Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the February 20 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock!
This week, we spotlighted more new recordings from the area music scene that arrived in recent days and weeks, and we debuted lots of new music! We introduced new songs from Halestorm, Ted McCloskey, Christian James, Coltt Winter Lepley, Denny & Ken Pompa, The Little Wretches, A Scent of Wolves, Skarlett Sky and Troll Teeth! We also updated “Local Music News,” dug a 2000 tune by Stept On from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback,” stepped “Across State Lines” to hear music from Austin, Texas’ Sudden Deaf, and reviewed The Snipped’s Tales from the Workbench album in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” (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, 022022.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
SMALL TOWN TITANS – “The Ride”
INFUSED – “Strange Ignorance”
HALESTORM – “The Steeple”
BACKLASH – “Livin’ Free”
TED McCLOSKEY – “Let It Burn”
PATRICK MOTTO – “Reflection”
CHRISTIAN JAMES – “Bumbling Bees”
VAN WAGNER – “I’m From the Mountains and I’m Going to the Sea”
BRET ALEXANDER & NYKE VAN WYK – “John the Revelator” (live)
COLTT WINTER LEPLEY – “Doves and Pine Boxes”
DENNY & KEN (POMPA) – “Magnet and Steel”
HOUR TWO:
THE FILTHY LOWDOWN – “Mischief”
NEGAN – “The Devil’s Coming”
THE LITTLE WRETCHES – “Ballad of Johnny Blowtorch”
THE SNIPPED – “Distant”
A SCENT OF WOLVES – “Poison”
STEPT ON – “Lonely” (2000, Local Music Flashback)
SUDDEN DEAF – “Going Down” (Across State Lines)
WAX MEKANIX – “Victorious”
SKARLETT SKY – “Crumbling Truth”
ANTHROPHOBIA – “Technical Difficulties”
TROLL TEETH – “The Pigs Are on Parade Today”
AUGUST WINTERS – “MMXX”
Band guests return on our next program, as the members of Altoona’s Infused join us in the studio! Their first visit to the program since 2004, Infused will update us on their endeavors, and we’ll hear songs from their just-released CD Audio Epiphany! Plus the group will bring a guitar and perform a song live in the studio! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” and dig out a “Local Music Flashback” from the archive! Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (February 27) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com!
Upcoming guests and specials:
MARCH 6 – CHRISTIAN JAMES
MARCH 13 – ST. PATRICK’S DAY SPECIAL
MARCH 20 – JO JO STELLA
APRIL 3 – ZAC GRACE
APRIL 10 – 7 MILE RUN
APRIL 24 – VINNIE LONGHI (THE SEMI-SUPERVILLAINS)
MAY 8 – MIKE WILLIAMSON
MAY 22 – BLIND CHOICE
MAY 29 – MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL
(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. And bands and musicians interested in being guests on the program can email their interest to homegrownrocker@gmail.com as well!
Jim Price
In Local Music News…
A past area festival event is making its return later this year. The Blair County African American Heritage Festival will make its return on July 23 and 24 at Altoona’s Railroaders Memorial Museum, and will feature food, fun, vendors, education, entertainment and more. A fundraising event at the Railroaders Museum on Thursday night (Feb. 17) raised more than $1,500 toward the festival.
The State Theatre in State College has announced the date for this year’s “Women’s Voices” concert. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, March 26 starting at 8 p.m.”Women’s Voices” will celebrate women’s voices in music and in life, and will feature performances from Raven and the Wren, Canary, Hannah Bingman, Anchor & Arrow, Hops & Vines, Kristi Jean & Her Ne’er Do Wells, Miss Melanie and Natascha & the Spy Boys. Reserved tickets are $35, and can be obtained through the State Theatre’s website, www.thestatetheatre.org. Proceeds will benefit the State Theatre.
Guitarist Tom Buck announced this past week that he is stepping away from Cambria County rockers Fuse and stepping back from live performing. Tom is leaving the stages to spend more time with his family and grandchildren.
