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Echoes From The Ash Grove

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Echoes from the Ash Grove is a documentary storytelling series inspired by the legendary Los Angeles music club founded by Ed Pearl. Each episode revisits a moment in cultural history first explored on the Ash Grove radio broadcasts — tracing how folk, blues and protest music shaped movements far beyond the stage. From Chile under Pinochet to the American folk revival, from exiled singers to underground clubs on Melrose Avenue, this series explores the nights when music wasn’t just entertainment — it was memory, resistance, and power.

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February 19, 2026

Episode 7: Touring Revolutionary Nicaragua Through Folk Songs

In the early 1980s, Nicaragua was rebuilding itself after revolution and the soundtrack of that transformation was carried not just in speeches, but in song.In this episode of Echoes from the Ash Grove, we revisit a broadcast that takes listeners on a journey through post-Somozan Nicaragua using folk music as a guide. From literacy brigades to cooperative farms, from community choirs to traveling troubadours, the program explores how traditional melodies were reshaped to reflect a new political and cultural identity.These weren’t abstract anthems. They were songs about land, labor, memory, and belonging — performed in plazas, schools, and village gatherings. Through them, we hear how a nation in transition tried to narrate itself.This episode asks: what does a revolution sound like when the guns fall quiet? And how do folk traditions adapt when history suddenly accelerates?Echoes from the Ash Grove continues its exploration of the place where music, politics, and cultural memory meet — one broadcast at a time.

February 19, 2026

Episode 6: Warrior Priests and the Guerrilla Jesus

In the 1970s and 80s, across Central America, church basements became organizing hubs, hymns became protest songs, and the Gospel was read through the lens of poverty and power.In this episode of Echoes from the Ash Grove, we revisit a powerful broadcast exploring Liberation Theology — the movement that asked what Christianity demands in the face of dictatorship, inequality, and war. Through the firsthand perspective of Sister Pat Kromer and the music emerging from Nicaragua and El Salvador, we trace how faith communities blended scripture, song, and social action.From community choirs to revolutionary mass settings, from Archbishop Óscar Romero’s sermons to grassroots literacy campaigns, this is the story of how theology moved from the pulpit to the street — and how music carried belief across borders.When does a hymn become a rallying cry? When does faith demand resistance?Echoes from the Ash Grove continues its exploration of the place where music, politics, and culture collided and where even a church song could become an act of courage.

February 19, 2026

Episode 5: Venice Beach ’81: Renters, Radicals & Stolen Telephone Poles

In 1981, Venice Beach wasn’t a brand — it was a battleground.In this episode, we dive into a remarkable broadcast from KPFK’s Up From the Ash Grove, capturing Venice, Los Angeles in the middle of a fight over who gets to live by the sea. Long before tech money and million-dollar bungalows, renters, artists, and local organizers were battling City Hall, building their own park from scavenged materials — including a few “acquired” telephone poles — and getting arrested to defend their community.Featuring Ed Pearl, activist Carol Berman, and musician Uncle Bill Crawford, this sonic time capsule reveals a Venice that was gritty, defiant, and fiercely protective of its freedom — a place once described as “the backyard nobody wanted.”From bulldozers and jailhouse art spaces to blues songs and civil disobedience, this is the story of Venice Beach before gentrification — told by the people who lived it.

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What is Echoes From The Ash Grove?: Echoes from the Ash Grove is a documentary storytelling series inspired by the legendary Los Angeles music club founded by Ed Pearl.

Each episode revisits a moment in cultural history first explored on the Ash Grove radio broadcasts — tracing how folk, blues and protest music shaped movements far beyond the stage.

From Chile under Pinochet to the American folk revival, from exiled singers to underground clubs on Melrose Avenue, this series explores the nights when music wasn’t just entertainment — it was memory, resistance, and power.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.

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