It’s Local 518 Thursday on WEXT! August 24th

It’s Local 518 Thursday! At 11 p.m., tune in to 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!

For tonight’s Local 518 Show, I walked in grassy fields and came up with this playlist…
Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band – “The Sinner’s Prayer – Live“
Jules Olson – “Good Thing“
Peter Butryn – “Old Coldbrook“
Billy & The Great Western Postal Service – “Why Is It All Here?“
Cyote – “None the Wise“
Sugar & The Tree – “Since I Don’t Have You“

The Attic Classic: From the quiver of multi-talented VALERIE DeLaCRUZ, each arrow has struck its mark. Whether it be writing, art, photography, interior design, TV production, or music. Performing her own songs as early as 15, her musical path included solo turns and acoustic harmony acts, Top 40, R&B, and country rock bands, along with small jazz combos. All of it brought her back around to her roots, writing and recording original country-pop songs.

For a short while, Valerie’s music took a back seat as she developed a successful commercial interior design business, got married, and began raising a family. But, regular trips to Nashville to hone her songwriting chops led to refocusing on writing, not just singing. A couple of independent CD releases included 1998’s ‘My Girlfriends Quilt,’ the song a starting point of an album project with the same title, which celebrated the variety of personalities – like a quilt – within the sisterhood of friendship. Of 15 tracks on the album, a handful were written by Valerie, but all centered around the theme of friendship.

The Attic Classic is one of her original songs, “Sister ( I’d Choose You For My Friend )” the lead track on the album.

Within the playlist above, click on the artist/band and song featured on the WEXT Radio Local 518 Show to find out more about them and support them by listening to & purchasing the songs. Did you miss the show? Listen to it and previous ones on 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!