Seldom Heard Music - Academic Spotlight
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Channel: Missouri State University · 2013 · Education
August 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of "Seldom Heard Music," KSMU's local bluegrass program. "Seldom Heard Music" airs each Saturday night from 7 to 9 p.m. with hosts Mike Smith and Harry Moore. "Seldom Heard Music" is one of the station's longest-running programs. It offers a complex mix of bluegrass, old-time and traditional Ozark music, the likes of which hadn't been heard on the Ozarks' airwaves since the 1950s. As one historian put it, "Traditional Ozarks music is Irish music, and it's not; it is Appalachian music, and it's not. It runs between those cultures and adds elements of others — it's very distinct, but not in ways that are easily defined or captured." It is undeniably music that was "seldom heard" outside the Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. The program's anniversary was recognized by NPR and several national bluegrass organizations. On the court to congratulate Mike Smith is Missouri State Provost Frank Einhellig and BancorpSouth representative Scott Tennyson. Ladies and gentlemen, please acknowledge this significant milestone for KSMU's Mike Smith and "Seldom Heard Music." He is in The BancorpSouth Academic Spotlight.
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