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Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk, from Arlo Guthrie to Aerosmith. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul
Here is my non-traditional holiday program and welcome to winter. No fa, la, la... No ding-dong-ding. Just great songs from all walks, and many great stories. I started off with a song from the late Ray Price, and featured some tracks from a few fabulous new holiday compilation CDs. Here's how it all unfolded:
OUT OF THE WOODS INTRO
RAY PRICE - Me & Jimmy Rodgers - Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute To The Songs of Shel Silverstein - Sugar Hill
JONATHAN BYRD & CHRIS KOKESH - Give To Receive - Hudson Harding Happy Holidays, Volume 8 - Hudson Harding
HANNALEE - Houses Burning - Brassica - Self
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CRAIG WERTH - These Ornaments - Christine Lavin Presents Just One Angel 2.0 - Yellow Tail
DALE ANN BRADLEY - Christmas In Savannah - God Didn't Choose Sides: True Songs Of The Civil War, Volume 1 - Rural Rhythm
IVAN ROSENBERG - Roving On A Winter's Night - Oldies And Old Time - Vole-O-Tone
GEORGE JONES - Lonely Christmas Call - The Complete United Artists Solo Singles - Omnivore
BUCK OWENS - Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Original Mono Single Version) - Buck 'Em! The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967) - Omnivore
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MARK STEPAKOFF - Santa Drank The Whole Damn Bar - Hudson Harding Happy Holidays, Volume 8 - Hudson Harding
DAVID WILCOX - The Rudy Rap - A Very Blue Rock Christmas - Blue Rock Artists
RUTHIE FOSTER - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - A Very Blue Rock Christmas - Blue Rock Artists
LOU DOMINGUEZ - Happy American Solstice - We The People - Hollywood Acsep
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TOM PRASADA-RAO - Christmas In The Ashram - A Very Blue Rock Christmas - Blue Rock Artists
DON WHITE - Don White's Advice/Christmas Memories - Christine Lavin Presents Just One Angel 2.0 - Yellow Tail
TOM PAXTON - My Christmas Guitar - Christine Lavin Presents Just One Angel 2.0 - Yellow Tail
ELIZABETH MITCHELL with MIKE MERENDA - Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow - The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook - Smithsonian Folkways
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CHILDSPLAY - Bow For Rama/St. Croix Jig/Christmas Eve - As The Crow Flies - Self
LIZ CARROLL - Tinsel - On The Offbeat - Self
KATE RUSBY - Home - 20 - Pure
NAMING THE TWINS - Winter Awakening - Sweet Transitions - Duet Right