Joe Wilson
Alabama
Center for Traditional Culture Executive
Director Joey Brackner interviews
Joe Wilson. Wilson, a folklorist and
journalist, served as the executive director of
the National
Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) from
1976 to 2004. In 2001, the National
Endowment for the Arts awarded Wilson
a National Heritage Fellowship for his
dedication to the field. In his career, he
has produced 42 large-scale music festivals in
11 states, 21 national tours by musicians and
dancers, nine international tours that visited
33 nations, and 131 LP and CD audio recordings
of various forms of folk music. In this
interview he recollects living in Alabama in the
1960s and some of the interesting people he met
along the way.
This special radio series will air
every Sunday at 2:00 P.M., on the
Troy University Public Radio Network
at:
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WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
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WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
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WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)
This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at:
http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#joewilson
If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to:
barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov
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