High Plains Morning
Weekdays from 9:00 AM to noon CT on HPPR
High Plains Morning is a long-standing tradition at HPPR. A daily mix of singer-songwriters, folk, jazz, Americana, world, reggae, bluegrass, rock and just about anything else that you can think of. Add a few live in-studio performances, interviews with community partners, and news from NPR + regional weather at the top of every hour, and you have a great way to move through your morning!
If you'd like to submit music for consideration, please mail a CD and one-sheet to: Jenny Inzerillo, Music Director, High Plains Public Radio, 104 SW 6th Ave., Suite B4, Amarillo, TX, 79101. (Please allow one month for processing, and then feel free to check the status of your submission by emailing music@hppr.org.)
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"We need more people taking concrete actions to regenerate our degraded water cycle in ways that respect the limits of our semi-arid environment." - Darryl Birkenfeld (Deputy Director, Ogallala Commons)
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In case you missed it, we had High Plains crooner Randy Palmer live on High Plains Morning this week. He's been busy, and he even played us a few tunes. Hear the full interview!
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Okay, you do NOT have to be from Kansas, but you DO have to have a KANSAS STORY! Folks, don't miss this ONLINE WORKSHOP that welcomes all storytellers to join a new online/on-air project about KS-based literature. Learn more on Thurs., 1/18 at 6-8pm CT. Registration is required, so please register now!
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After a broken bone pushed the opening by a week, the latest show at Amarillo Little Theatre is ready to make you laugh.
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Amarillo's own Hayden Pedigo ends his 2023 Tour with a final hometown show at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts this Saturday night at 7:30pm. Presented by Brick & Elm Magazine, every seat is only $15, so come together for some pre-holiday ambient guitar compositions in one of the best venues in the region. Hear our full interview with Hayden, and sample the playlist he submitted for a High Plains Morning takeover.
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In 1998, nine-year-old Dorien Deon Thomas went missing from the North Heights area in Amarillo, Texas. A new podcast series by Amy Hart's Macabre Club reveals new information about this decades-old cold case. Hear our interview with Amy about her series, "What Happened to Dorien Thomas?"
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Thanks to Amy Von Lintel for standing in for the ACTUAL brewmaster at her new venue on Route 66 the Old Tascosa Brewing Company. Her husband Matt Welch is busy filling kegs for the GRAND OPENING, tomorrow (12/2/23) from 11a-11p CT. Come check it out!
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Feast your ears on THIS! My Thanksgiving crew is BACK with a wild 2023 playlist full of incantations, revelations, and detonations. Tune in from 9a-12p CT this Thanksgiving Day for another takeover program to celebrate everything we have — especially MUSIC. Thanks for supporting PUBLIC RADIO on the High Plains!
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Thanks to Sherman Bass of Visit Amarillo / Amarillo Convention & Visitors Bureau for stopping by High Plains Morning for a conversation about the long game of making this happen. Great work, Amarillo CVB!
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Thanks to High Plains hero Rick Todd for stopping by for a chat about his brilliant new album, Diesel Town. He's a gifted writer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer — and he co-hosted the whole hour with me! (I love outsourcing my job. Thanks, Rick!)