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Calling all WoodSongs Fans!!!
WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour features extraordinary musicians from around the world in an intimate atmosphere for a modest admission price. Each week audiences are entertained by incredible musicians as they experience the spontaneity of a live radio broadcast.
Lexington, Kentucky is fortunate to have a radio show of this caliber originating from our hometown. Guest artists often comment on the uniqueness of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour - musicians are extremely grateful to the fans that support genuine Americana roots music.
Support this quality venue for local, regional, national, and world musicians by becoming a WoodSongs Partner. You'll receive a 12 Month Pass -- FREE admittance to weekly shows for one year! Partners also receive significant discounts on special event shows and WoodSongs merchandise. Help support artistic expression of roots music by becoming a WoodSongs Partner. Several Partner Membership levels are available.
-Mark's Online Music Source 2002-2012 WoodSongs Partner
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WoodSongs Press Release - AUGUST 18, 2009
WoodSongs now broadcasting into
180 more nations worldwide on
AMERICAN FORCES RADIO Network
Dear Fans and WoodSongs Partners,
The world's biggest folk show just got bigger ... the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio is proud to welcome listeners on 275 additional radio stations in 180 nations worldwide plus "every ship at sea" via a new affiliate relationship with the AMERICAN FORCES RADIO Network (AFN).
AFN is the biggest public radio network on the planet and is administrated worldwide by the USA Defense Department. WoodSongs is joining "A Prairie Home Companion" and several other NPR shows for broadcasting on the network. WoodSongs will air twice each week, on Saturdays at 10am (Pacific) with a repeat broadcast on Sunday.
"This is very exciting," says Michael Johnathon from his home in Lexington, KY. "WoodSongs is a show about the music I love, from a hometown that I love, with friends and an audience that I care very much about. To know that our show will now be heard on the biggest radio network in the world is, well, incredible."
WoodSongs already airs on 493 stations plus XM/Sirius Radio (XM 15 The Village). Millions of people stream the show online plus it airs in millions of USA-TV homes on public television stations coast-to-coast, thanks to a partnership with KET. The addition of AFN puts the affiliate total to over 700 radio stations.
WoodSongs is underwritten by KENTUCKY TOURISM with support from INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS, WEKU-88.9FM, and the Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau...
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 Banjo Sojourn*
... a WoodSongs Tribute
Verse One:
I laid to rest a well worn traveler's hat,
On the peak of the mountains Appalachian.
Their home-brewed wisdom had filled my heart,
Music tempered in respectful appreciation.
Verse Two:
I walked foliaged paths - even down dirt roads,
Glancing back I could see my own reflections.
Exploring back roads - barely creases in the land,
When it rained, the water fell from all directions.
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Chorus:
The mountains offered me a new found wisdom,
I blazed harmonic trails - not unlike that of Chisim.
My banjo lifts my soul through harmonic vibrations,
The fiber-skin resonates with soothing meditations.
The tone of my banjo - a familiar pleasant ring,
My faithful road companion whenever I sing.
Verse Three:
Banjo rode my shoulder like an old wooden shingle,
From the road I saw a cabin - people milling 'round.
Folks began to greet my banjo musician silhouette,
A man with a banjo - Appalachian hills would sound.
Chorus:
The mountains offered me a new found wisdom,
I blazed harmonic trails - not unlike that of Chisim.
My banjo lifts my soul through harmonic vibrations,
The fiber-skin resonates with soothing meditations.
The tone of my banjo - a familiar pleasant ring,
My faithful road companion whenever I sing.
Verse Four:
Trees have matured with the gentle mountain rains,
Songs are babblin' brooks - flowing music notation.
The strum of my banjo travels mountain and valley,
Each wisdom of the mountain - such calm sedation.
Break:
My feet have left the mountains,
Banjo and I - memories will sustain.
Our lives are cloaked in blessings,
Singing a mountain chorus refrain.
Chorus:
The mountains offered me a new found wisdom,
I blazed harmonic trails - not unlike that of Chisim.
My banjo lifts my soul through harmonic vibrations,
The fiber-skin resonates with soothing meditations.
The tone of my banjo - a familiar pleasant ring,
My faithful road companion whenever I sing.
Repeat chorus
* Lyrics (C) 2003 Mark's Online Music Source
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