On January 19, 2011, I had the opportunity to appear on Local Live, a weekly 30-minute radio show on Bloomington, Indiana's WFHB Community Radio. Here's a stream of the show.
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Foster on WFHB’s ‘Local Live’
Guitarist Mark Robinson Finds Quitting His Job A Smart Move
The story of Mark Robinson's journey from sideman to headliner is an inspiring one. It's the age-old story one never gets tired of hearing, replete with discouragement eaten for breakfast, dashed dreams never forsaken, and determination to just go for it, by God, no matter the odds against success.
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Carrying Instruments On Airplanes Might Get Easier
The United Federation of Musicians (AFM) has muscled language into a new FAA reauthorization bill to help make traveling with precious musical instruments by air a less terrifying prospect. Sign the petition.
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VIDEO: Robin Trower and Bridge Of Sighs
The incomparable King of Tone, Robin Trower, who after all these years seemingly has lost not a bit of his edge, if anything is deeper in the groove than ever.
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REVIEW: Savarez Corum Alliance “Carbon” Strings
I've been wondering for, oh, the past forty years or so, if somebody would one day come up with a viable alternative to nylon strings. Leave it to Savarez to finally get the job done.
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Will Ray Jammin’ With Jeff Foster
On May 4, 2010, I had the chance to catch legendary Hellecasters guitarist Will Ray doing a G&L clinic in Muncie, IN. Later, I was invited to get onstage and take a ride on a 12-bar, trading licks with a master Tele swarm picker. Too cool. So just in case ya missed it....
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Anticipating ‘The Banjo Project’ Documentary
If we look to our brief, tumultuous history in search of a musical instrument deeply interwoven with the American story, one instrument quickly rises to the surface... an instrument as staccato as the abrasive American temperament itself.
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Indy House Concert: Bob Lucas
Had a wonderful house concert experience tonight up in Indianapolis. We cruised up from Bloomington to catch a fellow StringDancer member in the act, the multi-talented Bob Lucas performing solo.
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Video Review: The Godin Grand Concert Ambiance Guitar
An extended video review of the Godin Grand Concert Ambiance guitar by StringDancer webmaster Jeff Foster. This guitar offers nylon-string players state-of-the-art performance and sound with a custom electronic modeling package developed expressly for this instrument by Fishman. List price is $1798, street price around $1500.
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Herb Ellis Dead at 89
The passing of jazz guitar great Herb Ellis, March 28, 2010. His recordings on the Concord label with Joe Pass and with the Great Guitars, a group that also included Barney Kessel and Charlie Byrd, are acclaimed as modern classics.
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