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ATWS #20: Hiram Ring

Jason Mundok — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:25:46 GMT

Hiram Ring is a singer-songwriter and one of the Lancaster music scene's favorite adopted sons. Raised in Ghana, Africa, Hiram's family moved to Lancaster during his late teens. He called Lancaster home for several years after attending college in upstate New York, but now he spends most of his time in Singapore where he's enrolled in a PhD program studying Language Documentation. In 2009 Hiram released his first full-length album, Breathe Deep, which took him on a several-month national tour. Hiram's music is deeply informed and inspired by his Christian faith, but its pop and folk crossover appeal has garnered strong support from both the Christian and secular music scenes in Central Pennsylvania. While visiting Lancaster over the holidays in December 2010, Hiram stopped by the Wood Stove House to talk about his life and studies in Singapore and to share some new tracks that he's been working on in his free time.

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Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok. ATWS is currently being broadcast on WCHE 1520 AM, West Chester, PA and the NEW WPAZ 1370 AM, Pottstown, PA. Check station schedules for air times.

ATWS #19: Creative Works of Lancaster

Jason Mundok — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:06:39 GMT

Creative Works of Lancaster is a relatively new non-profit organization in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with a mission to encourage, support, and produce fresh and independent performing arts productions. Board members Lydia Brubaker and Chet Williamson sat down for a chat about the organization and its first three productions, including the recent holiday comedy show called Yule Laugh. Starting with no physical space, very few resources, and a lot of great ideas, Creative Works are making things happens and adding some unique spice to the creative fabric of Lancaster. Even if you're not from the Lancaster area, I hope you'll find our conversation interesting and inspiring.

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ATWS #18: 2010 Year in Review

Jason Mundok — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:02:27 GMT

2010 has been a big year here at the Wood Stove House. Our Wood Stove House concert series started in 2009, but 2010 marked our first full year with five sold out shows. It also marked the beginning of this program, Around the Wood Stove, which started as a monthly podcast back in March with the goal of supporting and encouraging performing arts in Lancaster, PA. By the end of the year, the show morphed into a 30-minute radio program showcasing local, regional, and national musicians. In this episode we take a look back at some o f the highlights from 2010 with excerpts from several of the sixteen episodes produced that year.

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Episode 17.5: Announcements

Jason Mundok — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:09:21 GMT

We don't have a new interview for you this week, but there are some important and fun announcements about the show. Coming up next week, to celebrate our first show on WPAZ 1370 AM in Pottstown, we'll take a look back at 2010 with clips from several interviews and music from Ryan Kauffman, Jason Wilber, Barnaby Bright, Indian Summer Jars, and more!

Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok. The purpose is to encourage the arts in and around Lancaster, PA.

ATWS #17: The Beggar Folk

Jason Mundok — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:05:36 GMT

The Beggar Folk is a five-piece band from Lancaster, PA that is based around the songs and harmonies of husband and wife duo Josh and Trista Lamb. On January 8, 2011, The Beggar Folk will release their debut self-titled album on Steven Courtney's Radio Vibe Records. The album was recorded and produced by Steven Courtney at his Folktowne Studio in Manheim, PA.

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Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok. The purpose is to encourage the arts in and around Lancaster, PA.

ATWS #16: Joy Ike

Jason Mundok — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:16:57 GMT

Joy Ike is a Pittsburgh based singer-songwriter who spends a lot of time on the road performing everywhere from coffeeshops to music festivals. In November 2010 she visited the Wood Stove House to perform a set at one of our Wood Stove house concerts. Joy's unique piano style and soul-filled vocals are brilliantly showcased on her latest album, Rumors. Joy sat down in the Wood Stove House studio to chat about Rumors and her life as a professional musician.

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ATWS #15: Rhyne McCormick

Jason Mundok — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:48:10 GMT

Rhyne McCormick has been a singer-songwriter active in the Central Pennsylvania music scene since the mid 1990s. Since 2000, he has released fouralbums, his latest is a live album recorded in April 2009 at the Capitol Theatre in York, Pennsylvania. Rhyne dropped by the Wood Stove House in November 2010 to discuss the album project and how his career has changed over the years.

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ATWS #14: Sarah Blacker

Jason Mundok — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:28:00 GMT

Sarah Blacker is a singer and songwriter from Boston, Mass who has spent the last year touring the country in support of her 2009 debut album called The Only Way Out is Through. In true DIY form, she funded her record through fan donations and is in the process of raising money to finance a brand new album that is currently in the works. Sarah was visiting Lancaster, PA to perform at a songwriter showcase at the Lancaster Dispensing Company.

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ATWS #13: Via Linota

Jason Mundok — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:13:02 GMT

Via Linota is a songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His debut album, World Gone Crazy, was released in August 2010. Via stopped by the Wood Stove House to chat about the making of World Gone Crazy and how his background in the study of classical language has influenced his music and art.

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ATWS #12: Caleb Hawley

Jason Mundok — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:48:08 GMT

Caleb Hawley comes to us from New York City, by way of his automobile, where he spends a lot of time these days touring the country to share his music and stories with audiences big and small. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a degree in Jazz Composition, but now spends his time writing guitar-based soulful pop-music. He's an award winning songwriter and a soft spoken guitar virtuso with a huge voice.

Caleb visited Lancaster in October 2010 to headline a Wood Stove House concert. I sat down with him before the show to talk about his 2009 release, Steps, and his brand new album We All Got Problems.

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ATWS #11: Fil Campbell

Jason Mundok — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:31:55 GMT

Fil Campbell is a singer and songwriter from the border village of Belleek in Northern Ireland. Fil was visiting Lancaster to headline a Wood Stove House concert in late September 2010 while on a two-week US tour. Fil's latest CD Songbirds, released in 2005, is a complement to a six-part television series by the same name that celebrates the lives and songs of five women from different parts of Ireland who sang songs that everyone knew in the early to mid-twentieth century. They became internationally famous and paved the way for many traditional Irish singers who followed. The TV series had a successful run on RTE, Ireland's channel One.

Joining me for the interview is Tom Knapp, the Lancaster-area Irish fiddler, and my friend and partner in the traditional Celtic duo, Fire in the Glen. Tom and I chatted with Fil about her life in music, the process of making the Songbirds project, and her time on the road as a touring musician.

Photo by Tony Green (@merecat).

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ATWS #10: Jessica Smucker

Jason Mundok — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:02:02 GMT

Jessica Smucker is a Lancaster-based singer-songwriter. She recently visited the Wood Stove House to chat about her brand new album, This Broken Moment, which is due to be released on Oct 16, 2010 at a release party at the Lancaster Dispensing Company. This Broken Moment is Jessica's third release, and second with her band, The Sleeping World.

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Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok. The purpose is to encourage the arts in and around Lancaster, PA.

ATWS #9: Chet Williamson

Jason Mundok — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:55:51 GMT

In this episode, I welcomed Chet Williamson to the Wood Stove House. Chet is a Lancaster County native who has had a successful career as an author, actor and musician. He recently embarked on a new journey, recording and releasing audio and ebook versions of some of his novels. We discussed how these relatively new technologies are changing the book publishing industry, and how Chet's creative life has evolved and continues to evolve over the years.

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Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok. The purpose is to encourage the arts in and around Lancaster, PA.

ATWS #8: The Lancast

Jason Mundok — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:55:15 GMT

In this show we take a look inward at an emerging platform for artistic expression: podcasting, a medium that has allowed shows like Around the Wood Stove to exist, develop, and reach an audience using Internet based technology.

The Lancast is a hyper-local weekly Podcast based here in Lancaster, Pennsyvlania. It deals with a variety of topics through conversations with politicians, business owners, artists, and public figures. David Moulton and Daniel Klotz, the hosts of the Lancast, recently joined me in the Wood Stove House for a conversation about the history of the Lancast, how podcasting is transforming the way we receive information, the effects of podcasting on traditional media, and what it means to get in the game and produce your own podcast.

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Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok. The purpose is to encourage the arts in and around Lancaster, PA.

ATWS #7: The Beggar Folk

Jason Mundok — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:38:39 GMT

The Beggar Folk is a five-piece band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania that was built around the husband and wife duo, Josh and Trista Lamb. Josh and Trista moved to Lancaster in the summer of 2009 after first visiting the LAUNCH Music Conference in April of that year. Their sound is mellow and introspective and layered with beautiful harmonies and a complimentary string section made up of two violins and cello. All of the music on today's show was recorded live here at the Wood Stove House studio in Lancaster.

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Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok. The purpose is to encourage the arts in and around Lancaster, PA.