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Award-winning radio producer Paul Ingles presents folk singing legend Judy Collins hosting an hour-long holiday special. A Holiday Folk Music Tour with Judy Collins features musical takes on the holiday season from musicians around the country, plus one from overseas. The music includes many new originals - along with a few holiday favorites. Along the way, many of the artists reflect on the holidays and tell the stories behind their songs. The artists
featured are Trout Fishing in America, Steve Earle and Maria McKee, Tish
Hinojosa, Jesse Colin Young, Bill Miller, the Blind Boys of Alabama with
Tom Waits, Peter Case, and Lowen + Navarro. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
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Click to hear a 14 minute sampler either as an MP3 or in RealAudio. |
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FOR STATIONS
The program is now available to all public radio outlets. It is Newscast compatible. It includes one 60-second break opportunity approximately midway through program. If you are a member
of the Public Radio Exchange, two other completely different specials
hosted by Judy Collins are available there - Stations may also purchase a CD from the producer for broadcast. You must notify
the producer of your plans to broadcast the program. |
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The Performers |
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JUDY
COLLINS—Silent Night and
All On A Wintry Night
Judy Collins
is truly the definition of a living legend. Few artists have the staying
power as this music icon. She is celebrating her 40th year of recording
with 37 albums, top 10 hits, Grammy nominations, and gold and platinum
status. Her influence in music and politics has spread over decades. Her
vocal interpretations have inspired millions. Judy has always remained
a creative and vibrant artist. Website: www.judycollins.com
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| TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA- I Got a Cheese Log Trout Fishing in America - the name taken from a Richard Brautigan novel - seems almost as incongruent and intriguing as a picture of this musical duo - Ezra Idlet (guitar) stands six feet nine inches and Keith Grimwood (bass), five feet five and one half inches. Their infectious mix of folk/pop and family music is tempered by the diverse influences of reggae, latin, blues, jazz and classical music. TFIA recordings have garnered three National Indie Awards and multiple Parents Choice Gold and American Library Awards as well as a Grammy nomination. Merry Fishes To All is their 2004 holiday music release. Website: www.troutmusic.com |  |
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STEVE EARLE—Nothing But A Child Steve Earle has been, for the past two decades, one of the more compellingly engaged figures on the American cultural landscape. Steve is the author of best-selling works of fiction (“Doghouse Roses”), a playwright, and a well-known speaker for a variety of populist movements. But it is in his persona as an exceedingly thoughtful, yet fun, country rocker that most people know him, and rightly so. His contribution to the merging of progressive country to the wider rock audience remains huge. Website: www.steveearle.com |
| TISH HINOJOSA—Arbolito (Little Christmas Tree) Austin's Tish Hinojosa is known for her ability to blend country, folk and Tejano flavors in songs featuring her crystal-pure voice. Hinojosa grew up in San Antonio, the youngest of thirteen daughters born to immigrant parents. Moving away from San Antonio in 1979, and living in Taos, New Mexico and Nashville before settling in Austin in 1988, Hinojosa's recordings have mostly been bilingual mixtures, including her holiday release From Texas For A Christmas Night. Website: www.mundotish.com. |  |
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JETHRO TULL (IAN ANDERSON) —Last Man At The Party Jethro Tull formed in February 1968 from the ashes of two unsuccessful blues/rock bands of the era. Ian Anderson brought his unique and innovative style of flute playing to a public raised on the guitar based British bands who courted acceptance at London's famous Marquee Club. After their first blues-oriented album, titled This Was, the group moved through successive records towards a more progressive sound, and with Aqualung in 1971 achieved their first real international level of success. A few hit singles, notably Living in the Past, livened up their early career although it was as an album band with songs of real substance, that the group really took off, both on record and as a major live concert act. This song is included on the CD A Jethro Tull Christmas. Website: www.jethrotull.com |
| BILL MILLER— I Saw The Star of Bethlehem Bill Miller knows firsthand life's keenest joys and sorrows, a man who distills experience into a potent musical style. In the process, Bill Miller blends the Native American and western folk/blues traditions into something wholly new. A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. As an award-winning recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, and painter, he's been a voice for the voiceless, a link between two great, and clashing, civilizations. Website: www.billmiller.net. |  |
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BLIND BOYS OF
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CASE- Fourth of July/Christmas Rag-
Peter
Case says of himself: "I tell people now I play folk-rock, & they
seem to understand ...but the whole truth is more complex: I'm a singer/
songwriter that uses all the American styles to get my stories across
: Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, Country, Soul, R&B ...& Folk..plus some rhythmic
influences from around the world. I'm trying to forge my own style out
of those inherited materials...I've always been into dynamic emotionally
charged music you could use to tell a story or paint a picture."
Website:www.petercase.com
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& NAVARRO - A Song of Christmas
For more than a
decade, Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro have written, recorded and toured for
a growing national audience. Their five CDs showcase self-penned songs
of experience, colored by supple acoustic-based arrangements centered
around their intertwined voices. Songwriters of notable cachet, their
works have been recorded by artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the worldwide
Top 5 hit "We Belong"), The Bangles, The Four Tops, Dave Edmunds, The
Temptations and a host of others. Out of their success as songwriters
came the impetus for forming Lowen & Navarro: They wanted to sing their
songs themselves, live and on CD. They've have been doing so since the
late 1980's. Website: www.lownav.com
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THE
PRODUCER: Paul Ingles
Paul Ingles
has been in broadcasting since 1975 and has experience as a producer,
news and sports reporter, recording engineer, editor, on-air personality,
trainer and manager. More recently, as an independent radio producer,
he has filed reports for NPR news magazines and newscasts and numerous
other public radio programs. He has produced programs on music, popular
culture, media literacy and other topics that have been distributed either
by NPR or independently to public radio stations around the world. Website:
www.paulingles.com
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