Elizabeth Carpenter

Megan Sukys/Dave Beck
02/13/2006

Elizabeth Carpenter's dissonant roots music evolved from blues, jazz, rock, R&B, Latin and folk traditions. Her life has been just as ecclectic: After her feet went kaput as a dancer (her last days as a modern dancer were at The Juilliard School) she took-up guitar & songwriting as her next art form. She originally set off on documentary film-making after Julliard (receiving a BFA in Film from New York University) but music became more a more compelling interest. Today, we share in that interest as Elizabeth Carpenter speaks with Dave Beck and plays live in our performance studio. Also today, KUOW’s literary producer Elizabeth Austen brings us poems that reveal the messier, shallower sides of love. Plus our weekly book reviews with Nancy Pearl.



Today's Featured Music Selection: Elizabeth Carpenter
Imagine Mae west & Dorothy Parker taking on a modern rock sound with just a pinch of Motown added. The former dancer and filmmaker turned singer songwriter Elizabeth Carpenter is heard throughout this hour. Dave Beck hosts the Seattle based artist and her band live in our performance studio. She describes her sound as 'Dissonant Roots Music', a style that grew out of Elizabeth's interests in blues, jazz, rock, R&B, Latin and folk traditions. Elizabeth Carpenter's most recent recoding is titled Flirting.

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Elizabeth Carpenter

At 2:05pm - Elizabeth Carpenter
Elizabeth Carpenter's dissonant roots music evolved from blues, jazz, rock, R&B, Latin and folk traditions. Her life has been just as ecclectic: After her feet went kaput as a dancer (her last days as a modern dancer were at The Juilliard School) she took-up guitar & songwriting as her next art form. She originally set off on documentary film-making after Julliard (receiving a BFA in Film from New York University) but music became more a more compelling interest. Today, we share in that interest as Elizabeth Carpenter speaks with Dave Beck and plays live in our performance studio.

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Elizabeth Carpenter

At 2:33pm - Poems of Less-Than-True Love
'The course of true love never did run smooth,' wrote William Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He neglected to mention that even less-than-true love usually bumps along a rather gravelly path. KUOW’s literary producer Elizabeth Austen brings us poems that reveal the messier, shallower sides of love.


At 2:50pm - Book Reviews with Nancy Pearl
Our weekly visit with Public Radio librarian and author of More Book Lust, Nancy Pearl.

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Nancy Pearl