Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the December 13 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 took the opportunity to empty the mailboxes and check out new recordings that have arrived in recent weeks. This enabled us to debut plenty of new tunes this week from Monster Track Supergroup, Elizabeth Findley, Bree Gearhart, Anchors to Anchors, The Hawkeyes, The Clarks, Kenny Murdick, H8 and Hate Grenade. Along the way, we updated "Local Music News," remembered the late Cliff Turner with a 1997 John Phelps song he played bass on for this week's "Local Music Flashback," stepped "Across State Lines" to hear music from Akron, Ohio's Aliver Hall, and reviewed Jack Pyers' No Road Home CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"
Here is this week's playlist:
HOUR ONE:
CHRIS VIPOND & THE STANLEY STREET BAND - "Pink Parking Ticket"
MATT OTIS & THE SOUND - "Take Me Home"
MONSTER TRACK SUPERGROUP - "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
ELIZABETH FINDLEY - "Broken" (with vocals by Anna Lockhart)
BREE GEARHART - "Get Bright Moonlight"
THE BIG TIME (WALKNEY) - "Transparent"
ANCHORS TO ANCHORS - "Stay Lost"
YOUNG LUNGS - "Fix Me"
THE HAWKEYES - "Had Enough"
TED McCLOSKEY - "A Wreck Around You"
JIM DONOVAN'S SUN KING WARRIORS - "You Got to Believe It"
HOUR TWO:
THE CLARKS - "Paint It Black"
M.S.G. - "Fire Tower Road"
KENNY MURDICK - "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
JACK PYERS - "Cowboy Song"
H8 - "Covered in Blood"
JOHN PHELPS - "Nobody Told You" (1997, Local Music Flashback)
ALIVER HALL - "Knew Without You" (live) (Across State Lines)
GROUND RESONANCE - "Say"
HATE GRENADE - "Killjoy"
EMBER'S FALL - "Wrath"
Our next program will be our annual Christmas Special! We will spotlight Christmas and holiday music from local and regional bands and artists, spanning area musicians' renditions of time-tested holiday favorites to local performers' original Christmas songs! We'll hear familiar favorites and new holiday songs as well!
Upcoming guests and specials include:
DECEMBER 27 - 2015 Year in Review Special
JANUARY 31 - Derek Woodz Band
FEBRUARY 7 - Ladies of Local Music Special
FEBRUARY 28 - Millennium Music Conference Recap
(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...
Bassist Ron Gallucci is stepping away from live performing, and wrapping up his stint with the Adam Ernst Band. The group will continue on with a new bass player.
For folks looking to get into the holiday spirit with a touch of ukulele, the Allegheny Ukulele Kollective presents their Uke & Yule Christmas Concert next Saturday night, December 19, at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Hollidaysburg. A $5 donation per person is being requested, with proceeds benefiting the Kollective's programs and their 2016 Ukulele Soiree event.
And big changes for The Big Time...The Altoona-based power-pop/punk group has morphed into a new group called Walkney, with singer/guitarist Derek Mrdjenovich and drummer Aaron Porta spearheading the new inception. Walkney has already recorded some new song material, and will play an all-ages show presented by AnEmergencyScene on Saturday, December 26 at the Archway Center in Altoona. Also appearing during that show will be Post Season, Moses and Paul Johnson.
HOMEGROWN ROCKER 12/13/15
Moderator: Jim Price
