Acoustic Blender - WESU FM, Middletown CT starts at 5:05 tonight with (almost) three hours of the best in folk/Americana/bluegrass et al. At some point, a ticket giveaway to see The Promise is Hope at The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center this coming Friday.

In terms of music, expect to hear more than a bit from Joan Baez who turns 77 today, also Nic Jones, Sandy Denny, Patty Loveless, Iris DeMent, Earl Scruggs and Elizabeth Cotten birthdays/ birth anniversaries observed as well. There's new music from John Gorka, Nora Jane Struthers, Chris LaVancher, Kyle Carey, Clayton Knight and more. We'll have the usual concert listing at 7:00 with music from folks playing locally like Beppe Gambetta, Debra Cowan and John Roberts, The Promise is Hope, Cheryl Wheeler and Kenny White, and The Mammals. And of course, more ... maybe some songs made famous by that folksinger ELVIS PRESLEY who would have turned 83 yesterday.

WESU Middletown 5:05 - 8pm tonight at 88.1 FM and streaming and archived at www.wesufm.org. Tune in!