30A Songwriter Radio

Where the MUSIC lives and the COFFEE rocks Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/30a-songwriter-radio--732239/support .

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A story about growing up, and about the siblings who help us do it. Sean delivers the story of being a big brother. Music by Big Cedar Fever. Big Cedar Fever is a string swing band out of central Texas that specializes in classic western swing and jazz, three-part harmonies and tight musical arrangements draw listeners in, only to be taken away by the classic style and lyrics that are relics to an...

Where the MUSIC lives and the COFFEE rocks Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/30a-songwriter-radio--732239/support .

Where the MUSIC lives and the COFFEE rocks Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/30a-songwriter-radio--732239/support .

Where the MUSIC lives and the COFFEE rocks Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/30a-songwriter-radio--732239/support .

Where the MUSIC lives and the COFFEE rocks Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/30a-songwriter-radio--732239/support .

Where the MUSIC lives and the COFFEE rocks Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/30a-songwriter-radio--732239/support .

Sean tells a personal story about what makes a boy want to become a writer, and what makes a man want to become a columnist. Music by Cocek! Brass Band. The Cocek! Brass Band has played in spaces ranging from hollowed out warehouses and arts lofts in Boston to the Kennedy Center in D.C., The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in Vermont, WorldFest in Louisville, KY and the 11th Annual NY Gypsy Musi...

Waffle House is the place to find truckers, late-night drunks, and angels wearing aprons who are just trying to make it in this tough world. Sean tells the story about one such angelic being. Music by Thunder and Rain. Thunder and Rain is a five-piece acoustic Americana band from the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Consisting of acoustic guitar, mandolin, dobro, fiddle and upright bass, Thunder and Rain...

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Sean talks about the weekend spent with elders, and old men who help make us who we are. Music by Sugar and the Mint. Sugar and the Mint is a progressive bluegrass band with an impressive quilt work of accomplishments. They have shared the bill with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Punch Brothers, Tommy Emmanuel, Jerry Douglas, I’m With Her, Steep Canyon Rangers, and the Sam Bush Band,...

Sean delivers a story about an elderly couple and the things that hold them together. Music by Brad Edwardson, Aaron Firetag, and the Red Cedar Review. Red Cedar Review is an acoustic band based in Charleston, South Carolina. They perform a blend of folk, country-blues, and bluegrass all over the Southeastern US, and win audiences over with clever, lyrics that touch on the melodies of the Great Am...

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Sean chaperones a van load of teenagers to the Smoky Mountains to visit Dollywood, and lives to tell about it. Music by the High 48’s. Music by The High 48's: Since forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006, The High 48s have been making music that combines the soulful sound of classic bluegrass with a modern attitude. The band takes its name from railroad slang for the boxcars originally used to t...

Sean tells a tale about good people, strong women, big tents, and people who tell important stories. Music by the winners of the KSMU Bluegrass Competition, the Family Sowell, from Knoxville, Tennessee. The Family Sowell is an amazing mix of innovative talent and love rolled into one great bluegrass band. Their skilled hands and interlocking harmony, only serve to accent their incredibly warm spir...

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Thursday afternoon performances at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1) courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/30a-songwriter-radio--732239/support .

The season draws to a close and it is the end of summer blessings. Sean delivers a tale of his mother, and the gentle wisdom she offered. Music by the Wildmans. The young acoustic string band, The Wildmans come from the hills of Floyd, Virginia, in the heart of the Appalachian mountain music tradition. From campsite jamming at festivals and fiddler’s conventions and classical music education comes...

Sean tells a story about his blue-collar father, the day he took him to work, and a black-and-white portable television. Music by Red Cedar Review. Red Cedar Review is an acoustic band based in Charleston, South Carolina. They perform a blend of folk, country-blues, and bluegrass all over the Southeastern US, and win audiences over with clever, lyrics that touch on the melodies of the Great Americ...

Jared and Shayne sit down with Tiffany Clemons. Tiffany is a fort Walton beach native and Auburn University graduate currently trying to figure out this thing called life in Birmingham, Alabama. While she loves her job and is learning to love her new hometown, she continues work towards her dream of living in a festival forever. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/...