Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the May 15 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.
We took another opportunity to check out new arrivals in the "Homegrown Rocker" mailboxes this week, and debuted some new music. We introduced new tunes from The Satin Hearts (Strange Brew), Adam Gingrich, Daily Grind, James Lee and Joe Newtz. Along the way, we updated "Local Music News," dug a 2004 song by Uncle Travelling Matt from the archive for this week's "Local Music Flashback," stepped "Across State Lines" to check out a tune by New York City's MOther, and reviewed Don Hoffman Bluz's Unfinished Business CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"
Here is this week's playlist:
HOUR ONE:
BACKLASH - "Days Gone Past"
THE WRECKERS - "Best Days"
THE SATIN HEARTS (STRANGE BREW) - "Wild Child"
FELIX & THE HURRICANES - "Coming Home to You"
ADAM GINGRICH - "Funeral Dance"
CHRIS RATTIE - "The Way It's Gotta Be"
DAILY GRIND - "Blacktops & Boulevards"
OBSERVE THE 93RD - "Parallel"
JAMES LEE - "Working Down Copper Mine"
OVERHEAD - "Midnight Son"
ERIC IAN FARMER - "When You (Side)Walked Into the Room"
HOUR TWO:
PROGMIUM - "Invincible"
ONE ADAM 12 - "Devil's Lullaby"
JOE NEWTZ - "Falling In"
DON HOFFMAN BLUZ - "Damned If I Do"
BURDEN MY SURRENDER - "Empty Rooms"
UNCLE TRAVELLING MATT - "Burning City" (2004, Local Music Flashback)
MOTHER - "Ghost" (Across State Lines)
CANDLELIGHT RED - "Demons"
SUBJECT TO CHANGE - "Red Slug"
Xs FOR EYES - "Orchard Street"
EMBER'S FALL - "Wrath"
On our next program, we'll be visited in the studio by Lewistown-based singer and songwriter Chip Jabs! A former member of Even As We Speak, Chip has been writing new songs and assembling a new project; listen as we get the latest scoop on Chip's career, and he will bring along guests and play a few songs live! Along the way, we will update "Local Music News," dig a "Local Music Flashback" from the archive, and review Roger Hammer's Up In The Air CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"
Upcoming guests and specials include:
MAY 29 - Memorial Day Special
JUNE 19 - Father's Day Special
JUNE 26 - Cover Song Special
JULY 3 - Ron Henry
JULY 17 - Native Alloys
AUG. 21 - Shannon & the Merger
(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...
Organizers bgan to unveil some of the performers who will appear at the 2016 Flood City Music Festival in Johnstown in early August. Those names include Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Charles Bradley & the Extraordinaires, Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Chris Smither, Marc Broussard, Billy Price, Jimmy Adler, The Commonheart, the Derek Woodz Band, the Whiskey River Panhandlers, Chrome Moses and more. The Flood City Music Festival will happen Aug. 4-7 at People's Natural Gas Park near downtown Johnstown. For tickets and more information about this year's festival, visit the website www.floodcitymusic.com.
The tenth annual Day Of Rock benefit concert will take place next month. That event, which raises money for the Altoona chapter of We Care Therapy Services, will happen on Saturday, June 4 at the Saxton Sportsmen's Pavilion near Saxton. Area bands performing during this year's event include Bad Daze, Locked and Loaded, Shallow 9, Backlash, Naildriver, Floored-X and Bone Jacked, with Jae Smith of Root and the Fifths performing acoustic between bands. The show begins at 12 noon; donation at the gate will be $20 per person.
And updating a previous story, drummer Rob Bonsell has been announced as the last piece of the puzzle for a new area band coming together. Rob will join Rue Moyer, Brian Pavlik and Jarrett Bickel in a new project expected to debut on area stages later this summer.
HOMEGROWN ROCKER 5/15/16
Moderator: Jim Price
