Wispy Mop Music Acoustic Radio Podcast

Fran Tucker - The 1st Frederick Coffee Co Open Mic Performer

Fran Tucker's mother was an opera singer and pianist, her father a multi-instrumentalist who was her first guitar teacher.  She still owns and sometimes plays her first guitar, a child-sized instrument she received at the age of seven.  

Jon Mann - Miles From Earth Finger-Style Guitar

Frederick MD based finger-style guitarist Jon Mann describes his creative process for assembling his instrumentals from pieces and fragments, and talks about guitar collection and his custom made guitar vault.

Frank Davis - How Guitar Camp Changed His Life

Harpers Ferry WV guitarist Frank Davis discusses his early musical years, and explains how attending Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch guitar camp changed his life.

Guitar Pick Shoot-Out from Thin to Thick

Host Todd C Walker compares guitar picks, demonstrating how guitar players can change their sound by changing picks.

Michael Kelly - Americana Singer-Songwriter (Maryland USA)

Annapolis (MD) Americana singer-songwriter Michael Kelly is a true student of his acoustic guitar and the craft of songwriting, filling out his sound with banjo, mandolin, fiddle and harmonica.  

Kristin Rebecca - LIVE Performing with Harp and Guitar

National touring artist and Maryland-based singer-songwriter Kristin Rebecca has made her name as a harp-playing singer, who also plays acoustic guitar and is a seasoned Renaissance Fair Celtic performer.  She talks learning harp, studying voice in college and how she decided to become a touring singer-songwriter.

Kevin Delmolino - A Capella Barbershop to '80's Hair to John Denver

'Boulder Canyon' John Denver tribute band member Kevin Delmolino grew up in a musical family, starting out singing a capella barbershop, which led into 1980's hair band rock, to a career in aviation, but music stayed with him, as it does today.

Tom Kohlhepp - The Frederick Folklorist

Tom Kohlhepp, the Frederick Folklorist, had a interesting job during his six years in the Navy, and it doesn't involve music.  But, Folk Music caught his attention early on and slowly grew into his passion, with a detour into track & field coaching.

Michael Arthur - Poignant Songs From South Central Pennsylvania

York PA based singer-songwriter Michael Arthur writes poignant songs that explore the breadth and depth of the human experience, utilizing lush open guitar tunings.  He explains how he writes his songs, the time it takes, and his day job career as a rep in the music equipment business.

Ken Glasser - Exploring the World of the Weissenborn Guitar

Regional musician Ken Glasser (one-half of Catoctin Mountain Highway) talks about the history of the Weissenborn Guitar, how he became interested in it, and relates his personal journey from Detroit-based high school jug band to today.