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Local Bands
We support local musicians by playing their music. It does have to fit our format and have all appropriate information on their professionally produced CD. In other words, you will be able to purchase the music for your own enjoyment. We encourage you to support these efforts by showing up for performances and purchasing their music. Don't forget to consider a CD or two for a special-occasion gift.
A note to the bands
considering to be part of Foundation Radio. Applause is very
important during the performance. It helps energize your
entertainment efforts. But, on a recording, that is a different
matter. Let's leave the applauce for live performances. For your CD,
or other materials, unless the audience is participating, example
Josh White Jr., let's not put the applause on the recording. It tires
out the recording and is a distraction to the hard work you have
dedicated yourself.
Let Foundation Radio be
your applause for the recording.
Ellen Gallegos is from Battle Creek,MI and she is our keyboard player. She has been involved in music many years. She has been inducted into the Michigan Country Music Hall of fame along with her husband Ron. Ron Gallegos is our lead guitar player and has played with various country legends. Floyd Martin is our bass player from Middlebury, Indianaaa. He's been involved music many years. He was in a country gospel band with Matt in the 80's. Janet Martin is also from Middlebury ,IN .She is Floyd's wife. She is our drummer. She grew up singing with her mom who happens to be our keyboard player. Matt Schwartz is from Kalamazoo. He is the founder of The BackRoads Band and also the rythym guitar player. Matt has been in music all his life also. He grew up singing and yodeling with his family. He recorded a solo CD back in 2000. Check it out.
The Bel Airs bring you the finest in LIVE entertainment! Re-creating the exciting music of the 1950s & 1960s. "Rock Around the Clock", "Twistin' the Night Away", "At the Hop", "Great Balls of Fire", "Jailhouse Rock", "Blue Moon", "Pretty Woman", "Chantilly Lace", "The Twist", "Unchained Melody", "Splish Splash", "Runaround Sue", "Blue Suede Shoes"...to name a few.
The Bel Airs performs the hit songs the way they were originally recorded in the Early Rock & Roll Era. The Bel Airs are a family-friendly nine piece band with male and female lead vocalists and a three-piece horn section.
Robin Lee Berry, a native of Michigan, started a professional career in the folk clubs of East Lansing in the late 1970's. A few years of touring with small children brought her home to northern Michigan to put some roots down and perform, write music and record creating three CD's. After 20 years of performing in clubs and festivals Robin is currently recording in her own home studio and raising.children.
Danielle Bollinger
Prior to her debut album, Danielle had already turned some heads with her strong voice. After singing the national anthems for Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings games, she was able to land some singing roles in commercials (both on-screen and off). And during her first visit to Nashville, Danielle found herself working alongside country superstar Faith Hill. “I was dating her keyboard player at the time, and things just kind of fell into place,” she says. “I actually ended up doing some sound checks for her. It was a really good experience for me and a great intro to the business.”
More recently, Danielle found herself competing on the most recent edition of Star Search, hosted by Arsenio Hall. “My friend in the band Twin Towers asked me if I wanted to audition – of course I did!” she remembers. “There were 200-300 people competing in Detroit alone, and they only gave you 20 seconds to try out! I did it for fun, and thought nothing of it &ldots; until I got a call three nights later at midnight, where the producers asked me to fly out to L.A.” The process was bittersweet, however, as Danielle ending up losing in a tie-breaker by 2/10 of a point. “In the end, it was fun,” she sighs, then laughs.
The Classics Band brings you the finest in LIVE entertainment! Re-creating the exciting music of the '30s through the '90s. From jazzy dinner music such as Moonglow and At Last to songs by Chicago and Bonnie Raitt... and everything in between. So put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie. The fun is non-stop so come on out and let your hair down.
Louie Longoria began performing in 1991 with "The Renegades" a band in which he helped form. Playing the clubs around Mid-Michigan, they quickly became known for their style of music including both classic country and new country and 50's & 60's rock. His relaxed humor has never failed him at winning the hearts of his audience. Tommy Cash has had Louie open his shows since 2002 when he tours Michigan. In 2006, Louie had the honor of singing a duet with Tommy called "Six White Horses": A #1 hit for Tommy in 1969. Louie has also released two other CDs "Wide Open Country" and "Tribute To The Legends".
Great American Country Music, Pure Country Music by Louie Longoria and Blue Coyote
Now Louie has formed a new group - Blue Coyote Band - bringing together the talents of Scott Bates (formerly of "Heirborn" and "LTD"), Bob Cottom (also formerly of "Heirborn" and "Sawmill Road") and Gregg Hammond (formerly of "CrossRoads").
Wayne DeLoria performs as a solo singer/guitarist playing folk, soft rock, alternative music ranging from the '60s through today. His style is perfect for parties, lounges, restaurants, and other venues where background or interactive entertainment is desired. Wayne has been playing guitar, bass, keyboards, and singing for about 4 decades. He offers many years of musical experience at very reasonable (read:low) rates and plays primarily for enjoyment and to entertain. Wayne can tailor his song choices to a particular genre, will work with his hosts to provide a balanced, professional performance suited to the event and provides all necessary equipment. He can also fill in break periods with recorded music, fitting for the event. A few of his songs incorporate computer/electronic accompaniment, all are well arranged and expertly performned. Wayne is available to perform for from May through December (he spends Jan - Apr performing in the Fort Myers, FL area).
Fibreforms
Fibreforms, hailing from East Lansing, Michigan are sonic alchemists, carefully blending the blissful and the bleak, the murky and the crystalline. This is deep drift musique from woods in Michigan, creating spaces in your world that you never knew existed. Narcolepsy never felt so rambunctious. A collection of strikingly constructed pieces germinating from piezo mic'd instruments (the fried-out, grainy, transducer-contact noises) junky tribal rhythms, metronomic puzzle drones and found sounds from Africa. The overall sound emitted from these souls evokes comparisons to Main, Labradford, and Bark Psychosis. Some of Fiberforms music can be heard during Earth Tones, Sunday evenings. Information provided by epitonic.com. (No Website.)
Hip Hop Country Rock, Blue-eyed Soul and Rock 'n' Roll, mix it with the Blues and... Ladies and Gentlemen, The Forbes Brothers. Only in 2003 would such a musical stew be possible. Fueled by the songwriting of Scott and Dennis Forbes, the band has forged a unique sound and style all its own. Drawing from a palette that includes country, blues, rock and Motown, the band creates music that transcends traditional categories.
The Forbes Brothers have been bringing down the house all over Michigan as Detroit's premiere country rockers. Dominating the field with 23 Detroit Music Awards to their credit, they are the only Michigan act given prime billing at the world's largest free outdoor country festival, the Budweiser Downtown Detroit Hoedown.
Figuratively speaking, Frontier Ruckus was founded in Michigan's thumb, a ways into the flatland sun, leaving the affluence of the painted Boulevard towns. There the grid is sparing and scarce, with sunlit water towers and cabin fields full of sugar beets. We sleep in overheated dew-tents under the roar of sunbeams in bearded billboard fields earshot of the lake bluffs in summer. Frontier Ruckus resides in the north town mansions where carpets have long-sponged ethnic food smells and have been matted and branded by aging creaking pianos. Frontier Ruckus is currently the color of the smiling, smirking, ghostly hole in a barnyard soul out north of both shoulders of the city at the time of day when a dream is showing its first aching signs of fruition. You can smell it in the air and see it in the gas station lights driving home from the blind-night-frontier-church-yard-home of your old love who taught you the North in the first place—and then, hear it in the harmony-horn and you feel like abstraction is salvation. You think of the city rooms and paper walls and how everything is merely a degree—of distance, time, light. All a degree of ONE THING! Is it? All these places and dreams connect and shade and fade as if relative degrees of hope and confidence and embarrassment and pity. Do they? Pity is beauty and pity is everything. Frontier Ruckus is the slow barge to Ogdensburg on the heartland Highway Seaway. Every word we say on deck is like a fifty year old bridge spanning from dusty iceboxes in Canada back to rusty iceboxes on taffy tourist porches in our Americas. A bridge that your north swamp cousin Bill hung off when he painted it red. A bridge that has a wood shack tollbooth where a man who used to sell shoes with your great uncle stares off inland—his back to the river—off and out to the Amish duskfields and the mountains rolling invisibly miles and towns away. You are everything too.
Singer-songwriter Fred Haring hails from north central Ohio. He wrote songs for a number of years, but never took it that seriously until he entered a battle-of-the-bands contest in college. His first entry (as a band) was unsuccessful, but coming back the next year as a singer-songwriter he took first place. Pouring himself more seriously into his music, he was signed in 1997 to the Grandma Katherine's Music record label. His first release, Ghosttowns and Kingdoms, spawned two radio singles, "Wear White to My Funeral" and "Hey Joe Carter", which achieved Top 30 radio airplay in their respective genres. The video for "Funeral" was also nominated for Independent Music Video of the Year, a category topped that year by Ani DiFranco. The radio success of the first album led to touring opportunities, and Fred played for nearly 15,000 people in a 12-month period.
Michigan-based “Northern Rock” collective the Great Lakes Myth Society declared itself a proper entity on January 1st 2004. The group’s previous incarnation as the Original Brothers and Sisters of Love yielded two critically-lauded albums (1999’s The Legende of Jeb Minor and 2001’s H.O.M.E.S.) for the Brooklyn, New York indie label The Telegraph Company (Kelley Stoltz, Stew, Finishing School) and successful appearances at New York City’s Knitting Factory, CMJ, Austin’s SXSW and Boston’s NEMO Festival, but by 2002 the amicable departure of violinist and native New Zealander Elisabeth Auchinvole and the record company’s untimely financial collapse had left the band with two gaping holes in its side and a mammoth completed record with no home.
Rather than fold up their maps and head inward, Timothy Monger (accordion, guitar & vocals), James Monger (guitar & vocals), Gregory McIntosh (guitar & vocals), Scott McClintock (bass & vocals) and Fido Kennington (drums & vocals) adorned themselves in the most affordable black suits available, changed their name to reflect the region from which they drew their power and began to shop what would eventually become their formidable debut. It wasn’t long before the newly minted Great Lakes Myth Society began sharing stages both locally and regionally with artists as diverse as Andrew Bird, Danielson, The Gourds, Saturday Looks Good to Me, The Hidden Cameras and The High Strung, eventually breaking through into the often impenetrable Detroit music scene with key shows at the Magic Stick, Lager House, Comerica TasteFest and finally a headlining slot at the 1st annual Motor City Music Conference. Their eponymous debut, an alternately brooding and nostalgic blend of muscular English folk-rock, pine-kissed Northern Americana and Midwest Carny grit was released in April 2005 on the Boston-based label Stop, Pop & Roll (Paula Kelley, Ad Frank, Cathal Coughlan). Within weeks it had broken into the CMJ Top 200 and the band hit the road, bringing their consistently engaging and often brutal live show to New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, even putting in an appearance on NPR’s All Things Considered.
Grievous Angel has been delighting fans at festivals, concert venues and juke joints throughout Michigan for years now, delivering their own rollicking brand of American roots music. Revving up at the fabled crossroads where folk, rockabilly, blues, and alt-country were born, they burn rubber through the backwoods and bayous of the American south. This musical road trip careens through west Texas, Memphis and the gut-funky soulful side of their own native Detroit. The Smithsonian can keep the artifacts, Grievous Angel rumbles across the length and breadth of American music with a lot of down home grease and nary a whit of reverence. A soul strut is as likely to wind up in the gas tank as a Fort Worth shuffle. These guys will burn anything to get where they’re going. The map blew out of the window at the last truck stop, so just sit back and enjoy the ride&ldots; Grievous Angel.
Harmonica Buzz & Six String B. Goode
Harmonica Buzz is J.T. Sunden, a roots and blues songwriter from Lansing, Michigan. "The sound of the harmonica hit me as a kid." says Buzz who was a drummer at first, but then took to the country rock music of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. "They were great and sounded so natural. A lot of what I try to do with my music goes back to their songwriting and sound."
After driving around with Ozark Mountain Daredevils 8 tracks in high school (and being kicked out of his Junior High School Band) he met up at college with Andy Springsteen "who I learned to play music with." Buzz tells. "We were freshmen at Michigan State and used to listen to a lot of The J. Geils Band. We have a lot of really good harmonica players in Michigan and I think a great deal of that can be attributed to how popular The Geils Band was around here and how far out and powerful their harp player, Magic Dick, was. For years, before their huge hits, they really were a blues band and so much of their arrangements were built around the harmonica."
He then moved to Washington, DC to go to school at George Washington University and it was there he first saw Cephas and Wiggins play. "I was already writing songs at that point and listening to a lot of Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Gene Vincent, The Everly Brothers along with Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds and Bruce Springsteen." says Buzz. "But when I saw Cephas and Wiggins play it really hit me. As a guitar/harmonica duo they were so real, so powerful and so accessible ... I just loved their sound and how naturally they played to people. It took me back to what hooked me about music in the first place."
"Blues music always sounded good to me." says Buzz. "My dad was a trumpet player and he used to play us tunes like St. Louis Blues and Swinging Sheppard Blues on his horn. I loved the way he played those songs and though I never took up trumpet, his playing is in my harp."
Buzz kept crossing paths with Andy Springsteen. "While I was in DC, Andy was in the Navy stationed just outside of the city." explains Buzz. "When I came back to Michigan, Andy was there and we just kind of kicked around tunes a bit ... nothing we took too seriously, but over years our sound and some arrangements to songs I had written began to develop." Long Way to Memphis, which would become the title song to Buzz's first CD was one of those songs.
In 1999 East Lansing hosted the National Folk Festival and it was there that Buzz met up with Phil Wiggins. "Cephas and Wiggins were great at the folk festival and seeing them there was like the first time I saw them play. They were so real and so accessible as a guitar and harmonica duo ... they just made me want to play."
It was at that festival that Phil Wiggins would mention DeFord Bailey's name at a workshop he conducted. Phil said something like "I'm going to do my train. It's nothing like DeFord Bailey's train who was very proud of his, but I'm going to do mine anyway." and after Wiggin's concluded his workshop Buzz watched as people brought up small children for him to hold. "It was amazing." says Buzz. "I remember amusingly thinking 'Since when have harmonica players been held in such high regard by society.' "
In 2000 Buzz was able to travel and learn from Phil Wiggins while he toured with The Masters of the Steel String Guitar Tour. "I learned a lot, met a lot of people and wrote The Cornbread Jinx while traveling with them." From that experience came his first CD Long Way to Memphis.
Hidden Agenda is currently playing some of mid Michigan's hottest clubs. Locally you can find them at The Greed Door, Trippers Sports Bar, The Blue Gill Grill, The Center Stage, The Irish Pub, Harpers Brew Pub, The Rendezvous on the Grand, The Hot Spot, and Dublin Square.
Three time Detroit Music Award winners for 2007, The Hummingbirds are certainly creating a buzz of their own. You can expect a twangy mix of memorable melodies and sweet harmonies from this unique "electro-coustic" duo. Talented multi-instrumentalist Stephen Grant Wood adds his telecaster twang into the mix, while songwriter, Rachel Lynn lays down the rock steady rhythm with the acoustic guitar. The vocals are shared between the two performers and the harmonies and intertwining of vocals are a signature sound of the group. The Hummingbirds perform and write with a real down home raw country soul.
"Jill Jack has all the makings of a major talent. She's got the stage presence, the voice, the ability to interpret songs passionately ... there's a lot of soul in what she does" -- Billboard Magazine
Jill Jack has dominated Detroit’s folk/rock scene for the past decade. A woman with a strong drive and ambition, Jill has a voice with a distinct timbre that sets her apart – each year and each album, her voice becomes more clearly defined as uniquely her own.
Her newest CD, “Moon and the Morning After”, is a collection of Jill's most honest, raw, and comfortable songs to date &ldots; each song lyrically poignant and drawing musically from folk, country, rock, and gospel roots. “This is my most personally focused record ever – the truest material I have ever written – it’s all from my heart.” It has also become a hit with fans and critics alike, winning the 2006 Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording.
Her genre-jumping sound doesn't slide easily into any one format and keeps her free to write and sing what she wants, the way she wants, to create her own sound. "I am a folk artist and I'm proud of that. The luxury I have with writing my music is that it can't be boxed into one genre ... it has the freedom to blur the lines from folk, country, rock, a little blues, etc., to form a great melting pot of pure Americana music."
Warren Kramer, jazz, classical-style & sacred guitar. Muskegon, Michigan
Warren Kramer makes a roomful of music with just one guitar. His finger-style instrumental technique allows him to play melody and accompaniment at the same time, at times sounding like two guitars and a bass. Warren learned jazz styles from Al Swan (himself a student of Earl Klugh), and studied the classical guitar under Andrew Schulman, Joel Yaggi, and Jerry Klickstein. His solo guitar styles include: jazz standards, Brazilian/Latin jazz/sambas, and old favorites in jazz or classical styles. Warren's original pieces blend jazz, classical and folk styles, while his classical guitar style hymns, praise & worship songs are most appropriate for Christian weddings and events.
"Lawless
is a fine, solidly traditional banjo player who is also very
comfortable exploring the non-traditional arrangements and tunings
which make up a sizable portion of his original works. With the
instrumental support present here, and a clear commitment by the
musicians to put a lot into some challenging tunes, the results are
some very fine performances." Bluegrass
Unlimited - April 2005
We use a
touch of John for the Local Band Intro and out.
Starting in
1991, Don Middlebrook and Living Soul began a musical quest up and
down the west coast of Michigan with little idea of where it might
lead. Always directed by a new song, a new adventure, and an
occasional cold beer, what began as fun and frolic has turned into
thirteen years of travel and musical bliss. Looking back over those
last thirteen years, eight CDs have been recorded and over 150 dates
played each year. Airplay has become commonplace, like that found at
WCSX FM in Detroit, and Internet web play has had international
activity. Don and the band have performed on national radio with
Mitch Albom and G. Gordon Liddy, and the last three years, they have
toured and recorded with Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Jimmy
Buffett's harmonica player for twenty-six years. In 2004, Don will
have two compositions in a Showtime original movie and the road
awaits another fun packed year.
Our
Morning Latte music beds are from portions of several CDs.
Robert Mccloy is a professional guitarist and musician based in Michigan. His solo offerings feature classical, jazz and pop guitar selections suitable for weddings and a variety of other occasions. Classical/jazz solo guitar. Also guitar/violin duo, guitar/sax,flute duo, and guitar/violin/sax,flute trio. Extensive experience. Full time musician for over 25 yrs. Additional combos include Celtic and country/bluegrass.
Mary has been writing and performing since the mid 70's. Following her love for the guitar, Mary studied with some of the best guitar instructors in Detroit learning many styles. She has has worked with many musicians from Detroit to Boston and along the way has opened for many great musicians including Bruce Cockburn, David Crosby, Rickie Lee Jones, Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Lou Reed, Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman, BB King and the Neville Brothers.
Currently, she continues to write songs for a new CD which she hopes to record next winter with musician friends from Detroit, Chicago and Martha's Vineyard.Beach
Timothy Monger writes radio songs you've never heard. They spin mercilessly across the universe making you heady with the nostalgia of summers passing you by. They spill out of your glove compartment like long-forgotten mix tapes and coffee stained road maps. Ornate, austere folk-pop anthems lovingly crafted for you by a Michigan boy with a heart in the past and the past on his sleeve.
Mary has been writing and performing since the mid 70's. Following her love for the guitar, Mary studied with some of the best guitar instructors in Detroit learning many styles. She has has worked with many musicians from Detroit to Boston and along the way has opened for many great musicians including Bruce Cockburn, David Crosby, Rickie Lee Jones, Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Lou Reed, Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman, BB King and the Neville Brothers.
Currently, she continues to write songs for a new CD which she hopes to record next winter with musician friends from Detroit, Chicago and Martha's Vineyard.
In 1968 I lived in Charlotte MI and was in a band of high school friends called the Rock of Ages. We played the usual dances -- but mostly in the garage. In 1973 while in the US Army in Germany I was in a band called Rico and the Deacons with a saxophone playing soldier and two German guys. We played the NATO NCO clubs and sampled the German beer. I must also mention The Beans. I don't have a photo but we did record Long Neck Bottles. These were some interesting fellows I met in the "WMU Ghetto" in 1975. They didn't like the name I gave us but I insisted that "The Captain" be saluted. In 1978 I was an original member of another band in Kalamazoo, MI called The Blast Band. We did top 40 Rock and Roll and had a wild time. Then in 1982 I helped reform Johnny Apollo and the Saturn Seven. I wrote some songs for the show and saw many different characters come and go over the years. In 1998 I decided to take an extended vacation from the stage life. Now I write and record original songs in my basement studio with friends & family.
A dynamic five-piece combo whose unique crowd-pleasing repertoire covers it all for your wedding, corporate party & private event. Classic Rock to Funk, Elvis, Beatles and much more. We cover 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's through the sounds of today's adult rock, to young country, as well as two well received CD's of original material released in the last few years.
All members have played together or in other bands for more than twenty years. Much experience comes with top-notch musicianship, vocal harmonies
Their repertoire is packed full of music from most of the greatest pioneers of Rock & Roll who ever greased back their hair and rattled the cages of society: Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley & The Comets, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Dion & The Belmonts, Del Shannon, and many, many more.
From the mountains of Kalamazoo, the Schlitz Creek Bluegrass Band brings you bluegrass music as it should be sung and played. They cannot be classified as strictly traditional or progressive, or entirely good or bad, as they are armed with a polished repertoire of standard bluegrass tunes as well as a collection of refreshing and unusual choices for a bluegrass band. The boys pull material from such legends as the Dillards, the Monkees, Bob Seger, Lennon & McCartney, Kenny Rogers, Bill Monroe, and Merle Haggard. Their high energy stage show has quickly made Schlitz Creek a crowd favorite on the local bluegrass festival circuit. The Schlitz boys also perform several old country standards, popular instrumentals and frequently accommodate audience requests during the shows.
Austin Scott’s talents have taken him all across the country. While he calls Michigan home, he has lived and performed in Nashville TN, Hebron KY and even New York City. Performing from a young age, Austin has developed a smooth and soulful sound that is true to classical country with a hint of contemporary influences. Playing a wide range of cover songs as well as original pieces, Austin plays to every kind of crowd, converting non-country listeners one show at a time. Often hearing the sentence “I never listen to country music but I really like what you do&ldots;!” Austin has proven himself a worthy up and coming music star not easily forgotten by those who hear him.
I am a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where I received a degree in business (MIS) and a second major in music theory. I am currently working with a Chicago-based technology consulting firm. Key Creations is a small business that I started in the Mid-Michigan area that is used to sell and promote piano CDs.
Gerard Smith, who has become well known in Michigan circles of Irish entertainment, released his solo recording debut and it's a kicker. Titled 'Hamtramck Heaven' with a cover picture of himself and spouse one would correctly assume it's not your average Celtic acoustic album of pub songs... The man has a message and isn't afraid to tell it.
Gerard was born in Detroit and grew up in the Irish enclave of Emmett in the thumb of Michigan. He has played in musical groups around Detroit over the past fifteen years in many genres, including hard-core, jazz and rock and roll. After playing mandolin and acoustic guitar in the role of Jesus in the play Cotton Patch Gospel at the Detroit Repertory Theatre, Gerard began to explore acoustic music. Always a fan of Irish folk music, Gerard slowly built his repertoire of these ballads and tunes. His first official Irish music performance was on St. Patrick's Day 1992. He has since been playing extensively around Michigan and southwestern Ontario as a solo act, and with different groups, such as The Jar, Corktown, The Bowzies, and The Mount Salem Boys. He has recorded the album Wind That Shakes the Barley with Terry Murphy and Colin Paige. Gerard sings in all of these projects, as well as plays guitar, bouzouki, bodhran, tin whistle, mandolin and concertina.
Lee has been playing music around the nation and now Mid-Michigan. Lee sounds like Eddy Arnold on Eddy's best days. When comparing the two voices and talent, Lee's is a touch better. But, breaks are breaks and to Lee family is most important. So now Lee performs locally. To contact Lee Talboys, please do so through Foundation Radio and Saidnews.org. We will forward it to Lee.
Solo Celtic harp music is Alison's passion. She started playing the harp in 1985 while living in Gore, a small town in the South Island of New Zealand, noted for its annual country music festival. Struggling with such odds she persisted at her craft, earning her first gig&ldots;.. with the local hearing impaired group!
Alison was able to pursue a more Celtic flavour when she moved to Dunedin, New Zealand, and was soon active as a musician in the New Edinburgh Folk Club (Dunedin is Gaelic for Edinburgh and is the Celtic capital of NZ). She became a key member of a succession of performance groups including Blarney Rose who produced a tape and were dubbed the Irish Light Orchestra of the South because of their proliferation of members.
In 1993 Alison built her 2nd instrument, a 36-string Paraguayan Harp, at a harp making workshop in Australia. Immediately following was the First Australian Harp Festival where Alison performed between the constant re-tunings of the Paraguayan's new strings. We use a tad of her beautiful music with our Dining with Classics heard weekends from 5-7 pm. Eastern time.
Cal Walker has a rich warm baritone voice. He also sings tenor. Cal has been performing professionally for 20 years. He is a dynamic entertainer and excels at Broadway, Operatic, Country, Blues and Christian Contemporary. He can certainly sing any suggested song, but you may want to hire Cal to perform fine dinner music classics by Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Josh Groban etc. Cal has confidently handled large gatherings as well as small. Cal's talent is highly sought after in the Midwest. Cal will make your next event memorable!
Born November 30, 1940, in New York City, one of five children, to Joshua Daniel White, famed singer/guitarist/actor/social leader, and his wife Carol (nee Carr).
As a concert artist, Josh, Jr. has performed on the world's greatest stages of four continents, including Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Odeon Hammersmith Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and Madison Square Garden to name a few.
From 1963 through the 80s, Josh headlined more than 2000 college concerts. At the peak of this folk boom, in the mid 60s through the late 70s, Josh was considered one of NACA's most celebrated and honored performing artist. C. Shaw Smith, from Davidson College, North Carolina, penned him the 'Dean of College Concert Attractions'. As a note: Foundation Radio plays a bit of his daddy's music, also.
So do yourself a favor and get some of their music. And don't forget to tell them, you heard them on Foundation Radio.
last updated: 04/17/08
