A Toast to The Arts

Musician Rachel Mari Kimber's Residency Experience in Saguaro National Park

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show features musician and composer Rachel Mari Kimber, the National Parks Arts Foundation's Fall 2024 artist-in-residence at Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. This is part two of our conversation as a follow up of her residency. Check out Part One here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/musician-rachel-mari-kimber-in-saguaro-national-park 
Rachel Mari Kimber is a musically creative artist from Wales, UK. She composes, sings, plays guitar and cello, orchestrates, harmonises, teaches, and produces, all from the heart. She also plays cello and sings for the band Black Forest Society, and also for Happy Joy Harmony. More: https://freeyourspiritheal.wixsite.com/love  
MORE LINKS FROM THE PODCAST regarding plants and music and NPAF artists in residence:- Writer Zoë Schlanger in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park:  https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/writer-zoe-schlanger-in-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park/ - Writer Zoë Schlanger in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/musician-sam-nester-in-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park/ 
Learn more about the National Parks Arts Foundation's unique artist residency programs in parks across the country at https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/ 

Musicians Arthur and Kathleen Lamonica - Paradise is Free

Celebrate Music Monday with this episode of Big Blend Radio's TOAST TO THE ARTS Show, also featured on the Big Daily Blend Podcast, with Arthur and Kathy Lamonica, founders of the New York City band Rome 56. Hear about their new album "Paradise is Free" that's out now through Think Like a Key Music.
Decades after making waves with gritty NYC new wavers The Shirts, Arthur Lamonica proves he's still got the hooks on Rome 56's infectious new outing "Paradise Is Free."  Recorded between New York and Amsterdam with his wife and longtime co-pilot Kathleen, this effortlessly catchy album shows Lamonica remains a master of fusing power pop, new wave and roots rock into retro-modern gold. More: https://rome56.com/ 

Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024: Music & Community - Part 2

Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community!  
Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released several albums and is the owner and sound engineer of a recording facility, Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia. He is currently involved with students, instructing them on guitar, voice, music theory, and sound engineering. Joey and his band perform nationally. He also happens to be the official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia, the “Southern Rock Capital of the World.”  
As an infant, Joey lost his sight and sense of smell as the result of a brain tumor.  Sept. 29, ALIVE DAY, celebrates the day the brain tumor that he wasn't supposed to survive was successfully removed. It was thought that he wouldn't make it, or if he did, he would never walk or talk. Though the tumor left him blind and with a host of other health challenges, his is most gloriously alive and so grateful for the life he does have and for his friends, family and for the gift of music! More about Joey at https://www.joeystuckey.com/ 
Alive Day has typically been a live concert in Macon, but this year we are celebrating by bringing musicians together with two Big Blend Radio podcast panel discussions, a music playlist of 290 inspiring and motivating songs, plus a musical online jigsaw puzzle. Check it all out here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/joey-stuckeys-alive-day-2024/ 
MUSICAL GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE* JOHNNY SCHAEFER https://hearjohnny.com/ * PAMELA BEDWELL https://pamelabedwellandpke.com/ * THE CRAVENS BAND: https://cravenmusic.net/ 
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF 290 SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w1bGfyI3ju3MMSvl7Cstl?si=941adec36cd04ce2 

Joey Stuckey's Alive Day: Music & Community - Part 1

Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community!  
Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released several albums and is the owner and sound engineer of a recording facility, Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia. He is currently involved with students, instructing them on guitar, voice, music theory, and sound engineering. Joey and his band perform nationally. He also happens to be the official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia, the “Southern Rock Capital of the World.”  
As an infant, Joey lost his sight and sense of smell as the result of a brain tumor.  Sept. 29, ALIVE DAY, celebrates the day the brain tumor that he wasn't supposed to survive was successfully removed. It was thought that he wouldn't make it, or if he did, he would never walk or talk. Though the tumor left him blind and with a host of other health challenges, his is most gloriously alive and so grateful for the life he does have and for his friends, family and for the gift of music! More about Joey at https://www.joeystuckey.com/ 
Alive Day has typically been a live concert in Macon, but this year we are celebrating by bringing musicians together with two Big Blend Radio podcast panel discussions, a music playlist of 290 inspiring and motivating songs, plus a musical online jigsaw puzzle. Check it all out here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/joey-stuckeys-alive-day-2024/ 
MUSICAL GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE* TOM RULE: https://tomrule.info/ * THE WALK-A-BOUT BAND: https://www.facebook.com/walkaboutband1/ 
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF 290 SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w1bGfyI3ju3MMSvl7Cstl?si=941adec36cd04ce2 

Welcome to Musician Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024

Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community!  
Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released several albums and is the owner and sound engineer of a recording facility, Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia. He is currently involved with students, instructing them on guitar, voice, music theory, and sound engineering. Joey and his band perform nationally. He also happens to be the official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia, the “Southern Rock Capital of the World.”  
As an infant, Joey lost his sight and sense of smell as the result of a brain tumor.  Sept. 29, ALIVE DAY, celebrates the day the brain tumor that he wasn't supposed to survive was successfully removed. It was thought that he wouldn't make it, or if he did, he would never walk or talk. Though the tumor left him blind and with a host of other health challenges, his is most gloriously alive and so grateful for the life he does have and for his friends, family and for the gift of music! More about Joey at https://www.joeystuckey.com/ 
Alive Day has typically been a live concert in Macon, but this year we are celebrating by bringing musicians together with two Big Blend Radio podcast panel discussions, a music playlist of 290 inspiring and motivating songs, plus a musical online jigsaw puzzle. Check it all out here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/joey-stuckeys-alive-day-2024/ 
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF 290 SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w1bGfyI3ju3MMSvl7Cstl?si=941adec36cd04ce2 
TO HELP PROVIDE DISASTER RELIFE FROM HURRICANE HELENE:- https://www.redcross.org/donate/dr/hurricane-helene.html - https://appvoices.org/helene-relief/ 

Author Francine Falk-Allen - A Wolff in the Family

Happy National Family Day! This episode of Big Blend Radio features award-winning author Francine Falk-Allen. A fan of genealogy research, Francine enjoyed uncovering her family’s history, and traced both her maternal and paternal ancestors back to the 1600s. She never imagined that one day she’d discover a jaw-dropping family secret.
Based on a true story, Falk-Allen’s “A Wolff in the Family” (She Writes Press, Oct. 1, 2024) is a riveting saga of prejudice, passion, and revenge. What mysterious scandals led a father to abandon his five youngest children—and the elder siblings to keep their shame a secret for eighty years? More at: https://francinefalk-allen.com/ 
This episode is featured on Big Blend Radio's "Big Daily Blend," "A Toast to The Arts," "Women Making History," and "Way Back When" Podcast Channels. Follow our Big Blend Radio Network of Shows, here: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/bigblendradionetwork 

Rockin' Music That Inspires, Motivates, and Makes You Feel Good!

This episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Show with co-host Joey Stuckey, celebrates music that inspires, motivates, and makes us all feel good! After all, isn't music our emotional medicine?  
This episode also kicks off Joey's Annual ALIVE DAY which we will celebrate on Big Blend Radio with select musical guests on Sept. 29, so stay tuned here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzIUCV2e7qm2zNDtr23NbGx4q90u3Ok0f&feature=shared 
Co-host of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Show every 4th Sunday, Joey Stuckey ‪is known as the Music Ambassador of Macon, Georgia "The Southern Rock Capital of the World." He's an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, and sound engineer. More: https://www.joeystuckey.com/ 
THIS EPISODE'S MUSIC PLAYLIST (please add your favorite song that you want listed in the playlist in the comments)* ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGHUZITwHVJIxK_KiGglJ3GPAtCzTdcF5&feature=shared * ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w1bGfyI3ju3MMSvl7Cstl?si=c30594aff39c4765 
Follow the BIG DAILY BLEND Show, here: https://big-daily-blend.podbean.com/ 

The History of National Park Posters

This episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick focuses on the history of National Park Posters. These icon collectibles originated in the 1930s and early 1940s as part of the WPA Federal Art Project, which began as part of the effort to recover from the Great Depression. Read Victoria's article about the posters here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/history-of-national-park-posters/ 
And, as discussed in this episode, here's our interview with Robert Decker who discusses his park photography and posters: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/national-park-photographer-robert-decker  
Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. Visit: https://victoriachick.com/ 
Victoria appears on Big Blend Radio every 3rd Saturday. Follow the podcast: https://tinyurl.com/3an38624