Our latest CD releases Joining the Appleseed roster for their second CD is Angel Band, a delightful trio of female vocalists who blend country, bluegrass, folk, gospel and blues music, distinctive solo voices, three-part harmonies, and predominantly original songs into a sound they describe as “boisterous, sad, sweet, goofy, glorious and angelic.” The band has spent much of the last year on tour with David Bromberg, whose wife, Nancy Josephson, is the senior member of the group and produced David’s Grammy-nominated CD, Try Me One More Time. Veteran Nashville musician and producer Lloyd Maines, father of the Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines, handled production on Angel Band’s With Roots & Wings, released by Appleseed on May 27. As onstage, the Angels are supported on this CD by backing band “Chum,” featuring David Bromberg on various guitars, mandolinist/songwriter Bobby Tangrea, and other accomplished pickers. The CD contains a dozen Angel Band originals and a cover of Chip Taylor’s “Angel of the Morning,” previously a hit in separate decades for singers Merilee Rush and Juice Newton. Angel Band’s new CD is already being met with open ears and arms by many Americana, AAA, and college radio stations. Check the “Appleseed Artists on the Radio!” item elsewhere on this page for details of upcoming special radio performances and interviews with the group.                                                   *      *      * The solo acoustic folk-blues that earned David Bromberg a Grammy nomination for last year’s Try Me One More Time are only a few of the strings in Bromberg’s musical bow. On July 22, Appleseed will release Live New York City 1982, which captures Bromberg and his three stellar David Bromberg Quartet members in rip-roaring bluegrass mode on a repertoire spanning Bob Wills and Bob Dylan. There are exhilarating high-speed improvisations and arrangements on guitar, fiddle, and mandolin, underpinned by a bass guitar and topped by the requisite high, lonesome multi-part harmonies, with a palpable sense of joy among the performers that is beamed back at them by the wildly appreciative audience. This recording, previously available as a limited edition merch-table and website release for the last few years, has been remastered from the original two-track tape, which allowed for no post-concert overdubs or studio trickery. David (vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle), Jeff Wisor (fiddle, mandolin, harmony vocals), Gene Johnson (mandolin, fiddle, harmony vocals) and Robert “Butch” Amiot (bass, harmony vocals) prove equally adept at knucklebusting bluegrass and country standards like “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” (containing a warp-speed medley of six fiddle tunes that includes “Red Apple Rag,” “Dixie Hoedown” and “June Apple”), “Stay All Night,” “Sally Gooden,” “Old Joe Clark,” “Wheel Hoss” and Bromberg’s own “New Lee Highway Blues,” the gospel-derived “Workin’ on a Building,” slow blues (“Creeper’s Blues” and “Midnight Hour Blues”), and more contemporary songs by Bob Dylan (“Wallflower,” a country waltz) and David Massengill (“Fairfax County,” a murder ballad in the folk tradition). The latest version of the David Bromberg Quartet (with Bobby Tangrea in place of Gene Johnson) will be playing selected dates throughout the spring and summer, frequently with Angel Band, led by Bromberg’s wife, Nancy Josephson. Bromberg, who will also perform numerous solo dates with and without Angel Band as openers, and Tangrea will serve in Angel Band’s backing group, Chum, and the three Angels will return the favor by adding their soaring harmonies to Bromberg and the Quartet’s sets. Keep an eye on our "Appleseed Artists on the Radio!" listings (below) for upcoming radio or TV appearances by David and the Quartet.  Appleseed songs by subject Whether you’re a radio or media programmer looking for material or a music lover assembling a mix tape or CD, we have compiled a list of Appleseed songs that share thematic categories (i.e. love, politics, holidays, celebrations of life, cool cover versions, and many other subjects). Please investigate this useful resource for song titles, the artists who recorded them, and on which Appleseed CDs these songs can be found. (click here). Appleseed Artists on the Radio! As they charm their way across the country on their upcoming spring/summer tour, Appleseed's newest artists, Angel Band, will be appearing on various radio stations in performance and/or interview segments. They will frequently be accompanied by members of their backing band, Chum, including master musician and fellow Appleseed Recordings artist David Bromberg, whose archival Live New York City 1982 CD will be released by Appleseed on July 22 So far, here’s what’s confirmed, with many more appearances to be confirmed (all times are approximate, and all info is subject to change): David Bromberg and Angel Band will be the featured guests on the syndicated live performance radio program “WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour” taping on Monday, July 28, at the historic Kentucky Theatre in Lexington, KY. The show will be webcast live at www.woodsongs.com between 6:55-8:15pm ET and is broadcast about six weeks later on WoodSongs’ 450+ affiliated stations. The shows are also telecast on some PBS stations. To buy tickets for the taping (if you’re somewhere near Lexington), to find a list of affiliated radio and TV stations and to sign up for free live WoodSongs podcasts, visit the website above. David Bromberg appeared on the program last year in a memorable double-billing with fellow folk-blues-roots guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna). Sunday, June 15, between 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET – phone interview on Cathy Zebron’s “Gracie, the Bluegrass Show” on WRVU, 91.1 FM (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) http://www.wrvu.org/. Sunday, June 22, between 8 - 11 a.m. – in-studio performance and appearance on John Platt’s “City Folk Sunday Breakfast” show on WFUV 90.7 FM (Fordham University, The Bronx, NY), www.wfuv.org. Friday, June 27, noon ET – live 45-50 minute performance broadcast from World Café Live in Philadelphia on WXPN, 88.5 FM, also streaming simultaneously on http://xpn.org/ and later archived on National Public Radio’s music page:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5194329 Those folk-rocking, good-vibe-spreading, shape-shifting Kennedys continue their “endless tour” this summer, playing songs from their latest Appleseed CD, Better Dreams, and other favorites from their repertoire, and also performing in their two other bands, The Strangelings and the Stringbusters. In their travels from gig to gig, they’ll be stopping in for some radio appearances you can enjoy at home: Thursday, June 12, 9:00am EST - The Kennedys will visit with Anne Williams on her Acoustic Sunrise program on WNRN 91.9FM, Charlottesville, VA., during the 9:00 hour. Visit http://www.wnrn.rlc.net to hear the live stream. Pete and Maura will be performing that evening at the Gravity Lounge in Charlottesville. Thursday, June 12, 5:00pm EST – The Kennedys will visit Aer Stephen on his folk show on WTJU 91.1 FM, University of Virginia. Visit http://wtju.radio.virginia.edu/ to listen to the live stream. Maybe Next Year Dept: Our congratulations to David Bromberg and Sweet Honey in the Rock, whose debut CDs for Appleseed in 2007 (Try Me One More Time and Experience…101, respectively) earned Grammy nominations in the “Best Traditional Folk Recording” and “Best Musical Album for Children” categories. Although neither CD captured an award at the February 10 ceremonies in Hollywood, these artists are proven musical winners, well-deserving of Grammy recognition.