It’s Local 518 Thursday! 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!
Within the playlist below, 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!
I hope you dig tonight’s playlist for the Local 518 Show…
Dyer Switch – “The Grass Fields“
Kilashandra – “Deadly Nightshade“
Maggie’s Clan – “Pebbles in a Jar“
Ian Nichols – “Queen of Rotten Collard Greens“
Dominic Orlando – “Starry Night Sky“
Hold On Honeys – “Down Home Girl“
The Attic Classic: Few singer-songwriters and band leaders from the Capital District are as critically acclaimed or as popular as Kevin McKrell. His songs are such a unique blend of Celtic, folk, and bluegrass influences, played by world-class musicians, and sung with a voice clear and strong with just enough lilt that they really have become timeless.
There’s not much I can tell you that can embellish what has already been said or written about Kevin or the band he formed under his own name. By 1995 he had formed the first of many versions of The McKrells – an award winning, hard touring band that has traveled the nation and overseas, playing festivals and large & small concert venues – even Carnegie Hall & Lincoln Center. Kevin’s performances, and The McKrells, remains sought the world over.
As the year 2000 came around, the band released ‘Hit the Ground Running,’ one of several albums they’ve recorded. The title track is the Attic Classic.
WEXT Radio dropped by Kevin’s studio just as last winter was about to begin. One of the tunes he performed relates to what kids used to do during the summer. Can you relate?
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