Weekly broadcasts of the
Best of Bound for Glory
Every week we feature a recording from our archive of live
Bound for Glory shows. Spend Sunday nights with us
on your radio at 93.5 FM or through the Internet.
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Coming this Fall—
the return of LIVE Bound for Glory
shows at a new venue and time.
See below for more details!
On your radio August 24—Lee Murdock
Originally broadcast 3/23/2014
“More than anything else, audiences are drawn to performers with passion. Lee Murdock’s passion is the sea, and it’s infectious.”— Jim Blum, WKSU Radio
Lee Murdock began his performing career in the Chicago area in the mid 1970s, expanding his repertoire of blues and popular music as his interest in folk music and the maritime tradition grew. He has since uncovered a boundless body of music and stories focusing on the Great Lakes, songs that are made of hard work, hard living, ships that go down, and ships that come in.
Lee’s repertoire combines historical research and contemporary insights, bringing arrangements of new and traditional folk ballads, chanteys, and work songs to audiences with contemporary musical tastes, even those with little exposure to folk music. His songs find drama and inspiration in the lives of sailors and fishermen, lighthouse keepers, ghosts, shipwrecks, outlaws, and everyday heroes.
On your radio August 31—Pamela Goddard and Friends
Originally broadcast 3/20/2016
Pamela Goddard is an Ithaca-based singer who breathes new life into traditional songs. Whether singing in the pure, a cappella style or accompanying herself on mountain dulcimer, Goddard’s rich alto voice and passionate interpretations link the old songs and ballads to the present.
Raised in the boom of the 1960s folk revival, singing with her father and the church choir, and traveling up and down the Hudson River soaking up music at early Clearwater picnics, Pamela grew up seeking out traditional music wherever she could find it. She discovered that her high school library contained a full collection of Library of Congress field recordings, and has supplemented that early exposure with more recent explorations of the sound archives at Cornell University and Middlebury College.
Pamela was a literature major in college, studying folk songs in their narrative form, and at the same time encountered American and English country dancing. She’s become a popular caller and instructor in both styles of dance. She has a wonderful repertoire of exquisitely interpreted tunes from New England, Quebec, Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia.
On your radio September 7—Seamus Kennedy
Originally broadcast 9/21/2008
“The man with the soft, lilting Irish brogue takes the stage and greets the crowd with a happy-to-see-you smile that could light the sky.”—S.J. Pearson, Anchorage Times
Seamus Kennedy, originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, first began traveling to the U.S. as an athlete, thanks to Gaelic football and hurling teams in the New York League bringing players from Ireland each summer. After the games, the team went to a pub in the Bronx for light refreshment and a singalong, and Seamus supplied the guitar accompaniment. The singalongs became so popular that the bar owner offered to pay Seamus to do it on a regular basis; he thus became a pro.
He’s now been entertaining audiences all over the U.S. for over three decades, and has released eleven CDs of both contemporary and traditional material. Seamus sings the music of his native land with emotion born of knowing its history and conflicts first-hand. But while he loves to perform the traditional and contemporary tunes of Ireland and Scotland, he can also cut loose on a Texas swing number, follow it with a parody, and segue into a heart-rending ballad from Australia.
Seamus has an endless supply of rib-tickling jokes, stories and one-liners which can leave an audience breathless. He talks directly to the audience, and isn’t at all surprised when they talk back.
Live Bound for Glory Shows
Are Coming Back 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, September 28, 2025, 2 pm—
Mustard’s Retreat - 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.