The WOODSONGS OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR is a live audience radio and TV show featuring all kinds of bluegrass, acoustic and roots music. This worldwide-syndicated show is hosted by well-known folk musician Michael Johnathon from the historic Kentucky Theatre in Lexington. The show, which began in 1999, has become a worldwide success, airing on 430 stations in 32 nations with an estimated 900,000 listeners a week.

Michael created the WOODSONGS OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR as an artist-driven global stage to introduce brilliant musicians to the world. With a focus solely on talent, WOODSONGS continues to bring the best the world has to offer in musicianship to the public.

"I believe completely in the intelligence of the audience," said Michael from his Kentucky farmhouse home. "The audience doesn't care about marketing. They don't care about budgets, what record companies are releasing on CDs, or which famous band recorded on the same board you mixed your album on. The audience cares about art. Passion. Brilliance. Truth. That's all I care about and that's all WOODSONGS cares about."

Aside from touring, writing and working on the radio show, Michael continues to record and create new projects.

Michael's seventh album, HomeStead was released in 2004. The CD has Sam Bush, Rob Ickes, Ronnie McCoury, Mike Cleveland, John Cowan, JD Crowe and others helping out. The album’s highlight is THE CRIMSON ROSE TRILOGY based around the song and short story THE GARDEN. On this song, Michael plays mandolin with seven-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year RONNIE McCOURY on an epic work full of French horns and lyrical drama.

Michael's other new projects include the follow-up edition of his book and CD series, "WoodSongs II: A Folksinger's Social Commentary, Homestead Manual and Songbook." The 176-page book includes the full length Homestead album.

Michael's live album with his band, the FolkBoy Orchestra, has just been released. The album was recorded in concert with Hotlicks Harsha Sen (mandolin), Ben Sollee (cello) Don Cornwell and Robert Sollee (bass) and friends like Sweet Honey In The Rock, Rob Ickes and others.

You can watch the WOODSONGS show live by visiting the Kentucky Theatre Lexington or watch and listen to the show online at www.woodsongs.com

WOODSONGS uses the ACX1000, FCB1010 MIDI foot controller, BX1200 and LX112.