Rumble Strip

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Prisoners of War Jul 19, 2013

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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/140254783″ params=”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /]This hour features four Vermont soldiers captured at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The program weaves together their stories of capture, internment, and the challenges of returning to civilian life.

Credits:

This program features Vermont veterans Cliff Austin, Harrison Burney, Bill Busier, and Robert Norton.

It has aired on public radio affiliates across the country and on NPR’s Hearing Voices and on SoundPrint

Produced in collaboration with Greg Sharrow of the Vermont Folklife Center.

Road Scholars Jun 07, 2013

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This week’s episode of Rumble Strip is about the high art of Vermont road maintenance, and the diplomacy required to (almost) please everyone. It features interviews with East Montpelier road foreman Mike Garand and retired state highway dispatcher Ray Burke.

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My thanks to Andy Kolovos of the Vermont Folklife Center for his help with archival material for this program. Thanks also to Calais Selectboard member Scott Bassage for supplying audio from Calais Town Meeting.

Miriam Bernardo May 23, 2013

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Singer Miriam Bernardo talks about what can go right, and wrong—onstage. She talks about how she puts a life together as a musician in central Vermont, and what it feels like to sing, and live—wide open. And? We get to hear her sing.

The show also features radio documentary producer Larry Massett, reading from the Barre police log.

Photographs of Miriam by Josh Larkin

Show music credits:

Ribbon Bow: Writer unknown. Performed by Foley Artist

Secret Words: Paul Bowles. Performed by Foley Artist

Is Anything Wrong: Lhasa De Sela. Performed by Foley Artist

They’ll Come Back: Sun Ra. Performed by Magic City/led by Michael Chorney

Colin McCaffrey Talks Shop May 09, 2013

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In the maiden voyage of Rumble Strip Vermont, musician and producer Colin McCaffrey discusses the expectation of inspiration in a cup of tea, music as a career, and mushroom foraging… Photo by Will Forest

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