Homespun
Saturdays from 6pm - 7pm
'Homespun' is a program that focuses on the "traditional" side of music, although that can stretch from very old 78 rpm reissues to the contemporary music of today. Host Tom Ball says there are only two kinds of music: good music and bad music, and he strives to focus on the good each week!
Latest Episodes
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This week on Homespun, the blues get some love as represented by Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and the Big Three Trio! We also hear new music from The Grascals plus Chris Jones and the Nightdrivers, and we finish off with the Bros. Landreth.
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…Homespun this week covers some early recordings of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrrard, Al Jones and Frank Necessary, plus the legendary Skaggs & Rice. We’ll also hear the Irish tin whistle of Mary Bergin and the songs of Dick Gaughan!
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…On the next edition of Homespun, we’ll catch some new sounds from Kenny & Amanda Smith, Darcy Wilkin, and a recording from Rodney Crowell that sat on the shelf for 10 years! We’ll also go Honky Tonkin’ with Webb Pierce , Carl Smith , Lefty Frizell, and the Possum himself, George Jones!
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…Homespun this week gives us new music from Wood Box Heroes in tribute to the Delmore Brothers, and a hot new Instrumental from fiddler Andy Leftwich. We’ll also go down south with Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, and up north to British Columbia, Canada with Pharis & Jason Romero!
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As the days get shorter and leaves begin to fall, we sample the new sounds of Daryl Mosley, The Grascals, plus Kenny & Amanda Smith on Homespun this week! We also get the blues with Son House and Paul Butterfield, and hear the story of Elvis Presley’s Blues from Gillian Welch & David Rawlings.
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…Homespun this week gives us new music from fiddler Andy Lewftwich and North Carolina’s Unspoken Tradition. We swing just a bit with The Tobacco Tags, Ann Savoy, and Don Stiernberg, and we celebrate the 10th Anniversary release of the album “Undercurrent” by Sarah Jarosz!
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This edition on Homespun finds us with our fundraising hat on! If you can, please make a donation at 800-999-5656 or online at WCMU.ORG! Thank you!
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…Homespun this week celebrates the life of singer, songwriter, actress, entertainer Dolly Parton . We’ll spin tracks from Dolly as well as others who recorded her songs: The Lynn Morris Band, Linda Ronstadt, Mindy Smith , The Trio, and much more.
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…This week on Homespun we bid a melancholy happy trail to singer, songwriter, guitarist Pat Enright who passed away recently. We’ll celebrate his music with the Nashville Bluegrass Band, The Dreadful Snakes, and Tasty Licks. We’ll also look back at Shawn Colvin and Levon Helm’s debut albums.
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…The dog days of summer remind us of taking care of things we’ve been putting off and exploring new things before the summer is done! Homespun this week does that with classics from Larry Sparks, Blue Highway, Shoefly, plus new sounds from Ashby Frank, Natalie & Brittney Haas, and Rodney Crowell.