Mark Maynard

Bruce Conforth on the real life of Robert Johnson, the real hell of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and what it was like coming of age inside Izzy’s Young’s Folklore Center as the young Bobby Zimmerman hammered out songs on the typewriter in the back room… on episode 44 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 6, 2016

When I first started talking with ethnomusicologist Bruce Conforth about the possibility of his being on the show, I wasn’t exactly sure what we’d be talking about. He didn’t seem terribly enthusiastic about the prospect of discussing his time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where he was the founding curator, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, Alan Lomax, bare feet, biographies, Blues, Bob Dylan, Bruce Conforth, Cap'n You're So Mean, Cindy Hudson, Cleveland, Cohen brothers, corruption, curation, Dave Van Ronk, Dylan Beckwith, estival of Found Films from the Vault, Etan Patz, ethnomusicology, field recordings, found film, Frank Uhle, Frank Uhler, Gaslight Cafe, Gayle Dean Wardlow, Greenwich Village, Ike Zimmerman, Indiana University, Inside Llewyn Davis, Ivan Kral, Izzy's Young, Izzy's Young's Folklore Center, Jann Wenner, Jazz, Jim Cherewick, John Lomax, kidnapping, Lawrence Gellert, Lead Belly, Mississippi John Hurt, Moody Blues, Nobody Knows My Name, Pete Larson, power trips, record industry, Robert Johnson, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Rolling Stone, Soft Milk, Son House, Steve Miller, The Mayor of MacDougal Street | 12 Comments

Jelly Roll Morton and the gritty origins of jazz

By Mark | June 4, 2014

At some point in 1938, while employed by the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song to record and preserve regional American music being put at risk by popular music like jazz, music archivist Alan Lomax found himself at a Washington, DC club by the name of the Jungle Inn, one of the few […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Lomax, brothels, Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, Jazz, Jelly Roll Blues, Jelly Roll Morton, Jungle Inn, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song, murder, New Orleans, nothing new under the sun, oral history, pre-war jazz and blues, rap, sex, Storyville, The Murder Ballad | 11 Comments

Home alone with Macaulay Culkin, trading heroin for cheese

By Mark | December 9, 2013

If you’re a young American celebrity rumored to have a serious heroin addiction, it may not be the best idea in the world to start a Velvet Underground cover band. That, however, is apparently what actor Macaulay Culkin has done. Gathering together a number of musicians from the New York anti-folk scene, the actor has […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-folk, Austin Kilham, Deenah Vollmer, glockenspiel, heroin, Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin, Mila Kunis, music, National Enquirer, Phoebe Kreutz, pizza, Pizza Underground, Velvet Underground | 8 Comments

The performance lineup for Saturday’s Shadow Art Fair

By Mark | July 11, 2011

For the last several years, a brilliant fellow by the name of Ian Fulcher (otherwise know as MC Trashpedal) has been curating the live performances at the Shadow Art Fair. Following is a short conversation between he and I on Saturday’s lineup. But, first, here’s the tentative schedule: The music begins at 1:30! 1:30 Found […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andrew Brown-Cat Kauervane, Cinemasports, Compartment, Corner brewery, Dabenport, Dan Florida, Druid Perfume, flash unity, Forest Juziuk, Found Object Orchestra Internationale, Ian Fulcher, James Cornish Wind Choir, Juniper Baby, Mark Stewart, MC Trashpedal, noise, Our Brother the Native, Patrick Elkins, Ronen Goldstein, shadow puppets, Steve Hughes, Stupor, Team Ethic, Ypsilanti sound | 3 Comments

Mittenfest V is right around the corner

By Mark | December 12, 2010

Over New Year’s weekend, Ypsilanti will, as it’s done for the past four years, play host to the incredible Michigan music festival known as Mittenfest. Following is a short interview I conducted online with organizers Brandon Zwagerman, Jeremy Peters and Amy Sumerton on what they’ve got in store for us this year, and how the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826, 826 Michigan, Amy Sumerton, Avalon Housing, Bad Indians, Black Jake and the Carnies, Born to Run, Brandon Zwagerman, Catherine Calabro, Champions of Breakfast, Charles Trees, Chris Bathgate, circumspice, Clemente, Corner brewery, creative writing, Deadbeat Beat, Drunken Barn Dance, Elbow Room, English Language Learners, Fiona Apple, Gun Lake, In Tall Buildings, interviews, Jeremy Peters, Jim Roll, Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair, Lightning Love, Loune, Matt Jones, Matt Jones and the Reconstruction, MC Trashpedal, Mitytenfest, music, music festivals, Our Brother the Native, Ozone House, Photographers, Pistolbrides, public school challenges, Red Wings, residency, Secret Twins, Silverghost, Springsteen, The Juliets, the Michigan diaspora, The Satin Peaches, The Sights, tutoring, volunteer opportunities, Woodruff's, writing skills, Ypsi festivals, Ypsilanti Middle School | 7 Comments

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Jelly Roll Morton and the gritty origins of jazz

Home alone with Macaulay Culkin, trading heroin for cheese

The performance lineup for Saturday’s Shadow Art Fair

Mittenfest V is right around the corner

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