This Weekend on KCUR

Emmylou Harris is featured this weekend on American Routes The Fish Fry Friday and Saturday 8 p.m. - midnight Join Chuck Haddock as he serves up a banquet of blues, soul, and much more, including a side of new blues from J-W Jones. Cyprus Ave Saturday, noon - 2 p.m. This week Bill Shapiro looks at the music of a group that’s been singing soulful and gospel sounds for nearly seven decades: the Blind Boys of Alabama.  In the second hour, the music of Charlie Rich. ***Don't forget! Cyprus Avenue LIVE returns with The Blind Boys of Alabama, June 7th, 8 p.m., The Folly Theater American Routes Saturday, 2 - 4 p.m. Gifted singer Emmylou Harris takes a new trip down old country roads as the self-searching "Red Dirt Girl." Also, the purposefully unrooted band Yo La Tengo of Hoboken, New Jersey tracks their 15 years of luminous music and improvisatory life. KC Currents Sunday, 5 p.m. (rebroadcast Monday, 8 p.m.) BBQ magnate Ollie Gates and Mayor Mark Funkhouser present plans for a sales tax exemption for the region surrounding 18th and Vine. Hear about that idea, and a discussion of new and old tools to stimulate economic development throughout Kansas City. Plus, a cultural approach to end-of-life issues. And, Zulfiqar Malik talks about the coverage of Muslim issues in the news. Radio Lab Sunday, 6 p.m. We examine the line between language and music, how the brain processes sound, and we meet a composer who uses computers to capture the musical DNA of dead composers.

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Cyprus Ave Live at the Folly Theater Returns!
The Blind Boys of Alabama June 7th, 8 p.m. The Folly Theater 300 W. 12th Street  Kansas City, MO 64105 Founded at The Tuskegee School for the Blind in 1939, the group has remained at the forefront of not only the gospel world but also the world of secular song. Special Guest Pieta Brown  will open.  For tickets contact The Folly Box Office or Ticketmaster.