J. L. Puckett devotes his Sound Effects column to Louisville music from Dead Child, Jon Ashley, K. Scott Ritcher and Will Oldham

With the Forecastle Fest underway on the Belvedere, there are plenty of stories about it. J. L. Puckett has his take in todya’s C-J

And he’s not afraid to write it.

Everybody else can cover the music at Forecastle Fest - LEO’s Christa Martin gets the nod to interview Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Meanwhile, Damien McPherson scores the assignment to interview Forecastle Fest headliner Del The Funky Homosapian.

There’s an interview with Chicago indie rock band Golden, one with Disco Biscuits and the Forecastle Fest schedule

Grungegrass purveyors The Avett Brothers are coming to Coyote’s on September 27, just in time to promote their newest CD, The Second Gleam. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon.

Artie Traum, 65, folksinger and producer, died in Woodstock, NY, on Sunday, August 20, from liver cancer. He was a veteran of the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the Sixties and recorded with and produced many of the biggest names in the folk/rock scene, including Bela Fleck and the Band.

In case you are so inclined, here’s the publicist’s list of before- and after-parties for the Forecastle Fest:

KICK-OFF PARTY / THURSDAY

Thursday, July 24th
Glassworks Rooftop (map)
Doors @ 7PM | *$6 | All Ages

With performances from:

DJs Narwhal, Matt Anthony & Woodrow on the Radio: 11 – 2am
Lucky Pineapple: 10 - 11
The Protomen: 9 - 10
The Fervor: 8 - 9
Glass Artist McKinley Moore
Phoenix Collective Firespinning
The Swiss Family – an experiment in sound sculpture and spoken word

*All proceeds benefit OVCE

AFTER-PARTY #1 FRIDAY

Friday, July 25th
American Turners
3125 River Road, Louisville, KY 40207
FREE w/ $5 parking | 11:30PM | 21+

outdoors
DJ Ben Wu: 1:30am-3am
DJ Jackola: 11:30pm-1:15am

indoors
Ferdinand Fox: 2-3am
Tryptamine: midnite-1:45am

AFTER-PARTY #2 FRIDAY

Friday, July 25th
The Forecastle Fox Den
148 W. Jefferson Street (5 blocks from festival, next to Coyote’s)
$5 | 11:00PM | 21+

Miles Meada: 2-4am
DJ 2nd Nature: 1-2
Figure: 12-1
Jessee Jamz: 11-12

AFTER-PARTY #1 SATURDAY

Saturday, July 26th
The Forecastle Fox Den
148 W. Jefferson Street (5 blocks from festival, next to Coyote’s)
$5 | 9:30PM | 21+

Aus: 2:30-4am
Jon Doe: 12:40-2:30
Nacirema: 12:15-12:40
Morning State: 11:30 – 12:15
Kentucky Nightmare: 10:30 – 11:10
Perfect Jewish Couple: 9:30 – 10:10

AFTER-PARTY #2 SATURDAY

Saturday, July 26th
American Turners
3125 River Road, Louisville, KY 40207
FREE w/ $5 parking | 11:30PM | 21+

outdoors
dj kunundrum: 1:30-3am
dj bigthink!: 11:30pm-1:15am

indoors
Honey Roy: midnite-1:45am
DJ Narwhal: 2-3am

AFTER-PARTY #1 SUNDAY

Sunday, July 27th
American Turners
3125 River Road, Louisville, KY 40207
FREE w/ $5 parking | 11:30PM | 21+

outdoors
DJ Action Jackson: 11:45pm-1:45am
Matt Thomas’ to-the-point funk playlist: 1:45am-4am

indoors
The Deloreans: 11:30pm - 12:15am
Paradigm presents Radiohead: 12:30am-1:30am
Trophy Wives: 1:45am-2:45am
Velvet Saints - 3am-3:45am

We’re going to have to grant Scott Miller formal Louisville citizenship if he keeps coming to town as often as he does. He’ll be back on August 9, playing a show at the Phoenix Hill Tavern, along with The Gougers, an Austin, Texas, four-piece rock band. Miller has a new DIY projects, Appalachian Refugee, that he’ll be promoting and selling. Tickets are $10 in advance.

Jazz and pop singer Jo Stafford died in Century City, California, on July 16 at 90. Stafford had a long and notable singining career, beginning in the early Forties and lasting until her retirement in 1966. Her most famous song, “You Belong To Me,” was penned by Louisvillian Chilton Price, with some credit to Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart.

Curious about whose CDs are selling? Bob Lefsetz has this