Summer Break

The detour will be on Summer Break until Monday, July 28. You can still enjoy a great variety of music on detour MUSIC. detour TALK will be off the air. We will be back to a regular schedule on Monday! Happy Summer Break! (The Bele Chere contest IS still going on! Go to http://contest.thedetour.us to enter!

Announcements

Bele Chere Festival (Asheville) - Ticket Giveaway

WE ARE GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO:

Friday, July 25 @ 7:30pm: The Wailers (w/ Third World) [2 sets of 2 tickets]

Saturday, July 26 @ 7pm: Travis Tritt (w/ Steve Azar) [2 sets of 2 tickets]

The drawing for all 4 pairs of tickets will be held on Thursday, July 24 @ around 11am.

For your chance to be entered into the drawing, just go to...

Along with these main acts, there is plenty of music going on! Click here for a complete music lineup of the festival.

Bele Chere is turning 30! The South's ultimate entertainment, arts and food festival celebrates its big 3-0 July 25-27, 2008 in downtown Asheville, NC. Internationally known as a cultural hub, Asheville is one of the East Coast's most vibrant cities recently named "Best Southern Town" by Outside Magazine. Drawing more than 300,000 visitors, Bele Chere offers the unique opportunity to see, taste and hear some of the region's finest art, cuisine and music. The best part of the event, it's FREE!

With more than 75 hours of live entertainment, festival-goers will be treated to every genre of music from homegrown bluegrass to sultry jazz, rocking blues to folksy singer-songwriters. Western North Carolina is a hotbed for musical talent, so visitors can be sure they'll see lots of local musicians and bands in the festival's lineup.

The festival's gated event features reggae legends The Wailers with opener Third World on Friday, July 25. Country music fans will be treated to superstar Travis Tritt on Saturday, July 26. Steve Azar opens. The gated event was moved to Memorial Stadium just east of downtown due to construction. The stadium is three short blocks from downtown and shuttles will be available to guests. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster or the Asheville Civic Center.

For more information on the Bele Chere Festival, please visit www.belecherefestival.com.

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The detour is a non-commercial/non-profit community radio service focused primarly on the Appalachia region, but also serving the entire world. We feature two stations: detour TALK and detour MUSIC.

detour MUSIC is a free form radio station dedicated to taking away the boundaries that have been created in music. No matter if it’s indie or main stream, we play it all: alternative, rap, country, reggae, pop, bluegrass, techno, blues, new age, jazz, oldies, 80s, and more! Whatever we are in the mood for, we play it. Requests are always welcome by using requestNOW! or e-mailing the radio host. We give complete control of the station to the radio host. There is no program director; only complete and total freedom for not only the radio host, but also the listener! As part of our mission to broaden a listener's musical taste, every host is encouraged to play a variety of musical styles and genres (both main stream and independent). Rather than segregating music into limited boxes, this philosophy is an attempt to entertain the listener while broadening their musical experience. Specialized original and international shows will leave you wondering what you’ll be hearing next. For a complete schedule of detour MUSIC, click here.

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The region we focus on includes a region encompassing 13 states and 20 million people: (east Tennessee, southwest Virginia, west Kentucky, all of West Virginia, most of Pennsylvania, south New York, west Maryland, west North Carolina, west South Carolina, north Georgia, north Alabama, northeast Mississippi) [for a map of our "service area, please click here].

We are affiliated with the Pacifica Radio Network, bringing you great shows like Democracy Now and Exploration on detour TALK.

We can be heard in a limited capacity on 105.3 (WETX-P15) in a few parts of Johnson City (around W. Walnut & downtown), Bristol, and Kingsport...or just tune in online!! (Click here on details of how to listen.)

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Below are the latest posts from the detour's talkization. You are welcome to participate simply by clicking a link, no registration required!

[Appalachia/Regional talk]	Northeast Tennessee Republican Club w/ Matthew Hill by vertical	July 21, 2008, 01:38:55 PM
[Appalachia/Regional talk]	WCRP: annual Ronald Reagan Picnic by vertical	July 18, 2008, 03:13:29 PM
[whatevea - anything]	Re: Legality of your music? ASCAP/BMI by John Tibbs	July 15, 2008, 09:41:00 PM
[whatevea - anything]	Re: Legality of your music? ASCAP/BMI by Grizzly	July 08, 2008, 09:54:05 AM
[whatevea - anything]	Re: Legality of your music? ASCAP/BMI by toomanydogs	July 07, 2008, 09:25:25 PM
[whatevea - anything]	Re: Legality of your music? ASCAP/BMI by vertical	July 07, 2008, 07:58:49 PM
[whatevea - anything]	Re: Legality of your music? ASCAP/BMI by Secret One	July 07, 2008, 07:48:20 PM
[whatevea - anything]	Re: Legality of your music? ASCAP/BMI by vertical	July 07, 2008, 06:41:26 PM

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