Carolina Calling: A Music & History Podcast
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Podcast Overview
<p>Join David Menconi - host, writer, and longtime North Carolinian - for Carolina Calling: a podcast exploring the history of North Carolina, as told through its music and the musicians who made it. From Asheville to Wilmington, we’ll be diving into the cities and regions that have cultivated decades of talent as diverse as Blind Boy Fuller to the Steep Canyon Rangers, from Bob Moog to James Taylor and Rhiannon Giddens.</p><p>Brought to you by <a href="https://www.ncarts.org/arts-council-z/come-hear-nc" rel="nofollow">Come Hear North Carolina</a> and <a href="https://thebluegrasssituation.com/" rel="nofollow">The Bluegrass Situation</a>.</p>
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Recent Episodes
December 5, 2023
Nina Simone: Unraveling her Profound Legacy with Jaki Shelton Green
One of the great voices of American song, Nina Simone was a definitive voice of 20th century American music. Her voice, music and legacy all continue to resonate today, more than two decades since Simone’s death at age 70. She remains a guiding star for multiple artists across styles and genres – including Jaki Shelton Green, Poet Laureate of Simone’s native state of North Carolina. In an in-depth chat, we go deep about the art and inspiration Simone left behind. Music featured in this episode: Nina Simone - "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" Nina Simone - "Sinnerman" Carolina Calling is produced by The Bluegrass Situation and Come Hear NC
November 14, 2023
Doc Watson's Musical Legacy Still Inspires
Doc Watson has been gone for more than a decade, and yet his music and legacy remain more alive and relevant than ever. And thanks to the ongoing MerleFest, which brings a wide-ranging cast from the Americana world to Doc’s North Carolina stomping grounds every April, that’s not going to change anytime soon. We consider the enduring impact of Doc through conversations with some of those who bear his stamp, including Gillian Welch and Jerry Douglas, in this special episode of Carolina Calling. Music featured in this episode: Doc Watson - "Sittin' on Top of the World" Doc & Merle Watson - "Jimmy’s Texas Blues" Gillian Welch - "Everything Is Free" Andrew Marlin - "Erie Fidler" Doc Watson - "Tom Dooley" Doc & Merle Watson - "Sheeps In The Meadow / Stoney Fork" Doc & Merle Watson - "Poor Boy Blues" Doc Watson - "And Am I Born to Die" Doc Watson - "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" Jerry Douglas - "A New Day Medley" Doc Watson - "The Last Thing On My Mind" Carolina Calling is produced by The Bluegrass Situation and Come Hear NC
April 13, 2022
The Wilmington Effect
From 'Blue Velvet' to 'One Tree Hill,' scores of movies & TV shows have been filmed in & around Wilmington, North Carolina. Perhaps the best-known is 'Dawson’s Creek,' the popular late-90s coming-of-age drama series. While the show tried to tackle progressive storylines, its stark lack of diversity made 'Dawson’s Creek' frequently cited as the whitest show ever. Nearly two decades after it went off the air, tourists still come to Wilmington in search of the show’s landmarks. But Wilmington has a more difficult, less visible side to its history, politically as well as culturally, going back to the 1700s. Long before North Carolina became one of America’s original 13 colonies, there were thriving Indigenous communities throughout the region. There was also a time when Wilmington’s most famous musician was a man of color, Frank Johnson, one of the biggest stars in American music in the years before the Civil War. During Reconstruction, Wilmington was an unusually progressive, forward-thinking town. In contrast to the state of things elsewhere in the South, Wilmington elected a racially diverse local government, led by both whites and freed Black people. That came to an abrupt end in 1898 with a white-supremacist coup, a bloody rampage that left numerous people of color dead and black-owned businesses destroyed. Those the mob didn’t kill, they chased out of town. That left Wilmington with a mostly white population, an all-white local government – and a whitewashed version of the city’s history in which Black people’s contributions were erased from the official story. This might seem like ancient history, but it’s not. Wilmington’s most famous native-born musician is probably Charlie Daniels, the country-music star who died in the summer of 2020. Daniels was born in 1936 – less than four decades after that 1898 uprising. The real story of the 1898 coup is finally coming to light in recent years, thanks to works like the 2020 Pulitzer-winning book Wilmington’s Lie. But it’s still not widely known. In this episode of Carolina Calling, we explore Wilmington - a town that keeps its secrets even as they’re hidden in plain sight - through the life and career of Frank Johnson. This episode features John J. Sullivan, a writer and historian who lives in Wilmington and has written extensively about the city’s music and history for The New Yorker and New York Times magazine, as well as Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens, and musicians Charly Lowry and Lakota John.
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- What is Carolina Calling: A Music & History Podcast?
<p>Join David Menconi - host, writer, and longtime North Carolinian - for Carolina Calling: a podcast exploring the history of North Carolina, as told through its music and the musicians who made it. From Asheville to Wilmington, we’ll be diving into the cities and regions that have cultivated decades of talent as diverse as Blind Boy Fuller to the Steep Canyon Rangers, from Bob Moog to James Taylor and Rhiannon Giddens.</p><p>Brought to you by <a href="https://www.ncarts.org/arts-council-z/come-hear-nc" rel="nofollow">Come Hear North Carolina</a> and <a href="https://thebluegrasssituation.com/" rel="nofollow">The Bluegrass Situation</a>.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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