Playtime with WC Turck

In Colonial America, Quilt making was common throughout the late 17th century and the early part of the 18th century, with quilts becoming decorative items that displayed the fine needlework of the maker. In the lead up to the Civil War quilting was used as a means to raise funds for the abolitionist movement.

Colleen Story’s handmade Fine Art Quilts reflect the natural wonders of her native Montana, replete with organic floral motifs and palettes inspired by such divergent artists as Claude Monet and Mark Rothko. Her quilts appear in the film, Larry McMurtry’s Return to Lonesome Dove. Colleen’s work has been exhibited in galleries and coffee shops throughout Montana, Illinois, California, and as far away as Prague in the Czech Republic. Colleen Story has also worked as a wardrobe assistant on films and for photographer David Yarrow. Colleen’s website is lifeasquilt.com. Find LifeasQuilt on Etsy. 

Our featured Indy Artist is Peter Joly. Find Peter's music at Bandcamp.com 

Director, Writer, Producer and Golfer discusses his film repertoire, the artistic heart of Wisconsin faith in film and his new film, The Mulligan. The Mulligan opens in select theaters nationwide April 18th and 19th, 2022. The website is The Mulligan movie.com . 

Our featured Indie Artist, Rascal Martinez is a Nebraska singer/songwriter. Rascal channels a spirit with a fresh yet familiar and resonant style. Think David Gray meets Johnny Cash on the wide open fields of America’s heartland. The website is www.rascalmartinez.com. Rascal’s latest single is dedicated to his newlywed, Terra Belle Martinez. Who says romance is dead? From Rascal Martinez, the song is titled Her.

  jeanette’s website is JeanetteWatts.com

The music from this piece is available on Youtube:

André Campra - Te Deum per soli, coro e orchestra (1729)

Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 18, K.576 (1789)

Robin Adair 

Weber's Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major

Our featured Indie Artist is Chicago legend, the storyteller and Grammy nominated Ray Grant, who has just released a new song Siesta Key, which might be his best to date. Think Gordon Lightfoot in a Hawaiian shirt. Ray grant is a Chicagoan born and raised a south side kid from the Back of the Yards neighborhood. He picked up his first guitar as a teenager for $3, and taught himself how to play. His first 1990 album "It's About Time" earned Grant a Grammy nomination in 1991. Not bad for a self-taught kid from a working-class Chicago neighborhood. His website is raygrantchicago.com , and Ray Grant on Facebook. And please don't forget to support programs like Playtime by subscribing. Thank you!

WC Turck's full interview with critically acclaimed author of "Bedrock Faith", Eric Charles May, Associate Professor of Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago. Prof. May was a presenter of “How to Get to Meaningful Memoir Material" at the 2022 Let’s Just Write conference, hosted by the Chicago Writer’s association.

His Novel, "Bedrock Faith" was the 2021 One Book, One Chicago selection by the Chicago Public Library, and a 2014 Notable African American Title by Publisher’s Weekly.  His website is: ericcharlesmay.com

Our featured indie artist is Chicago legend, the storyteller and Grammy nominated Ray Grant, who has just released a new song Siesta Key. His first 1990 album "It's About Time" earned Grant a Grammy nomination in 1991. Not bad for a self-taught kid from a working-class Chicago neighborhood. His website is raygrantchicago.com  

We are following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great through the founding of Alexandria and the great library, and Euclid's Elements as a necessary basis for 3-dimensional thought and Art. From a History of Light for the Artist by WC Turck

Berlin-based Sasha Dawe-better known as David Stars’- musical style defies simple categories. Post-Punk Folk is as close as I’ve come, but still falls short in describing the work of this eclectic young artist. Think the Norweigian-German shoe-gazing sound of The Whitest Boy Alive as a starting point.  With perhaps a hint of Jeff Tweedy’s sideways sarcasm and James Dean’s squinting scowl that questions the underlying fabric of deeply-held assumptions, all with a sublime youthful freedom at the sunset of that inherent innocence. WC Turck discusses David’s EP, The Cellar Sessions, c collaborations with local DJs, The Hustle and DJ Kitec and some of his favorite African recipes.

Find out more at David and the Stars.com

A Recipe for Namibian Kapana, and for South African Chutney-Mayo Chicken. 

Plus a link to Mrs. Balls' South African Chuthey recipe from Greedy Gourmet!

A link to  Stromae's Youtube channel

If there was just a single word to describe To Love Again, the 2021 album from jazz vocalist Karuna Shinsho, that word could only be romance. The album pays special tribute featuring 3 songs by the late Brazilian composer, and the father of the Bossa Nova, Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, and celebrates Shinsho's Japanese heritage. The website is karunasings.com. The album is a finalist for Jazz Album of the year on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the 35th annual Wammie Awards in Washington DC, wammiesdc.org

Branding was there from the start with emerging genres. Led Zeppelin, Radiohead and the Lumineers have a discernible brand. Arthur C. Clark and Stephen King have clearly identifiable brands. Van Gogh, Picasso and Frida Kahlo likewise are known for their specific styles. Author, filmmaker, musician and Brand Strategist Michael Finney talks about his short and simple program, "How to Create a Personal Brand in 10 Steps". Michael's program simplifies a must need for successfully navigating the new marketplace and establishing your unique brand to the world. For Artists, Authors, Musicians, Not-for Profits and businesses alike to tell the world who you are!

Plus, we hear the latest song from our Featured Indie Artist, Egypt's own Asmaa Naga with the beautiful "Is Your Heart Okay".

A link to Michael-Finney.com and the "How to Create a Personal Brand in 10 Steps", click here. 

The book, "How to Create a Personal Brand in 10 Steps" is available by clicking here at Amazon.com.

WC Turck speaks with Kyiv, Ukraine gallery owners, Julia and Max Voloshyn about the war, history, its affect on the Artist community in Ukraine and coping with being cut off from friends, family and colleagues.

We feature music from Khrystyna Soloviy and Rascal Martinez

A link to Voloshyn Gallery in Kyiv, Ukraine, and to the work of Nikita Kadan on Artsy.