VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingVOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Hosts Roger Landes and Chris Smith, musicians and directors of the VMC, explore vernacular art forms: musics and dance which are learned, taught, and passed on by ear and in the memory.
We talk about how the VMC engages with music and dance from around the world, and about the connections, histories, and community meanings of these art forms. We hear from players, scholars, dancers, builders, and listeners; we hear about times and places and people, and together with our audience we seek to discover and celebrate the webs of human meaning which connect all of them.
We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2.
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Episodes
Elders, Mentors, and Legacies
January 03, 2022 02:00 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, What does Elders, Mentors, and Legacies mean? - 01:13 Part II, Defining Tradition Bearers - 17:59 Part III, Adapted Vernacular Pedagogies in the VMC Ensembles - 30:51 Part IV, What is the Next Step? - 43:42 Part V, Dedication to our Mentors - 50:50 Paddy Moloney Tony MacMahon L...
VVMC in the Kitchen: Sampler Plate
December 21, 2021 19:33 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Starting off the Foodways Sampler! - 01:09 Part II, Baking w/ Gevyn Stockard (Production Engineer) - 3:20 Part III, Holiday Food in Texas w/ Heather Beltz (Administrative Coordinator) - 5:47 Part IV, Sampler Guest List - 9:52 Part V, Vietnam Dishes w/ Ron Milam (EP 22) - 10:21 Pa...
Dance, Movement, and a Changing World w/ Guest Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro
November 15, 2021 02:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro - 01:10 Part II, The Role of Dance in Both the Program & the Community - 12:38 Part III, How to Learn from Our Body - 15:31 Part IV, Music & Dance Coexist - 22:35 Part V, Making Higher Education Inclusive - 30:00 Part VI, Live Performan...
Book Club: "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" and "Dylan Goes Electric"
November 01, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Baby Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years - 01:10 Preview at Archive.org Eric & Jim Part II, Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night the Split the Sixties - 35:07 David Gahr’s photos of the Newport Folk Festival Other pho...
Comics & Pop Culture w/ Guests Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee
October 18, 2021 01:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Rob Weiner and Dr. Rob Peaslee - 01:05 Part II, What is Vernacular about a Superhero Universe - 13:51 Part III, A Need for Superheroes - 21:24 Part IV, A Need for Supervillains - 28:38 Part V, Assembling the Collection - 31:06 Part VI, Understanding Context w/in Pop Culture ...
At the Movies: Summer of Soul
October 04, 2021 01:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, The Summer of Soul - a Documentary - 01:09 Check out the documentary on HULU! A Summer of Soul Companion Reading List Summer Of Soul: Harlem Cultural Festival 1969 YouTube Playlist Questlove on Building ‘Summer of Soul’ Around Awe-Inspiring Musical Moments Interview Part II, What...
Irish Identities w/ Guest Dr. Aileen Dillane
August 23, 2021 01:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Dr. Aileen Dillane - 00:59 Part II, Programming Festivals - 17:35 Part III, Inclusivity in Festivals Since the Lockdown - 26:22 Part IV, Limerick Soundscapes Project - 34:28 Part V, Vernacularity of the Soundscapes Project - 48:03 Outro - 53:55 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Dr...
Marching Bands to the Marching King w/ Guest Dr. Pat Warfield
August 16, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Dr. Pat Warfield - 00:59 Part II, The "Secrets" of Sousa - 12:06 Part III, The Patriotism of Sousa - 31:32 Part IV, The Dissemination of Sousa - 46:46 Part V, The Legacy of Sousa - 54:51 Outro - 01:01:40 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Patrick Warfield, Ph.D., is a musicologi...
Researching War w/ Guest Dr. Ron Milam
August 09, 2021 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Dr. Ron Milam - 01:13 Part II, Vernacular Perspective of the Vietnam War - 05:18 Part III, Researching Both Sides of the War - 13:06 Part IV, Academic Conferences - 21:32 Part V, Institute for Peace & Conflict (IPAC) - 26:10 Part VI, Music and the War - 28:20 'How many ki...
Bagpipes w/ guest Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
August 02, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin - 01:05 Part II, Let's Talk About Bagpipes - 28:03 Part III, The International Bagpipe Conference! - 53:07 Outro - 01:03:18 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Cassandre Balosso-Bardin is a musician, academic and events organiser. She is a senior lectur...
Bagpipes w/ Guest Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
August 02, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin - 01:05 Part II, Let's Talk About Bagpipes - 28:03 Part III, The International Bagpipe Conference! - 53:07 Outro - 01:03:18 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Cassandre Balosso-Bardin is a musician, academic and events organiser. She is a senior lectur...
Let's Get Dissertatin'!
July 26, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Folkdance-Musicking with Dr. Roger Landes - 01:06 Relating to his dissertation research, "The Sound Continues: ‘Folkdance-Musicking’ as Post-Nationalist Strategy in European 'Drone' Music Revivals 1975-Present". Jâcques Barzun and Henry Graff The Modern Researcher George Sand: T...
Archival Research w/ Guest Rich Remsberg
July 19, 2021 01:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Meet Rich Remsberg - 01:04 Relating to his work with photography, critical mess methods, and archival research. Part II, Working with Documentaries - 36:07 Relating to the film, Happy Valley. Outro - 51:43 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Rich Remsberg is an Emmy Award-winning arch...
Electric Guitar w/ Guest Dr. Steve Waksman
July 12, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Path to the Electric Guitar in Academia - 01:10 Part II, Research into Amplification - 21:03 Part III, Current Projects & Scholarship - 25:30 Part IV, Talking About Bill Hanley - 28:15 Part V, New Technology in Live Performances - 32:34 Part VI, Perceptions of the Electric G...
Electric Guitar w/ Guest Steve Waksman
July 12, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Path to the Electric Guitar in Academia - 01:10 Part II, Research into Amplification - 21:03 Part III, Current Projects & Scholarship - 25:30 Part IV, Talking About Bill Hanley - 28:15 Part V, New Technology in Live Performances - 32:34 Part VI, Perceptions of the Electric G...
French Trad w/ Guest Nicolas Gerardin
July 05, 2021 01:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Path to Learning and Teaching Music - 01:08 La Perdrix rouge (1) - 17:00 Part II, Diving into Tradition - 18:05 Valse mineure à Bouscatel - 35:26 Chabrette Duo Ancelin Rouzier 2 - 42:03 Outro - 49:06 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Nicolas Gerardin was born in France but emigrated...
At the Movies w/ Guest Chris Simon
June 28, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Working on This Aint No Mouse Music! - 01:00 No Speed Limit from This Aint No Mouse Music! - 07:35 Part II, It's All About The After Hang - 09:37 How Strachwitz found Lightnin' Hopkins - 11:06 Part III, Working on Dutch Hop! - 13:21 Dutch Hop Documentary Project Sampler -17:41 ...
Book Club: "Listening to China" w/ Guest Dr. Thomas Irvine
June 21, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Path to Soundscapes - 01:05 Relating to Tom Irvine's experience in history, music, and the vernacular, elaborating on global soundscapes. Part II, "Listening to China" - 24:40 Relating to a vast and diverse environment and the different soundscapes one encounters. Book blurb for ...
"Listening to China" w/ Guest Dr. Thomas Irvine
June 21, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Path to Soundscapes - 01:05 Relating to Tom Irvine's experience in history, music, and the vernacular, elaborating on global soundscapes. Part II, "Listening to China" - 24:40 Relating to a vast and diverse environment and the different soundscapes one encounters. Book blurb for ...
An Introduction to Vernacular Foodways
June 14, 2021 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBIntro - 0:00 Part I, Irish Soda Bread & Memories - 01:02 Making Irish Soda Bread - 11:26 Amazingly Easy Irish Soda Bread Part II, Mofongo & Community- 12:15 Mofongo - 13:21 Puerto Rican Mofongo Recipe Part III, African, Indigenous, & Southern Connections Food of the Enslaved: Barbecue, featuring Michael Twitty - 23:26 Epicurious review of Michael Twitty’s The Cooking Gene Michael Twitty Blog Part IV, Gumbo, Cajun Country, & Accordion - 23:59 Marc Savoy “One Step de Chameaux” - ...
Musical traditions & the American Avant-Garde
June 07, 2021 01:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBIntro - 0:00 Part I, Works and Philosophies of Harry Partch - 01:10 Delusion of the Fury: Exordium: The Beginning of a Web - 03:13 Harry Partch - Music Studio - Part 1 of 2 - 05:04 Harry Partch - The World of Harry Partch (1969) - 28:10 Harry Partch - Chorus of Shadows - 32:12 Part II, Works and Philosophies of Henry Cowell - 32:33 Henry Cowell - Anger Dance (Schleiermacher) (1914) - 37:12 Henry Cowell - “The Banshee” for piano strings - 38:43 Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No...
At the Movies
May 24, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Barry Lyndon (1975) - 01:35 Seán Ó Riada, “Women of Ireland” - 11:03 Kubrick dir; Chieftains, Ó Ríada, Derek Bell; also music of Schubert, Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Paisiello, Mozart Part II, The Long Riders (1980) - 14:24 Ry Cooder, The Long Riders - 19:31 Part III, The Three Musk...
Book Club: "Last Night’s Fun" by Ciaran Carson
May 17, 2021 01:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson - 01:34 Seamus Ennis “The Grip” Last Night's Fun, Joe Cooley - 27:39 Part II, Hard to Fill - 50:02 Cathal McConnell plays Reel - 36:46 Part III, The Standard - 39:53 Part IV, Off the Bus - 51:22 Outro - 55:25 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Ciaran...
Book Club: Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson
May 17, 2021 01:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson - 01:34 Seamus Ennis “The Grip” Last Night's Fun, Joe Cooley - 27:39 Part II, Hard to Fill - 50:02 Cathal McConnell plays Reel - 36:46 Part III, The Standard - 39:53 Part IV, Off the Bus - 51:22 Outro - 55:25 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Full P...
“Ain’t No Swan Lake: Butoh” w/ Guest Dr. Tanya Calamoneri
May 10, 2021 23:03 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Path through Dance/Theater - 01:31 Relating to Tanya Calamoneri's experience in theater and dance that led her to Butoh dance theater, elaborating on what Butoh is and how it helped her develop her art and research. Dimitris Papaioannou - BAM Shige Moriya and Ximena Garnica, CAVEA...
International Music in Education w/ Guest Dr. Jacqueline Henninger
May 03, 2021 19:06 - 52 minutes - 48 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Path to Music Education - 01:34 Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience in pedagogy, music education, and the Fulbright program that led her to Texas Tech University . Part II, Making Connections, Opening Doors - 29:21 Relating to Jacqueline Henninger's experience at Texas Te...
Vernacular Theater w/ Guest Dr. Bill Gelber
April 26, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Practices in Theater - 01:28 Relating to Pantalone, commedia dell'arte, and working with masks Part II, Community in Theater - 32:39 Relating to Bertolt Brecht and the production of "Mother Courage" Outro - 01:02:29 Planxty Sir Festus Burke Dr. Bill Gelber is an Associate Profe...
Places: New Home, New Musics
April 19, 2021 01:11 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Southern Indiana - 01:31 Lotus Dickey plays a medley of Albert Dougherty tunes Jamie Gans (fiddle) and Sam Bartlett (tenor banjo), Huey Travers Set - 13:46 Andrew Lazaro, Timbal Independence - 25:50 Part II, Taos, New Mexico - 27:13 Taos Pueblo Christmas Eve Procession - 31:21 (...
Genres: Tracing Traditions
April 12, 2021 01:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Balkan Music - 01:20 Ross Daly, Mantilatos Michalis Gampierakis, Taximi - 11:01 Vassilis Soukas, Taximi - 29:16 Part II, Medieval Monophonic Song - 30:17 Studio der Frühen Musik, Loibere risen, by Wizlaw III von Rügen - 32:07 Studio Der Frühen Musik, from the album Camino de San...
Instruments: Accordions & Bagpipes, Oh My!
April 05, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Accordion - 01:05 Rouha, La Valse d’Amelie (Auvergnais café music) Andy Cutting, In Continental Mood/Flatworld (England) - 16:46 Lucas Thébaut, Bal solo (France), button accordion - 21:10 Part II, Bagpipes - 23:37 Pierre Bensusan (w/Eric Montbel), La Danse du Capricorne II Blowz...
Ideas: Collaborative Learning
March 29, 2021 01:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Zoukfest - 01:19 Traditional Irish music at the Crane Bar Galway ZoukFest Landes/Grasso/McElwain | - 13:00 ZoukFest O’Brien/Ó Raghallaigh - 19:28 Part II, Nosferatu - 19:52 The Nosferatu Orchestra under the direction of Roger Landes and Chris Smith | Orlok - 35:40 The Nosferatu ...
Places: Music at Home
March 22, 2021 01:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith Part I, Missouri - 01:00 Song called Jesse James by Woody Guthrie (vocals & guitar) “Miss McLeod’s Reel” from Ride with the Devil - 11:38 Howard Marshall fiddle contest - 18:07 Part II, Maritime New England - 21:31 Along the Pier / The Dreadnaught | Tony Barrand (vocal), Louis Killen (...
Genres: The Sounds Around Us
March 15, 2021 01:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBIntro - 0:00 Part I, Irish Trad - 01:08 Tune called Sir Thomas Leixlip, the Proud (as Roger knows it), also known traditionally as The Humours of Glynn, played on the Irish Bouzouki Part II, Mississippi Delta Blues - 27:40 Song called The Death Letter Blues, by Eddy "Son" House on the slide guitar Outro - 41:27 VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist Voices from the Vernacular Music Center
Instruments: Traveling Strings
March 08, 2021 02:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBIntro - 0:00 Tune called Sandy Boys, played on the 5 string, claw hammer banjo. Part I, Drumming on the Strings: Historical Meetings and the 5-string Banjo - 01:02 Transition/Bridge - 18:53 Tune called Sir Thomas Leixlip, the Proud (as Roger knows it), also known traditionally as The Humours of Glynn, played on the Irish Bouzouki. Part II, The Bouzouki - 19:38 VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist Voices from the Vernacular Music Center
Welcome to the Voices from the Vernacular Music Center Podcast!
February 24, 2021 22:10 - 1 minute - 1.15 MBVoices from the Vernacular Music Center