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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
  • It’s the luck of the Irish ( and more) on the next edition of Homespun! We’ll include Celtic songs and tunes of the masters like The Bothy Band, Dick Gaughan, DeDannan, Liz Caroll and other sounds shaped by the old country!
  • Homespun covers all the traditional bases on this week’s program with the sounds of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole, Phylliss Boyens, plus Mike Seeger & Alice Gerrard! We’ll also circle around to new music from Lindsay Lou, Amos Lee, and The Steel Wheels!
  • As we “Leap Year” into March from February, this week’s Homespun rings with the blues of Son House, Pete Johnson, and Washington Phillips! We’ll also hear the likes of Richard Thompson, and new music from The Steel Wheels and John Leventhal!
  • It appears that winter is not quite done with us yet, so on the next Homespun, we’ll head to Louisiana for some hot music from Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Clifton Chenier, along with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band! We’ll also sample a classic Tony Rice track, and celebrate Marc Cohn’s debut from 1991!
  • This week in 2016 we lost one of contemporary music’s true eccentrics: Dan Hicks. His acoustic sound knew few boundaries. This week on Homespun, we’ll spin some Dan Hick & His Hot Licks, Tommy Emmanuel, 2 tracks from The Byrds ca. 1967, and new music from Sarah Jarosz!
  • Traditional music from the likes of Ralph Stanley, Reno and Smiley, Jody Stecher, The Onlies, Longview, plus Shelby Lynne-these folks and many others will join us on the next Homespun!
  • The Five-String Banjo lost one of its finest exponents recently, and on this week’s Homespun, we celebrate the music and life of Bluegrass Master Terry Baucom. We’ll hear Bauc’s work with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, IIIrd Tyme Out, Boone Creek, and some of his solo efforts!
  • We revisit some old friends on this week’s Homespun! The likes of The Hotmud Family, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Waymores, Andy Cahn & Lisa Ornstein, and Rosanne Cash, just to name a few!
  • Earl Scruggs would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year, and on the week’s edition of Homespun we’ll have a party with music by Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys, J.D. Crowe & the New South, Bill Keith, and many many others-We’ll also commemorate the 40th Anniversary release of Joni Mitchell’s album “Court & Spark”!
  • The New Year is upon us, and as the days slowly get longer, the next edition of Homespun shines a light on The Gibson Brothers., Full Cord, Big Maceo, Ray Bonneville, The Mild Carton Kids, and much more! Tune in on Saturday evenings at 6pm!