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/

June 7 Round Mountain. This very distinctive brother duo combines elements of traditional folk with exotic world music influences and unconventional instruments including African kora and Bulgarian bagpipes. The result is very appealing and quite fascinating from this 2009 session.

Round Mountain at WVIA in 2009.

June 14 Kate Morrissey. An outstanding singer-songwriter and pianist originally from South Dakota, Kate Morrissey was a resident of Bellefont, PA at the time of this session. Her songs often reflect the wide-open spaces of her childhood home. But she also touches many other subjects in her original songs, in this encore recorded in 2004.

Kate Morrissey in the studio at WVIA in 2004.

June 21 Three Imaginary Boys. A first-rate melodic rock band from the Wyoming Valley, the group includes two brothers and serve up original music influenced by the British Invasion, with their own new touches. This is an encore of their 2013 Homegrown Music debut session.

Three Imaginary Boys in the Studio at WVIA.

June 28 A Homegrown Music Concert Archive Encore with RON SUNSHINE AND FULL SWING. Blues and jazz vocalist and harmonica player Ron Sunshine was a regular on the Homegrown Music series for a number of years, appearing in contexts ranging from a small group to a full big band. This 1998 live Homegrown Music concert was one of his best, with a hot, swinging group, performing a mix of originals and creative versions of standard tunes.

Ron Sunshine and his band performing at WVIA

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