If we let ourselves go to that blissfully ignorant place of pure impulsive reaction, it can seem like an artist is stockpiling songs on us: playing songs on stage that stick with us – and are not on an album. Some artists appear to do this on a nearly regular basis. For example, it no longer surprises me for Robyn Hitchcock to perform a song that won’t appear on an album for two years.

Of course, the musicians are not really stockpiling songs to toy with us. Sometimes they have not created the right album or project for a song to fit on. We read of this sort of thing quite often. In the case of independent artists who don’t have the budget of a major label behind them, it probably means they simply have not had the money and/or time to record an album for that song you fell in love with two years ago…and cannot find on an album. Read More…

I just got back from Western & Swing Camp at Ashokan with a whole lot of new tunes to share! I’ll curate them over the next several weeks and share them with you. Some great fiddlers were there including New Mexico Grand Master fiddler Junior Daugherty and Louisiana fiddlers Paul Anastasio and Kevin Wimmer, as well as the camp founder, Jay Ungar (of Ashokan Farewell fame.) Wow!

~ Jon

Even the casual listener to H61 notices that on occasion we do special ‘themed’ shows. Annually we acknowledge Dylan’s birthday with four hours of Dylan songs and covers. We always do an all Christmas show. We’ve been known to broadcast all Valentine’s, Thanksgiving and July 4th as well. Not to mention, four hours of shows that focus on a specific year such as 1965 or ’66 or ’67. We’ve even done all Canadian broadcasts, all instrumental shows and the very popular long-song show as well (another coming soon!). So my question is: do you, our faithful H61 listener have an idea for a future themed show that is both unique and of interest to your fellow H61 listeners? If so, don’t hesitate to e-mail me at albert.o@wumb.org…thanks much!

~ Albert O.

During the week of July 10 – 14, Monday through Friday morning WUMB will broadcast live from “The Chapel in the Pines” at Week 1 of our Summer Acoustic Music Week folk music camp. The shows will stream live on the SAMW website at 7:30am and then, at 1:00pm the morning show will be broadcast on WUMB-FM.  On each show host Lorraine Hammond will feature two of our world-class instructors, performing and discussing their current projects and their week at SAMW. We hope that you’ll join us, and either listen live on the Web in the morning or tune in for the broadcast in the afternoon. Either way, you’ll enjoy a half-hour of great music and conversation, direct from SAMW!!

The first week of WUMB’s Summer Acoustic Music Week adult folk music camp gets underway on July 9, at the beautiful Geneva Point Conference Center on Lake Winnipesaukee. A faculty of world-class professional musician/instructors joins 100 folk music enthusiasts for a week of classes, workshops, jams, concerts, dances, open mikes, songs circles, friendship and much more!

Our August week still has a few spaces available, and runs August 13-19. To find out all about SAMW and to register online visit the SAMW Website, or call WUMB at 617-287-6915.