VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER

Places: New Home, New Musics

Episode Summary

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 Notes

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

• Lotus Dickey plays a medley of Albert Dougherty tunes
• Jamie Gans (fiddle) and Sam Bartlett (tenor banjo), Huey Travers Set - 13:46
• Andrew Lazaro, Timbal Independence - 25:50

Part II, Taos, New Mexico - 27:13 

• Taos Pueblo Christmas Eve Procession - 31:21 (WARNING, there are gun shots in this section of the audio)
• Taos Pueblo Pow Wow - 32:01
• Trio de Taos “Marcha de los Novios” and “La Realera” - 46:24
• Brenna MacCrimmon “Bir ah çektim” - 51:22

Outro - 56:42

• Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 7

VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist

Voices from the Vernacular Music Center