Page 40 - Will Davis News Today

(aired Fri 12/10/21) Richard Winham shares a performance by musician Taylor Freeman - a member of the band SunSap and the duo Twelve Strings, owner of South Soul Music - recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Here in the Chattanooga area, a singing group helps people fight Parkinson’s Disease. It is called The Trembling Troubadours. I spoke with Prof. Katie Goforth Elverd, UTC’s director of music therapy, about the group.

Fifty years ago, in 1971, five African-American fraternities and sororities began to establish chapters here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This fall, UTC commemorated that milestone - and announced the establishment of the Divine 9 Heritage Park.

Richard Winham shares the first part of a performance by The Briars – the Americana duo of Jerris Schmidt and Robert Lovett sharing lead and harmony vocals – live from the Mountain Arts Community Center on Signal Mountain, TN.

As we near the end of this semester here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - we speak with Stacy Lightfoot, who over the summer joined UTC as its first vice chancellor for diversity and engagement.

Richard Winham shares a performance by Mon Rovîa – the indie pop project fronted by Liberian-born songwriter Janjay Lowe – live in The Woodshop in Chattanooga.

Lawmakers discuss proposals for spending additional $350 million for K-12 A meeting of the Illinois State Board of Education Professional Review Panel has been delayed by a week. The meeting, now Dec. 13...

Richard Winham shares a session by Cartinglee - the solo project of singer-songwriter Rachelle Barr - recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Riverbend - the Chattanooga music festival - returns next summer, refreshed in more ways than one. Passes are now available for the festival, set for June 3rd through 5th along Ross’ Landing on the Tennessee River.

For siblings Lou and Gil Jackson, their Cherokee culture is innately tied to the language they grew up speaking. But Cherokee is now considered an endangered language, as the number of fluent speakers dwindles each year.