It’s a blues thang and I’ve got you by the blues when you tune in the Blueshound on Soul of the Blues this Thursday from 12-2pm on AshevelleFM! Listen live at 103.3fm or stream it live and for 2 weeks anytime you want after the show airs at ashevillefm.org! Got some new recordings for you from Chicago’s Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners, soul blues singer/harmonica player John Nemeth and California’s The Boneshakers! Also, some vintage tracks from John Hammond Jr., Double Trouble, Hammond B3 wizard Jimmy Smith and Texas troubadour Delbert McClinton! The Notcho’ Blues Artist this week is famed storyteller, Harry Chapin! Join the Blueshound on Soul of the Blues for two hours of mind splicing, butt spicing blues, baby!

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Join djsmittymon as he welcomes a New Orleans brass band legend – Ersel (Garfield) Bogan to Positive Vibes…

Time to Wake Your Brass Up!!  Happening Tuesday September 20th –  8-10am..

Ersel “Garfield” Bogan III, veteran brass band trombonist. He is one of the original members of The Stooges Brass Band, where he spent 20 years of his musical career.  Garfield also is an original member of the Free Agents Brass Band which is a brass band created after hurricane Katrina.  Ersel established the nonprofit, the Save Our Brass Culture Foundation in 2019 and is a teaching artist with Leaf Global Arts

NOLA BRASS FEST: feat. Empire Strikes Brass / Funk Around with Garfield

It’s Festival Day:

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Join The UnCola tonight at 8 PM est live on 103.3 Asheville FM as we go back in time 40 years for the 2nd edition of Forgotten Top 40 from 1982.

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Yes released the greatest Progressive Rock album of all time, on September 13, 1972 via Atlantic Records. ‘Close to the Edge’ is three songs long, the title track taking up the entirety of side one. Many live performances, re-releases, remixes, remasters and reissues later, it is still at the top of the heap, an iconic and influential 70’s progressive rock album, with themes and lyrics inspired by the Herman Hesse novel Siddhartha. Many modern Prog bands and artists site this album as a profound inspiration. Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford and Chris Squire, spent five months in recording sessions they later described as “climbing Mount Everest”. The album’s centerpiece is the 18+ minute, four part epic, Close to the Edge. JD will play the definitive Steven Wilson remix of this song, on Thursday at 2 PM, on 103.3 Asheville FM and our new APP!!! This fall, Yes kicks off the Close to the Edge 50th Anniversary Tour in the United States, playing the album in it’s entirety, along with other Yes classics.

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Join DJSmittymon this week as he welcomes local Asheville singer / songwriter..  Mark Casson for a live performance and talk on the Positive Vibes’ Early Morning Music Sessions..  happening this Tuesday, Sept. 13th – starts around 9am..  tune in – turn it up..  enjoy…   smittymon

The Cheeksters have a show at the Grey Eagle (patio stage) this Saturday, Sept 17th –  starts around 6pm..

The Cheeksters were formed in 1990 soon after Mark and Shannon met by chance on a train in London, England. Mark hails from the UK, while Shannon was born and raised in Tennessee.

They started performing music together as a duo with Mark on guitar and vocals and Shannon playing bass guitar. They soon released their debut album “Stranger Things Have Happened” in 1992, followed by “Hey, What’s Your Style ?” in 1994.

The couple relocated to Nashville in 1996 and began working with producer Brent Little at his all-analog studio where they have recorded four critically acclaimed albums: “Skating On The Cusp” (1999) “Nineteen Sixty-Five” (2005) “Movers and Shakers” (2007) “The Golden Birds” (2011).

Over the years, The Cheeksters have performed extensively in the Southeast US, as well as showcasing their talents in NYC and London.

The Cheeksters combine the best of what made music great in the 1960’s and 70’s with a winning fresh pop approach that delights audiences.  In the studio the group has produced six albums of timeless, tuneful, terrific pop that has real staying power

Onstage the versatile five-piece bands turns out its catchy pop confections, bringing to mind a swirling variety of influences including Memphis soul and Carnaby Street pop.  They somehow manage to channel Burt Bacharach / Hal David, Dusty Springfield’s diva soul, T-Rex’s manic boogie and the pomp of David Bowie often in the same song without sounding derivative

The current line-up has performed together for the past ten years and is made up of Mark Casson (vocals, guitar, piano, bass), Shannon Hines Casson (vocals, bass guitar, piano), Jay Moye (piano, guitar), Je Widenhouse (trumpet) and Mike Baker (drums)

The Cheeksters Info:

@thecheeksters

https://cheeksters.com/

 

Positive Vibes’ Early Morning Music Sessions

Tuesdays 8-10am / 103.3 FM / @103.3ashevillefm

streaming globally at www.ashevillefm.org !!

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We’ve got another top-notch show this week on Radio Active Kids! We interview Brighter Light Brigade and play selections from BOTH their new EPs! Can’t wait!!! Also, new songs by Sharon and Bram, Randy Kaplan, Howdytoons, 3 O’Clock Rock Records, Mama B, & Musiquita! Also, older tunes by MONEDITA DE ORO (RIP Juan Monedita ), #KindianaJones, The Blibbering Humdingers & Un Recreo Fantastico/La Bollito Band! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or tun.in/pjiei & podcasting at mixcloud.com/Radio_Active_Kids!

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