Kicking off the week in South Carolina we land in Charleston where we meet River Mason and his songs which include This Far, Ain't Comin' Back, Off The Mountain, Grandaddy's Tele and We All Need Help

Next week The Music of America Podcast heads to the state of South Carolina. Our guests include River Mason, Frank Royster, Carolina Bluegrass Style, AJ Case and Ron Hayden

No music but some fascinating stories from Rob Dugay, self-proclaimed music promotor and music reporter throughout the Northeast is our last guest in Rhode Island this week.

John Shurman joins us on Thursday. His music he will share includes Heartbeat, Hello Again, One More Day, 'Round Here and Woman of Mine

Halfway through the week in Rhode Island meet Consuelo's Revenge with their songs Pasadena, Kosmic Klezmer, Lady Liberty and Palatine Light

Martin G Bradburn from The Strattones and MGB invites us to both camps, where he writes the songs we hear today including Light Shine, Love Infinity and Slip Stream by the Strattones and Deadly Night Shades and Nothing To Do ( The Milo Song) by MGB

We begin the trip to Rhode Island this week with a classical music journey with Dr Judith Lynn Stillman, Compositions of a variety of composers are interwoven through many parts of this interview. We begin with Opening Notes- A Musical Journey followed by Legendary Duo In Harmony. The third piece is called Timeless Connections and Iconic Collaborations followed by Creative Reflection, a piece called Isolation and Inspiration. From there we go to a piece called From The Composer's Mind and conclude with The Grand Finale- A Spirited Flight

We conclude the week in Pennsylvania with R & b and Soul man Antar Goodwin with songs Grandma Said, Shotgun, the game, Justified and give it away

Jessica Smucker is our Thursday guest from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Songs of hers are Dinosaur, The Sea, When I Was the Weather, Stones To Throw and The Beautiful

From Delco meet Mike Campanile and his songs I Bleed, Silhouette Scarecrow, under the name Vampire we will hear Smooth and with his band Syberia listen to Living Dead and Pig