Scenic Roots
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Scenic Roots offers conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.
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"Scenic Roots" offers conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.
From the mountains to the river, our conversations are rooted deep within every corner of our community - reflecting who we are, who we were and who we can become.
We engage with the news that affects our community, behind and beyond the headlines. We build bridges that span from creators and innovators to storytellers and the outdoors. We focus on our challenges as many communities in one - as we celebrate what inspires us. We resonate with countless voices - in words and spaces, sounds and songs.
We are "Scenic Roots."
- Ray Bassett hosts and produces "Scenic Roots" at WUTC.
Latest Episodes
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When Louisa May Alcott wrote “Little Women” after the Civil War, she could not have imagined that her coming-of-age novel about the March sisters would one day become a Broadway musical - as it did in 2005. On Friday, the musical adaptation of “Little Women” comes to Chattanooga Theatre Centre. -
This Saturday marks six months since the Ed Johnson Memorial was dedicated near the Walnut Street Bridge in downtown Chattanooga. On March 19th, 1906, Johnson - a young Black man - was lynched on that bridge. This Saturday, March 19th, The Ed Johnson Project - which led the community effort to build the memorial - will reflect with a pair of events. -
Donivan Brown of The Ed Johnson Project in Chattanooga. Scott Dunlap & Katie Love on CTC’s “Little Women” musical. Talking Writing: singer-songwriter Charlotte Simon. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.” -
Richard Winham shares a jazz performance recorded in 2020 at Chattanooga’s Barking Legs Theater with David Schwab on bass, Shawn Perkinson on guitar and Alan Wyatt on sax. -
Chattanooga City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod grew up in a working-class family, watched her parents battle drug addiction and endured multiple traumas of her own - a journey that led to incarceration for a felony conviction, redemption and public office. She tells her story in her book, “Prison to Purpose: A Past That Shaped My Future.” -
Demetrus Coonrod on her book, “From Prison to Purpose.” Barking Legs Rewind: Schwab, Perkinson & Wyatt. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.” -
Richard Winham shares a performance by singer / songwriter Katrina Barclay from November 2021 live in The Woodshop on St. Elmo Ave. in Chattanooga. -
Next week, music, poetry and spoken word will flow together here in Chattanooga to raise awareness of - and advocacy for - mental health. The program - titled, “A Speck of Light” - will be held next Monday, March 21st, starting at 7:30 PM - in the sanctuary of First-Centenary United Methodist Church near our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. -
“A Speck of Light” for mental health in downtown Chattanooga. Live In The Woodshop: Singer / songwriter Katrina Barclay. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.” -
Richard Winham shares a performance by the duo Rye Baby, recorded in the summer of 2020, live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.
