Homegrown Music is WVIA-FM's exclusive series which each week showcases the talents of regional contemporary music artists in recordings produced in the WVIA-FM studios by series host George Graham and is broadcast Tuesdays at 9:00 PM and Saturdays at 6 PM on WVIA-HD2. Further information on Homegrown Music may be obtained via the World Wide Web at http://homegrownmusic.info and http://www.wvia.org/radio/local/homegrown-music/

Mar. 8 Bent Blue. A sophisticated rock band from 20 years ago, Bent Blue featured former members of the popular regional band Mere Mortals, and also jazz drummer Marko Marcinko.

Bent Blue in the old "warehouse studio" in 2002.

Mar. 15 A Homegrown Music Concert Encore with CANTINERO. From 2005. this concert features the creative, art-rock influenced music of Cantinero, with the compositions of British-born Christopher Hicken.

Cantinero performing live at WVIA in 2005.

Mar. 22 Emily Hurd. A versatile singer-songwriter, Emily Hurd performs songs accompanying herself alternately at the piano and banjo, in this 2012 session.

Emily Hurd at the WVIA Steinway in 2012.

Mar. 29 Lex Romane. One of the first artists to appear on Homegrown Music in the 1970s, the singer-songwriter is heard in a new batch of songs recorded in 2020.

Lex Romane (right) with Mike Galan.

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