Explore " square dance" with insightful episodes like "Bonus Episode! A tour of Tony Parkes' audio archive", "Episode 3 - Sarah VanNorstrand", "From the Mic Episode 1 - Phil Jamison", "Episode 1 - Phil Jamison" and "Episode 22 - Nils Fredland" from podcasts like ""From the Mic", "From the Mic", "Contra Pulse", "From the Mic" and "Contra Pulse"" and more!
In this bonus episode Tony Parkes shares archival recordings of 5 callers who deeply influenced his style:
See the From the Mic website for transcripts and more, or click here to download a transcript of this episode directly.
And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent
See the From the Mic website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly.
And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.
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In the debut episode of From the Mic we meet Phil Jamison of Asheville, North Carolina. Phil is nationally-known as a dance caller, old-time musician, and flatfoot dancer. He has called dances, performed, and taught at music festivals and dance events throughout the U.S. and overseas since the early 1970s, including over forty years as a member of the Green Grass Cloggers. His flatfoot dancing was featured in the film, Songcatcher, for which he also served as Traditional Dance consultant. From 1982 through 2004, he toured and played guitar with Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers. He also plays old-time fiddle and banjo.
Over the last thirty years, Phil has done extensive research in the area of Appalachian dance, and his book Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance (University of Illinois Press, 2015) tells the story behind the square dances, step dances, reels, and other forms of dance practiced in southern Appalachia. A 2017 inductee to the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, Phil teaches traditional music and dance at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina, where for twenty-five years he served as coordinator of the Old-Time Music and Dance Week at the Swannanoa Gathering.
Click here to download a transcript of this episode.
Music and soundbites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):
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In the debut episode of From the Mic we meet Phil Jamison of Asheville, North Carolina. Phil is nationally-known as a dance caller, old-time musician, and flatfoot dancer. He has called dances, performed, and taught at music festivals and dance events throughout the U.S. and overseas since the early 1970s, including over forty years as a member of the Green Grass Cloggers. His flatfoot dancing was featured in the film, Songcatcher, for which he also served as Traditional Dance consultant. From 1982 through 2004, he toured and played guitar with Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers. He also plays old-time fiddle and banjo.
Over the last thirty years, Phil has done extensive research in the area of Appalachian dance, and his book Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance (University of Illinois Press, 2015) tells the story behind the square dances, step dances, reels, and other forms of dance practiced in southern Appalachia. A 2017 inductee to the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, Phil teaches traditional music and dance at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina, where for twenty-five years he served as coordinator of the Old-Time Music and Dance Week at the Swannanoa Gathering.
Click here to download a transcript of this episode.
Music and soundbites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):
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The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are all by Elixir - Divine Reel/Langstaff Library, Lulu's Back in Town, and Ringstead from the album Anybody's Guess, and I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter and Bransle/Tom Kruskal's from the album Rampant.
See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more.
And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.
See and hear Nils Fredland in action:
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