Madison Violet

Madison Violet will be live on WSPN Sunday, May 1st following their Saturday evening performance at Caffe Lena. Great new cd!! Check them out as well!

Emily Hurd

My pal, Emily Hurd, had one of her tunes featured on a recent episode of NCIS. Check out her website for the details and a listen!!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Nice show this morning. I highlighted Kate Campbell's music in one of my segments because she had an upcoming "spur-of-the-moment" show at Skidmore College on Monday, April 18!

Cosy Sheridan - Grand Design/Grand Design

Rhonda Vincent - On Solid Ground/The Storm Still Rages

Urban Monroes - You don't Have to Move that Mountain/Acoustic Rainbow Bluegrass

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Lie Away/Paper Airplane

Gibson Brothers - Safe Passage/Help My Brother

Palmer Divide - Voices of Home/Acoustic Rainbow Bluegrass

Kruger Brothers - Appalachian Mist/Forever & a Day

Donna Ulisse - The Walls Cry/When I Look BackKate Campbell - Bury Me in Bluegrass/Songs from the Levee

Kate CAmpbell - New South/Monument

Kate Campbell - Looking for Jesus/Save the Day

Kate Campbell - Miles of Blues/Blues & Lamentations

Kate Campbell - Faces of the Water/For the Living of These DaysAbbie Gardner - It's You/Hope

Ari & Mia - Hundreds of Ways/Unruly Heart

Joel Mabus - The Lost Shall be Redeemed/No Worries Now

Lydia Adams Davis - Lie to Me/Take Me Back

Andrew & Noah Van Norstrand - Jetstream/All the Good Summers

Sparky & Rhonda Rucker - Space that You Left Behind/One Earth

David Williams - Chocolate Bar/Chocolate Bar

Zoe Muth & the Lost HIgh Rollers - Harvest Moon Blues/Starlight Hotel

Phil Henry - Dig Your Way Out/Robots & Romance

Mark Dvorak - Two Little Boys/Time Ain't Got Nothin' on Me

Heather Styka - Lonely/Travel & Teacups

Joe Crookston - Darkling & the Blue Bird Jubilee/Darkling & the Blue Bird Jubilee

Vance Gilbert - It's Been a Long Time Coming/Angels Castles Covers

Natalia Zuckerman - Brand New Frame/Brand New Frame

Peter Mayer - Singing a Song/Heaven Below

David Wilcox - End of the World (Again)/Reverie

Pesky J. Nixon - Day By Day/Monkey Business & Mislaid Hopes

The Kennedys - Live/Half a Million Miles

The Laws - Let's Pretend/Another Road

Amy Speace - Manila Street/Land LIke a Bird

Eliza Gilkyson - Blue Moon NIght/Roses at the End of Tine

Jimmy LaFave - Never is a Moment/Will Taylor & Strings Attached

Nanci Griffith - I Love This Town/Hearts & Mind

Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Feel Lucky/Come On Come On

Lyle Lovett - Cute as a Bug/My Baby Don't Tolerate

Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed/Electric Dirt

Buddy Miller - Is That You/Universal United House of Prayer

John Fogerty - Creedence Song/Revival

Jorma Kaukonen - Fur Peace Rag/Stars in My Crown

Phil Henry

It was so great to see Phil Henry (Rutland, VT) as one of the finalists in the 2011 Grassy Hill New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. All finalists will perform on May 28th and 29th at Kerrville and winners will return on June 5th for the winners show. Best of luck to a truly talented songwriter!!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Cosy Sheridan - Grand Design/Grand Design

Kane, Welch, Kaplan - I Can't Wait/Lost John Dean

Eliza Gilkyson - Wildewood Spring/Beautiful World

Buddy & Judy Miller - Don't Say Goodbye/Written in Chalk

Abbie Gardner - Hope/Hope

Wailin' Jennys - Across the Sea/Bright Morning Stars

Carter & Grammer - Ordinary Town/Drum Hat Buddha

Dave Rawlings Machine - Monkey & the Engineer/A friend of a Friend

John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves/John Prine in Person and ON Stage

Lyle Lovett - She's No Lady/Pontiac

Alison Krauss & Union Station - On the Outside Looking In/Paper Airplane

Kruger Brothers - A Warm Evening Breeze/Forever and a Day

Gibson Brothers - Walkin' WEst to Memphis/Help My Brother

Rhonda Vincent - Jesus Built a Brudge to Heaven/All American Bluegrass Girl

Steve Martin & Steep Canyon Rangers - Jubilation Day/Acoustic Rainbow Bluegrass

Eilen Jewell - One of Those Days/Sea of Tears - Signature Sounds

Bob Warren - Voices/Bob Warren

Vance Gilbert - The Front Porch Song/Unfamiliar Moon

Brooks Williams - The Time I Spend with You/The Time I Spend with You

Leandra Peak - Kentucky Babe/The Honeysuckle Vine

In-studio interview with Michael Jerling. He sang I'm a Kite and another great tune (which I neglected to note the title)...and played from his most recent cd.

Michael Jerling - North Country Jukebox/Music Here Tonight

Michael Jerling - Bush League Hero/Music Here Tonight

Tim Grimm - So it Goes/Farm Songs

Chuck Brodsky - The Ballad of Eddie Klepp/Letters in the Dirt

Dennis Crommitt - HIgh Cotton/In the Buffalo Surround

Paul Simon - Dazzling Blue/So Beautiful or So What

The Subdudes - Next to Me/Behind the Levee

Pesky J. Nixon - Who Will Love You?/Monkey Business & Mislaid Hopes

Paul Simon - Rewrite/So Beautiful or So What

Del Rey - Going Back to New Orleans/When the Levee Breaks

Les Sampou - Chinatown/Sweet Perfume

Bonnie Raitt - Sugar Mamma/A Collection

Eric Bibb - Diamond Days/Diamond Days

Jorma Kaukonen - Fur Peace Rag/Stars in My Crown - Red House

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Cosy Sheridan - Grand Design/Grand Design

Donna Ulise - I'm Calling Heaven Down/When I Look Back

Sierra Hull - I'll Always be Waiting for You/Daybreak - Rounder

Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys - Mind Over Matter/So Far So Good

Gibson Brothers - Talk to Me/Help My Brother - Compass

Bruce Hornsby - Darlin' Corey/Big Mon - Skaggs Family

Del McCoury - B Natural/Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza

Elton John & Earl Scruggs - Country Comfort/Earl Scruggs & Friends - MCA

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Trampled Rose/Genuine Negro Jig

John Hartford - Turn Your Radio On/Aereoplain

Ari & Mia - Open Field/Unruly Heart

Abigail Washburn - The Ballad of Treason/City of Refuge - Rounder

Blame Sally - Bird in Hand/Speeding Ticket and a Valentine - Ninth St. Opus

Red Molly - Jezebel/James

Patti Casey - Wander On, WEary Soul/The Heart of a Waiting Boy

Kathy Mattea - Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia/Best of Woodsongs #3

Roger McGuinn - Alabama Bound/Treasures from the Folk Den - Appleseed

Dana & Sue Robinson - Sycamore Tea/Big Mystery - Threshold Music

Mike Agranoff - The Wine Song/Ain't Never Been Plugged

Mustard's REtreat - My Candle Burns/Living in the Dream

Bob Warren - Pitiful Man/Bob Warren

Millie O'Brien & Rich Moore - Saints & Sinners/Saints & Sinners

Michael Jerling - NOrth Country Jukebox/Live at Caffe Lena

Don White - I Know What Love Is/Best of Don White

Heather Styka - The Ocean/Travel & Teacups

Cosy Sheridan - the Pomegranate Seed/The Pomegranate Seed

Grant Peeples - Last Great Buffalo Hunt/Okra & Ecclesiastes

Hot Tuna - Children of Zion/Steady as She Goes - Red House

Eric Clapton - Rocking Chair/Clapton

Ray Bonneville - Cemetery Road/Goin' By Feel - Red House

Hot Tuna - Vicksburg Stomp/Vicksburg Stomp

Mccoury & Earle - Graveyard Shift/The Mountain

Chris Smither - Leave the LIght On/Leave the Light On

Les Copeland - What's Your Name/Don't Let theDevil In - Earwig

Miss Tess - Darling Oh Darling/Darling Oh Darling

Ray LaMontagne - ou Can Bring Me Flowers

Ellis Paul - Walking AFter Midnight/Change/The DayAfter Everything Changed

Dala - Stand in Awe/Everyone is Someone - Campus Music

Lori McKenna - All I Ever Do/Lorraine

TR Ritchie - Stumble INto Grace/Wild Horses - Apex Records

Erica Wheeler - Lucky in Love/Good Summer Rain

Vance Gilbert - Unfamiliar Moon/Unfamiliar Moon

Eddie From Ohio - Operator/Three Rooms

Jorma Kaukonen - Fur Peace Rag/Stars in My Crown