Homegrown Music Podcast

Homegrown Music Podcast

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Homegrown Music Podcast episodes

  • Asparagus Sunshine

    A well-remembered Poconos jazz-rock group in a session from 1978, doing original music plus creative arrangements of tunes by Stevie Wonder and others. The sextet played at the first edition of the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts in 1978, and features one the festival's cofounders, the late Rick Chamberlain on trombone.

    Homegrown Music Podcast #35
    Asparagus Sunshine 1978

    1. Creepin' (Steve Wonder) 3:37
    2. Rappin' the Mouth (Wolfgang Knittel) 5:24
    3. Numbus  (David Ellis) 6:02
    4. Bird of Beauty (Stevie Wonder) 4:20
    5. Sponge (Brecker Brothers) 4:21


    6. Chelsea Bridge (Duke Ellington) 4:19
    7. Cloudburst (made famous by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) 5:01
    8. The Vegetable Suite (Rick Chamberlain) 14:47

    Rick Chamberlain - trombone
    Wolfgang Knittel - keyboards
    Tony Marino - bass
    David Ellis - trumpet
    Bud Nealy - drums
    Jerry Harris - vocals

    Recorded 4/26/1978, mixed 5/18/1978
    by George Graham

    53 min
  • Cabinet

    A long-running six-piece bluegrass-jam band from the Scranton area who recently marked their 20th anniversary as a group. This studio session from 2007 features Cabinet's original material.


    Cabinet
    (June 2007)

    1. The Tower (J.P. Biondo) 4:41
    2. Treesap * (J.P. Biondo/Micky Coviello) 3:13
    3. Home Now (Pappy Biondo/J.P. Biondo/M.
    4. Coviello) 6:14
    5. Shifty Shaft * (Pappy Biondo/Mickey Coviello) 4:32
    6. Elizabeth (Pappy Biondo) 5:05
    7. Someplace to Go (J.P. Biondo) 3:19
    8. Dirt * (Pappy Biondo/Mickey Coviello) 10:28
    9. Coal Miners (Pappy Biondo/J.P. Biondo)5:05



      10. * denotes instrumental track

      Total time: 43:02


      Pappy Biondo: banjo, vocals
      J.P. Biondo: mandolin, vocals
      Mickey Coviello: guitar, vocals
      Todd Kopek: fiddle, vocals
      Dylan Skursky: acoustic bass
      Jami Novak: drums & percussion

      Produced and Engineered by George Graham
      Recorded June 28, 2007

      Mixed August 31, 2007
      Digitally Edited (pc) & Mastered September 1, 2007

      47 min
    10. Fife & Drom

      An New York-based alternative blues-rock quartet originally from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Fife and Drom is co-led by the wife-husband duo of Abby Ahmad and Mark Marshall. The April 2014 session features all original music spotlighting their eclectic take on blues-rock.


      Homegrown Music Podcast #34:
      Fife and Drom (April 2024)

      1. Ghosts 4:15
      2. Wicked Tongue  * 3:45
      3. Black Widow 5:06
      4. Who Do You Think You’re Foolin’ 4:39
      5. Runaway 4:28
      6.  Barnburner 2:36
      7.  Ninety Years (percussion by all) 4:42



        8. Total Time: 29:55

        (All compositions by Abby Ahmad and Mark Marshall)

        Abby Ahmad: guitar and lead vocal
        Mark Marshall: lead guitar
        Adam Minkoff: bass and backing vocals
        Sean Dixon: drums

        Produced and Engineered by George Graham

        Recorded April 30, 2014
        Mixed May 22, 2014 except (*) on May 28, 2014
        Digitally Edited May 30, 2014

        33 min
      8. Fourth House

        A short-lived but outstanding jazz-rock fusion quintet with vocals from the Woodstock, NY area. This 1998 session features the band's creative but melodic original music.

        Homegrown Music Podcast #33 - 4th House

        1. Stranded  (Kyle Esposito/Megan Johnson) 6:06
        2.  Feast or Famine  (Kyle Esposito) 5:10
        3. I Know You  (Kevin Ryan) 6:37
        4. Thought (Kyle Esposito) (7:01)
        5.  Anna Lee  (Kyle Esposito)  (6:35) 13:35
        6. Bird's Song (Kyle Esposito) 8:55


          7. Total Time: 40:36


          Kyle Esposito: bass, vocals
          Kevin Ryan: guitar, backing vocals
          Nick Lloyd: keyboards, backing vocals
          Chris Lyons: drums
          Megan Johnson: lead vocals, percussion

          Produced and Engineered  by  GEORGE GRAHAM

          Recorded November 16, 1998
          Mixed January 28, 1999
          Digially Edited (pc) January 29, 1999

          45 min
        7. Brenda Fernandes
          A Scranton area singer-songwriter/electronic musician, Ms. Fernandes creates ethearal sounding music with New Age influence, in this 2019 solo studio session.
          35 min
        9. Bog Swing Band
          Named after a venue in Scranton, this all-star group includes musicians with backround in jazz, blues, bluegrass and classical music, to perform music inspired by the innovative jazz guitarist Djanho Reinhardt.
          58 min
        10. Dave Wright
          A prolific singer-songwriter from the Scranton area, the late Dave Wight succumbed to cancer in 2003 in his early 50s.
          53 min
        11. Ned Farr
          Singer-songwriter and guitarist Ned Farr is known as a filmmaker, producing and directing everything from feature films to informercials.
          33 min
        12. The Electric Farm
          A long-running group from the Lehigh Valley headed by guitarist-singer-songwriter Joey Mutis III, who combine intelligent folk and rock with a bit of jam band influence. This podcast is an anthology of songs from three sessions in 1993 and 1994.
          56 min

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