Tom has a long history with Sing Out! as a writer and regular contributor (for more than a decade) and deep and rich skills as a radio host and programmer of folk and roots music! He's been a folk musician and teacher for over forty years. Tom began playing and singing Bob Dylan and Tom Paxton songs, but fell in love with old-time music and the clawhammer banjo after hearing John McCutcheon at the legendary Bethlehem folk club Godfrey Daniels. He has studied with old-time music greats Dwight Diller, Riley Baugus and Norman and Nancy Blake … and has, himself, taught at many music camps and workshops including The Augusta Heritage Workshops (in Elkins WV), the Pocono Dulcimer Fest (in Stroudsburg PA) and the Maidencreek Old-Time Music Festival (in Blandon PA). Druckemiller’s continuing regular local radio gig “In The Tradition” has aired on WDIY-FM in Allentown PA for the past 16 years, and he also co-hosts the “Sunday Folk” program on the station.
This week on the program, we welcome winter with a program focusing on the solstice. We’ll hear music from Bruce Cockburn, Peter Ostroushko, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, The Lark and the Loon, and Commoner’s Choir. Tune in as we … Continue reading →
This week we feature a program of acoustic blues. The style has never been as popular as it is today. Perhaps it’s a reaction to the pandemic or it’s just a style of music which is ideal to be played … Continue reading →
Last week, we featured traditional musicians who have acted as mentors to younger players. This week we’ll focus on some of the next generation artists who have been inspired by those masters. We’ll hear from Stephen Wade, Hannah Shira Naiman, … Continue reading →
This week we focus on traditional music masters – both instrumentalists and singers – who have inspired the next generations of young tradition bearers. We’ll hear from Dwight Diller, Mike Seeger, Val Mindel & Emily Miller, Alice Gerrard, Norman Blake … Continue reading →
This week on the program we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. We have a great deal to be thankful for this year with the Covid vaccinations and boosters allowing us to travel and gather safely with family and friends. We’ll hear … Continue reading →
This week on the program, we complete our two-part feature focusing on music from California. We’ll hear David Grisman, The Blue Flame Stringband, Los Lobos, Cyrus Clark, The Dos Valley Trio, Laurie Lewis and many more. Tune in for some … Continue reading →
This week on the program we travel to “The Golden State” and listen to some great artists from California. Our feature recording is The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes. (Alan recorded a great deal of traditional … Continue reading →
This week on the program, we complete our two-part feature focusing on honky tonk music. We’ll hear selections from Asleep at the Wheel, Connie Smith, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Adolph Hofner, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Commander Cody, JJ Cale and … Continue reading →
When I was a kid, except for my birthday and Christmas, Halloween was my favorite holiday. It was the day when my friends and I could freely wander the neighborhood, playing pranks that seem tame today. We soaped car windows, … Continue reading →
The audience for country music in the years following the World War II was predominantly male, and many of the records were aimed at the jukeboxes that thrived in the bars and watering holes where working class audience gathered. This … Continue reading →
