Far Flung Folk, WRIU (Rhythm & Roots Fest Edition), August 24

Del Reeves, Lord Cobra, Jack Kerouac, John David Souther, The War & Treaty, Charity Bailey, The Willis Brothers, Elin Lisslass, Loudon Wainwright, Dom Flemons, Clem Snide, Mark Cutler, Min Huifen, Johnny Thunders, several pieces from Yazoo’s Secret Museum of Mankind series and LOTS of nods to artists playing at this Labor Day’s Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, RI, including Rose & the Bros, Los Texmaniacs, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Little Feat, Pine Leaf Boys, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole and others…

You’re invited to join me every third and fourth Weds of the month. 6 pm ET: FAR FLUNG FOLK STREAMS on WRIU.org (USE the radio app of yr choice – local RI FM broadcasting is severely limited for the foreseeable future). I am your host. We play honkabilly swampgrass, zydecajun swingboogie, garagadelica, stompintwangtonk, outlawpolka, soul’n’roll, conjuntocalypso, mambochacha, appalachiaboogie, cowpunkpowerpop, jugbandjumpblues, texmextrucktwang, and bank-robbin’ music.

Rhythm & Roots Festival

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