Scenic Roots

Richard Winham shares a session from Ultrafaux - paying tribute to Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli - at Chattanooga’s Barking Legs Theater in 2018.

This Sunday, “Chattanooga: Stronger Together” premieres on our public media partner, WTCI PBS . The hosts of the new local series are Barbara Marter and Toni Miles.

Beyond Chattanooga, the Lula Lake Land Trust covers 8,000 acres around Lookout Mountain, Georgia. On Saturday, October 23rd, the home to Lula Lake and Lula Falls will host “The Trail Blazer: 10K & Marathon” to support its conservation efforts. Matthew Hubbard is with Lula Lake Land Trust.

The fall brings a new season for up-and-coming songwriters in the Chattanooga area - and a musical rite of passage known as Songwriters Stage. Mark Anderson is the director of Chattown Stages, which makes it all possible.

Wade Hinton - born and raised here in Chattanooga - is a lawyer and business leader who ran for Mayor earlier this year. His roles across the public and private sectors include City Attorney, Deputy General Counsel at Volkswagen - and Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity at Unum.

Wade Hinton’s new consulting business in Chattanooga. This fall’s Songwriters Stage - and the Lula Lake Land Trust. From Barking Legs Theater: A rewind with Ultrafaux. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares an encore session by Molly Stevens - an Americana singer / songwriter from Macon, GA now based in Nashville - and her band from the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC. (First aired in June 2021)

Car fans, start your engines! The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival returns - from Friday, October 15th through Sunday, October 17th - along the downtown riverfront, after last year’s festival was postponed due to the pandemic.

Ronda Lee Chapman describes herself as a “sustainability generalist” - active in outdoor spaces for decades from enthusiast to advocate to policy influencer.

Ronda Lee Chapman with The Trust for Public Land. Corky Coker on the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. Mountain Spirit: Singer / songwriter Molly Stevens. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”