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Hosted by Chris Garlock CLICK HERE to check out videos from the show! MOOSE JAW BLUEGRASS plays bluegrass rooted in the high lonesome sound of the 1940’s - sullied by an affinity for cheap brews, swampy southern rock anthems, and stamped with an outlaw country attitude: Moose Jaw brings the timeless tradition of American roots music into a new era. The band focuses putting a new spin on the old-time tales of ramblers, rovers, and revivals. Since 2016, audiences from all walks of life have hooted and hollered at Moose Jaw’s “blazing fast, workin’ class, and often crass brand of bluegrass.” Bass player Geff King (2nd from right) played a labor festival with Hazel Dickens; Jason Roe (banjo, middle) is in the organizing department at the IAM, and a member of OPEIU local 2; Stacey Sinclair (fiddle, second from left) is in the teacher's union; Addison Bartlett (mandolin, right), Josh Taylor (left) and Jason's grandfather was an IBEW Local 26 electrician, Jason's father (Josh's uncle) is currently an assistant business agent there. www.moosejawbluegrass.com facebook.com/moosejawbluegrass Engineered by Ciera Shine Hosted by Chris Garlock This award-winning hard driving bluegrass band has only been together since January 2018, but they’ve already won the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Bluegrass Band Competition. Made up of of five of the most promising up-and-comers on the D.C. bluegrass scene, Moonlight Drive mixes progressive bluegrass, country, and traditional American music with a solid dose of the traditional bluegrass the band members grew up immersed in. Led by Shannon Bielski’s driving vocals and fiddle, Moonlight Drive features Kyle Windbeck on mandolin, Rob Benzing on banjo, Parker Gondella on guitar and Greg Mulley (AFGE member) playing bass. Together they deliver a hard hitting bluegrass performance that is sure to please any audience. Find out more on their Facebook page Labor Live@5 produced by Jason Roe; engineering by Ciera Shine and Robin Smith; photo by Chris Garlock. For the latest local labor news, go to dclabor.org.
On today’s labor calendar, Stand with Dulles airport workers who are fighting for justice! At 11am this morning at the Washington Dulles Marriott. Then at 2pm this afternoon, catch this week’s edition of Your Rights at Work, here on WPFW. In today's labor history, on this date in 1877, in Chicago, 30 workers were killed by federal troops, and more than 100 wounded at the "Battle of the Viaduct" during the Great Railroad Strike. And on this date in 1992, the Americans With Disabilities Act took effect, requiring employers to offer reasonable accommodations to qualified disabled employees and banning discrimination against such workers. Today’s labor quote is by Wendell Phillips, the 19th Century American orator and abolitionist, who said: “We affirm, as a fundamental principle, that labor, the creator of wealth, is entitled to all it creates.” |
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