Late one night I was tuning around the dial and heard Leadbelly for the first time. It was like an epiphany. Dave was hooked before he got out of high school, booking artists at a local coffeehouse while managing the bookstore, all before turning 18. I think of a radio program like a jig saw puzzle, not like a mosaic. In a mosaic, all the pieces are similar and that's not true of songs.
Some people use a collage metaphor and that's close.
Lots of different elements going to make up a greater picture. In a jig saw puzzle, however, you have to bring similar pieces together to put the whole picture back together, and that's what I like to do. By carefully stringing songs back to back, you can tell a bigger story, have a greater impact and sometimes make people think. In addition to hosting the afternoon Folk Radio program, Dave also is the operations and production manager, assuring that the syndicated programs from National Public Radio and Public Radio International are taped and make it on the air. Ken Yarbrough Host of WUMB-91.9FM's Roots Radio.