Crackin' the Vault

French speaking Black people from Southwest Louisiana

 

Featuring:

 

Amede Ardoin, his cousin Bois Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Edward Poullard, Cedric Watson (his birthday today!), Desiree Champagne; Calvin Carriere, Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys; and Delton’s son Jeffrey Broussard and the Creole Cowboys.

 

Recordings from 1988 to 2013.

 

 

Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel:

 

https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/

 

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy.

 

Peter

Featuring:

Patti Kusturok, Lawrence Teddy Boy Houle, James Cheechoo, John Arcand, Trimble Gilbert, Calvin Vollrath, Clinton Pelletier, and more…

We’ll talk with Jamie about Metis fiddling, it’s connection to First Nation people, racism, dancing, and we’ll listen to some Metis players from across Canada, find amazing stylistic similarities from Alaska to Manitoba.

Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel:

https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy.

Peter

Exploring the ukulele this week.

Featuring

Daniel Ho, Del Rey, James Hill, Casey MacGill, The Canote Brothers, Nova Devonie, Matt Weiner, Daniel Ward, Heidi Swedberg, Lyle Ritz, Nancy Thorwardson, Paul Hemmings, and a lot more….

We’ll listen to some of the styles that work for the uke, and some of the ways that folks employ it. Blues, jazz, reggae, calypso, folk songs, cowboy, swing – it all seems to work! We’ll finish with highlights from the Portland Ukulele Extravaganza, a concert held in Portland OR in 2013.

Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the new Centrum podcast channel:

https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy.

This week's episode is abou Cajun women and the Daiquiri Queens’ search for Dale Dugas. Featuring:

 

Sheryl Cormier

Anya Burgess

Kristi Guillory

Sarah Savoy

Christine Balfa

Ann Savoy

Dale Dugas

and the  Daiquiri Queens

 

And their helpers:

 

Suzy Thompson (lovely emcee), Russell Cormier, Blake Miller, Joel Savoy, Eric Thompson, Caleb Klauder, Nadine Landry, Sammy Lind, Dirk Powell, and Kevin Wimmer.

 

The KPTZ archive no longer exists, but most “Crackin the Vault” shows will be available on the new Centrum podcast channel:

 

https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/

 

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy.

Peter takes you on another journey from Centrum's vault, this time featuring Brazilian musical artists.

Mexican fiddlers in today's episode, in particular from Michoacán, with a focus on Don Juan Reynoso.

Music from the very first Country Blues week at Centrum in 1993, with a focus on Henry Townsend.

A look and a listen back to 2006, the first Slide and Steel gathering. It's a worlwide, cross-traditional style. Slide guitar played with a glass or metal tube againt the strings. Also the lap steel, pedal steel, or dobro,

This episode features "axes of evil", meaning accordians, bagpipes, and banjos. All from Centrum. For your listening "pleasure".

In honor of Voice Works, Peter cracks open the vault to play a collection of beautiful duets, and other vocal treasures. Enjoy the soothing harmonies.