Wispy Mop Music Acoustic Radio Podcast

This is Part 2 of my favorite Pandemic song releases by songwriters I've interviewed this past year.  In this show I highlight two songs from CD/Albums by Josh Gray, Dan Kenny, Joe Ginorio and Craig Cummings.

This is Part 1 of my favorite Pandemic song releases by songwriters I've interviewed this past year.  In this show I highlight two songs from CD/Albums by Damion Wolfe, Michelle Swan, Michael Kelly and John DuRant Jr. Stay tuned for Part 2 next week.

Bill Bromfield transitioned from solo to band to solo, back to bands, all the while learning how to be a recording engineer and producer.  His collectable Martin D12-20 (no truss rod) 12-string guitar was his go-to guitar for solo gigs.  His life & career has taken him from CT, DC, VA, Boston, NYC, Nashville and now Maryland. He followed in the footsteps of Bob Dylan, performing at the Bitter End...

Singer-songwriter Todd Coyle has been at the epicenter of Jefferson County WV music for 45 years.  He talks about creating music venues when none existed, pursuing musical comfort and his belief in organic recording.  Legal pads are his songwriting best friends.

Acoustic songwriter Dan Kenny tells us how he recorded his new CD 'Bright Against The Blue' (From The Dirt - Dan Kenny & Jeff Karn) remotely, working and recording via Cyberspace.  He also talks songwriting craftsmanship and his unique guitar style.

Not wanting to work construction, Mark Joy doggedly found his way into orchestral instrument repair before finding 'joy' in acoustic guitar construction.

Greater Baltimore area guitarist-singer Ron Kutscher discovered the benefits of online open mic's when the world shut down due to the COVID virus.  He takes us on a journey from the 1960's when his friend gifted him a no-name nylon string guitar to today as the producer/host of online open mic's.

Frederick MD based singer-songwriter Joe Ginorio has a new album and an interesting life's journey.  Leaving home at the age of 15 to live on the streets of DC, he wound his way through DC streets, sailing the oceans as a merchant seaman, to a two-year stint in the Air Force, eventually landing a job with the CIA before retiring and re-kindling his interest in guitar and singing.

Kurt Vonnegut fan Tim Kirkner is a seasoned performing songwriter who has opened for Lucy Kaplansky, is a Brewers Alley Monday Songwriters Series and Frederick Coffee Co Sunday Songwriters alumni, and a newcomer to the world of improv.  Tim and Todd talk about songwriting, performing, guitars and how music fits into his life.

Gettysburg PA performing songwriter Thomas Roue saves lives as an EMT-Paramedic during the day and performs original acoustic music as both a solo artist and a band frontman evenings and weekends.  He discusses how he started his journey learning guitar to becoming a songwriter while also learning to become an emergency EMT-Paramedic.

Frederick (MD) based electric guitarist & guitar instructor Sam Biskin grew up listening to his Mom's favorite music (Opera, Frank Sinatra, etc) and his Dad's Jazz & Boogie-Woogie records.  His first guitar teacher taught classical, his second jazz.  He still owns his first nylon string guitar.  Now known more for electric guitar, one of his favorite guitars is his cherry red Guild D35.  An active...

Long Island (NY) born Robert Pereira was given a guitar by his father at the age of six.  Church folk mass during high school gave way to joining bands as a bass player and background vocalist. Life moved him to the mid-Atlantic region where he finally found his singing voice.

Former touring singer-songwriter Damion Wolfe has released a new EP titled 'Shiny Mad', departing from traditional singer-songwriter guitar-based music to digital composing.  He talks about the journey from Puff The Magic Dragon sung by his hippie parents, to touring singer-songwriter, to composing music for commercial use, to recording 'Shiny Mad' at his D.C. apartment studio.

A drummer since 1961, Ron Goad is a friend to many.  Not only is he a talented percussionist/drummer, he loves helping other musicians improve professionally.  He organizes music shows for several non-profit music organizations and is a board member for SAW (Songwriters Association of Washington).  A retired English teacher, he fills his home in Northern Virginia with drums (all shapes & sizes), g...

Craig Cummings is called 'The Voice' by music promoter Rod Deacey, sometimes as 'The Beach Cowboy'.  Whatever you call him, he writes, records and performs really catchy songs.  He talks about his songwriting and how he gets radio play.

Maryland based professional guitarist Ben Sherman enjoys playing guitar as much now as he did as a kid, whether it's classical guitar, steel-string acoustic or electric.  Performing or teaching guitar, his studies of music theory for his Bachelor's Classical Music Degree opened up his musical world.  He discusses teaching, performing and his guitars & gear. 

Western Maryland guitar player Ed Barney is a solo artist, a sought after sideman and an alumni of Up With People.  From guitar lessons on a Harmony nylon string at the age of six, completing many Mel Bay lesson books, to jazz, blues and bluegrass,  he now sees the fretboard as Math. A great guitar player who loves Tony Rice, he's an interesting guy.

Accomplished singer-songwriter T. Edwin Doss will make you chuckle one moment and make you cry the next.  His songs cover humor, romance, faith and tragedy.  He describes his journey of pitching his award-winning songs to Nashville.

Rick Landers is an interesting man.  Not only is he an accomplished singer-songwriter, but he is the publisher of Guitar International Magazine ( www.guitarinternational.com ).  And, he collects guitars... a man after my own heart.

Starting with a Sears & Roebucks' Silvertone guitar, Michael Schirf has learned close to 1,000 songs during his 40+ year music career.  Woodstock almost became a first-hand experience at the tender age of 17.

Fran Tucker's mother was an opera singer and pianist, her father a multi-instrumentalist who was her first guitar teacher.  She still owns and sometimes plays her first guitar, a child-sized instrument she received at the age of seven.  

Frederick MD based finger-style guitarist Jon Mann describes his creative process for assembling his instrumentals from pieces and fragments, and talks about guitar collection and his custom made guitar vault.

Harpers Ferry WV guitarist Frank Davis discusses his early musical years, and explains how attending Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch guitar camp changed his life.

Host Todd C Walker compares guitar picks, demonstrating how guitar players can change their sound by changing picks.

Annapolis (MD) Americana singer-songwriter Michael Kelly is a true student of his acoustic guitar and the craft of songwriting, filling out his sound with banjo, mandolin, fiddle and harmonica.