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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On your radio July 19—Zoe Mulford
Originally broadcast 10/14/2012
Originally from Pennsylvania, Zoe Mulford now lives in Manchester and plays on both sides of the Atlantic. She learned to play in the old-time picking circles of North Carolina and started touring from Washington DC, where she was nominated “Songwriter of the Year” two years running by the Washington Area Music Association. She has been a finalist in several national songwriting contests, including those at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in New York and the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas.
She intersperses her own songs with selections from the music that inspires them: American and British folk ballads, Old-Time banjo tunes, and the work of songwriters from George Gershwin to Richard Thompson. Backing her clear vocals with guitar or five-string banjo, she may bring to mind artists from Joni Mitchell to Gillian Welch in the course of a single set.
Whether her starting-point is Franklin’s doomed polar expedition or the neglected contents of her own refrigerator, her vivid storytelling and down-to-earth humor promise listeners an enjoyable journey. Her third album, “Bonfires,” was inspired by her experiences with English folk clubs, and celebrates the folk tradition from North Carolina to Liverpool.
LIVE Bound for Glory!
James Bird
July 26, 2:00 pm
at the Lansing Area Performance Hall
James is a poet, musician, and bard local to Western Massachusetts. A live musician at heart, he has shared music in a diversity of spaces like festivals, farmer’s markets, funerals, wedding ceremonies, ecstatic dances and grief rituals. Myth is a central theme in Bird’s music, using ancient stories to speak to the timeless human experiences of love, loss, friendship, mystery, death and rebirth.
In mid 2024 James went into the studio to record “Riddles” a story album that weaves through the stories of many mythical characters like Echo and Narcissus, Tammuz, Inanna, Circe and many more. The album is expected to be released in 2026.
James released his first album, “Parables”, on Bandcamp in 2014, an EP “Lila” in 2017, and a home-recorded single “Byron Bay” in 2019.
The single, “Flower of Wind” was Bird’s first release in 5 years, a home-recorded ode to letting go. It arrived alongside his first book of poetry titled, “The Confluence”.
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.
On your radio July 26—Tanglefoot
Originally broadcast 4/18/2004
“A solid wall of musical energy, a full-throated, multi-instrumental roar of exuberance and delight…” — Greg Quill, The Toronto Star
The only Canadian folk quintet ever to play in space (well, their CD “Music in the Wood” was dinner music aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2001) is also a past winner of the “Best of Bound for Glory Award,” and a favourite every time they visit Ithaca. Tanglefoot brings their special brand of “full-throated abandon” to every stage show, offering high-energy, raucous drinking songs, personal ballads, and inspiring history lessons in the span of a single set.
Tanglefoot began as a three-piece group in the early ’80s, playing their own lusty arrangements of Canadian folk songs, but lately they’ve focused on their massive and growing library of original songs. The band consists of guitarist Steve Ritchie, bass player Al Parrish, mandolin/guitar/etc. player Terry Young, keyboardist Bryan Weirmier, and fiddler Terry Snider.
Summer season of
Live Bound for Glory shows!
July 26 — James Bird
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