Music of America Podcast

Mid-week guest Aristotle Jones, known as The Appalachian Soul Man brings us songs Bad Behavior, Flowers of Spring, Streets of Osage and West Virginia Hills

Shock rock Jaysin Christ is our Tuesday guest with songs Blood of the Lamb, Disciples of the Crow, Heretical, For No One and I Hope They Find That Girl

Starting off the week in West Virginia with the Bobby Maynard Family Band. Songs include East to West Virginia, 50 Years, Go Getter and a cover of Johnny B. Goode

West Virginia is our stop all next week. Hear music from The Babby Maynard Family Band, Jaysin Christ, The Appalachian Soul Man Aristotle Jones, Jazz with Joe Martone and conclude with musician and fllow podcaster A.W. Benson and The Station

WE CONCLUDE OUR JOURNEY THIS SEASON INTO WASHINGTON WITH OUR FIRST EVER COMPOSER. DAWN SONTAGG, A COMPOSER, VOCALIST, OPERA SINGER, CASSICAL MUSIC PIANIST PRESENTS SOMEOF HER COMPOSITIONS WHICH INCLUDE COME UP FROM TH EFIELDS FATHER, A COUPLE OF EXCEPRTS FROMA A MOVIE THAT INVOLVED HER MUSIC CALLED VOICE TO VISION AND CONCLUDES WITH A SONG CALLED BRAIDED RIVER

LUIS CANO IS OUR GUEST ON THURSDAY WHERE HE PRESENTS HIS OWNUNIQUE APPROACH TO MARIACHI...MARIACHI INENGLISH...WITH COVERS OF CLASSIC SONGS INCLUDING NEON MOON, HOME, HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE, SAVE THE LAST DANCE AND OH PRETTY WOMAN

The midweek guests are a duo called Seals and Reals...Curtis and Conrad join us with their unique funk meets fusion style in songs like Industrial, Race Car Red and Count Funkula

Day two in Washington has us with Rick Ruskin who has so many stories and names he can drop of musicians whose paths have crossed with him. Songs include a somewhat chronology of his musical career, which include Acoma At Takoma, Kuda Duxx, Momma Said, My Mother's Oldsmobile and Shoeless Joe

Starting the week in Washington with the Son of a Preacher Man, Jonathon Gatsby, singer, songwriter and author. Songs include Future Memories, Girl Can I talk To You?, One Reason, Tell Me Dear Friend and his biggest hit, Valentine.

WRAPPING UP VIRGINIA WE MEET ROBERTA LEA, WITH HER SONGS TOO MUCH OF A WOMAN, SUNSET, DINNER AND NINA SIMONE AND A REALLY INTERESTING COUNTRY VERSION OF AN OLD TEMPTATIONS CLASSSIC, PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE

THURSDAY IN VIRGINIA WITH BURKE INGRAFFIA. SONGS INCLUDE WAVES, CHANGE OF HEART, CHECKS AND BALANCES, YOU GOTTA BREATHE AND INDEPENDENCE,LOUISIANA

MID WEEK IN VIRGINIA AN D WE MEET SINGER/ SONGWRITER BRANDON SCOTT JONES WITH SONGS BEHIND THE 8 BALL, 5 MINUTES AND A BOTTLE OF WINE.KICK IT ON BACK, SOUTHERN LOVE AND WARM SOUTHERN BREEZE.

ANNA OUSPENSKAYA, CLASSICAL PIANIST FORMERLY FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION WITH SAMPLES AND FULL SELECTIONS OF SEVERAL CLASSICAL PIECES INCUDING: SAMPLES OF Rodion Shchedrin, Basso Ostinato from Two Polyphonic Pieces, Mendelssohn Trio Op 66 in C minor. 1st movement AND BOTH MOVEMENT 2 AND 3 FROM Babajanian trio in F-sharp Minor 2nd and 3rd movements.AS WELL AS COMPLETE PIECES Chopin Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.65, in G Minor, 1st movement, Tchaikovsky Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G Major, 1st movement. AND Tchaikovsky Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G Major. 

SHE LIVES IN A VAN...AND TEACHES HARP, PIANO, VOICE AND GUITAR WHILE WRITING, PERFORMING AND TRAVELING TH ECOUNTRY. MEET ABBIE PALMER WITH SONGS THE TREE, QUIET MORNINGS, THEMUSICAL PRIEST AND HARP AND VOICE

JOIN US AS WE MEET THE SLEEPY WEASELS, BETH MONROE AND DAVID CRON. THEIR SONGS INCLUDE FEVER DREAM AND INTERCOM

NEXT WE MEET KRISTIAN MONTGOMEREY AND THE WINTERKILL BAND ON THE MUSIC OF AMERICA, SONGS INCLUDE A LOWER,COLD DAY IN HELL, LEAVING TEXAS AND LOWER COUNTRY OUTLAW.

MID WEEK IN VERMONT WITH GUEST CHAD HOLLISTER. SONG INCLUDE BREATHE, MY BEST FRIENDS GIRL, WAKE UP, INNER SOVEREIGNTY, FULL CIRCLE AND EYES

ANDREW JAMES JOINS US ON TUESDAY ON THE PODCAXT WITH SONGS HIT 'EM FOR ME FROM TH EOWL STARS AND ON AND ON WITH HIS BAND CITIZANE BARE

MONDAY STARTS THE WEEK IN VERMONT WITH ALI T. SONGS INCLUDE STATIC, 5 LIMES AND DOWN (WONDERLAND)

Next week the Music of America is in the Green Mountain State of Vermont, featuring guests Ali T, Andrew James, Chad Hollister, Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band and the Sleepy Weasels, featuring Beth Monroe and David Cron

We conclude our visit to Utah with a violinist who also plays at times with a guest earlier this week...Mariachi Fuego. Meet Michele, Medina Ferrone and her songs Ashorkan Farewell, Dance Party, In Moments of Doubt and Metamorphis In March

T BEVY ...or just JT joins us on Thursday with his music Bring It Loud, Lipstick and Sunscreen, One of a Kind, U Look At Me and Unstopable

Thursday has us visiting Ethan Stenis from the Cosmic Fates. Songs include Ever Again, Hopeful Romantic, McCartney Eyes, Phoenix Rising and Restless Heart

Tuesday in Utah with something different...Meet Mariachi Fuego, obviously a Mariachi band. Marx Huancas from Peru shares a medley of mariachi music from a live performance of Mariachi Fuego

We are in Utah this week starting things off with a bit of a theatric artist who simply goes by The Phantom Rose. Music includes Six Feet Under, All I Want, Win Big ( In This Town), The Message and his latest release Flights of Imagination

The drummer from Six Gun Sound we heard on Monday visits us on Friday to dive deeper into his personal musical journey. Songs include music from him earlier in his career like Blind Eye from Sowat, Laughing Box from Abandoned and We Will Rock You from Queen Legacy, a Queen tribute band.

Tom Breton joins us on Thursday , also from Austin. Tom's songs include Austin's Weird, Gunmaker, Hey Man, SPSC and Worse Wounds

Honey Made...an Austin based funk band shares their story today with songs Pass Me By, Vibin' and Upstairs...joins us half way through the week

Tuesday has us by Amarillo with Katie Beth Mihm and the Coyotes Rose Band . Songs include White Horse, Jesus and John Wayne and Here I Go

We start off the week in Texas with a band called Six Gun Sound, a Bad Company Tribute band. while we have no songs from them, we have a medley of songs of them covering Bad Company music.

THE MUSIC OF AMERICA PODCAST IS INTEXAS NEXT WEEK. MEET A BAD COMPANY TRIBUTE BAND CALLED SIX GUN SOUND, KATIE BETH MIHM AND THE COYOTE ROSE BAND, HONEY MADE, ARTIST TOM BRETON AND CLOSE OUT THE WEEK WITH DRUMMER MARK SAKOWITZ

We conclude our trip to Tennessee with pure energy...Steph Maguire joins us with her songs You're Friends Think I'm Crazy, Carolina and Ride High

Terrence " Sweet Tea" Grayson joins us from Seymour Tennessee and his songs Buried Below Sea Level, Mississippi, Nobody's Fault But Mine and Rob and Steal

Earlier this season, we met promoter George Schmid who introduced us to several acts he represents. One of those acts were Rusty Shipp. Today, AJ Newton from that band will join us with a couple of songs Neck Breaker and All Aboard

Tuesday we meet a harpist, also from Nashville. Liana Alpino plays a cover of Ain't No Sunshine and also an original piece called The Sugarlands Waltz

Beginning the week in Tennessee, we hear from Erin Stoll from Nashville with her songs Trying To Leave, Idea, Load My Truck And Leave, Girls Do It Better and Spread My Wings