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11/19/2025

The Waco Independent Film Festival has earned national recognition, landing on MovieMaker Magazine's list of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World." It's one of only two Texas festivals to make the list.

The Waco Independent Film Festival has landed on MovieMaker Magazine’s list of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World for 2025. It’s one of only two Texas festivals to make the list.

11/17/2025

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11/16/2025

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11/15/2025

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11/15/2025

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11/15/2025

This week we look at how many ways you can say goodbye in song.

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem sing the traditional song The Leaving of Liverpool which Bob Dylan took and changed to Farewell (My Own True Love) that Judy Collins recorded.

Other leading ladies of Folk take on other Dylan songs: Joan Baez does Farewell Angelina and the duet of Nanci Griffith and Carolyn Hester sing Boots of Spanish Leather with Dylan accompanying them on harmonica. Early in his career, Dylan played harmonica for both the Clancys and Hester.

Ma Rainey chimes in with Farewell Daddy Blues. Patrick Ball plays Carolan’s Farewell to Music on his steel string Irish harp. John Jacob Niles performs the old ballad Goin’ Away while the Klezmatics add music to Woody Guthrie’s World War II lyrics Goin’ Away to Sea.

The Kingston Trio do their rendition of a song from the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s – Farewell Adelita. Andy Wilkinson imagines his granddad Charlie Goodnight setting off on a long cattle drive in Palo Duro Farewell. Peter Rowan and Don Edwards share Black cowboy Charley Willis’ ballad of the end of the cattle drive in Goodbye Old Paint.

Jay Ungar and his wife Molly Mason wrap it all up with a waltz composed in 1982 that has become identified with the Civil War, Ungar’s Ashokan Farewell.

By the way, it is only a theme for this week’s show, I’m not planning on going away any time soon!

On Saturday, stay tuned afterwards for live and lively music from Mountain Stage. And for a change of pace on Sunday, tune in at 7:00 to enjoy Beth Richard’s Broadway on the Brazos.

11/14/2025

Her new book, Being Coleen, takes an unflinching look at her own story, from childhood trauma to healing, hope and the hard work of self-acceptance.

On Waco Public Radio, be sure to catch their conversation in full this morning at 11:30 or catch the encore performance tonight at 8:30pm

11/13/2025

Be sure to join us for the weekly news round up from Waco Public Radio and The Waco Bridge. Plus, J.B Smith's interview with Estrellita Doolin of Meals on Wheels Waco tomorrow morning at 11 with a repeat performance at 8pm.

11/10/2025

Thanks to the talented folks at Four Columns Marketing two long standing, local favorites have got a new look. What d'ya reckon? Pretty great right?

You can find past episodes of both David and Art, and Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments under the programs tab at KWBU.ORG and you can tune into the latest editions of both on All Things Considered, this afternoon from 4.

11/10/2025

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11/08/2025

This week we go flying figuratively and literally.

Carolyn Hester opens with her rendition of the Gospel song I’ll Fly Away with a complete unknown blowing the harmonica behind her. Janis Ian describes the childhood dream of Ginny the Flying Girl. Merle Haggard and John Stewart watch their lady friends fly away in Silver Wings and Lost Her in the Sun, respectively.

Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the Flatlanders fly into Dallas on a DC-9. Later in the show, Jimmie Dale hooks up with Dave Alvin to sing Woody Guthrie’s tragic tale of the Plane Wreck at Los Gatos. Speaking of Woody, the Klezmatics added music to his delightful fantasy My Flying Saucer, and his good buddy Cisco Houston performs Ship in the Sky, a World War II song where the kids on the playground brag about what their daddies do with planes.

Christine Lavin shares the tale of a tiny stowaway in Fly on a Plane. The Indigo Girls have fun with Airplane as well. John Denver adds two song to the playlist as well performing The Wings That Fly Us Home while Peter, Paul, & Mary join in with their #1 hit single of his Leaving on a Jet Plane.

To hear these and more, join us for I Hear America Singing on KWBU either Saturday at 7pm or Sunday night at 9.
On Saturday, stay tuned afterwards for live and lively music from Mountain Stage.

11/07/2025