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In Your Ear Episode 48: Sherman Holmes Project

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Published November 14, 2017 at 12:21 PM EST

Sherman Holmes Project

This fall 2017 IYE season opener is basically the 2nd set of a singular evening of music that was presented in conjunction with the Virginia Folklife Program, a perennially favorite part of the Richmond Folk Festival each year. Recorded in February of 2017, it’s led by Virginia’s Folklorist Jon Lohman, who gathered a potent group of performers around the venerable Sherman Holmes, the surviving member Christchurch, Virginia’s Holmes Brothers. Along with brother Wendell and brother-in-music Willie “Popsy” Dixon, who have both passed on since their Folk Fest appearance in 2013, the Holmes Brothers garnered a huge following worldwide for their rootsy blend of gospel, country and soul. Sherman continues to carry the family torch, burning brightly as the Sherman Holmes Project, which fittingly includes Richmond’s gospel queens, the Ingramettes, still carrying on after the passing of their matriarch Maggie Ingram in 2015, and RVA multi-instrumentalist Jared Pool.

In Your Ear offers a chance to discover new artists and appreciate the “in the moment” creativity and inspiration that only live music can provide. Studio A is a “great room,” a haven for artists with intimate, friendly and informed audiences and peerless audio fidelity, thanks to engineers Carlos Chafin, Andrea Stefl and Paul Bruski. JAMinc president Tim Timberlake produces the programs covering a wide range of genres including bluegrass, jazz, blues, old time, Celtic, gospel and singer-songwriters of many styles. Artists range from superior local and regional talents, to premier acts from all over the country. Concerts are held monthly except during the summer and begin with a delicious pot luck buffet in the lobby. Check our website for information and reservations: jaminc.org/events.

Production funding of In Your Ear is made possible in part by... Digital Video Group, Infinity Financial Partners, Threshold Counsel PC, the Virginia Folklife Program and the members of 88.9 WCVE Richmond Public Radio. Artist accommodations in cooperation with the Hampton Inn West.

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In Your Ear Episode 75: George Lowe and the Afro-Zen Allstars

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George Lowe has had a long time interest in global music of all stripes. As a former member of Richmond bands Ululating Mummies, Rattlemouth, and Hotel X, he took a particular shine to the music of Ethiopia’s club scene. He taught himself how to transpose the music he was hearing into charts his bandmates could play. Gathering musicians from some of the aforementioned groups, along with alumni of VCU’s celebrated jazz program, he formed the Afro-Zen Allstars in 2014.
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In Your Ear Episode 74: Jonathan Byrd and his Pickup Cowboys

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In Your Ear Episode 73: Crocodile River Music/Hank, Pattie & The Current

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This show spotlights the New England collective known as Crocodile River Music, a talented and diverse collaborative dedicated to preserving and celebrating traditional African culture.
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In Your Ear Episode 72: Songstress and cellist Shana Tucker

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In Your Ear Episode 69: A reunion of Page Wilson’s Reckless Abandon band members

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It’s been a couple of years since JAMinc’s produced an In Your Ear radio show. The pandemic kept artists home and our Studio A sacred space was way too confined to allow any social distancing at all. We just shut down for a while, then tried live-streaming with no audience for a few shows and then began a great relationship with Hardywood Craft Brewery, giving us access to their Scott’s Addition Barrel Room. That’s where we recorded this loving reunion of members of Page Wilson’s band Reckless Abandon.

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