Jared Shoemaker

Tori Forsyth

Australian grunge country singer Tori Forsyth joins the program to talk about her road to performing at Laurel Cove Music Festival in 2025, how Kentucky's culture and music scene compares to what she grew up around down under, what she's up to on her current return trip to the U.S., new music, and more. Forsyth — accompanied by guitarist Matt Newton — also performed acoustic versions of her songs "Made Your Bed", "Hell's Lullaby" and "Guns & Little Girls". Wick's Picks is presented by Kentucky 811: "Call Before You Dig" and The Botany Bay: "The Place To Buy Things To Do Stuff With".

Moonlight Mile

Jonathan Pennington of Sandy Hook, Ky. outfit Moonlight Mile returns to the program to show off his Abe Partridge designed shoes and talk about everything from his new album 'Northern Lights' to the increasing role of AI in music. This show is presented by Kentucky 811: "Call Before You Dig" and The Botany Bay: "The Place To Buy Things To Do Stuff With".

Josh Mitcham

Breckenridge County, Ky. singer Josh Mitcham returns to the program to preview his forthcoming album Gonna Be Alright and to chat about everything from running summer camps to car restoration projects. He also performs three songs from the record — "Break It To Me", "The Truth Is" and "Between Kentucky And Here" — live in studio. Wick's Picks is presented by Kentucky 811: "Call Before You Dig" [https://kentucky811.org/]and The Botany Bay": "The Place To Buy Things To Do Stuff With" [https://www.thebotanybay.net/].

Joslyn Hampton & Tiffany Finley

Master Musicians Festival Executive Director, Tiffany Finley, and Joslyn & The Sweet Compression frontwoman Joslyn Hampton join the program to preview the gathering's 33rd iteration taking place in Somerset come July. We also discussed the challenges that Joslyn has faced following her step father and bassist Marty Charter's death from brain cancer in 2022, new music, and much more. Wick's Picks is presented by Kentucky 811: Call Before You Dig and The Botany Bay: The Place To Buy Things To Do Stuff With.

Corduroy Brown

Huntington, West Virginia's feel good folk rocker Alan "Corduroy" Brown joins the program to preview this weekend's inaugural HoundStock Music Festival coming to Gatton Park (May 15-16), new music on the horizon, how a near death experience during COVID inspired his latest musical era, and more. We also hear three songs from Brown — the (currently) unreleased "Stranger" along with the singles "Fourth Avenue" and "Doin' My Best" — first done solo acoustic style live in studio and later on from full band recordings. Wick's Picks' initial broadcast can be heard via Hound FM Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and is sponsored by Kentucky 811 — Call Before You Dig — and The Botany Bay — The Place To Buy Things To Do Stuff With.