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Grateful Jam with SiriusXM's Rob Bleetstein

Grateful Jam with SiriusXM's Rob Bleetstein

After interviewing around 100 DJs, artists, and music industry people, this will be my last Radio Friendly column. I've known Rob Bleetstein for many years, and he is the perfect person for the last column. In addition to running SiriusXM's Grateful Dead and Pearl Jam channels,

Free Range Americana Radio with Adam Phillips

Free Range Americana Radio with Adam Phillips

As popular as Americana music has become, it is surprising that there are not that many full-time stations playing "our" music. WHAY in Whitley City, a town of only 1,500 people on the southern edge of Kentucky, is one of those stations. And they're doing

Wylie Gustafson Splits Time Between Music and Ranching

Wylie Gustafson Splits Time Between Music and Ranching

Does anybody remember the TV and radio ads for Yahoo's search engines? Well, the guy who did the "Ya-hoo" was the artist in today's Radio Friendly spotlight, Wylie Gustufson. His fine new album, 2000 Miles from Nashville, includes two Nick Lowe covers. Bill Frater:

Hurtin For Real with Brian Saunderson

Hurtin For Real with Brian Saunderson

Leave it to an independent Canadian to do his weekly radio show, Hurtin' For Real, on his website only, which is unique. Brian Saunderson says, "Eventually my show will grow, but for now, I'm just glad I was able to make the jump online. I love

Chicken Scratch out of Humboldt County

Chicken Scratch out of Humboldt County

In the upper left corner of California, what they call the Lost Coast, there's a commercial radio station called KHUM that has very eclectic playlist. They call themselves "Radio without the Rules," and one of their feature shows is The Chicken Scratch Show, hosted by Darren

Manager Jeff DeLia Combines Business with a Passion for Music

Manager Jeff DeLia Combines Business with a Passion for Music

As I've been expanding the boundries of this column beyond just DJs, it's been fun to learn about other aspects of the music business. I think Jeff DeLia is the first who's been exclusively an artist manager. What he shares with all the others

American Roots Music in Italy

American Roots Music in Italy

It truly fascinates me that there are music fans and from all over the world who know so much about American roots music. Massimo Ferro is an Italian DJ and writer who reminds us that there is also a lot of great music being made in other countries. Bill Frater: