"The Songbirds Radio Hour" is a music-and-interview show recorded in front of a live audience at the Songbirds Guitar & Pop Culture Museum in downtown Chattanooga.
Each episode covers a different theme — and how it intertwines with music, from racism and civil rights to the legacy of Southern rock, women in punk, regional music history, gender identity and much more.
The show features regional and national celebrities — from authors and journalists to musicians, producers and others involved in the music industry — in a Q&A-style format, along with music from a regional or national band.
Free tickets for recordings of "The Songbirds Radio Hour" are available online only at the Songbirds website: songbirdsfoundation.org. Space is limited to 75 guests.
Proceeds from beverages served support Songbirds’ Guitars for Kids program - which gives free guitars, lessons, and music therapy to children throughout the South.
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(Aired 7/13/24) Steve Earle captivates audiences with his iconic blend of Americana, folk and rock sounds. Listen to this solo acoustic show from him - at a fundraiser for Songbirds' "Guitars for Kids" program - on this episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour." -
(Aired 6/08/24) Norman Blake, bluegrass legend and hometown hero, chats about his early influences, recording with Johnny Cash and his involvement with the film "O Brother Where Art Thou?" on "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in downtown Chattanooga. -
(Aired 5/11/24) Chattanooga's own Fred Cash of The Impressions visits the latest episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in downtown Chattanooga. -
(Aired 4/13/24) Call Me Spinster - the sister trio in Chattanooga who released their first full-length album Potholes this month - are the guests for this episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum. -
(Aired 3/10/24) Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials bring their big sound Chicago blues to downtown Chattanooga for this episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum. -
(Aired Sat 2/10/24) Mason Jennings - the Minnesota singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - is the guest for this episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in downtown Chattanooga. -
(Aired 1/13/24) On this episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour," listen to the now-disbanded Screaming Females - the New Jersey punk trio - recorded last year at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in Chattanooga. -
(Aired 12/09/23) Emily Wolfe - guitarist, songwriter and producer from Austin, TX - highlights her new album "The Blowback," joined by Brayden Guerrette of In the Company of Wolves, on this episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in Chattanooga. -
(Aired 11/11/23) KT Tunstall, the Scottish singer-songwriter whose recent album NUT is the "mind record" in a trilogy, performs in the latest episode of The Songbirds Radio Hour, recorded at Songbirds Foundation in Chattanooga. -
(Aired 10/14/23) Chuck Reece of The Bitter Southerner and Salvation South - with recording engineer and musician David Barbe - talk about the music scene in Athens, GA on this episode of "The Songbirds Radio Hour," recorded at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in downtown Chattanooga.
