HOMEGROWN ROCKER 5/18/25 (JAMES GROVE/ALEA REID)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the May 18 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock (www.q94classicrock.com), and from 10 PM to midnight on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM (www.1071jack.fm)!

Musical guests returned for this week's program, as we welcomed area singers and songwriters James Grove and Alea Reid into our studio! Both were present to discuss their own music and perform some songs live; and James also spearheads the new "Acoustic Altoona" musical showcase series, which will take place periodically in the ArtsAltoona Center "Grotto" space. (The next showcase happens on Wednesday, May 28 at 7 p.m., and features Alea, Rumble & Scream and Sasha Damon Frost.) We also introduced some new songs from Antonio Andrade and the Chris Bell Band, plus updated "Local Music News" and dug a 1998 song from Swampwater Ink from the archive for this week's "Local Music Flashback!" (For those who missed the program, a four-part podcast of this show is available for listening or download from Q94’s website, www.q94classicrock.com. Click on “The Professor’s Classroom,” and then scroll down to “Homegrown Rocker Podcast” and look for the four show segments marked with the date, 051825.)

Here is this week’s playlist:

HOUR ONE:

BRADEN McDANNELL - "Scene in the Sky"

BREE GEARHART - "If I Stay Right Here"

JAMES GROVE - "Fool for You" (performed live in the studio)

ANTONIO ANDRADE - "Forever Young" (new)

ALEA REID - "Georgia" (performed live in the studio)

CHRISTINE HAVRILLA - "Use Me"

JAMES GROVE - "The Recipe" (performed live in the studio)

BROTHER JACK - "Snake Ate My Radio"

HOUR TWO:

NATE GATES - "From the Holler to the Hood"

DAVE NICHOLS - "Hey Kids"

RUMBLE & SCREAM - "Rumble & Scream"

DEVIN SHERMAN - "Let's Get Weird"

ALEA REID - "(untitled)" (performed live in the studio)

SWAMPWATER INK - "Sandcastles" (1998, Local Music Flashback)

MEMORY COLLECTOR - "Frozen Circuitry of Antarctica"

DR. CHANCE BARTLEBY & THE ? - "Ugly Casanova Learns His Lesson"

CHRIS BELL BAND - "Pennsylvania Moonshine" (new)

Since we celebrate the Memorial Day holiday next weekend, we will follow "Homegrown Rocker" tradition and present the 2025 "Homegrown Rocker Memorial Day Special!" As always, we will take our annual trek down "Local Music Memory Lane" and spotlight past bands and performers of the area music scene! We'll hear area music spanning from the early 2000s back to the 1960s! Along the way, we will pay homage to some of the area musicians we have lost over the years. Hear the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (May 25) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com, and on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM, online at www.1071jack.fm!

JUNE 15 – Father’s Day Special

JUNE 22 – Allison Borek

JUNE 29 - Coltt Winter Lepley

JULY 27 - With Hopes Of Falling

AUG. 10 – Billy Davis

DEC. 14 – Dr. Barry Atticks (Lilla Jul Rockeband)

(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)

Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for “Local Music News” may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com. Indicate “MUSIC NEWS” in the subject heading!

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: The Homegrown Rocker, 2513 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 (ATTN: Jim Price). You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com; and submit digital song files through the link on “The Professor’s Classroom” page. And bands and musicians interested in being guests on the program can email their interest to homegrownrocker@gmail.com as well!

Jim Price

In Local Music News…

Entertainment lineups for three upcoming area festivals and concerts have been announced...The third annual Another World Music Festival will take place on the weekend of September 12 through 14 at the Winkelblech Fields near Woodward in Centre County. The lineup for this year's festival has been announced, and several of last year's headlining acts – Donna The Buffalo, Sim Redmond Band, Jimkata, and Maddy Walsh & the Blind Spots will be back. The festival will again feature a variety of local and regional acts as well; including Ma'aM, Astral Shakedown, the Jaded Lips, StoneMan, Adam & the Armadillos, Chicken Tractor Deluxe, The Nick Miller Project, 91 Stitches, The Poe Valley Troubadours and more. Ticket information for the festival will be coming soon.

The performer lineup has also been announced for the 12th annual Wam Bam Mountain Jam, which is set to happen on Saturday, July 5 at a location along East Mountain Road near Port Matilda. The music will start at noon; performing this year will be Liv and the Juveniles, The Narrows, Cajons and Cojones, Luke Goes Electric, Forrester Grey, JCKT Up, The Sorters, GoatSmoker, Matilda, host band Donny Burns & the 3rd Degree, Sidewinder, Making State and PDA. Food vendors will be available, and admission will be free.

And the annual Route 22 Rock & Blues Festival returns this year; taking place on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12, at the Lincoln Caverns Campground near Huntingdon. Friday's music kicks off at 6 p.m., and will feature the Bomb Cyclones, The BSXpress, The Side Piece, Maul, Walkney, Abstentious and Black Sun. The music resumes at 11 a.m. On Saturday, and will feature Brother Jack, Jesse and the Ghost, Kevo Can't Dance, Memory Collector, Frank Musaraca, Innocent Sin, The PennSoulvanians, Making State, Juju Bone, Toy and Search Party (formerly Hot Fudge Mondaes). Multiple art and craft vendors and food trucks will be present. Ticket information will be available soon.

A popular Delaware and southeastern PA singer and songwriter sadly passed away on Wednesday. Christine Havrilla, who had been a frequent performer for several years at the Central PA Festival of the Arts in State College, passed after a battle with cancer. She was 55. She had performed as a solo artist, and in more recent yars fronted her band Christine Havrilla and Gypsy Fuzz. A sold-out benefit concert to help Christine with her medical expenses took place earlier today at the Milton Theatre in Christine's hometown of Milton, Delaware; proceeds will now benefit her surviving wife, Brooke.