NICK SPITZER AND BRIAN EDWARDS AT THE NEW ORLEANS BOOK FESTIVAL AT TULANE UNIVERSITY
American Routes: A Quarter Century of Oral Literacy & Aural Tradition on Public Radio
Nick Spitzer Moderator Brian Edwards
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Country singer Kelsey Waldon grew up in the Ohio River bottoms of Ballard County Kentucky-a place called “Monkey’s Eyebrow” where her family has farmed for generations. She tells us about her journey as a songwriter, and her friendship with another hero of Kentucky, John Prine. Then a live set of New Orleans jazz and its Caribbean cousins with the widely acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, Aurora Nealand and her quartet at Artisound Studios in New Orleans 9th Ward.