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On your radio February 8—
The New Cut Road String Band

Originally broadcast 12/8/2019

New Cut Road String Band is an old time string band that plays music from the southern Appalachian Mountains that became popular in this country from the mid-1920s through to the Great Depression. With John Hoffmann on fiddle, Steve Arkin on banjo, Jim Reidy on tenor guitar, Randi Beckmann on guitar, and Sally Freund on bass, they deliver fast and furious fiddle dance tunes as well as ballads that bring a tear to the eye.

John Hoffmann, the fiddler, played banjo for The Tompkins County Horseflies in the early 1980’s before he segued to fiddling. John has garnered a number of awards for his fiddle playing around the country.

Steve Arkin grew up in New York’s legendary Washington Square music scene, playing both old-time and bluegrass music in many bands. Bill Monroe said of him, “it takes backing to get that stuff going. Steve could play the best backup banjo I ever heard.”. Steve has won numerous banjo contests and has taught both bluegrass and old-time banjo. 

Randi Beckmann began her musical career playing classical flute and attended music school at Ithaca College. Randi happily switched to the Irish flute in the 1990’s and, after some arm-twisting, began playing Old Time backup piano and guitar. Her solid, powerful rhythm playing provides the groove to keep her rambunctious band mates in sync.

Sally Freund, the bass player, has become a trusted rhythm player on bass, guitar, triangle and scrub-board, backing up many of the great Old Time and Cajun/Zydeco musicians around western New York and beyond..

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On your radio February 15—Phil Shapiro

Originally broadcast 5/12/1968

In the boxes full of tapes of the earliest Bound for Glory shows, Terry Kelleher found the recording of the second live Bound for Glory show ever, which occurred on May 12, 1968. That show featured a performance by a young Cornell graduate student by the name of Phil Shapiro! Tune into listen to the earliest years of Bound for Glory broadcasts.

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LIVE Bound for Glory!

Mark Rust

February 22, 2:00 pm 
at the Lansing Area Performance Hall

Mark Rust sings with strength and clarity, accompanying himself on guitar, piano, banjo, fiddle, mountain and hammered dulcimer. His charismatic personality combined with a delightful blend of wit and humor, creates a clear and consistent image of the world as he wants it to be. His love for his audience is genuinely conveyed and immediately returned. Mark captivates his audience and quickly makes them an integral part of the performance, and in that moment, they become his family.

Mark has performed many times at Bound for Glory, as well as across the country, in Canada, and in Japan. A prolific songwriter of over 200 songs, he has been called “one of the Northeast’s great undiscovered songwriters”. His songs have been recorded by Louise Mandrell, Stan Rogers, Mary McCaslin, and others. Mark has released many recordings, gives over a hundred performances a year at colleges, schools, libraries, festivals, and clubs.

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On your radio February 22—
Darryl Purpose

Originally broadcast 4/14/13

Darryl Purpose came back to making music, with a new energy and purpose, after a seven-year sabbatical in the Rocky Mountains ending in 2012. He’s spent much of that time shepherding the release of “Singer-Songwriter Heaven: the Songs of Kevin Faherty,” and captaining the Second Strings Project, which has delivered over 20,000 sets of guitar strings to those who need them around the world. Meantime, he was inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame.

You may not have realized it, but Darryl was once recognized as the world’s top blackjack player. As a peace marcher, he crossed the U.S. over nine months, then continued on to Russia for an historic walk across the Russian heartland that culminated in a first-ever outdoor stadium rock concert, featuring Bonnie Raitt, Santana, James Taylor, and Darryl’s band, Collective Vision. He has made his mark in the folk music world with his distinctive baritone voice, a smoothly proficient fingerstyle guitar technique, a sense of drama and storytelling in his music and lyrics, and a charismatic performance that captures coffeehouse and theater audiences alike.

2012 saw the release of Darryl’s first CD of original material in ten years, “Next Time Around,” produced by Billy Crockett for the Blue Rock Artists label. This show was first broadcast in 2013.

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On your radio March 1—
The Busted Toe Mudthumpers

Originally broadcast 2/4/1968

Diving into the boxes full of tapes of the earliest Bound for Glory shows, Terry Kelleher found the tape that Phil had labeled as “Bound for Glory Show #1”. The performers on that first broadcast were the Busted Toe Mudthumpers. The band members were: George Dorian, Walt Koken, Jeff Thorn, John Coster, Nick Shumatoff circa 1968! Tune into listen to the earliest start of live Bound for Glory broadcasts!

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On your radio March 8—Mark Rust—broadcast of the live show

A recording of the live show on 2/22/26

Mark Rust sings with strength and clarity, accompanying himself on guitar, piano, banjo, fiddle, mountain and hammered dulcimer. His charismatic personality combined with a delightful blend of wit and humor, creates a clear and consistent image of the world as he wants it to be. His love for his audience is genuinely conveyed and immediately returned. Mark captivates his audience and quickly makes them an integral part of the performance, and in that moment, they become his family.

Mark has performed many times at Bound for Glory, as well as across the country, in Canada, and in Japan. A prolific songwriter of over 200 songs, he has been called “one of the Northeast’s great undiscovered songwriters”. His songs have been recorded by Louise Mandrell, Stan Rogers, Mary McCaslin, and others. Mark has released many recordings, gives over a hundred performances a year at colleges, schools, libraries, festivals, and clubs.

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Spring season of
Live Bound for Glory shows!

The new series of live Bound for Glory shows will be returning in January 2026 in our new venue—the Lansing Area Performance Hall. The shows are on the 4th Sunday of the month at 2 pm. Coming this Spring season:

February 22 — Mark Rust
March 22 — Low Lily
April 26 — Joe Crookston
May 24 — Rachael Kilgour
June 28 — Richie & Rosie

These once-a-month live shows, hosted by Travis Knapp, will be recorded for broadcast on a future Sunday’s WVBR’s Bound for Glory radio show.

Come be a part of Bound for Glory’s new series of live shows at the
Lansing Area Performance Hall
1004 Auburn Road, North Lansing, NY

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