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Raised on mountain music in Galax, VA, Dori Freeman has spent four albums exploring an ever more personal and catchy take on Appalachian country music. Her newest, Ten Thousand Roses, was produced by her husband, a drummer, as its beat-forward feel shows.
WTJU Feb 14th, 2021 | By Nathan Moore
Musical Diversity, Music Discovery
Imagine a small city where literally every man, woman, and child is a folk musician.
That’s how many artists we’ve played in WTJU’s folk department. Over the last decade, WTJU’s folk & roots shows have played music from more than
14,000 different artists.
From those artists, we’ve played more nearly 77,000 unique tracks from more than 47,000 different albums.
Whatever the opposite of “Top 40 Radio” is, that’s us.
That’s because WTJU is about eclectic music and adventurous listening. WTJU’s dozens of volunteer hosts have a passion for this music. They follow it down rabbit holes, finding old favorites, deep cuts, and new sounds to share with our community.
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Barnes & Barnes, Weird Al Yankovic â and Knuckleheadz: Father/Son Rap Group?
That last act, from Roanoke, has something cool in common with the aforementioned purveyors of weird and cool music. Theyâve all been atop radio living legend Dr. Dementoâs playlist in recent weeks.
Demento, aka Barry Hanson, has been spreading the gospel of what he calls âmad music and crazy comedyâ since the 1970s, but the Radio Hall of Fame member isnât on that medium these days. Listeners can subscribe to his show on the internet, though, where he has tens of thousands of followers. Many of them recently showed love for Knuckleheadz, aka Stephen âStevie Dâ Davies and his 8-year-old son, Jax.
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