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On your radio June 22—The Flywheels
Originally broadcast 9/1/19
The Flywheels are an old timey band. Except when they’re not. The Flywheels are a traditional bluegrass band. Except when they’re not. Cap Cooke (banjo and vocals) Liz Pickard (guitar and vocals), Sam Schmidt (fiddle and vocals), Jason Zorn (bass) make up The Flywheels.
Cap Cooke got his first banjo from his parents for his 13th birthday and found a liking for old-style bluegrass and old-time music. He has played with Barham Lashley’s Hilltoppers, Aaron Lipp’s Mount Pleasant Stringband, Uncle Joe and the Rosebud Ramblers, and other bands.
Cap met Sam Schmidt, when he first filled in with the Hilltoppers. They learned a lot playing together in the Hilltoppers, and had an idea to start their own band once that band disbanded. Cap met Liz Pickard at the Grassroots Festival, and was soon blown away hearing her old-school guitar playing and singing. They became friends, and Cap soon invited her to join their new band.
For the better part of a year, the three rehearsed numerous times and played a few gigs. They were also on the lookout for a bass player. Cap knew Jason Zorn played the bass as well as old-time fiddle, and after Jason played with them a on a couple dates became the fourth member of the band.
Their first digital album, The Back Porch Recordings, is available on their website.
On your radio June 29—Pat Wictor
Originally broadcast 2/4/07
“Amazingly his live performances are as polished and brilliant as his recordings. It has been my supreme pleasure to harmonize with him.” — Jen “Lolita Frontal” Schonwald, Full Frontal Folk
Said by “Modern Man” to have, “follicle for follicle, the best hair in folk music,” Pat Wictor brings his flowing red hair and Zen-like calm to each performance, weaving together several parts on his guitar and reaching into each listener’s heart. He’s steeped in American roots music, but he’s a contemporary songwriter and interpreter drawing on the rich rural country, gospel, and blues traditions of our nation.
In the past couple of years, Pat and his intricate lap slide guitar picking have drawn increasing attention on the acoustic music circuit, with bookings at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, New Bedford Summerfest, Forksville Folk Festival, and more. He’s one of the selected Emerging Artists at the Folcon Ridge Folk Festival this year. His fifth CD, “Heaven is So High… and I’m So Far Down,” was released last July, featuring standout originals as well as distinctive versions of Bob Dylan and Dave Carter songs, among others.
On your radio July 6—Rod MacDonald
Originally broadcast 2/17/13
“A fine songwriter who never lets his message get in the way of making good music.”—The Boston Globe
Village Voice ascribes “politics, passion, and a sense of humor” to this Connecticut native, who began his singing career in the Greenwich Village music scene. Accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica, Rod sings a range of songs in traditional and contemporary styles. Some of his songs have been recorded by other artists; Garnet Rogers has put MacDonald’s “American Jerusalem” and “Dear Grandfather” on his albums.
Rod was the closing act of the 1998 South Florida Folk Festival. He’s also made the rounds of such festivals as the Philadelphia, Winnipeg, Kerrville, and Florida Folklife, and has toured Germany, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the UK, and the Czech Republic.
He’s released eleven solo albums over a 35-year performing career. 2009’s “After the War,” was the first release on his own Blue Flute Music label since the mid ’70s, and he followed it up with the 2011 release of “Songs of Freedom,” a collection of political commentary.
On your radio July 13—Beaucoup Blue
Originally broadcast 11/11/07
“You know the expression ‘The family that plays together stays together’? Beaucoup Blue stand by it. The Philadelphia-based father-and-son duo share a love for acoustic, stringed instruments and pentatonic scales as well as DNA. ‘Hearts at Home’ is their sophomore release, and the soulful mix of folk, blues and jazz is sure to entice new fans.”—Performing Songwriter Magazine
We welcome this Bound for Glory debut, a father and son duo from Philadelphia who play acoustic blues, with a bit of jazzy flavor, great energy and style, and respect for the blues tradition. Their soulful traditional and contemporary styles mesh into an innovative and authentic sound, and all of their musical interests and influences come out in their original songwriting.
They’ve been performing up and down the eastern seaboard since Adrian was a teenager. A handsome range of instruments, such as six- and twelve-string guitars, slide guitar, Dobro, and David and Adrian’s two soulful voices blend together.