Wispy Mop Music Acoustic Radio Podcast

National touring artist and Maryland-based singer-songwriter Kristin Rebecca has made her name as a harp-playing singer, who also plays acoustic guitar and is a seasoned Renaissance Fair Celtic performer.  She talks learning harp, studying voice in college and how she decided to become a touring singer-songwriter.

'Boulder Canyon' John Denver tribute band member Kevin Delmolino grew up in a musical family, starting out singing a capella barbershop, which led into 1980's hair band rock, to a career in aviation, but music stayed with him, as it does today.

Tom Kohlhepp, the Frederick Folklorist, had a interesting job during his six years in the Navy, and it doesn't involve music.  But, Folk Music caught his attention early on and slowly grew into his passion, with a detour into track & field coaching.

York PA based singer-songwriter Michael Arthur writes poignant songs that explore the breadth and depth of the human experience, utilizing lush open guitar tunings.  He explains how he writes his songs, the time it takes, and his day job career as a rep in the music equipment business.

Regional musician Ken Glasser (one-half of Catoctin Mountain Highway) talks about the history of the Weissenborn Guitar, how he became interested in it, and relates his personal journey from Detroit-based high school jug band to today.

Josh Gray moved from Frederick MD to Nashville TN three years ago.  He discusses the move, the ups and downs of breaking into the Nashville music scene, and how he writes songs.

Chief engineer/owner of Torchlight Productions Recording Studio in Bealesville, MD, and accomplished singer-songwriter Jeff Feit talks about writing his first song at 12 after being wow'd by John Denver, not enjoying piano lessons and how he got interested in becoming a recording studio engineer.

F.A.M.E. (Frederick Acoustic Music Enterprise) social media coordinator discusses his college band (Howie & The Mutants), being a college disc jockey, lifting weights, becoming a Chiropractor and his interest in parody songs.

Maryland-based harmonica player Bill Hall discusses his love of horses, working and his transition from a degree in Veterinary Science to a career in Pathology with stops along the way in Vietnam, sailing the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and learning to play harmonica while driving.

Local Native American Style Flute player Stephen Darnell discusses his journey from playing handbells and the French Horn to his chosen instruments Native American Flute and penny whistle.

John DuRant Jr, son of John DuRant (the Troubadour), grew up playing guitar and saxophone.  He describes his musical upbringing, performing Jazz with Howard Burns and performing in Ireland, plus recording his wonderful CD 'Elevation Road'.

Mark McKay is a nationally ranked performing singer-songwriter who juggles his life between New York City and Frederick MD.  He discusses balancing live performing, songwriting, family and his day job that is based in NYC.  His songs have been compared to Steve Earle and Bruce Springsteen.

Popular performing duo Safe Harbor is a marriage of two talented people brought together by a Gibson Les Paul guitar and a love of music.

Dr Doug Smith, owner of Shab Row Recording Studio in Frederick MD, enjoys recording live bands and using vintage microphones.  He explains the transition from analog to digital recording and what the difference is.  His history of early 1970's recording using simple equipment transitioned into both an undergraduate and doctoral degree in Physics, then a career at NIST.  Great info for the audiophi...

Ken Demith is an interesting fellow.  A graphic artist by trade, but a songwriter at heart.  He discusses growing up in Nashville, rubbing shoulders with Reba McEntire and Roy Orbison, touring in a Zyde-Billy band, songwriting and recording from a distance.

Northern Virginia based singer-songwriter Michelle Swan talks about playing her Dad's giant guitar when she was five, her first guitar (a Seagull), her new Gibson J45, songwriting and her love of the clarinet and live performing.

Middletown MD based singer-songwriter Sammie J burst onto the local acoustic music scene as winner of the Chords of Courage songwriting competition, but she has been singing since a young age.  Listen to her talk about her musical journey, how she acquires guitars and being her own sound engineer in her basement studio.

Les Hatley is a member of the Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame, he's a "WAMMIE" award winner, and has a rich musical history, starting in 1964 with his first guitar lesson. His second solo CD 'Surge' stayed on the Americana National Chart for almost all of 2013.  His third CD 'Chocolate' also placed on the Americana National Chart.  He has opened for Roberta Flack, Gary U.S. Bonds, Steppenwolf...

Indulge the host (Todd C Walker) as he introduces songs from his unreleased 2006 CD 'Stories To Be Told'.  

Virginia based luthier Michael Kent O'Brien is a fascinating man.  Listen to him discuss how he transitioned from his childhood on the farm to Vienna, Austria, back to the DC area, the Smithsonian, to horses and horseshoes and finally to his workshop where he builds artisan guitars.

Folk/Americana singer-songwriter Andrew McKnight discusses how his ancestors helped him write his most recent CD 'Treasures In The Chest', why he performs songs from his living room, his guitar collection and how creative collisions can polish a song. 

Max Honn is an Americana Folk musician who grew up as a normal boy in a town named Normal who learned that his musical career wouldn't involve the clarinet, but did include a now treasured WWII era Gibson Southern Jumbo guitar and singing.

Shepherdstown WV Americana songwriter/performer Steve Warner talks about writing songs in his head, his musical journey and having four of his songs picked up by Nashville artists.

Hagerstown (MD) based performing songwriter Dave Dishneau talks about news writing, songwriting, learning to play the harmonica, cyber open mic's and stink bugs.

Maryland based performing songwriter Dave Weiner talks about his hero John Prine, songwriting and his love of Gibson Guitars.