https://simplecast.com VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Hosts Roger Landes and Chris Smith, musicians and directors of the VMC, explore vernacular art forms: musics and dance which are learned, taught, and passed on by ear and in the memory. We talk about how the VMC engages with music and dance from around the world, and about the connections, histories, and community meanings of these art forms. We hear from players, scholars, dancers, builders, and listeners; we hear about times and places and people, and together with our audience we seek to discover and celebrate the webs of human meaning which connect all of them. We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! 2021 VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER en Mon, 3 Jan 2022 02:00:00 +0000 Mon, 3 Jan 2022 02:00:10 +0000 https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3503c066-a2b5-46d3-bb46-50e8d6fde279/7b81e3ed-bcef-4dfa-a31c-6c64b5f8a13d/3000x3000/vmc-voicespodcast-coverart.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com episodic VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Hosts Roger Landes and Chris Smith, musicians and directors of the VMC, explore vernacular art forms: musics and dance which are learned, taught, and passed on by ear and in the memory. We talk about how the VMC engages with music and dance from around the world, and about the connections, histories, and community meanings of these art forms. We hear from players, scholars, dancers, builders, and listeners; we hear about times and places and people, and together with our audience we seek to discover and celebrate the webs of human meaning which connect all of them. We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! Roger Landes and Chris Smith no https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZFlCHQ1S vernacular music center, art forms, connections, dance, vernacular, folk, histories, humanity, instruments, music, people, relationships, songs, story telling, texas tech, ttu Roger Landes and Chris Smith vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com babdbab9-8a13-4746-b646-53c1e67cb242 Elders, Mentors, and Legacies Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, What does Elders, Mentors, and Legacies mean? - 01:13

Part II, Defining Tradition Bearers - 17:59

Part III, Adapted Vernacular Pedagogies in the VMC Ensembles - 30:51

Part IV, What is the Next Step? - 43:42

Part V, Dedication to our Mentors - 50:50

  • Paddy Moloney
  • Tony MacMahon
  • Lee Scratch Perry
  • Pat Martino
  • Nanci Griffith
  • Dusty Hill
  • Rusty Young
  • Charlie Watts
  • Bunny Wailer
  • Tony Rice
  • Robin Morton
  • Don Everly
  • Tom T. Hall
  • Robby Steinhardt
  • B.J. Thomas

Outro - 52:22

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Full Playlist for EP 30
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 3 Jan 2022 02:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/elders-mentors-and-legacies-nUHHr8DG Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, What does Elders, Mentors, and Legacies mean? - 01:13

Part II, Defining Tradition Bearers - 17:59

Part III, Adapted Vernacular Pedagogies in the VMC Ensembles - 30:51

Part IV, What is the Next Step? - 43:42

Part V, Dedication to our Mentors - 50:50

  • Paddy Moloney
  • Tony MacMahon
  • Lee Scratch Perry
  • Pat Martino
  • Nanci Griffith
  • Dusty Hill
  • Rusty Young
  • Charlie Watts
  • Bunny Wailer
  • Tony Rice
  • Robin Morton
  • Don Everly
  • Tom T. Hall
  • Robby Steinhardt
  • B.J. Thomas

Outro - 52:22

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Full Playlist for EP 30
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Elders, Mentors, and Legacies Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:54:01 EP 30 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Elders, Mentors, and Legacies, elaborating on what those titles mean, what tradition bearers mean, and their experiences with music, culture, and traditions. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 30 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Elders, Mentors, and Legacies, elaborating on what those titles mean, what tradition bearers mean, and their experiences with music, culture, and traditions. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! education, folk music, story telling, dance, people, vvmc, history, ttu, research, relationships, sounds, tradition, folk, stories, performance practice, oral transmission, vernacular practices, folkways, oral histories, art, knowledge, music, conservatory, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, culture, community, inclusivity, fine arts, art form, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, pedagogy no full 30 3 39e93eb1-b23d-4534-91b1-b7ccae50f634 VVMC in the Kitchen: Sampler Plate Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Starting off the Foodways Sampler! - 01:09

Part II, Baking w/ Gevyn Stockard (Production Engineer) - 3:20

Part III, Holiday Food in Texas w/ Heather Beltz (Administrative Coordinator) - 5:47

Part IV, Sampler Guest List - 9:52

Part V, Vietnam Dishes w/ Ron Milam (EP 22) - 10:21

Part VI, Dissertation Fuel w/ Roger Landes (Co-Host) - 12:09

Part VI, From the Back Yard Vegetarian Pizzas w/ Aileen Dillane (EP 24) -  14:09

Part VII, Learning the Indian Splash w/ Nicholas Gerardin (EP 17) - 16:26

Part VIII, Local Foods in Washington D.C. w/ Patrick Warfield (EP 23) - 18:22

Part IX, Anthony Bourdain Restaurant Tour w/ Rob Peaslee and Panamanian Fried Yuka w/ Rob Weiner (EP 26) - 20:37

Part X, Bug Anecdotes & The Wrong White Chocolate w/ Rich Remsberg (EP 19) - 23:03

Part XI, NOLA Jambalaya w/ Steve Waksman (EP 18) - 26:14

Part XII, Onion Tarts w/ Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (EP 21) - 30:45

Part XIII, Vegetarian Learning to Cook Meat w/ Genevieve Durham-DeCesaro (EP 28) - 33:22

Outro - 36:12

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Full Playlist for EP 29
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 19:33:32 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Heather Beltz, Gevyn Stockard, Ron Milam, Aileen Dillane, Nicholas Gerardin, Patrick Warfield, Rob Peaslee, Rob Weiner, Rich Remsberg, Steve Waksman, Cassandre Balosso-Bardin, Genevieve Durham-DeCesaro) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/vvmc-in-the-kitchen-sampler-plate-DPXN105Z Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Starting off the Foodways Sampler! - 01:09

Part II, Baking w/ Gevyn Stockard (Production Engineer) - 3:20

Part III, Holiday Food in Texas w/ Heather Beltz (Administrative Coordinator) - 5:47

Part IV, Sampler Guest List - 9:52

Part V, Vietnam Dishes w/ Ron Milam (EP 22) - 10:21

Part VI, Dissertation Fuel w/ Roger Landes (Co-Host) - 12:09

Part VI, From the Back Yard Vegetarian Pizzas w/ Aileen Dillane (EP 24) -  14:09

Part VII, Learning the Indian Splash w/ Nicholas Gerardin (EP 17) - 16:26

Part VIII, Local Foods in Washington D.C. w/ Patrick Warfield (EP 23) - 18:22

Part IX, Anthony Bourdain Restaurant Tour w/ Rob Peaslee and Panamanian Fried Yuka w/ Rob Weiner (EP 26) - 20:37

Part X, Bug Anecdotes & The Wrong White Chocolate w/ Rich Remsberg (EP 19) - 23:03

Part XI, NOLA Jambalaya w/ Steve Waksman (EP 18) - 26:14

Part XII, Onion Tarts w/ Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (EP 21) - 30:45

Part XIII, Vegetarian Learning to Cook Meat w/ Genevieve Durham-DeCesaro (EP 28) - 33:22

Outro - 36:12

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Full Playlist for EP 29
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> VVMC in the Kitchen: Sampler Plate Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Heather Beltz, Gevyn Stockard, Ron Milam, Aileen Dillane, Nicholas Gerardin, Patrick Warfield, Rob Peaslee, Rob Weiner, Rich Remsberg, Steve Waksman, Cassandre Balosso-Bardin, Genevieve Durham-DeCesaro 00:37:43 EP 29 is out and we invite you all to the VVMC Kitchens and dive into vernacular foodways with the VVMC Team and some of the guest from previous episodes. Foodways connect us through the process of gathering the ingredients, making the meals, the act of sitting together and eating the meals, and even cleaning up. So please enjoy this sampler of foodways! VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 29 is out and we invite you all to the VVMC Kitchens and dive into vernacular foodways with the VVMC Team and some of the guest from previous episodes. Foodways connect us through the process of gathering the ingredients, making the meals, the act of sitting together and eating the meals, and even cleaning up. So please enjoy this sampler of foodways! VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! yuka, story telling, art forms, indian, folklore, vegan, texas, new orleans, kitchen, ttu, relationships, at the table, traditions, folk, reginal, vegetarian, bug food, tex mex, vietnam, dissertation, foodways, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, irish, art, garden, resources, music, baking, vernacular, vmc, pizza, texas tech, culture, local, sandwhich, community, la, agriculture, curry, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts no full 29 3 8b15873f-b55f-4dfc-a693-741a25c51107 Dance, Movement, and a Changing World w/ Guest Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro - 01:10

Part II, The Role of Dance in Both the Program & the Community - 12:38

Part III, How to Learn from Our Body - 15:31

Part IV, Music & Dance Coexist - 22:35

Part V, Making Higher Education Inclusive - 30:00

Part VI, Live Performances & Leadership Post-COVID - 39:55

Part VI, Engaging with Students & Cultural Traditions in an Ethical Way -  44:28

Part VII, What is Vernacular Dance & Why Does It Matter? - 50:15

Outro - 54:04

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

BIO:  Prior to her appointment as Interim Dean, Professor of Dance Genevieve Durham DeCesaro served Texas Tech University as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs since 2014. She joined the Provost's staff after serving as Head of Dance since 2004 and as Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance since 2008. Her choreography has been commissioned and performed across the country, with notable presentations at Virginia Tech, Spelman College, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

More recently, her artistic and scholarly research agenda has foregrounded perceptions of the human condition as understood and expressed through movement and other types of performance. Her work in this area, including the 2016 monograph Ordinary Wars: Doing Transdisciplinary Research (with Dr. Elizabeth Sharp) has been featured nationally and internationally, with key presentations at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, and the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. Interim Dean Durham DeCesaro currently serves as the Vice President for Regional Planning for the American College Dance Association and is a Visiting Evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Dance.

Somatic Authority and the Myth of the Ideal Body in Dance Education

 

Full Playlist for EP 28
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2021 02:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Genevieve Durham DeCesaro, Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/dance-movement-and-a-changing-world-w-guest-interim-dean-genevieve-durham-decesaro-H03KZQHM Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro - 01:10

Part II, The Role of Dance in Both the Program & the Community - 12:38

Part III, How to Learn from Our Body - 15:31

Part IV, Music & Dance Coexist - 22:35

Part V, Making Higher Education Inclusive - 30:00

Part VI, Live Performances & Leadership Post-COVID - 39:55

Part VI, Engaging with Students & Cultural Traditions in an Ethical Way -  44:28

Part VII, What is Vernacular Dance & Why Does It Matter? - 50:15

Outro - 54:04

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

BIO:  Prior to her appointment as Interim Dean, Professor of Dance Genevieve Durham DeCesaro served Texas Tech University as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs since 2014. She joined the Provost's staff after serving as Head of Dance since 2004 and as Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance since 2008. Her choreography has been commissioned and performed across the country, with notable presentations at Virginia Tech, Spelman College, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

More recently, her artistic and scholarly research agenda has foregrounded perceptions of the human condition as understood and expressed through movement and other types of performance. Her work in this area, including the 2016 monograph Ordinary Wars: Doing Transdisciplinary Research (with Dr. Elizabeth Sharp) has been featured nationally and internationally, with key presentations at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, and the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. Interim Dean Durham DeCesaro currently serves as the Vice President for Regional Planning for the American College Dance Association and is a Visiting Evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Dance.

Somatic Authority and the Myth of the Ideal Body in Dance Education

 

Full Playlist for EP 28
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Dance, Movement, and a Changing World w/ Guest Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro Genevieve Durham DeCesaro, Chris Smith, Roger Landes 00:55:31 EP 28 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro! Our guest discusses dance, movement, and the body, expanding on questions from Roger & Chris about vernacular dance/movement, curriculum, and higher education inclusivity. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 28 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro! Our guest discusses dance, movement, and the body, expanding on questions from Roger & Chris about vernacular dance/movement, curriculum, and higher education inclusivity. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! education, folk music, story telling, dance, contemplative, curated, people, vvmc, health, body, history, ttu, research, relationships, sounds, folk, stories, kinesthetics, vernacular practices, folkways, diversity, art, knowledge, codification, music, standardized, conservatory, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, movement, culture, cultivated, community, inclusivity, fine arts, art form, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts no full 28 3 ca2b4773-e955-43b8-89d2-471d3e3c0c4d Book Club: "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" and "Dylan Goes Electric" Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Baby Let Me Follow You Down:  The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years - 01:10

Part II, Dylan Goes Electric!:  Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night the Split the Sixties - 35:07

Outro - 01:03:57

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Full Playlist for EP 27
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 1 Nov 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/book-club-baby-let-me-follow-you-down-and-dylan-goes-electric-aJ4Txyn2 Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Baby Let Me Follow You Down:  The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years - 01:10

Part II, Dylan Goes Electric!:  Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night the Split the Sixties - 35:07

Outro - 01:03:57

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Full Playlist for EP 27
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Book Club: "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" and "Dylan Goes Electric" Roger Landes, Chris Smith 01:05:29 EP 27 is out and brings us back to our VVMC Book Club. This week, our hosts talk about 2 different books ("Baby Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years" by Eric Von Schmidt & Jim Rooney AND "Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties" by Elijah Wald), elaborating on the important watershed moments of what was happening musically in folk revivals as well as their own experiences during these times. For link to our VVMC Book Club or other relevant links, please look at our show notes! VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 27 is out and brings us back to our VVMC Book Club. This week, our hosts talk about 2 different books ("Baby Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years" by Eric Von Schmidt & Jim Rooney AND "Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties" by Elijah Wald), elaborating on the important watershed moments of what was happening musically in folk revivals as well as their own experiences during these times. For link to our VVMC Book Club or other relevant links, please look at our show notes! VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! education, folk music, story telling, seeger, festival, woodstock, people, vvmc, guitar, political activism, lomax, history, ttu, electric guitar, research, relationships, sounds, folk revival, folk, stories, vernacular practices, folkways, civil rights movement, moment, new port, art, water shed, music, 1960s, mythology, humanity, rock and roll, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, culture, communal, ballads, community, rock, art form, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, audience reception no full 27 3 4c457bfe-ce92-4332-890a-5be56b115df8 Comics & Pop Culture w/ Guests Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee - 01:05

Part II, What is Vernacular about a Superhero Universe - 13:51

Part III, A Need for Superheroes - 21:24

Part IV, A Need for Supervillains - 28:38

Part V, Assembling the Collection - 31:06

Part VI, Understanding Context w/in Pop Culture - 37:27

Part VII, Dark Attraction to Joker - 41:31

Part VIII, On Location - 50:44

Part IX, Future Projects - 54:45

Outro - 56:50

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Rob Weiner BIO:  Robert G. “Rob” Weiner is Popular Culture Librarian and liaison to the College of Visual and
Performing Arts. He also teaches for the Honors College. His research interests include sequential
art, popular music, and the history of film. He had authored/edited/co-edited over 15 books
including Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries, The Supervillain Reader (with Robert Moses
Peaslee), Marvel Graphic Novels, In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000 (with
Shelley Barba) Python Beyond Python: Critical Engagements with Culture (with Paul Reinsch and Lynn
Whitfield), Perspectives on the Grateful Dead, Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom (with
Carry Syma), Marvel Comics into Film (with Matt McEniry and Robert Moses Peaslee) and the Joker:
A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime (with Robert Moses Peaslee). Rob has also published
articles and book chapters in The International Journal of Comic Art, ImageText, Journal of Pan
African Studies, Texas Library Journal, Secret Origins of Comic Studies, The Routledge Companion to
Comics, The Vietnam War in Popular Culture, What's Eating You: Food and Horror on the Screen, and
Global Glam and Popular Music, Race in American Film: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation.
Most recently he published several pieces in The American Superhero.

 

Robert Peaslee BIO:  Former Programming Chair for Flatland Film Festival (Lubbock, TX); Coordinator, TTU International Film Series; several years' experience in sports and higher education marketing and communications; many years' experience in food and beverage industry; extensive experience with international travel and study abroad leadership.

Click HERE for more information

 

Full Playlist for EP 26
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 18 Oct 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Rob Peaslee, Roger Landes, Rob Weiner, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/comics-pop-culture-w-guests-rob-weiner-and-rob-peaslee-eHY7yZwo Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee - 01:05

Part II, What is Vernacular about a Superhero Universe - 13:51

Part III, A Need for Superheroes - 21:24

Part IV, A Need for Supervillains - 28:38

Part V, Assembling the Collection - 31:06

Part VI, Understanding Context w/in Pop Culture - 37:27

Part VII, Dark Attraction to Joker - 41:31

Part VIII, On Location - 50:44

Part IX, Future Projects - 54:45

Outro - 56:50

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Rob Weiner BIO:  Robert G. “Rob” Weiner is Popular Culture Librarian and liaison to the College of Visual and
Performing Arts. He also teaches for the Honors College. His research interests include sequential
art, popular music, and the history of film. He had authored/edited/co-edited over 15 books
including Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries, The Supervillain Reader (with Robert Moses
Peaslee), Marvel Graphic Novels, In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000 (with
Shelley Barba) Python Beyond Python: Critical Engagements with Culture (with Paul Reinsch and Lynn
Whitfield), Perspectives on the Grateful Dead, Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom (with
Carry Syma), Marvel Comics into Film (with Matt McEniry and Robert Moses Peaslee) and the Joker:
A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime (with Robert Moses Peaslee). Rob has also published
articles and book chapters in The International Journal of Comic Art, ImageText, Journal of Pan
African Studies, Texas Library Journal, Secret Origins of Comic Studies, The Routledge Companion to
Comics, The Vietnam War in Popular Culture, What's Eating You: Food and Horror on the Screen, and
Global Glam and Popular Music, Race in American Film: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation.
Most recently he published several pieces in The American Superhero.

 

Robert Peaslee BIO:  Former Programming Chair for Flatland Film Festival (Lubbock, TX); Coordinator, TTU International Film Series; several years' experience in sports and higher education marketing and communications; many years' experience in food and beverage industry; extensive experience with international travel and study abroad leadership.

Click HERE for more information

 

Full Playlist for EP 26
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Comics & Pop Culture w/ Guests Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee Rob Peaslee, Roger Landes, Rob Weiner, Chris Smith 00:58:21 EP 26 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guests, Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee! Roger and Chris talk this week about the comic universe (and the movie counterparts) as Rob & Rob expand on the history and cultural impact that led to the development of the comic universe and how it continues to affect the world today. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 26 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guests, Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee! Roger and Chris talk this week about the comic universe (and the movie counterparts) as Rob & Rob expand on the history and cultural impact that led to the development of the comic universe and how it continues to affect the world today. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! education, marvel universe, folk music, story telling, art forms, flatland, people, vvmc, musicology, comics, nosferatu, history, modern mythology, superheroes, ttu, tourism, new zealand, movie, research, relationships, sounds, every day gods, folk, stan lee, stories, hobbit, teaching, libarian, vernacular practices, folkways, pop culutre, movies, diversity, music, mythology, humanity, vernacular, film, vmc, lord of the rings, texas tech, culture, joker, community, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, villians, modern culture no full 26 3 f6e5f420-8e06-423b-9d11-c8a9e7e0fe79 At the Movies: Summer of Soul Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, The Summer of Soul - a Documentary - 01:09

Part II, What Happened? - 08:58

Outro - 50:49

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

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]]> Mon, 4 Oct 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/at-the-movies-summer-of-soul-_jwCVATN Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, The Summer of Soul - a Documentary - 01:09

Part II, What Happened? - 08:58

Outro - 50:49

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

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]]> At the Movies: Summer of Soul Chris Smith, Roger Landes 00:52:21 We are back with the start of Series III! Listen to EP 25 as our hosts take a moment with the "At the Movies" series! Roger and Chris talk this week about the "Summer of Soul" documentary, now on Hulu, elaborating on what it is about, what went into making it, and its significance to history and culture. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! We are back with the start of Series III! Listen to EP 25 as our hosts take a moment with the "At the Movies" series! Roger and Chris talk this week about the "Summer of Soul" documentary, now on Hulu, elaborating on what it is about, what went into making it, and its significance to history and culture. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! soul, secular, artist, story telling, art forms, dance, records, people, vvmc, documentary, diaspora, history, gospel, black panthers, relationships, folk, tty, funk, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, black culture, music, cultural exchange, black history, humanity, vernacular, film, vmc, texas tech, community, summer of soul, civil rights, creolization, sacred, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, r & b no full 25 3 9fa898b8-21b8-4fd6-a870-2cf29320ac49 Irish Identities w/ Guest Dr. Aileen Dillane Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Aileen Dillane  - 00:59

Part II, Programming Festivals - 17:35

Part III, Inclusivity in Festivals Since the Lockdown - 26:22

Part IV, Limerick Soundscapes Project - 34:28

Part V, Vernacularity of the Soundscapes Project - 48:03

Outro - 53:55

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke


Dr. Aileen Dillane is an ethnomusicologist, Global Irish musics specialist, and Popular Music scholar with research interests in ethnicity, identity, nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the traditional and popular musics of Ireland, UK, North America, and Australia; Music Festivals and Cultural Diversity; Music and Migration; Urban Soundscapes and Critical Citizenship; Protest music. PhD in Ethnomusicology, University of Chicago. (Fulbright Scholar and Century Fellow). PI on FestiVersities, HERA-funded research project on European Music Festivals (2019-2021). Co-Founder/Co-Director of LimerickSoundscapes; Popular Music & Popular Culture @UL; Power, Discourse and Society @UL. Member of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies. Course Director, MA Irish Music Studies. Follow her on  Twitter.

For more information, please see his University of Limerick Bio.

 

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]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Aileen Dillane, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/irish-identities-w-guest-dr-aileen-dillane-0hUctxgL Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Aileen Dillane  - 00:59

Part II, Programming Festivals - 17:35

Part III, Inclusivity in Festivals Since the Lockdown - 26:22

Part IV, Limerick Soundscapes Project - 34:28

Part V, Vernacularity of the Soundscapes Project - 48:03

Outro - 53:55

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke


Dr. Aileen Dillane is an ethnomusicologist, Global Irish musics specialist, and Popular Music scholar with research interests in ethnicity, identity, nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the traditional and popular musics of Ireland, UK, North America, and Australia; Music Festivals and Cultural Diversity; Music and Migration; Urban Soundscapes and Critical Citizenship; Protest music. PhD in Ethnomusicology, University of Chicago. (Fulbright Scholar and Century Fellow). PI on FestiVersities, HERA-funded research project on European Music Festivals (2019-2021). Co-Founder/Co-Director of LimerickSoundscapes; Popular Music & Popular Culture @UL; Power, Discourse and Society @UL. Member of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies. Course Director, MA Irish Music Studies. Follow her on  Twitter.

For more information, please see his University of Limerick Bio.

 

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]]> Irish Identities w/ Guest Dr. Aileen Dillane Chris Smith, Aileen Dillane, Roger Landes 00:56:00 EP 24 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Aileen Dillane! Dr. Dillane share's her experience as a musician and ethnomusicologist, elaborating on her research with Irish diaspora focusing on interests in ethnicity, identity, nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the traditional and popular musics of Ireland, UK, and North America. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 24 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Aileen Dillane! Dr. Dillane share's her experience as a musician and ethnomusicologist, elaborating on her research with Irish diaspora focusing on interests in ethnicity, identity, nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the traditional and popular musics of Ireland, UK, and North America. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! ireland, education, home, white supremecy, folk music, story telling, art forms, people, vvmc, musicology, city sounds, american, migration, diaspora, history, ttu, tourism, research, relationships, american irish, sounds, romantic ideas, lockdown, collective, folk, irish diaspora, teaching, folkways, vernacular music center, irish, diversity, music, critical citizenship, equality, humanity, rural sounds, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, sonic heritage, culture, identity, contemporary, community, inclusivity, black lives matter, vernacular pratices, soundscape, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, ethinicity no full 24 2 f0f68fcd-61ec-457e-a2a8-30d935302cdc Marching Bands to the Marching King w/ Guest Dr. Pat Warfield Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Pat Warfield  - 00:59

Part II, The "Secrets" of Sousa - 12:06

Part III, The Patriotism of Sousa - 31:32

Part IV, The Dissemination of Sousa - 46:46

Part V, The Legacy of Sousa - 54:51

Outro - 01:01:40

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Patrick Warfield, Ph.D., is a musicologist and specialist in American musical culture. His current research focuses on music in Washington, D.C., during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a special interest in the American wind band tradition.

Warfield has presented at conferences and meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the Gesellschaft zur Erforschung und Förderung der Blasmusik and the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association. He has delivered keynote addresses at the North American British Music Studies Association and the Frederick Loewe Symposium on American Music and has served as a speaker at the International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music and the annual American Band History Conference. His publications have appeared in "The Journal of the American Musicological Society," "American Music," "The Journal of the Society for American Music" and "Nineteenth-Century Music Review." He recently completed the edition Six Marches by John Philip Sousa for the series "Music of the United States of America" and a biography of Sousa, entitled "Making the March King," published by the University of Illinois Press.

Warfield was a founding member of the editorial board of "The Journal of Music History Pedagogy," and is especially interested in the teaching of American popular music, including rock, jazz and the blues. He is also active as a public musicologist, delivering programs for the Music Center at Strathmore, the Washington National Opera and the Smithsonian.

In addition to his position in the School of Music, Warfield is an affiliate faculty member in the departments of American Studies and African American Studies. 

For more information, please see his University of Maryland Bio.

 

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]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Roger Landes, Pat Warfield) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/marching-bands-to-the-marching-king-w-guest-dr-pat-warfield-gS9l2dUl Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Pat Warfield  - 00:59

Part II, The "Secrets" of Sousa - 12:06

Part III, The Patriotism of Sousa - 31:32

Part IV, The Dissemination of Sousa - 46:46

Part V, The Legacy of Sousa - 54:51

Outro - 01:01:40

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Patrick Warfield, Ph.D., is a musicologist and specialist in American musical culture. His current research focuses on music in Washington, D.C., during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a special interest in the American wind band tradition.

Warfield has presented at conferences and meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the Gesellschaft zur Erforschung und Förderung der Blasmusik and the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association. He has delivered keynote addresses at the North American British Music Studies Association and the Frederick Loewe Symposium on American Music and has served as a speaker at the International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music and the annual American Band History Conference. His publications have appeared in "The Journal of the American Musicological Society," "American Music," "The Journal of the Society for American Music" and "Nineteenth-Century Music Review." He recently completed the edition Six Marches by John Philip Sousa for the series "Music of the United States of America" and a biography of Sousa, entitled "Making the March King," published by the University of Illinois Press.

Warfield was a founding member of the editorial board of "The Journal of Music History Pedagogy," and is especially interested in the teaching of American popular music, including rock, jazz and the blues. He is also active as a public musicologist, delivering programs for the Music Center at Strathmore, the Washington National Opera and the Smithsonian.

In addition to his position in the School of Music, Warfield is an affiliate faculty member in the departments of American Studies and African American Studies. 

For more information, please see his University of Maryland Bio.

 

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]]> Marching Bands to the Marching King w/ Guest Dr. Pat Warfield Chris Smith, Roger Landes, Pat Warfield 01:03:00 EP 23 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Patrick Warfield! Dr. Warfield share's his experience as a musician and musicologist, elaborating on his research with American music, American marching bands, and the Marching King, John Phillip Sousa. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 23 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Patrick Warfield! Dr. Warfield share's his experience as a musician and musicologist, elaborating on his research with American music, American marching bands, and the Marching King, John Phillip Sousa. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! education, folk music, story telling, art forms, people, vvmc, indiana university, musicology, american, history, ttu, marching, research, relationships, band, folk, teaching, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, music, humanity, rock and roll, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, culture, contemporary, community, american music, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, sousa no full 23 2 316e6be2-229e-4ac0-8f8c-9c994ae35481 Researching War w/ Guest Dr. Ron Milam Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Ron Milam  - 01:13

Part II, Vernacular Perspective of the Vietnam War - 05:18

Part III,  Researching Both Sides of the War - 13:06

Part IV, Academic Conferences - 21:32

Part V, Institute for Peace & Conflict (IPAC) - 26:10

Part VI, Music and the War - 28:20

Part VII, Social Identities within the War - 51:44

Outro - 58:36

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Ron Milam is an Associate Professor of History, a Fulbright Scholar to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the founding Faculty advisor to the Veterans' Association at Texas Tech. He teaches both halves of the U.S. Survey, the Vietnam War, and graduate and undergraduate courses in Military History. His latest teaching interest is terrorism and insurgency, an interest that developed from his having been named an Academic Fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He also serves as the Academic Advisor for the semi-annual Vietnam Center sponsored student trips to Vietnam and Cambodia. He has also taught at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam under a Ford Foundation grant.

Dr. Milam is the author of Not a Gentleman's War: an Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War, published by the University of North Carolina Press, and the editor of The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of America's Most Controversial War on Everyday Life (2 volumes), published by ABC-CLIO/Praeger. He is currently working on “The Siege of Phu Nhon: Montagnards and Americans as Allies in Battle,” which deals with one of the most significant battles in the late days of the Vietnam War.

Dr. Milam is a member of the Texas Tech Teaching Academy, recipient of the President's Excellence in Teaching Award, the Chancellor's Council Excellence in Teaching Award, the President's Excellence in Teaching Professorship and is an Integrated Scholar. Dr. Milam is the Executive Director of the Institute for Peace & Conflict (IPAC), which includes the world renowned Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the David Westphall Veterans Foundation, which operates the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire, New Mexico. He was recently named by Secretary of Veteran's Affairs Robert Wilke to the Veteran's Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation (VACOR).

Dr. Milam is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, and in 2015 was inducted into the Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame at the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia. He rides and collects motorcycles.

For more information, please see his Texas Tech University Bio.

 

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]]> Mon, 9 Aug 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Ron Milam) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/researching-war-w-guest-dr-ron-milam-QE2dofEO Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Ron Milam  - 01:13

Part II, Vernacular Perspective of the Vietnam War - 05:18

Part III,  Researching Both Sides of the War - 13:06

Part IV, Academic Conferences - 21:32

Part V, Institute for Peace & Conflict (IPAC) - 26:10

Part VI, Music and the War - 28:20

Part VII, Social Identities within the War - 51:44

Outro - 58:36

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Ron Milam is an Associate Professor of History, a Fulbright Scholar to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the founding Faculty advisor to the Veterans' Association at Texas Tech. He teaches both halves of the U.S. Survey, the Vietnam War, and graduate and undergraduate courses in Military History. His latest teaching interest is terrorism and insurgency, an interest that developed from his having been named an Academic Fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He also serves as the Academic Advisor for the semi-annual Vietnam Center sponsored student trips to Vietnam and Cambodia. He has also taught at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam under a Ford Foundation grant.

Dr. Milam is the author of Not a Gentleman's War: an Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War, published by the University of North Carolina Press, and the editor of The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of America's Most Controversial War on Everyday Life (2 volumes), published by ABC-CLIO/Praeger. He is currently working on “The Siege of Phu Nhon: Montagnards and Americans as Allies in Battle,” which deals with one of the most significant battles in the late days of the Vietnam War.

Dr. Milam is a member of the Texas Tech Teaching Academy, recipient of the President's Excellence in Teaching Award, the Chancellor's Council Excellence in Teaching Award, the President's Excellence in Teaching Professorship and is an Integrated Scholar. Dr. Milam is the Executive Director of the Institute for Peace & Conflict (IPAC), which includes the world renowned Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the David Westphall Veterans Foundation, which operates the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire, New Mexico. He was recently named by Secretary of Veteran's Affairs Robert Wilke to the Veteran's Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation (VACOR).

Dr. Milam is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, and in 2015 was inducted into the Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame at the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia. He rides and collects motorcycles.

For more information, please see his Texas Tech University Bio.

 

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]]> Researching War w/ Guest Dr. Ron Milam Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Ron Milam 00:59:58 EP 22 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Ron Milam! Dr. Ron Milam share's his experience as a veteran, professor, and researcher, elaborating on his work with the Vietnam War and with the Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 22 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Ron Milam! Dr. Ron Milam share's his experience as a veteran, professor, and researcher, elaborating on his work with the Vietnam War and with the Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! education, southwest collections, folk music, international, story telling, art forms, conferences, people, vvmc, anti war, material culture, history, ttu, ipac, research, relationships, protest, folk, vietnam, teaching, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, sam johnson vietnam archive, historian, interdisciplinary, music, war, social identity, humanity, rock and roll, vernacular, country, vmc, academic, scholar, texas tech, culture, archive, institute for peace & conflict, community, vietnamese rock, women in rock, vvaw, vietnam war, experience, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts no full 22 2 faa82391-10b4-4417-ba3c-1b6539495a00 Bagpipes w/ Guest Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin  - 01:05

Part II, Let's Talk About Bagpipes - 28:03

Part III, The International Bagpipe Conference! - 53:07

Outro - 01:03:18

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Cassandre Balosso-Bardin is a musician, academic and events organiser. She is a senior lecturer in Music at University of Lincoln and specialises in Ethnomusicology, more specifically Mediterranean music, cultural sustainability, musical instruments, and intercultural music making, which are informed through fieldwork based research and performance. She completed her PhD in ethnomusicology at SOAS, University of London in 2015, focusing on the anthropology of the Mallorca bagpipes (the xeremies). She is the founding director of the International Bagpipe Organisation since 2012. 

Cassandre is also a prolific performer and plays the recorders and bagpipes. After many years of performing early music, including with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, she dedicated herself to the global music scene, performing with bands from different cultural traditions including Italy, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Greece, Anatolia and North-West Africa. She has performed at many international festivals and venues with her bands (Amaraterra, Världens Band, Bonnendis, Follow the Rats...) including the Proms, Womad, Cambridge Folk Festival, the Sage, Musicport, Aan Korb BBC festival, Bloomsbury festival, Urkult, Stockholm Culture Festival and Stockholm Folk Festival. Cassandre also organises a range of music events and is currently the artistic director for The Guild Sessions (community-based folk/world music concerts) and The Global Sound Sessions (Lincoln Performing Arts Centre).

For more information, please see www.cassandrebalossobardin.com

 

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]]> Mon, 2 Aug 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Cassandre Balosso-Bardin) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/bagpipes-w-guest-dr-cassandre-balosso-bardin-GYAaMopZ Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin  - 01:05

Part II, Let's Talk About Bagpipes - 28:03

Part III, The International Bagpipe Conference! - 53:07

Outro - 01:03:18

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Cassandre Balosso-Bardin is a musician, academic and events organiser. She is a senior lecturer in Music at University of Lincoln and specialises in Ethnomusicology, more specifically Mediterranean music, cultural sustainability, musical instruments, and intercultural music making, which are informed through fieldwork based research and performance. She completed her PhD in ethnomusicology at SOAS, University of London in 2015, focusing on the anthropology of the Mallorca bagpipes (the xeremies). She is the founding director of the International Bagpipe Organisation since 2012. 

Cassandre is also a prolific performer and plays the recorders and bagpipes. After many years of performing early music, including with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, she dedicated herself to the global music scene, performing with bands from different cultural traditions including Italy, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Greece, Anatolia and North-West Africa. She has performed at many international festivals and venues with her bands (Amaraterra, Världens Band, Bonnendis, Follow the Rats...) including the Proms, Womad, Cambridge Folk Festival, the Sage, Musicport, Aan Korb BBC festival, Bloomsbury festival, Urkult, Stockholm Culture Festival and Stockholm Folk Festival. Cassandre also organises a range of music events and is currently the artistic director for The Guild Sessions (community-based folk/world music concerts) and The Global Sound Sessions (Lincoln Performing Arts Centre).

For more information, please see www.cassandrebalossobardin.com

 

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VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Bagpipes w/ Guest Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Cassandre Balosso-Bardin 01:04:41 EP 21 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin the bagpipes! Dr. Balosso-Bardin share's her experience as a performer, ethnomusicologist, and researcher, elaborating on her work with bagpipes - focusing on the instrument itself and the different techniques that are important to the bagpipe tradition and to vernacular music in general. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 21 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin the bagpipes! Dr. Balosso-Bardin share's her experience as a performer, ethnomusicologist, and researcher, elaborating on her work with bagpipes - focusing on the instrument itself and the different techniques that are important to the bagpipe tradition and to vernacular music in general. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! ornamentation, indo european, baroque, folk music, story telling, art forms, reeds, people, vvmc, tunes, bellows, bagpipes, ttu, france, research, relationships, note learning, folk, rote learning, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, chanter, music, conservatory, ethnomusicology, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, culture, community, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts no full 21 2 b29c70f3-6f19-4c74-9410-080b24672956 Let's Get Dissertatin'! Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Folkdance-Musicking with Dr. Roger Landes  - 01:06

Part II, Musical Improvisations with Dr. Chris Smith- 32:57

  • Relating to his dissertation research, "I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU BETTERN THAN I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU": ANALYZING PROCESDURAL CURES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICAL IMPROVISATIONS"

Outro - 01:01:26

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 20
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/lets-get-dissertatin-fS0rr9P_ Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Folkdance-Musicking with Dr. Roger Landes  - 01:06

Part II, Musical Improvisations with Dr. Chris Smith- 32:57

  • Relating to his dissertation research, "I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU BETTERN THAN I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU": ANALYZING PROCESDURAL CURES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICAL IMPROVISATIONS"

Outro - 01:01:26

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 20
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Let's Get Dissertatin'! Chris Smith, Roger Landes 01:02:36 EP 20 is out and our hosts have a conversation about research relating to starting, continuing, and completing a dissertation project. Dissertation research can be a complicated process, but listen as Roger and Chris talk about their experiences relating to writing as well as advising dissertation projects. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 20 is out and our hosts have a conversation about research relating to starting, continuing, and completing a dissertation project. Dissertation research can be a complicated process, but listen as Roger and Chris talk about their experiences relating to writing as well as advising dissertation projects. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! nation states, african american, jazz, pan european, cue, revivals, folk music, story telling, art forms, dance, eu, people, vvmc, folk dance, american, muddy waters, communication, bill broonzy, nationalist, improvisation, ttu, france, research, relationships, folk revival, folk, dissertation, stage manager, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, semiotics, band leader, european, music, humanity, national identity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, culture, nation, identity, cuing, community, americana, james brown, nationalism, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts no full 20 2 670d60b6-f76c-4487-9771-c8c3c4a052ac Archival Research w/ Guest Rich Remsberg Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Rich Remsberg  - 01:04

  • Relating to his work with photography, critical mess methods, and archival research.

Part II, Working with Documentaries - 36:07

  • Relating to the film, Happy Valley.

Outro - 51:43 

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Rich Remsberg is an Emmy Award-winning archival producer and visual researcher based in Western Massachusetts and New York City. His credits include John Lewis: Good Trouble, Bobby Kennedy for President, NUTS!, Happy Valley, and the Oscar-nominated A Night at the Garden.

He has served on the faculty of the Maine Media Workshops and the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center Field School; was a frequent collaborator with the sampling-based music duo The Books; and has been a contributor to VICE, Esopus, and NPR’s online feature The Picture Show.

 

Full Playlist for EP 19
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Rich Remsberg, Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/archival-research-w-guest-rich-remsberg-u_ONWZzX Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Meet Rich Remsberg  - 01:04

  • Relating to his work with photography, critical mess methods, and archival research.

Part II, Working with Documentaries - 36:07

  • Relating to the film, Happy Valley.

Outro - 51:43 

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Rich Remsberg is an Emmy Award-winning archival producer and visual researcher based in Western Massachusetts and New York City. His credits include John Lewis: Good Trouble, Bobby Kennedy for President, NUTS!, Happy Valley, and the Oscar-nominated A Night at the Garden.

He has served on the faculty of the Maine Media Workshops and the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center Field School; was a frequent collaborator with the sampling-based music duo The Books; and has been a contributor to VICE, Esopus, and NPR’s online feature The Picture Show.

 

Full Playlist for EP 19
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Archival Research w/ Guest Rich Remsberg Rich Remsberg, Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:53:00 EP 19 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Rich Remsberg about archival research! Rich Remsberg share's his experience as a musician, photographer, and researcher, elaborating on his work with cartography, photography, documentaries - focusing on finding lost/forgotten items and using critical mess methods to help organize them. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 19 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Rich Remsberg about archival research! Rich Remsberg share's his experience as a musician, photographer, and researcher, elaborating on his work with cartography, photography, documentaries - focusing on finding lost/forgotten items and using critical mess methods to help organize them. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! library of congress, index, photographs, story telling, art forms, people, vvmc, american, documentary, roots, ttu, hard luck blues, research, relationships, videos, blues, folk, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, roots music, texas tech, culture, archive, pictures, community, americana, archival, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, copy right no full 19 2 5ddb55c3-ee6f-4719-b10f-d8ce1be57da9 Electric Guitar w/ Guest Dr. Steve Waksman Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to the Electric Guitar in Academia  - 01:10

Part II, Research into Amplification  - 21:03

Part III, Current Projects & Scholarship - 25:30

Part IV, Talking About Bill Hanley  - 28:15

Part V, New Technology in Live Performances  - 32:34

Part VI,  Perceptions of the Electric Guitar - 44:34

Part VII, The Electric Guitar in American Culture Conference - 52:38

Outro - 01:01:07

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor of Music at Smith College

Scholar of U.S. popular music and popular culture, with particular specialty in the study of live music, music genres, music technology and musical instruments (especially the guitar).

Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience (Harvard University Press, 1999) 

This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009)

Contributor to the Cambridge Companion to the Guitar, the Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop and Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World

Keynote speaker at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's American Music Masters event honoring the legacy of musician and inventor Les Paul. In 1998 Waksman's dissertation on the electric guitar won the Ralph Henry Gabriel prize awarded by the American Studies Association.

New project:  

Live Music in America: A History, 1850–2000 

 

Full Playlist for EP 18
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Steve Waksman) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/electric-guitar-w-guest-dr-steve-waksman-0zeDkhHp Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to the Electric Guitar in Academia  - 01:10

Part II, Research into Amplification  - 21:03

Part III, Current Projects & Scholarship - 25:30

Part IV, Talking About Bill Hanley  - 28:15

Part V, New Technology in Live Performances  - 32:34

Part VI,  Perceptions of the Electric Guitar - 44:34

Part VII, The Electric Guitar in American Culture Conference - 52:38

Outro - 01:01:07

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor of Music at Smith College

Scholar of U.S. popular music and popular culture, with particular specialty in the study of live music, music genres, music technology and musical instruments (especially the guitar).

Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience (Harvard University Press, 1999) 

This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009)

Contributor to the Cambridge Companion to the Guitar, the Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop and Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World

Keynote speaker at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's American Music Masters event honoring the legacy of musician and inventor Les Paul. In 1998 Waksman's dissertation on the electric guitar won the Ralph Henry Gabriel prize awarded by the American Studies Association.

New project:  

Live Music in America: A History, 1850–2000 

 

Full Playlist for EP 18
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Electric Guitar w/ Guest Dr. Steve Waksman Roger Landes, Chris Smith, Steve Waksman 01:02:32 EP 18 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Steve Waksman about the Electric Guitar! Steve Waksman share's his experience as scholar and performer, focusing on the development of the electric guitar, it's role in American culture, and the influences to live sound and performance. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 18 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Dr. Steve Waksman about the Electric Guitar! Steve Waksman share's his experience as scholar and performer, focusing on the development of the electric guitar, it's role in American culture, and the influences to live sound and performance. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! artist, american culture, story telling, art forms, sexuality, people, vvmc, american, history, ttu, gender, electric guitar, relationships, folk, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, music, punk, humanity, female rockers, rock and roll, vernacular, vmc, technology, texas tech, culture, american studies, community, race, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts no full 18 2 c6ae4ece-7a27-42ee-878b-a95c3e837b4a French Trad w/ Guest Nicolas Gerardin Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to Learning and Teaching Music  - 01:08

Part II, Diving into Tradition - 18:05

Outro - 49:06

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Nicolas Gerardin was born in France but emigrated to Canada as a young child. Meeting Jean Blanchard & Éric Montbel in Lyon on a trip back to France in 1998 was his first step into the world of French bagpipes. After Jean lent him a set of student pipes, he never stopped playing them, from the high-pitched A pipes to the low C sets. His travels in France allowed him to attend the Saint Chartier Festival and to meet several pipers and pipemakers, and of course this allowed him to order bagpipes from reputable manufacturers. Passionate about the work on the sound, he is interested in ancient bore French bagpipes and the cabrette and its unique temperament. He works as a teacher for children with learning disabilities.

 

Full Playlist for EP 17
Le Breuil on Spotify
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 5 Jul 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Nicolas Gerardin, Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/french-trad-w-guest-nicolas-gerardin-vIaDxsDD Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to Learning and Teaching Music  - 01:08

Part II, Diving into Tradition - 18:05

Outro - 49:06

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Nicolas Gerardin was born in France but emigrated to Canada as a young child. Meeting Jean Blanchard & Éric Montbel in Lyon on a trip back to France in 1998 was his first step into the world of French bagpipes. After Jean lent him a set of student pipes, he never stopped playing them, from the high-pitched A pipes to the low C sets. His travels in France allowed him to attend the Saint Chartier Festival and to meet several pipers and pipemakers, and of course this allowed him to order bagpipes from reputable manufacturers. Passionate about the work on the sound, he is interested in ancient bore French bagpipes and the cabrette and its unique temperament. He works as a teacher for children with learning disabilities.

 

Full Playlist for EP 17
Le Breuil on Spotify
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> French Trad w/ Guest Nicolas Gerardin Nicolas Gerardin, Chris Smith, Roger Landes 00:50:30 EP 17 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Nicolas Gerardin about traditional music from Central France! Nicolas Gerardin share's his experience as an immigrant, teacher, and musician, focusing on the pedagogy and performance of French trad music especially in distant locations. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 17 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Nicolas Gerardin about traditional music from Central France! Nicolas Gerardin share's his experience as an immigrant, teacher, and musician, focusing on the pedagogy and performance of French trad music especially in distant locations. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! artist, story telling, canada, art forms, dance, people, vvmc, balfolk, bagpipes, history, ttu, bourrée à 2 temps, france, relationships, folk, pipes, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, le breuil, music, humanity, french folk, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, quebec, community, hurdy gurdy, french, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts yes full 17 2 57c1b2b0-ca31-4617-97a3-81cc840c36d8 At the Movies w/ Guest Chris Simon Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Working on This Aint No Mouse Music!  - 01:00

Part II, It's All About The After Hang - 09:37

Part III, Working on Dutch Hop!  - 13:21

Part IV, Working on [Closer to the Light] - 27:34

Part V, Working on I Hear What You See: The Old-Time World of Kenny Hall - 32:55

Part VI, Working with Vernacular Practices - 37:38

Outro - 44:02

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Chris Simon founded Sageland Media, in 1995, after 15 years as producer, sound recordist and editor for renown documentary director Les Blank. Since then she has completed seven independent films and numerous other films for non-profit organizations such as the Western Folklife Center and Crow Canyon Archaeology Center.  Simon has a masters degree in Folklore and many, though not all, of her films focus on cultural subjects.  This Ain’t No Mouse Music!  is about roots music icon Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records. It premiered at SXSW and took top prizes at Hot Docs, Mill Valley  and Washington DC Independent Festivals. Her most recent film, Dutch Hop!  is about the polka tradition of the Volga Germans. It is currently playing nation-wide on PBS. 

 

Full Playlist for EP 16
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Simon, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/at-the-movies-w-guest-chris-simon-kOsWG_qg Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Working on This Aint No Mouse Music!  - 01:00

Part II, It's All About The After Hang - 09:37

Part III, Working on Dutch Hop!  - 13:21

Part IV, Working on [Closer to the Light] - 27:34

Part V, Working on I Hear What You See: The Old-Time World of Kenny Hall - 32:55

Part VI, Working with Vernacular Practices - 37:38

Outro - 44:02

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Chris Simon founded Sageland Media, in 1995, after 15 years as producer, sound recordist and editor for renown documentary director Les Blank. Since then she has completed seven independent films and numerous other films for non-profit organizations such as the Western Folklife Center and Crow Canyon Archaeology Center.  Simon has a masters degree in Folklore and many, though not all, of her films focus on cultural subjects.  This Ain’t No Mouse Music!  is about roots music icon Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records. It premiered at SXSW and took top prizes at Hot Docs, Mill Valley  and Washington DC Independent Festivals. Her most recent film, Dutch Hop!  is about the polka tradition of the Volga Germans. It is currently playing nation-wide on PBS. 

 

Full Playlist for EP 16
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> At the Movies w/ Guest Chris Simon Roger Landes, Chris Simon, Chris Smith 00:45:36 EP 16 is out and our hosts bring back the "At the Movies" series with our guest, Chris Simon! Roger and Chris talk with Chris Simon about her experience as a folklorist and her work with films, documentaries, and music, focusing on "This Ain’t No Mouse Music!" and "Dutch Hop!" VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! EP 16 is out and our hosts bring back the "At the Movies" series with our guest, Chris Simon! Roger and Chris talk with Chris Simon about her experience as a folklorist and her work with films, documentaries, and music, focusing on "This Ain’t No Mouse Music!" and "Dutch Hop!" VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! artist, story telling, art forms, dance, dutch hop, folklore, people, vvmc, german, documentary, history, roots, ttu, relationships, folklorist, folk, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, music, humanity, vernacular, film, vmc, texas tech, appalachian, community, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, poland no full 16 2 3e94b765-a789-47e5-85da-acf528e952e3 "Listening to China" w/ Guest Dr. Thomas Irvine Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to Soundscapes - 01:05

  • Relating to Tom Irvine's experience in history, music, and the vernacular, elaborating on global soundscapes.

Part II, "Listening to China" - 24:40

Part III, The Past/Present/Future is Music - 47:48

  • Relating to  coming back and rebuilding after a Global Pandemic, especially with the arts.

Outro - 01:00:36

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Thomas Irvine is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programmes in Music, and an Alan Turing Fellow.

“Like many students and staff in our department and university I have an international background. I was born in Munich to American parents and grew up in Stony Brook, NY, USA. After studying viola at conservatoire (at the Shepherd School of Rice University and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music) I moved to Germany and played professionally, mostly in Early Music ensembles but also in symphony orchestras. I also taught for a year at the Frankfurt International School and worked as a manager for a large Early Music organisation.

In 1999 I found my way to musicology and back to the US, studying performance practice and musicology at Cornell University, where I took my PhD in 2005. In 2002 I crossed the Atlantic again as a DAAD scholar at the University of Würzburg Institute of Musicology, where I stayed on as a postdoctoral fellow in 2005/06. I have lived and worked in Southampton since 2006.

I am a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute (the UK’s national institution for AI and data science), a Non-Executive Director of the Southampton Web Science Institute and currently serve as an external examiner at the Royal Academy of Music. I co-chair the American Musicological Society study group ‘Global East Asia.’ Outside of my teaching and research I am trying to learn Chinese and follow Southampton FC. Both can be challenging! I also sing a little.”

 

VVMC Book Club

VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist

Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Thomas Irvine, Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/listening-to-china-w-guest-dr-thomas-irvine-3tjt_eWe Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to Soundscapes - 01:05

  • Relating to Tom Irvine's experience in history, music, and the vernacular, elaborating on global soundscapes.

Part II, "Listening to China" - 24:40

Part III, The Past/Present/Future is Music - 47:48

  • Relating to  coming back and rebuilding after a Global Pandemic, especially with the arts.

Outro - 01:00:36

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Thomas Irvine is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programmes in Music, and an Alan Turing Fellow.

“Like many students and staff in our department and university I have an international background. I was born in Munich to American parents and grew up in Stony Brook, NY, USA. After studying viola at conservatoire (at the Shepherd School of Rice University and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music) I moved to Germany and played professionally, mostly in Early Music ensembles but also in symphony orchestras. I also taught for a year at the Frankfurt International School and worked as a manager for a large Early Music organisation.

In 1999 I found my way to musicology and back to the US, studying performance practice and musicology at Cornell University, where I took my PhD in 2005. In 2002 I crossed the Atlantic again as a DAAD scholar at the University of Würzburg Institute of Musicology, where I stayed on as a postdoctoral fellow in 2005/06. I have lived and worked in Southampton since 2006.

I am a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute (the UK’s national institution for AI and data science), a Non-Executive Director of the Southampton Web Science Institute and currently serve as an external examiner at the Royal Academy of Music. I co-chair the American Musicological Society study group ‘Global East Asia.’ Outside of my teaching and research I am trying to learn Chinese and follow Southampton FC. Both can be challenging! I also sing a little.”

 

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]]> "Listening to China" w/ Guest Dr. Thomas Irvine Thomas Irvine, Roger Landes, Chris Smith 01:02:01 Episode 15 is out and is a special one because it is our FIRST Book Club episode AND involves our first guest for Series II, Dr. Thomas Irvine! Roger and Chris talk about "Listening to China" by Dr. Thomas Irvine while asking Dr. Irvine about his experiences that led to his work and understandings of global soundscapes. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! Episode 15 is out and is a special one because it is our FIRST Book Club episode AND involves our first guest for Series II, Dr. Thomas Irvine! Roger and Chris talk about "Listening to China" by Dr. Thomas Irvine while asking Dr. Irvine about his experiences that led to his work and understandings of global soundscapes. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! indiana, artist, story telling, art forms, performance, people, global soundscapes, vvmc, history, ttu, relationships, hip, folk, listening to china, performance practice, vernacular practices, vernacular music center, tom irvine, historically informed, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, baroque music, texas tech, historical instruments, early music, community, soundscapes, global, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, book club no full 15 2 e7f2e331-f604-404a-adfa-f24fdfabbb2c An Introduction to Vernacular Foodways Intro - 0:00

Part I, Irish Soda Bread & Memories  - 01:02

Part II, Mofongo & Community- 12:15

Part III, African, Indigenous, & Southern Connections

Part IV, Gumbo, Cajun Country, & Accordion - 23:59

Part V, NOLA Crawfish - 30:33

Part VI, Mallorca & Music - 35:53

Part VII,  Garlic Fills Us All - 43:43

Part VIII, Yum Yum Yum - 45:38

Part IX, Back to NOLA - 48:05

Part X, Kansas City, MO Barbeque - 51:10

Outro - 56:17

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]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/an-introduction-to-vernacular-foodways-1nRpfzta Intro - 0:00

Part I, Irish Soda Bread & Memories  - 01:02

Part II, Mofongo & Community- 12:15

Part III, African, Indigenous, & Southern Connections

Part IV, Gumbo, Cajun Country, & Accordion - 23:59

Part V, NOLA Crawfish - 30:33

Part VI, Mallorca & Music - 35:53

Part VII,  Garlic Fills Us All - 43:43

Part VIII, Yum Yum Yum - 45:38

Part IX, Back to NOLA - 48:05

Part X, Kansas City, MO Barbeque - 51:10

Outro - 56:17

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]]> An Introduction to Vernacular Foodways Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:59:01 Episode 14 is out and our hosts have a conversation about foodways! Roger and Chris talk about what foodways means in a general sense and then reminiscence over their experiences with different cultures, their food, and how it connects to music. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! Episode 14 is out and our hosts have a conversation about foodways! Roger and Chris talk about what foodways means in a general sense and then reminiscence over their experiences with different cultures, their food, and how it connects to music. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! story telling, art forms, folklore, irish soda bread, bread, kitchen, ttu, relationships, at the table, traditions, folk, reginal, foodways, vernacular practices, folkways, vernacular music center, irish, art, resources, music, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, culture, local, irish food, community, agriculture, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts yes full 14 2 412452b7-2447-4cbb-a433-7d761016c4e8 Musical traditions & the American Avant-Garde Intro - 0:00

Part I, Works and Philosophies of Harry Partch  - 01:10

Part II, Works and Philosophies of Henry Cowell - 32:33

Outro - 53:35

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]]> Mon, 7 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/musical-traditions-the-american-avant-garde-gZwHCkkV Intro - 0:00

Part I, Works and Philosophies of Harry Partch  - 01:10

Part II, Works and Philosophies of Henry Cowell - 32:33

Outro - 53:35

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]]> Musical traditions & the American Avant-Garde Chris Smith, Roger Landes 00:55:05 We have our first episode of Series 2 with Episode 13! In this episode, our hosts have a conversation about Harry Partch & Henry Cowell. Roger and Chris talk about the lives of these composers/musicians, their works, and the influential, philosophical, and vernacular approaches to music in the 20th Century - expanding on composition style, performance, and audience reception/participation. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! We have our first episode of Series 2 with Episode 13! In this episode, our hosts have a conversation about Harry Partch & Henry Cowell. Roger and Chris talk about the lives of these composers/musicians, their works, and the influential, philosophical, and vernacular approaches to music in the 20th Century - expanding on composition style, performance, and audience reception/participation. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review! irish folklore, artist, acoustical sciences, henry cowell, 20th century music, story telling, art forms, performance, atonal, folklore, vvmc, ttu, relationships, tonal, traditions, microtonality, folk, vernacular practices, vernacular music center, irish, intonation, art, 12 tone series, harry partch, music, 20th century, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, community, mavericks, 12 tone, j.t. & margaret talkington college of visual & performing arts, banshee, american mavericks no full 13 2 f6e2fac8-a357-4254-a57c-11c92dd43796 At the Movies Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Barry Lyndon (1975)  - 01:35

  • Seán Ó Riada, “Women of Ireland” - 11:03
    • Kubrick dir; Chieftains, Ó Ríada, Derek Bell; also music of Schubert, Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Paisiello, Mozart

Part II, The Long Riders (1980) - 14:24

Part III, The Three Musketeers (1973)  - 22:10

  • Michel Legrand Orchestra, All's Fair in Love and Feet - 25:35
    • Richard Lester dir; Dumas & George MacDonald Fraser; Lalo Schifrin; David Munrow & the Early Music Consort of London; period music

Part IV, Round Midnight (1986) - 26:54

  • “Body & Soul” - 30:43
    • Bernard Tavernier - Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Pierre Michelet, John McLaughlin, Billy Higgins

Part V,  Dead Man Walking (1995) - 33:30

  • Nusrat fateh ali Khan & Eddie Vedder - “The Long Road” - 37:46
    • Sarandon, Penn, Tim Robbins dir; Helen Prejean; David Robbins music; also Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ry Cooder, folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet

Part VI, Jazz '34 (1997) - 40:09

Part VII,  The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - 48:00

  • Peter Gabriel, "The Feeling Begins" - 51:21
    • Scorsese dir; ethnomusicologist Lucy Duran; the stable of Real World artists;

Part VIII, Vengo (2000) - 54:30

Outro - 58:39

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

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]]> Mon, 24 May 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/at-the-movies-rtYeQ_sn Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Barry Lyndon (1975)  - 01:35

  • Seán Ó Riada, “Women of Ireland” - 11:03
    • Kubrick dir; Chieftains, Ó Ríada, Derek Bell; also music of Schubert, Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Paisiello, Mozart

Part II, The Long Riders (1980) - 14:24

Part III, The Three Musketeers (1973)  - 22:10

  • Michel Legrand Orchestra, All's Fair in Love and Feet - 25:35
    • Richard Lester dir; Dumas & George MacDonald Fraser; Lalo Schifrin; David Munrow & the Early Music Consort of London; period music

Part IV, Round Midnight (1986) - 26:54

  • “Body & Soul” - 30:43
    • Bernard Tavernier - Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Pierre Michelet, John McLaughlin, Billy Higgins

Part V,  Dead Man Walking (1995) - 33:30

  • Nusrat fateh ali Khan & Eddie Vedder - “The Long Road” - 37:46
    • Sarandon, Penn, Tim Robbins dir; Helen Prejean; David Robbins music; also Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ry Cooder, folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet

Part VI, Jazz '34 (1997) - 40:09

Part VII,  The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - 48:00

  • Peter Gabriel, "The Feeling Begins" - 51:21
    • Scorsese dir; ethnomusicologist Lucy Duran; the stable of Real World artists;

Part VIII, Vengo (2000) - 54:30

Outro - 58:39

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

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]]> At the Movies Roger Landes, Chris Smith 01:00:15 We are wrapping up Series 1 with Episode 12! In this episode, our hosts have a conversation about vernacular music in film. Roger and Chris talk about 8 different movies that use vernacular music and practices in both diegetic and non-diegetic film music and how the artists involved collaborated in a way to add to the atmosphere/mood of the films. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We are wrapping up Series 1 with Episode 12! In this episode, our hosts have a conversation about vernacular music in film. Roger and Chris talk about 8 different movies that use vernacular music and practices in both diegetic and non-diegetic film music and how the artists involved collaborated in a way to add to the atmosphere/mood of the films. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! artist, story telling, art forms, performance, dance, film music, vvmc, diegetic, michel legrand, chieftains, ttu, relationships, period film, nusrat fateh ali khan, traditions, folk, vernacular practices, vernacular music center, bennie moten, music, dead man walking, david munrow, humanity, vernacular, film, vmc, moten swing, texas tech, culture, schubert, bach, handel, community, non-diegetic yes full 12 1 03ec5928-4d41-4234-98bd-226e27e210de Book Club: "Last Night’s Fun" by Ciaran Carson Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson  - 01:34

Part II, Hard to Fill - 50:02

Part III, The Standard  - 39:53

Part IV, Off the Bus - 51:22

Outro - 55:25

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

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]]> Mon, 17 May 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/book-club-last-nights-fun-by-ciaran-carson-eVIavvmG Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson  - 01:34

Part II, Hard to Fill - 50:02

Part III, The Standard  - 39:53

Part IV, Off the Bus - 51:22

Outro - 55:25

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Ciaran Carson's Bio

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]]> Book Club: "Last Night’s Fun" by Ciaran Carson Chris Smith, Roger Landes 00:56:55 Episode 11 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson. This is the first of many in our new VVMC Book Club Series! While reading excerpts from the book, Roger and Chris reflect on their experiences with Irish music and culture. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 11 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson. This is the first of many in our new VVMC Book Club Series! While reading excerpts from the book, Roger and Chris reflect on their experiences with Irish music and culture. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! last night's fun, fairy, artist, story telling, art forms, performance, dance, folklore, people, vvmc, ttu, relationships, traditions, poetry, folk, vernacular practices, vernacular music center, irish, oral histories, seamus ennis, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, culture, fiddle, flute, irish music, ciaran carson, community, good people no full 11 1 8eb5d421-3a3f-4795-a30e-a450dfbb724d “Ain’t No Swan Lake: Butoh” w/ Guest Dr. Tanya Calamoneri Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path through Dance/Theater - 01:31

Part II, Creating Art - 50:02

Outro - 58:17

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Dr. Tanya Calamoneri is a dancer, choreographer, and dance cultural studies scholar. Her primary area of research is butoh dance, a post-WWII Japanese performance form that uses imagery as its impetus and methodology for creating environment, state and movement. She also writes about issues concerning the migration of forms across cultural boundaries in a globalized world. Her writing has been published in Routledge's Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Journal, Dance Chronicle, Journal of Dance Education, and Movement Research Journal, as well as a chapter on butoh pedagogy in the Routledge Butoh Companion and a chapter in Routledge's Intercultural Actor and Performer Training. Her New York-based company, Company SoGoNo, received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, New York Arts Foundation, American Music Center's Live Music for Dance and Puffin Foundation, and awards from the New York Innovative Theatre Awards.

Previously in San Francisco, she was a member of Shinichi Koga's butoh-based inkBoat, co-directed violent dwarf performance collaborative, co-founded the Experimental Performance Institute at New College of California, and danced with Kim Epifano and Jess Curtis. To support her dance habit, she worked as an arts administrator, serving as the Executive Director of Dancers' Group in San Francisco, and in New York as Co-Executive Director of The Field and Project Manager of the State Department's cultural diplomacy program, DanceMotion USA, administrated by the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

She is currently working on a book project about the history of butoh dance in the Americas, focusing on the United States and Mexico from 1970 to present. She was an invited scholar and performer at the 2019 Cuerpos en Revuelta butoh festival in Mexico City, and will present with one of her Mexican colleagues at the Butoh Next Symposium in New York City in November 2019.

Calamoneri also collaborates on a telematic dance project with Drs. Pauline Brooks of the John Moores University in Liverpool, UK and Luke Kahlich (a TTU Alumn!) of Nova University in South Florida. Dancers in each location share the screen as one company in a live internet performance. The next performance will be during the Spring 2020 Semester.

Degrees Held:  PhD in Dance, Temple University | MA in Dance, New York University | BA in International Studies, American University

 

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]]> Mon, 10 May 2021 23:03:07 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Tanya Calamoneri, Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/aint-no-swan-lake-butoh-w-guest-dr-tanya-calamoneri-VeJ7xffH Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path through Dance/Theater - 01:31

Part II, Creating Art - 50:02

Outro - 58:17

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Dr. Tanya Calamoneri is a dancer, choreographer, and dance cultural studies scholar. Her primary area of research is butoh dance, a post-WWII Japanese performance form that uses imagery as its impetus and methodology for creating environment, state and movement. She also writes about issues concerning the migration of forms across cultural boundaries in a globalized world. Her writing has been published in Routledge's Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Journal, Dance Chronicle, Journal of Dance Education, and Movement Research Journal, as well as a chapter on butoh pedagogy in the Routledge Butoh Companion and a chapter in Routledge's Intercultural Actor and Performer Training. Her New York-based company, Company SoGoNo, received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, New York Arts Foundation, American Music Center's Live Music for Dance and Puffin Foundation, and awards from the New York Innovative Theatre Awards.

Previously in San Francisco, she was a member of Shinichi Koga's butoh-based inkBoat, co-directed violent dwarf performance collaborative, co-founded the Experimental Performance Institute at New College of California, and danced with Kim Epifano and Jess Curtis. To support her dance habit, she worked as an arts administrator, serving as the Executive Director of Dancers' Group in San Francisco, and in New York as Co-Executive Director of The Field and Project Manager of the State Department's cultural diplomacy program, DanceMotion USA, administrated by the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

She is currently working on a book project about the history of butoh dance in the Americas, focusing on the United States and Mexico from 1970 to present. She was an invited scholar and performer at the 2019 Cuerpos en Revuelta butoh festival in Mexico City, and will present with one of her Mexican colleagues at the Butoh Next Symposium in New York City in November 2019.

Calamoneri also collaborates on a telematic dance project with Drs. Pauline Brooks of the John Moores University in Liverpool, UK and Luke Kahlich (a TTU Alumn!) of Nova University in South Florida. Dancers in each location share the screen as one company in a live internet performance. The next performance will be during the Spring 2020 Semester.

Degrees Held:  PhD in Dance, Temple University | MA in Dance, New York University | BA in International Studies, American University

 

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]]> “Ain’t No Swan Lake: Butoh” w/ Guest Dr. Tanya Calamoneri Tanya Calamoneri, Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:59:21 Episode 10 is out and our hosts have a conversation with guest Dr. Tanya Calamoneri about Butoh dance theater. Dr. Calamoneri talks about her experiences that led to her role as am artist, activist, and educator. She expands on her work, breaking down the historical and cultural understandings of the art form and how she learned and unlearned the practices within her own work. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 10 is out and our hosts have a conversation with guest Dr. Tanya Calamoneri about Butoh dance theater. Dr. Calamoneri talks about her experiences that led to her role as am artist, activist, and educator. She expands on her work, breaking down the historical and cultural understandings of the art form and how she learned and unlearned the practices within her own work. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! butoh, glacial pace, japan, students, actors, modernity, artist, thickening movement, international, story telling, therapy, art forms, performance, dance, aesthetic, westernized, people, cultural studies, embodiment, vvmc, fetishazation, choreography, anti-western, ttu, relationships, wwii, folk, trans ethnic, vernacular practices, vernacular music center, fascism, acting methodology, international relations, music, timeless beauty, humanity, vernacular, vmc, scholar, contemporary dance, texas tech, movement, transethnicism, images, contemporary, community, ballet, educators, theater, action, nationalism, pedagogy, orientalism yes full 10 1 a3218b69-aefb-4695-82d8-b29499062e89 International Music in Education w/ Guest Dr. Jacqueline Henninger Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to Music Education - 01:34

  • Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience in pedagogy, music education, and the Fulbright program that led her to Texas Tech University .

Part II, Making Connections, Opening Doors - 29:21

  • Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience at Texas Tech University teaching future music educators, creating more accessible spaces,  and changing the standard of music education pedagogy.

Part III, Personal Identity/Experience in Academia - 44:47

  • Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience as a woman of color in academia, the music education field, and as an advisor/mentor to students.

Outro - 51:12

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Dr. Jacqueline C. Henninger, Associate professor of Music Education and Associate Director for Performance, Education, and Applied Studies 

(PhD, Music Education, MM, Music Education, and BM Music Studies, The University of Texas at Austin) began her position in the School of Music at Texas Tech University (TTU) in August 2014.  In 2018, she was inducted into the TTU Teaching Academy and was also named a recipient of the TTU Alumni Association New Faculty Award.  Prior to joining the faculty at TTU, Dr. Henninger was a Fulbright Scholar in Sub-Saharan Africa, which enabled her to teach and research at Tumaini University Makumira in Usa River, Tanzania, East Africa from 2012 - 2014.From 2005 – 2013, Dr. Henninger was an Assistant Professor of Music and Human Learning with the Butler School of Music faculty at The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). Immediately prior to that faculty appointment, she was a member of the music education faculty at The Ohio State University (2000 - 2005).  Her teaching responsibilities have included undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, coordinating and supervising student teachers, and advising master and doctoral level examinations, projects, theses, and dissertations.

Her research, which has been presented at state, national, and international conferences, is focused on two academic areas:  teacher preparation and multicultural music education.  Dr. Henninger's articles have been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Journal of Band Research, Texas Music Education Research, Global Music and Culture:  Intersections and Inclusion, Texas Music Educators Conference (TMEC): Connections, and TRIAD.  She is also the author of a textbook chapter entitled The Teaching and Learning of Music of East Africa:  Songs and Dances of Tanzania, which is within the textbook entitled Teaching General Music:A K-12 Experience.  Dr. Henninger has served and is currently serving on the editorial boards for several state and national refereed journals in the field of music education. 

Dr. Henninger is active in state, national, and international organizations.  She is currently the Past President of NAfME-Texas, which is the state affiliate of the national organization (NAfME, which is the National Association for Music Education).  Prior to being elected into the position of President, she served as President-Elect, Member-at-Large, and was on the Council of Chairs for NAfME-Texas (formerly known as TMEC, which was the Texas Music Educators Conference).She has also served as the Chair for the Special Research Interest Group (SRIG): Instructional Strategies with NAfME and was recently appointed as the Board Advisor for the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE). 

After earning her Bachelor of Music degree from UT-Austin, Professor Henninger had a highly successful public school teaching career as a choral and band director at Fulmore Middle School in the Austin Independent School District.  Dr. Henninger continues to enjoy working with public school students, prospective music educators, and practitioners as an events adjudicator, guest clinician, guest conductor, guest lecturer/presenter, and guest panelist on local, national, and international levels.

 

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]]> Mon, 3 May 2021 19:06:10 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Jacque Henninger, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/international-music-in-education-w-guest-dr-jacqueline-henninger-SWzbiH18 Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Path to Music Education - 01:34

  • Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience in pedagogy, music education, and the Fulbright program that led her to Texas Tech University .

Part II, Making Connections, Opening Doors - 29:21

  • Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience at Texas Tech University teaching future music educators, creating more accessible spaces,  and changing the standard of music education pedagogy.

Part III, Personal Identity/Experience in Academia - 44:47

  • Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience as a woman of color in academia, the music education field, and as an advisor/mentor to students.

Outro - 51:12

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

 

Dr. Jacqueline C. Henninger, Associate professor of Music Education and Associate Director for Performance, Education, and Applied Studies 

(PhD, Music Education, MM, Music Education, and BM Music Studies, The University of Texas at Austin) began her position in the School of Music at Texas Tech University (TTU) in August 2014.  In 2018, she was inducted into the TTU Teaching Academy and was also named a recipient of the TTU Alumni Association New Faculty Award.  Prior to joining the faculty at TTU, Dr. Henninger was a Fulbright Scholar in Sub-Saharan Africa, which enabled her to teach and research at Tumaini University Makumira in Usa River, Tanzania, East Africa from 2012 - 2014.From 2005 – 2013, Dr. Henninger was an Assistant Professor of Music and Human Learning with the Butler School of Music faculty at The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). Immediately prior to that faculty appointment, she was a member of the music education faculty at The Ohio State University (2000 - 2005).  Her teaching responsibilities have included undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, coordinating and supervising student teachers, and advising master and doctoral level examinations, projects, theses, and dissertations.

Her research, which has been presented at state, national, and international conferences, is focused on two academic areas:  teacher preparation and multicultural music education.  Dr. Henninger's articles have been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Journal of Band Research, Texas Music Education Research, Global Music and Culture:  Intersections and Inclusion, Texas Music Educators Conference (TMEC): Connections, and TRIAD.  She is also the author of a textbook chapter entitled The Teaching and Learning of Music of East Africa:  Songs and Dances of Tanzania, which is within the textbook entitled Teaching General Music:A K-12 Experience.  Dr. Henninger has served and is currently serving on the editorial boards for several state and national refereed journals in the field of music education. 

Dr. Henninger is active in state, national, and international organizations.  She is currently the Past President of NAfME-Texas, which is the state affiliate of the national organization (NAfME, which is the National Association for Music Education).  Prior to being elected into the position of President, she served as President-Elect, Member-at-Large, and was on the Council of Chairs for NAfME-Texas (formerly known as TMEC, which was the Texas Music Educators Conference).She has also served as the Chair for the Special Research Interest Group (SRIG): Instructional Strategies with NAfME and was recently appointed as the Board Advisor for the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE). 

After earning her Bachelor of Music degree from UT-Austin, Professor Henninger had a highly successful public school teaching career as a choral and band director at Fulmore Middle School in the Austin Independent School District.  Dr. Henninger continues to enjoy working with public school students, prospective music educators, and practitioners as an events adjudicator, guest clinician, guest conductor, guest lecturer/presenter, and guest panelist on local, national, and international levels.

 

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Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> International Music in Education w/ Guest Dr. Jacqueline Henninger Chris Smith, Jacque Henninger, Roger Landes 00:52:26 Episode 9 is out and our hosts have a conversation with guest Dr. Jacqueline Henninger about international music in education. Dr. Henninger talks about her experiences that led to her role as a mentor in music education at Texas Tech University. She expands on her work with the Fulbright Program in Tanzania, relating the music-ing processes of different cultures to Western Art Music processes and in finding a way to combine vernacular practices with Western Classical practices. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 9 is out and our hosts have a conversation with guest Dr. Jacqueline Henninger about international music in education. Dr. Henninger talks about her experiences that led to her role as a mentor in music education at Texas Tech University. She expands on her work with the Fulbright Program in Tanzania, relating the music-ing processes of different cultures to Western Art Music processes and in finding a way to combine vernacular practices with Western Classical practices. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! rote, african american, advisor, students, tanzania, international, story telling, art forms, performance, dance, sexuality, representation, songs, people, vvmc, ttu, gender, relationships, learning by ear, folk, fulbright, woman of color, vernacular practices, music education, vernacular music center, biases, diversity, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, person of color, community, inclusivity, race, theater, note, pedagogy, music-ing, uganda no full 9 1 b82887d0-96a4-42f7-a61a-2f79ec86556d Vernacular Theater w/ Guest Dr. Bill Gelber Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Practices in Theater - 01:28

  • Relating to  Pantalone, commedia dell'arte, and working with masks

Part II, Community in Theater - 32:39

  • Relating to Bertolt Brecht and the production of "Mother Courage"

Outro - 01:02:29

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke


Dr. Bill Gelber is an Associate Professor of Theatre who teaches acting, directing, pedagogy, and period styles, including Shakespeare and his contemporaries. He has a Ph.D. in Theatre History from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Oscar Brockett. He has been published in the Brecht Yearbook, Communications of the International Brecht Society, Southern Theatre Journal, Texas Theatre Journal, and Early Modern Literary Studies. His essay, “A Ha in Shakespeare” appears in Shakespeare Expressed: Page, Stage, and Classroom. His book Engaging with Brecht: Making Theatre in the 21st Century is to be published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. Dr. Gelber was recently inducted into the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy and is an Integrated Scholar.

 

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Voices from the Vernacular Music Center
 

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Dr. Bill Gelber, Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/vernacular-theater-w-guest-dr-bill-gelber-MXEqdgG_ Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Practices in Theater - 01:28

  • Relating to  Pantalone, commedia dell'arte, and working with masks

Part II, Community in Theater - 32:39

  • Relating to Bertolt Brecht and the production of "Mother Courage"

Outro - 01:02:29

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke


Dr. Bill Gelber is an Associate Professor of Theatre who teaches acting, directing, pedagogy, and period styles, including Shakespeare and his contemporaries. He has a Ph.D. in Theatre History from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Oscar Brockett. He has been published in the Brecht Yearbook, Communications of the International Brecht Society, Southern Theatre Journal, Texas Theatre Journal, and Early Modern Literary Studies. His essay, “A Ha in Shakespeare” appears in Shakespeare Expressed: Page, Stage, and Classroom. His book Engaging with Brecht: Making Theatre in the 21st Century is to be published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. Dr. Gelber was recently inducted into the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy and is an Integrated Scholar.

 

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Voices from the Vernacular Music Center
 

]]> Vernacular Theater w/ Guest Dr. Bill Gelber Dr. Bill Gelber, Roger Landes, Chris Smith 01:03:56 Episode 8 is out and our hosts have a conversation with guest Dr. Bill Gelber about overlapping ideas and practices when working with vernacular traditions. Dr. Gelber discuss theater, elaborating on history, practices, and his own experiences with this type of art, while Chris and Roger make connections with their own experiences with music and culture. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 8 is out and our hosts have a conversation with guest Dr. Bill Gelber about overlapping ideas and practices when working with vernacular traditions. Dr. Gelber discuss theater, elaborating on history, practices, and his own experiences with this type of art, while Chris and Roger make connections with their own experiences with music and culture. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! story telling, art forms, performance, dance, songs, people, bertolt brecht, vvmc, pantalone, improvisation, ttu, masking, relationships, young artists, folk, vernacular practices, vernacular music center, mother courage, training, collaborative learning, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, masks, project based learning, community, theater, commedia dell'arte, england, devised theater no full 8 1 8d24b99b-aa36-4e1b-a7d3-c48c145a030e Places: New Home, New Musics Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Southern Indiana - 01:31

Part II, Taos, New Mexico - 27:13 

Outro - 56:42

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 7

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]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 01:11:10 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/places-new-home-new-musics-My8M33zt Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Southern Indiana - 01:31

Part II, Taos, New Mexico - 27:13 

Outro - 56:42

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 7

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]]> Places: New Home, New Musics Chris Smith, Roger Landes 00:57:43 Episode 7 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the different musics they were exposed to as they moved to new states, towns, and environments. Chris talks about his experience with the music in Southern Indiana and Roger speaks on his experience with certain musics in Taos, New Mexico. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 7 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the different musics they were exposed to as they moved to new states, towns, and environments. Chris talks about his experience with the music in Southern Indiana and Roger speaks on his experience with certain musics in Taos, New Mexico. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! indiana, story telling, art forms, dance, songs, people, vvmc, touring, ttu, pow wow, relationships, folk, pueblo, vernacular music center, irish, university of indiana, banjo, music, indigenous, conservatory, humanity, bloomington, vernacular, vmc, hispanic, texas tech, fiddle, mariachi, community, native, contra no full 7 1 0b28e670-c73d-46ac-b9d5-b702e83ccdf1 Genres: Tracing Traditions Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Balkan Music - 01:20

Part II, Medieval Monophonic Song - 30:17

Outro - 56:24

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 6

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]]> Mon, 12 Apr 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Chris Smith, Roger Landes) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/genres-tracing-traditions-goH2j7ti Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Balkan Music - 01:20

Part II, Medieval Monophonic Song - 30:17

Outro - 56:24

  • Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 6

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]]> Genres: Tracing Traditions Chris Smith, Roger Landes 00:57:12 Episode 6 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Balkan and Medieval monophonic music. Chris & Roger talk about different musical characteristics (such as scales/modes and improvisation), instruments, and traditional practices, expanding on the cultures that influenced those music. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 6 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Balkan and Medieval monophonic music. Chris & Roger talk about different musical characteristics (such as scales/modes and improvisation), instruments, and traditional practices, expanding on the cultures that influenced those music. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! revivals, musilm, story telling, art forms, historically informed performance, dance, songs, people, vvmc, greek, troubadour, makam, improvisation, maqam, ttu, relationships, cantigas de santa maria, lyra, medieval, hip, folk, performance practice, vernacular music center, sacred love, diversity, catholic, maritime, music, manuscripts, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, mountains, courtly love, connections, triculture, crete, improv, balkan no full 6 1 247adeec-9bcd-4fcc-bc5c-bfc24df1587a Instruments: Accordions & Bagpipes, Oh My! Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Accordion - 01:05

Part II, Bagpipes - 23:37

Outro - 45:07

Full Playlist for EP 5

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]]> Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/instruments-accordions-bagpipes-oh-my-oVHPvyDP Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Accordion - 01:05

Part II, Bagpipes - 23:37

Outro - 45:07

Full Playlist for EP 5

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]]> Instruments: Accordions & Bagpipes, Oh My! Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:45:40 Episode 5 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the accordion and bagpipe. Chris & Roger talk about the design and functions of these instruments as well as discussing the historical and cultural connections to each instrument, elaborating on ideas of tradition and transnational borders. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 5 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the accordion and bagpipe. Chris & Roger talk about the design and functions of these instruments as well as discussing the historical and cultural connections to each instrument, elaborating on ideas of tradition and transnational borders. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! ireland, concertina, story telling, art forms, dance, people, vvmc, bagpipes, ttu, france, relationships, soncs, folk, vernacular music center, instruments, accordion, music, humanity, vernacular, diatonic, vmc, martime, musette, texas tech, connections, button accordion, piano accordion no full 5 1 e584d046-2f5d-4db8-a628-b41ff39fc2f5 Ideas: Collaborative Learning Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Zoukfest - 01:19

Part II, Nosferatu - 19:52

  • The Nosferatu Orchestra under the direction of Roger Landes and Chris Smith | Orlok - 35:40
  • The Nosferatu Orchestra under the direction of Roger Landes and Chris Smith | Carpathians - 38:06
  • The Nosferatu Orchestra under the direction of Roger Landes and Chris Smith | Plague/Rats - 44:48

Outro - 47:05

Full Playlist for EP 4

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Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/ideas-collaborative-learning-pKzPmtwO Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Zoukfest - 01:19

Part II, Nosferatu - 19:52

  • The Nosferatu Orchestra under the direction of Roger Landes and Chris Smith | Orlok - 35:40
  • The Nosferatu Orchestra under the direction of Roger Landes and Chris Smith | Carpathians - 38:06
  • The Nosferatu Orchestra under the direction of Roger Landes and Chris Smith | Plague/Rats - 44:48

Outro - 47:05

Full Playlist for EP 4

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Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Ideas: Collaborative Learning Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:47:55 Episode 4 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the different types of musical learning through festivals, music camps, and project-based learning. Join Roger as he discusses his experience with Zoukfest and Chris as he discusses his experience with the orchestral performance of the silent film, Nosferatu. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 4 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the different types of musical learning through festivals, music camps, and project-based learning. Join Roger as he discusses his experience with Zoukfest and Chris as he discusses his experience with the orchestral performance of the silent film, Nosferatu. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! camps, story telling, atlantic, art forms, dance, songs, people, vvmc, ideas, nosferatu, zoukfest, festivals, ttu, relationships, folk, vernacular music center, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, project-based learning, connections, collaborative no full 4 1 4029a7a6-baed-45d6-864f-2ef7a00d5206 Places: Music at Home Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Missouri - 01:00

Part II, Maritime New England - 21:31

Full Playlist for EP 3

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]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/places-music-at-home-9Pn5bLyb Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Missouri - 01:00

Part II, Maritime New England - 21:31

Full Playlist for EP 3

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Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Places: Music at Home Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:38:48 Episode 3 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the music they heard growing up in Missouri and Maritime New England. Along with talking about the historical situations that helped the music in those areas develop, they also discuss how what and who they were exposed to musically helped shape their personal music experience. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 3 is out and our hosts have a conversation about the music they heard growing up in Missouri and Maritime New England. Along with talking about the historical situations that helped the music in those areas develop, they also discuss how what and who they were exposed to musically helped shape their personal music experience. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! story telling, atlantic, art forms, connecitons, dance, new england, songs, people, vvmc, ttu, relationships, genres, folk, vernacular music center, sea songs, instruments, music maps, maritime, music, humanity, missouri, vernacular, country, vmc, texas tech, appalachian, histories, rivers no full 3 1 829e90d7-9793-4e79-9c91-cf280d0e322d Genres: The Sounds Around Us Intro - 0:00

Part I, Irish Trad - 01:08

  • Tune called Sir Thomas Leixlip, the Proud (as Roger knows it), also known traditionally as The Humours of Glynn, played on the Irish Bouzouki

Part II, Mississippi Delta Blues - 27:40

  • Song called The Death Letter Blues, by Eddy "Son" House on the slide guitar

Outro - 41:27

VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist

Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes, Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/genres-the-sounds-around-us-ICcIJuM8 Intro - 0:00

Part I, Irish Trad - 01:08

  • Tune called Sir Thomas Leixlip, the Proud (as Roger knows it), also known traditionally as The Humours of Glynn, played on the Irish Bouzouki

Part II, Mississippi Delta Blues - 27:40

  • Song called The Death Letter Blues, by Eddy "Son" House on the slide guitar

Outro - 41:27

VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist

Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Genres: The Sounds Around Us Roger Landes, Chris Smith 00:41:55 Episode 2 is out and our hosts have a conversation about being in environments where they heard new genres that they became attached to, like Irish trad and Mississippi Delta Blues. They discuss how they learned about the music, culture, and how they personally could participate in the traditions of that genre. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! Episode 2 is out and our hosts have a conversation about being in environments where they heard new genres that they became attached to, like Irish trad and Mississippi Delta Blues. They discuss how they learned about the music, culture, and how they personally could participate in the traditions of that genre. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! story telling, art forms, dance, songs, people, vvmc, ttu, relationships, genres, folk, vernacular music center, instruments, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, music from within, histories, connections, irish trad, mississippi delta blues no full 2 1 71d3a799-aa60-4292-bdd2-8db47a3b0802 Instruments: Traveling Strings Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Sandy Boys, played on the 5 string, claw hammer banjo.

Part I, Drumming on the Strings: Historical Meetings and the 5-string Banjo - 01:02  

Transition/Bridge - 18:53

  • Tune called Sir Thomas Leixlip, the Proud (as Roger knows it), also known traditionally as The Humours of Glynn, played on the Irish Bouzouki.

Part II, The Bouzouki - 19:38

VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist

Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Mon, 8 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes & Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/instruments-traveling-strings-EYByJBP6 Intro - 0:00

  • Tune called Sandy Boys, played on the 5 string, claw hammer banjo.

Part I, Drumming on the Strings: Historical Meetings and the 5-string Banjo - 01:02  

Transition/Bridge - 18:53

  • Tune called Sir Thomas Leixlip, the Proud (as Roger knows it), also known traditionally as The Humours of Glynn, played on the Irish Bouzouki.

Part II, The Bouzouki - 19:38

VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist

Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Instruments: Traveling Strings Roger Landes & Chris Smith 00:40:54 The inaugural episode of the new podcast is out and our hosts have a conversation about two instruments and their travels: the Irish bouzouki and the Appalachian 5-string banjo—two instruments, or ideas of instruments, which emerge from the connections and collisions between people, places, musics, events, and ideas. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! The inaugural episode of the new podcast is out and our hosts have a conversation about two instruments and their travels: the Irish bouzouki and the Appalachian 5-string banjo—two instruments, or ideas of instruments, which emerge from the connections and collisions between people, places, musics, events, and ideas. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! story telling, africa, art forms, dance, songs, banza, people, vvmc, greek, tunes, ttu, mandolin, relationships, slave trade, folk, vernacular music center, irish, banjo, instruments, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, histories, connections, bouzouki, banjar, west africa, creolization, creole no full 1 1 3f346ad1-9379-4520-adf2-82f8682fb0b4 Welcome to the Voices from the Vernacular Music Center Podcast! Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:10:25 +0000 vernacularmusiccenter@gmail.com (Roger Landes and Chris Smith) https://voices-from-the-vernacular-music-center.simplecast.com/episodes/vvmc-trailer-dbDYQoCa Voices from the Vernacular Music Center

]]> Welcome to the Voices from the Vernacular Music Center Podcast! Roger Landes and Chris Smith 00:01:16 We bring you this podcast from Texas Tech University, hosted by Roger Landes and Chris Smith, musicians and directors of the VMC. We explore vernacular art forms: musics and dance which are learned, taught, and passed on by ear and in the memory. In Series #1, produced with funding from the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, we talk about how the VMC engages with music and dance from around the world, and about the connections, histories, and community meanings of these art forms. We hear from players, scholars, dancers, builders, and listeners; we hear about times and places and people, and together with our audience we seek to discover and celebrate the webs of human meaning which connect all of them. We bring you this podcast from Texas Tech University, hosted by Roger Landes and Chris Smith, musicians and directors of the VMC. We explore vernacular art forms: musics and dance which are learned, taught, and passed on by ear and in the memory. In Series #1, produced with funding from the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, we talk about how the VMC engages with music and dance from around the world, and about the connections, histories, and community meanings of these art forms. We hear from players, scholars, dancers, builders, and listeners; we hear about times and places and people, and together with our audience we seek to discover and celebrate the webs of human meaning which connect all of them. story telling, art forms, dance, songs, people, vvmc, ttu, relationships, folk, vernacular music center, instruments, music, humanity, vernacular, vmc, texas tech, histories, connections no trailer 1