false false true true true 2009-11-18T16:17:09-05:00 499 Tannahill Weavers are one of Scotland 's premier traditional bands. Their diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, and original ballads and lullabies. Their music demonstrates to old and young alike the rich musical heritage of the Celtic people. These versatile musicians have received worldwide accolades consistently over the years for their exuberant performances and outstanding recording efforts that seemingly can't get better...yet continue to do just that. <br><br> The Tannahills have turned their acoustic excitement loose on audiences with an electrifying effect. They have that unique combination of traditional melodies, driving rhythmic accompaniment, and rich vocals that make their performances unforgettable. Over the years the Tannies have been international trailblazers for scottish music, and their tight harmonies and powerful, inventive arrangements have won them fans from beyond the folk and Celtic music scenes. They are firmly established as one of the premier groups on the concert stage. From reflective ballads to footstomping reels and jigs, the variety and range of the material they perform is matched only by their enthusiasm and lively Celtic spirits. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wYIOpYaW92E&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wYIOpYaW92E&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> 1114 20.0 15.0 false 2010-02-12T20:00:00-05:00 2009-02-12T23:30:00-05:00

Tannahill Weavers are one of Scotland's premier traditional bands

2010-02-03T16:09:21-05:00 1 false true true false true 2009-12-21T17:18:11-05:00 510 **WMNF 88.5FM Community Radio is hosting an All Star Polka Party!!** **It will be from 1:30pm until 4:30pm at the St. Petersburg Polish Club, located at 1343 Beach Dr. SE in St. Petersburg.** This purpose of this event is to raise money for WMNF 88.5FM & promote the Polka Party Express, heard LIVE every Sunday from 2pm - 4pm on Listener Supported, Volunteer Powered Radio. **Musicians playing will include, Polka Hall of Famer, Joe Oberaitis, Wackie Jackie Z., Host of the Polka Party Express, Richie Kurdzel, Rick Piotrowski, Jan Cyman and many others.** Tickets are only $5.00 per adult (kids 12 & under are free). **THIS IS AN OPEN SEATING EVENT & LIMITED TO FIRST # 250 TICKETS ONLY**...For more information go to [www.polkapartyexpress.com](http://www.polkapartyexpress.com) or contact WackieJackieZ@aol.com **THANKS FOR HELPING TO KEEP POLKAS ALIVE ON 88 - 5!!** 1216 5.0 5.0 false 2010-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 2010-12-21T17:00:00-05:00

Music from the Polka Party Express

2010-01-25T10:51:02-05:00 71 false false true true true 2010-01-06T14:15:19-05:00 511 11 fabulous bands. Bring your dancing shoes. <br><br> **Doors & Will-call open at 1:00 pm**<br> Show Schedule:<br> 2:00-2:30 Cadillac Bombers<br> 2:45-3:15 Big Jef Special<br> 3:30-4:00 Midnight Bowlers League<br> 4:15-4:45 Sarge and the Aeromen<br> 5:00-5:30 Slip and the Spinouts<br> 5:45-6:15 Hodaddys<br> 6:30-7:30 The Headers<br> 7:45- 8:45 Kim Lenz and The Jaguars<br> 9:00-10:00 Blair Carman and the Belleview Boys<br> 10:15-10:45 Knock Down Drag Out<br> 11:00- 12 Big Sandy and his Flyrite Boys. 1185 25.0 20.0 false 2010-02-20T14:00:00-05:00 2010-02-21T00:00:00-05:00

Get ready to rock!

500 2010-02-04T17:54:43-05:00 1 false false false false false 2010-02-04T14:49:43-05:00 520 **BLAIR - ACOUSTIC GUITAR / VOCALS KEN COMSTOCK - UPRIGHT BASS CHRISTOPHER WINTER - DRUMS** *"Blair paints another picture of Detroit... Pretty brilliant."* - TIME Magazine / CNN Detroit Blog - Reporter Karyn Dybis *"...raw, uncompromising emotion."* - Performing Songwriter Magazine *"Folk music... with pavement and concrete."* - The Detroit News *"Blair's is a powerful voice. The voice of Detroit."* - Mike Doughty (ATO Records, Soul Coughing) *"No one mines their own life and turns it into poetry and song with quite the power and grace of Blair. He rewrites the rules that govern what can be done and sings out the new ones in a voice that you crave to hear. Over and over again."* - Taylor Mali (Four Time National Poetry Slam Champion) *"Blair and The Boyfriends is a musical act that strikes that rare balance between artistry and message. The end result is an emotional experience that is melodic, enriching and wholly authentic."* - Jamaal "Versiz" May, (Dear Friend, Award Winning Performer, Author of The God Engine) **BLAIR is an award winning Urban Folk, Afro-Punk, Poet, Singer, Songwriter from Detroit, who has just been signed to the new start-up label, Repeatable Silence Records.** In the words of Metro Times journalist Melissa Giannini, BLAIR focuses his work on the hope that rises from the ashes of despair. BLAIR is a National Poetry Slam Champion. He's been nominated for 7 Detroit Music Awards, including a 2007 nod for Outstanding Acoustic Artist. He's been named Real Detroit Weekly Readers Poll's Best Solo Artist and The Metro Times Best Urban Folk Poet. In 2007 He won Seattle, WA based BENT Writing Institute Mentor Award. Blair teaches poetry and music classes in Detroit Public Schools, Hannan House Senior Center, the YMCA and lectures at universities, colleges and high schools across the country. BLAIR has performed on bills with Stevie Wonder, Oscar winner Michael Moore, Mike Doughty, Bitch and Animal, Justin Bond, members of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Richie Havens, The Butchies, Tribe 8, Wilco, Cat Power and others. BLAIR was the January 2005 HBO Def Poetry Jam Website Featured Poet. He currently studies privately with a poetry instructor as part of the writer's collective Write Word / Write Now. BLAIR has toured the United States and Europe extensively and performed in South Africa both solo and as part of Walk & Squawk's The Walking Project of which he is a co-writer and cast member. He's performed at New York's historic CBGBs and The Knitting Factory, The San Francisco Public Library, at Miyagi's on L.A.s famed Sunset Strip, Detroit's Hart Plaza and Magic Stick and with a string section at the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. His new CD, The Line, was released in June 2009 on Repeatable Silence Records. 20.0 false 2010-02-20T22:00:00-05:00 2010-02-20T23:00:00-05:00

2010-02-04T15:36:18-05:00 26 false false true true true 2010-01-29T17:41:56-05:00 518 The roots music master comes for a special acoustic trio show. Cindy Cashdollar on dobro and Christy McWilson on vocals round out the trio, The album by Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women came in #5 on the No Depression Top 50 of 2009. Fiddler/singer/songwriter Amanda Shires, who opens the show, was also in the ND year's Top 50 CD's. And Amanda gave a charming set for WMNF's last birthday at the Ritz. <br> The poignant journey which culminated in Dave Alvin's new album Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women began in San Francisco. Dave Alvin was bounding off the stage at the massive, free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Nearly before he was able to set foot on his beloved California dirt, Alvin was grabbed by friend and Yep Roc label co-founder Glenn Dicker. "We've gotta make a record!" <br> The reason for Dicker's excitement - and the excitement of the thousands of music fans who just witnessed it - was the set Alvin and all female band The Guilty Women had just laid down moments before. Dave and band members Cindy Cashdollar, Nina Gerber, Laurie Lewis, Christy McWilson, Sarah Brown, Amy Farris and Lisa Pankratz blazed through their set, surprising each other at every turn. "It just felt so natural," says Alvin. "It was like I had been playing with them for a hundred years." <br> You couldn't tell, watching him on stage that day, but the events in Alvin's life that had led up to it were some of the most trying of his life. Six months before, Guilty Men accordionist Chris Gaffney passed away following a valiant battle with cancer. Gaffney wasn't only the accordionist in Alvin's band, he was his best friend. Alvin set out calling some of the biggest names in roots music to come together to honor his fallen friend with Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney. <br> With the catharsis of the tribute album project in tow, Alvin turned his attention to his next musical move. One thing was clear, he knew he wasn't yet ready to record with The Guilty Men again. The wound of Gaffney's death was still too fresh, the space on the stage where he once stood still too empty. Alvin decided now was the time for something new. Knowing Hardly Strictly was just up the tracks, he called friend and Austin-based guitarist Cindy Cashdollar. Cashdollar jumped in with both feet and the other ladies followed suit. Having played together in various incarnations with several Guilty Women in the past, Alvin was confident the chemistry would be right. "The reality that we'd never played together as a group and that there was no time to rehearse before our debut performance didn't bother me at all. I knew that they were all master musicians who could easily handle any sort of song I could throw at them. And that's exactly what they did and they did it effortlessly and beautifully." <br> For his current tour, Dave is playing with the two wowmen with whom he has forged the closest relationship: Cindy Cashdollar and Christy McWilson: CINDY CASHDOLLAR (steel and lap steel guitar, Weissenborn, Beard resophonic guitar, National Tricone, National Baritone Tricone) Austin-based Dobro and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar's career has taken some surprising twists and turns that have led her to work with many of the leading artists in contemporary music including Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Asleep at the Wheel, Garrision Keillor, Marcia Ball, Jorma Kaukonen, Leon Redbone, BeauSoleil, Daniel Lanois, and Redd Volkaert. Cindy's unerring ability to perfectly compliment a song or step out with a tasteful, imaginative, and exciting solo - and to do it in so many musical genres - has made her one of the most in-demand musicians on the American roots music scene. CHRISTY MCWILSON (lead and harmony vocals) A musical anomaly in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle's Christy McWilson and her band "The Picketts" stood steadfast against the overwhelming force of Seattle grunge during the 1990s, releasing 2 albums for Rounder Records and one for Popllama. Christy went on to record two solo albums on Hightone Records (both produced by Dave Alvin). 20.0 17.0 false 2010-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 2010-02-27T23:30:00-05:00

The roots music master

300 2010-02-05T08:25:09-05:00 1 false false true true true 2010-02-04T17:15:23-05:00 521 One of WMNF's favorite live performers of the past decade, with a great new release. 1253 20.0 17.0 false 2010-03-13T20:00:00-05:00 2010-03-13T23:45:00-05:00

One of WMNF's favorite live performers of the past decade

500 2010-02-04T17:51:40-05:00 1 false false true false true 2010-02-04T11:32:18-05:00 519 **Four bands re-create the greatest guitar album of all time, 40 years since its release, on Eric Clapton's 65th birthday.** <br><br> Side One - Captain Obvious and the Duh Patrol w/ guitars by Mark Warren and Craig Van Tilbury and Freight Train Annie on vocals <br><br> Side Two -Butternut, featuring Damon Fowler and Greg Poulos <br><br> Side Three - Ted Lukas and the Misled <br><br> Side Four - Steve Connelly and the Lesser Gods <br><br> Plus, four other bands (including Talk To Mark and John Q) will each play three Clapton songs. 1252 18.0 13.0 false 2010-03-30T20:00:00-04:00 2010-03-30T11:30:00-04:00

Celebrating Clapton's 65th with a re-creation of Layla

500 2010-02-04T17:52:27-05:00 1 false false false false false 2010-01-13T13:48:17-05:00 515 Eight stages and an amazing emerging lineup, **Bob Schneider** (rock-Americana)<br>**Ruthie Foster** (blues-folk-R&B) <br>**Mitch Woods and the Rocket 88s** (jump blues and boogie)<br>**Mark Levine and Latin Tinge** (Latin jazz)<br>**Reverend Billy C. Wirtz** (piano boogie and humor)<br> **Luminescent Orchestrii** (gypsy swing)<br>**Jason Ricci** (scorching harmonica blues)<br>**BoomBox** (electronic/jamband)<br>**Rachel Goodrich** (vaudeville-inspired indie-pop, swing-jazz, and country-folk)<br>**Stone River Band** (Dave Gonzales new roots band)<br> **Tornado Rider** (cello-driven rock) <br>**Hamell on Trial** (one man punk rock band)<br>**The Ettes** (girl group punk rock)<br>**Black Blondie** ( alternative /experimental/R&B)<br>**Kevin So** (folk-pop-R&B)<br>**Alex Meixner** (polka-world music)<br>**Christabel and the Johns** (vintage jazz swing with female vocals)<br>**Thomas Delamnoy and Somos Musica** (thirteeen-piece salsa and merengue)<br>**Ever So Klever** (rockabilly, ska and swing)<br>**The Movement** (reggae-alternative-jamband)<br>**Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights** (soulful rock)<br> **Soulphonics & Ruby Velle** (R&B)<br> **Two Man Gentlemen Band** (Fun(ny), retro vaudevillian duo)<br>**Sleepy Vikings** (the new incarnation of Giddyup!Helicopter)<br> **Sons of Hippies** (psychedelic space-rock)<br>**B.C.** (hip hop)<br>**Hip Abduction** (world-rock-soul-reggae)<br>**The Semis** (punk, pop and beach rock)<br>**The Chicken Chasers** (Klezmer mixed with pop, swing and other old-fashioned genres)<br>**Have Gun Will Travel** (folk and roots rock)<br>**Lauris Vidal** (banjo-driven alt-folk)<br>**Grey Market**(electronic rock) <br>**Johnny Cakes and the Four Horsemen of the Apoclypse** (punk ska)<br> **Peter Baldwin Band** (alt-soul)**Dynasty** (female hip-hop)<br>**Jim Morey Band** (swing jazz). *Tickets will be available soon...* 1258 40.0 32.0 false 2010-05-15T17:00:00-04:00 2010-05-16T01:00:00-04:00

An exciting evening of eclectic and exotic entertainment

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