The Sound Contest Page

Congratulations to Mark Hite of Raleigh, our second winner this first week of January in our CD giveaway. He'll soon receive a copy of National Ransom by Elvis Costello. We wrap the week up by giving away a current favorite on The Sound  Two Much Love by Moody Bluegrass on Friday. To become eligible for a shot at our final CD giveaway this week here's everything you need to do... click here and type in your name and mailing address... and that's it. If the click here button isn't working just send your name and mailing address to golsen@publicradioeast.org and put The Sound CD Contest in the subject line. Thanks for listening. While you're here, check out some other fun stuff. You can hear from some of the North Carolina artists you enjoy on The Sound by visiting the Heard on PRE section, go to The Sound page and there's a list of free downloads being offered by some of the artists you've heard on The Sound and while you're there took a look at our list of The Sound's top 40 discs so far for the year 2011 ... and if you'd like some new music now, don't want to wait on the drawing Gods AND you want to help keep The Sound on the air, check out the CDs we're offering as our way of saying thanks for becoming a Public Radio East member. Thanks for listening. George Olsen Host/Producer "The Sound" golsen@publicradioeast.org

What keeps The Sound on the air?

The one word answer is "you." If you've been listening to The Sound for any length of time, you may have noticed the lack of commercials. That's what keeps the typical radio station running... they sell advertisers air time, then you pay for your usage of that station by, in essence, donating your time to listen to those commercials, and then (they hope) rushing out and buying that product... which has the cost of the advertising tucked into the price. We don't have that option. We're licensed as a non-commercial station, meaning if we air commercials, we're in violation of our FCC license, which isn't a good thing. So how do we pay for the 1001 incidentals that are involved in getting The Sound into your home, office or car? We're back to the one word answer... "you." The Federal Communications Commission won't let us sell commercial time BUT they will allow us to ask for donations from those folks with the good taste to listen to this station. The majority of the funds we use to present The Sound are listener dollars. Without those listener dollars, no Sound... literally. We believe what you hear on Public Radio East on its own is enough to pledge your financial support... but a little incentive never hurt, so make a $40-or-more pledge and we'll send you your choice of CDs. There's a full list of CDs available down below to choose from many of the artists you hear on The Sound including Susan Tedeschi, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, Ellis Paul and Louden Wainwright III. When you go to our pledge form by clicking here, just type in the comments box the name of the CD you'd like and we'll get it out to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your pledge. You're making The Sound possible. George Olsen Host/producer "The Sound" The following CDs are available for your $40-or-more pledge... Anytime Anyplace but Only You - Russell Johnson Mississippi Mile - John Oates North and South - Amelia's Mechanics Love Potions and Snake Oil - D.B. Rielly Jump Little Children: Old Songs for Young Folks - Lightnin' Wells Ghost Train...The Studio B Sessions - Marty Stuart Man from Another Time - Seasick Steve Letters in the Deep - Cadillac Sky Love & Circumstance - Carrie Rodriguez The Meantime - Randall Bramblett Pizza Box - Danny Barnes The Pursuit - Jamie Cullum The Day After Everything Changed - Ellis Paul The Stars are Out - Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles The Wreckage - Will Hoge Works Progress Administration - WPA Everything You Love will be Taken Away - Slaid Cleaves Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm Fascination - The Greencards Ready for the Flood - Mark Olson and Gary Louris Oktibbeha County - WSNB Back to the River - Susan Tedeschi Recovery - Louden Wainwright III Same Old Man - John Hiatt Alligator Purse - Beausoleil Life Death Love & Freedom - John Mellencamp Bucket - Mando Saenz Lay It Down - Al Green Nine Lucid Dreams - Two Loons for Tea On the Way - Abra Moore Secret Heart - Lauren Adams Vagabonds - Gary Louris Live from Austin, TX - Tift Merritt (DVD) Live from Bearsville Theatre - Dar Williams (DVD)   Love The Sound?   Get The Tee Shirt!                                             For information about The Sound Tee Shirt click here.

The Best of The Sound 2012

The Top 40 CDs on The Sound for 2012 (thru February 3, 2012) 1)We Are The Tide – Blind Pilot (Expunged) 2)The Ones I Love – Colin Lake 3)Peace Meal – Carolyn Wonderland (Bixmeaux) 4)Whitehorse (Six Shooter) 5)Ashes & Fire – Ryan Adams (Capitol) 6)Where Ocean Meets Land – Connor Garvey (Mishara) 7)Two Much Love - Moody Bluegrass (Bunny Rae) 8)The Dreamer – Etta James (Verve Forecast) 9)Heart of a Dog – Kasey Anderson and the Honkies (Red River) 10)Ragtop Angel – Adam Ezra Group (Royal Avenue) 11)Live from the Left Coast – David Jacobs-Strain 12)Dark Country – James Justin & Co. 13)A Hundred White Lies – Shane Dwight (RTist) 14)Voyageur – Kathleen Edwards (Zoe) 15)Rocket – Danny Barnes (ATO) 16)Reverie – Joe Henry (Anti) 17)Bad Man’s Blood – Ray Bonneville (Red House) 18)Mercury – Pieta Brown (Red House) 19)Rock ‘n’ Roll With It – Billy Burnette (Rock ‘n’ Roll With It Records) 20)West Coast Drifter – Eric Lindell (M.C.) 21)Still Here - Martinez & Guthrie (Nez) 22)Light in the Sky – Red Molly 23)Let It Burn - Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn) 24)Beauty Queen Sister – Indigo Girls (Vanguard) 25)On Mardi Gras Day/Blue City – Jorge Calderon (Inside) 26)Bluesville Sessions - Mulebone (Red Tug) 27)Long Live the King – The Decemberists (Capitol) 28)Friends of Fall – Crooked Still (Signature) 29)Bad as Me - Tom Waits (Anti) 30)Through a Crooked Sun – Rich Robinson (Thirty Tigers) 31)The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones - Lincoln Durham (RP) 32)Monsters - Onward, Soldiers (Winoca) 33)Lonesome and Blue - Pat Roberts and the Heymakers (Electric Lotus) 34)Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) 35)Three - The Refugees (Wabuho) 36)Shake Your Hips - Joan Osborne (Saguaro Road) 37)Roots – Johnny Winter (MegaForce) 38)Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down – Ry Cooder (Nonesuch) 39)Fortunes Lost, Fortunes Told – Jonell Mosser (City Hall) 40)Rose of Jericho – Brigitte DeMeyer