The Songbirds Radio Hour is a live radio show featuring celebrated musicians including performances, interviews, and audience Q&A. The Radio Hour airs the second Saturday of each month at 7:00 p.m. on our NPR affiliate WUTC.
Songbirds Radio Hour
Each episode covers a different theme and how it intertwines with music, from racism and civil rights to the legacy of Southern rock, women in punk, music history, gender identity, and much more.
Episode 1: Bessie & the Big 9
Episode 2: Television & The NYC Punk Scene with Richard Lloyd
Episode 3: The Reappropriation of The Slants
Episode 4: Jody Stephens of Big Star
Episode 5: John McEuen from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Episode 6: Music Making with Ardie Dean and Charles "Sugar Harp" Burroughs
Episode 7: Mariachi Aventurero & Ismael Sandoval
Episode 8: Kyshona
Episode 9: The Shindellas
Episode 10: The Okee Dokee Brothers with Sonia De Los Santos
Episode 11: Sunny War & Buffalo Nichols
Episode 12: Steve Earle
Episode 13: Athens
Episode 14: KT Tunstall
Episode 15: Emily Wolfe
Episode 16: Screaming Females
Episode 17: Mason Jennings
Episode 18: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
Episode 19: Call Me Spinster
Episode 20: Fred Cash from The Impressions
Episode 21: Norman Blake
Episode 22: Steve Earle
Episode 23: Swayyvo
Episode 24: Lil' Replay of Lil' Ed Williams
Free tickets for recordings of the Radio Hour are available, but space is limited to 75 guests.
Proceeds from each show support Songbirds’ Guitars for Kids program, which gives free guitars, lessons, and music therapy to children throughout the South.
The Songbirds Radio Hour is made possible through grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Riverview Foundation.