Homegrown Music is WVIA-FM's exclusive series which each week showcases the talents of regional contemporary music artists in recordings produced in the WVIA-FM studios by series host George Graham and is broadcast Tuesdays at 9:00 PM and Saturdays at 6 PM on WVIA-HD2. Further information on Homegrown Music may be obtained via the World Wide Web at http://homegrownmusic.info and http://www.wvia.org/radio/local/homegrown-music/

Aug. 7 Mike Mizwinski and the MiZ Band. A popular regional musician, Mike Mizwinski recently released a new album called A Year Ago Today. Mike has made a number of appearances on Homegrown Music. This is an encore of first rate band session from 2012 with all original material.

Mike Mizwinski and the MiZ Band in the studio at WVIA in 2012

Aug. 14 Rob Larkin. Described as a “cross between Jason Mraz and Mumford & Sons,” Rob Larkin is a singer-songwriter in a roots-rock style. Larkin has worked with bands on both coasts. His L.A. based band Rob Larkin and the Wayward Ones’ CD Dogwood Roots was a featured album on WVIA’s Mixed Bag. This is an encore of his 2015 Homegrown Music debut with a solo performance highlighting his warm, appealing, honest songs.

Rob Larkin at WVIA

Aug. 21 A Homegrown Music Concert Encore with THE FRANK AND JOE SHOW. During the series’ summer concert hiatus, producer George Graham presents rebroadcasts of memorable live concerts from the past. This is a particularly special and poignant show from 2004. Jazz guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola and drummer-percussionist Joe Acione had a long-running association creating enjoyable swinging music in the Django Reinhardt Gypsy swing style, but with an eclectic repertoire and sense of whimsical good fun. Sadly, Joe Acione passed away from multiple sclerosis in 2016, and Frank Vignola suffered debilitating injuries from an ATV accident in 2017 that left him unable to play, though after a long recovery, he is performing again. This concert with a sextet captures Frank and Joe’s collaboration at their peak.

The Frank and Joe Show performing at WVIA in June 2004

Aug. 28 Matt Filer. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Filer, from Jim Thorpe, PA, makes his Homegrown Music debut with a collection of appealing original songs performed in a solo acoustic setting.

Matt Filer at WVIA

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