From the Mic

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly . And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Sue calling the dance “Beneficial Tradition” by Dan Pearl at a 20...

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly . And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Chris calling at the 2008 San Francisco Bay Queer Contra Dance Ca...

COVID hit the From the Mic team and we're a little behind on episodes. We'll be back in the next week or so, but in the meantime, check out this teaser for our upcoming interview with Chris Ricciotti. How far would you go for just one more square dance? See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society...

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly . And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Chris calling the dance Chinese New Year written by himself with...

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts and more. Click here to download the transcript directly . And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.   Soundbites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Sue calling the contra dance Forgotten Treasure by Beth Parkes wi...

See the From the Mic website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Soundbites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Gaye calling the dance "Gaye's Groove" with music by The Syncopaths at the 2018 Atlanta Dance Weekend Gaye calling "Rick's Tripl...

In this bonus episode Tony Parkes shares archival recordings of 5 callers who deeply influenced his style: Ralph Page Rod Linnell Ed Durlacher Ed Gilmore Fred Townsand See the From the Mic website for transcripts and more, or click here to download a transcript of this episode directly . And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the contin...

See the From the Mic website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly . And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Soundbites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): All tracks of Tony’s calling were recorded at the 2011 Dare to Be Square Weekend in Brasstown, NC and distributed by CDSS as th...

See the From the Mic website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly . And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Soundbites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Sarah calling ​​"Dennis’ 50 Years of Entrancement" written by Seth Tepfer to the music of Riptide (Glen Loper, Owen Marshall, A...

See the From the Mic website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Soundbites featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Lisa calling the square dance “Contra Corners Canon” written by Ron Buchanan in 2004 to the music of Dave Langford, Lise Brown,...

In the debut episode of From the Mic we meet Phil Jamison of Asheville, North Carolina . Phil is nationally-known as a dance caller, old-time musician, and flatfoot dancer. He has called dances, performed, and taught at music festivals and dance events throughout the U.S. and overseas since the early 1970s, including over forty years as a member of the Green Grass Cloggers . His flatfoot dancing w...