[78-L] NPR "All Things Considered" Features Polk Miller and His OldSouth Quartette

[martha]

I've had most of the Miller cylinders for a long time, and find them to be 
rather creepy - they sound to me as if Miller was taking advantage of "his 
Darkies" and even giving some insulting impersonations of them.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Brooks" <tbroo2 at yahoo.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:50 PM
Subject: [78-L] NPR "All Things Considered" Features Polk Miller and His 
OldSouth Quartette


> Now Scheduled for Monday, November 16, 2009
>
> Today, Friday November 13, 2009, marks the 100th
> anniversary of the
> remarkable Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette Edison
> recordings
> that took place in Richmond, Virginia.
>
> I just received an
> email from NPR; National Public Radio will
> highlight this important
> anniversary on the nationally broadcast
> program “All Things Considered”
> Monday November 16.  Tim Brooks and I
> were interviewed for this piece and it
> is exciting news that the
> “Music and the Story of Polk Miller and His Old
> South Quartette” will
> be shared with millions of people.
>
> In the United
> States, "All Things Considered" airs between 4-6PM in
> each time zone; please
> check your local NPR station for "All Things
> Considered" air times at this
> link:
>
> http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/index.php?prgId=2
>
> For
> Polk Miller fans outside the US; please link to NPR Worldwide to
> listen:
>
> http://www.npr.org/worldwide/
>
> I appreciate the efforts of
> those who have helped make the awareness
> of this important American event
> possible.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ken Flaherty,
> Jr.
> polkmiller.com