Eshu Bumpus's guest appearances

Eshu Bumpus

The Apple Seed

Conversations With Storytellers

Linda Gorham

Judith Heineman

Bobby Norfolk

Milbre Burch

Len Cabral

Alton Chung

Donna Washington

Joel ben Izzy

Megan Hicks

Bill Harley

Laura Simms

Ed Stivender

Heather Forest

Clare Murphy

Liz Weir

OwlTail

Eshu Bumpus relates the fate of a lion that falls in love with a human woman.

BITE: "Lion in Love" by Eshu Bumpus

As Eshu Bumpus explains, there are many stories about tortoises and hares (we bet you know one). This one has a lion in it, and some music too! j

BITE: "Lion On The Path" by Eshu Bumpus

In today's full, hour-long episode of the Apple Seed you heard a story from Eshu Bumpus, who  regaled us with another story of Anansi, a lazy trickster who just keeps getting pulled from his TV by a family who demands to be fed. Anansi devises a plan to start stealing from the garden of the neighboring granny by luring her with a perfect song to boogie to. The story contained snatches of a groovy song called "Dancing Granny." For today's Apple Seed Extra, we thought we'd bring you the full version of the tune. Bet you can't keep your toe from tapping!

EXTRA **** "Dancing Granny" by Eshu Bumpus

Eshu Bumpus and I would occasionally see each in passing, say 'hi' and exchange pleasantries, but never really sat down and talked. I enjoyed his performances and he has a voice so easy to listen to and fall into. At Timpanogos in 2019, I did a key note and included a couple of stories in it, and Eshu had some comments on what I did. He opened my eyes to going even deeper with these stories, when I thought I already went deep! Eshu is thoughtful and thought provoking.I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did, and enjoy it as much as I did.Peace, SimonEshu's website and a link to the book he was talking about - the Palm-Wine Drinkard.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palm-Wine_Drinkardhttps://eshu.folktales.net/

Eshu Bumpus and I would occasionally see each in passing, say 'hi' and exchange pleasantries, but never really sat down and talked. I enjoyed his performances and he has a voice so easy to listen to and fall into. At Timpanogos in 2019, I did a key note and included a couple of stories in it, and Eshu had some comments on what I did. He opened my eyes to going even deeper with these stories, when I thought I already went deep! Eshu is thoughtful and thought provoking.<br>I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did, and enjoy it as much as I did.<br>Peace, Simon<br>Eshu's website and a link to the book he was talking about - the Palm-Wine Drinkard.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palm-Wine_Drinkard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palm-Wine_Drinkard</a><a href="https://eshu.folktales.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://eshu.folktales.net/</a>