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New Orleans tenor banjoist, guitarist, and bassist Don Vappie drops by Banjo Studio to talk with us today. Don has been inducted in the Banjo Hall of Fame and has won the Steve Martin Banjo Award, as well as many other accolades. We get into a number of things including some chord voicings, articulation and phrasing in your music, what it means to be Creole, and more!

Season Finale alert!!  I've got a stellar lineup for this last of the Roadcase summer festival series of interviews on this, the final episode of the 2023 Season.  It's been an amazing summer and I'm psyched to wrap it all up with three fun convos.  First up, I talk to George Gekas, the stellar bass player of The Revivalists.  George is a music fan, musician, family man, and seriously chill dude who is down to chat with me about all the cool stuff he loves and gets to do, from playing music at Red Rocks to touring the country with his lifelong friends and chosen family. The Revivalists have an awesome new album out entitled Pour It Out Into The Night, their fifth album -- the first one in five years -- and we're here for it!

Next is the wonderful Cassandra Lewis whose absolutely stunning voice blends classic country with a unique psychedelic vibe to give new meaning to the Cosmic Country world. I talk to Cassandra about her recently released debut album, Always, All Ways,  and she shares with me her unique insights into love and life and how her myriad experiences fuel the relationship she has with her audience.  While she's had some bumps in life, her story is stunning example of the power of self-love and acceptance -- and I'm all about that!

To conclude this Bumbershoot series and bring the 2023 Roadcase Season to a close, I sit down for a fun convo with Barry Lally and Cian McClusky of alt-pop sensation, modernlove., These fun Irish gents have literally been friends their entire life and I talk to them about their years touring the US and Europe, and the impact of their massive popularity. But more importantly, we talk about their roots, playing songs as teens, and we explore all sorts of humorous Irish slang!     

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Roadcase theme music:  "Eugene (Instrumental)" by Waltzer

Ernest Turner is a GRAMMY-nominated pianist, composer, and educator based in Durham. 

Ernest began learning the piano at the age of four from his mother. Since launching his professional career more than twenty years ago, the musician has performed with three of the Marsalis brothers (Delfeayo, Branford, and Jason), R&B artist John Legend, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, saxophonist Stephen Riley and the late saxophonist Brian Horton, and many others in the Triangle.

The pianist shares about his conversational approach to performances to engage with and educate audiences, his philosophy on improvisation, incorporating spirituality into his music, reflections on fatherhood and his career, and more. 

He also offers his thoughts on the use of the word “jazz,” versus terms like “Black American Music” or “BAM,” as the jazz trumpeter Nicholas Payton has promoted since at least the early 2010s.

Ernest earned his bachelor’s degree in jazz studies from Loyola University and a master’s in jazz performance from the University of New Orleans. 

The pianist is an adjunct instructor at UNC Greensboro and a former faculty member in jazz piano at Eastern Carolina University (2006–2010). 

Follow Ernest:

• Facebook
• Spotify
• Apple Music
• Amazon
• YouTube
• Instagram

Ernest released the album Original Mind with saxophonist Stephen Riley in 2021 and My Americana in 2019.

Music credit

This episode features the songs “Return of Thanos,” from the album My Americana (2019), by Ernest Turner, and “Blessed Assurance” from the album Original Mind by Stephen Riley and Ernest Turner (2021).

This season features the songs “Forged in Rhythm” and “Callous & Kind” by Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers (2017), used by Six Count with permission from the artist. 

How to listen

You can find Six Count on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other listening app! The series also airs on taintradio.org, an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina, on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. and Fridays at 8:00 p.m. EST. 

Support the show

If you’d like to support Six Count, you can make a gift on DonorBox or Venmo @thexarawilde. Follow Six Count on Instagram at @sixcountpodcast and Xara Wilde on Facebook and Instagram @thexarawilde.

On episode six of the Between Bites podcast with Nina Compton and Larry Miller, Sonny Lee talks about the amazing work his foundation Son of a Saint has been doing in the New Orleans area for close to 12 years.

As President/Executive Director of Son of a Saint, Bivian “Sonny” Lee III has dedicated his life to enhancing the lives of fatherless boys. Since establishing the organization in early 2011, Sonny has grown Son of a Saint to reach 200 boys with an operating budget of more than $4 million. Prior to founding the organization, Sonny served as chief aide to Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. He was previously the Director of Operations for the New Orleans Zephyrs AAA baseball team and Director of the New Orleans Jazz Institute.

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On episode three of the Between Bites podcast with Nina Compton and Larry Miller, Robin Barnes talks about growing up in the New Orleans music scene, her musical inspirations, as well as her fitness movement 'Move Ya Brass'.

Robin grew up surrounded by jazz sounds, as made evident by a #5 debut on the Traditional Jazz Albums Billboard charts in 2016. As Robin got older and mainstream music began to take hold, she began to marry the old and the new to create her own unique blend of funky jazz, soul and R&B. In addition to being an award-winning music artist, she’s also a voiceover actor, media host, and one of the city of New Orleans’ biggest ambassadors and influencers.

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North Carolina native Ellis Dyson (of the band Ellis Dyson & The Shambles) joined Six Count just before a performance at The Cave in Chapel Hill. 

The show was the first gig on The Shambles’s short tour along the East Coast this October. The band is known for combining “old-time influences ranging from early New Orleans Jazz to Piedmont Murder Ballads.”

Now based in New Orleans, Ellis shares about the group’s origin story from 2015 as a banjo and saxophone duo in “The Southern Slice of Heaven,” the role of storytelling and theatrics in his music, and what’s next for the Shambles. 

Musicians: 

• Ellis Dyson (banjo, vocals)
• Hunter Burgamy (guitar)
• Norbert Farkas (upright bass)
• Danny Abrams (saxophones, clarinet)
• Zach Lange (trumpet)

Stream music by Ellis Dyson and The Shambles: 

• Spotify
• Apple Music
• Tidal
• YouTube

You can also follow them on Instagram and Facebook. 

Music credits

This season features the songs “Forged in Rhythm” and “Callous & Kind” by Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers (2017), used by Six Count with permission from the artist.

How to listen

You can find Six Count on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other listening app!

Support the show

If you’d like to support Six Count, you can make a gift on DonorBox or Venmo @thexarawilde.

Rick Hayden of RLH Entertainment is an amazingly talented Jazz Saxophone, Flute & Clarinet player. He can play any music placed in front of him without any problems! He uses his gift to inspire and teach his Knox Area School students more than just how to be great performers. He instills in them a love for music while drawing them up to higher levels of discipline and commitment. I have greatly enjoyed getting to know Rick a little better, especially since I get to jam with him once in a while at 565 Live in Bellevue, PA. Rick has become to me "My favorite music teacher I never had!"

I know you're going to enjoy this casual interview we shared together. Rick is a great conversationalist and a very pleasant guy. So, get ready to meet Rick Hayden: School Music Teacher by Day, Smokin' Hot Jazz Performer by night!

Here are some links to Rick’s  live performances:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfskmfTNYDeeMqgSyv1SoELxlt_TUhSJ0plIEY0/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgBNwMUM2Dsb4ujvUhDjZi7aAUjqKv9WiT3iAE0/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CgYLVm1lg1-gli43BsO8bOByFgclmjbZnPJsxc0/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

For more info:
Check out Rick's Instagram: @rlhentertainment

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DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE
Special Guest New Orleans Singer/Songwriter Amanda Ducorbier
Derek Updates us on "Selling The Big Easy" Season2
Elf On The Shelf
Swammi Guru
 

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