The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast

TREMOLOCO is a Latino and western Sonoran Gothic folk, Tex-Mex American Cantina band, delivering original songs in Spanish and English that draw on a diverse array of musical traditions. Encompassing Nashville twang and Louisiana bayou grooves, New Orleans R&B, Delta blues, rancheros, cumbias and Tex-Mex romps, the band will present songs from their fourth album “Deseo” on WoodSongs.

KEVIN DANIEL was raised in North Carolina, now a NYC based Americana crooner. His songwriting career was born of tragedy, his parents were flying back from their mountain house in western North Carolina when their plane had crashed, killing both of them. Kevin wrote over a dozen songs, all fueled by the grief of losing his parents as well as the celebration of the large lives they were known for.

WoodSongs Kid: Sabrina Patel is an 11 year old violinist from Burlington, North Carolina.

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY is one of America’s most awarded songwriters with global hit records like WILDFIRE, GERONIMO’S CADILLAC, CAROLINA IN THE PINES, WHAT’S FOREVER FOR and more. Murphey’s songs have been recorded by multiple artists including John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Cher, Lyle Lovett and even The Monkees. He returns to WoodSongs with first album “Road Beyond the View” a 9 song collection is a musical journey into things that Father and Son enjoyed growing up together in and around Taos, NM,

CHEVEL SHEPHERD is a rising star in country music. She is the winner of season 15 of The Voice and stars in the motion picture “Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse” based Murphey’s hit song.

WoodSongs Kid: REESE TRIMBLE is an eleven-year-old country singer from Cynthiana, Kentucky.

THE SCOOCHES are a world-class lineup of standout musicians from New York, Suriname, Sapelo Island (Georgia), Mexico, India, and the Caribbean. Big Takeover Magazine best described their fluid convergence of cultures as “Not just music forged from myriad sounds and cultural styles garnered from genre and geography but the music of the world, about the world.”

JEFF PLANKENHORN is an Austin-based songwriter and has been an accompanist to the stars and first-call session musician in Texas (Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster, Ray Wylie Hubbard, etc.) He’s a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who designed his own signature lap-steel “The Plank” that gained him an Austin Music Award.

Lucy Gray is a 16-year-old songwriter and musician from Kansas City.

TOMMY EMMANUEL is arguably one of the best and most influential guitarists in the world. From Australia, across America and around the globe, Tommy is packing major concert halls to the rafters with his amazing and brilliant guitar skills.

LARRY CAMBPELL & TERESA WILLIAMS are a husband and wife music powerhouse. Larry Campbell is perhaps best known for his time as part of Bob Dylan’s band. Teresa Williams is an accomplished musician who has worked with artists such as Julie Miller, Levon Helm, Peter Wolf, and Hot Tuna.

ISAAC BEVERS is our WoodSongs Kid who recently won the National Thumbpickers Award!

BING FUTCH is an award winning songwriter and performer of Appalachian music. He’s a renowned mountain dulcimer, ukulele and flute player. He plays the dulcimer like Jimi Hendrix played his guitar and has left audiences breathless with his amazing musical technique.

GREG KLYMA is a road-tested troubadour and a relentless songwriter. You'll find him weaving lanes between Tom Petty and Merle Haggard on music's highway. Buffalo-born, now Boston-based, he is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, jester, carnival barker, two-stepper and daydreamer.

TAJ FARRANT is a 13-year-old super guitarist from Australia.

KRISTYN HARRIS is the 5-time International Western Music Association Entertainer of the Year, a Texas-bred musical powerhouse noted for her powerful vocals, solid swing rhythm guitar player, unique songwriter and, award winning yodeler. Her latest album was awarded the prestigious Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. She is also a 6-time winner of the IWMA Female Performer of the Year and won the CMA of Texas Cowboy Western Entertainer of the Year Award.

PHOEBE WHITE is 13-year-old ‘America's yodeling cowgirl’ from London, Kentucky. Her latest album is called UnXpected, recorded with America’s cowboys, RIDERS IN THE SKY and the McLain Family Band. Her album made the top ten of the USA Western Music Charts.

CANDICE GUNN is a 12-year-old guitarist and yodeler.

BRENNEN LEIGH is a songwriter, guitar player, mandolin player and singer whose storytelling style has elevated her to cult icon status in Europe, Scandinavia, the United States, South America and the United Kingdom. Her traditional country is from the same cloth as Patsy Cline and Marty Stuart. Her songs have been recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Rodney Crowell and many others. 

JILL ANDREWS is an acclaimed singer-songwriter who gives the unsung the voice they have always deserved. From her days fronting lauded Americana group, the everbodyfields, to her successful solo career as a writer and performer, Andrews’ music has taken her far from her East Tennessee home. Musically, there are echoes of the Indigo Girls’ more folksy side, especially since Andrews’ voice bears a passing similarity to that of Emily Saliers.

Johnathan Moore is a 13-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist from Eastern Kentucky.

AOIFE SCOTT featuring RON SCOTT are two amazing musicians together on WoodSongs! The incredible banjo and guitar master, with 12 Grammy wins, RON BLOCK (Alison Krauss and Union Station) is joined by Dublin, Ireland based folk and traditional artist, Aoife Scott.

TED YODER is a National Hammer Dulcimer Champion and one of the most exciting musicians in America, with tens of millions of social media views. He returns to WoodSongs to introduce songs from his new live album.

Ellie Hack is a 15-year-old singer from Benton, Kentucky.

LARRY & JOE are Larry Bellorín & Joe Troop,  two brilliant musicians who
merge Appalachian bluegrass with traditional Venezuelan music. Larry's
album CHE APALACHE was produced by multi-Grammy winning banjo master
BELA FLECK. Two virtuosos of their respective folk traditions, both
brimming with passion and fury. Larry's story alone could fill an hour
broadcast. He migrated to the United States, facing political exile and
seeking asylum – first alone and then joined by his wife and young
daughter. To support his family and make ends meet, he worked 10-hour
days on a construction site.
SISTAH LA LA (La'Shelle Allen) is a classically trained singer who has
been sharing her gifts with the world for over three decades. An
incredible voice that has performed with opera companies across America.
As an artist, she has devoted much of her career to re-introduce the
importance of the American Negro song and music in the 21st century. She
is Odetta, Pail Robeson, Blind Boys of Alabama and Pavaratti wrapped up
in one incredible singer.
WoodSongs Kid: Owen Brockman is a 13-year-old banjo player from North
Carolina.

KRISTI COX & GRASSTIME is Bluegrass from Down Under! Kristi is an incredible award winning bluegrass artist from southern Australia. She won 5 ‘Bluegrass Recording of the Year’ in Australia’s CMA Awards. Her latest is for her track with acclaimed guitarist Tommy Emmanuel ‘Finger Picking Good.’ A stunning musician, she is a six time recipient of Australia’s Golden Guitar from the Country Music Association of Australia

HANNAH BETHEL is a rare artist, a fiercely independent, wild, free, and untamed spirit. Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Bethel grew up in Houghton, Michigan, listening to country and 70s rock, drawing inspiration from Tom Petty, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Willie Nelson and others. She spent her teenage years performing across the upper Midwest before self-releasing her first record at age 17.
WoodSongs Kid: Madeline Caudill is a 10-year-old guitarist from central Kentucky.