[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the February 16 edition of 105.9 Qwik-Rock's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Lion Country's Rock Station, 105.9 Qwik-Rock. The show can also be streamed via Qwik's website, www.1059qwikrock.com.

We again visited the mailboxes this week to check out some more new local and regional recordings that have arrived in recent days. We debuted new tunes from On The Brink, Stella Ruze, Matt Tarka, The Roof, Ruckzuck, Mark Santanna, Kali Ma & the Garland of Arms, 25th Hour and Featherburn. We also spotlighted some of the many bands and artists who will be attending and performing at the 24th annual Millennium Music Conference, happening Feb. 27-29 in the Harrisburg area. And we updated "Local Music News," dug a 1993 number from Out Of The Blue from the archive for a "Local Music Flashback," stepped "Across State Lines" to hear a song from Saskatchewan, Canada's Autopilot, and reviewed Savage Bliss' Warning Signs CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

JIM DONOVAN & THE SUN KING WARRIORS - "Blend Into You"
DEREK WOODS BAND - "Unforgiving Tree"
ON THE BRINK - "The Longest Day"
MATT OTIS & THE SOUND - "Frozen Moments"
STELLA RUZE - "Travel Song"
PRIVATE I - "Songs for You"
MATT TARKA - "Private School"
THE ROOF - "The Drought"
RUCKZUCK - "Infinity"
NAG CHAMPIONS - "Fertile Crescent"
MARK SANTANNA - "Time Rolls"

HOUR TWO:

SILVER SCREEN - "Labelled Off"
SMALL TOWN TITANS - "Me Myself and Monster"
KALI MA & THE GARLAND OF ARMS - "Other Kind"
SAVAGE BLISS - "Rush to Justice"
25TH HOUR - "Move"
OUT OF THE BLUE - "Chameleon Sky" (1993, Local Music Flashback)
AUTOPILOT - "Weightless" (Across State Lines)
FEATHERBURN - "Concentrate"
ETERNAL FREQUENCY - "Fire"
JUG - "Travel On"

We welcome musical guests on our next program, as State College-based musical adventurers Gelatinous Cube join us in the studio! We'll meet the band members and learn their story, explore their music, and feature some new songs they have been working on! Along the way, we will dig a "Local Music Flashback" from the archive, step "Across State Lines" to hear music from an independent band or artist from outside of PA, and review Jelli's Jelli with an I CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!" Listen to the "Homegrown Rocker," this Sunday night (February 23) at 8 p.m. on 105.9 Qwik-Rock on your FM radio dial, or stream it live online at www.1059qwikrock.com!

Upcoming guests and specials:

MAR. 1 - CALLIE TOMBLIN
MAR. 8 - MILLENNIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE RECAP
MAR. 15 - ST. PADDY'S DAY SPECIAL
MAR. 22 - BRADEN McDANNELL
MAR. 29 - MMC DROPBOX CONTEST WINNER (TBA)
APR. 12 - ROADKILL
APRIL 19 - MATTHEW DEWEESE (ALTOONA MUSIC SCENE)

(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: Magnum Broadcasting, 100 High Street, Port Matilda, PA 16870; ATTN: Jim Price/Homegrown. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM to 5 PM. You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com.

Jim Price

In Local Music News...

The Cre814 organization is presenting their first-ever Winter Carnival event early next month. The event will take place on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. at the U.S. Hotel in Hollidaysburg. The carnival will feature local vendors, artists and musicians. The musical performers will include Afro N’At, Chris Vipond & the Stanley Street Band, The Roof, Space Koi, John Peacefire, Rik Golden, High Street Drifters, Wolfgang Moon, Wilted and more. The event is all ages. Admission to the carnival will be $7 for advance tickets or $10 per person at the door.

A prominent reggae performer from the Pittsburgh music scene passed away on Tuesday (Feb. 11). Uzell Finney, Jr., a founding member and guitarist of Pittsburgh reggae group The Flow Band, passed after a battle with prostate cancer at age 65. Uzell helped form The Flow Band in the early 1980s, and the group became Pittsburgh’s longest-running reggae group, opening for such names as Ziggy Marley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Jimmy Buffett. Members of The Flow Band performed a tribute to Uzell last night (Feb. 15) at Café on the Corner in Pittsburgh’s North Side.
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