Listen to songs from the musicians that matter to Shannon Whitworth

1. Foggy Mountain Rock
by Flatt & Scruggs

2. Dead Flowers
by The Rolling Stones
from Sticky Fingers

3. Eu E Voce
by The Stan Getz Quartet & Astrud Gilberto

4. Lullaby & Exile
by M. Ward
from Transistor Radio

5. Here But Never Home
by Shannon Whitworth
from No Expectations

Shannon Whitworth and the Refugees are performing next on November 21, 2009 in Carrboro, N.C. at the Cat’s Cradle.

Listen to the songs

1. Car Talk
from NPR

2. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
by Hank Williams

3.  Sarah Lynn Waltz
by Jason Barie
from The Past Is Present

Jason Barie plays fiddle with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.

Listen to the songs

1. 1-800-DO-U-CARE
by Larry Sparks
from 40

2. Bye Bye Bye
by *NSYNC
from No Strings Attached

3. Video Killed the Radio Star
covered by Cadillac Sky
from The Weary Angel EP

David Mayfield plays guitar with Cadillac Sky.

Listen to the songs and Steve Dilling’s discussion of why they matter to him.

1. Don’t Stop Believing
by Journey
from Escape

2. Summer Nights
by Rascal Flatts
from Unstoppable

Steve Dilling plays banjo with Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out. They recently released their first studio effort in 5 years, the self-titled Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out.

Listen to the songs

1. Fear of the South
by Tin Hat Trio
from Rodeo Eroded

2. (Nice Dream)
by Radiohead
from The Bends

3. The Notwist

Chris Pandolfi plays banjo with the Infamous Stringdusters and released a solo album, entitled Looking Glass, on Sugar Hill Records in May 2009.

Listen to the songs

1. Sarah Smile
Hall and Oates
from The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates
Darren likes “the way they sparcely put stuff in, when you don’t even expect it, here comes something with the harmony.”

2. The Gatlin Brothers
Darren appreciates “the intensity of the harmonies, really their idea’s. Sometimes they’ll sing two over [or] one under, one over, you know it’s all over the place.”

3. The Police
“I just love to hear Sting sing.”

Darren Beachley and the Legends of the Potomac have recorded a new EP, to be released by Patuxent Music this Summer.

Listen to the songs and Tim Surrett’s discussion of why they matter to him.

1. So What
Miles Davis with Paul Chambers on Bass
from the album “Kind of Blue”

Listen to the songs and Leigh Gibson’s discussion of why they matter to him.

1. Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)
Bill Haley and His Comets

2. Ray Charles
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Photo by Joan Kornblith

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Often described as “a singer’s singer,” Dede Wyland’s pure and compelling voice has enchanted audiences around the globe, and her driving rhythm guitar has powered the sound of many a bluegrass band including the popular Tony Trischka & Skyline and ’Grass, Food & Lodging. Dede has become one of the most sought-after vocal instructors in the Washington, D.C., area. In addition to her full schedule of private lessons, she has taken her expertise to workshops and music camps from Tucson, Arizona, to Somerset, England. Her recordings and concert performances with the cream of Washington’s bluegrass players earned her the Washington Area Music Association’s “Wammie” awards for 1999 (Female Bluegrass Vocalist) and 2004 (Bluegrass Vocalist). Her latest release is “Keep the Light On.”

Listen to the songs and Wayne Taylor’s discussion of why they matter to him.

1. Choices
George Jones
from the album Cold Hard Truth
Wayne calls it “a tremendous song that gave me cold chills and not many songs have done that.”

2. Dirt Roads
Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa
from the self-titled album
Wayne says, “there’s still some old folks around that remember how things used to be… [Dirt Roads] mentions Ralph and Carter and the way they used to sing and the way it must have felt to be there in the audience and hear the rafters ring.”