Monthly Archives: January 2014

Tent Show Radio: Rockin’ Jason D. Williams

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1st Airing: 2/1/14
2nd Airing: 8/1/14

Links
Jason D. Williams
www.rockingjasondwilliams.com

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With high acrobatics and excellent musical skill, Jason D. Williams performs ear-shakingly, dynamic and high energy performances night after night, and this night, he brought it to the Big Top stage.  Williams has the ability to perform songs on the piano with his body in several difficult, acrobatic-like positions, such as in a handstand, backwards, forwards, sideways, upside-down, on the ground, on his knees, with his limbs or feet, standing or lying on the piano, and standing on top of piano keys incorporating jazz, boogie woogie, country, blues, rock, rock & roll, gospel, and classical music into his performances.

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Backstage Monologue
In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ –  Mike discusses smartphone apps that work in the chicken coop and introduces his daughter to the magic of a manual typewriter.

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Tent Show Radio: Highway 61 Revisited

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[one_third]Broadcast Schedule

1st Airing: 1/25/14
2nd Airing: 7/25/14

Links
Blue Canvas Orchestra
www.facebook.com/bco

Michael Perry
www.sneezingcow.com[/one_third]

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Big Top Musical Director Severin Behnen leads the Blue Canvas Orchestra in a retrospective of the songs of the incomparable Bob Dylan. Dylan, a Minnesota Native, and an undeniable musical pioneer, using his unequalled songwriting talent as a sword in the civil rights and anti-war struggles of the 60s and 70s.

Dylan has won many awards throughout his career including 11 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award; He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Join the Blue Canvas Orchestra with special guests Corey Carlson, Barbara Jean Meyers and Danielle Nepstad as they interpret and honor the work of this legendary figure.

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Backstage Monologue
In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike discusses the importance of having a nightcap.

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Program Notes & Stream Here

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[one_third]Broadcast Schedule

1st Airing: 1/19/14
2nd Airing: 7/19/14

Links
Joan Osborne
www.joanosborne.com

Michael Perry
www.sneezingcow.com[/one_third]

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Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, an affluent suburb of Louisville, Osborne moved to New York City in the late 1980s, where she formed her own record label, Womanly Hips.  She signed with Mercury Records, and released her first full-length album, Soul Show: Live at Delta 88, in 1991. Her second (and first major label) album was Relish (1995), which became a hit on the strength of the single “One of Us” and has been performing and recording ever since!  Her album Bring It On Home was released on March 27, 2012. It is a collection of vintage blues and soul covers, and it received a 2013 Grammy Awards nomination for Best Blues Album.

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Backstage Monologue
In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike tries to “rebrand” yoga.

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Program Notes & Stream Here!

Tent Show Radio: The Bodeans

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[one_third]Broadcast Schedule

1st Airing: 1/12/14
2nd Airing: 7/12/14

Links
Bodeans
www.bodeans.com

Michael Perry
www.sneezingcow.com[/one_third]

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Formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin in the “early Bodeans days” and following their critically acclaimed debut Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams, in January 1987, a Rolling Stone reader poll voted them Best New American Band.   10 records later and they are back performing for a second time on the Big Top stage, as tight, sharp and sing-a-long-able as ever, touring their recent 2012 release “American Made” in their one-of-a-kind, recognizable blues, country, rock and soulful way!

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[one_third]Backstage Monologue

In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike manages to avoid getting beat up at the class reunion.

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 Program Notes & Streaming Link HERE 

Tent Show Radio: Bill Miller & BCO

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[one_third]Broadcast Schedule

1st Airing: 1/5/14
2nd Airing: 7/5/14

Links
Bill Miller
www.billmiller.com

Michael Perry
www.sneezingcow.com[/one_third]

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With Native American heritage and Wisconsin roots, Tent Show Radio is pleased to welcome back to the Big Top stage Grammy Award winning artist Bill Miller backed up by our very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.

Miller has stood alongside some of the biggest names in popular music including Tori Amos, Pearl Jam, The Bodeans, Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie and Nanci Griffith.  In 2005, Millers instrumental Cedar Dream Songs won a Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album.  In an interview, Bill said, “I appreciate people who have something to stand up for. I stand up for the truth. If you stand up for what you believe in you have no idea how many people you’ll affect.”

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Backstage Monologue
In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike reflects on becoming a godfather again.

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Program Notes & Streaming Here

https://tentshowradio.org/podcast/TSR1401_Bill_Miller.mp3