{"id":47233,"date":"2022-12-22T10:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=47233"},"modified":"2023-01-21T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T19:40:34","slug":"2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 in review: Favorite Scenic Roots interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Bassett is host and producer of Scenic Roots on WUTC-FM\/88.1, a program offering conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Bassett selected some of his favorite interviews from 2022.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A grandson remembers Chattanooga&#8217;s own: Sam Gooden of The Impressions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_47235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/show\/scenic-roots\/2022-08-29\/a-grandson-remembers-chattanoogas-sam-gooden-of-the-impressions\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"47235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews\/1-dj-griffen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1-DJ Griffen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47235 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DJ Griffin at New City East Lake Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga.Photo credit: East Lake Expression Engine\/Facebook.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/1-DJ-Griffen.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ Griffin at New City East Lake Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga.Photo credit: East Lake Expression Engine\/Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Down the road from our new space here at WUTC in downtown Chattanooga is the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three years ago, in 2019, a Tennessee Music Pathways sign was dedicated in front of the Bessie to honor The Impressions, the group whose music embodied doo-wop, gospel, R&amp;B and soul\u2014inspiring millions from the civil rights movement of the 1960s to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>Among those on hand for the sign dedication: Chattanooga natives Sam Gooden and Fred Cash, who had performed for decades as The Impressions until they retired in 2018\u2014and the wife and son of the late Curtis Mayfield, the group\u2019s most prominent member in its early years.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Sam Gooden died at the age of 87.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/show\/scenic-roots\/2022-08-29\/a-grandson-remembers-chattanoogas-sam-gooden-of-the-impressions\">Listen here<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for a conversation with DJ Griffin\u2014Gooden\u2019s grandson\u2014recorded at The Bessie.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The making of the Emmy-winning film \u2018Songbirds\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_47238\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/show\/scenic-roots\/2022-05-27\/the-making-of-the-emmy-winning-film-songbirds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"47238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews\/2-songbirds-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2-Songbirds\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47238 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gibson guitar. Photo credit: Songbirds Foundation.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/2-Songbirds.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Songbirds Foundation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In downtown Chattanooga, Songbirds once hosted the world\u2019s largest collection of vintage guitars.<\/p>\n<p>When the pandemic forced the museum to close two years ago, Dagan Beckett was there.<\/p>\n<p>The Chattanooga native captured the museum\u2019s final hours and its cultural impact as the director of the feature documentary \u201cSongbirds,\u201d which has won an Emmy and other awards.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, a hometown screening of the film will be held at the Songbirds Foundation &#8211; at 35 Station Street. Doors open at 6 p.m., with live music and then the film at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The screening will raise funds for the film\u2019s global distribution initiative\u2014and for the Foundation\u2019s Guitars for Kids program.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/show\/scenic-roots\/2022-05-27\/the-making-of-the-emmy-winning-film-songbirds\">Listen here<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for a conversation with Beckett and Irving Berner, one of the film\u2019s producers.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A poetry of witness in \u2018The Gleaming of the Blade\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_47241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/2022-01-17\/a-poetry-of-witness-in-the-gleaming-of-the-blade\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"47241\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews\/3-gleaming\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1084,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3-Gleaming\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: Bull City Press\/Christianjcollier.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-867x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47241 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-867x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Bull City Press\/Christianjcollier.com\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-580x685.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-610x720.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-1301x1536.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming-1734x2048.jpg 1734w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/3-Gleaming.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Bull City Press\/Christianjcollier.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christian J. Collier is a spoken word artist and musician here in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>His new collection of poems, \u201cThe Gleaming of the Blade,\u201d will be released next month by Bull City Press.<\/p>\n<p>In this collection, Collier as a poet of witness explores Black masculinity in the South of today, ghosts of the past, and how it feels to be Black in this country at this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/2022-01-17\/a-poetry-of-witness-in-the-gleaming-of-the-blade\">Listen here<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ra\u00edces: Jaime Kerns and Shadrina Booker<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_47248\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/2022-10-12\/raices-jaime-kerns-and-shadrina-booker\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" data-attachment-id=\"47248\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews\/4-raices-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,714\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4-Raices\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-1024x571.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47248\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"Latin Festival. Photo credit: Culture Chatt.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-580x324.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-610x340.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-1536x857.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1-2048x1142.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/4-Raices-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Latin Festival. Photo credit: Culture Chatt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jaime Kerns is an educator and one of the co-founders of the nonprofit Culture Chatt.<\/p>\n<p>Shadrina Booker is chief development and marketing officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>They are among the voices from the Latino community in this city that we are sharing with you on \u201cScenic Roots\u201d for this Hispanic Heritage Month, in a series of conversations in collaboration with La Paz Chattanooga: a series of conversations we call Ra\u00edces\u2014or Roots\u2014in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/2022-10-12\/raices-jaime-kerns-and-shadrina-booker\">Listen here<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>When these entrepreneurs gather, let the ideas flow<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_47243\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/show\/scenic-roots\/2022-10-25\/when-these-entrepreneurs-gather-let-the-ideas-flow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"389\" data-attachment-id=\"47243\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews\/5-briana\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,860\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-Briana\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-1024x688.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47243 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-580x389.jpg\" alt=\"Briana Garza, left, and Ella Livingston. Photo credits: Chatt Taste\/The Chattery.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-580x389.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-610x410.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana-2048x1375.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/5-Briana.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Briana Garza, left, and Ella Livingston. Photo credits: Chatt Taste\/The Chattery.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about entrepreneurship here in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>Briana Garza is owner and founder of Chatt Taste Food Tours.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Livingston is owner and founder of Cocoa Asante.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/show\/scenic-roots\/2022-10-25\/when-these-entrepreneurs-gather-let-the-ideas-flow\">Listen here<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for this conversation, a collaboration including the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look back at some of the favorite Scenic Roots interviews of 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/2022-in-review-favorite-scenic-roots-interviews\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1493,"featured_media":47256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[276,3],"tags":[122283],"class_list":{"0":"post-47233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-wutc","9":"tag-2022-in-review","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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