LIVE Bound for Glory!
The Honey Badgers
August 23, 2:00 pm
at the Lansing Area Performance Hall
When Michael Natrin asked Erin Magnin to dust off her fiddle and join him for a couple songs at a local songwriter showcase, the two never imagined they were creating a musical partnership that would continue for over a decade. Playfully calling themselves The Honey Badgers—more to make themselves chuckle than to make any sort of a statement—the two discovered a chemistry between their voices that demanded to be heard. Thus, the duo was born.
The Honey Badgers’ folk/Americana sound has been likened to that of The Civil Wars and The Swell Season. They are known for their intense, unique harmonies, their sincere lyrics and melodies, and their undeniable and captivating onstage charm. Weaving their voices together over driving guitar, wistful violin, and punchy harmonica, The Honey Badgers spin stories and songs about finding yourself, finding each other, and finding your way in the world.
The Honey Badgers have been creating music together since the summer of 2011. In their first several years working together they released their debut EP, “Booth Bay”, a thoughtfully crafted second EP, “Soul”, as well as a collection of live recordings entitled “Mad Season”. In the spring of 2019, The Honey Badgers quit their stable jobs and hit the road, traveling up and down the East Coast singing songs, telling stories and building community on the road.
Their first full length album, “Meet Me” was released in 2019. “Meet Me” is a colorful story that has been unfolding since Michael and Erin met. The songs are new, but the feelings within them are familiar – from the blooming of new love to the comfort of seasoned love, losing yourself and finding yourself, from feeling alone in a fast moving world to finding connection in a room full of strangers.
Their second full-length album, “The Earth Turns and So Do We”, was released in 2024. The record is a mature and varied collection of original songs focused on the repeating cycles of life, death, love, and time itself.
Come join us for Bound for Glory’s monthly live shows on the fourth Sunday of each month at 2 pm in the Lansing Area Performance Hall at 1004 Auburn Road (Route 34), North Lansing, NY. Admission—as always—is free, but we are encouraging donations for the performers.
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On your radio August 23—Ken Kolodner
Originally broadcast 1/18/2007
“When Ken Kolodner plays the hammered dulcimer, something special happens; he makes it sing.” — Irish Edition
Ken Kolodner is a major part of the rebirth of the hammered dulcimer in the United States, and is recognized as one of today’s most accomplished and musical hammered dulcimer artists. He’s also received considerable recognition in recent years as an old-time fiddler.
Without any formal music background, Ken began learning to play the fiddle at age 23 by listening to recordings of bluegrass and American Old-time or Appalachian music. A few years after picking up the fiddle, Ken discovered the hammered dulcimer while in graduate school. Ken’s interest in the two instruments developed into an ever-expanding musical appetite beginning with Celtic music and eventually into music spanning many cultures ranging from South American music to Chinese music.
As a member of the trio Helicon (with Chris Norman and Robin Bullock) and Greenfire (with fiddler Laura Risk) and in solo appearances, Ken has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe and has been featured in nationally broadcast concerts on NPR, German National Radio, The Thistle and the Shamrock, the CBC, Performance Today, All Things Considered, and on the Voice of America, as well as countless television and radio broadcasts around the U.S.
On your radio August 30—John Gorka
Originally broadcast 9/8/2013
“…the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.” — Rolling Stone
We often talk about our performers as having opened for John Gorka, or recorded with John, or compared to John, but it’s been over twenty years since we’ve been able to tell you about this prolific songwriter and performer himself. Now a world-renowned singer-songwriter, John Gorka got his start at a neighborhood coffeehouse in eastern Pennsylvania in the late ’70s, following in the footsteps of such folk-inspired acoustic musicians as Stan Rogers, Eric Andersen, Tom Paxton, and Claudia Schmidt.
John moved on to New York City and Jack Hardy’s legendary Fast Folk circle. Folk meccas like the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas (where he won the New Folk Award in 1984) and Boston followed, and his stunningly soulful baritone voice and original songwriting began turning heads.
After several successful years at High Street Records, John returned to his roots at Red House Records. His most recent recording, “Red Horse,” is a collaboration with Eliza Gilkyson and Lucy Kaplansky. We can’t wait to see him and hear what he’s been up to.
Summer season of
Live Bound for Glory shows!
August 23 —
The Honey Badgers
September 27 —
SingTrece
Live Bound for Glory shows are in our new venue—the Lansing Area Performance Hall. The shows are on the 4th Sunday of the month at 2 pm. These once-a-month live shows, hosted by Travis Knapp, will be recorded for broadcast on a future Sunday’s WVBR’s Bound for Glory radio show.
Come be a part of Bound for Glory’s new series of live shows at the
Lansing Area Performance Hall
1004 Auburn Road, North Lansing, NY