 WMMT is delighted to share the news that Seedtime on the Cumberland is less than three weeks away!
From June 7-9, we will once again welcome musicians, crafters, demonstrators, and vendors from all walks of mountain life to the Appalshop grounds for the 27th annual Seedtime on the Cumberland festival of mountain people, arts, and culture. Musical acts over the weekend will include Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Lee Sexton, Woody Pines, the Clack Mountain String Band, the Tommy Webb Band, Heather Berry & Tony Mabe, Jimmy & Ada McCown, Rich & the Po’ Folk, and many, many more!
Other special Seedtime events include:
 Lined-out, Old Regular Baptist Hymnsinging with National Heritage Fellowship recipient Elder Frank Newsome as well as Elder James Caudill
Cowan Women Will Tell You Stories, a play by Angie DeBord, performed in the Appalshop Theatre on Friday night and followed by a concert from Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
A presentation and signing of the brand new book Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia, a collection of Lewis’s writings and memories that document her life and work
Readings from the Southern Appalachian Writers’ Cooperative, including Gurney Norman, Richard Hague, Pauletta Hansel, Scott Goebel, Misty Skaggs, Frankie Finley, Dana Wildsmith, emcee Jim Webb, and Minnie More
A screening of the brand-new Appalshop film Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
Screenings of preserved films from the vast Appalshop Archives, including a preserved copy of In The Good Old Fashioned Way (1973, color, 29 min), a film about the Old Regular Baptist Church
A free, guided hike to Bad Branch Falls
A Shape-note singing workshop with Dr. Ron Pen
The annual Youth Bored Punk Showcase
The Carcassonne Square Dance, the longest continuously running square dance in Kentucky, if not the world, at Seedtime on Saturday Night!
A special Seedtime edition of BGX Live! on the night of Thursday, June 7, featuring the aforementioned Tommy Webb Band as well as Heather Berry & Tony Mabe.
For a complete schedule and descriptions of events, musicians, festival info, and so much more, check out our brand-new Seedtime website at www.seedtimefestival.org. Feel free to call WMMT with any questions at (606) 633-0108, or write us at wmmtfm@appalshop.org. See you at Seedtime!
 Health Matters – Diabetes
In the April edition of WMMT’s Health Matters, host Dr. Van Breeding discusses a health issue unfortunately all too common here in the mountains–diabetes. With special guests Mallory Cook, a registered dietician at the Whitesburg Medical Clinic who works with diabetic patients, and Mary Collins, a registered nurse and certified diabetic educator at the Pikeville Medical Center, Dr. Breeding discusses the disease, its complications, and possible treatment options. They also, as always, answer your called-in questions.
For streaming audio of previous Health Matters episodes, including programs on black lung, influenza, and the 340b prescription drug program, check out Health Matters‘ streaming archives here. Also keep an eye out for our most recent show on raising children with autism, which will appear in the archives sometime in the next couple weeks. Thanks for listening!
 from the Women's Tribunal on Climate Justice in the U.S. in Charleston, WV MN & WR for May 17
In this edition of Mountain News and World Report, we hear a report from the East Kentucky Leadership Conference, recently held in Prestonsburg, Ky. The conference played host to a number of ideas regarding Eastern Kentucky’s economic and social future, including the establishment of permanent severance tax funds to support economic transition in the coalfields, Helen Lewis’s vision of “a clean glass of water for every Appalachian child,” shifting economic development strategies away from the traditional model of industrial recruitment, and many, many other ideas.
We’ll also hear a report from the Central Appalachian Women’s Tribunal on Climate Justice in the United States, which took place last week in Charleston, WV, and was the first event of its kind to ever take place in the U.S.. Finally, we’ll hear a couple of short features about air quality and jobs lost and gained, as well as a story about a traumatic community radio fund drive, especially apt in the wake of WMMT’s recent drive.
 A Fund-Drive-Derby What’s Cookin’!
Join us for the most recent thrilling installment of The World’s Only Live Radio Cooking Show That We Know Of, What’s Cookin’ Now!. On the cusp of one of Kentucky’s most revered holidays, the crew prepared a (Seattle) slew of Derby delicacies.
Jenny put together a delicious take on the traditional Benedictine cucumber spread, opting to integrate onions, garlic, creme fraiche, and grated slivers of cucumber to create a chunkier, more textured mixture than the smooth lime-green spread you more typically see at the grocery. Jenny also whipped up a delightful something called Country Ham Butter, which combined the aforementioned ingredients with parsley to create an unspeakably delicious (at least to this author’s palette) spread.
Meanwhile, Jonathan prepared an incredible version of the Kentucky snacktime staple known as Beer Cheese, and discussed the various ways one can go about making the quintessential Derby drink, the Mint Julep, which he served with muddled mint in real-life Derby glasses.
This program also fell on the second-to-last day of our Spring Fund Drive, and we received many incredibly generous pledges of support to both WMMT and WCN! throughout the show. To all who support this improbable show on this improbable radio station, thank you so very much, from the bottom of our well-fed hearts! Finally, and as always, for more What’s Cookin’ Now! check out their fantastic blog, hear previous episodes streaming here, and tune in on the first Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. for our latest and greatest experiments in culinary radio.
MN WR 5-3-12 and 5-6-12
 In this edition of MN & WR, we’ll hear a profile of the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, a non-profit, public-interest law office devoted solely to addressing coal mining issues and cases that is celebrating its tenth anniversary this spring. ACLC engages in representation and strategic litigation regarding mine-related health, safety, and environmental concerns, and as a result fights regularly for black lung benefits (to hear a profile of their black lung work specifically check out a recent WMMT story on that work here).
We will also hear about Letcher County artist Jeff Chapman-Crane in a discussion of art’s place in social issues and how it can encourage growth in a community. Finally we’ll hear about a radio storytelling project, as well as stories of early days on Cowan Creek in Letcher County, Ky., in advance of Angie DeBord’s original play Signs And Wonders: Cowan Women Will Tell You Stories which will be performed at the Seedtime on the Cumberland festival in Whitesburg, Ky. on Friday, June 8.
THANK YOU to EVERYONE for an amazing, incredible, inspiring, and downright Fun fund drive. We met our fundraising goal (!!!!!), and did so entirely due to your help.
Thank you for supporting this incredible little station that we all believe in so deeply–thank you for calling in, for hosting such wonderful shows, for telling your friends, for visiting this here Webb-site, and thank you, of course, for listening. This is community radio, which means that you make it: the Best Little Radio Station in the Whole Wide World would not be possible without the support of the Best Little Community in the Whole Wide World. Whether you support WMMT from near or far, you are a part of our family, and we couldn’t be more honored to have each and every one of you with us. See you all on the radio!
 Mountain Talk: WMMT Retrospective 4/25/12
On Wednesday, April 25, WMMT staff & special guest Otis Ray gathered around the WMMT microphones for a special Fund Drive edition of Mountain Talk, our weekly community conversation that airs each Wednesday at 6.
For this most special Mountain Talk, Otis Ray and Cheryl gathered clips from throughout WMMT’s 26+ year history, from WMMT’s initial test broadcasts (!) to snippets programs from throughout the years. We then listened to the voices of old friends and traded stories for the duration of the program.
Join us for this hour-long walk through WMMT’s history, from (and about) some of the many folks who have helped make this radio station so special since those first test broadcasts in 1985.
And finally, to all of those who supported us in our most recent fund drive, THANK YOU! You’re paving the way for 26 more years of stories and memories, and we couldn’t be more grateful to have you along with us.
 WMMT presents the latest BLUEGRASS EXPRESS LIVE!
featuring:
Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley
also performing: The Jeff Clair Band
thurdsay, may 10 – 7:30 p.m. – the appalshop theater
general admission $15; students & kids $5.
Two of the greatest voices in modern Bluegrass music, Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley, join forces for the next BGX Live! concert at the intimate Appalshop Theater in Whitesburg, KY on Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 PM. Dale Ann Bradley is a 4x IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year. Gulley, one of bluegrass music’s most gifted tenors, is a veteran of acclaimed bands Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Mountain Heart, and more recently Grasstowne. As well as achieving major success with their separate musical entities, they have recorded projects together and enjoyed stints on Kentucky’s nationally acclaimed Renfro Valley Barndance. There is a rich musical, cultural and spiritual connection between these artists that is unmistakable in their performance. Bradley says of Gulley, “We grew up together, Steve and me—we each know what the other one’s going to do.”
Opening the show will be the Jeff Clair Band.
Come on out and enjoy live Bluegrass music in the mountains at WMMT’s BGX Live! concert featuring Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley, Thursday, May 10 at Appalshop in Whitesburg, KY. Concessions will be provided by the Letcher County 4H and the show will broadcast live on-air at 88.7 FM. The show goes live at 7:30 PM. Call WMMT at 606-633-0108 to make your reservation today!
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