Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1883-1913) had a massive influence on how the world perceived the West. On the 9/8/17 episode of Cowboy Tracks, Nancy will look at what the Wild West Show was all about and play music from and about the Show. Don't miss this one!
Some classic sax and great vocals tonight on Jazz After Dark! Plus a little Cubop congo and a tribute to John Abercrombie.
Billie Holiday
Jelly Roll Morton
Fats Navarro
Ella Fitzgerald & Buddy Bregman
Howard Lucraft
Sarah Vaughan
Stanley Turrentine
Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan
Eddie Jefferson
Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio
Sabu Martinez
Sonny Rollins
John Abercrombie
Pat Metheny
Tune in to That's Life on Thursday Sept 7th @ 1pm! The second talk in the series of "Lest We Forget" will cover the second six months of the war when we see the young draftees disbursed to training camps through out the nation. On the home front we see extensive activity by the Red Cross, YMCA, Schools and the newly formed ultra patriotic "Liberty Leagues". "Enemy Aliens" now have to register with the government. Some Yolo boys are on the troop ship "Tuscania" that sinks in the Irish sea killing 210 men, and others finally make it "Over There". We also cover the very first causalities of the war and finally our first medal for bravery, the French "Croix de Guerre" is awarded to ambulance driver, volunteer Herbert Hope.
Adele Louise Shaw is an encaustic artist and teacher in Davis. Her work is known world-wide, and her art classes have been drawing enthusiastic students for years. Listen on Thursday at 1:00 pm (7 Sept 2017) or Friday at 3:00 pm (8 Sept 2017) to hear about this fascinating art form. Newly revived in the west, it's origins are over 2000 years old!
What is encaustic? -- the substance, the process, and the finished work all share the same word. Should a piece of encaustic art be flat and painterly or 3-D and sculptural? Should it have bold splashes of color or subtle transparent layers? Since one can include other materials into encaustic, should the art piece then be called "encaustic", "mixed media", or "collage"? Adele will tell us YES! Encaustic art allows freedom of expression on many levels; we are not limited to the 'shoulds' that abound elsewhere.
We will find out the nitty gritty of what materials to use in encaustic art (and why) and also about the care and feeding of an encaustic piece you own. No phone calls today, but Lois has lots of questions stored up -- so this will definitely be a hot episode!
Join Nancy for this episode of Cowboy Tracks with her special Western Blend; a rich and aromatic brew of western music and poetry.
