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Kazi Toure of Boston Jericho on Prisoner Support

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Kazi Toure of Boston Jericho on Prisoner Support

"Kazi Toure of Boston Jericho | TFSR 1-14-24" featuring a photo of Kazi in a black beret and leather jacket

This week on the show, you’ll hear Kazi Toure. Kazi is a former political prisoner from the Ohio 7 case and founding member of the Boston chapter of The National Jericho Movement. For the hour, Kazi and I talk about the history of Jericho Movement, supporting political prisoners and support for post-release and aging prisoners. You can find recent updates from the group at @OfficialJerichoBoston on Instagram.

Kazi’s appearances here before:

Other Interviews Referenced:

 


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Joey Ayoub on the War in Palestine

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Joey Ayoub on the War in Palestine

Joey Ayoub selfey'ing with his dogs, reading a book and "TFSR 1-7-24 | Joey Ayoub on the War in Palestine

We’re joined again by podcaster, writer and activist Joey Ayoub. Joey, who is a Lebanese Palestinian living in Europe, co-hosts a podcast called The Fire These Times which is soon to be a part of the From The Periphery podcast network. For the hour we speak about the Israeli war on Palestinians, US policies in the SWANA region and the possibilities of war expanding to neighboring states, conspiracy thinking in the early days of these massacres, European state approaches to massacres in the Occupied Territories and other subjects. The full interview will be available alongside a transcript (soon) at our website.

Announcements

Fundraiser for Daryle Lamont Jenkins

Supporters of antifascist and anarchist activist Daryle Lamont Jenkins are raising funds for DLJ after a recent visit to the hospital. You can learn more and kick in some funds at GoFund.Me/e40da8b8 or check the link in our show notes.

Hunger Strike At Red Onion Expands

The hunger strike that began on December 26th at the infamous Red Onion State Prison in Virginia has doubled in size as of a few days ago with participation of 7 more imprisoned resisters protesting abuse by isolation despite Virginia policy and international human rights law. There is a rundown of the hunger strike and conditions at Red Onion available at RashidMod.Com and supporters are requesting that people call or email VDOC officials to end this cruel and unlawful use of segregation.

Newly joined the strike:

  • Nguyen Tuan – #1098070
  • Demetrius Walllace – #1705834
  • Gregory Binns – #1157265
  • P. Williams – #2103207
  • DeQuan Saunders – #1458253
  • J. Hilliard – #1988319
  • Ray Galloway – #1407902
  • Gregory Azeez – #1421616

Who To Contact:

VADOC~ Central Administration; USPS—
P.O. Box 26963
Richmond, VA 23261

Virginia DOC ~ Director, Chadwick S Dotson,

VADOC ~Central Administration

Rose L. Durbin, Phone~804-887-7921
Email: [email protected]

Beth Cabell, Division of Institutions
beth.cabell@vadoc.virginia.gov
(804)834-9967

Gov. Glenn Youngkin
(804)786-2211
[email protected]

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Featured Track:

  • Splash Waterfalls (remix) (instrumental) by Ludacris feat. Raphael Saadiq

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Lua Flora – Asheville FM Live Music Sessions – The Getaway River Bar – Wednesday January 17th, 10-11pm at 103.3FM – streaming www.ashevillefm.org

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Asheville band “Lua Flora ”  will be performing at The Getaway River Bar  – show starts at 9pm and will be simulcast live on 103.3FM at 10pm on the..

AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions..

Join us!  Wednesday, January 17th

No Cover!!

 

Asheville FM and The Getaway River Bar are pleased to present Lua Flora live at The Getaway Bar from 9-11PM & broadcast on 103.3 Asheville FM 10-11PM. Please join us in person or tune in!

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ABOUT THE BAND: Lua Flora
Creating in a state of constant adventure, Asheville, NC-based Lua Flora has successfully unified sounds that typically don’t go together. The electrifying passion and introspective lyrics of songwriter Evan Button, meet a mesmerizing blend of Caribbean, Eastern, and American music to create a previously undefined genre; “Beach Folk.” This cultural phenomenon lends itself to easy listening from the perfect barrels of the Pacific Ocean to the hollers of Appalachia. In three quick years, the project has gone from backyard parties to national stages across the U.S. supporting Satsang, Franc Moody, Of Good Nature, and Kendall Street Company in addition to festival appearances at Front Porch Fest, Kentucky Yoga Festival, Between the Trails, and others.
“The musical embodiment of Asheville’s creative spirit”
-Face The Current
“…easy and melodic — a light, laidback recluse from the grind.”
-Top Shelf Music
“Lua Flora shows folk & reggae mix.”
-Grateful Web

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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Thomas Kozak & the Poets – Asheville FM Live Music Sessions – The Getaway River Bar – Wednesday December 20th, 10-11pm at 103.3FM – streaming www.ashevillefm.org

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Asheville band “Thomas Kozak & the Poets ”  will be performing at The Getaway River Bar  – show starts at 9pm and will be simulcast live on 103.3FM at 10pm on the..

AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions..

Join us!  Wednesday, December 20th

No Cover!!

 

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

Thomas Kozak & the Poets

ABOUT THE BAND:
Thomas Kozak is a singer-songwriter based in Asheville, NC. With a focus on lyricism and structure that stretches convention, he looks to bend an ear beyond the expected. His blend of intricate picking patterns and soft, dark vocals has led his music to be described as meditative and intimate, while his lyrics are a challenging but rewarding departure from a clear narrative pattern.
In 2019, Kozak linked up with the critically-acclaimed Americana artist Jim White (“Wrong-Eyed Jesus”/“No Such Place”) who would produce his most recent album, “The Rubicon.” Engineered by John Keane and released on June 3rd, 2022, “The Rubicon” is an exploration of the ongoing life of the decisions one makes, traced through to a culminating acceptance, all against the wildly diverse soundscape Jim White is known for.  His music can be found on Spotify and other streaming services.
More can be found at www.kozakandthepoets.com

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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Julia Sanders – Asheville FM Live Music Sessions – The Getaway River Bar – Wednesday Oct. 18th, 10-11pm 103.3FM – streaming www.ashevillefm.org

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Asheville FM and The Getaway River Bar are pleased to present Julia Sanders (w/ Full Band) LIVE at The Getaway Bar from 9-11PM & broadcast LIVE on 103.3 Asheville FM from 10-11PM. Please join us in person or tune in!

AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions..

Join us!  Wednesday, October 18th – 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/

 

Asheville FM Live Music Sessions

Wednesday’s at 10pm

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


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Queer Calendar for Week of Oct. 5

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    • TONIGHT Karaoke every Thursday with Terraoke at the Getaway River Bar from 9pm to 1am.
    • Line Dancing, Country Music and Beginning Two-Step lessons every Thursday at Banks Ave. Bar, with their night called Butts N Boots starting at 6pm. No partner needed for this queer country night.
    • THIS FRIDAY, October 6th, Prepare for takeoff as Bearded Lady Productions presents a first-class “beer flight” bar crawl tour featuring the company of a hilarious drag queen wannabe flight attendant. You won’t want to miss this two-hour tour, where you’ll get to enjoy fine brews, seltzers, wines, and sours from multiple iconic downtown breweries, all while being entertained by a fabulous drag queen leading the way. Tickets for the pride edition drag queen bar crawl include the tour itself, all beverages along the route, fun surprises, and other perks. More info can be found at ashevilledragbrunch.com
    • ASO this friday, MUSIC BINGO WITH A DRAG QUEEN! Join DIVINE at Highland Brewing Downtown from 730-930pm. Join us for a silly drag-stravaganza filled with fine brews and a musical twist on bingo. Hosted by the fabulous Divinity Holeburn, winners will be toasted and roasted in true drag style. Add this downtown Asheville adventure to your must-see list and prepare for an unforgettable evening!
    • Drag show at Banks Ave this and every Friday starting at 11:30
    •  Party Foul drag show at The Odd this and every Saturday Night. Doors at 7, show at 8pm.
  • This and every Saturday, drag shows starting at 11pm and midnight at O.Henrys.
    • THIS SUNDAY, there’s no place like… drag brunch! Click your heels and ease on down the yellow brick road to the “The Brunch of Oz” on Sunday, October 8th at Pleb Urban Winery at 1:00 p.m. This fabulous event is going to dazzle you over the rainbow, and all profits from this event will be donated to Open Hearts Arts Center 501c3. This event is for all ages.tickets are available at www.AshevilleDragBrunch.com.
    • Also this sunday, it’s Song-O With Divine, at Blue Ridge Beer Garden! Join us for a silly drag-stravaganza filled with fine brews and a musical twist on bingo. Hosted by the fabulous Divinity Holeburn, winners will be toasted and roasted in true drag style. Add this Hendersonville adventure to your must-see list and prepare for an unforgettable evening!
    • Every Sunday, Gentle Yoga for Queer & GNC Folks at West Asheville Yoga Studio from 1:30 to 2:30. Learn more at “westashevilleyoga.com”.
    • “Life’s a Drag” Brunch Every Sunday at Asheville Beauty Academy. Doors @12, show @ 1pm. 
    • Following the “Life’s a Drag” Brunch is Drag Appreciation Day every Sunday at the Asheville Beauty Academy from 3pm to 6pm.
    • Monday and every Monday, Karaoke hosted by Ganymede at the 27 Club at 10pm. 
    • Every Tuesday it’s Trivia with a drag queen at Avl Beauty academy at 8pm, followed by karaoke at 10pm. 
    • This Wednesday, Prepare to be mesmerized by an extraordinary evening of coming out monologues, a performance by the Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus and a one woMan cabaret show, “I Am What I Am.”Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Stories about coming out will be shared at 6:00 p.m. and the performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. and runs approximately an hour. All ages are welcome. Tickets are available at www.AshevilleDragBrunch.com. 
  • Looking Ahead…….
  • Saturday, October 7, Sheer Mag, Hotline TNT with Poison Run plays at Differnt Wrld.  Sheer Mag’s is a Philadelphia band On their debut album, Need to Feel Your Love (2017), the band surveyed their contemporary political landscape through the lens of history. Singer Tina Halladay transported herself back to the 1969 Stonewall Riots for inspiration and those songs became hook-laden rallying cries. Doors at 8pm. Music at 9.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 18th it’s QU33R PROM @ Different Wrld w/ OTNES, Sunshine Scott, DJ MaryKate&Ashley. QU33R PR0M is an all queer celebration of music, dancing, vendors, and dressing tf up.” Things get started around 7:30pm
  • Friday OCT27th it’s the annual  PANSY COLLECTIVE HALLOWEEN COVER SHOW at Different Wrld
  • Tuesday October 31st is Actual Halloween and it’s  BACK YARD DRAG HALLOWEEN SHOW at Differnt Wrld.
  • Also Tuesday Oct. 31st it’s Howl, a queer halloween strip show at The Getaway River Bar. Doors at 8 and show at 9 including strip performances and a midnight costume contest.
  • 2023/11/11 DEEP RIVER: Country, Eagles, Ronstadt & Mac (as in Fleetwood) – Sat Nov 11th at 8:00pm