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!
Intro - 0:00
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
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