FYI--npr music

Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:50:21 -0400
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NPR Press Releases
June 2003
Morning Edition from NPR News Presents "Honky Tonks, Hymns and the
Blues"
Starting 4th of July (Friday) on Morning Editon, NPR is presenting the
above
program. This is going to be on every Friday morning thru September
2003
Beginning July 4, NPR News traces the evolution of
America's most distinctive forms of country music. "Honky Tonks, Hymns
and the Blues," will air on public radio's most listened to program,
Morning Edition, every Friday from July 4 through September 12, 2003.
The 11-part series makes vivid connections between our nation's musical
roots and modern popular music through dynamic performances by singers
Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Jr., Alison Krauss,
bluesmen Honeyboy Edwards and Taj Mahal, Jimmie Rodgers, accordionist
Flaco Jimenez and fiddle great Mark O'Connor.
"Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues" segments highlight the best in a
unique musical genre and the groundbreaking performers who made these
traditions popular music. The segments, hosted by NPR's Paul Brown
include interviews with groundbreaking artists, oral histories, historic
performances, rare archive tape and discussion of how this music
continues to influence culture around the world.
Segments include:
- Honky Tonk Women: The Changing Role of Women in Country Music (July
4) - Country Guitar: The Music Meets Technology and Changing Times (July
11) - A Pure Sound: Country Music and the Moral Message (July 18) -
Thomas A. Dorsey: From "Georgia Tom" to the Father of Gospel Music (July
25) - The Rise of the Blues (August 1) - Jimmie Rodgers: Birth of the
Country Superstar (August 8) - Riding the Rails to Stardom: The Maddox
Brothers and Rose (August 15) - Música Norteña: Accordion on the Texas
Border (August 22) - From Back Porch to Big City: The Commercialization
of Country Fiddling (August 29) - Lone Star Swing: Bob Wills and the
Texas Tradition (September 5) - Black and White: Crossing the Border,
Closing the Gap (September 12)
Additional information about each segment is available at
www.honkytonks.org.
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