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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
  • …Barry Poss started the independent record label “Sugar Hill” in the early 1980’s and proceeded to become a very important part of the Folk and Bluegrass music scene. He recently passed away, and this week on Homespun we spend the hour celebrating his life through the music he produced and distributed!
  • …Well, we’ve had some rain, and as flowers begin to grow, new music sprouts up this week on Homespun from Suzy Thompson, plus Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricus. We’ll also dive deep with tracks from Flatt & Scruggs, along with Don Stover, and a previously unreleased cut from Richard and Teddy Thompson!
  • …This week on Homespun we’ll visit some of Bluegrass Unlimited’ s Top 30 Survey Chart! We’ll hear from Woody Platt, Red Camel Collective, and the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys. We’ll also check in with some new Midwest Old Timey music from Kettle Bog, and spin a rare live track from Ry Cooder ca. 1972!
  • …This week’s Homespun features the Harp playing of two blues masters: Paul Butterfield and Charlie Musselwhite, as well as the funky sounds of Taj Mahal! And, we’ll also catch a couple classics from Linda Thompson and Kelly Willis.
  • …The Sounds of Easter grace the next edition of Homespun with The Poplin Family, Hot Rize, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, Johnny Cash, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and so much more!
  • …It’s a swingin’ time on this week’s Homespun with Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, plus the Swamp Cats! We’ll also celebrate the 30th Anniversary release of Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues” and we’ll spin a couple tracks from the new Kane & Gellert recording “Volume 4”!
  • …This week on Homespun is a cause for celebration and sorrow as we celebrate the life and music of one of the greatest musicians of traditional American Roots music, Tracy Schwarz, and the 50th Anniversary of JD Crowe and the New South’s Rounder Double 0 44. We’ll hear the influence that both these artists had on music in their time right up to today.
  • …Spring is trying to arrive these days , and on Homespun this week we have music to clean out flower beds from the Lynn Morris Band, (NEW) Seldom Scene, and guitar picker Bryan Sutton! We’ll also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Joni’s Mitchell’s “Hissing of Summer Lawns”, AND the 60th Anniversary of Bob Dylan’s “Bringing it All Back Home”!
  • …On the next edition of Homespun, we dive into the stacks of the early 70’s, with music from Don Stover, The White Bros. “Live in Sweden,” and the first Red Clay Ramblers release! We’ll also leap ahead and hear new releases from The Seldom Scene, and all acoustic Jason Isbell!
  • ……50 years ago this year, one of the best selling Bluegrass albums of all time, “Old and in the Way,” was released, and on this week’s edition of Homespun we’ll re-visit this classic album along with solo projects from Old and in the Way’s David Grisman and Peter Rowan…and we’ll celebrate Doc Watson’s birthday with a couple of his classic sides!