Song of the Soul

The musical genius gene came to  Rita Hosking  from her mother, and Rita has passed it faithfully on to her daughter,  Kora Feder . Rita grew up in rural Shasta County, California, and caught the music bug as a teen, playing washboard as part of The Farmerettes. With detours to Religious Studies and Cultural Anthropology in college, time teaching History to 8th graders, and raising...

Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards  make beautiful, deep, real music, delivered with rich vocals supported & enhanced by a variety of instruments. Locally known for their annual Massachusetts Walking Tour, Mark & Raianne previously performed as 2/3's of  The Accident That Led Me To The World , but have long performed as a duo. If COVID-19 permits, they will be married this Au...

Ksenia Mack  is great writing and performing on her own, but is part of a quintuple threat with the  Porch Party Mamas . Her songs and music are evocative, warm, & touching, guiding the listener through complex landscapes & emotions, always in the company of beauty. The  Porch Party Mamas  are a Boston, MA, area group of women with deep talents and a great combined voic...

Laura Marie  brings to her music exactly the talents & inspirations that make for exquisite, soul-moving, life-affirming, path-changing songs. With the honesty, vulnerability, clarity, and power of a person who has experienced daunting adversity, faced it squarely, and triumphed over the injuries, Laura Marie perfectly demonstrates how to make beautiful music, shining with soul.

Andi Renfree  stormed into Nashville, scoring almost immediately with one of her songs recorded by  Chris LeDoux . She's collaborated with a number of songwriter/performers, and has performed with several groups, for a number of years as one-third of  2-Bit Palomino , but now with her husband as  The Renfrees . Andi touches hearts with her poetry & music of the soul.

Spook Handy  saw 2 images in the mirror, did not choose the actuarial path, and it has made all the difference. Taking the stage with Pete Seeger more than 50 times didn't hurt his street cred, but mostly his upbeat, folky, deep and relatable songs, along with Spook's poise and talent make him a pleasure and a joy to listen to and sing along with. When not solo, catch him with  The Seed...

There is a power & depth, a vibrant, evocative rootedness in the music of  Claudia Schmidt . Over the 24 recordings Claudia has created has run the reflection of the earth & water of the Midwest, but also the freedom & inspiration of the wind & the stars above our entire planet. With lyrics, music, and voice to charm us all, Claudia channels enthusiasm, inspiration, & heal...

Donna Lynn Caskey  is a  Banjo Gal on Facebook  and in person. From a musical family, headed to art studies, she got hijacked by a banjo, and pays for her music addition by her job as a social worker. She appeared on the  Banjo Babes 2015 Calendar , and on other years as well. A self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, Donna releases her music with a deep heart, a stirring voi...

Kerry Patrick Clark  in no way claims to be a perfect guy, but he aims his music to inspire the world in that direction. His folk-singer/songwriter pedigre is deep & long, and it overlaps seamlessly with the spirituality of his very part-time day job as Director of Contemporary Music at the  Maumee United Methodist Church . His home stomping grounds are the Toledo region of Ohio.

Terry Kitchen  has been making fine folk music since 1991, mostly solo, after his initial career as a rock star with  Loose Ties . Terry's songs mostly emerge from the deep, introspective places, accompanied by beautiful acoustic guitar work. Terry hasn't always been Terry, because once he was Max, as you'll hear during our conversation. Occasionally you'll find him on stage with other f...

A collage of song & interview from first quarter 2019! Some of the rich tapestry of Song of the Soul leading up to 2019's spring weather, from the guests who graced our airwaves at that time, and which can hopefully inspire us through our own determined progress out of winter. Guests snapshots include:  Stuart Stotts ,  Wendy Martin ,  Lou & Peter Berryman ,  Ali Handal...

Terry Holder  came to her career as a musician & performer relatively late in life, but the pay-off is well worth the wait. She writes songs of great emotional depth and they come to life through her evocative voice and beautiful instrumentation. She’s well and widely-loved, including at the  Kerrville Festival in Texas  where she has been selected 4 times as a  Kerrville N...

Patrice Webb  brings music flavored with folk, swing, country, & the blues, marinaded in sunshine with a side of 4-footed critters. Influenced by music from pre-rock USA, Patrice's music is western in it's heart, while her voice & words are heavenly & Earthy all at once. At home in Sandpoint, Idaho, or at music festivals she'll teach you Western Swing Guitar, Finger Style Blues, a...

Richard Wiegel  has spent a full lifetime earning a living through making music, which might be the dream, but seldom the actuality of the dreams of a small-town boy. Roots rock is his central thing, although sometimes his style of music might be called Americana, and he can definitely throw in a ragtime and a blues and all kinds of country. Though he's often a solo act, a fair amount of his...

Eljuri  writes & performs music from a rich & diverse palette of musical & cultural influences. Born in Equador of a Lebanese pianist-composer mother & a Spanish actor father, and having grown up in Manhattan, NY, her music naturally draws on & fuses numerous styles & genres, powered by her evocative, mostly Spanish, lyrics & powerful guitar.  Eljuri  was...

A deep dish of appetizing Blues from the  Rev. Robert B. Jones, Sr . He's made music and shared the stage with many of the greats, like  B.B. King , because he's a gifted musician, writer & storyteller. Robert also shares & writes many varieties of Americana music, like that which he performs with  Matt Watroba  and others. Also important is Robert's role as pastor of t...

Dean Stevens  writes & shares the music of compassion & connection. Raised in Costa Rica, living in Boston, Dean's life is overflowingly rich with international & local roots & work. Check out his fairer-than-fair-trade coffee from El Salvador, visit the  Community Church of Boston  where he does music & administrative work, or travel with him to Central America,...

Kitty Donohoe  is of Irish extraction, genetically, and she sometimes writes & plays very Irish-sounding songs, including the Irish instruments she plays, but she is deeply & inspirationally Americana, touching the heart & soul with evocative tunes & magical lyrics. One of the founding members of  The Yellow Room Gang , Kitty plays & has played in numerous variations...

Dean Stevens  brought together recordings of Christmas-related songs which are well out of the US mainstream. He calls the collection  Holiday Songs you Won’t Hear at the Mall , and they range from funny to serious, some are in Spanish, and many call to a deeper look at values and stories we should really be living out.

Sigrid Christiansen  weaves a mystical spell with her music. Self-described on CDBaby as 'free folk' music, her voice, music, & lyrics are charming & enchanting. Animals, dreams, and whimsy feed her music, which she shares solo and with others, like the  Taller Than They Appear  quartet. For years she has produced the  Stone House Concert Series .

Particle Kid (J. Micah Nelson)  is a fountain of insight, creativity, vision, & inspiration - through music. The recipient of a wondrous musical muse passed from his father, Willie Nelson, and through his older brother, Lukas Nelson, Micah magically synthesizes light, sound, thought, & melody into songs to grow the soul. Micah is closely rooted in the sustainable Earth at the same he...

Music by 6 of the top 13 finalists of the  2018 Songs of Social Change  contest, rich in world-changing energy and genres, with influences from Canada, Equador, Japan, New Mexico, and everywhere. December 1, 2019 is deadline for the  this year's contest. . Songs of Social Change is a project of the  Renaissance Artists and Writers Association (RAWA.net) , led by  Dada Veda...

Susan Salidor  is a voice you will not forget. Starting in musical theater, progressing through activist music with  Voices , having co-hosted a show on  WLUM-FM, at Loyola , and with decades of enriching young souls and bodies as a music specialists at schools in the Chicago area, Susan makes beautiful, meaningful, & memorable music.

Abraham Jam  is the confluence of  David LaMotte ,  Billy Jonas , &  Dawud Wharnsby , channeling their gifts together for an honest & resplendent harmony. This is what happens when a Muslim, a Jew, & a Christian walk into a concert hall, arm-in-arm, as brothers.

Justin Jay Arnold  is himself and nobody else, happy to wrestle with the full range of beliefs, heading toward preacher-hood complete with his tattoos, scraggly beard, & shaved head, and making his own music of whatever type. With a father who played in the Feather River Canyon Band, and with influences like CCR, Waylon Jennings, & Elvis, Justin's gravelly, open-hearted vocals and lyr...