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Talking about the blues with Bruce Conforth, discovering found film with Frank Uhle, and allowing Jim Cherewick just be himself …on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | April 15, 2016

I don’t know how we do it, but, for a little AM radio show in Ypsilanti, we continue to book incredible shows. Saturday evening, starting at 6:00, we’ll be joined in the studio by musicologist Bruce Conforth. Perhaps best known as the founding curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Dr. […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 16mm film, Askwith Media Library, Blues Heritage Foundation, Bruce Conforth, Festival of Found Films from the Vault, Film, film festivals, found film, Frank Uhle, instructional films, Jim Cherewick, Lawrence Gellert, My Snowman's Burning Down, Robert Johnson, Robert Johnson Blues Foundation, the blues | 4 Comments

Jamboree update

By Mark | September 1, 2009

As most of you probably know, there’s a big, outdoor music festival taking place here in Ypsi this weekend. It’s being called the Jamboree, and, as luck would have it, I had an opportunity to sit down with festival director Don Sicheneder and ask him a few questions this evening. Here’s our interview: MARK: So, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Brewing Company, Back 40, beer, Better Made Chips, Black Jake and the Carnies, bluegrass, Community Records, Corner brewery, Daisy May, Dick Siegal, Don Sicheneder, Dragon Wagon, Erik Dotzauer, Fago, first aid tent, Frog Island Brewery, Hullabaloo, kids tent, Koegle hot dogs, Laith Al-Saadi, Las Vegas, magic pipe, Matt Jones, May Erlewine, Music Event, October Babies, one man band, Orpheum Bell, Rave Distributors, Riverside Park, Seth Bernard, That 1 Guy, The Afternoon Round, The Bearded Ladies, The Macpodz, The Ragbirds, Tokyo Sexwhale, Wayward Roots, Ypsilanti, Ypsitucky, Ypsitucky Bluegrass Festival, Ypsitucky Jamboree | 22 Comments

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