Arts Underground
94 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingArts Underground is like no other public radio show. Host Katy Ganaway takes an hour to excavate some of the beautiful oddities that lie just beneath the surface in north Alabama and around the world. Discover music from artists who span a diverse variety of genres and eras, get a behind the scenes look as we spotlight folks in the Tennessee Valley's local music and comedy scenes, and meet local makers, crafters and other creatives who add color and brightness to our rapidly-growing community.Arts Underground airs Saturday on WLRH at 2 PM. You can also listen any time on the free WLRH mobile app, or on our website, as a podcast.
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Arts Underground: Funny You Should Ask - Brandon Ijames
August 18, 2021 07:08 - 12.4 MBIn this episode of Arts Underground, we're bringing you a new segment called, 'Funny You Should Ask.' In this series, we'll talk with comedians in the TN Valley to get to know their style, hear first gig stories, and plenty more. Brandon Ijames is our first guest, a quick-witted comedian and veteran of a local comedy showcase that debuted in 2012, Homegrown Comedy. Related links are below. Funny You Should Ask is a series where we hear from comedians in the TN Valley, getting to know their ...
Arts Underground: Funny You Should Ask - Epic Comedy Hour w/ Scott Eason
July 22, 2021 07:07 - 22.6 MBThis week we have a special installment of 'Funny You Should Ask,' where we'll sit down with Scott Eason, one of the co-creators of Huntsville's local comedy showcase event, Epic Comedy Hour. Ten years ago, local comedians Scott Eason, Tim Kelly and Justin Ledlow began their quest to carve out a place for comedy in Huntsville, starting by sharing the stage at music open mic nights, and eventually finding a home base and a longtime partnership with Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment. Now celebr...
Arts Underground: Funny You Should Ask - Rayna Cahill
July 07, 2021 12:07 - 18.9 MBWe've got a brand new Funny You Should Ask with improv and stand-up comedian, Rayna Cahill. We talk about the moment she realized her natural talent, her successful endeavors in creating comedy shows, her thoughts on the rapport among the local comedy community and more. You can catch Rayna at Shenanigans Comedy Theatre and at comedy open mic nights around town. Related links are below. Funny You Should Ask is a series where we hear from comedians in the TN Valley, getting to know their sty...
Arts Underground: Funny You Should Ask - Ty Funny
July 07, 2021 12:07 - 16 MBThis week's episode of Arts Underground includes the 3rd installment of our series, Funny You Should Ask, with local comedian and improv actor, Ty Funny! Ty, a native Wisconsonite, is really picking up steam with his comedy career around the Tennessee Valley. Ty talks with us about establishing himself and discovering his self worth as an up-and-coming comedian, as well as his biggest comedy inspiration- his father, who recently passed away. We hear how Ty combined his passion for making an ...
Arts Underground: Artlady Sonya
June 24, 2021 06:06 - 22 MBThis episode, we sit down with Sonya Clemons, known endearingly to most as Artlady Sonya. In her cozy studio loft, above a law firm in Scottsboro, AL, we hear about Sonya's adventures- from her and her mother's artistic bond, to her outstanding murals that bless the hearts of many, to a powerful, collaborative project- Pictures of Hope- providing a creative outlet to, and bringing together, the Recovery Community in Jackson County. The Artlady is no myth-- she's as real as your grandma's st...
Arts Underground: Design Week Huntsville 2021
April 20, 2021 07:04 - 14.5 MBThis episode, we're joined by Lauren Gowins and Amber Cornett, co-founders of Design Week Huntsville. It's a week-long event April 12-16, spotlighting designers in the Tennessee Valley of all levels and backgrounds, meant to show inspiring art students what Huntsville has to offer in the design industry. Info. at: http://designweekhuntsville.com/
Arts Underground: The War and Treaty
April 15, 2021 10:04 - 20.6 MBNashville-based husband and wife duo of The War and Treaty, Tanya Blount-Trotter and Michael Trotter Jr., are opening A Taste of Panoply in Huntsville (2021) with their unique blend of soul and Americana, sure to vibrate through the soul and get everyone on their feet dancing. We sat down for a phone conversation with the two dynamo musicians, where they tell us about working with legendary musicians in a pandemic, the role spirituality plays in their performance, and an anecdote about Tanya...
Arts Underground: Huntsville Botanical Garden- Container Gardening
March 19, 2021 07:03 - 12.3 MBWhile we patiently wait for our COVID-19 vaccinations, and for things to return to "normal," the question remains-- How can we cure boredom and make staying at home more of an adventure than a mundane practice? In this conversation, Rachel Holland, Greenhouse Propagator with the Huntsville Botanical Garden lets us in on the secret to exercising our creativity, while also keeping a calm, stable mind. She talks with host Katy Ganaway.
Arts Underground: Lowe Mill's New Mosaic
March 07, 2020 09:03 - 26.3 MBLowe Mill has a new mural, but it's not just any mural - It's a mosaic created from several thousand hexagon tiles. Roberto Salcido and Max Lizarraga created the piece inspired by traditional beadwork and donated it to the Mill in celebration of Huntsville, 7 years residence, and new citizenship.
Arts Underground: 1000 miles in Huntsville
March 07, 2020 09:03 - 15.7 MBLowe Mill artist David Nuttall is known for his realistic ficticious maps. He's also a cyclist, and now he's accomplished 1000 miles cycled in Huntsville's streets. Now, not only does he probably know the roads of Huntsville better than anyone, but he's also discovered quite a bit regarding segregation of neighborhoods.
Dana Anderson Interview
February 28, 2020 12:02 - 13.7 MBDana Anderson is the very first artist with special needs in the south (that we know of) to have her own solo gallery exhibit, in Chicago's Magnificent Mile no less! They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and never is that more true than with Dana's art. Since she's nonverbal, we spoke with Dana's mother, Janet, about her journey and process.
Arts Underground: Jovani Occomy
November 19, 2019 18:11 - 20.6 MBJovani Occomy has been creating music from the time she was little and sang with her grandmother during car rides. She sat down to talk with us about her music-making journey, and told us some of the stories behind her most memorable songs to date
Arts Underground: Rook in the Belly of the Whale from Evil Cheez Productions
November 01, 2019 11:11Charismatic duo Daphne and Duncan from Evil Cheez productions talk about Evil Cheez's latest production: Rook in the Belly of the Whale - perhaps the darkest and weirdest show Evil Cheez has ever produced.
Arts Underground: Debbie Smith and the Child Ghost
November 01, 2019 11:11 - 6.82 MBIf you like a good ghost story, listen to this feature from Arts Underground where we brought in Debbie Smith to tell hers. If you like a fantastic scares-the-snot-outta-ya ghost story, turn off the lights and listen to this ghost story!! It's real, it's recent, it's local, and it's SCARY.
Arts Underground: The Ghost of Stegar Brick
October 26, 2019 15:10 - 17.4 MBIn this Halloween special episode of Arts Underground, we hear the story of the Old Stegar Brick Mansion atop the highest hill in Nashville, rumored to be haunted, with secret tunnels somewhere below the foundation. Emma Petty woke up one night to see a pair of doors that hadn't been there before, and what was behind those doors frightened the entire family.
Arts Underground: The Trip to Scotland
October 19, 2019 07:10 - 56.1 MBLast year in October we debuted a travel episode dedicated to Iceland, and what a hit! So this year, we've dedicated one to Scotland. Listen for the sounds and stories of Scotland - specifically Edinburgh!
Arts Underground: Tweed Ride 2019 Interview with Brandy Baird
October 19, 2019 07:10 - 38.8 MBWe spoke with organizer Brandy Baird about this year's Tweed Ride, inspired by London's Tweed Run, a leisurely bike ride through the city while wearing your best tweedy dapper duds. Crowned as one of the featured events of the Alabama Bicentennial, the Tweed Ride is a fun and fantastic way to get to know Huntsville old and new!
Arts Underground: Arun Gandhi Interview
September 23, 2019 16:09 - 10.6 MBMahatma Gandhi helped to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule through nonviolent reistance and teachings. His grandson, Arun Gandhi, is now also an activist who advocates for understanding and education surrounding the nature of anger and how it can lead to violence. Sarah Williamson interviewed Arun when he visited Huntsville to speak at the Indian Festival for Asha Kiran.
Arts Underground: Cheez Sampler from Evil Cheez Productions
September 04, 2019 14:09We interviewed Daphne and Duncan from Evil Cheez Productions about their performances in "Cheez Sampler", a show composed of sketches about Alabama Monsters, including a ghost, Bamgila, and the Alabama Booger.
Arts Underground: Remy Neal
August 23, 2019 15:08 - 50.1 MBHuntsville-based singer/songwriter Remy Neal visited the studio to talk about his upcoming work and how one incident with a theiving roommate in NYC instigated his musical career.
Arts Underground 8/3/2019 Elliot Landy Interview
August 02, 2019 17:08 - 15.6 MBElliot Landy came to the station to talk about the gallery show "Peace, Love and Rock and Roll: Elliot Landy's Vision of Woodstock" at the Huntsville Museum of Art. Elliot was the official photographer for the iconic music festival at Woodstock, and he shares with us his stories from that time - how he came to photograph the leading musicians of the time, his work as an activist, and when he became one of the first music photographers to be considered an artist.
Arts Underground - Estonian Cyber Security with Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov
June 24, 2019 17:06 - 20.7 MBEstonia is one of the most cyber secure nations in the world and it's thanks in part to Estonian Ambassador and former Minister of Cyber Defense, Jonatan Vseviov. In this interview, we talk about how Estonians spend hardly more than 3 minutes on their taxes, and never have to visit a government office except for renewing national online I.D.'s (what is that? Listen to find out), real estate, and marriage licenses. In light of the Mueller report and statement, it's also nice to know what we c...
Arts Underground: P.O.W - Understanding Fear - , ep. 11
June 15, 2019 15:06 - 10.3 MBIn this episode of arts underground, you can hear about fear as it sometimes affects the art-making process as well as surprising things that doctors and scholars used to believed about the female anatomy.
Arts Underground - Perception of Women, Ep. 10 - Fear of the Unknown -
June 08, 2019 17:06 - 6.84 MBWhy is a naked human body so taboo? Why does the idea of posing for art make us so uncomfortable? In this episode of Arts Underground, our P.O.W. panel dives into the feelings behind why the female body is sexualized when nude regardless of context.
Zulfat Suara - the - Us vs. Them - Mentality
June 07, 2019 07:06 - 18.8 MBIt's a mentality that helped us to survive in the ages before technology, and we grew up watching it in the Saturday morning cartoons. Us vs. Them: Good guys and bad guys, Cat and Mouse, Cowboys and Indians, Black and White, Muslim and Christian, Liberal and Conservative.....what we percieve to be Good and Evil based on what we're told in the media and on social platforms. The very idea that we must be afraid of and control each other because of our differences is the foundation of the "us...
Perception of Women, Ep. 8 - - Fear of the Unknown -
May 03, 2019 07:05 - 5.47 MBIn this continuation of the Perception of Women series, our panel of artists and subjects discuss humanity's greatest enemy - fear of the unknown - and how that has influenced our perception of women.
Panoply, Threshold, POW Ep. 7
April 27, 2019 17:04 - 34.6 MBThis episode of Arts Underground features interviews about Panoply and what to expect as well as Chris Wade, featured artist on the Panoply promotional poster; Jane Philips and her art show "Threshold" which beautifully honors the natural female form; and the 7th installment of the Perception of Women series, where a panel of artist and subjects handle difficult women's issues as they relate to art.
Jane Philips - Threshold 4/26/19
April 26, 2019 17:04 - 12.1 MBIn this candid discussion, Lowe MIll artist Jane Philips talks about the imporance of creating and viewing art - how it improves mental health and changes beauty narratives surrounding women. Her gallery show opening is April 26th and her work will remain on display through June 15th.
Ready and Resilient Interview & The Perception of Women, Ep. 6: Gender Colors and Toolboxes
April 13, 2019 17:04 - 27.9 MBTo artists, colors are colors. They are resources from which we communicate an image. To most other people, though, colors represent concepts. For example, in America, approximately 80% of people associate the color red with the smell or taste of berries, cherries, or fruit punch; the color blue is associated with water, sky, and blue raspberry, and pink is associated with...girls? Gender colors didn't happen until the 1940's when pastels came into popularity and manufacturers settled on p...
W.C.Handy Blues and Perception of Women, Ep. 5 [4/6/2019]
April 06, 2019 17:04 - 38.2 MBIn this episode of Arts Underground, we talk about the life of W.C.Handy, father of blues, with relative Cynthia Handy Quintela who choreographs the show "W.C.Handy Blues: Legacy of Dance and Swan Lake", presented by Alabama Youth Ballet Theater. Also, we continue the Perception of Women series (POW!) with our panel of artists and subjects who discuss the sexualization of women and their percieved roles. Specifically, women are sexual beings. It makes people uncomfortable, but is it relate...
Perception of Women, Episode 4: - Warrior Women -
March 21, 2019 10:03 - 11.9 MBIn this episode of Arts Underground, we continue with the table discussion series "The Perception of Women" where we talk about the expectations of women shown through advertising, traditional female roles, and beauty standards. In this installment, we discuss being handed these expectations of what women can and can't do, and how history repeatedly shows women breaking away from the mold and demonstrating that there is no good reason to place restrictions on any one group of human beings. S...
3/16/19 Yuyi Morales Interview; The Perception of Women Ep. 3 - Control and Acceptance -
March 16, 2019 12:03 - 45.2 MBIn this episode of Arts Underground, we talk with multiple award-winning and New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Yuyi Morales and her most recent picture book "Dreamers", which was published almost exactly a year after President Trump shut down the DACA program. Also, we continue with the Perception of Women series, a table discussion about the roles of women, beauty standards, and how it all relates to art. In this third installment of the series - are beauty standards and advert...
The Perception of Women, Episode 2: - Perception Starts Early -
March 13, 2019 08:03 - 39.8 MBIn this episode of Arts Underground, the series "The Perception of Women" is continued - a discussion about art as it relates to beauty standards, advertising, and the roles of women in and out of the home. Perception starts early, that's for sure, but is it enough that parents are beginning to adopt a different perception of the human body altoghether?
Arts Underground - Perception of Women - Ep. 1 Disaster and Beauty -
March 06, 2019 07:03 - 18.5 MBWe invited some artists and some subjects – women who have had temporary art displayed on their bodies – in this discussion table’s case – the art was done during a pregnancy, one was a body contour study, and one was a map drawn to feature the scars of a terrible accident resulting from a stroke. Our artists focus on human art – art on the human body, art that studies the human body, and art that celebrates age and experience in women. In this first episode of this discussion series We're ...
David Nuttall Interview
February 15, 2019 12:02 - 15.8 MBPainting maps is FAR more difficult and complicated than you might think! Lowe Mill artist David Nuttall talks about his lifelong fascination with maps, what goes into creating them, and how he started drawing maps on people. He also talks about his experience as a cartographer, what places in the world are logically impossible and yet still exist. Listen to the end for a blooper reel including behind-the-scene stories from David's feature on Samantha Brown's "Places to Love"!
Art Underground Tweed Ride Follow Up [01/12/2019]
January 22, 2019 09:01 - 48.5 MBIn this episode, we follow up with Brandy Baird, coordinator of the Huntsville Tweed Ride, to see how the ride went this past November. We also hear from riders themselves and ask what they thought about the tweed ride and how they manage their happiness. Additionally, some tips about how to manage your own happiness during this depressing seasonal weather.
Arts Underground - - Instagoogle - [1/5/19]
January 11, 2019 10:01 - 48.5 MBSarah is an artist, did you know that? Her instagram followers do, and they submitted their art inspo/biz/random questions for her to answer in this episode. She does just that, like how to beat art block, how to get into illustrating, and the four questions she uses to build any story. Also, indie whisper rock, and random google questions answered.
Arts Underground - The Art Of Comedy [12/29/2018]
January 04, 2019 14:01 - 41.4 MBIs comedy just for comedians? Is having a strong sense of humor something you're born with, and if not..tough? The answer is no! Sarah interviews comedians Jonathan Craig and Cory Michaelis to learn more about comedy, its application to daily life, and how it can help manage happiness.
Arts Underground - Christmas Rock - [12/1/18]
December 26, 2018 18:12 - 31.9 MBIn this episode, Sarah interviews members of the musical "American Idiot", presented by Lyrique Music Productions, as well as the writer, director, and lead of "Humbug! A Christmas Carol", presented by Bank Street Players of Decatur. Andrew Pittman co-hosts.
Arts Underground - Gypsee Yo - (11/10/18)
November 25, 2018 14:11 - 27.4 MBPerformance artist Gypsee Yo is a slam poem champion whose work attempts to blur the lines between genres. She's toured world-wide and has been featured on numerous programs, including Snap Judgement. She's looked into the face of poverty, evil, and devastation, and lived to tell the countless stories. In this episode of Arts Underground, she shares a few of those - as well as some stories of joy and hope - with us. Music in this episode is by Barnstormers. Check out their music on Spotify...
The Trip to Iceland
November 09, 2018 12:11 - 26.6 MBSarah is excited about visiting Iceland! In the land of ice and fire, rainbows pop up every five minutes, there are milky blue thermal pools to relax in, and the breathtaking landscape makes for INSTAGRAM GOLD....however, things don't go according to plan.
Spooky Tweed
November 09, 2018 12:11 - 25.6 MBIn this episode of Arts Underground, Sarah interviews Brandy Baird about the upcoming 2018 Tweed Ride HSV on November 17. www.tweedridehsv.com You can hear about where the best places are to get costumes, how to prepare, and what activities to look forward to. Additionally--in celebration of Halloween--Sarah tells the story of Aunt Emma, the haunted old Stegar Place, and the phantom which visited her one stormy night. It was this visitation which led to the discovery of a possible secret und...
The Future of Rocketree
October 09, 2018 07:10 - 13.1 MBTwo things we know: the brain can act as the ultimate muse, and healing is the portal to incredible things. Artist and musician Chris Wade demonstrates this as he discusses his past and the path that set him on his way to creating his series "Evolution of a Dream" and the sub-series "The Future of Rocketree".
Female Saints with Cynthia Wagner
September 20, 2018 06:09 - 16.7 MBThis week on Arts Underground, Sarah Williamson sat down with artist Cynthia Wagner to discuss her art, the stories of incredible women who inspired her female saints series, and the absence of women from the church.