HOMEGROWN ROCKER 11/4/12 (TUKURPA)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the November 4 edition of Rocky 104.9 and Rocky 99's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 9 to 11 PM during Steelers football season on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com).

Thanks to our band guests this week, Harrisburg-based rockers Tukurpa (http://www.reverbnation.com/tukurpa). Armed with an arsenal of zany instruments and sound effects, Tukurpa enlightened us about their career to date, the meaning of their name (a Hopi Indian word), and we heard music from them as well! Along the way, we debuted new songs by Jonathan Osman/Bloodshot, Vise Versa, Touch The Stone, The Big Time and Biscuit Jam. We also updated “Local Music News,” and dug a 1996 song by The Axis Y from the archive for this week’s “Local Music Flashback.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

LIES, INC. – “Waking the Misery”
FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT – “Side Steppin’ Ninja”
TUKURPA – “Rage”
GIORNESTO – “Righteous Due”
TUKURPA – “Take ‘Em Down”
RAPID FIRE – “After All This Time”
JONATHAN OSMAN/BLOODSHOT – “Here’s the Key (to the Dream)”
THE SITCH – “Run for Your Life”
PAINTED BY MILLIONS – “I Didn’t Think”

HOUR TWO:

EAST COAST TURNAROUND – “Where’s My Sunshine”
VISE VERSA – “Still Am”
TOUCH THE STONE – “Destination Unknown”
JONAH WHALE – “My Friends”
TUKURPA – “One Last Memory”
THE AXIS Y – “Breathe” (1996, Local Music Flashback)
WHERETHESKY MEETSTHESEA – “People of One”
THE BIG TIME – “Stay Strong”
BISCUIT JAM – “Rock and Roll”
RAIN MUST FALL – “Magnolia”

On our next program, we’ll take the opportunity to empty out the “Homegrown Rocker” mailboxes and check out new local and regional recordings that have arrived in recent weeks. We will debut plenty of new songs, and we will also update “Local Music News,” dig out another “Local Music Flashback” from the archive, step “Across State Lines” to hear music from an out-of-state indie band or artist, and review two CD’s in “The Professor’s CD Corner,” Jonah Whale’s Belly of the Beast and Jason O’s In My Bones! Maximum local and regional music on the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

NOV. 18 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS FOOTBALL)
NOV. 25 – ACOUSTIC JAM SPECIAL
DEC. 2 – LOOK LEFT
DEC. 9 – VISE VERSA
DEC. 23 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DEC. 30 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 1
JAN. 6 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 2
JAN. 13 – INSTRUMENTS DO THE TALKING SPECIAL (ALL INSTRUMENTALS)

For regular updates on what is happening on the area music scene, pay a visit to Rockpage (www.rockpage.net). Rockpage features band links, a message board, "Homegrown Rocker" updates, live show and CD reviews in “JP’s Corner," and other local music scene information.

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on "The Homegrown Rocker" are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: WRKY Radio, One Forever Drive, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648; ATTN: Jim Price. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM. You can also email me with inquiries about the show at profjp@rocky1049.com.

Jim Price

In Local Music News…

Altoona-based country singer Ricky Lee will get to be in the national spotlight before an upcoming Thursday night NFL football game. Lee will get to sing the National Anthem before the Buffalo Bills/Miami Dolphins game on Thursday night, November 15, at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo.

A new band featuring former members of Mia Mafia, Shake Shake Shake and Candlelight Red will make its onstage debut next Friday night. Mafia Ink features former Candlelight Red bassist Adam Zimmer, along with former Mia Mafia singer Brian Storm, and former Shake Shake Shake guitarist Chris Lee and drummer Justin Betz. The new group will make their official debut Friday night at The Arena in State College.

Lebanon Valley College will again be presenting their annual one-day Revolution Music Conference on Saturday, November 17. Organized and operated by the college’s music business students and curriculum, the conference will feature music business panels, songwriting seminars, networking opportunities and musical performances. Admission to the conference is free for those who preregister by November 15. After that, admission is $20 at the door. For more information about the conference, visit the website http://www.lvcrmc.com.

And a benefit concert is being organized to help out an area musician diagnosed with cancer. Terry Welsh, guitarist and singer for The Jam, is battling liver cancer and recently had a tumor removed. A benefit to help Terry will take place on Sunday afternoon, December 2 in Philipsburg, and will feature performances from The Jam, The Lucky 13s and The Mockingbirds. There will also be prize giveaways, a bake sale and more. More details about this benefit will be forthcoming.