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In Search of a Song is a 60 minute weekly radio series hosted by Jason Wilber, and is available nationally on The Public Radio Exchange (PRX)

Description
The series is independently produced by Richard Reardin and Jason Wilber, available nationally through the Public Radio Exchange. Jason Wilber is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist in the Americana genre. In addition to his own solo career, he is currently enjoying his 15th year as lead guitarist accompanying Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter John Prine. Jason has also accompanied many other artists, such as Greg Brown, Iris DeMent, Todd Snider, and Hal Ketchum. Rich Reardin is a seasoned radio producer and recording engineer. In Search of a Song was originally created after a conversation between Jason Wilber and Rich Reardin in 2005. Jason was introduced to Rich through a recommendation by a member of SCORE (Service Corps Of Retired Executives)in Bloomington, Indiana []. At the time, Rich Reardin was a radio producer and worked for WGCL and WTTS (Sarkes Tarzian). During their initial conversation, they mutually decided to create a radio program that highlighted the art of songwriting. With Jason's easy going attitude, and deep insight into songwriting, early conversations with artists about their music took on a distinctive flavor very much different from the ordinary radio disk jockey type of interview. The show made use of Jason's familiarity with many world class musicians through his own career as a journeyman guitarist touring internationally with John Prine. Jason Wilber suggested the name In Search of a Song in deference to one of his favorite musicians, Tom T. Hall (who's record In Search of a Song [] was one of Jason's favorite albums). In Search of a Song is underwritten by Bloomington, Indiana's Official Website, www.visitbloomington.com [], The Bluebird Nightclub in Bloomington, Indiana [], and Airtime Recording Studio []. In Search of a Song (ISOAS) currently has an archive of (108 programs as of 5/19/2012) on PRX [].

Content
The show features intimate interviews with various musical artists about their lives and music, specifically concentrating on the art of songwriting. Genre's include Singer/Songwriter, Americana, Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Folk, and Bluegrass. The interviews are recorded in a number of situations, from backstage on the road, venues, artists homes, the recording studio, tour buses, radio stations, or basically anywhere an opportunity arises for a conversation (hence the name of the show - In Search of a Song).

In Search of a Song also offers an Indie songwriters competition hosted on Sonic bids, and a monthly artist is featured with their winning song, and on a special feature available on PRX called Searchlight.

Artists
(examples from interview archive on PRX:) Todd Rundgren - Mark Farner - Steve Earle - John Prine - Gary Katz - John Oates - Emmylou Harris - Sam Bush - Del McCoury - The Travellin' McCoury's - Bela Fleck / Abigail Washburn / The Sparrow Quartet - Dave Rawlings - Gillian Welch - David Steele - Will Kimbrough - Brett Dennen - Jimmy Rankin - Chip Taylor - Frank Vignola - Peter Rowan - Tim Grimm - David Grisman - Tim O’Brien - Casey Drieson - Jeff Black - Arlo Guthrie - Cowboy Junkies - RB Morris - Greg Trooper - David Gans - Carl Broemel - Diana Jones - Edwin McCain - Jeff Daniels - Dark Star Orchestra - Drive By Truckers - Robert Bradley - Todd Snider - Eric Taylor - Pete Best - John Jorgenson - Bob Cheevers - Gordy Quist - Eunan McIntyre - Big Kenny Alphin - Mary Gauthier - Tara Nevins - Josh Ritter