HOMEGROWN ROCKER 8/16/15

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the August 16 edition of 105.9 Qwik-Rock's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Lion Country's Rock Station, 105.9 Qwik-Rock. The show can also be streamed via Qwik's website, www.1059qwikrock.com.

This week we again emptied the "Homegrown Rocker" mailboxes to check out new recordings that have arrived during recent weeks. We debuted new music, including songs from Juke Left, The Syncopated Keys, Vitamin K, Mason Porter and Dirty Thieving Gypsies. We also updated "Local Music News," dug a 2000 number by The Cyclones from the archive for this week's "Local Music Flashback" (marking this week's fifth anniversary of the passing of the group's guitarist, Pittsburgh legend Glenn Pavone), stepped "Across State Lines" to hear music from Berkeley Springs, WV-based bluegrassers Bud's Collective, and reviewed Backyard Kings' The Weekend CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

MFG - "Lauren"
CHRIS RATTIE - "Hard Heart"
JUKE LEFT - "How to Survive"
THE LEGENDARY HUCKLEBUCKS - "Honky Tonk Angel"
(COVE FORGE MUSIC PROGRAM/ANONYMOUS) - "Heroin and All My Friends"
LUKE PFISTER - "Romeo a Ghost"
ATTRACTED TO SYN - "Save the Day"
SIX BAR BREAK - "Cocktail"
STOLEN RHODES - "Gone"
THE SITCH - "Run for Your Life"

HOUR TWO:

MIXING NUMBERS WITH SOUNDS - "Haste"
THE SYNCOPATED KEYS - "Always the Same"
THE GREAT SOCIO - "Hurricane"
BACKYARD KINGS - "The Good Life"
VITAMIN K - "New York City"
THE CYCLONES - "Postal Jack" (2000, Local Music Flashback)
BUD'S COLLECTIVE - "I Wouldn't Wish You on the Devil" (Across State Lines)
MASON PORTER - "The Water Rolls Away"
LIZ DE LISE - "Strangers"
DIRTY THIEVING GYPSIES - "The Beacon Song"

Next week, we welcome our musical guest via phone, Philadelphia's Liz de Lise! We will learn Liz's story, and hear tracks from her EP To and Fro, plus gain Liz's insights on her music! Along the way, we will update "Local Music News" and dig a "Local Music Flashback" from the archive.

Upcoming guests and specials include:

AUG. 30 - After The Fall

(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)

Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for "Local Music News" may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com. Indicate "MUSIC NEWS" in the subject heading!

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: Magnum Broadcasting, 315 South Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801; ATTN: Jim Price/Homegrown. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM. You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.

Jim Price

In Local Music News...

A new bluegrass festival is starting in Huntingdon County in early September. The Edgewater Inn in Alexandria will host its first Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, September 5 from noon to 10 p.m. Featured performers at the event will include headliners Mama Corn, along with Mountain Ride, Grain, Strait & Miller, Striped Maple Hollow, The Whiskey River Panhandlers, Trains Moonshine & Jesus, Tussey Mountain Moonshiners, Coal Town Rounders and Ride the Song. Advance tickets are $20 per person, with admission $25 at the gate. Children under age 10 are admitted free.

Johnstown's Venue Of Merging Arts (V.O.M.A.) has announced their performance lineup for the upcoming Cambria City Ethnic Festival, which happens during Labor Day weekend in Johnstown's Cambria City neighborhood. V.O.M.A. will again host bands on its 3rd Avenue stage, and feature a blend of local, regional and touring national acts. Appearing on Friday, September 4 will be Me & My Neighbor, Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, Jude Benedict and the Last Drop and Dr. Slothclaw. Performers on Saturday, September 5 include Matt Otis & the Sound, Mateo Monk, Habatat, Mosaic Foundation, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra and Beauty Slap. And the lineup for Sunday, September 6 includes The Crew of the Half Moon, The Wild Huckleberries, Black Cat Moan, Memphis Hill and Wolves in Sheep's Clothing. Admission to the Cambria City Ethnic Festival is free.

And this year's Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering will take place next month at Greenwood Furnace State Park in Huntingdon County. This year's Gathering happens September 11-13, and will feature workshops and classes for beginners and advanced musicians, concerts and other activities. Performers at this year's Gathering include Simple Gifts, Callanish, Richard Sleigh, Richard Thomson, Steve Sherrill, Richard Withers and others. For more information, visit the website www.folkgathering.com.