  *NEWS!* LNR has part of our second CD recorded! (finally). It is a mix of bluegrass, swing, & country; both traditional and progressive, including some originals we've never had a chance to record. We are excited to have a CD coming that features our guitarist, George Ede, and fiddlin' Fred Fowler. Click here for some MP3 music samples. 
Diane Kordas & Late Night Radio are members of the NH State Council on the Arts Touring roster and the New England Foundation for the Arts.This selection process involved a review of Late Night Radio's shows and customer relations, insuring that performances are up to their high standards. The Council and Foundation offer funding assistance through grants to nonprofit organizations that want to present a show. Click on their links for more information. Late Night Radio has performed at a variety of venues in the past six years, several have had us back for repeat appearances. Some of the places we played include the following: Festivals: **Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, showcase stage, Framingham, MA. Benefits: *VNA Hospice Walk, Veterans Park, Manchester, NH. Concerts: The Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, MA. Coffeehouse Featured Acts: Green Rooster Coffeehuse, Worcester, MA.* denotes repeat performances Plus many private functions, weddings, birthdays, parties, etc. Reviews: "...they play an amalgam of styles that can be best described as bluegrass swing with major jazz overtones. Their combination of excellent instrumentation and vocals made for very easy listening. The arrangements of old blues, bluegrass and swing jazz standards revived tunes written before the rock era."
From Worcester MA, now resides and owns Liberty Music Store in Framingham. George has been playing many styles of guitar all his life, from rock and roll, to hillbilly, and country bands. Starting with "The Mountaineers", a family hillbilly band, they performed for square dances and traveled extensively with the U.S.O. He teaches guitar, banjo, dobro, bass, mandolin, drums and lap steel as well. His creative, clean, fast lead and rhythm work reflects bluegrass, country, rock, and swing influences; he has returned to roots and Americana, specializing in bluegrass, country and swing. His jokes aren't too bad either.
As a child, her family harmonized on bluegrass songs that her mother learned as a child growing up in Georgia. Cross that with the influence of her father's clarinet playing and Benny Goodman records, and you have an appreciation for the precursors to contemporary music. She would "borrow" her older brother's electric guitar and teach herself with the Bob Dylan song book. When he moved out, she was
given a cheap guitar by her parents, who thought it unlady-like for a girl to play a guitar seriously. This strengthened her resolve to pursue music the next chance she got.
Bob started playing his great grandfather's banjo when he was 20 years old. An early appreciation for traditional music led to organizing the Weare Fiddle & Banjo Contest for 8 years. Bob has also competed at the Lowell Fiddle and Banjo Contest, placing twice. For the past several years, he has been playing the resophonic guitar also, commonly known as a Dobro or steel guitar.
Fred Fowler, aka, Fiddlin’ Fred, hails from Temple, NH. He started playing music as a child, including horn, piano, violin, guitar and mandolin. Classical, Old Country, and Bluegrass are his favorite musical styles. He has been playing at festivals and bluegrass jams in recent years, and has been playing with LNR since December 2006. We have a CD, Midnight Airwaves. You can sample our music in MP3 format click here. Don't have the software or Plug-Ins installed? These pages will allow you to download what you need! Click here for ordering information.
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Since 1999, Late Night Radio, has been entertaining New England audiences with their mix of traditional & modern bluegrass, vintage country, and acoustic swing.
Diane Kordas brings the upright bass to the front of the band lineup with solid playing, smooth lead & harmony vocals, and superb song writing. Bob Kordas is an award winning banjo player & plays some incredible resophonic guitar, in addition to harmony vocals. George Ede contributes a country influence and his dazzling guitar playing to the band, along with lead & harmony vocals. Fred Fowler brings a strong traditional bluegrass flavor into the mix with his fiddle and vocals.
The band name recalls times when, late in the wee hours when stars shine and the moon is low, if you got that transistor radio turned just right, you could hear great old tunes that just aren’t played on pop airwaves...that is the music Late Night Radio plays.
