The Sound Contest Page

...and that's it for the week. Our final winner is Amy Wang of New Bern, who'll soon find a copy of Street Symphony by the Subdudes in her mailbox. We'll do this again before the month is out. What I'll have to offer, who knows... but it will be material you've enjoyed on The Sound. If you'd like to go ahead and get eligible for future drawings, here's everything you need to do ... click here and type in your name & mailing address... and that's it. If that click here button isn't working, just e-mail your name & mailing address to me at golsen@publicradioeast.org and put The Sound CD Contest in the Subject line. If you've entered in past contests and haven't won, I've still got your name and you're still eligible (eventually the drawing Gods will smile upon you). If you've won something from Public Radio East in the last 30 days, hold off for a little while and give the other guy a chance. Thanks for listening. While you're here, check out what's  below ... a list of The Sound's top 40 discs so far this year ... 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, and good luck. George Olsen Host/producer The Sound

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. 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... Tift Merritt's Another Country, Vagabonds by Gary Louris or Bucket by Mando Saenz... all currently featured on The Sound. When you go to our pledge form by clicking here, just type in the comments box the name of the CD or DVD 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 Best of The Sound 2008 (so far...)

The Top 40 CDs heard on The Sound (thru April 25, 2008) CD Name – Artist (Label)    1)Honeydew – Shawn Mullins (Vanguard) 2)Bucket – Mando Saenz (Carnival) 3)Miss Understood – Carolyn Wonderland (Bismeaux) 4)Watch the Sky – Patty Larkin (Vanguard) 5)The Reckoning – Kasey Anderson (TerraSoul) 6)Another Country – Tift Merritt (Fantasy) 7)Vagabonds – Gary Louris (Ryko) 8)Truth – Robben Ford (Concord) 9)Good Summer Rain – Erica Wheeler (Signature) 10)Jomo Swamp Root Boogie – WSNB 11)Sleep through the Static -- Jack Johnson (Brushfire) 12)Born to be Wilder – Webb Wilder & the Beatnecks (Blind Pig) 13)Join the Parade – Marc Cohn (Decca) 14)Come Up Full -- Meg Hutchinson (Red House) 15)The Heavy Circles (Dynamite Child) 16)Low on Cash, Rich in Love – Eric Lindell (Alligator) 17)Mockingbird – Allison Moorer (New Line) 18)Switchblade Waterpistol – Lifters (Pawn Shop) 19)Son of Skip James – Dion (Verve Forecast) 20)I’m Not There – OST (Columbia) 21)Raisin’ a Ruckus – Roomful of Blues (Alligator) 22)Live Cactus – Joe Ely (Rack ‘Em) 23)Working Man's Café -- Ray Davies (New West) 24)Still -- The Bodeans 25)Sunday Morning in Saturday’s Shoes – Richard Julian (EMI) 26)Let the Woman – Andy Davis (Big Helium) 27)The Orchard -- Lizz Wright (Verve Forecast) 28)Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Rounder) 29)Just a Little Lovin’ – Shelby Lynne (Lost Highway) 30)Get on Board – Eric Bibb (Telarc) 31)78 -- China Forbes (Heinz) 32)Nevermind My Blues – Ben Arnold (Ropeadope) 33)Lost Boy – Bleu Edmondson (Smith Entertainment) 34)Break the Spell – Ellis (Rubberneck) 35)Strange Invitation – South Austin Jug Band 36)Notes from Elsewhere – Peter Mulvey (Signature) 37)Me & You & the World – Dave Barnes (Razor & Tie) 38)Goin’ By Feel – Ray Bonneville (Red House) 39)Atlas – Susan Levine (Riverwide) 40)Traveling – Steve Poltz (98 Pounder)

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