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12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 24: Let's Talk Blues with Rex PeoplesJoin Rex Peoples and Dr. Adams as they discuss blues music and dance, culture, and take audience questions in this live recording from Mile High Blues.
Guest: Rex Peoples
Website: www.rexpeoples.com
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/.
2025-08-3043 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 23: Live at Mile High Blues with Maynard Mills and John LongThe podcast travels to Denver, CO for the first Mile High Blues since the pandemic to interview the Colorado blues greats at the event. Dr. Adams started the weekend off with a live-audience interview with Maynard Mills and John Long.
Guests: Maynard Mills and John Long
Websites: https://maynardmills.com/ ; https://www.johnlongblues.com/
Article on Maynard Mills
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz hist...
2025-07-2849 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 22: On Lifting Others Up with Lady ADr. Adams sits down with Lady A to discuss her music, but overall, this is an episode about getting to know your neighbors, about lifting each other up, and about speaking up for those who may not have opportunities to succeed if you don’t.
Guest: Lady A
Website: https://www.ladyababyblues.com/
Info for One Seattle Soul: https://therhapsodyproject.org/one-seattle-soul/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of bl...
2025-06-1946 min
12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 21: Let's Talk Culture and Community with Damon StoneDr. Adams sits down with dance historian and blues dance practitioner Damon Stone to discuss what we call the blues dance community, cultural ambassadorship, the good and the bad of culture, the need to spend time in black spaces, and more.
Guest: Damon Stone
Website: https://damonstone.dance/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich blac...
2025-05-2340 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 20: Blues Musical Complexity, a Conversation with Stef RosenStef Rosen and Dr. Adams sit down and talk about his love for blues music and what it is like to learn the culture as you learn to play the blues, how he encountered the blues dance community and his experiences playing music for them, and the differences in various styles of blues, and more.
Guest: Stef Rosen
Website: https://slidinwolf.com/
Bandcamp: https://stefrosen.bandcamp.com/album/soulify
Socials: IG, @stefrosenblues, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stefanoronchi.blues/ , TikTok @stef.rosen
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
Post-Production by Jeremy Carb...
2025-04-2840 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 19: Spotlight on Harrell "Young Rell" DavenportYoung Rell and Dr. Chelsea Adams sit down to talk music, the power of community and a crowd, and thoughts on college education. You can also take time to support Young Rell by following him on his social media pages, listed below, and by putting money to his GoFundMe campaign to help him get the money he needs to launch his first album.
Guest: Harrell "Young Rell" Davenport
Website: https://youngrell.com/
Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/youngrellblues
Socials: IG, @young_rell_official; TikTok, @youngrellblues; Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Y...
2025-03-2942 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 18: Clifford Antone's Legacy of Mentorship, a Conversation with Sarah RuckerDr. Chelsea Adams sits down with Sarah Rucker to discuss the life and legacy of Clifford Antone--the legendary owner of Antone's in Austin, TX--in his later years. Rucker was Antone's personal assistant from 2004 until his death. They also discuss how Rucker is continuing his legacy of advocacy for musicians and folk music in Texas and throughout the USA.
Guest: Sarah Rucker
Sarah Rucker is an event producer and independent folklorist with specialties in traditional and popular American musical and dance genres. She holds a B.A. in Fine Arts with a focus in da...
2025-02-1445 min
12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 17: Mapping the Diaspora, a Conversation with Deirdre MolloyHow do you map dances across space and time, especially when doing so requires dealing with forced migration and slavery? Dr. Chelsea Adams and Deirdre Molloy discuss dance, the African Diaspora, and Molloy's ambitious Doctoral project of mapping dance from Africa to the Caribbean and Americas in her interactive Unity Atlantic Map (link below).
Guest: Deirdre Molloy
Website to the Unity Atlantic Map: https://unityatlantic.org/
A Note on the Map from Deirdre Molloy: I designed the Map to be iterative – to grow deeper as a research notebook and public Afrofuturist digital heritage resource. The...
2025-01-2038 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 16: The Tech Behind the Event, A Conversation about Accessibility with Josh DavisIn today's world of social media, much of what was once accessible through online events is no longer easy to access. Josh Davis, board member on the Blues Association of Austin, discusses what we might do to help make events work for more people, and how we can get more of the community involved.
Guest: Josh Davis
Website: joshdavis.contact
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to...
2024-12-1549 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 15: "The Social Part Matters," a Conversation with Grey ArmstrongWriter, Instructor, and Lecturer Grey Armstrong and Dr. Chelsea Adams get personal about community, why people are leaving social dance, and what we can do about it.
Guest: Grey Armstrong
Video Referenced: Why Is Everyone Leaving Social Dance?
Websites: https://obsidiantea.com/, https://greyarmstrong.com/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to the Greater Salt Lake City area.
Podcast intro music is Chicago Shuffle Blues, courtesy of Jul...
2024-11-2241 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 14: Genre, Competition, and the Blues, A Conversation with Columbia JonesDr. Chelsea Adams sits down with local Utah musician Columbia Jones to discuss blues, genre, competitions, and building a career as a musician. Jones’ songs are earnest reflections of the everyday American experience paired with a sound that blends the best elements of Americana, Folk, Country, and Blues. His versatility as a musician is evident in the wide range of instruments and musical styles covered in his studio recordings, as well as onstage his on-stage performance, where gentle acoustic ballads can easily shift to a lively on-stage folk frenzy. Spectators of the his One Man Band can expect to se...
2024-10-2937 min
Jazz MattersJazz Matters Show Oct 202421-24 – Jazz Matters October 2024 Show
Welcome to Jazz Matters, where I invite you to celebrate the music that means the world to me. This month’s show is deeply personal, as it is dedicated to the memory of my father.
I’ve been quiet since early June, as my father had been battling illness, and sadly, I lost him recently. This month’s show is a tribute to him—a man whose life was also immersed in music. Although his taste gravitated towards country and classical, somehow, we always connected over the timeless sounds of Steely Dan...
2024-10-162h 0112-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 13: Intergenerational Power, a Conversation with Charlley WardDr. Chelsea Adams talks with blues musician and dance instructor Charlley Ward about the power of sharing information across generations, an act called generativity. They discuss the power of both listening to elders and respecting culture, but also the importance of pushing genre and culture forward through innovation in both the music and dance communities. Charlley also shares some of his favorite stories and his belief in the power of storytelling to inspire generations and preserve legacy and culture.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: Charlley Ward
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt C...
2024-09-201h 00
12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 12: "The Song is the Starting Point," an Interview with Angel "Cash" Ocasio, Jr.Dr. Chelsea Adams interviews a premier musician from the Macon Music scene, Angel “Cash” Ocasio, Jr., founder of the band Cash's Juke Joint. They talk about the origins of the band, Angel's family upbringing and the importance of church in his life to shape his musical sound, and the power of the blues for the current generation of musicians to shape the future of the blues. You can find Cash's music on all platforms, and learn more at his website. The link to his newest music video is below.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: Angel "Cash" Ocasio, Jr.
https://www.ca...
2024-07-2332 min
12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 11: Toward a Definition of the BluesWe often talk about the blues in vague and general terms: a feeling that you know when you have, a sound that a musician either has or doesn't. But what actually makes up this genre of music? In this episode, Dr. Chelsea Adams shares some of her scholarly research in a condensed format to help people reach a general shared understanding of a definition of the genre, with the hopes of working from that base to ultimately build a better definition with future podcast episodes.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City...
2024-07-0711 min
Your Next Favorite BandBONUS: Sounds of the Underground - promo guest appearance on iHeartRadio WXLV hosted by Kate HughesRecently, we made a guest appearane on the Lunch Express hosted by Kate Hughes on iHeart Radio WXLV the X. We promoted the upcoming Levitt SteelStacks show on Friday, June 21st: Sounds of the Underground (co-curated by Gerard Longo at Underground Music Collective and Phillip Reese at Your Next Favorite Band) will feature eight eastern Pennsylvania-based performers across two stages. https://www.alexradus.com/The evening kicks off at 7:30 p.m. with a Nashville-style songwriters round, where you will get to experience a variety of genres, from folk and Americana, to...
2024-06-1457 min
12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 10: On the Shoulders of Giants: An Organizer Conversation with Genevieve SenechalDr. Chelsea Adams and Philly organizer and dancer Genevieve Senechal discuss Powerhouse Blues and Blues Muse, how to build community, and how to evolve events to fit community needs after a pandemic. This interview is from June 2023, and has been edited to reflect the delay in release.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: Genevieve Senechal
www.bluesmuse.dance/
www.powerhousebluesphilly.com/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to the Greater Salt Lake City area.
Podcast intro music is Chica...
2024-05-2633 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 9: The Power of Community Mentorship, A Conversation with Erica BrownAward-winning musician Erica Brown talks with Dr. Adams about the power of community to lift up talent, how that influenced her career, and the importance of mentorship to continue to build and innovate in blues music.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: Erica Brown
https://www.ericabrownentertainment.com/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to the Greater Salt Lake City area.
Podcast intro music is Chicago Shuffle Blues, courtesy of JuliusH. Song can be found at https...
2024-04-2035 min
12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 8: Musician Spotlight, Gertrude "Ma" RaineyIn honor of Black History Month, Dr. Chelsea Adams gives a brief historical spotlight of famed, but often forgotten or marginalized blues singer and performer Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, utilizing information from archives and a variety of sources, including the one official biography of Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey, written by Sandra Lieb.
Link to Biography
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to the...
2024-02-1516 min
12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 7: Blues and the Black Experience, a Conversation with Brother YusefIn our first episode of 2024, Dr. Chelsea Adams and musician Brother Yusef discuss blues, history, black experience in the United States, and why race is inextricable from the music, culture, and conversation surrounding blues and other forms of black music.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: Brother Yusef
http://www.brotheryusef.com/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to the Greater Salt Lake City area.
Podcast intro music is Chicago Shuffle Blues, courtesy...
2024-01-1539 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 6: Scene or Community? A Conversation with Organizer Andi HansenIn our final episode of 2023, Dr. Chelsea Adams talks with Grand Rapids, MI organizer Andi Hansen about what it was like restarting a dance community post-pandemic, what the differences are between a dance scene and a dance community, and why that matters for community building, sustainability, and a sense of belonging both locally and regionally.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: Andi Hansen
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to the Greater Salt Lake...
2023-12-1531 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 5: What Makes a DJ? A Conversation with DJ Steven WatkinsAnyone who loves music can likely tell you who their favorite DJ is, whether that's a radio DJ, club DJ, or dance DJ. In this episode, Dr. Chelsea Adams and DJ Steven Watkins discuss the art of DJing, what it takes to teach it, and how we evolve our understanding of what a DJ is and does for a dance floor in comparison to the choices we make when we DJ in other situations.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: DJ Steven Watkins
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blu...
2023-11-161h 0212-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 4: The Blues ExperimentThe pandemic killed off many national events and intensive learning experiences offered across dance styles. In this episode, we discuss a unique, week-long intensive event called The Experiment, which has revived post-pandemic. Hear from the founders of The Blues Experiment and learn what it's all about and what it's offering, and why it's important to have spaces to explore what it means to be a dancer in many different contexts.
Link to Learn More about the Experiment: www.thebluesexperiment.com/ and www.thebalboaexperiment.com/
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guests: David Rehm and Mike "The Girl" Legenthal
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams...
2023-10-2042 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 3: Blues Dance in Europe, an Interview with Vicci and AdamoIn this episode, Vicci Moore and Adamo Ciarallo discuss building up blues instruction, and blues festivals, in Europe. We talk about the importance of music and history, but also the importance of creating ways for small communities with fewer resources to have access to quality information and teaching and learning materials about the blues. You can find out more about their online platform, The Blues Room, and their other events in the links below that Adamo and Vicci have provided for this podcast:
The Blues Room
thebluesroom.com
Why do I exist? To make blues dancing accessible to everyone world wide...
2023-10-0327 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 2: Blues in Britain, A Conversation with Dr. Roberta SchwartzWhen we think of the blues in Europe, one of the first places our minds wander are the famous blues festivals in Great Britain that brought international attention to blues greats like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. But there is more to the story than the festivals. Dr. Roberta Schwartz, Director of the Musicology Division of the University of Kansas and the advising director of the KU Archive of Recorded Sound joins us to give us some of the backstory and the behind-the-scenes of the music scene in the UK as we discuss her book How Britain Got...
2023-09-0136 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues PodcastEpisode 1: A Local Dance RestartIn this episode, we discuss the importance of, and struggles that come with, restarting local dance scenes. In an interview with Chicago blues dance organizer Tom DeGroh, Dr. Adams discusses how to navigate restarting, struggles in creating community in a post-covid world, the necessity of activism in dance communities that teach black dances and dance to blues music, and why it is important to rebuild a team rather than focus on singular organizers to do the work of community building.
Host: Dr. Chelsea Adams
Guest: Tom DeGroh
Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams
12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City...
2023-08-0143 min12-Bar Talk: A Blues Podcast12-Bar Talk IntroLearn more about the blues and the people who listen to it in this new podcast with a focus on the evolution of blues music and the dances done to this uniquely American art form.
Podcast intro music is Chicago Shuffle Blues, courtesy of JuliusH. Song can be found at https://pixabay.com/users/juliush-3921568/.
12-Bar Talk: A Blues Podcast, is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC.
2023-07-1302 min
Colorado = Security Podcast248 - 6/12 - Chelsea Kelleher, Privacy & Security AttorneyChelsea Kelleher, Privacy & Security Attorney is our feature interview this week, interviewed by Janelle Hsia. News from Fluid Truck, Guild, Red Canary, Ping Identity, LogRhythm, Optiv and a lot more.
Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.
Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and R...
2023-06-1154 min
Talking Out Your Glass podcastDebora CoombsGeometry and the projection of light have always been key components of Debora Coombs' artwork. In 2013 she began exploring mathematical projections as a way to understand shifts between dimensions of space. Working from Penrose tiling (a two-dimensional shadowof a five-dimensional lattice), 3D sculptures in glass and paper were built using her classic design skills to explore various aspects of mathematics. A number of high-profile residencies have allowed Coombs to explore these new concepts. In the spring of 2016, she did a month-long collaborative residency with computer scientist Duane Bailey, and in October, a 2-week residency at Assets for...
2019-08-3057 min
The Cinescope PodcastEpisode 47: Man of SteelIn Episode 47 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Patrick Hicks talk about one of their favorite movies, Man of Steel!
The Cinescope Podcast on iTunes
Show Notes
Zimmer's Man of Steel percussion ensemble (YouTube)
Man of Steel on iTunes
Man of Steel soundtrack (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes
Underrated Podcast - John Carter (with Chad)
Sideshow Sound Radio - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Score Guide (with contributions from Chad)
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Released June 14, 2013
Dir. Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, Legend of the Gua...
2017-06-221h 24
Feel Your Ears To A Eye-Opening Full Audiobook.Live Fast Die Hot by Jenny MollenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263657to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Live Fast Die Hot
Author: Jenny Mollen
Narrator: Jenny Mollen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Release date: June 14, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 18
Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
*A NEW YORK TIMES HUMOR BESTSELLER* By the author of I Like You Just the Way I Am and a frequent Chelsea contributor, an outrageous collection of personal stories about motherhood, responsibility, and other potential disasters Jenny Mollen is a writer and actress living in New York. Until two years ago, her lifewas exc...
2016-06-146h 51
Get Lost In Your Day With A Addictive Full Audiobook.Web of Lies by Brandilyn CollinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/155409to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Web of Lies
Series: #4 of Hidden Faces Series
Author: Brandilyn Collins
Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
Release date: June 21, 2011
Genres: Religious Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
She was washing dishes when her world began to blur.Chelsea Adams hitched in a breath, her skin pebbling. She knew the dreaded sign all too well. God was pushing a vision into her consciousness.Black dots crowded her sight. She dropped a plate, heard it crack against the porcelain sink. Her fingers fumbled for the faucet. The hiss of w...
2011-06-219h 06