True Tunes host John J. Thompson recently traveled to Cleveland, TN, to speak at a festival in honor of Rev. Howard Finster – the enigmatic painter, pastor, and musician who first came to international prominence when his art was used on album covers by Talking Heads, R.E.M., and Adam Again, and is considered by some to be the father of contemporary folk art. Painter and woodcut printmaker Kreg Yingst, whose art has graced recent album projects by Vigilantes of Love and others, presented at the festival as well and joined John for a conversation. Plus, we crank up the Jukebox to check out one of the most prolific and accomplished outsider musicians of the last three decades; John Darnielle and his band, The Mountain Goats.
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David Eugene Edwards of Wovenhand: Apocalypse Ain’t for the Faint of Heart
Michael Bloodgood: A Long Obedience in a LOUD Direction
@45RPM The Prayer Chain: Backstage in ’18
Chagall Guevara: Revolutionary Art, Halcyon Days, & Long-Play Redemption (+ a Squint Jukebox Meltdown)
The Cornerstone Festival: 10 Years Gone (and counting...)
Walking St. Paul’s Blvd with Michael McDermott (+ Peter Himmelman on the Jukebox)
Michael Roe Did It For Love (Pt.2) [The Lost Dogs, 77s, Kerosene Halo]
@45RPM - Character Witnesses for Michael Roe (Terry S. Taylor, Jimmy A, Randy Layton, A-Train, & Jan Eric Volz)
Michael Roe Did It For Love (Pt. 1) [77s, Lost Dogs, Kerosene Halo, Etc,]
@45RPM - Listening Carefully w Buddy Miller & Ian Fitchuk
Coffee w Propaganda: World Building, Critical Thinking, & History Healing (+ Midnight Oil on the Jukebox!)
@45RPM - Steve Scott & The Gospel of John as Creative Cultural Critique (pt 2)
Eric Earley (Blitzen Trapper) + Sacred Psychedelia on the Jukebox (w David Bunker)
Keyboard Warriors: Ronnie Martin (+ Steve Fairnie / The Technos on the Jukebox)
Steve Scott on the Missional Purpose of Art (pt 1)
Meet Doe! (+ Aaron ”A-Train” Smith on Stevie Wonder in the 70s on the Jukebox)
@45RPM - ROEMER on Knowing Our Role (Pt. 2)
Royce Lovett’s Unlikely Journey (+ The Roots of Gospel Rap w Soup The Chemist & Chris Williamson on the Jukebox)
@45RPM - ROEMER on Bonhoeffer, Marx, and Missiology (Pt. 1)
Andy Zipf, Achtung Baby, and the Power of Place
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