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WoodSongs #1062: Freedy Johnston and Wildfire
Live from the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky. woodsongs.com Production Date: 10/17/22 FREEDIE JOHNSTON had a huge hit called “Bad Reputation” and throughout his 25-year career, he has developed a loyal following with his finely detailed story songs. Freedy was born in the small town of Kinsley, Kansas, famous for being the exact mid-point between the east and west coasts of the USA. He bought a mail order guitar as a teenager after hearing Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True.Rain on the City is his first album of new originals in eight yea...
2023-02-27
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WoodSongs #1061: Christie Lenee and Femina
FEMINA is a family group from Argentina in the Patagonian mountains. Femina channels universal folk based, blissed out, harmony-soaked soul music, unbounded sound and visuals, a direct hotline to people’s emotions that open them up to new ways of thinking. Latin folk major influences, the duo’s unbounded sound and diverse music is characterized by show-stopping harmonies and a magical on-stage chemistry, which incorporates Latin American instruments and melodies. CHRISTIE LENEE is an acoustic guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for her unique sound ranging from transcendental folk-pop to virtuosic instrumentals. Her captivating performances have been seen on st...
2023-01-02
59 min
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WoodSongs #1059: Jake Blount and the New Faith and The Sweet Lillies
JAKE BLOUNT is an award-winning musician and scholar, a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, and a two-time winner of the Appalachian String Band Music Festival. He specializes in the traditional music of African Americans. Jake performs various genres such as blues, spirituals, and string band repertoire and is considered a specialist in early folk music of Black Americans. His latest single titled ‘One There Was No Sun’ was released on June 20th, 2022. The SWEET LILLIES are an Americana/bluegrass band from Boulder, Colorado, consisting of Julie Gussaroff, Becca Bisque, and Dustin Rohleder … With their acoustic string...
2022-12-19
59 min
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WoodSongs #1055: Cutter Elliott and George Winston
Live from the Lyric Theatre in Downtown Lexington Production Date: 8/15/22 woodsongs.com GEORGE WINSTON is one of the legendary pianists in America. He grew up in mainly Montana, but spent formative years in Mississippi, and Florida. Inspired by R&B, jazz, blues, and rock (especially the Doors) he started playing the organ in 1967. Switching to acoustic piano in 1971, he sold 15 million albums. His latest album, NIGHT, is a collection of songs recorded at five different studios. CUTTER ELLIOTT has proven the doctors who said he would never walk, talk, or play guit...
2022-10-25
59 min
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WoodSongs #1054: WoodSongs Kids Celebration
Filmed at the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, KY. Production date: 8/8/22 Wyatt Ellis is a mandolin player from the Smokey Mountains who was mentored by our first WoodSongs Kid, Sierra Hull. Phoebe White is a 12-year-old yodeler from London, KY who is about to release a new album, UNXPECTED. Reagan and Amelia Brown are 11 and 14 from TN. Reagan mainly plays Mandolin while her sister Amelia shreds the Dobro. Reese Carroll is a local banjo player from Nicholasville KY. He's been playing banjo since he was 7!
2022-10-17
59 min
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WoodSongs 1051: Blues Night with Toronzo Cannon and Ben Levin
TORONZO CANNON burst onto the international stage as one the most electrifying bluesmen to emerge from Chicago in decades. His live performances unfailingly earn him heaps of critical praise and hordes of wildly enthusiastic fans. Cannon has played major cities all over the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He will be treating the WoodSongs audience with songs from his latest album, The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp. Ben Levin is only 22 years old and making his mark as a blues pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. Based out of Cincinnati, he's played 100 a year shows a year since t...
2022-09-26
59 min
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WoodSongs 1050: Made in Louisiana: A Cajun Celebration!
Live from the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky. woodsongs.com Production Date: 06/27/2022 Cajun music is rooted in the traditions of the French-speaking folks who were expelled from Nova Scotia by the British in 1755. They settled in southwest Louisiana alongside Native Americans, Spanish, Germans, and French Creoles of African descent. Out of this rich cultural gumbo, a distinctive Cajun music emerged. THE SAVOY FAMILY BAND seamlessly integrates a lesson in the history of this unique American art form, from front porch twin fiddles and French ballads to accordion-driven house party waltzes and two...
2022-09-19
59 min
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WoodSongs #1049: DaShawn Hickman and Adam Weinberg
DASHAWN HICKMAN is one of today’s foremost Sacred Steel players who channels the blues traditions of the ’30’s on his debut album DRUMS, ROOTS, & STEEL. Hailing from North Carolina, his album was produced by guitar-phenom Charlie Hunter and released through Little Village Foundation, a non-profit cultural record label. ADAM WEINBERG is a singer and fingerstyle guitarist who is most notably known on the live music circuit as Matisyahu‘s five years of worldwide tours. Weinberg’s first lyrical record, LAUGH, CRY, GRIEF, HOPE run across the genres of Americana, Leo-Kottle-inspired instrumentals, reggae, and family music. WoodSongs K...
2022-09-12
59 min
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WoodSongs #1047: Abbie Gardener and Heidi Holton
Live from the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky. woodsongs.com Production Date: 06/06/2022 HEIDI HOLTON reins from deep in Southern Appalachia which has allowed her to master the music of the deep south and make a name for herself in the international blues community. Heidi casts a spell on her audience with the sweet strings of her acoustic slide guitar. WHY MAMA CRIES, released in 2018, forged a friendship with producer Rory Block, which led to the production of her upcoming album BLACK STRAP MOLASSES. ABBIE GARDNER is a fiery dobro player with an i...
2022-08-29
59 min
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WoodSongs #1046 Hubby Jenkins and Down Hill Strugglers
Live from the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky. woodsongs.com Production Date: 05/23/22 HUBBY JENKINS is a talented guitar, banjo, and bones, who loves to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. He was an integral part of the Grammy award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops. and an active in touring and a recording member in the Rhiannon Giddens band. Since the he has pursued a solo career with performances around the world. THE DOWN HILL STRUGGLERS is an old time string band based out of Kentucky and New York. They have re...
2022-08-22
59 min
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WoodSongs 1043 Alex Miller and Stephanie Urbina Jones
STEPHANIE URBINA JONES and her history-making Honky Tonk Mariachi are blowing hearts and minds wide open with a new style fondly called ‘country with chili peppers’. From the hallowed stage of the Grand Ole Opry to the two-stepping dance halls of Texas to festivals around the world, Jones tours internationally including appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Magic Town Music Fest in Mexico, Festival Country Rendezvous in France, Country Gold in Japan, Gstaad Festival in Switzerland and the Belladrum Tartan Heart Fest in Scotland. ALEX MILLER is a Kentucky boy from Lancaster who caught global attention from Americ...
2022-07-25
59 min
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WoodSongs 1040: John McEuen and Flat River Band
JOHN McEUEN the co-founding member of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and one of America’s premier roots musicians and story tellers returns to WoodSongs for a special solo performance of music. From organizing the historic WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN album to his new autobiography there is plenty to explore! FLAT RIVER BAND is a trio of brothers, strong musicians with just as strong vocals. The bluegrass and country group carries the tradition of the Eagles, The Gatlin Brothers and the family groups of the bluegrass world. Ashlynn Smith is a 12 year old guitarist from Lou...
2022-07-04
59 min
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WoodSongs 1039: Richard Smith and Parker Hastings
RICHARD SMITH the world renowned guitarist from England makes his WoodSongs debut! His repertoire includes original compositions, gypsy swing, Bach, and Beatles. He has shared the stage with a virtual “who’s who“ of guitar wizardry, including Les Paul, Sam Bush, and Béla Fleck. Expect musical fireworks! PARKER HASTINGS returns to as one of the youngest players to be named National Thumbpicking Champion. The Kentucky musicians was first on WoodSongs as a 13 year old who played note for note a duet with Australian icon master Tommy Emmanuel, Parker is now a a recognized player in hw own righ...
2022-06-27
59 min
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WoodSongs 1038: Chontadelia and Sultans of String
CHONTADELIA is a 7-piece band rooted in the iconic marimba de chonta style and steeped with Afro-Colombian culture, identity, and history. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, they arrive on the scene with a soundscape full of color, distortions, twists, and a lot of funk. From dancing the night away to shedding light on issues happening to their communities, CHANTADELIA leaves no one indifferent. SULTANS OF STRING have thrilled listeners with their genre-hopping fusion of folk, flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian rhythms over the last dozen years and eight albums. Hailing from Canada, their music made the...
2022-06-20
59 min
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WoodSongs 1037: Black Opry
In the past few years, a welcome resurgence of wonderful artists of color who love country music has appeared on WoodSongs. Country music has been made by and loved by Black people since its conception. Black Opry wants to change that. For just as long, that community has been overlooked by fans and the industry. The artists appearing on this Special Event Broadcast include The Kentucky Gentlemen, Jett Holden, Roberta Lea, and Tylar Brant plus Black Opry founder Holly G. WoodSongs Kid: Phoebe White, the 12 year old yodeling cowgirl from London, Kentucky, returns to the WoodSongs Stage.
2022-06-13
59 min
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WoodSongs 1036: EmiSunshine and The Faux Paws
EMISUNSHINE and the Rain She is a 17-year-old singer/songwriter and ukulele virtuoso from East Tennessee, who has been attracting national attention since age 9 with appearances on “Today,” NBC’s “Little Big Shots,” “American Idol,” the Grand Ole Opry, WoodSongs and more. Her latest album is “Diamonds,” THE FAUX PAWS have been fine tuning their playing style for a decade now. Starting with brothers Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand, Chris Miller joined them and now releasing their debut album THE FAUX PAWS, that showcases their contagious groove and feel-good melting pot of folk style. WoodSongs Kid: Reed Elliotte is 1...
2022-06-06
59 min
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WoodSongs 1035: Corey Harris, Ordinary Elephant, and Wyatt Ellis with Sierra Hull
COREY HARRIS is a powerful singer/songwriter and accomplished guitarist. Starting in New Orleans then Cameroon, West Africa, he has found his niche in the world of blues by focusing on an original sound influenced heavily by blues, reggae, soul, rock, and West African music. He’s been featured with artists such as BB King, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, R.L.Burnside, Ali Farka Toure, Dave Matthews Band, Tracy Chapman, Olu Dara, Wilco, and others. ORDINARY ELEPHANT met at an open mic in College Station, Texas back in 2009. After moving to Houston, the husband and wife duo ca...
2022-05-30
59 min
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WoodSongs 1033: The Mastersons/Whitmore Sisters and Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz
THE MASTERSONS are singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalists Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore. Road partners for Steve Earle, together they produce emotionally vivid, deeply humanistic songs that can be seen in their fourth set of original compositions No Time for Love Songs. THE WHITEMORE SISTERS are a duo comprising of sisters, Eleanor and Bonnie Whitmore. Their closeness and unconventional upbringing, paired with their melodic sensibility and pure blood harmonies, create something special with their newest album Ghost Stories. TAMMY ROGERS and THOMM JUTZ she a founding fiddle player in The SteelDrivers, Thomm is a touring bluegrass songwriter. They...
2022-05-02
59 min
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WoodSongs 1032: Scott Cook & Crys Matthews
SCOTT COOK is a true troubadour and modern vagabond. Hailing originally from Alberta Canada, he's been on the road for the last twelve years. Turning his travels into lyrical arrangements, he's a folk storyteller with lots of tales to sing. His most recent album TANGLE OF SOULS is complemented with a hardcover book outlining his adventures from the years. CRYS MATTHEWS, originally from a small town in southeastern North Carolina has been immersed in music all her life going from a classically-trained clarinetist to folk singer. CHANGEMAKERS, her latest album, is full of powerful and dynamic lyrics s...
2022-04-25
59 min
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WoodSongs 1031: The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys and Wolfpen Branch
PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS have a passion for bluegrass music. Founder CJ Lewandowski was working at Ole Smoky Moonshine Distillery in Sevierville, TN when he was asked to start a band to perform and PO’ RAMLIN’ BOYS was formed. Adding fiddle player Laura Orshaw to the group a year and a half later, they have been touring nationwide since to bring bluegrass to new communities. WOLFPEN BRANCH has been recognized as the power-grass band to watch. Members Arthur Hancock IV, Chris Shouse, Aaron Bibelhauser, and Roddy Puckett have created a fresh, new unified voice, representing their bluegrass roots. It’s hig...
2022-04-11
59 min
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WoodSongs 1030: Tim Easton and The Fly Birds
TIM EASTON makes his long awaited return to WoodSongs. He is a pioneer of the Americana genre. Born in Upstate New York, he spent a lot of his time traveling and storytelling across America. His most recent album YOU DON”T REALLY KNOW ME is a peaceful, positive album influenced by the artsts who came before him as well as his own experiences of being in the industry for 20 years. THE FLY BIRDS are a unique old-timey band founded by Sisters Elizabeth Baker and Mary Dunlap of Winchester, VA . Joined by friends Sarah Twigg and Crystal Shipley th...
2022-04-04
59 min
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WoodSongs 1029: Tony Rice Celebration
He is certainly one of the most influential guitar masters of the 20th century. Our all-star tribute to the great TONY RICE will include JOHN COWAN, JOHN BERRY, MARTY RAYBON, TAMMY ROGERS, BARRY WALDREP, SCOTT VESTAL and more all on the new album release “Barry Waldrep & Friends Celebrate Tony Rice.” WoodSongs Kid: Ashlyn Smith is a twelve year old guitarist from Louisville, KY.
2022-03-28
59 min
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WoodSongs 1028: Darin & Brooke Aldridge and Cristina Vane
DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE are one of the premier bands in bluegrass music. This husband and wife North Carolina duo are one of the hottest acts in acoustic music. The duo have over 25 Grand Ole Opry appearances and received multiple awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association including Brooke winning the IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year 4 times. Their latest THIS LIFE WE’RE LIVIN’ on Billy Blue Records is currently the #1 Bluegrass album in America. CRISTINA VANE is an Americana artist bringing together her love for pre war delta blues, old time music and her signature bottleneck slid...
2022-03-07
59 min
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WoodSongs 1027: WoodSongs Kids Celebration
We celebrate the amazing, musical, adorable, fascinating and spectacular world of WOODSONGS KIDS for the entire broadcast … from across America kids come to every broadcast. On this show, we spotlight ONLY the passions and talents of youngsters on the WoodSongs Front Porch! Featuring: the yodeling cowgirl Phoebe White from London, Kentucky, award winning songwriter Ian Shaw from Madison, Wisconsin, Eastern Kentucky roots trio The Spencer Boys, Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars Ashlyn Smith and Brannock McCartan from Louisville, Kentucky, and the powerful sisterly harmonies of The Wallace Sisters from Lexington, Kentucky.
2022-02-28
59 min
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WoodSongs 1026: The Quebe Sisters and Kory Caudill with Wordsmith
THE QUEBE SISTERS authentic triple fiddle and three-part harmony thrills the concert halls and festivals of North America, Europe, and Russia for over 15 years. Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe front an innovative Progressive Western Swing band of archtop guitar, upright bass, fiddles and sibling harmony. KORY CAUDILL was born and raised in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky, and is widely considered one of the world’s top virtuoso pianists. The young artist has celebrated groundbreaking achievements including debuting inside Billboard’s top ten Jazz and New Age categories. Caudill’s ‘American Hymn’ songbook album connects musicians, artists and creati...
2022-02-21
59 min
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WoodSongs 1025: Danny Paisley & Southern Grass and River Kittens
DANNY PAISLEY & SOUTHERN GRASS joined an elite group of vocalists to be awarded the IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year for the third time – an achievement bestowed only to five others in Bluegrass music history. His voice combines powerful range and soulful blues and many prominent musicians, including Alison Krauss, consider Danny as one of their favorite singers. The band has a new album on Pinecastle Records BLUEGRASS TROUBADOUR. RIVER KITTENS, This St. Louis, Missouri based duo sing like angels and fight like sisters. Allie Vogler and Mattie Schell first met and sang together at a metal ba...
2022-02-03
59 min
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WoodSongs 1024: Cary Morin & Lilli Lewis
CARY MORIN has been described as "one of the best acoustic pickers on the scene today.” With deft fingerstyle guitar and vocals that alternately convey melodic elation and gritty world-weariness, Morin crafts an inimitable style often characterized as roots-infused Native Americana with hints of bluegrass, folk, blues, and rock. He has performed at renowned venues across the globe, including the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, and is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades. LILLI LEWIS is a classically trained, award-winning singer/songwriter from New Orleans. Lewis is said to have "Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s virtuoso commitment to h...
2021-12-22
59 min
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WoodSongs 1023: David Ferguson and The McLain Family Band
DAVID FERGUSON is behind Nashville’s most revered recordings of the last 40 years and collaborator with the likes of Johnny Cash, John Prine, and Sturgill Simpson. He comes releasing a star-studded release of NASHVILLE NO MORE on Fat Possum Records. THE McLAIN FAMILY BAND are Kentucky’s ambassadors to the global front porch for over 50 years, from their small Knott county holler to performing bluegrass with symphony orchestras and concerts in over 60 nations. The McLains will be joined by the traidtional folk band Eredő Zenekar from Hungry. WoodSongs Kids: The Singleton Brothers are a young, traditi...
2021-12-13
59 min
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WoodSongs 1022: Becky Buller Band and Erin McKeown
BECKY BULLER is a national IBMA Fiddle Champion .. amulti-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer from St. James, MN, who has traversed the globe performing bluegrass music to underwrite her insatiable songwriting habit. Her compositions can be heard on records by Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, to name just a few. Becky is the recipient of 10 IBMA awards as well as being involved as a musician and songwriter on three albums nominated for 2020 Grammys. She tours extensively with the Becky Buller Band and just released Distance And Time, her third album for the Dark Shadow Recording label.
2021-11-20
59 min
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WoodSongs 1021: Jimmie Vaughan
JIMMIE VAUGHAN has helped breathe new life into the music that has been his lifeline all these decades, becoming a hero to those who cherish America’s real gift to musical history. This four-time Grammy-winner became possessed by his instrument while listening to the blues on the Black radio station in Dallas, and it has been that way ever since. And ever since then, it’s been a constant quest to play the blues, whether it was in early 1970s Austin bands like Storm and then the Fabulous Thunderbirds, or later with brother Stevie Ray Vaughan on their FAMILY STYL...
2021-11-15
59 min
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WoodSongs 1019: The Kody Norris Show and Brei Carter
THE KODY NORRIS SHOW is one of the busiest, hardest working, and most entertaining bands in bluegrass. The group combines musical virtuosity with humor and showmanship in a throwback to the glory days of the Grand Ole Opry. Call it retro, hillbilly, bluegrass or rockabilly, the group strives for something Kody simply calls “dern good entertainment. Their debut Rebel release All Suited Up weaves classic themes with youthful creativity and modern sensibility. BREI CARTER is an emerging crossover country and southern pop recording artist from Monroe, Louisiana. A proud Veteran of the U.S. Army, where she se...
2021-11-01
59 min
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WoodSongs 1018: Victor Wooten
VICTOR WOOTEN has been heralded as “the Michael Jordan of the bass” and “one of the most fearless musicians on the planet.” Wooten, a five-time Grammy winner, hit the worldwide scene as a founding member of the super-group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Victor has also become widely known for his own Grammy nominated solo recordings and tours, and has won every major award given to a bass guitarist including being voted Bassist of the Year in Bass Player Magazine’s readers poll three times (the only person to win it more than once.) In 2011, Rolling Stone Magazine voted Victor one...
2021-10-25
59 min
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WoodSongs 1017: Bobby Rush
BOBBY RUSH is a GRAMMY winning blues legend, Blues Hall of Famer, 12x Blues Music Award winner, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and makes a cameo in the Netflix Original ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Starring Eddie Murphy. After decades of tearing up the chitlin’ circuit on a nightly basis with his sweaty, no-holds-barred funkfests, Bobby has thoroughly broken through to the mainstream. Considered by many to be the greatest bluesman currently performing, Bobby will be performing and reading from his new memoir “I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story.” It gives readers unparalleled access into the man, the m...
2021-10-18
59 min
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WoodSongs 1016: Joe Troop and Carsie Blanton
JOE TROOP is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During his decade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he formed the group Che Apalache, produced by legendary genre-bender, banjoist Béla Fleck and received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Folk Album in 2020. CARSIE BLANTON writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and Randy Newman. Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of energy and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. WoodSongs Kid: Phoebe White is 11 years old from London, Kentucky. She is a s...
2021-10-12
59 min
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WoodSongs 1015: Linda Gail Lewis and Cedric Burnside
LINDA GAIL LEWIS is the little sister to living legend and musical genius, Jerry Lee Lewis. Born a Louisiana girl and now residing in Austin, Texas, she was raised on rock'n'roll pumping piano and country and grew up with a passion for music. A professional musician since fifteen, well versed in rockabilly, rock'n' roll & country that continues to tour sharing her high octane live show with music fans around the world. CEDRIC BURNSIDE is a two-time GRAMMY nominee who has proudly carried the mantle of Mississippi Hill Country blues around the world. Burnside delivers his bruised but...
2021-09-28
59 min
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WoodSongs 1014: Merle Monroe and Grace Pettis
MERLE MONROE is a band created by musicians Tim Raybon and Daniel Grindstaff. Using their collective experiences as professionals in the music business - Merle Monroe's sound is vocally driven and has a mix of hard-driving Bill Monroe - style Bluegrass proficiency all the way to a tear at your heartstrings Merle Haggard style ballad. Songs of a Simple Life is the band’s highly-anticipated sophomore album and pays homage to the band's heroes while bringing a fresh original American Country / Bluegrass IBMA-nominated signature style. GRACE PETTIS is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Austin via Alabama. She is th...
2021-09-20
59 min
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WoodSongs 1013: Rhonda Vincent & The Rage plus Dillon Massengale
The incredible Queen of Bluegrass, member of the Grand Ole Opry RHONDA VINCENT and the RAGE returns to the WoodSongs Stage Lyric performing songs from her new album, MUSIC IS WHAT I SEE. Special guest is young Dillon Massengale and his family band (The Melody Hart Family) from Branson, Missouri as he and Rhonda perform their Merle Haggard single and tell his musical story overcoming autism.
2021-09-13
59 min
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WoodSongs 905: The Blind Boys of Alabama
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA first rose to fame in the segregated south with their thrilling vocal harmonies and roof-raising live show. Their 70-year recording career would see them rack up five GRAMMY Awards (plus one for Lifetime Achievement), enter the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, collaborate with everyone from Mavis Staples and Stevie Wonder to Prince and Lou Reed, and perform on the world's most prestigious stages. From the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, where the original members met as children, all the way to The White House - where they've performed for three different presidents...
2021-09-06
59 min
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WoodSongs 838: Michael Martin Murphey and The Kentucky Headhunters
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY has left an indelible mark on the American Music. In the early 1970s, Rolling Stone Magazine called Michael Martin Murphey “one of the best songwriters in America.” Since that time, Murphey has left an indelible mark on the American Music Landscape crafting and recording such iconic hits as “Wildfire,” “Carolina In The Pines”, “Geronimo’s Cadillac”, “Cowboy Logic,” “Cherokee Fiddle”, “Boy From The Country” and more. In the process, he has topped the Pop, Country, Bluegrass and Western Music charts, earned six gold albums and multiple Grammy nominations. His latest release is 'High Stakes'. THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS are know...
2021-08-30
59 min
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WoodSongs 913: Molly Tuttle and Mike Barnett
MOLLY TUTTLE is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and award winning songwriter with a distinctive voice. She is the first woman in the 27-year history of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards to be nominated for Guitar Player of the Year and win. She’s appeared on A Prairie Home Companion and at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, was featured on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and won first place in the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at Merlefest. She’s signed on to the Compass Records roster. MIKE BARNETT has been building a career as a premier fiddler in b...
2021-08-23
59 min
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WoodSongs 829: Elle King and David Wax Museum
ELLE KING is a phenomenal performer, songwriter, with an incredible voice and massive personality. Her single “Ex’s & Oh’s” is a hit. It was certified gold by the RIAA, nominated for a Grammy and has over 6.5 million views on YouTube. She received raves at all the summer festivals including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and more. Her debut album 'Love Stuff' on RCA Records marks the true arrival of the young singer/songwriter/guitarist/banjoist as a pop force to be reckoned with. It's frank and fearless, tender and rowdy. DAVID WAX MUSEUM had the breakout performance at the 2010 Newport...
2021-08-18
59 min
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WoodSongs 805: Tom Paxton and Sam Gleaves
TOM PAXTON is a legendary singer/songwriter. Paxton headed to Greenwich Village in the early ’60s, just in time to join Bob Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, Joan Baez and other troubadours who took over coffeehouse stages — and took on the world. Paxton has been raising his rich voice in song ever since, carrying on the folk tradition with passion, wit and grace. Tom received a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy during the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards. He is considered one of the great songwriters of the last century and will be reckoned as one of the greats in th...
2021-08-09
59 min
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WoodSongs 803: Ben Sollee and Portland Cello Project
BEN SOLLEE is Kentucky-born cellist, singer-songwriter, and composer known for his innovative playing style, genre-bending songwriting, electrifying performances, political activism, and wide appeal. Like his contemporaries Chris Thile and Abigail Washburn, Sollee’s music is difficult to pin down. It’s Ben’s quality of narrative and presence on stage that unifies his musical influences. This past year Ben has performed at Carnegie Hall, wrote the score for the documentary film Maidentrip, toured for two weeks in Europe and returned to the United States to perform with the Charlotte Ballet. THE PORTLAND CELLO PROJECT has wowed audiences all ov...
2021-06-15
59 min
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WoodSongs 888: Victor Wainwright & The Train and Birds of Chicago
VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & THE TRAIN features the high-octane boogie piano and big soul sounds of vocalist and blues man Victor Wainwright, backed by one of the tightest smokin’ bands on the scene. Victor’s star is definitely on the rise, having won the coveted BB KING Entertainer of the Year in 2016 at Blues Music Award as well as “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” in both 2013 and 2014. With the release of ‘Boom Town’, the band’s latest record, they’re poised to ignite blues/roots fans with a sound that’s infectious and impossible to ignore. BIRDS OF CHICAGO is a col...
2021-05-25
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WoodSongs 1012: Best of WoodSongs Kids
An entire one hour radio special showcasing twenty incredible WoodSongs Kid performances that epitomizes the incredible wealth of brilliance that have graced the WoodSongs stage over the years including a young Sierra Hull jamming with her hero Sam Bush pulled from deep in our archives. That clip has gone viral several times and was included in The Sam Bush documentary released last year. Plus, kids from across North America, Ireland, Canada, Europe and more performing with Riders in the Sky, bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson, The McCrary Sisters and guitar master Tommy Emmanuel.
2021-05-17
58 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS1008: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and Heidi Newfield
MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER return to the WoodSongs Stage to celebrate their 2020 GRAMMY Winner award winning album ‘Tall Fiddler’. Cleveland is one of the premier bluegrass fiddlers of his generation and, with twelve International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Fiddle Player of the Year awards under his belt, he is one the most awarded and celebrated fiddler in the history of the music. The GRAMMY winning album is peppered with the same level of musical potency that first lit a fire in Cleveland, prompting him to form his band Flamekeeper, recently profiled in the inspiring documentary ‘Flamekeeper: The Michael Cleveland Story’. HEIDI NEWFIELD...
2020-04-20
59 min
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WS1008: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and Heidi Newfield
MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER return to the WoodSongs Stage to celebrate their 2020 GRAMMY Winner award winning album ‘Tall Fiddler’. Cleveland is one of the premier bluegrass fiddlers of his generation and, with twelve International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Fiddle Player of the Year awards under his belt, he is one the most awarded and celebrated fiddler in the history of the music. The GRAMMY winning album is peppered with the same level of musical potency that first lit a fire in Cleveland, prompting him to form his band Flamekeeper, recently profiled in the inspiring documentary ‘Flamekeeper: The Michael Cleveland Story’. HEIDI NEWFIELD...
2020-04-20
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS1007: Abe Partridge and Nora Jane Struthers
ABE PARTRIDGE sounds older than his chronological age, and there’s a very good reason for that – he’s packed a lot of living into his 37 years. This troubadour grew up in Alabama, moved to a rural enclave of Kentucky, and served with the Air Force in Qatar in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Upon his return to the states, he turned his attention to being a singer/songwriter & creator of folk art paintings. Partridge draws listeners in with a combination of southern gothic storytelling and a dark humor reminiscent of the late Townes Van Zandt – delivere...
2020-04-16
00 min
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WS1006: Ted Yoder and The Henhouse Prowlers
TED YODER is a master of the hammered dulcimer and FaceBook viral sensation. His hammered dulcimer cover of Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” became one of the most-watched Facebook Live posts in 2016 when the song received more than 101 million views from music fans around the world. Based in Goshen, Indiana, Yoder’s played the dulcimer for decades (check out the raves here) and even won America’s National Hammered Dulcimer Championship in 2010. He will be performing material from his new album ‘Lean In’. THE HENHOUSE PROWLERS are bluegrass ambassadors. Founded over 15 years ago in Chicago, IL with the simpl...
2020-04-16
00 min
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WS1005: Bill and the Belles and Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
BILL AND THE BELLES have captured the freewheeling, lighthearted approach to music that has endeared them to listeners of every generation. With a spirited sound that falls somewhere between old-time country and vaudeville, the group puts its own spin on a golden era of music, specifically the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The band’s latest singles mark a new chapter for the Johnson City, TN-based stringband: a bigger, moodier, more decade-ambiguous American sound. VALERIE SMITH & LIBERTY PIKE have developed a unique style and sound that has rocked the bluegrass world for almost two decades with a string of national and in...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS1004: Carolina Blue and Jessie Clement
CAROLINA BLUE is a Brevard, NC based band whose roots run deep in the tradition of Bill Monroe. Band members are Bobby Powell on guitar and vocals, Timmy Jones on mandolin and vocals, Reese Combs on upright bass and vocals, James McDowell on banjo and vocals, as well as American and Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion, Aynsley Porchak on fiddle, who is recipient of the 2018 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum Instrumentalist Award. The band created a palpable buzz in bluegrass in 2020 with recently signed with Nashville's Billy Blue Records for an album due out in spring. JESSIE CLEMENT distinct so...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS1003: Hawktail and Appalachian Road Show
HAWKTAIL is the instrumental acoustic quartet of fiddler Brittany Haas, bassist Paul Kowert, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie. Though at first glance it looks like an acoustic superpicker side-project, their all-original music is cohesive and unique, distinguishing them as an ensemble with a sound built from the ground up. Each member of Hawktail brings a strong individuality to the project. Haas, whose 2004 self-titled release instantly became the touchstone for a generation of old-time fiddlers, has since lent her sound to Crooked Still, Live From Here, Steve Martin, and David Rawlings, where she played alongside Kowert, well known as...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS1002: Michael Lee and The Resonant Rogues
MICHAEL LEE is a Fort Worth based Blues artist. He was featured as a contestant for the 2018 Season of The Voice and has been the featured artist w/ The BB King’s Blues Band this past year including their WoodSongs appearance. Raised around blues music his entire life, Michael spent the majority of his young life in blues clubs receiving an ivy league education from watching and playing with blues legends such as Andrew "Jr Boy" Jones (Freddie King), Buddy Whittington (John Mayall), Lucky Peterson (Willie Dixon). On nights he was not in the blues clubs he was down in th...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS1001: Fast Track and Kyle Dillingham
KYLE DILLINGHAM, of Oklahoma City, started playing the violin when he was nine. While still in high school, Dillingham was featured twice on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry and had performed with legends Roy Clark and Hank Thompson. Dillingham has taken his music to 37 countries earning him the title of “Oklahoma’s Musical Ambassador” and wrapped up his 2019 Silk Road and The Fiddle Sister State Tour through China marking his 13th trip there. He also made his Grand Ole Opry debut in July. FAST TRACK is new bluegrass super group following the recent announcement of the retirement of long time Cardinal...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS1000: Riders In The Sky
RIDERS IN THE SKY have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre for over thirty years. And while remaining true to the integrity of Western music, they have themselves become modern-day icons by branding the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, and all along encouraging buckaroos and buckarettes to live life "The Cowboy Way!" Riders In The Sky are stars of the stage, screen, the Grand Ol' Opry, National Public Radio, XM Satellite Radio, Saturday morning TV, and are...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS999: Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers and Gumbo, Grits & Gravy
JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS are at the top of their game. Celebrating their 10th year as a professional touring band, JMRR won the coveted “Entertainer of the Year” Award at the 30th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards; this is the band’s first win – and first nomination – in this category. In addition, JMRR won "Collaborative Recording of the Year" for "The Guitar Song" with special guest, Del McCoury. They have been seen by thousands of fans across the continent through performances at a vast array of venues including the National Folk Festival, Bluegrass Underground, Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman, and regula...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS998: Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley and Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
ROB ICKES AND TREY HENSLEY are a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene. Rob is a 15-time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Dobro Player of the Year and Trey a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy who made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11. White-hot picking and stone country vocals are still the driving force of the duo, but now with added grit and a nod to the rootsier side of Americana. Their new Compass Records album is ‘World Full of Blues’. LARRY CAMPBELL & TERESA WILLIAMS have been called “The First Couple of Americana” (Mojo). Multi-instrumentalist-singer-songwriter Larry Ca...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS996: Michael Martin Murphey and Mihoko Goto
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY is one of the most revered and accomplished singer songwriters of his generation. Considered as “America’s Cowboy” because of his work to preserve the music and lifestyle of the west, he is also a prolific artist. From his his songs WILDFIRE and GERONIMO’S CADILLAC, CAROLINIA IN THE PINES and more his music has crossed all boundries from pop to rock, bluegrass to folk and more. MIHOKO GOTO is one of the leading accordionists in Japan, whose unique sound and performing style is highly praised both at home and abroad. Mihoko started playing the piano at the age...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS995: Darin & Brooke Aldridge and Stephanie Urbina Jones
DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE combine rich harmonies with impeccable musicianship to create the unmistakable sound that has made them one of the hottest young acts in acoustic music. Darin spent 6 years as a member of the acclaimed County Gentleman and is a highly sought-after multi-instrumentalist. Brooke has been lauded for having one of the most powerful voices in music of any genre is the reigning IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year. The North Carolina duo will be performing songs from ’Inner Journey’, their debut album on Rounder Records. STEPHANIE URBINA JONES is well-known for celebrating her Hispanic heritage through her music, whic...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS994: Folk Legacy Trio and Chance McCoy
THE FOLK LEGACY TRIO are George Grove and Rick Dougherty formerly with the Kingston Trio and Jerry Siggins, former lead singer of The Diamonds. These three men have been involved with the music of the great Folk Era since it's very beginning sharing stages stages with the best known names with musical icons like Peter Paul & Mary, Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, The Limeliters, The New Christy Minstrels, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Mamas & The Papas, John Sebastian, Josh White Jr, Glenn Yarbrough, Pete Seeger and more. It is a journey through the Great American Folksong Booky with their signature dynamic...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS993: The Kingston Trio and Allie Colleen
THE KINGSTON TRIO began with Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane and Dave Guard in 1955… Home base: San Francisco. The three founded what turned out to be the most influential music band to emerge from the 1950s, only to be outdone by The Beatles. With talent and tenacity, they rose to become the undisputed kings of an acoustic musical genre that exploded onto the American scene, and still exists today. Celebrating the group’s more than 60 years of entertaining audiences, all three current members, Mike Marvin, Tim Gorelangton and Don Marovich have intrinsic links to and experience with the original group. ALLIE COLL...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS992: Ukulele Celebration
From it's humble origins in Hawaii to becoming a worldwide phenomenon, the ukulele is having a global revival thanks to artists like Jake Shimabukuro, Emi Sunshine and more. It was a favorite instrument of George Harrison and Eddie Vedder called it "an activist instrument." On this WoodSongs, we'll be exploring the many styles, sounds and stories of the uke with musicians from across the country. EMISUNSHINE has been attracting national attention since she was nine years old with appearances on “The Today Show,” NBC’s “Little Big Shots,” “Pickler & Ben,” the Grand Ole Opry and elsewhere. Rolling Stone named 15-year-old EmiSunshine am...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS991: Jug Band Celebration
Jug bands got their name from using instruments that were either homemade or household items such as a jug. Beginnings in the South in the 19th century, with origins in Louisville, KY, they were made up predominately of African-American musicians and were in their heyday from the 1890s to the Great Depression. Playing a mixture of blues, ragtime, and jazz, jug bands were some of the first musicians to record and a key contributor to the evolution of blues and early rock and roll. The folk revival in the 60's launched a second wave of jug-band music and it continues...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS990: Janiva Magness
JANIVA MAGNESS has traveled millions of miles, sung on thousands of club and festival stages, and made a string of recordings that have earned accolades and awards. She is only the second woman, following blues giant Koko Taylor, to receive the Blues Foundation's B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award. NEW BOOK and ALBUM: This Grammy nominated artist now tells her dramatic, miraculous and deeply moving story about a life worth living with her memior 'Weeds Like Us'. On the this Special Event Broadcast of WoodSongs, Janiva will be read and discuss her book plus perform with her full...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS989: The BB King Blues Band
THE BB KING BLUES BAND are the men who walked alongside the iconic bluesman for over 35 years. The band writes the next chapter, on an album that salutes King’s classic songs and showcases their own. Boasting several world-class songwriters in their ranks, ‘The Soul Of The King’ finds the lineup supplying material that stands alongside their late leader’s catalogue. The B.B. King Blues Band are thrilled to announce B.B. Kings daughter, Claudette King (vocals) and Michael Lee from The Voice (guitar & vocals) will be appearing with them for this Special Event broadcast taping of WoodSongs. WoodSongs Kid: Six...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS988: Davina & the Vagabonds and Boylan & Mathias
DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS shows are filled with New Orleans charm, Memphis soul swagger and dark theatrical moments. Davina has been compared to Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday and even Betty Boop, but comparisons don’t suffice. Sowers is a true original. ‘Sugar Drops’ is her first album on Red House Records and marks the first time this Minneapolis-based artist entered a proper studio to record an album. It’s a distillation of bluesy barroom baritone and bravado, graveyard jazz grooves, and noir-ish confessional lyricism backed by boisterous piano, guitar, and strings, the music actualizes. TURLACH BOYLAN and DAVE...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS987: Nick Moss Band and Joan Shelley
NICK MOSS BAND featuring DENNIS GRUENLING have been on a winning streak since 2016 when the blues guitar virtuoso and and harmonica wizard joined forces. Their self-made lucky streak continued into early 2019, when down-and-dirty guitarist Moss – a 30-year veteran of Chicago’s take-no-prisoners rough and tumble West and South Side blues clubs – won the Blues Music Award (BMA) for Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year. Gruenling, one on the hottest players on the scene today, took the BMA for Best Instrumentalist – Harmonica. And now, with the odds heavily in their favor, they unleash their dynamic new album, ‘Lucky Guy!’ on Alligator Re...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS982: Danny Burns and Reed Turchi
DANNY BURNS is a red-headed, storytelling, hard-touring Irishman whose own voice is just as evocative as his songwriting. He grew up in the Irish county of Donegal surrounded by singers and instrumentalists receiving a first-class education in Irish folk music along the way. He kicked off his career as a traveling folksinger, logging shows on both sides of the Atlantic. He's been on the road ever since, sharpening a sound that mixes the folk traditions of his native Ireland with diverse American influences. ‘North Country’ is Danny’s new collaborative album filled with appearances by icons like Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS981: Queen Bee & The Honeylovers and Jamie Drake
QUEEN BEE & THE HONEYLOVERS is an unabashedly joyful swing band that performs legends who first defined the genre. The Honeylovers hail from Asheville, North Carolina; a Historic township where tradition collides with contemporary innovation to create *brand new* art and culture. Their arrangements are upbeat and nostalgic - with enough ‘sweetness’ for the whole hive. Vocal-driven with an infectious groove, the Honeylovers are guaranteed to put a grin on your face and a tap in your toes. JAMIE DRAKE is one of LA’s best-kept musical secrets co-writing and collaborating with the likes of Jim James, Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco), Peter Yarrow...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS980: Jimmie Vaughan
JIMMIE VAUGHAN has dedicated his life to making sure the blues not only stays alive, but remains full of life and an inspiration to all who listen. For the past 50-something years, music has been the guiding light for Vaughan. He started playing young, and when the blues of Freddie King and Frankie Lee Sims crawled deep inside his young soul, it would stay there forever. After worldwide success with the Fabulous Thunderbirds during the ’80s, it came time to leave that band and build his own path in exploring different approaches to the blues.’Baby, Please Come Home’, is a roll...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS978: Celebrating the Music of Kentucky
NEWTOWN features the first-rate vocal and instrumental work of five of the finest musicians in acoustic music who share a bond that combines individual virtuosity with a background of formal training. The band is based in Lexington, Kentucky and fronted by award-winning vocalist/fiddler Kati Penn Williams and her singer/banjo-picker husband, Jr. Williams. They are joined by the extraordinary talents of guitarist/vocalist Hayes Griffin, mandolinist Mitchell Cannon, and bassist/vocalist Travis Anderson – all who have college education backgrounds in music in addition to their collective decades of performing experience. The band’s newest album is ‘Harlan Road’. LARK WATTS is...
2020-03-20
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS977: Laurie Lewis and Nefesh Mountain
LAURIE LEWIS is internationally renowned as a singer, songwriter, fiddler, bandleader, producer and educator. This Grammy Award-winning musician was a founding member of the Good Ol’ Persons and the Grant Street String Band and has performed and recorded since 1986 with her musical partner, mandolinist Tom Rozum. Laurie has twice been voted “Female Vocalist of the Year” by the International Bluegrass Music Association and has won the respect and admiration of her peers. Her latest album with her band the Right Hands ‘The Hazel and Alice Sessions’, was nominated for the Best Bluegrass Recording Grammy in 2017. NEFESH MOUNTAIN is the place where Amer...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS976: Gary Morris and Jason Coleman & Meagan Taylor
GARY MORRIS is known world-wide for his vocal mastery. His recording career garnered five #1 and 16 Top 10 singles, including “Why Lady Why,” “The Love She Found in Me,” “Baby Bye Bye.” Morris’ original rendition of the classic “Wind Beneath My Wings” won both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music “Song of the Year” awards. Morris was also named Billboard’s “Male Artist of the Year” early in his career. At the height of his Nashville recording career, the Texas-bred tenor was tapped to play the lead role of Jean Valjean in Broadway’s epic hit Les Misérables, to critical acclaim. ‘Sense of...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS975: Watermelon Slim and Lovers Leap
WATERMELON SLIM has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. He is one of the most authentic bluesman in the world today. Born in Boston, raised in Ashville, NC, a Vietnam Veteran, fisherman, baseball fan, truck driver, currently farms watermelons in his home state of Oklahoma, Slim taught himself upside-down left-handed slide guitar on a $5 balsawood model using a triangle pick cut from a rusty coffee can top and his Army issued Zippo. He’s garnered over 20 Blues Music Award nominations. His latest album is ‘Church of the Blues.’ LOVERS LEAP is a roots music supergroup from Hot Spring...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS974: The Chuck Wagon Gang and The Small Glories
THE CHUCK WAGON GANG has entered its 75th year of singing the old songs, and singing them the way 'Dad Carter' taught his kids. A simple style, yet distinctive sound, is credited with helping preserve the legacy of the music so many love. Over the years, the group has managed to record well over 800 songs, and sell 40 million records worldwide. ‘The Legacy Lives On’ is documentary film that aired on PBS a few years ago that explores the history, legacy, and contemporary relevance of the Gang in America’s Gospel Singers. The band’s latest project is a tribute to The Cart...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS973: Shane Hennessy and Al, Alice & Ruth
SHANE HENNESSY is a virtuoso guitarist, composer, and songwriter from Ireland. Known for his unique virtuosic approach to the acoustic guitar, his musical style has won praise from musical giants Nile Rodgers of CHIC and guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel, with whom Shane has shared the stage. At the young age of twenty-five, Shane has sold out a solo concert in the National Concert Hall, released two highly praised albums, has worked with Bill Whelan (composer of Riverdance) and has done extensive international touring across Europe, The United States, and Russia. Shane will be premiering material from new album set for...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS972: Si Kahn & Friends
SI KAHN is a folk, bluegrass and roots music legend, once described as “a rumor in his own time.” At 75 years old, he is at the peak of his powers as performer, songwriter, recording artist and playwright. His songs of family, community, love, work and freedom have been recorded and performed by hundreds of artists in North America and Europe. For 52 years, he’s worked professionally as a civil rights, labor and community organizer. On this Special Event Broadcast of WoodSongs, we are honoring this American Folk legend. Guests appearing with Si:THE LOOPING BROTHERS are a German bluegrass trio that h...
2020-03-20
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS971: Baby Gramps and Lula Wiles
BABY GRAMPS is an energetic humorously entertaining performer with an endless repertoire. He plays a National Steel guitar, and sings his own unique arrangements of rags, jazz, & blues from the 20's & 30's, and many originals with wordplay, humor, and throat singing. According to an article in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, Baby Gramps is acknowledged as one of the top 50 most influential musicians in the last 100 years. This past year Baby Gramps was asked to be part of three films. LULA WILES is the trio made up of Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland, and Mali Obomsawin and came of age in Boston, in...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS970: Scott Mulvahill and New Reveille
SCOTT MULVAHILL is a world-renowned upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist,frontman and singer-songwriter. For the past decade, Mulvahill has left his unique mark on the intersecting worlds of Americana, bluegrass, folk, jazz, rock & roll, and roots music. Already acclaimed for his work alongside icons like Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, he turns a new page with ‘Himalayas’, a versatile solo album that celebrates the full spread of his abilities. NEW REVEILLE is a Raleigh, North Carolina Americana band whose distinctive talents find common ground in traditions that stretch back to and beyond early America. On that foundation, through their varied gifts, they buil...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS969: Sugaray Rayford and Liz Brasher
SUGARAY RAYFORD is a Texas-born soul blues singer nominated for two blues music awards in 2019 including B.B. King Entertainer of the Year. Possessing a magnetic personality, and an old school vocal style that echoes Muddy Waters, Otis Redding and Teddy Pendergrass, Rayford is also a stellar dancer with moves reminiscent of the Legendary James Brown. ‘Somebody Save Me’ on Forty Below Records is an ambitious album that slides gracefully between the new blues of Gary Clarke Jr. and Fantastic Negrito, the rock & soul stylings of The War & Treaty and the vintage Daptones soul of the late Charles Bradley and Shar...
2020-03-20
00 min
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WS1001: Fast Track and Kyle Dillingham
KYLE DILLINGHAM, of Oklahoma City, started playing the violin when he was nine. While still in high school, Dillingham was featured twice on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry and had performed with legends Roy Clark and Hank Thompson. Dillingham has taken his music to 37 countries earning him the title of “Oklahoma’s Musical Ambassador” and wrapped up his 2019 Silk Road and The Fiddle Sister State Tour through China marking his 13th trip there. He also made his Grand Ole Opry debut in July. FAST TRACK is new bluegrass super group following the recent announcement of the retirement of long time Cardinal...
2020-03-02
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS995: Darin & Brooke Aldridge and Stephanie Urbina Jones
DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE combine rich harmonies with impeccable musicianship to create the unmistakable sound that has made them one of the hottest young acts in acoustic music. Darin spent 6 years as a member of the acclaimed County Gentleman and is a highly sought-after multi-instrumentalist. Brooke has been lauded for having one of the most powerful voices in music of any genre is the reigning IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year. The North Carolina duo will be performing songs from ’Inner Journey’, their debut album on Rounder Records. STEPHANIE URBINA JONES is well-known for celebrating her Hispanic heritage through her music, whic...
2019-12-23
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS991: Jug Band Celebration
Jug bands got their name from using instruments that were either homemade or household items such as a jug. Beginnings in the South in the 19th century, with origins in Louisville, KY, they were made up predominately of African-American musicians and were in their heyday from the 1890s to the Great Depression. Playing a mixture of blues, ragtime, and jazz, jug bands were some of the first musicians to record and a key contributor to the evolution of blues and early rock and roll. The folk revival in the 60's launched a second wave of jug-band music and it continues...
2019-11-25
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS989: The BB King Blues Band
THE BB KING BLUES BAND are the men who walked alongside the iconic bluesman for over 35 years. The band writes the next chapter, on an album that salutes King’s classic songs and showcases their own. Boasting several world-class songwriters in their ranks, ‘The Soul Of The King’ finds the lineup supplying material that stands alongside their late leader’s catalogue. The B.B. King Blues Band are thrilled to announce B.B. Kings daughter, Claudette King (vocals) and Michael Lee from The Voice (guitar & vocals) will be appearing with them for this Special Event broadcast taping of WoodSongs. WoodSongs Kid: Six...
2019-11-11
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS978: Celebrating the Music of Kentucky
NEWTOWN features the first-rate vocal and instrumental work of five of the finest musicians in acoustic music who share a bond that combines individual virtuosity with a background of formal training. The band is based in Lexington, Kentucky and fronted by award-winning vocalist/fiddler Kati Penn Williams and her singer/banjo-picker husband, Jr. Williams. They are joined by the extraordinary talents of guitarist/vocalist Hayes Griffin, mandolinist Mitchell Cannon, and bassist/vocalist Travis Anderson – all who have college education backgrounds in music in addition to their collective decades of performing experience. The band’s newest album is ‘Harlan Road’. LARK WATTS is...
2019-08-26
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS972: Si Kahn & Friends
SI KAHN is a folk, bluegrass and roots music legend, once described as “a rumor in his own time.” At 75 years old, he is at the peak of his powers as performer, songwriter, recording artist and playwright. His songs of family, community, love, work and freedom have been recorded and performed by hundreds of artists in North America and Europe. For 52 years, he’s worked professionally as a civil rights, labor and community organizer. On this Special Event Broadcast of WoodSongs, we are honoring this American Folk legend. Guests appearing with Si:THE LOOPING BROTHERS are a German bluegrass trio that h...
2019-07-15
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS968: Cherish the Ladies and Tim O'Brien Band
CHERISH THE LADIES are the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American super group that formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of women in what had been a male-dominated Irish music scene. The group has since toured the world, played the White House and the Olympics, recorded 17 outstanding albums including a live recording, “An Irish Homecoming,” which was simultaneously videotaped for a Public Television Special that aired across America and won an Emmy. Under the leadership of All-Ireland flute and whistle champion Joanie Madden, named by The Irish Voice Newspaper as one of the Top 25 most influential Irish Americans of the...
2019-05-22
00 min
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WS967: Catherine Britt and Lockwood Barr
CATHERINE BRITT is an award winning Australian singer/songwriter. Raised in regional Australia (Gunnedah, NSW), Catherine made the move to the home of country music at just 17 years old after recording her debut album, which garnered the attention of Elton John and RCA Records. The critical acclaim for her albums and reputation as a performer has seen Catherine tour and perform with some of the biggest names in music, including Sir Elton John, Don McLean, Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, and more. Her recent album, ‘Catherine Britt & The Cold Cold Hearts’, is an album that rattles and rolls with life, energy and...
2019-05-22
00 min
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WS963: Roan Yellowthorn and Chelsea Williams
ROAN YELLOWTHORN front woman Jackie McLean, accompanied by producer and multi-instrumentalist Shawn Strack, delivers ethereal indie-rock songs with a singer/songwriter heart. Musically, they are a combo of pop, indie rock and folk featuring Jackie's poetic lyrics backed by Shawn's exquisite mastery of keys, strings and more. Her skills as as a poignant storyteller is fitting, she grew up around music and songwriting being the daughter of legendary 1970's singer-songwriter Don McLean. They recently released ‘Indigo’, their first full-length album, on Blue Élan Records. CHELSEA WILLIAMS made a name for herself as a musician in Los Angeles in a less than...
2019-05-22
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS961: Appalatin and Zoe Speaks
APPALATIN’s foot-stomping, hip-swinging sounds organically unite Appalachian folk and high-energy Latin music. The name, Appalatin, reflects the unexpected meeting in Louisville, KY of Kentucky-raised musicians and masterful Latin émigrés from Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Their all-acoustic performances of traditional stings of guitar, mandolin, upright bass, and charango, indigenous Andean flutes, hand percussion, harmonica and vocal harmonies have brought joy and happiness to listeners of all ages. ZOE SPEAKS consists of Kentuckians Mitch Barrett, Carla Gover, and their daughter Zoey Barrett, along with bassist Owen Reynolds and multi-instrumentalist Arlo Barnette, who draw on their deep roots in the Eastern Kent...
2019-05-22
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS959: The Steel Wheels and Connla
THE STEEL WHEELS hail from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are familiar with the traditions of folk music and how a string band is supposed to sound. In fact, they’ve been drawing on those steadfast traditions for more than a decade. Yet, their name also evokes a sense of forward motion. Their musical style weaves through Americana and bluegrass, folk and old-time music, and the acoustic poetry of the finest singer-songwriters. CONNLA have been quickly making an impact on the folk/traditional scene. Labelled as the Hottest New Group out of Northern Ireland, they have received fantastic reviews at...
2019-05-22
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS958: Muriel Anderson and Sister Sadie
MURIEL ANDERSON is one of the world’s foremost fingerstyle guitarists and harp-guitarists. She is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and has performed/recorded with Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Victor Wooten and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. Her obvious joy of music, humor and her facility across the genres of folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass and international music is revered by guitarists worldwide. Muriel is host of the renowned Muriel Anderson’s ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT® and founder of the MUSIC FOR LIFE ALLIANCE charity. Her current project is ‘Eclipse’ a CD of harp-guitar music to evoke the...
2019-05-22
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS952: Smithsonian Folkways Celebration
On this Special Event Broadcast of WoodSongs, we’re honoring one of the most important legacy’s in all of recorded music… Smithsonian Folkways in celebration of their 70th anniversary. As Michael Johnathon notes, “Smithsonian Folkways is the musical treasure box of America's roots music. It is Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly and Big Bill Broonzy. It's what WoodSongs aspires to be. Our show was even based on Pete's old TV series Rainbow Quest. It's like WoodSongs is coming full circle as we present the great work of Smithsonian Folkways to a worldwide audience.” Appearing on the broadcast will be th...
2019-05-22
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS947: Ukulele Night!
From it's humble origins in Hawaii to becoming a worldwide phenomenon, the ukulele is having a global revival. On this Special broadcast WoodSongs, we'll be exploring the many styles, sounds and stories of the uke with musicians from across the country including: "The Tennessee Ukulele Lady" Kelle Jolly, young, dynamic sister duo from Columbia, Missouri The Burney Sisters, Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Andrew Molina, a wholly unique father-daughter musical duo The Barnkickers and 11-year-old WoodSongs Kid Ian Shaw.
2019-05-22
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS952: Smithsonian Folkways Celebration
On this Special Event Broadcast of WoodSongs, we’re honoring one of the most important legacy’s in all of recorded music… Smithsonian Folkways in celebration of their 70th anniversary. As Michael Johnathon notes, “Smithsonian Folkways is the musical treasure box of America's roots music. It is Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly and Big Bill Broonzy. It's what WoodSongs aspires to be. Our show was even based on Pete's old TV series Rainbow Quest. It's like WoodSongs is coming full circle as we present the great work of Smithsonian Folkways to a worldwide audience.” Appearing on the broadcast will be th...
2019-02-04
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS947: Ukulele Night!
From it's humble origins in Hawaii to becoming a worldwide phenomenon, the ukulele is having a global revival. On this Special broadcast WoodSongs, we'll be exploring the many styles, sounds and stories of the uke with musicians from across the country including: "The Tennessee Ukulele Lady" Kelle Jolly, young, dynamic sister duo from Columbia, Missouri The Burney Sisters, Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Andrew Molina, a wholly unique father-daughter musical duo The Barnkickers and 11-year-old WoodSongs Kid Ian Shaw.
2018-12-31
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS916: Roots Music Summit Spectacular
This Special Event broadcast of WoodSongs is a massive roots music spectacular featuring all amazing WOODSONGS KIDS from around the nation plus special guests from the Folk Alli-ance, Blues Foundation, the IBMA and SongFarmers to explain what each organization does and how interested musicians can benefit from their grassroots work. Musicians performing on the broadcasts include: 16-years-old guitar prodigy DAVID JULIA performing with blues legend BOB MARGOLIN, Indian American Tennessee siblings and award-winning multi-instrumentalists GIRI & UMA PETERS, Grand Master Fiddle champion IVY PHILLIPS with renowned Nashville musician DEANIE RICHARDSON and the youngest national thumb pick-ing champion in history PARKER HASTINGS
2018-06-18
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS916: Roots Music Summit Spectacular
This Special Event broadcast of WoodSongs is a massive roots music spectacular featuring all amazing WOODSONGS KIDS from around the nation plus special guests from the Folk Alli-ance, Blues Foundation, the IBMA and SongFarmers to explain what each organization does and how interested musicians can benefit from their grassroots work. Musicians performing on the broadcasts include: 16-years-old guitar prodigy DAVID JULIA performing with blues legend BOB MARGOLIN, Indian American Tennessee siblings and award-winning multi-instrumentalists GIRI & UMA PETERS, Grand Master Fiddle champion IVY PHILLIPS with renowned Nashville musician DEANIE RICHARDSON and the youngest national thumb pick-ing champion in history PARKER HASTINGS.
2018-06-11
00 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS915: Tommy Emmanuel
TOMMY EMMANUEL is a virtuoso guitarist from Australia who has completely stormed the world of guitar playing … mesmerizing audiences in sold out theaters all over the world. The WoodSongs audience needs little introduction to arguably the finest guitar player of his genera-tion as he returns to our broadcast celebrating a brilliant new album ‘Accomplice One’. It’s an album full of incredible duets that showcases his love of many styles. WoodSongs Kid: Bryce Paubel is a sixteen-year-old guitar player from Highland, Illinois who’s biggest guitar hero is Tommy Emmanuel. The two perform together on a duet that Tommy and Chet Atkin...
2018-06-11
59 min
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS915: Tommy Emmanuel
TOMMY EMMANUEL is a virtuoso guitarist from Australia who has completely stormed the world of guitar playing … mesmerizing audiences in sold out theaters all over the world. The WoodSongs audience needs little introduction to arguably the finest guitar player of his genera-tion as he returns to our broadcast celebrating a brilliant new album ‘Accomplice One’. It’s an album full of incredible duets that showcases his love of many styles. WoodSongs Kid: Bryce Paubel is a sixteen-year-old guitar player from Highland, Illinois who’s biggest guitar hero is Tommy Emmanuel. The two perform together on a duet that Tommy and Chet Atkin...
2018-06-11
00 min