Mark graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Master's Degree in Agriculture. He served twenty-nine years as a county agent for Clemson University Extension Service in three counties with responsibilities in horticulture, agriculture and 4-H. He taught Master Gardeners and Pesticide Management. He wrote weekly/monthly articles for local and State Newspapers,| Listen & Be Heard Network
Our featured guest is music historian, Preston Lauterbach, author of Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King, interviewed by Tony Robles. Our featured poet is Latasha Diggs. New music by Jay Rodriguez Sierra, and new poetry by Martha Cinader, also featuring Joseph Jason Santiago Lacour and Mary Oishi.| Listen & Be Heard Network
Preston Lauterbach is author of the American music classic The Chitlin’ Circuit (2011) and the history of the main street of Black America, Beale Street Dynasty (2015). His latest, Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King published in January of 2025.| Listen & Be Heard Network
After Baz Luhrmann's movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley's music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King, author Preston Lauterbach answers these questions definitively, based on new research and extensive, previously unpublished interviews with the artists who blazed the way and the people who knew them.| Listen & Be Heard Network
Martha Cinader, Judy Talaugon and Jay Rodriguez Sierra are joined by Craig S. Harris, a trombonist, composer, bandleader, and gifted sonic shaman.| Listen & Be Heard Network
Listen & Be Heard Remix Volume Three: a timely blend of our guests reading from their work, highlights from previous episodes, and a few surprises.| Listen & Be Heard Network
Listen & Be Heard Remix Volume Two: a timely blend of our guests reading from their work, highlights from previous episodes, and a few surprises.| Listen & Be Heard Network
