Formed in 1992, Carbon Leaf crosses the boundaries of alt-country, Celtic and folk-infused indie rock like no other band on the music scene today. Hitting the singles charts in 2004 with “Life Less Ordinary,” the band has won several awards during the 2000’s. Throughout their career, they’ve recorded over 15 albums with the last titled Gathering: Volume 1. Founding members Terry Clark and Carter Gravatt join award-winning program director Ray White backstage to talk about the bands unique style of music, songwriting technique and discuss their latest release. In our showcase segment, we feature former Dire Straits frontman and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Mark Knopfler, whose just released his new album, Down The Road Wherever. For additional information on our show, visit Classic Artists Today.
Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!
