Besides hosting The Crooked Sisters Radio Hour, Lauryn Shapter is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. She and husband Dennis James, host of Gravel Road Radio, make up the acoustic country-folk duo, Truckstop Souvenir.
Influences
Fearless souls, mint juleps in the summer, straight whiskey in the winter, rolling hills and prairies, the open road, kick-ass women, people who choose love over fear, my poet husband ...
Sounds Like
Fiddles coming through the hills, ancient voices harmonizing with modern life, truth, guts, and love. What you hear when you listen with your ears and not your eyes.
The Crooked Sisters Radio Hour is a weekly show hosted by Lauryn Shapter and devoted to the best women in Roots, Americana, Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Gospel, Blues and beyond. The focus is on women as musicians, songwriters, producers, band members, co-conspirators and general rabblerousers.
Crooked Sisters airs on Thursdays from ten to noon central time on KRUU-LP FM out of Fairfield, Iowa, an all-volunteer, community supported radio station, and can be heard streaming live on www.kruufm.com.
Crooked Sisters Radio Hour's Friend Space (Top 24)
ooooh...i love straight whiskey in the winter. and sometimes in the summer, too. it's a short winter here in austin and we must get our fix.... thanks for finding me. simply. carrie.
May 2008 not just be great, let it fulfill destiny or fate. It could be the year of dreams, Making life more than it seems Whatever it is I'll wish for you, all your hopes and dreams come true!
Salut!!
Thanks for the add and for taking a listen...much appreciated..any comment or feedback would be great...this year flew by so fast...I had fun this New Years Eve night, anyways I can't believe it's almost 2008!!Happy New Year from Bangkok :)
YOuna
Hi, I just wanted to stop by and wish you a very Merry Christmas, May you be blessed this holiday season...thanks for adding me as a friend...... Denise Rains
Hope this finds you well and warm. Thanks for all you do in support of the Indie Artist community. Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season and the best in the New Year and always. Scott
Thanks for the add, hope we do get a chance to meet/visit at the festival. Thanks for the nice comments. I'll let the rock star Bogart know ya like his pictures...it'll go to his head I'm sure! Be well, Peace, Scott
That is SO cool that you have your own radio show now -- congratulations!!! And I am so honored that you're playing us on it, thank you for thinking of us. I'm sorry I've been such an e-mail flake, will write more soon outside of this comment. :)
Thanks, Lauren... congrats on having your own show!! I'll listen in via web... :-) Very cool pic by the way. Also, did you know that Paul Elliott's band, Downtown Mtn Boys have a new cd called "Big Darlin'"?!? Isn't that the best name?
