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

[N7MW at aol.com]

I've merely heard the transcriptions on CD but have gotten the same  
impression.  Still, they are a product of the times and important for  historical 
purposes nonetheless.
 
Mike in Phoenix
 
 
In a message dated 11/13/2009 4:15:08 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
MLK402 at verizon.net writes:

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

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