KINKY FRIEDMAN is America?s most famous Jewish cowboy. He'?s a songwriter, musician, author, comedian, philosopher, thinker and politician. His band is called Texas Jewboys and his big hit is They Don?t Make Jews Like Jesus Anymore. Kinky is one of the modern era?s closest link to Walt

Whitman and Mark Twain. A powerful and passionate artist THIS IS NOT A

SHOW FOR THE FAINT OF HEART but it will be pretty ding dang funny.

KACEY JONES is one of America?s funniest ladies of song. She produced an

album with Kinky and has a huge body of work in her own right. Her latest

song Donald Trump's Hair is a hysterical song about one of the recent

campaign?s oddest subjects.

WoodSongs Kid: Alex Miller is 12 years old from Lancaster, Kentucky. His

idol is Hank Williams Sr. and he sings mainly Hank songs or songs he

writes himself.

BOBBY RUSH is a funky fire-breathing blues legend. The man known as �The King of the Chitlin Circuit� has been a blues innovator since the 1960s, when he stood shoulder to shoulder on the stages of Chicago with Muddy Waters, Howlin� Wolf, Little Walter and other giants. At 82, Rush still has an energy level that fits his name. He�s a prolific songwriter and one of the most vital live performers in the blues. Bobby's last two albums were nominated for Grammys and he is the 2015 BMA BB King Entertainer of the YEAR. A new 4 CD box set called 'Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush' celebrates the legacy this amazing one-of-a-kind artist.

JERICHO WOODS is a five member group from Breckinridge, Kentucky that rides a hazy line between country and Americana. The band is one part Grand Ole Opry, one part Muscle Shoals. A musical experience that only boys brought up in Commonwealth of Kentucky could produce. �I dig this band, they know their roots, haven�t gotten above their raisin� and do know their state and musical heritage,� says Greg Martin of The Kentucky Headhunters. Their debut album 'Same Ol� Dirt' premiered on both the �Billboard Heatseeker� and �iTunes Country Album� Chart.

WoodSongs Kids: First Time Around is a hard driving bluegrass band from Louisa, Kentucky made up of some very talented teenagers.

ELLE KING is a phenomenal performer, songwriter, with an incredible voice and massive personality. Her single �Ex�s & Oh�s� is a hit. It was certified gold by the RIAA, nominated for a Grammy and has over 6.5 million views on YouTube. She received raves at all the summer festivals including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and more. Her debut album 'Love Stuff' on RCA Records marks the true arrival of the young singer/songwriter/guitarist/banjoist as a pop force to be reckoned with. It's frank and fearless, tender and rowdy.

DAVID WAX MUSEUM had the breakout performance at the 2010 Newport Folk Festival and made them the most talked-about band of the weekend, with NPR hailing them as "pure, irresistible joy." They released a trio of albums that earned escalating raves everywhere from SPIN and Entertainment Weekly (who described them as sounding "like Andrew Bird with a Mexican folk bent"). Entering a self-described Technicolor world, David Wax Museum's new album 'Guesthouse' melds the band's strong acoustic sound with synthesizers, layers of percussion, and adventurous sonic processing to create the band's boldest studio album to date.

WoodSongs Kid: Makinnon Layne is an aspiring musician and actor from Knoxville, Tennessee. This 12-year-old is huge country music fan.

LEIGH NASH is perhaps best known as the pixie-like singer with the heavenly voice from Sixpence None the Richer. She rolled pop, folk and gospel influences into hit songs like "Kiss Me" and "There She Goes". Her solo career, which kicked off in 2006, has been similarly diverse. Her latest solo album 'The State I'm In.' shines a light on her Texas roots. It finds Nash putting a modern spin on the sounds she heard as a young girl in the Texas Hill Country, mixing together the classic country of Willie Nelson, the sweeping pop of Roy Orbison and the mariachi influences of nearby Mexico.

TALL HEIGHTS harmony-heavy indie folk has taken this acoustic guitar and cello duo from the marketplaces of Massachusetts to stages across the country. They�ve toured America, released critically-acclaimed album, "Man of Stone", and earned a spot on the same folk family tree as Simon & Garfunkel and Bon Iver. On 2015�s "Holding On, Holding Out", though, the duo widen their reach significantly, beefing up their sound with electronics, synthesizers, drums loops, Casio keyboards, and plenty of shimmer and shine.

WoodSongs Kid: Angie Wilcutt is a 14 from Lexington, Kentucky. She performs an acoustic version of the pop hit “Bubbly� on the WoodSongs Stage.

WOODSONGS KIDS have become one of the most popular parts of every of WoodSongs broadcast since Michael Johnathon introduced it last year. Every week a talented young performer appears on stage along side the professional/touring artists. It's created some incredible one-of-kind musical moments. This broadcast will be made up entirely of WoodSongs Kids!

Appearing on the broadcast:

PARKER HASTINGS is a 15 year old thumppicking, fingerstyle guitarist from central Kentucky. Parker was inducted into the National Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame as the recipient of the 2014 Horizon Award and won the 2015 Thumbpicker of the Year.

THE ZOLLA BOYS are a family bluegrass band from Torrington, Connecticut. The band consists of 14 and 15 years-old brothers Sam and Ben on mandolin and guitar. They recently posted a video to Facebook and it been shared over 63,456 times!

CHRISTIANA JONEIKIS is 14 years old and her hometown is Sherve, Ohio. She has played banjo for less than year. She won 1st place at Appalachian Old Time Singing Contest in Smithville.

THE LEXINGTON STEAM ACADEMY STEEL DRUM BAND plays on four types of steel drums and incorporates a very diverse mix of artists in their repertoire like Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and Daft Punk.

FIDDLIN� JOHN MAUPIN is only 9 years old and has already won quite a number of awards. He�s from Richmond, KY. He�s closes the broadcast with a barn burning version of �Orange Blossom Special�.

GANGSTAGRASS is a dirty fightin', gator wrestlin', foot stompin' bluegrass-hip-hop project of Brooklyn based producer Rench, who has spent the last decade making gritty, soulful country hip-hop music that you will actually like. Best known as the Emmy-nominatd makers to the hit FX drama Justified, the band has since become a commercial and critical success. Gangstagrass is now back with its fourth official album, the aptly-titled, 'American Music'. The album debuted Number 5 on the Billboard Bluegrass Charts.

HARPETH RISING are unapologetic genre-benders. This trio of women are master musicians that fuse Folk, Newgrass, Rock and Classical into a sound that is organically unique. Hallmarks of their music include expansive three-part harmonies, consummate musicianship and a deft, yet soulful lyrical perspective. The band's fourth album is 'Shifted'.

WoodSongs Kid: Mikaya Taylor is a 10 year old singer from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.

ANDREA ZONN is one of the most respected fiddle players and harmony

vocalists in contemporary music today. Her years on the road as a fiddler

and harmony singer for James Taylor, Vince Gill, Trace Adkins and others

have drawn her close to some important artists. Zonn�s wide-ranging tastes

and twin training in classical and traditional music helped her find

extensive studio work, including recordings with Linda Ronstadt, George

Jones, Amy Grant and countless others. On 'Rise', Zonn�s second album as

an artist on Compass Records, shows off Andrea digging into songcraft with

focus and newfound confidence. It includes appearances by some of her

friends and colleagues. like Taylor, Gill, Keb' Mo', Sam Bush, John Cowan

and others.

JACKIE GREENE has an uncanny knack for synthesizing his deep affinity for

American roots styles into timeless, personally-charged music. Armed with

a persuasive voice, a vivid songwriting skill and an instinctive mastery

of several instruments, Greene has carved out a unique musical niche, and

the new album marks another creative landmark in his already compelling

body of work. Although Back to Birth is Greene�s first new solo release in

five years, he�s hardly been idle. In fact, he�s spent much of the past

few years engaging in a series of collaborative musical adventures

including touring with the Black Crowes, Phil Lesh & Friends and the

Grateful Dead�s Bob Weir plus the release of the self-titled debut album

of supergroup Trigger Hippy featuring and Greene and Joan Osborne.

Woodsongs Kid: Willamson Branch is family bluegrass band from Nashville,

Tennessee.

ANNIE MOSES BAND is the Nashville-based classical crossover ensemble that has steadily built an in-ternational audience and accepted invitations to perform at Carnegie Hall, the Grand Ole Opry, and PBS. Comprised of 6 siblings, the Annie Moses Band unites classically trained virtuosity with a love for roots music, bluegrass, and American songbook repertoire. The band members are also dedicated advocates of musical education and founded the Fine Arts Summer Academy in Nashville to support aspiring per-formers each year. Their new album is 'American Rhapsody'.

THE LOWEST PAIR features the duel banjo picking of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee. Draped in Kendl�s high lonesome harmonies and Palmer�s Midwest croon, their debut release, 36�, (Team Love Records) was hailed by many outlets and American Songwriter praised their �earnest, earthy songcraft.� Earlier this year they released sophomore album, 'The Sacred Heart Sessions'. Recorded in old church in Duluth. Minnesota, it seemed like the perfect way to expand on their sound without diluting their original magical formula.

WoodSongs Kids: The Jolly String Quartet are adopted kids from Russia now living in Tennessee. They are students at the Annie Moses Conservatory.

McPEAKE builds on the 150 year tradition of this legacy musical family from Belfast, Ireland that influenced Van Morrison, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and others. Figuring prominently in the EMMY Award-winning PBS Special �Music of Ireland,� the band is now taking the world of Celtic music by storm with its own contemporary brand of self-penned songs and compositions. The new generation of this legendary family has developed a distinctive sound that is totally immersed in the popular culture of today, while maintaining a firm anchor in the influences of past generations.

THE GOTHARD SISTERS have become internationally recognized as multi-instrumentalist Celtic-influenced folk musicians, songwriters, and performers from the Pacific Northwest, USA. Regularly performing more than 120 shows a year, they have built a loyal following by connecting with audiences in a lively, entertaining and touching way. In 2013, the Irish Music Awards presented the Gothard Sisters with Best New Irish Artist, and they were awarded with Album of the Year for Celtic Radio in 2011 for their album 'Story Girl'. The Gothard Sisters� long-awaited 3rd original album, 'Mountain Rose', was recently released and features fresh, inventive and melodic violin lines, the rhythmic drive of bodhran, percussion, Irish step dance and guitar, and three-part vocal sibling harmony.

WoodSongs Kid: Amber Adkins is an award winning fiddle player from Lexington, Kentucky. She�s 15.

Jewel is a multi-platinum singer-songwriter, poet and actress. Jewel has sold more than 25 million albums over her musical career. Her debut album Pieces of You had the hit "Who Will Save Your Soul."

Jewel was born in Utah, and grew up in Alaska. She began her musical career at the age of six. After her parents divorced, Jewel continued to tour for several years with her father, who taught her how to yodel-a singing technique that Jewel has used in many of her own songs. At age 15 she began performing as a solo act and won a vocal scholarship to Interlochen, a private school in Michigan dedicated to the arts. While there, she began writing songs and took up the guitar. Jewel later moved to San Diego, California, to live with her mother, and eventually branched out on her own, ending up living in a van for a time as she tried to make it as a performer.

Jewel comes on WoodSongs to read from her new memior plus perform songs from her new album.

WoodSongs Kid: Kelsie May is 16 and from Louisa, Kentucky. She is an aspiring country singer and songwriter. She appeared on NBC's hit TV show The Voice as a member of Team Blake.