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Episode 1803Original air date: 10/22/2007
We Be Jammin
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | Welcome to an “Across Indiana” that’s guaranteed to set your toe-a-tappin’ and maybe even get some of you jumping off the sofa and dancing around the living room. Our first stop features a type of music not normally associated with the Hoosier state, but if you happen to be searching for the reggae capital of Indiana, look no further than South Bend. For three years, Reggae Fest has been “jahmin” at the South Bend Regional Airport. The festival was started as a way to raise money to help better the standards of living in Malawi, Africa. And in the process has given Hoosiers a little taste of Jamaica--making ehree ting eyeree, man. | | Credits: | Aric Hartvig, Chris Elberfeld, Kaleb Giddens | | Location: | South Bend | | Contact: | www.southbendreggae.com |
Bluegrass, The Gathering
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | When Midwesterner Bill Monroe’s unique brand of Country Music hit airwaves back in the 40s, it was so different, a whole new musical genre had to be created—and it was named after his band, The Bluegrass Boys. Since then, Bluegrass has traveled far, with fans and musicians everywhere from the pubs of New Zealand to military bases in Iraq. We recently caught up with it in Kendleville, and found it had brought quite a few folks with it. | | Credits: | Vincent Manganello | | Location: | Kendleville | | Contact: | www.anysoldier.com |
Rock Your Noodle
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | It’s1963, and after many suggestions and family votes, the name “Slippery Noodle” was given a home in downtown Indianapolis. Not that its location was anything new—for over a century and a half, this spot has been a roadhouse, a German Club, a saloon, a brewery, a bordello complete with a murderous scrimmage between jealous suitors and a butcher house, with hooks for hanging carcasses in the basement. But above all else—it’s been the best damn place to hear blues in Indy! Period! | | Credits: | Aric Hartivg and Erin Thorpe | | Location: | Indianapolis | | Contact: | www.slipperynoodle.com |
Take Me Back to Indiana Avenue
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | Legendary musicians Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, and Louis Armstrong all used to play on Indiana Avenue when the Indianapolis street was lined with 33 jazz venues. But when desegregation caused an exodus from the area, the clubs disappeared. Now, a few men who lived and worked on the Avenue have made sure that its history doesn't share the same fate. | | Credits: | Kyle Travers | | Location: | Indianapolis | | Contact: | Madame Walker Theatre Center www.walkertheatre.com (317) 236-2099 |
A Taste of the Avant-Garde
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | Finally -- last fall, musicians from all over the world converged on Bloomington for the Lotus Festival—and at the time, “Across Indiana” asked many of these artists what they thought was the best kept secret in our state when it came to musical venues. Their unexpected answer: The Blue River Café in microscopically small and so-very rural Milltown. Now, so as not have any secrets from our viewers, off we went to find out the truth about The Blue River. It turns out to be a wonderfully eclectic oasis of avant-garde culture—with a bar made out of a bowling alley, a peephole in the door of the upstairs dance hall, bands with names like Acoustic Tomato and The Troubadours of Divine Bliss and (we kid you not) the best food you’ve ever tasted! | | Credits: | Jim Simmons | | Location: | Milltown | | Contact: | www.bluerivercafe.com |
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