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Safari Room is the indie rock outfit and brainchild of Alec

“We’re not that different you and me,” Alec Koukol repeats throughout the swelling bridge of “Garden Talker,” and that line might as well be a mission statement for Safari Room. Koukol describes “human connection as a founding cornerstone” as the project’s ethos, and that message is a through-line for Safari Room’s entire discography so far. The band is known,

The son of a West Virginia coal miner, Charles Wesley Godwin sings about the industry that’s both blessed and cursed his home state for centuries. His voice, with its tight, old-world vibrato, is perfect for the song, as are the light layers of violin and pedal steel.

This recording is from our 17th season that we are broadcasting in recognition of his late night debut n Jimmy Kimmel Live.

From the Bootheel of Missouri the band known as Wilhelmina, a unique blend of red dirt country, Americana, and southern rock.  These guys grew up with each other and started playing music for the fun of it, just tilling the soil to see what would grow. What they grew was a following. Wilhelmina released their first single “Deuteronomy” back in July 2023. Since then, they’ve released a 5 song Live Acoustic EP “From a Shed” and 2 music videos! They’re currently working on their first full album coming out this year.

Born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Clarke is a singer, a writer, a multi-instrumentalist, and a music producer who has made his mark on stages across this country. Though he lives and works in Nashville now, he's always out and about playing the region and winning fans everywhere he lands. Clarke will play songs new and old as he's on the road with Nolan Taylor and just released a song called "The Light".

Jacob Perez is a songwriter living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Spending much of his childhood and teen years moving around the country has informed the artist's voice and songs. The COVID-19 pandemic found Perez furloughed from his day job and this season of extra time proved the most fruitful creative period of his life thus far. The batch of songs written during this period became the core of

After spending the mid 2000's as a working musician in New Orleans, Warren Byrom returned to Lexington, Kentucky to focus on writing and recording. In his many years in Lexington's music scene, Warren has collaborated with so many of the city's players, I'd be challenged to name half of them.

Warren Byrom & The Fabled Canelands has toured extensively performing regionally through Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio, and Tennessee. In 2023 Warren released his third record, Dreaming the Sun,

The Bibelhauser Brothers, based in Louisville, are super talented brothers who will absolutely wow you with both their vocal and instrumental power.

In addition to writing songs recorded by award-winning bluegrass artists including Del McCoury, Balsam Range, Michael Cleveland, & Dale Ann Bradley, Aaron Bibelhauser is sought after as a songwriter, vocalist, solo recording artist, and bandleader.  Aaron has spent the past twenty years working with several Kentucky-based ensembles and hustling as a sideman and utility player on banjo, pedal steel guitar, dobro, piano, bass, and guitar.

Twin brother Adam has spent the past two decades developing one of the most powerful voices in bluegrass music, and his own style as a bassist, as

For over 4 decades, Gary Brewer has been a very highly

Gary has recorded for multiple major record labels, including Copper Creek, releasing 29 studio albums and a double live album which was recorded on one of his European tours. Now, he has launched his own label called SGM Records (Stretch Grass Music). He has released an additional 21 albums on his label. Gary

He has recorded several top 10 hits in the Bluegrass Industry. Gary has also had very successful albums that can be considered Folk and Old-time Mountain Music. He

Hailing from the hills of WV, drawing influence from the Texas songwriter greats to Elliott Smith and Jason Isbell, Shawn Benfield blends his own pop sensibilities with classic country to create a unique sound that is distinct yet familiar. In 2022 Shawn released the follow up full length "Way of the World". Spill Magazine

Benfield is currently touring in support of "Way of the World. Shawn has performed on the Jerry Springer Podcast and W.B. Walkers Old Soul Radio Show. He's also shared stages with a number of Red Barn Radio alums, from Arlo McKinley and Josh Morningstar to Justin Wells.

Sugarcane Jane, otherwise known as Anthony Crawford and Savana Lee from Loxley, Alabama —

Between them, they have amassed a rich musical heritage working with such notables as Neil Young, Steve Winwood, and Dwight Yoakam. The music they make together is simple and direct, rooted in country and rock, and anchored by their sweet and soulful harmonies.

To know the couple’s roots is important in understanding the foundation of the duo’s incredible story. Anthony’s musical career has lead him all over the world beginning at Opryland at the age of eighteen to performing at the Grand Ole Opry with Roy Acuff, to being on tour with Sonny James, Neil Young (The Shocking Pinks, The International Harvesters, The Electric Band), then Steve