It’s Local 518 Thursday! February 16th

It’s Local 518 Thursday on WEXT Radio! Click on the artist/band and song featured on the WEXT Radio Local 518 Show to find out more about them, and support by listening to & purchasing the songs. Miss the show? Listen to it and previous ones at the WEXT Radio Local 518 Show webpage. Have music you want us to hear? Submission guidelines can be found at the webpage link too. Send us stuff!

At 11:00pm, tune in WEXT Radio at 97.7 and 106.1 FM, at 89.1’s HD2 station, via online stream at www.wextradio.org, or by using the free app for iOS and Android devices. You can also ask Siri and Alexa to “play WEXT Radio” too!

Might you still be yearning for something or someone? 11:00pm on WEXT Radio, we’ll commiserate with this playlist…

Kieran Rhodes – “How ‘Bout Saturday“
Pony in the Pancake – “We’ll Go Walking“
Rusticator – “Painting Sunsets”
Louise Emory and The Reckless Few – “Florence in the Fall“
The McKrells – “A Boat Named Love and Happiness“
The Sea The Sea – “The Story That They Gave To Us“

The Attic Classic: The 45-year singing partnership of Terri Huxtable, Carol Christensen and Liz Hood sadly ended with Liz’ passing in 2019. Based in Saratoga Springs, the trio began performing in coffeehouses and at folk festivals in the 1970’s, singing the popular music and songs from across five centuries. Known for tight vocal harmonies, often acapella, and accompanying themselves on a variety of instruments over inventive arrangements and with lively performances, they were a favorite with audiences for years.

Huxtable, Christensen & Hood‘s first album ‘Wallflowers’ was released in 1980 on Philo Records, a Vermont based folk and traditional music label. It was reissued by Rounder Records in 1986 and is still available only on vinyl. The record reflected the mix of tunes they were known to perform, along with a couple of Terri’s originals.

The Local 518 Attic Classic is “Lake George 1922,” one of Terri’s songs from ‘Wallflowers’ on which Liz sings lead.

Here’s an acapella version of “The Streams of Lovely Nancy” performed live in 2016. The song is available on the trio’s 1986 CD ‘Melancholy Babies.’