Welcome to the Just Plain Folk show!

Great World and Local Folk music, past and present, with a special emphasis on the NE Ohio folk music scene. Enjoy interviews with featured solo artists and Bands interspersed with their songs, and songs by other artists, new and old.

Show #649:

Featured Artist: Bill Schilling New!

Bill Schilling has been singing and playing various folk instruments for over 40 years. He has performed for audiences of all ages in many settings from coast to coast. His high-energy performances may include songs, slide programs, and/or stories selected specifically for the group. His performances often involve members of the audience via audience participation songs or activities. Bill Schilling with Carol Gaj; Bill Schilling, Linda Sigismondi, & Marge Diamond; or Bill Schilling & Folks provide harmonies or more combinations of instruments. Since Bill believes that his music should be inclusive, he is involved in many groups which share music, including: Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians, Canton Folk Song Society, Dulcimer Society of Trumbull County, Folknet, and more! Learn more about Bill Schilling at his website: www.billschilling.org.

Show #648:

A Celebration of Baseball!

Baseball fan Tom Ball holds season tickets for the Akron Aeros (AA farm team for the Cleveland Indians). He celebrates commencement of the baseball season with an annual Baseball show featuring a potpourri of baseball related songs. This years’ show includes songs by Matt Watroba, Paul Geng, Brian Moritz, Kinky Friedman, John Fogarty and others!

If you’re feeling Spring Fever, and, like Tom, are looking forward to the 2012 Baseball Season, tune in. (Tom is always on the lookout for “baseball” songs for his annual show. If you’ve done one, send him a recording.)

Show #647:

Featured Artist: Italy’s Beppe Gambetta

“After eleven CDs, DVDs, teaching books and collaborations with many other top-flight musicians, Gambetta is increasingly known as one of the true live master innovators of the acoustic guitar” He performs in numerous prestigious festivals and “rooms like the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York…In his career he has performed with some great heroes of the folk scene like David Grisman, Gene Parsons, Doc Watson, Norman Blake and with the band Men Of Steel…Gambetta’s playing and singing stand out for their intimate emotions, communication, research in tone, sobriety and humour. An inspired music thatt modestly avoids relying solely on his high level of technical excellence, but also reveals the innermost feelings of a brilliant, playful mind that is always exploring and innovating while staying firmly routed in tradition.” Much of his work fuses “American root music and Ligurian tradition, emigration songs and folk ballads, steel string guitars and vintage harp guitars not only co-exist but interact, weaving a deep dialog unaware of any rigid classification.” Learn more about Beppe at his website: http://www.beppegambetta.com

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Mountain Rose Concerts

Twistin’ Tom Radio is a proud sponsor of this wonderful concert series, which features one show a month from October through May. Come see some of our radio show guests (and other acts) live! Visit our Mountain Rose page for concert schedule, directions and all the good stuff.

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