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LHI Live: Joel Mabus' Seasonal Songbook

WMUK | By Cara Lieurance,

Published December 11, 2014 at 6:23 PM EST

Singer-songwriter Joel Mabus' musical career, encompassing 25 albums, includes two Christmas releases (How Like The Holly, 1999, and A Parlor Guitar Christmas, 2012). Over time, the folk artist has also compiled a selection of seasonal stories and poems he likes to share with audiences.

In a Let's Hear It session at WMUK, Joel sings traditional and original songs, plays solo guitar arrangements, and reads poems by Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost. He and host Cara Lieurance talk about some of their favorite Christmas albums, and look ahead to some events this month and in the new year.

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Cara Lieurance

Cara Lieurance is the local host of NPR's All Things Considered on 1021 WMUK and covers local arts & culture on Let's Hear It on 89.9 Classical WMUK weekday mornings at 10 - 11 am.

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Martin Klemm

As Chief Engineer for WMUK, Martin Klemm is kept busy by tending to a variety of issues - from computers to tower lights - he will never run out of things to fix. Before coming to WMUK in 2003, Martin worked in Los Angeles making records with some outstanding producers, but preferred to be close to his family here in west Michigan. He enjoys keeping a busy schedule balancing WMUK, loving on his friends' doggos, and remodeling his home in the Edison neighborhood (which never seems to end)

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