The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast

CARY MORIN has been described as "one of the best acoustic pickers on the scene today.” With deft fingerstyle guitar and vocals that alternately convey melodic elation and gritty world-weariness, Morin crafts an inimitable style often characterized as roots-infused Native Americana with hints of bluegrass, folk, blues, and rock. He has performed at renowned venues across the globe, including the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, and is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades.

LILLI LEWIS is a classically trained, award-winning singer/songwriter from New Orleans. Lewis is said to have "Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s virtuoso commitment to her instrument and Odetta’s vocal power, creating a show that is a force of nature.” Opening for Alana Davis, Dr. John, Kirk Joseph, Kermit Ruffins, Henry Butler and Jon Cleary to name a few, the social justice themes and human rights messages that filter into her lyrics, as well as her gospel-tinged vocals and instrumentation are a direct result from her upbringing spent listening to her father’s sermons and southern choirs while learning the northern sensibilities of her civil rights activist mother.

WoodSongs Kid: Ameera De Mel just turned 13 and has a powerful voice. She is from Lexington, Kentucky.

DAVID FERGUSON is behind Nashville’s most revered recordings of the last 40 years and collaborator with the likes of Johnny Cash, John Prine, and Sturgill Simpson. He comes releasing a star-studded release of NASHVILLE NO MORE on Fat Possum Records.

BECKY BULLER is a national IBMA Fiddle Champion .. amulti-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer from St. James, MN, who has traversed the globe performing bluegrass music to underwrite her insatiable songwriting habit. Her compositions can be heard on records by Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, to name just a few. Becky is the recipient of 10 IBMA awards as well as being involved as a musician and songwriter on three albums nominated for 2020 Grammys. She tours extensively with the Becky Buller Band and just released Distance And Time, her third album for the Dark Shadow Recording label.

JIMMIE VAUGHAN has helped breathe new life into the music that has been his lifeline all these decades, becoming a hero to those who cherish America’s real gift to musical history. This four-time Grammy-winner became possessed by his instrument while listening to the blues on the Black radio station in Dallas, and it has been that way ever since. And ever since then, it’s been a constant quest to play the blues, whether it was in early 1970s Austin bands like Storm and then the Fabulous Thunderbirds, or later with brother Stevie Ray Vaughan on their FAMILY STYLE album, and on his own releases. This year, he celebrates his life in the blues and on the road with THE JIMMIE VAUGHAN STORY, a special limited-edition box set and book including over 200 photos covering his life and the breadth of his remarkable career.

DREW HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS developed their sound through extensive touring, performing alongside Amos Lee, Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, Don Henley, and more. The band has sold over 150,000 albums to date and played over 2,000 concert dates in 7 countries. Their songs have received over 60 TV placements, appearing on How I Met Your Mother, Criminal Minds,Parenthood, Nashville, HOUSE, Justified and more. Their latest album, Dragons, is available now.   

JACK BROADBENT has spent the past few years wowing audiences across the globe with his blend of virtuosic acoustic and slide guitar and blues inspired vocals. Hailed as “the new master of the slide guitar” by the Montreux Jazz Festival and “the real thang” by the legendary Bootsy Collins, Broadbent has shared the stage with legendary artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie Wood, Peter Frampton, Tommy Emmanuel,and Tony Joe White. His songs can span from a beautiful folk ballad to straight ahead rock and roll. Broadbent has four full length albums under his belt.

THE KODY NORRIS SHOW is one of the busiest, hardest working, and most entertaining bands in bluegrass. The group combines musical virtuosity with humor and showmanship in a throwback to the glory days of the Grand Ole Opry. Call it retro, hillbilly, bluegrass or rockabilly, the group strives for something Kody simply calls “dern good entertainment. Their debut Rebel release All Suited Up weaves classic themes with youthful creativity and modern sensibility.

VICTOR WOOTEN has been heralded as “the Michael Jordan of the bass” and “one of the most fearless musicians on the planet.” Wooten, a five-time Grammy winner, hit the worldwide scene as a founding member of the super-group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Victor has also become widely known for his own Grammy nominated solo recordings and tours, and has won every major award given to a bass guitarist including being voted Bassist of the Year in Bass Player Magazine’s readers poll three times (the only person to win it more than once.) In 2011, Rolling Stone Magazine voted Victor one of the Top Ten Bassist of ALL TIME. Victor will be performing and reading from his latest book The Spirit of Music. It’s a inspiring parable of the importance of music and the threats that it faces in today’s world.

WoodSongs Kid: Morgan Gonce is a fourteen year old guitarist and singer from Baltimore, Maryland.

BOBBY RUSH is a GRAMMY winning blues legend, Blues Hall of Famer, 12x Blues Music Award winner, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and makes a cameo in the Netflix Original ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Starring Eddie Murphy. After decades of tearing up the chitlin’ circuit on a nightly basis with his sweaty, no-holds-barred funkfests, Bobby has thoroughly broken through to the mainstream. Considered by many to be the greatest bluesman currently performing, Bobby will be performing and reading from his new memoir “I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story.” It gives readers unparalleled access into the man, the myth, the legend: Bobby Rush.

JOE TROOP is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During his decade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he formed the group Che Apalache, produced by legendary genre-bender, banjoist Béla Fleck and received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Folk Album in 2020.

LINDA GAIL LEWIS is the little sister to living legend and musical genius, Jerry Lee Lewis. Born a Louisiana girl and now residing in Austin, Texas, she was raised on rock'n'roll pumping piano and country and grew up with a passion for music. A professional musician since fifteen, well versed in rockabilly, rock'n' roll & country that continues to tour sharing her high octane live show with music fans around the world.

CEDRIC BURNSIDE is a two-time GRAMMY nominee who has proudly carried the mantle of Mississippi Hill Country blues around the world. Burnside delivers his bruised but unfettered truth over blistering guitar and deep pocket drums—a sound birthed in his soul but developed and perfected on the road. His newest contribution to this tradition is I Be Trying, a 13-track album treatise on life’s challenges, pleasures, and beauty.