GMCR MUSIC

Roots & Branches

With Friends of Ken Keppeler & Jeanie McLerie

Background
Saturday 8:00 am 10:00 am

Roots & Branches presents traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music from the United States and around the world but always returns to the roots of American folk music – Irish, Cajun, Mexican, The Blues, Appalachian, Cowboy, Gospel and the other strong threads that comprise the rich tapestry of American music over the centuries.

Roots & Branches is hosted by friends of  Ken Keppeler & Jeanie McLerie, known around the block and around a few continents as Bayou Seco.

The program airs every Saturday morning from 8am – 10am and also features live performances by Bayou Seco and their guests.

You can reach them at ro***@*****91.org and they’ll be happy to hear your comments and requests.


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Roots & Branches / 15 March 2014

Well, Here we are, it's almost St. Patrick's day but we are focusing on songs about working people in the 9:00 portion of our show, since this is the big day for our community. It is the 60th anniversary of the film, "Salt of the Earth" which is about the […]

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Roots & Branches / 08 March 2014

We hope you enjoyed the International Women's Day program. Almost all women singers except that Peter White and Ken played fiddles during the live part of the show, but Jeanie played guitar and sang on 'Listen to the Radio'So here is the what we played: Playlist for 08 March 2014 […]

today10 March 2014

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Roots & Branches / 01 March 2014

Well folks, this week we played a lot of singers, mostly from the UK and Ireland. Next week we will be celebrating  Women in music. As far as this weeks artists go, we had a women's cajun band right off the bat. One the women, Christine Balfa, was one of […]

today3 March 2014