…On the next edition of Homespun, we’ll turn to the Instrumental sounds of the Bluegrass Album Band; new music from Special Consensus and Shannon Leigh Reynolds, plus an unreleased track from Alison Krauss! We’ll swing with Ann Arbor’s Dick Siegel, Toronto’s Original Sloth Band, and slide back to 1995 for EmmyLou Harris’ brilliant left turn album “Wrecking Ball”. Tune in Saturday Evenings at 6PM!!

…New music abounds this week on Homespun as we sample the sounds of Tim O’Brien, Tommy Prine, Eilen Jewell, The Schrock Brothers, Haas, and Rodney Crowell! Whew! Tune in Sunday evenings at 6!

…Bluegrass music recently lost two members of the original first class generation-Bobby Osborne, and Jesse McReynolds; passing within days of each other. On this week’s Homespun, we’ll play music from these pioneers, along with celebrating Doc Watson’s 100th birthday, and an album released this week in July 1968-The Band’s “Music from Big Pink”! Tune in Saturday evenings at 6PM!

On this archive edition of Homespun, we’ll grow some new music from the Gibson Bros., Ron Ickes & Trey Hensley, along with fiddler Michael Cleveland! We’ll hear the blues of Memphis Minnie, plus Howlin’ Wolf, and the new sounds of Canadian Matt Anderson! Tune in Saturday evenings at 6PM!

…As we start to get closer to the Summer Solstice, we’ll keep the sun up on this week’s Homespun with music from Ashby Frank, Dale Ann Bradley, and Daryl Mosley-we’ll also get some blues from Paul Butterfield’s Better Days plus Geoff Muldaur, and celebrate David Bromberg’s retirement from touring ( at age 78!) with a track from his 1971 debut! Tune in Saturday evening at 6!

…This week’s Homespun features the new Bluegrass sounds of Dale Ann Bradley, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and 5-string wiz Allen Shelton-We’ll also catch up with new music from The Milk Carton Kids, and singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell’s Chicago Sessions! Tune in Saturday nights at 6!

…Memorial Day weekend (HOPEFULLY) means the last of the frost for spring, and on this week’s edition of Homespun we’ll catch the warm sounds of The Kody Norris Show, Michael Cleveland, Shoefly, The Immigrant Band, Mavis Staples and many others! Tune in Saturdays at 6PM on WCMU Public Radio!

…The Nobel Prize Laureate, Bob Dylan celebrates his 82nd birthday, and on this edition of Homespun we’ll spin his songs covered by Ray Bonneville, Joan Baez, The Band, The Byrds, Tim O’Brien, and of course, the bard himself! Tune in Saturdays at 6PM!

…On the next edition of Homespun, new music from Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Benson, and Rodney Crowell are on the docket; Also some Gaelic sounds from Frankie Gavin, and Relativity; and a couple classics from John Gorka and Rosanne Cash round out the hour! Tune in Saturdays at 6PM!

His rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970’s. On Homespun this week we’ll celebrate the life of Gordon Lightfoot who passed recently at age 84. We’ll hear songs performed by him and covered by Ian & Sylvia, The Country Gentlemen, Tim O’Brien, Marty Robbins, Tony Rice, and others who were influenced by him and he by them! Tune in Saturday at 6PM!