Classic City Vibes

Send us Fan Mail Toi Mekhi is a local actor who made her debut on the movie "Remember the Titans" as a featured extra.  She has gone on to do theater, commercials and teaching.  Her latest role is in the upcoming dystopian comic adaptation of DMZ on HBO Max set to be released in early 2022.  Toi has some great advice for those interested in acting wheter it is in film, theater, or commer...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode of ARLS's Classic City Vibes consist of wonderful duo Sparkle Trauma.  Athens is a city in, among other places, the US state of Georgia. Sparkle/Trauma are there. They would like you to be aware that the sound they offer is a Style Independent Genre - or SIG Wave. Sparkle/Trauma are, perhaps, the first to intentionally promulgate formally the SIG Wave ident...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest is singer songwriter Trisha Adams.  Trisha is a third generation musician who grew up playing with her parents and grandparents, in church, at the local pub, in living rooms and backyards and the occasional sock hop too.   Don't miss this weeks great conversation and check out some of the links to Trisha's work below! https://trishaadamsmusic.com https:/...

Send us Fan Mail This week  we are joined by local rapper Seline Haze.  Seline is a healer through music and an unapologetically carefree black woman. Since a child, Seline has always had a love for the arts. Using poetry as a coping mechanism and to heal her own depression and anxiety, her poetry evolved into music after she fell in love with the craft. She brought with her as special guests thre...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are joined by author Josina Guess.  Josina writes about faith, race, family, violence, activism, and home rooted in the rural and urban landscapes of her life and memory. You can find out more about Josina as well as find links to some of her writing at https://www.josinaguess.com/.   She is also on twitter @josinaguess and you can an see about her farm life on Instag...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by the Hip Hop Ambassador of Athens, Montu Miller.  Montu runs ATHfactor-Liberty Entertainment, is on the board of the non-profit Chess and Community, puts out the Classic City Wax series, and much more!  There is no one better to learn about the exploding Hip Hop scene than Montu.   https://www.facebook.com/athfactor/

Send us Fan Mail Shane Parish devotes much of his time to developing his singular and expressive voice on the guitar. A self-taught musician, he communicates through emotion, unexpected melodicism, technical whimsy, a nuanced sense of form, and rich timbral variety. He is known for his work fronting the electric band Ahleuchatistas, as well as for his uniquely beautiful finger-style acoustic guita...

Send us Fan Mail Xeke Zayer of Gypsy Farm Collection and of the band "The Humms" joins us to talk about his work with "The Humms" and the evolution of Gypsy Farm.  You can find more info about Gypsy Farm at: https://gypsyfarm.net/ The Humms at: https://gypsyfarmrecords.bandcamp.com/music

Send us Fan Mail This week we sit down with Musician and local Activist Beto Cacao.  You won't want to miss this one. Beto Cacao is an artist, organizer and activist who has been performing in Athens, GA for over 20 years. His album Undocorridos and his collaboration whit Killick Hinds The Art that gives us strength to face tyrant. In Oct 2020 release it's new album Voces en Pandemia, a...

Send us Fan Mail DQ Nguyen Bio Born in 1975 , at the end of the Vietnam war is where my journey began.  Attending Virginia Commonwealth University and majoring in painting and printmaking I graduating with a BFA. This is where academically I fully studied the evolving history of art, At an early age I started copying comic book characters and began learning about compositions, color, figurative, s...

Send us Fan Mail Annie Leeth is a producer and violinist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She left Richmond,  Virginia to pursue an undergraduate degree in music at the University of Georgia, and found  herself in the world of composition, production, and technology. In 2018, she began working at  Chase Park Transduction as a session violinist and producer, as well as at the Georgia Theatre as  a monito...

Send us Fan Mail Benjamin Simpson is a talented musician who has released solo projects as well as projects with his band Mother Fore which is a Progressive rock band based in Athens, GA .  You can find more info about Benjamin and Mother Fore at https://themusicofbenjaminsimpson.com .  Their new album is almost out and lots of new shows lined up so make sure to check them out!

Send us Fan Mail The Stumpknockers are a group of local weirdos who play a blues-folk-rock mishmash of fun. They began as a group of friends who met weekly for jam sessions, and they stumbled into becoming an actual band when people started asking them to play at events. They play a mix of originals and traditional Americana and Blues. Several members are formerly of Crash Jam and all are also mem...

Send us Fan Mail Vision Video is a Goth-pop band from Athens, Georgia.  We talk with Dusty  the guitarist, singer, and founding member of Vision Video.  It was a great conversation about music, mental health, veteran care, movies, being weird in Athens and so much more.   You can find more about Vision Video at their website https://visionvideoband.com/ Make sure to check out the tour calendar as...

Send us Fan Mail We were floored to speak with Kat English, actress, director, roller derby skater, and lover of Vincent Price. Kat shares what it's like to work with Gonzoriffic, fills us in on the Athens independent film scene, and offers some Vincent Price trivia.

Send us Fan Mail Kxng Blanco  visited us at the library and shared the details of his recently dropped album, LvrBoy 2 and how his music has grown since he first started recording at age 16. There is a very secret special guest as well. You'll have to tune in to find out! Check out Kxng Blanco's latest album LvrBoy 2 on Spotify or wherever you stream your music. https://open.spotify.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Liza Stepanova Praised by The New York Times for her “thoughtful musicality” and “fleet-fingered panache,” Liza Stepanova has performed at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Weill and Zankel recital halls at Carnegie Hall; Alice Tully, Merkin, David Geffen, and Steinway halls in New York City and at the Kennedy Center.   She joins us this week to talk about her musical journey and her l...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 5:  This week we talk with Broderick Flanigan of Flanigan's Portrait Studio about his oil and acrylic paintings on display in the library, his roots growing up in Athens, Georgia, and community activism. 

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk with Andrew Shearer of Gonzoriffic about Punk music, why we live in a great region for film, and how women are celebrated through Gonzoriffic films. 

Send us Fan Mail Episode 3: This week we talk with DJ Mike and Razzi King of Echobass Records about how they manage to release an album a month, their musical influences, and how our region can support a live reggae scene. 

Send us Fan Mail La Ruchala Murphy is a mixed media artist and the current director of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF).  We talk with her about her use of rescued materials (some dumpster diving may or may not be involved), the show she recently curated at the Lyndon House #NotASterotype, and also her work with OCAF.

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a conversation with Sacred Bull.  Learn about their origins on Craigslist,  their favorite Carly Rae Jepsen song, and what in the world is post-reading.  Plus lots of talk about music!   Sacred Bull is a Post-Metal band from Athens, GA. Known for their rowdy live shows and dynamic compositions, Sacred Bull is a heavy and dark combination of meditative melodies and deli...