Etown: music.ideas.community. Etown: A radio variety show with musicians, authors, environmental activists and community volunteer organizers.
This week: LILA DOWNS / GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV INTERVIEW GUEST: JIM HIGHTOWER
This week's broadcast features a couple of fantastic first-time Etown musical guests. First, talented multi-cultural singer-songwriter Lila Downs joins us along with her amazing band. Lila was raised in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico and in Minnesota, and her music reflects her diverse roots.
Then we welcome emerging artist Gregory Alan Isakov, a fantastic singer and songwriter who shares his remarkable tunes with backing help from Nick & Helen Forster and the Etones.
Also, we welcome back to Etown national radio commentator, public speaker, author, and "America's #1 Populist", Jim Hightower.
There's also yet another moving E-Chievement Award story of a Texas schoolteacher who's making a difference in the lives of children and abused/abandoned animals.
It's all right here, this week, in Etown!
KT TUNSTALL / ADRIENNE YOUNG
In this encore broadcast, Scotland-born rising star and "folk-rock goddess" KT Tunstall pays her first visit to Etown. KT rocks the house with her provocative sonic mesh of heartfelt pop, rootsy electric blues, and left-field alt-folk.
And talented young Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Adrienne Young hits the stage with her band, receiving some great musical support from Nick & Helen Forster and the Etones. They deliver an amazing set of warm and inviting Americana music.
Plus, there's the E-Chievement Award story of a community-conscious college professor from New York State, all right here in Etown.
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etown is a one hour weekly national radio show heard on over 150 commercial
and non-commercial radio stations that features great live music and
conversation about the world around us. Two artists play in front of a live
audience, performing their own sets, and then together for a spectacular
one-of-a-kind collaborative finale. etown is a unique hour on the air
that's built around the simple idea that honest music builds community.
