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Lone Star rebel Dale Watson plays live on Back to the Country

[…]new album “Call Me Insane.” Dale Watson & his Lone Stars have played Madison quite a few times in the past, and also been guests on Back to the Country with Bill Malone. On July 1st, 2006 Dale and his Lone Stars joined Kevin “Tex” Tubb and The Lonely Stars to play the grand opening of Tex Tubb’s Taco Palace on Atwood Avenue. You can see photos from that event here. Watson may not have any radio “hits”, but his original, outsider sound has gained him a reputation as a crusader against the “Nashville Rash” of commercial cookie-cutter country, and […]
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Back To The Country Interviews on Wed. March 18th

[…]later date. . Prior to his solo country and western career, Jim was a member of the Browns back in the late fifties, who had such hits as “The Three Bells,” “Scarlet Ribbons,” and more. Like many classic country singers, he’s back to promote his new CD.  Stay tuned for further announcements about this and other interviews on […]
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Country/Bluegrass Legend Mac Wiseman on Back to the Country

[…]the guitarist for their new band, the Foggy Mountain Boys and later played with Bill Monroe in the Bluegrass Boys. In the 1950s, after a live performance on the country music radio show Louisiana Hayride he became popular as a solo artist, and was the star of The Old Dominion Barn Dance on WRVA in Richmond, Va. During the 1960’s folk revival Wiseman performed successful concerts from the Hollywood Bowl to Carnegie Hall. He joined the cast of the hit TV show In the Heat of the Night for their CD Christmas Time’s A Comin’, which became one of the most popular holiday releases of 1991-92 with Southern […]
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New Book Claps Back to Censoring Race Education

[…]introduced legislation that bans teaching CRT or restricts how racism and sexism is discussed in the classroom. 18 states now have such laws enacted. Today’s guests have a new book out that is both an illumination of CRT and a response to the weaponization of the term by its opponents in an attempt to erase, censor, and silence all discussion of American racism and its legacy. It does this through the lens of hip hop.  Editors of the new anthology Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of “Critical Race Theory,” Walter Greason and Danian Darrell Jerry join Ali Muldrow on the […]
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Madison School District Solicits Feedback on Superintendent Search

[…]year. From October to December, the Board will finalize a job profile and embark on anti-bias training. Interviews with candidates are slated to begin in January, with semifinalists announced in February 2024. Finalists will be announced next March, as the Board selects a final candidate.  The next permanent superintendent is likely to overlap with interim Superintendent Kvistad, whose contract with the district ends at the end of June 2024.  Image courtesy of Chali Pittman and WORT FM. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate […]
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State Unemployment Fund Bounces Back After Beginning of Pandemic

[…]the past year, coming in at $1.36 billion last year. That’s good news, as that fund got hit hard in the early days of the pandemic thanks to massive layoffs around the country. That’s according to a new report from the nonpartisan policy research group the Wisconsin Policy Forum. But while the state is taking steps to improving that fund in case of another recession, there is still work to be done. WORT Producer Nate Wegehaupt spoke with Mark Sommerhauser with the Policy Forum to learn more. You can read the full report here. Photo courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT […]
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