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    PASSAGES: In Praise of Paul Flaherty

    March 8, 2025 /

    I don't usually post obituaries in this occasional publication devoted to the life and times and the notable people in the villages of WestVirginiaville. But the lovely remembrance and acknowledgment below of Paul Flaherty's rich life, written by Rebecca Kimmons, pays homage to a notable person who for decades played key roles in the cultural, creative, and musical life in West Virginia's capital city.

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  • Music,  Music/Video,  Photos/Video,  Stories

    A little bit of wonderful, courtesy of a John Ellison ‘Friendly Neighbor Show’ jam

    October 17, 2024 /

    It was some kind of wonderful happening as John Ellison, host of the long-running "The Friendly Neighbor Show" picked up a guitar to lead a harmonic convergence in a Huntington tattoo parlor one night recently.

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  • Music/Video,  Photos/Video,  Poetics

    PROSE-POEM: ‘Lost Girl Elegy’

    April 17, 2024 /

    He digs into his wallet. Hands over a $20 bill. God bless you, she says. But where's the god for lost girls in a squalling storm? She turns to go back into the Taco Bell. He shuts off his car. Gets out. Do you have a phone? No. She says. Anyone at all to call?

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  • 5 Questions,  Music,  Music/Video

    5 QUESTIONS: Susan Werner on going long, Texas tuneage, and the art of the song

    April 2, 2024 /

    For folks who know the upper echelons of songwriting, 'No Depression' magazine once awarded Susan Werner some high praise indeed: “When it comes to crafting a song, Ms. Werner’s only peers are Jimmy Webb and Paul Simon.” Study up on her songcraft in our '5 Questions' with her in advance of an April 6, 2024 show in Charleston. W.Va.

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    A RECORD RUN: After a legendary half-century, Budget Tapes & Records to close shop

    March 2, 2024 /

    Budget Tapes & Record will close Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Kanawha City, W.Va., after a half-century in operation. Here are two personal takes on the role this long-running establishment played in the life and times of West Virginia as an alternative, hippified haven for generations of folks.

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    A Report from the Crowdfunding Frontlines

    August 28, 2023 /

    Help support independent artistry, guerilla filmmaking, and soulful storytelling, as we wind down the crowdfunding campaign for "HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS: The Artistic Life of Robert Singleton"

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    THE INTERVIEW: Ann Magnuson on the art of “suRURALism” and coming to ground in West Virginia

    October 29, 2022 /

    You need several categories — performer, musician, actress, artist, etc. — to sum up the swath Ann Magnuson has cut through the cultural scene since leaving her hometown of Charleston WV. And there’s a reason she comes back so often.

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    POETRY/PERFORMED: Two Versions of “BOOM BOOM” by Crystal Good

    September 1, 2022 /

    Here are two versions of Crystal Good reading/performing her iconic poem "BOOM BOOM," which reflects on strip-mining mountains and women who strip off their clothes for money.

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  • Music/Video,  Nature,  Photos/Video

    VIDEO: “WATER/CLOUD/WIND/LEAF: A Hoeft Marsh Melody”

    July 19, 2022 /

    Hoeft Marsh in Greenbottom WV is where I go when I want to get off the timeline of the world's news. Here's a short, lyrical visit there. It's a little fishy, at the end.

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    ‘HEY JOE’: Harmonically urging Joe to take climate action

    June 8, 2022 /

    In late 2021, a harmonic convergence of West Virginians came together on the statewide music video "Hey Joe," urging Joe Manchin to take decisive action on the climate crisis.

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    A first-hand story about an elephant’s birth in West Virginia

    May 27, 2022 /

    They had dreamed of an elephant for the parade that capped off All Together Arts Week in Mercer County. But where do you get an elephant? A group of artists and elephant enablers decided they must do what they had to do: manifest one.

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    5 QUESTIONS: Spencer Elliott on the Art of the Guitar

    May 3, 2022 /

    Spencer Elliott's instrumental guitar persona is two-fold: as a genre-defying solo performer and in the burning-down-the-house trio SE3. Like many stellar players, he has kept his day job in West Virginia's capital, even as his international fanbase grows.

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    Chris Haddox tells stories from the hills, plus unexpected ones, too

    February 18, 2022 /

    On the occasion of the March 2022 release of his CD of high songcraft from the Appalachian hills, here's the world-premiere music video of the Chris Haddox tune "A Soul Can't Rest in Peace Beside the Four Lane — and a chat with the artist about songwriting and life.

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    Losing yourself in Lost River

    December 10, 2021 /

    Wandering the byways and backroads of the Lost River environs in eastern West Virginia, while trying to write a sorta memoir. An imagistic journey.

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  • Characters,  Music,  Music/Video,  Stories

    CHARACTERS, PART 1: A music video about how I never slept with Allen Ginsberg

    November 4, 2021 /

    What do you get when you mix famous poet Allen Ginsberg, a bonfire deep in the West Virginia hills, an interview, and a recording studio. Well, 30 years later you get a music video.

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  • Music/Video,  Photos/Video,  Poetics,  Stories

    SPOKEN/WORD: “The Cold Visitor” by Bobby Lee Messer

    November 4, 2021 /

    The autumn leaves brighten the rolling hills with a kaleidoscope of colors. Yet in the wings of all such beauty awaits The Cold Visitor. Watching. Waiting. Always present. | A Spoken Word multimedia performance of an original work by Bobby Lee Messer.

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  • Climate,  Music/Video,  Nature,  Stories

    CLIMATE/CRISIS: Taking the measure of climate change in three short videos

    November 4, 2021 /

    In three short videos, take the measure of climate change. The climate crisis deepens every day, yet more and more people planet-wide awaken daily to the reality of what must be done to turn down the fever threatening the planet.

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    MUSIC/VIDEO: “Sonata for Piano & West Virginia, No. 1”

    June 7, 2021 /

    We invite you to take five minutes from feeling harassed by the news or our own hectic heads for "Sonata for Piano & West Virginia No. 1." It offers another way of looking at West Virginia and those parts that remain uncorrupted, fresh, and true.

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    NATUREGRAM: Two minutes of nothing but pines, plus some calming music

    March 13, 2021 /

    We can't share with you the sweet aroma of a stand of pine trees in Putnam County, West Virginia. But we can share with you the experience of standing among them. A new WestVirginiiaVille shelter-in-nature short video.

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    VIDEO: Other ways of looking at a Mail Pouch barn

    February 16, 2021 /

    Mail Pouch barn signs became such an iconic, familiar image, showcased in tens of thousands of similarly framed snapshots, postcards, and saturated photographs that they are almost impossible to see afresh. We give it a go in "Chew This Way."

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