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New Episode of Stank Free Radio!

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We were so happy to hear our Cousin TL last weekend with a new episode of Stank Free Radio, Saturday October 14th. As many of you know our cousin is battling cancer and we’re so glad he was feeling good enough not only to give us a new show, but also help us raise some money during our Fall Fund Drive. If you missed the show tune into the archive which will be available for another week. And if you can, make a tribute donation for the show.  We love you cuz!

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Julia Sanders – Live Tonight – 10pm at the Getaway River Bar – Wednesday October 18th, 2023 – streaming live on 103.3FM or at ashevillefm.org

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LIVE TONIGHT!  –  Asheville artist and musician “Julia Sanders”  will be performing with a full band at The Getaway River Bar  – show starts at 9pm and we will simulcast the show live on 103.3FM starting at 10pm on the..

AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions..

Join us!  Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 at the Getaway River Bar or over the airwaves at 103.3FM / streaming worldwide at ashevillefm.org

 No Cover!!

AshevilleFM 103.3 and The Getaway River Bar have teamed up to provide you this live performance….

Julia Sanders

ABOUT THE BAND:

With the wry, evocative opening lines of “Woman in Between”—“Call me tender, call me weathered, call me green / Call me shifter, I’m a woman in between”—Asheville singer-songwriter and Americana artist Julia Sanders distills both the spirit and sound of her upcoming record Morning Star.
Produced by John James Tourville of New West Records band The Deslondes, Morning Star unfolds a meticulously arranged musical landscape, anchored by Sanders’ transfixing vocals and a compact but thoughtful narrative style that calls to mind forebears like Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris. Much of it autobiographical, Morning Star finds Sanders exploring the complexities of transitions: from woman to mother, partners to parents, and freewheelin’ musician to an adult with roots and responsibilities. The result is a poetic, often dark, yet silver-lined portrait of transformation and growth. “We’re used to thinking of adolescence as the only big transition, from child to adult, and it’s full of intense emotions, changes, angst and searching,” Sanders says. “But as a mother, I discovered you go through a second adolescence, and Morning Star reflects that.”
After the birth of her first child, a daughter, Sanders began seeking out songs about the complicated, often contradictory feelings she was experiencing, but save for Brandi Carlile’s “The Mother,” she kept coming up empty. “For a long time, when I sat down to write it felt like I had nothing to say anymore, but that was because writing songs about partnership, or being a mother and raising kids felt like something I wasn’t allowed to do,” Sanders says. “It’s not seen as ‘cool’ enough or ‘rock & roll’ enough.”
Pushing back against this mentality, Sanders began creating her own soundtrack to the experience of matrescence—that physical, emotional, hormonal and social transition into motherhood. With each track on Morning Star, she explores different facets of her life—her career, her partner, her children—and the range of emotions they carry with them, from pure joy and fulfillment to less acknowledged feelings that walk hand in hand with the bliss of having kids; feelings like struggle, loneliness and self-doubt. “Woman in Between”—a wide-open Americana ballad dusted with dreamy wurlitzer & synth flourishes, atmospheric electric guitar and some beautiful harmonies courtesy of singer-songwriter Erika Lewis—is a perfect example of this. The song serves as the thematic cornerstone of the new album, wrestling with the loss of autonomy and the fracturing of identity.
“All of a sudden, you have an enormous responsibility to this other being,” Sanders explains, “and you can’t fathom caring about anyone as much as you care about them. That said, your sense of identity is simultaneously being shredded, and you do have this grief over losing your former life, which can be sort of taboo to talk about. There’s this sense that parenthood has to be all sweet gentle magic, and it is, but the times when it isn’t— you feel like you need to push that away or you feel guilty about it. The question is, ‘How do you hold on to yourself and your creative spirit and still work within this new normal?'”
Sanders was born in Philadelphia, raised in New Jersey and attended art school in New York. But it wasn’t until later, in New Orleans—immersed in the Big Easy’s gritty alt-country and R&B scenes—that she found her sound and her voice. “I’ve been playing music since I was 9, but it was mostly other people’s music,” she says. “In New Orleans, that all changed. Sitting around a fire trading songs, seeing them evolve—it made me realize that writing songs for myself was possible. It no longer seemed like a foreign thing that only happens in recording studios far away.”
In New Orleans Sanders met future collaborator and producer Tourville, along with fellow Americana artist Esther Rose, an early supporter in whom she found a kindred spirit and plenty of encouragement. “Esther always showed genuine excitement in what I was doing,” Sanders says. “She pushed me to keep writing. To this day, she’s still the first person I’ll send a new song to.”
Her confidence bolstered, Sanders continued to grow as a songwriter, eventually leaving New Orleans behind for her current home of Asheville, N.C. A picturesque city of less than 100,000 nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, it’s a fitting home for a folk singer. Sanders’ 2018 debut album, On the Line—which drew inspiration from the classic country of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline—was recorded there in three days in a wooden chapel on the outskirts of town. A couple years later, amidst the claustrophobic pandemic winter of 2020, a follow-up began brewing. Spurred by the solitude, her Jersey roots, and Bruce Springsteen’s austere Americana classic Nebraska, she cut a lo-fi, home-recorded EP of Springsteen covers called Jersey Girl.
Now, with multi-instrumentalist Tourville at the helm for sophomore LP Morning Star, Sanders’ honest, unadorned self-reflection sounds as refreshing as an autumn breeze. Supported by Tourville’s empathetic arrangements—acoustic and pedal-steel guitars intertwining beneath her wistful vocals—she paints an alternately glowing and desolate portrait of new motherhood. “I knew that JJ could help me create the sound I wanted for this record,” Sanders says. “He has this unique way of listening. I really trust his ear.”
Working out of Tourville’s home studio in Asheville, they were able to take their time with Morning Star, slowly developing the songs over weeks and months, taking breaks to reflect and reevaluate; adding, subtracting and layering as they went. Tourville employs a vast collection of sounds on the record, from the traditional instrumentation of country and folk (acoustic guitars, pedal steel, banjo, mandolin) to more unexpected additions, including synthesizers, organs, Wurlitzer, vibraphone and strings, adding musical depth on par with Sanders’ contemplative, bittersweet lyrics.
In the end, Morning Star emerges as an act of self-reconciliation. By finding creative rebirth and rejuvenation in the experience of its making, Sanders seems to make peace with the conflicting fragments of her identity, finding a path forward for herself as both a mother and a musician. “This album is about learning to elevate everyday experiences into art,” she says. “That’s what captures my attention—art that takes everyday moments and transforms them into something poignant and beautiful, and helps me to see my world in a different way.”

The Getaway River Bar – The Getaway is a laid-back bar with extra chill vibes by the river. With an expanse of outdoor seating and recreations set on the edge of the French Broad River, it welcomes everyone 21+ to loosen up and enjoy a getaway hidden in-between the city center and growing West Asheville.

790 Riverside Drive – Asheville, NC 28801 – (828) 545-6985 https://www.getawayontheriver.com/

 

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Updates on Rojava Revolution (with ECR)

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Updates on Rojava Revolution (with ECR)

This week on the show, we’re featuring an interview with 3 activists involved in the Emergency Committee for Rojava about recent developments in Rojava, escalation of violence from the Turkish state and the KDP party-led Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq, experiences of recent visits to the region, updates on the US relationship to aggressive regimes in the region and other topics. If you are listening to the radio edition of this show, check out the podcast for another half hour of discussion on developments in the economic, ecological and gender parity elements of the Rojava revolution. A longer version of this conversation can be found at TheFinalStrawRadio.NoBlogs.Org

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Midweek Release on the December 8th Affair in France

If you didn’t hear, we released a podcast in the middle of last week with anarchists involved in anti-repression in France concerning the conspiracy case known as the December 8th Affair, where the French state surveilled and arrested a YPG veteran who goes by the name Libre Flot, as well as comrades and acquaintances on the accusation of building a terror network following the Movement for Black Lives uprisings of 2020.

Support for Palestinians

If you’re looking for a way to support folks in or from Palestine during the unprecedented and genocidal violence of the Israeli settler state one non-profit we’ve heard is good for distributing funds to people in need is Hebron International Network, which can be found at https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/donate_hirn . Surely there are more out there, but be careful to vet where you send money due to precedent set by the US government of pursuing charges against nonprofits funding people in Palestine by claiming they’re supporting terrorists, even when they aren’t, as in the case of the Holy Land Five.

Michael Kimble

Anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble is fundraising right now to help cover legal costs as he attempts to gain freedom from prison after decades behind bars. You can find more info at his support site, anarchylive.noblogs.org and make donations via the link at fundly.com/help-michael-kimble-hire-a-new-attonrey

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Featured Track:

  • Sekvano by Awazê Ciya

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Radio Active Kids October 14! Jess from Ecstatic Listening filling in AND Asheville FM Fall Fundrive!!!!

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Alright y’all! It’s time for the Asheville FM fall fund drive, and you can donate right here! https://ashevillefm.org/fundrive/ Please help keep Radio Active Kids on the air!!!! HOWEVER, I am unfortunately out of town until tomorrow afternoon, so I will NOT be bringing you a new episode this week! Never fear, though! The intrepid Jess from Ecstatic Listening will be filling in for me–and they’ll be bringing you an awesome show that you don’t wanna miss! Please donate generously so I can keep bringing you awesome kindie music for many years to come! Listen from 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or the Asheville FM app & podcasting at https://anchor.fm/radio-active-kids!

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Tina and Her Pony – AshevilleFM Live Music Session show is up on the Live Recordings Tab – get the link!!

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Asheville band “Tina and Her Pony”  played The Getaway River Bar while we simulcast it live on the AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions – Link is below (hover label) or you can go to the LIVE RECORDINGS tab off the main menu to hear all the great ALMS recordings..

AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions..  Third Wednesday every month at 10pm

AshevilleFM 103.3 and The Getaway River Bar have teamed up to provide you this live performance….

 

Asheville FM Live Music Sessions   – Tina and Her Pony –

Tina and Her Pony

ABOUT THE BAND: Indie Appalachian Folk music project Tina and Her Pony began in Asheville, North Carolina, USA in 2010.  Shortly thereafter, she spent two years holed up in the high desert mountain town of Taos, New Mexico becoming one of the iconic artist colony’s most beloved performing acts.

“Even within the world of folk, Tina & Her Pony’s sound can’t be defined within a single culture or concept. What is undeniable, however, is the soul-stirring power of the music itself”.  

– Andria Brown, Folk All Y’all 

In a soundscape rich in folk and americana offerings Tina and Her Pony stands out with her clarity and freshness. Harmonies, arrangements, lyrics and captivating vocals combine to create something greater than the sum of the pieces which, taken individually, are deceptively straightforward. Her music chronicles complex emotional landscapes with the kind of wisdom and honesty required from roots music in its most distilled and cherished forms.  The pandemic brought much change and loss to Tina’s world, and this is reflected in her fresh material, a collection of songs that comprises her newest record, “Marigolds” (2023).

Fan Base/Socials/More Links:

Insta: @tinaandherpony 2.7K followers

Facebook: @tinaandherponymusic  2.6K followers

YouTube: @tinaandherpony 217 followers

Video 1 upbeat original song “Yellow Rose”

Video 2 cover of “These Days” Jackson Browne

Video 3 mellow original song “Canadian Summer”

Spotify 653 Followers

Bandcamp 985 followers

Website:  www.tinaandherpony.com

All inquiries: [email protected]

The Getaway River Bar – The Getaway is a laid-back bar with extra chill vibes by the river. With an expanse of outdoor seating and recreations set on the edge of the French Broad River, it welcomes everyone 21+ to loosen up and enjoy a getaway hidden in-between the city center and growing West Asheville.

790 Riverside Drive – Asheville, NC 28801 – (828) 545-6985 https://www.getawayontheriver.com/

Asheville FM Live Music Sessions

Wednesday’s at 10pm

@AshevilleFM 103.3 /  https://ashevillefm.org/


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