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Smoky Mountain Air

Smoky Mountain Air brings you the science, stories, and sounds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hosts Valerie Polk and Karen Key interview authors, scientists, and park experts about life in the Smokies past and present. A production by Smokies Life.

  1. Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E6: Hip-hop in the Heart of Appalachia

    17 DE JAN.

    Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E6: Hip-hop in the Heart of Appalachia

    Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson talk to Geonoah Davis and Kelly Thompson, two artists whose hip-hop sounds are expanding traditional ideas about music in Appalachia. Borrowing from a generations-old African American heritage of spoken word expression, rap and hip-hop echo a long narrative tradition of African American cultural survival against all odds. These original historical elements are deeply rooted in the fabric of Appalachia, blending into the backdrop of the region's musical cha...

    36min
  2. Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E5: Amythyst Kiah with Jack Tottle

    19/10/2022

    Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E5: Amythyst Kiah with Jack Tottle

    Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson talk to Amythyst Kiah, an acclaimed musician and songwriter whose work is redefining genre boundaries and has established her as a distinctive new voice of Appalachia. Reconnecting with Amythyst in this episode is her mentor, Jack Tottle, an accomplished musician with a long career as a singer, songwriter, author, and educator. Amythyst Kiah has won critical acclaim as a member of the group Our Native Daughters and for her most recent album, Wary + Strang...

    50min
  3. Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E4: Dom Flemons, The American Songster

    27/07/2022

    Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E4: Dom Flemons, The American Songster

    On this episode of our mini-series Sepia Tones, Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson welcome Dom Flemons, a renowned performer of American folk music and a founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops. Citing a variety of musical influences—including the legendary Howard Armstrong and the inimitable Elizabeth Cotten—Flemons shares his journey into becoming a tradition-bearer of old-time music and demonstrates the subtleties of rural black musical styles he’s learned along the way. Dom Fl...

    58min
  4. Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E3: Sacred and Spiritual Music in the Mountains

    17/02/2022

    Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E3: Sacred and Spiritual Music in the Mountains

    On this episode of our mini-series Sepia Tones, Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson welcome a spirited conversation with special guests Dr. Kathy Bullock and Rev. Dr. Virgil Wood. Our guests discuss the African American traditions of spiritual music, gospel, and the unique revival of shape note singing in 20th-century Appalachia. In many cases, music from sacred traditions and communities also became anthems that propelled those struggling in the civil rights movement. Dr. Kathy Bullock is ...

    1h
  5. Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E2: Driving (and Fiddling) While Black, Appalachian Music at Home and on the Road

    25/07/2021

    Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E2: Driving (and Fiddling) While Black, Appalachian Music at Home and on the Road

    On this episode of our mini-series Sepia Tones, Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson examine music within rural communities with guests Earl White, Larry Kirksey, and Kip Lornell. Each of our guests has been on their own quest, whether seeking the musical kinship of other black performers past and present, finding a life outside of Kentucky coal camps, or documenting the rich musical landscape of rural communities. Earl White is an accomplished fiddler and prominent figure of old-time music ...

    59min
  6. Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E1: Bagpipes, banjos, ngonis, and gourds

    28/04/2021

    Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music—E1: Bagpipes, banjos, ngonis, and gourds

    On this special episode of Smoky Mountain Air, guest hosts Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson kick off an exciting new mini-series called Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music. Guests Loyal Jones, Sparky Rucker, and James Leva contribute to this lively conversation about the roots of Appalachian music and their own roles in preserving these musical influences. Loyal Jones served as director of the Appalachian Center now named in his honor at Berea College. He established the annual...

    51min

  7. 11/03/2021

    Introducing Sepia Tones: Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson explore Black Appalachian music

    Our guests Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson talk about an exciting new podcast mini-series they'll be co-hosting as part of Smoky Mountain Air called Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music. This mini-series can be found right here through this podcast, with new episodes every other month. Dr. William Turner is a long-time African American studies scholar who first rose to prominence as co-editor of the groundbreaking Blacks in Appalachia (1985). He was also a research assist...

    33min

  8. 08/12/2020

    Singing Creek: Meet author Morgan Simmons and Illustrator Don Wood, talents behind GSMA's newest children's book

    On this episode, we talk to Morgan Simmons and Don Wood, the author and illustrator of Singing Creek—a new book published by GSMA that takes young readers on an adventure of music and survival in the world of a Smoky Mountain stream. Morgan Simmons is a former outdoor editor for the Knoxville News Sentinel. Over the course of his 28-year career, he’s covered environmental issues across Tennessee and wrote a hiking column that explored the history and ecology of the Smokies. Don Wood is an il...

    30min
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Smoky Mountain Air brings you the science, stories, and sounds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hosts Valerie Polk and Karen Key interview authors, scientists, and park experts about life in the Smokies past and present. A production by Smokies Life.

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  • Criado por
    Smokies Life
  • Anos de atividade
    2020 - 2025
  • Episódios
    13
  • Classificação
    Livre
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    © 2025 Smoky Mountain Air
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    Smoky Mountain Air

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