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LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY: Twyla Birdsong

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Scott Pohl
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WKAR
Lansing blues singer Twyla Birdsong will compete in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January. She performs live from WKAR's Studio S.

Our Live Music Friday guest this week is Twyla Birdsong, the winner of this year’s Capital Area Blues Society competition. As a result, she’ll  perform in January at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

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BONUS MUSIC: Twyla Birdong, 'Little By Little'

This year’s Capital Area Blues Society competition winner, Twyla Birdsong, is our Live Music Friday guest today. As the winner of the local competition, Birdsong will be in Memphis in January to perform at the International Blues Challenge. She’s joined in WKAR’s Studio S today by guitarist Steve “Frog” Forgey,  Mike Smalley, Angel Dottery and Clarence “Boonie” Dottery.

Birdsong will perform at a Christmas Blues jam on Sunday December 6 at Moriarty’s in Lansing.

Twyla Birdsong performs "I'm On Your Side" for us.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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