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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on Sunday Night Jazz Showcase

By • 20 hours ago
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Sunday Night Jazz Showcase

Program #185 (September 24 at 8:00 p.m.)

California's Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are an old-school swing-and-jump blues outfit who first came to prominence in the 1990s as one of the main progenitors of the neo-swing revival. Along with similarly-inclined neo-swing acts like Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy helped to revive big-band music and popularize swing dancing for the MTV generation and beyond.

Odd Numbers: Birds (September 22 @ 7pm)

By • 23 hours ago

Join WMKY and host Doug Chatham at 7 tonight (9/22) for a collection of bird songs, including “I Want a New Duck” by Weird Al Yankovic, “My Cousin Married a Chicken” by Trigger and Some Dudes Named Roy, and “Surfin' Bird” by The Trashmen.

The Reader’s Notebook: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

By • Sep 22, 2017
bbc.co.uk

September 22, 2017 -- The six wives of King Henry VIII were a disparate group of women united only by their marriages to Bluff King Hal. There is a famous rhyme describing their various ends – ‘Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived’.

englishhistory.net

Now accepting essays and commentary

By • Sep 22, 2017

Beginning Oct. 1, WMKY will be accepting essays and commentary from the community.

The locally produced pieces will be aired on our afternoon show, Mountain Edition, and can cover a verity of topics. 

You can find the guidelines for submission, as well as the agreement, on our website, WMKY.org under the about MSPR tab.

An American Troubadour: Songs of Steve Forbert on Muddy Bottom Blues

By • Sep 21, 2017
Amazon

Muddy Bottom Blues

Program #122 (September 22 at 8:00 p.m. and September 23 at 3:00 p.m.)

This program features “An American Troubadour: Songs of Steve Forbert,” a 2017 release on Blue Rose Music. The album features twenty-one songs showcasing Steve Forbert’s five decade career and the impact he's had on other songwriters and musicians.

Blue Rose Music assists in the business and creative development of musicians and projects. A portion of all revenue is donated to The Blue Rose Foundation, providing pre-school scholarships to financially disadvantaged children.

Democratic Lawmakers Bet On Gaming To Fund Pensions

By Josh James • Sep 21, 2017

Two Democratic state lawmakers are looking to casinos to help pay down Kentucky’s massive pension liabilities, but the plan is unlikely to gain a foothold in the General Assembly.

W.Va. Timber: Mechanization Driving Change in Logging Practices

By • Sep 21, 2017

Most of the state’s trees are harvested by small-scale logging operations, using chainsaws, but a growing number of logging companies use large, mechanized logging machines that can do much more, faster.

Jean Snedegar joined veteran logger Jerry Huffman on Knobley Mountain, in Grant County.

Lessons from the Appalachian Trail

By Steve Willis • Sep 21, 2017

A Virginia pastor finds the connection between the values of Appalachian Trail hikers he meets in town and those of his congregation: listening, story-telling, a quieting of technological distractions.

Hog-Tied? NAFTA Talks Have Ohio Valley Pork Producers Nervous

By Nicole Erwin • Sep 21, 2017

Talks on renegotiating NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, are set for later this month and farm country is concerned about the potential fallout from a trade dispute. Pork producers are especially nervous about the implications of a threat from President Trump to place a 20 percent tariff on Mexican food imports.

Monarch Butterfly Waystation opening at Carter Caves

By • Sep 21, 2017
Plano Prairie Garden

The Garden Club of Kentucky will dedicate two more Monarch butterfly waystations at the William Whitley House State Historic Site and Carter Caves State Resort Park in September.

The William Whitley House ceremony is Sept. 22 at 5 p.m. and the Carter Caves event is Sept. 27 at 2 p.m.

Members of the Garden Club of Kentucky have worked with state parks and other groups to design and install Monarch waystations.

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MSPR Announces New Programming
The Reader’s Notebook
A daily radio feature using general interest pieces, often of literary or historic significance.
Front Page, a half-hour talk show at 9am and 4pm every Friday on Morehead State Public Radio.
In the tradition of "All Things Considered", "Morning Edition" and "The World", MSPR Radio presents "Mountain Edition".
Health Matters focuses on the health care needs of the mountain region. The weekly program is a co-production of MSPR and the Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center.