BOUND FOR GLORY Schedule Late Fall 2017
Phil Shapiro
WVBR’S BOUND FOR GLORY NORTH AMERICA’S LONGEST RUNNING LIVE FOLK CONCERT BROADCAST, since 1967
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WVBR'S BOUND FOR GLORY'S 51st YEAR CONTINUES, LATE FALL 2017
Phil Shapiro, host of WVBR's Bound for Glory since its inception in 1967, announces the Late Fall schedule, continuing the 51st year of this Central New York musical tradition.
WVBR's Bound for Glory, North America's longest running live folk concert broadcast, broadcasts live from the Alternatives Library, Anabel Taylor Hall at Cornell, on Sunday nights. Bound for Glory brings central New York another series of free folk concerts, on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5. We promise some excellent acoustic music, presented by long-time host Phil Shapiro.
The show runs Sunday nights from 8 to 11, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30, and 10:30. All three sets are different. Come to as many sets as you wish. Admission in the live audience at Anabel Taylor is free and is open to everyone in the area. Kids are always welcome. Refreshments are available. For further information, call Phil Shapiro at 607-844-4535, or e-mail pd...@cornell.edu.
Find out about upcoming Bound for Glory shows, and about how you can help, through the Friends of Bound for Glory, by looking up http://wvbr.com or http://boundforglory.org on the Web. Everyone can listen to Bound for Glory on line. The website tells you how.
OCT. 15 KINLOCH NELSON. Kinloch Nelson is a guitar man, extraordinare… and a fine singer as well. He plays a huge variety of songs and tunes, bringing us American Roots music of all sorts and kinds. He’s been on Bound for Glory before, accompanying singers. Now he’s playing a little bit of everything, by himself. Kinlochnelson.com.
OCT. 22 CASTLEBAY. Castlebay comes to us from the coast of Maine. It’s been decades since they’ve done Bound for Glory. They have an amazing repertoire of songs of the sea, both traditional and new, and stories to go with them. Guitar and harp, most unusual. Castlebay.net .
OCT. 29 BOB BOVEE. Bob Bovee plays old time songs. He’s based in Minnesota, so he seldom comes to these parts. He’s lots of fun, with a whole songbag of old songs and tunes, that feel like they’re sung in your kitchen. Come sing with him. boveeheil.com
NOV. 5 ERNEST TROOST. Ernest Troost comes from California. It’ll be his second visit to Bound for Glory. He’s a songwriter with a wide imagination, writing songs for different people in different circumstances. And he manages to sound like he means it, regardless of what he’s singing about. Ernesttroost.com
NOV. 12 MARK MANDEVILLE AND RAIANNE RICHARDS. Last year they did their first Bound for Glory show. We all liked their homemade songs, and the way they painted pictures of the people that they were writing about.. They’re very welcome back on the show. markandraianne.com.
NOV. 19 NATE MARSHALL AND FRIENDS. We’ll all be surprised, at the same time you are, as to who plays and what happens when Nate Marshall comes to do the show, and brings a bunch of friends. Nate is a fine songwriter, and his flexibility and magic shine through. Nateandkatemusic.com
NOV. 26 ALBUMS FROM THE STUDIOS. HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Give Phil a call at 607-273-2121.
DEC.3 NEW CUT ROAD STRING BAND. We’ll end our season with Old Timey music from some of the area’s finest musicians. The band looks familiar: Long John and the Tights plus Steve Arkin on banjo. The mountain music tradition, dance tunes and songs to share Toe tapping fun. Possiblegig/combo/new-cut-road-string-band.
From DECEMBER 10 through JANUARY 21, Bound for Glory will be Albums from the Studios. Catch a few Chanukah songs on December 10, the Winter Solstice show on DECEMBER 17, the Christmas Special show, on Christmas Eve, DECEMBER 24, and the New Year's Special on New Year’s Eve, DECEMBER 31. Holiday songs you won't hear in the shopping malls. Give Phil a call at 607-273-2121. Next Live Bound for Glory? JANUARY 28, 2018.