Steven C. Perkins' Music Page

I was trained as a percussion player and taught myself to play the guitar, banjo, mandolin, recorder, and baglama, a long-neck lute from Turkey. While I was in high school I was a member of a folk group, The Newcomers, which played throughout southwestern Ohio. I got to play sessions with Peter, Paul and Mary, and with John Denver. PP&M sponsored the group for a contract with Warner Brothers Music. Nothing came out of that, and everyone else went to college and I went into the U.S. Army. I currently fool around with the guitar and the oud.

My taste in music is very eclectic, ranging from plainsong, through world music, western classical, electronic ambient, jazz, and American Indian.

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The following are links to music programs with sites on the Internet. Some of them broadcast on the Internet and you will need to use RealAudio, Microsoft MediaPlayer, or iTunes to listen to them.

Folk Music:

• WMKY Reports Just listen to the stories.
• Mountain Folk
• The Mountain Stage
• The Thistle & Shamrock does not broadcast on the Internet.
• Mile Failte - A Thousand Welcomes select the Celtic Sounds link. WFUV 90.7 in the NYC area.
• The Mists of Avalon

Ambient Electronic:

• Musical Starstreams
• Music from the Hearts of Space
• New Sounds from WNYC with John Schaefer. WNYC 93.9 in the NYC area.
• KCRW, eclectic music.
• Electronic Music Interactive.

Jazz:

• WBGO, America's Best Jazz Station WBGO 88.3 in the NYC area.
• KJZZ, Phoenix.
• KJAZZ, Cal State University, Long Beach.
• KTSU, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX.
• New York Radio Guide.
• Rhythm Revue with Felix Hernandez.

Some on-line music magazines:

• Acoustic Guitar
• Flamenco World
• Folk Roots Magazine (UK)
• Roots World