The Roots Music Project

Series produced by WEMU

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The Roots Music Project from WEMU is hosted by Jeremy Baldwin

The show focuses on the creases and intersections between genres, styles and influences in music and features everything from folk to country, from blues to roots rock, from rockabilly to bluegrass and just about everything in between.

THE ROOTS MUSIC PROJECT, hosted by Jeremy Baldwin, is a one-hour spinoff of a local program by the same name that airs on 89.1, WEMU, the public broadcasting service of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich.

The program focuses on the creases and intersections between genres, styles and influences in music and features everything from folk to country, from blues to roots rock, from rockabilly to bluegrass and almost everything in between. The music is punctuated with anecdotes, storytelling, and occasional interviews from the affable host who has amassed a strong following in southeast Michigan.

Jeremy Baldwin was born in Oak Park, Ill., and is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago. An early concert experience seeing Steve Goodman at Navy Pier in Chicago helped spark his interest in Folk and Roots music and long hours listening to Stuart Rosenberg’s ‘Earth Club’ and ‘Radio Gumbo’ programs for WBEZ sent his musical tastes in every direction. He has hosted the local version of The Roots Music Project at 89.1 WEMU since 2005. Before that he honed his radio skills in Classic Country at WSDS 1480 AM in Salem, Mich. In addition to his radio career, Jeremy has led University groups around the world for the last 24 years. He is married and is a longtime resident of Ypsilanti, Mich.

“Radio is more important now than ever. The Roots Music Project gives a broader voice to the scores of artists continuing to carve a path in the ever changing musical landscape.” — Jay Lapp, The Steel Wheels Hide full description

THE ROOTS MUSIC PROJECT, hosted by Jeremy Baldwin, is a one-hour spinoff of a local program by the same name that airs on 89.1, WEMU, the public broadcasting service of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich.The program focuses on the creases and intersections between genres, styles and influences in music and features everything from folk to country, from blues to roots rock, from rockabilly to bluegrass and almost everything in between. The music is punctuated with anecdotes, storytelling, and occasional interviews from the affable host who has amassed a strong following in southeast Michigan.Jeremy Baldwin was born in Oak Park, Ill., and is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago. An early concert experience seeing Steve Goodman at Navy Pier in Chicago helped spark his... Show full description


13 Pieces

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The debut episode of The Roots Music Project with Jeremy Baldwin

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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What do you when you are lonely? Where do you go? Jeremy Baldwin takes you places to go when you feel alone.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Paradise means different things to different people. It also conjures up images of different places. Here's a musical journey to paradise.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The music of love - Infatuation, passion, affection.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow. Songs about both side of the light and the dark.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Instead of a theme, this week's episode is based on the idea of the perfect jukebox in an old tavern somewhere in America.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
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The theme that ties the songs together on this week's Roots Music Project show, the leafy world of plants and flowers.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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"The Magnolia State" - "The Hospitality State" are both nicknames for the 20th state in the union, Mississippi. Today's show focuses on that.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Take a metaphorical ride with Jeremy Baldwin on the back of a horse on this week's Roots Music Project.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Elvis is in the building! Which one though? Jeremy Baldwin and all things Elvis this week.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Two can better than one, and collaboration can result in magic not otherwise heard. This week's show is all about two voices working together.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Some of these songs might be hauntingly familiar, or their spirit may be new to your ears, but they all have an eerie theme - ghosts.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Jeremy Baldwin's favorite albums of 2021 are highlighted in this episode of The Roots Music Project.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00