It's our annual Holiday Edition of Backbeat this week, all kinds of festive music guaranteed to please even people who don't like festive music. From Hank Snow (of course) to Big Maybelle, to the Stanley Brothers to Chris Isaak to fun-loving group Hey, Wow to Stompin' Tom Connors, there's something for everybody.

This episode of Today's Bluegrass showcases all new music. The show can be heard on Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio five times each week. Monday at 9 AM, Tuesday at 12 AM, Thursday and Friday at 11 PM and Saturday at 3 AM - all times Eastern. Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio can be tuned in locally at 91.7 FM Community Radio and streaming world wide at www.sbbradio.org and www.sbbradio.net We are WSBB - Digital Broadcasting Radio.

Chase Strangio stands for trans rights at the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.K.’s trans puberty blocker ban becomes “indefinite”, while the Kingdom compensates its vets booted for being queer, U.S. Supremes refuse to hear a challenge to a Wisconsin school district’s pro-trans student policies, Montana’s top court stifles the state’s pediatric trans healthcare ban, and crowds flock to Poland’s QueerMuzeum in Warsaw. Those stories and more this week when you find “This Way Out”.

Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2024, part 1 of a 3 part series: Top ten new albums, plus ten more honorable mentions

Welcome to Indigenous in the News. On todays show we welcome from the Pawnee Tribe, Mr. Lil Mike and Mr. Funny Bone. Together they form the Native Rapping Duo. They are Singers, actors and entrepreneurs. Today we get a chance to meet them and hear all about their journey and what it took to get there. They stay real busy, they had roles on the FX Series “Reservation Dogs.” And they’ll talk about their new album “Vibin.” You can find all all about them on the web at www.mikebonemedia.com. This and more along with National Native News and Antonia Gonazles. Emmy nominated duo LiL Mike & Funny Bone are multi-award winning Native American Recording Artists/Actors as seen on Reservation Dogs, America's Got Talent & more! Their newest album "VIBIN" has been released to the world on all streaming platforms. Together they're known as "MIKE BONE" Indigenous HipHop duo born & raised in Oklahoma City, from the Pawnee & Choctaw Nation. MIKE & BONE are considered to be legends in the game with 27+ years under their belt. Using positive lyrics & not following the typical rap scene, as one of their songs says, it's "More Than Music". Offered multiple record deals they've chosen to stay independent to maintain their integrity, which is expressed in their song "Hold Me Back". They've devoted their lives to entertaining & inspiring, performing at venues of all kinds, from Arena's, to Public Schools & everything in-between. Raised by a single mother of 5 kids their hustle has brought them from hood famous to global stardom, climbing the charts & making a difference. Even when opening for other artists they steal the show everywhere they go. More than just recording artists, MIKE BONE also do speaking engagements on all kinds of topics from bullying, drug & alcohol prevention, to following your dreams, with a splash of comedy when needed. Get Streaming Links, Free Downloads, Merch & More at: MikeBoneMedia.com You can learn their story in the award winning documentary "Looked Over but Never Overlooked" on youtube. With tons of content on youtube their channel includes behind-the-scenes footage, music videos, TV interviews & more. You just might become a subscriber to see what pops up next. From homelessness, to gang violence & discrimination, they've maintained their faith in GOD & have become performance icons.

The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Gospel Music Radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org and/or www.sbbradio.net This program is uploaded to SoundCloud, RSS.com, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes to mention a few.

some Holiday Tunes from various records, and a bunch of beautiful spiritual, soulful Jazz vinyl too

Following an emergency summit of Polar scientists in Australia, renowned expert Professor Matt King: tipping points in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean could re-arrange the world. Plus Recovering neuroscientist and climate sleuth Clayton Aldern on his new book "The Weight of Nature - How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains. "

Denise and Johnny discuss Saint Nick and holiday safety nets

This week Backbeat has lots of blues, by blues singers this time, that just the way it goes. We'll also hear some movie music, a Zydeco Queen who got into playing music professionally in mid-life, records with star back-up singers (made before they were stars) and a new record from country singer Jeff Beadle that doesn't sound very country, bt does sound vintage.

Winter Solstice (December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) is a physical event and it is also an occasion for ritual and contemplation. In this program, Frieda Werden asks questions of two experienced practitioners of an earth-based, women-centred religion about what they do and how they came to their vocations. They also make suggestions for privately engaging with the darkest night.

Award winning poet, writer, journalist, and organizer from Jerusalem in occupied Palestine: Mohammed El Kord. Famously Zionist American-Israeli turned anti-apartheid activist: Miko Peled. And a Palestinian mother, scientist, novelist, poet, essayist, and activist: Susan Abou Alhawa.

Sonic Café, Man of our times, that’s Phil Collins and Genesis from 1980. So ahh welcome to the program, I’m your host Scott Clark and this is episode 413. This time the Sonic Café brings you a mix of tunes so great they’re scary. Our mix pulls from the last 58 years. Listen for Madness with Our House, truly a product of the original MTV. Also Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band from 2012, Sufjan Stevens, The Belmonodos, from there 2010 Always Rumble album. Also music from Les Dudek, Hearts Nancy Wilson, and Parquet Courts pulled from 2018’s Wide Awake release. We’ll also flashback to 1966 in the Sonic Café time machine to hear Nancy Sinatra’s cover of the Beatles Daytripper. Yeah so all that plus listen for a quick mashed up of 1960’s cigarette advertising, and finally we play a great Portlandia, listen as Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen present the imaginary NPR podcast Forgotten America, Rural Footprints, funny stuff ‘cause ahh it sounds so authentic. So all that and more straight ahead from our little radio café way out here in the Pacific Northwest, from 2014 this is Future Islands with Spirit, and we’re the Sonic Café.

– Syria regime change unlikely to quench Gaza ‘human sacrifice’ fuse for World War Three – Queen Elizabeth wouldn’t let Israelis into Buckingham Palace as she thought they were all ‘terrorists, or sons of terrorists’ – Syria – Assad has gone and HTS has taken over – was it a ‘surprise’ or a deal brokered by ‘Art of the Deal’ Trump or others? – Susan Lindauer, peace campaigner and ex CIA agent, how Assad’s father had a contract out on her, but she’s not pro the new government – Judge Neopolitano interviews Col. Douglas Mac Gregor – did Trump do a deal with Putin over Syria? – Turkey’s interests in Syria. Dearlove, former UK Secret Services head, says WW3 has started. – Susan Lindauer – Israelis taking over parts of Syria. Will Islamists congregate in Syria to attack Israel? Richard Medhurst, who was arrested for being 'pro Hamas' – Independent journalist Richard Medhurst on the so-called ‘Syrian Revolution’ – Lavrov on why Russia couldn’t support Assad anymore. What happened to Syrian army? Lebanon weak and poor like Syria. – Starmer visits Akrotiri Military base in Cyprus. Starmer tells troops at base deploying Gaza spy planes ‘the whole world is relying on you’ – Douma and Goutha ‘chemical weapons’ attacks wrongly blamed on president Assad just Western ‘big lie’ propaganda – 1982 Oded Yinon plan continuing? US citizens freed from Assad’s prisons. ISIS released. PRE-PLANNED ATTACKS Though the attack by the ISIS is sudden and intense – Scott Bennett dies suddenly, age 54, from pancreatic cancer, after getting back from Ukraine where he had been collecting evidence of Ukrainian war crimes – was Scott bumped off? – Scott Bennett's book ‘Shell Game’ about funding for Jihadi networks from the 1980s through the Union Bank of Switzerland [included with this week's email]. – EXCLUSIVE: Fatima gives a report from Gaza – UN agency for Palestinian refugee (Unrwa) has warned that 945,000 Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of exposure – The Queen wouldn’t let Israelis in the Palace as she thought they were all terrorists. The late Queen Elizabeth believed every Israeli was “either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist” – Israeli war criminals won’t be arrested in UK? American Indian genocide. Israeli army chief given special immunity to visit Britain Exclusive: IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi – America’s Syrian Gulag more than 50,000 humans are kept in a network of twenty-seven facilities in Syria. – Starmer appoints ex-Murdoch hack as ‘strategic communications’ chief Plus a Conservative think-tanker for good measure – Morgan McSweeney, to be his recycled chief of staff after the (induced?) resignation of the controversial Sue Gray, Keir Starmer has appointed former Murdoch hack James Lyons as his head of ‘strategic communications’. – Farmers protesting about chancellor Rachel Reeves’ new inheritance tax in London. Tractors descend on London in Budget protest, as Bradshaw highlights farming pain to MPs An estimated 600 tractors, at least, descended on Westminster on Wednesday – Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser at Central Association for Agricultural Valuers, added that the tax changes would not discourage companies from snapping-up farmland, adding: “It is only individuals who die.” – Supermarket equity owners controlling food prices Vertical integration from farm, to distribution, to supermarket shelf. Monopolising the food supply! Kier Starmer this week on farmers. – Blackrock’s Varlay stated: “The senators…are f***ing cheap – you got 10 grand, you can buy a senator.” – Open source software being targeted. Free Software Is Under Attack! (Will You Help Defend It?) Free software means that the users have the “FREEDOM” to run, edit, contribute to, and share – Friday the 13th origin. Why that date is feared by Templar Masons. Knights Templar underground spawned the Freemasons. ‘The Brotherhood’ documentary by Martin Short about Freemasonry – P2 – A secret P2 Masonic fascist government of Italy was exposed in 1982: In January 1982, the P2 lodge was definitively 'disbanded' by the Law 25 January 1982 – Masonic initiation rituals are a combination of an obsession with the building and re-building of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem and Witchcraft! Saul died in about 1010BC – NOT The BCfm Politics Show presented by Tony Gosling https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/not-the-bcfm-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-220/

Golden oldies (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)

Eric Kirk and David Frank discuss the politics of the day.