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Open Tunings Returns to GrassRoots Friday for Live Broadcast

WXXI News | By Michael Black
Published July 18, 2019 at 11:09 AM EDT
Ariel view of GrassRoots at the Fairgrounds in Trumansburg.
Dave Burbank
Ariel view of GrassRoots at the Fairgrounds in Trumansburg.
Ariel view of GrassRoots at the Fairgrounds in Trumansburg.
Credit Dave Burbank
Ariel view of GrassRoots at the Fairgrounds in Trumansburg.

Different Radio will once again be live at the Grassroots Festival this Friday morning beginning at 9:00 during Open Tunings with Scott Regan. Scott will interview artists in this year's festival, and will include some live performances from the festival site.  This year's GrassRoots Festival begins Thursday, July 18th and runs through the weekend, with many favorites and special guests, including host Donna the Buffalo, Taj Mahal Quartet, Railroad Earth, Rising Appalachia, Todd Snider,  Willie Watson,  Ryan Montbleau Band, Driftwood, Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad, Jim Lauderdale,  Preston Frank & His Zydeco Family Band,  Richie & Rosie,  Sim Redmond Band, and The Campbell Brothers will perform, just to name a few of the dozens of acts! Here is the complete lineup Join us Friday morning beginning at 9:00 for Open Tunings, live from GrassRoots 2019 on Different Radio.

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Michael Black
I was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, and grew up mostly in and around the Rochester area. I got my radio start at WBKT at Brockport High school as a sophomore, and was its station manager in my senior year in high school. I had caught the radio & TV bug. While in high school, I started working for the local commercial station in town (WWBK/WJBT). While attending SUNY Brockport, I helped build WBSU-FM, and started as an intern for WXXI-TV. I started working for WXXI in the broadcast operations area, and eventually became an online television editor. In 1985, I took a position at WHYY in Philadelphia in their engineering department, working primarily as a video editor, but also provided audio support for TV productions and for some radio productions, including NPR's Fresh Air.
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