Our guest Wednesday August 13, is Ragged Union. This tight bluegrass ensemble has toured the US, UK, and China, since 2013, has released 4 studio albums and one live album. Whether you like traditional sounding grass or something with a more syncopated progressive feel, I think this will check all the boxes for you. Ragged Union also tosses in their own take on some cover tunes by artists from Levon Helm, to the Marshall Tucker Band.

Their latest release is called Pyramid Stars, and you should check it out in the coming weeks to whet your appetite for a deliciously Bluegrassy evening of music and conversation with Ragged Union.

Combining the best of Americana and blues melodies with timeless Southern storytelling, award winning vocalist Stephanie Adlington and guitarist Aaron Lessard draw influence from the likes of Tom Waits and Ray LaMontagne, along with bedrock artists such as Patsy Cline and Hank Williams Sr. A Tale Of Two has opened for notable artists such as Mary Gauthier, Grayson Capps, and Peter Mulvey. Not unlike the artists who inspired them, the duo’s songs frequently dabble in stories of revenge, drinking and feature sinners of all stripes and persuasions.

Oozing an infectious stage presence and chemistry that carries over from the music to the back and forth banter between songs, “A Tale Of Two” offers a different kind of Americana – storytelling by a swampy pair of retro raconteurs spinning blues arias with soul, intrigue and power.

Our guest is Ashley Irae w/ supporting band, Deep Nourished Roots.

Ashley's debut single from her first album “Beauty Queen” was released at the end of September in 2018. This song -- emphasizing the importance of loving yourself instead of looking to someone else to fill the void-- created a Buzz and captured hearts of many all around the world. Currently Irae is working on an album with French producer and sound man, Jahlix.

Ashley's soulful voice and uplifting messages opens people's hearts. A great eve of music and convo with Our guest next week is Ashley Irae w/ supporting band, Deep Nourished Roots

Ashley's debut single from her first album “Beauty Queen” was released at the end of September in 2018. This song -- emphasizing the importance of loving yourself instead of looking to someone else to fill the void-- created a Buzz and captured hearts of many all around the world. Currently IRAE is working on an album with French producer and sound man, Jahlix.

Ashley's soulful voice and uplifting messages opens people's hearts.

Nigel Wearne has toured Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK and Canada and he's performed at a long list of festivals from MerleFest to both the Cambridge and Philadelphia Folk Festivals, and Bristol Rhythm & Roots.

Nigel is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influences such as Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. A deep thinker and truth seeker with a penchant for all things peculiar, he sings of human frailty, grace and the cosmos; songwriting that cuts to the bone.

Rolling Stone magazine calls Nigel's music

"warmth flecked with grit...and beauty "

The Weekend Australian says

Nigel's songs showcase

"vocal swagger of Van Morrison and the arranging chutzpuh of Ennio Morricone

Villa Mure is the sonic marriage of Kendra Villiger (guitar/vox) and Colin LaMure (bass/vox), accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Ethan Evans (drums).

Villa Mure explores the musical landscape that falls between rock n roll, progressive-rock, heartland-rock, psychedelia, blues-rock, and jam. Like many groups who are difficult to place, it has been called indie-rock or alternative, but regardless of title or categorization, Villa Mure's music is alive, finding itself and place in the bigger picture with every new com-position. While no two people can give you the same answer on what to call Villa Mure's music, they can all agree that it is something brand new and genuine, yet lovingly familiar, like catching up with an old friend.

Since 2018, Johnny and the Yooahoos has been welcomed to festivals in France, Ireland, Holland, Austria and Switzerland. As winners of the IBMA International Band Grant, they are now undertaking a five-week tour of the USA renowned venues such as the Grand Ole Opry and the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival on their tour calendar. AND RED BARN RADIO!!

Though from Southern Germany themselves, Johnny and The Yooahoos celebrate American folk music in their own way by mixing traditional bluegrass and contemporary folk in a way, they say that is both raw and nostalgic. Join us next week for a great program of music and conversation with Johnny and the Yooahoos!

Our guest is a singer, writer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who has involved himself in countless musical exploits over the years, many playing out right before us on the Red Barn Radio stage. A good number of you will be familiar with this gentleman, but perhaps not so with his current creative persona, who he calls Waffle Therrod. Waffle describes its new musical exploration as "a multi-dimensional sensation on several planets". All I shall add to this is that I urge you to suit up and get ready for takeoff for what I know will be a cool voyage into the solar system of our talented friend Waffle!

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This high-voltage, all-female force is rewriting the rules of country music from their new base in Nashville, Tennessee. Combining glitter, grit, and unstoppable energy, they are taking the country scene by storm with their magnetic presence and undeniable talent. Whether it’s opening for high-profile artists Lonestar, Ricky Skaggs, Dierks Bentley or Lee Brice on some of the worlds largest stages, or igniting the multi-genre Canadian Music Week with four explosive performances in just 48 hours, the jet-setting trio are making waves across the industry. Celebrated at Nashville’s famed CMA Fest, The Heels are setting fire to the international music industry and winning hearts wherever they go.

Guess who's coming back?? Davey Allen of Davey and the Midnights! Davey is a versatile songwriter, musician, and artist. His work is deeply rooted in the vast American songbook. Allen has played music professionally for the past 20 years, the last six with Davey and The Midnights. While the band now calls Indianapolis home, they formed on the west-side of Los Angeles, California in 2017.

Davey has also toured extensively as a solo artist and as keyboardist for rock hall of famer Eric Burdon. In addition, he has toured as a member of the San Francisco rock band The Stone Foxes. Davey is an advocate of many social causes and has previously donated a portion of his album sales to the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Center.

Scott Levi Jones, this blue-collar poet was born in South Jersey and as he says, baptized by the local nuclear plant in Salem County. Jones committed to Nashville in 2017 when he scraped together the rent for a single-wide trailer on the outskirts of town. He spent his early 20’s working construction while performing in honky-tonks and dive bars all across the Dirty South. Today he resides in a small cabin as a full-time independent musician.

The songwriter's lyrical ability has been compared to that of John Prine and Steve Goodman, yet his music reflects the sound of folk rock influences such as The Band and Little Feat. Dur-ing 2020 he released his debut album ‘The Odds of You and Me’ recorded at the historic Mu-sic Row studio ‘House of David’. The artist has since released an intimate acoustic EP, ‘The Cabin Worktapes’ captured in his living room, along with multiple singles including the viral hit ‘Free Bird' which acquired over 2.5 Million views on instagram alone