com/blaine-sprouse-remembers-kenny-baker-2/   This looks like Peter Rowan to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeZPAQRl7TA   50+ years later, Peter reprises Uncle Pen in today’s show.   Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

This week we’ll explore some of the many kinds of guitar music that artists have brought to Centrum to share with participants. Featuring:   Eddie Pennington RL Burnside John Doyle (supporting Liz Carroll) Emily Remler Bruce Forman Wayne Henderson Del Rey Lightnin’ Wells Guitar Gabriel Bill Kirchen, master of the Telecaster Etta Baker   Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel:   https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, have fun!   Peter

Fast dance music from up where it’s cold, featuring Rufus Guinchard, Jim Payne, and Baxter Wareham; Bertrand Deraspe and Alain Turbide; Tim O’Brien; and Bruce Molsky. Recordings from 1989, 1990, and 2011. Here’s a cool little documentary on Rufus:  https://www.heritage.nf.ca/videos/rufus-guinchard.php Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel: https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/ Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy. Peter

French speaking Black people from Southwest Louisiana   Featuring:   Amede Ardoin, his cousin Bois Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Edward Poullard, Cedric Watson (his birthday today!), Desiree Champagne; Calvin Carriere, Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys; and Delton’s son Jeffrey Broussard and the Creole Cowboys.   Recordings from 1988 to 2013.     Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel:   https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/   Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy.   Peter