Arts, music and good times abound this weekend at the Lowertown Arts & Music Festival. And we'll be there in Lowertown Paducah with the WKMS tent across from the main stage on Friday and Saturday.
Be sure to stop by and say "Hi!", visit the over 70 artists in attendance and see main stage live music acts including Ben Sollee! WKMS Battle of the Bands Winners The Savage Radley kick off the music on the main stage Friday at 3 p.m.
Lowertown Sounds Good Conversations:
MUSIC:
Old Salt Union
Tracy speaks with members of Old Salt Union Friday on Sounds Good. This band plays on the main stage Friday at 7 p.m.
Old Salt Union is a newgrass stringband from Belleville Illinois. The band formed in 2012 and has self-released two albums as well as an EP which came out earlier this year. They have toured extensively, playing national festivals including LouFest, Stagecoach Festival, Bluegrass Underground, Winter Wondergrass, Freshgrass, and more.
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Diane Coffee
Tracy speaks with Shaun Fleming of California-based "psychedelic Motown" band Diane Coffee. They take the main stage Friday night at 8 p.m.
Fleming is the creative vision behind Bloomington Indiana based indie rock band Diane Coffee. Fleming started his career as an actor and voice actor in projects including Jeepers Creeper 2 and Kim Possible. In addition to his work with Diane Coffee, Fleming is the drummer for the psychedelic pop band Foxygen.
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Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee is a musician and activist born and raised in Lexington Kentucky. Sollee’s primary instrument is the cello, which he uses to craft a unique mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz, and rock. He has played with The Sparrow Quartet alongside Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn and Casey Driesen, and has released an album with fellow Kentuckian Daniel Martin Moore. Sollee is a passionate activist, especially concerning the issue of mountaintop removal in coal mining.
Ben Sollee plays on the Main Stage Saturday night at 8 p.m.
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Vandaveer
Mark Charles Heidinger talks about his project Vandaveer, an alt-folk group from Washington D.C. Vandaveer closes the main stage Saturday night at 9:30 p.m.
Heidinger is singer and songwriter for the alt-folk band Vandaveer, which has recently moved back to Kentucky after several years in the Washington, DC area. Vandaveer has released five albums and one EP since 2007.
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ART:
Patricia Hooper
Patricia Hooper is a pewter artist coming to the festival. Her work ranges from household items to personal items with designs inspired by mythology and folklore. See her work
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Chad Balster
Chad Balster is a Louisville based glass artist specializing in hot blown glass, functional wares and decorative one-of-a-kind works. He has his own line of mobile glassblowing equipment. See his work
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John Chumack
We'll meet John Chumack of Galactic Images Friday on Sounds Good. Chumack specializes in deep space photos developed at the Chumack Observatories. See his work
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