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Best of Bound for Glory
Every week we feature a recording from our archive of live
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On your radio October 19—
Kinloch Nelson
Originally broadcast 10/15/2017
“A musician with incredible depth and breadth. Kinloch Nelson plays with the virtuosity of a classical master and the sensibility of a pop performer.”—Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine
Kinloch Nelson, a solo fingerstyle guitar player, performs a synthesis of folk, jazz, classical, rock, American popular music, and original compositions. His programs range from J.S. Bach to John B. Sebastian and may include references to Miles Davis, Franz Schubert, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, The Ventures, The “folk scare,” Flatt and Scruggs, and the occasional TV theme.
Kinloch Nelson began performing in 1969. His 48 years-and-counting career has run the gamut from solo classical and folk concerts in coffeehouses and folk festivals to club dates with jazz, country, rockabilly, rock, and rhythm & blues bands. Over the years Nelson has played with such notables as Tom Paxton, Amos Garrett, Buddy Guy, and long-time influence Danny Gatton. Recent concerts have included appearances with Stephen Bennett, Muriel Anderson, Teja Gerken (Acoustic Guitar magazine), Al Peteway (Ken Burns documentaries) and Wings alumnus Laurence Juber.
LIVE Bound for Glory!
October 26, 2:00 pm
At the Lansing Area Performance Hall
Tim Ball with Alex Fortier
Tim Ball’s music tells stories about hard work, immigration, community, and joyous celebration. After 20 years performing in Celtic and contra dance bands and a lifetime of playing traditional fiddle music, his debut solo album Upstate Crossroads was the No. 1 CD of January 2023 on the FAI Folk music chart. Upstate Crossroads sheds new light on fiddle tunes and traditional songs from all corners of New York State, drawing repertoire and inspiration from the surrounding Irish-American, New England, Canadian, and Old-Time/Bluegrass traditions.
Besides his extensive fiddle music repertoire, he plays guitar in the acclaimed Celtic trio Arise & Go, which weaves together a unique blend of traditional Scottish, Irish, and Atlantic Canadian music. Tim performs frequently with well-loved Renaissance festival bands and has toured throughout the northeastern US with many contra dance bands. In addition, he’s performed and taught at respected music and dance camps such as Ashokan and Pinewoods. Over the years, Tim has cultivated a rare ability to approach each style of music that he plays on its own terms, always interpreting in his unmistakable voice.
Traditional music became part of Tim’s life at the age of 5, when his father brought home two tin whistles and a method book and they learned to play together. He devoured his parents’ LP collection, listening to groups such as The Boys of the Lough and Fennig’s All-Star String Band. Tim holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from Ithaca College. While attending Ithaca College Tim became an avid contra dancer and eventually an in-demand contra dance musician, afterwards falling headfirst into Ithaca’s vibrant Irish session scene. When he is not performing, Tim teaches string ensemble at the Ithaca Waldorf School, directs the Finger Lakes Fiddle Orchestra, leads Irish sessions, serves as a visiting lecturer in violin at Cornell University, and maintains a private violin and fiddle studio in Ithaca, NY.
Tim is being joined for this concert by Alex Fortier. Alex has been studying and playing piano in various idioms since the age of six. His traditional accompaniment stylings range between classic New England, Quebecois, and Cape Breton styles. He has a love of tradition and a penchant for harmonic substitutions and development. Having graduated from University of Rochester’s Music program in 2019, Alex is now working both solo and with various projects out of Rochester, NY.
On your radio October 26—
Andrew Calhoun
Originally broadcast 7/22/2007
“Andrew Calhoun tells the truth. To my knowledge, there is no better songwriter alive.”—Dave Carter
At age seven, Andrew Calhoun memorized W. B. Yeats’s “Song of Wandering Aengus,” thereby earning a nickel from his mother. He got his first guitar in 1967 at the age of ten, and began writing songs at twelve. By the late seventies, he was performing in the Chicago folk scene. He has since toured internationally, performing at folk clubs and festivals, pubs and house concerts.
Andrew writes with a paradoxical combination of incandescent intellect and unstudied magic. He is both a lightning rod for “the unconscious rightness of intuitive connection” and a perpetual student of songcraft with deep respect for both tradition and innovation. In the thirty-odd years that he has been a songwriter and performer he has created an impressive collection of songs from which he draws in live performances. His vivid and inspired music is a companion for anyone who has ventured off the well-paved road to forge their own path in this world. Now living in Chicago, he recently released his tenth album, “Staring at the Sun (Songs 1973-1981).”
On your radio November 2—
David Francey
Originally broadcast 5/3/2009
“Francey writes songs that feel like they’ve been sung a million times in a million places by a million voices.”—Judith Edelman, Puremusic.com
As a child in Ayrshire, Scotland, David Francey got his first taste of the working life by delivering newspapers. He learned to read at an early age, and was soon devouring the newspapers he delivered, leading to a well-developed taste for politics and world events, and the famous social conscience that wends through so many of his songs.
He was twelve when his family immigrated to Toronto. He says he can trace his love of the land, the history, and the people of his adopted country to weekend family drives exploring southern Ontario. Music played a large part in these family outings. They sang traditional Scottish tunes as they drove through the Canadian countryside. Dad and sister Muriel sang melody, while mother and David sang harmonies.
David is a singer and a storyteller who can establish a personal rapport with a live audience in minutes. His wry humour and astute observations, combined with his openhearted singing style, have earned him a loyal following. Earlier this year, his CD “Right of Passage” earned him his third Juno (Canada’s top music award) in less than five years.
On your radio November 9—Tim Ball & Alex Fortier—broadcast of the live show
A recording of the live show on 10/23/2025
Tim Ball’s music tells stories about hard work, immigration, community, and joyous celebration. After 20 years performing in Celtic and contra dance bands and a lifetime of playing traditional fiddle music, his debut solo album Upstate Crossroads was the No. 1 CD of January 2023 on the FAI Folk music chart. Upstate Crossroads sheds new light on fiddle tunes and traditional songs from all corners of New York State, drawing repertoire and inspiration from the surrounding Irish-American, New England, Canadian, and Old-Time/Bluegrass traditions.
Besides his extensive fiddle music repertoire, he plays guitar in the acclaimed Celtic trio Arise & Go, which weaves together a unique blend of traditional Scottish, Irish, and Atlantic Canadian music. Tim performs frequently with well-loved Renaissance festival bands and has toured throughout the northeastern US with many contra dance bands. In addition, he’s performed and taught at respected music and dance camps such as Ashokan and Pinewoods. Over the years, Tim has cultivated a rare ability to approach each style of music that he plays on its own terms, always interpreting in his unmistakable voice.
Tim is being joined for this concert by Alex Fortier. Alex has been studying and playing piano in various idioms since the age of six. His traditional accompaniment stylings range between classic New England, Quebecois, and Cape Breton styles. He has a love of tradition and a penchant for harmonic substitutions and development. Having graduated from University of Rochester’s Music program in 2019, Alex is now working both solo and with various projects out of Rochester, NY.
Live Bound for Glory
Shows This Fall!
We are starting a new series of live Bound for Glory shows, at a new time (afternoon!) and a new venue—the Lansing Area Performance Hall—starting in September!
These once-a-month live shows will be recorded for broadcast on a future Sunday’s WVBR’s Bound for Glory radio show. The Lansing Area Performance Hall is a wonderful, acoustically rich converted church on Auburn Road in Lansing. We have chosen a mid-afternoon time to make it easier for everyone to come join us in the live audience, and the shows will be hosted by our dear friend Travis Knapp. We’ve pulled together some of our favorite performers to kick off our first season:
- Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2 pm—
Tim Ball with Alex Fortier - Sunday, November 23, 2025, 2 pm—
Anne Hills
Come be a part of Bound for Glory’s new series of live shows starting in September at the Lansing Area Performance Hall at 1004 Auburn Road, North Lansing, NY.