Post by jptheprofessor on Jul 11, 2021 11:37:16 GMT -5
Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the July 4 edition of "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
For the 4th of July holiday, we took it easy (sort of) and spotlighted new local and regional recordings that have arrived in recent days, and even broke out some July 4/Independence Day-themed area songs! We debuted new tunes from The Jaded Lips, Supermonkey, Beauty Slap, Madison Ryan and The Spyders (of Harrisburg). We also dug into the archive for a 1995 tune by The Syn D'Cats for this week's "Local Music Flashback" and stepped "Across State Lines" to hear music from Port Isabel, Texas' Sun King Rising (the brainchild of New Castle native John Blangero). And we presented TWO editions of "The Professor's CD Corner" this week, reviewing Van Wagner's Rap Is Folk CD during the first hour, and Betty Jo Rockwell's All for Love during the second hour! (For those who missed the program, a four-part podcast of this show is available for listening or download from Q94's website, www.q94classicrock.com. Click on "The Professor's Classroom," and then scroll down to "Homegrown Rocker Podcast" and look for the four show segments marked with the date, 070421.)
Here is this week's playlist:
HOUR ONE:
ROADKILL - "Fifth on the 4th of July"
JACKSON MONSOUR - "July 5th"
THE JADED LIPS - "Jealous Eyes"
SHANE NYCUM - "Avenues"
SUPERMONKEY - "Elisa Bonita"
SOURMASH - "Flesh and Bone"
BEAUTY SLAP - "Ice Cream"
VAN WAGNER - "Be Real" (CD Corner)
MADISON RYAN - "Avant Garden"
BLIND CHOICE - "Good Old Friend"
THE SPYDERS (OF HARRISBURG) - "Ain't Losing No Sleep"
HOUR TWO:
PETE PALLADINO, JEFF FELTENBERGER & RON SIMASEK - "4th of July" (live)
THE NE'ER DO WELLS - "Independence Day"
PATRICK McGINNIS - "Give Your Love Away"
BETTY JO ROCKWELL - "All for Love" (CD Corner)
THE MARTINI BROS. - "Nightmare (Party on Wheels)"
THE SYN D'CATS - "$60 Bill" (1995, Local Music Flashback)
SUN KING RISING - "Free Will in China Blue" (Across State Lines)
INSIDE OUT - "The Darkness"
SUICIDE PUPPETS - "Blacken Days"
HATE GRENADE - "Temptress"
We'll have a musical guest on our next program, as we present an interview with renowned Danville-based singer, songwriter and educator Van Wagner! In a conversation recorded on site during last month's Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Festival at Quiet Oaks Campground near Cross Fork, Van will talk about his music career, his fascination with Pennsylvania history, his recently-released rap album Rap Is Folk, his upcoming bluegrass album and much more! Van will play a couple of songs live for us, we'll hear some of his recorded music, and we'll also feature excerpts from Van's special "North of 80" workshop and open jam that he presented during Smoked Country Jam! We'll also update "Local Music News," dig a "Local Music Flashback" from the archive, step "Across State Lines" and review Charlie Barath's Just Me and My Friend(s) album in "The Professor's CD Corner!" Hear the "Homegrown Rocker" this Sunday night (July 11) on Q94 Classic Rock - 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
JULY 18 - COVER SONG SPECIAL
JULY 25 - SASCHA DAMON FROST (MEMORY COLLECTOR)
AUG. 22 - AUGUST WINTERS
SEPT. 12 - TOIS
SEPT. 19 - TONY MOLLICK
SEPT. 26 - THE AUSTENS
OCT. 31 - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
NOV. 28 - LOCAL MUSIC THANKSGIVING DINNER SPECIAL (area tunes about music and food)
(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)
Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for "Local Music News" may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com. Indicate "MUSIC NEWS" in the subject heading!
Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: The Homegrown Rocker, 2513 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 (ATTN: Jim Price). You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.
Jim Price
In Local Music News...
The Small Town Titans took three awards during this past Thursday's (July 1) Central Pennsylvania Music Awards presentation, which took place at the Whitaker Center in downtown Harrisburg. The group took the awards for Best Hard Rock Band and Album/EP Release of the Year for their album The Ride, and their singer, Phil Freeman, captured the Best Male Vocalist Award. Some of Thursday's other winners included The Jeremy Edge Project for Best Rock Band, Penntera for Best Tribute Band, Colebrook Road for Best Bluegrass Band, Colt Wilbur Band for Best Country Band, Nate Myers & the Aces for Best Blues Band, Suicide Puppets for Best Metal Band, Devon Beck for Best New Band/Artist, Madison Ryan for Best Pop Band/Artist, and D-Bo's “I Can't Breathe” for Song of the Year. In addition, as part of the ceremony, The Badlees, Jeffrey Gaines, Halestorm, The Pentagon, and Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey were inducted into the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall Of Fame. To see the total list of award winners, visit the website www.cpmhof.com/awards.
The State College music and radio community was saddened this past week with the passing of noted personality “Cosmic” Ray Cromie on Tuesday. Ray was a fixture on Penn State college radio stations for more than four decades, and hosted his “Avant Garde” program, which showcased experimental music and spoken word creations that were off the beaten path from mainstream commercial music. He also performed his own experimental music in various music art projects as well.
Here is the recap of the July 4 edition of "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
For the 4th of July holiday, we took it easy (sort of) and spotlighted new local and regional recordings that have arrived in recent days, and even broke out some July 4/Independence Day-themed area songs! We debuted new tunes from The Jaded Lips, Supermonkey, Beauty Slap, Madison Ryan and The Spyders (of Harrisburg). We also dug into the archive for a 1995 tune by The Syn D'Cats for this week's "Local Music Flashback" and stepped "Across State Lines" to hear music from Port Isabel, Texas' Sun King Rising (the brainchild of New Castle native John Blangero). And we presented TWO editions of "The Professor's CD Corner" this week, reviewing Van Wagner's Rap Is Folk CD during the first hour, and Betty Jo Rockwell's All for Love during the second hour! (For those who missed the program, a four-part podcast of this show is available for listening or download from Q94's website, www.q94classicrock.com. Click on "The Professor's Classroom," and then scroll down to "Homegrown Rocker Podcast" and look for the four show segments marked with the date, 070421.)
Here is this week's playlist:
HOUR ONE:
ROADKILL - "Fifth on the 4th of July"
JACKSON MONSOUR - "July 5th"
THE JADED LIPS - "Jealous Eyes"
SHANE NYCUM - "Avenues"
SUPERMONKEY - "Elisa Bonita"
SOURMASH - "Flesh and Bone"
BEAUTY SLAP - "Ice Cream"
VAN WAGNER - "Be Real" (CD Corner)
MADISON RYAN - "Avant Garden"
BLIND CHOICE - "Good Old Friend"
THE SPYDERS (OF HARRISBURG) - "Ain't Losing No Sleep"
HOUR TWO:
PETE PALLADINO, JEFF FELTENBERGER & RON SIMASEK - "4th of July" (live)
THE NE'ER DO WELLS - "Independence Day"
PATRICK McGINNIS - "Give Your Love Away"
BETTY JO ROCKWELL - "All for Love" (CD Corner)
THE MARTINI BROS. - "Nightmare (Party on Wheels)"
THE SYN D'CATS - "$60 Bill" (1995, Local Music Flashback)
SUN KING RISING - "Free Will in China Blue" (Across State Lines)
INSIDE OUT - "The Darkness"
SUICIDE PUPPETS - "Blacken Days"
HATE GRENADE - "Temptress"
We'll have a musical guest on our next program, as we present an interview with renowned Danville-based singer, songwriter and educator Van Wagner! In a conversation recorded on site during last month's Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Festival at Quiet Oaks Campground near Cross Fork, Van will talk about his music career, his fascination with Pennsylvania history, his recently-released rap album Rap Is Folk, his upcoming bluegrass album and much more! Van will play a couple of songs live for us, we'll hear some of his recorded music, and we'll also feature excerpts from Van's special "North of 80" workshop and open jam that he presented during Smoked Country Jam! We'll also update "Local Music News," dig a "Local Music Flashback" from the archive, step "Across State Lines" and review Charlie Barath's Just Me and My Friend(s) album in "The Professor's CD Corner!" Hear the "Homegrown Rocker" this Sunday night (July 11) on Q94 Classic Rock - 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
JULY 18 - COVER SONG SPECIAL
JULY 25 - SASCHA DAMON FROST (MEMORY COLLECTOR)
AUG. 22 - AUGUST WINTERS
SEPT. 12 - TOIS
SEPT. 19 - TONY MOLLICK
SEPT. 26 - THE AUSTENS
OCT. 31 - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
NOV. 28 - LOCAL MUSIC THANKSGIVING DINNER SPECIAL (area tunes about music and food)
(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)
Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for "Local Music News" may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com. Indicate "MUSIC NEWS" in the subject heading!
Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: The Homegrown Rocker, 2513 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 (ATTN: Jim Price). You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.
Jim Price
In Local Music News...
The Small Town Titans took three awards during this past Thursday's (July 1) Central Pennsylvania Music Awards presentation, which took place at the Whitaker Center in downtown Harrisburg. The group took the awards for Best Hard Rock Band and Album/EP Release of the Year for their album The Ride, and their singer, Phil Freeman, captured the Best Male Vocalist Award. Some of Thursday's other winners included The Jeremy Edge Project for Best Rock Band, Penntera for Best Tribute Band, Colebrook Road for Best Bluegrass Band, Colt Wilbur Band for Best Country Band, Nate Myers & the Aces for Best Blues Band, Suicide Puppets for Best Metal Band, Devon Beck for Best New Band/Artist, Madison Ryan for Best Pop Band/Artist, and D-Bo's “I Can't Breathe” for Song of the Year. In addition, as part of the ceremony, The Badlees, Jeffrey Gaines, Halestorm, The Pentagon, and Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey were inducted into the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall Of Fame. To see the total list of award winners, visit the website www.cpmhof.com/awards.
The State College music and radio community was saddened this past week with the passing of noted personality “Cosmic” Ray Cromie on Tuesday. Ray was a fixture on Penn State college radio stations for more than four decades, and hosted his “Avant Garde” program, which showcased experimental music and spoken word creations that were off the beaten path from mainstream commercial music. He also performed his own experimental music in various music art projects as well.