Glasgow Musicale begins new season with folk concert

The concert is funded in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council using funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Glasgow Musicale begins new season with folk concert
Photo by Katherine Hanlon / Unsplash

GLASGOW, Ky. — Kentucky’s oldest continuously operating music club will open its new season Sunday with a concert by folksinger and poet Michael Johnathon.

The Glasgow Musicale will present “Music from America’s Front Porch,” featuring Johnathon, a Kentucky-based folksinger, poet and WoodSongs creator.

Johnathon created “WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour,” a live-audience syndicated broadcast heard on nearly 500 radio stations and PBS stations nationwide. He also created WoodSongs Kids, a television series described as “Mister Rogers meets the Grand Ole Opry.”

Johnathon is the recipient of the Milner Award, which the Glasgow Musicale describes as the highest award given to an artist in Kentucky. The award was presented by Gov. Andy Beshear.

His latest book of poetry, “Seeds,” has also led to his nomination for Kentucky poet laureate.

The Glasgow Musicale was founded in 1894 with a mission of making music an integral part of community life, according to the organization.

The concert is funded in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council using funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.


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