A Toast to The Arts

In celebration of National Park Week, this episode of Big Blend Radio with artist Victoria Chick is all about the art, life and legacy of George Catlin.

George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American frontier. Many of the places he traveled through are parts of our National Park Service today. He explored the American West five times during the 1830s, a...

Celebrated composer and guitarist Jon Durant joins us on this episode of Big Blend Radio's TOAST TO THE ARTS podcast where he discusses his new album "Momentarily." It's an amalgamation of transcultural, jazz-related styles, that gives way to euphoric, universally relatable grooves and soundscapes.

A trio recording featuring Durant alongside longtime musical partners Colin Edwin (bass) and Andi Pupato (drums/percussion), both leg...

Ever since two Byrds left the “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” mothership over 50 years ago, The Burrito Brothers have been evolving and putting out wonderful albums. This episode of Big Blend Radio features Chris P. James, lead vocalist and keyboardist, who talks about the legendary history of The Burrito Brothers (aka The Flying Burrito Brothers), and their latest album, "Together."

The musicians in today’s Burrito Brothers group, who...

This episode of Big Blend Radio features filmmakers Brian Lindstrom and Andy Brown who discuss their new documentary "Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill." The film provides an intimate look at one-of-a-kind singer-songwriter from 1970s Los Angeles, Judee Sill. It charts her life from a troubled adolescence of addiction, armed robbery and prison through her meteoric rise in the music world and early tragic death.

Featuring Linda...

Celebrate the Sounds of Spring with episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast with award-winning vocalist and composer Johnny Schaefer. Enjoy this conversation covering music and hope, plants, and nature, and check out the two music playlists below.

Johnny Schaefer co-hosts the Big Daily Blend podcast every 1st Sunday. Keep up with him and his music at https://hearjohnny.com/

SOUNDS OF SPRING MUSIC PLAYLIST

* YouTube...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Friday "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show with the National Parks Arts Foundation features Carissa "Lucky" Garcia, the Spring 2024 NPAF artist-in-residence in Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

Carissa “Lucky” Garcia is an Indigenous/Chicana writer, performing artist, community organizer, anti-oppression educator and Indigenous Justice advocate. She is a founding member of the La Resis...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Tuesday "Adventures in Asheville" Show focuses on unique art, garden, and community experiences.

Featured Guests:

- Steve & Karen Wilson - Owners and innkeepers of The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast, a stunning pink lady in the Montford Historic District. More: https://www.lion-rose.com/

- DeWayne Barton - Founder of Hood Huggers International and Peace Gardens & Market, in ...

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Global Adventures with Debbie Stone" Podcast, Debbie shares her experience at Kualoa Ranch near Honolulu, Hawaii, a picturesque destination on Oahu’s windward side.

A Private Nature Reserve and working cattle ranch, the 4,000-acre property has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since the 1970s. Film aficionados might recognize parts of the ranch, as it is known as Hollywo...

Award-winning author Clifford Garstang returns to Big Blend Radio for a conversation about his latest novel, "The Last Bird of Paradise," plus a little bit of art history, the world of writing, travel, global lifestyles, and the balance of between power and love.

"The Last Bird of Paradise" focuses on two women, nearly a century apart, who seek to rebuild their lives when they reluctantly leave their homelands. Arriving in Singapo...

On this episode of Big Blend Radio, Lance Laber, Executive Director of the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, talks about the art and life of Marion DeGrazia.

Born in 1905, in Upstate New York, Marion Sheret DeGrazia was a fine artist who had attended State Teachers College in Buffalo New York, and studied sculpture and modeling at Columbia University. She moved from the East Coast to Tucson, Arizona in 1941 with her young son Harold. ...

From Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ella Fitzgerald, Dolly Parton, and Bonnie Raitt, to Katy Perry, Sinead O' Connor, Tracy Chapman, and Stevie Nicks, this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Celebrates Over 100 Women Making History in Music!

Special guest is Joey Stuckey, Music Ambassador of Macon, Georgia "The Southern Rock Capital of the World. Joey, who co-hosts the Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday, is an award-winnin...

It's all about the Fabulous Film Festivals, Screenings, and Palm Springs Movie Scene on this episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Saturday “Palm Springs Sunshine Stays” Show.

FEATURED GUESTS:

* MICHAEL C. GREEN – Executive Director of the Palm Springs Cultural Center which incubates, produces, and encourages arts and cultural programs. He is also Chair of Palm Springs Preferred Small Hotels, and co-owner of Triangle Inn. Visit: https:...

On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick shares talks about three noteworthy women artists in history that she has written about in Big Blend Magazines over the years.

HEAR ABOUT:

- ARTEMESIA GENTILESCHI (July 8, 1593 – c. 1656), who was an Italian Baroque painter considered among the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio.

- MARY EDMONIA LEWIS, aka "Wildfire"...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts" show features Louisiana author Ann Marie Jameson, known for her "Willow Rose" series of books that are set in Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in Louisiana. Books in the series include "A Bed of Roses,“ "Belle Rose,” “Petite Rose,” and “Coming Up Roses.” Ann Marie’s latest book, is “Lilly’s Redemption." While it isn’t a “Willow Rose” book, it is a spin-off of the series, and ...

Award-winning author Matt Cost returns to Big Blend Radio for a follow-up conversation since the release of his historical mystery, “Velma Gone Awry: A Brooklyn 8 Ballo Mystery" (April 2023). Hear about his novel, "Mainely Wicked: A Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery" (Aug. 2023), and new novel, "Pirate Trap: A Clay Wolfe / Port Essex Mystery" which will be out on March 27, 2024.

Matt Cost writes the Mainely Mystery and the Clay Wolfe/...

Former U.S. intelligence officer and award-winning and best-selling author Brian J. Morra joins Big Blend Radio to discuss his thrilling Able Archer series that's based on true historical events.

BOOK 1: THE ABLE ARCHERS - US Air Force Captain Kevin Cattani and Soviet GRU Colonel Ivan Levchenko team up in the fall of 1983 to stop the worst nuclear crisis of the Cold War.

BOOK 2: THE RIGHTEOUS ARROWS - Who can you trust when a co...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Big Daily Blend" and "Toast to The Arts" podcasts features Pierre Bensusan, an award-winning world music fingerstyle guitar master. Hear about his 2024 and 2025 North American tours, composing and performing his music, his signature Lowden guitars,a and indepth discussion on the positive power of music.

Pierre's latest album is "Azwan,“ primarily a solo instrumental album on which the guitar is ...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Tuesday "Adventures in Asheville" Show focuses on unique experiences to enjoy in Asheville, North Carolina this spring incuding rooftop cocktails, brews, and mural tours.

Featured Guests:

- Steve & Karen Wilson - The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast. More: https://www.lion-rose.com/

- Kaye Bentley - Asheville Rooftop Bar Tours - https://www.ashevillerooftopbartours.com/

- Krista S...

This episode of Big Blend Radio features a TUCSON SISTERS IN CRIME panel discussion with some of the member writers and authors who will be at this year's Tucson Festival of Books, held March 9 & 10, 2024, in Tucson, Arizona. Hear about their writing, books, and inspirations, plus, some of the short stories featured in the Tucson Sister in Crime book, "Trouble in Tucson: A Left Coast Anthology."

Featured Guests:

- Editor Eva E...