Real people making honest music    Wepecket Island Records is dedicated to keeping American traditional music alive by recording living masters of the music and encouraging emerging artists to reflect the qualities of traditional music in their original work.    In keeping with our motto, all the performers in our family are true "masters" of their craft. They are also involved with the process of finding, learning and promulgating songs of our heritage.    Our artists also have interests and careers outside of music ranging from child care, social justice and the environment to anthropology and goldsmithing.    In addition, they are much more interested in connecting with their audiences than achieving stardom. In fact, most of them feel strongly that the star system of modern show business is antithetical to making good, honest music. The "Rolling Roots Revue"    At least once a year, usually in the Spring, we hop on board "Vanessa," Jack's 1993 Ford van, and perform in concert halls, churches, houses, libraries, taverns and coffeehouses for three weeks or so. We have toured extensively in the Midwest, the Atlantic Seaboard and the Deep South.    Various members of our troupe hop on and off the "train," but the company maintains a corps of at least four and as many as nine performers who gleefully spread the word and song of America's history.    Rolling Roots Revue shows conclude with an invitation to join in an on-stage jam session and sing-around. Folks who attend the shows don't just see a good concert, they participate in one!    Contact Jack to book a date for the Revue.   About our name ...    A tiny island (maybe two acres) and an even smaller pile of rocks lie 500 yards off the Western shore of Naushon Island in Buzzards Bay off the coast of Massachusetts. Some geographers consider Wepecket the smallest of eight islands in the Elizabeth archipelago. Others consider it an anomalous outcropping that is really part of Naushon Island.    Fishermen have always been attracted to the spot because its combination of shoal and deep water, tumbling rocks and abundant sea vegetation and shellfish makes it a great feeding and breeding ground for bass, bluefish, scup and other species of cold water fish. Fishing birds, as well, like to hunt the waters surrounding the little chunks of glacial debris.    The Great Black-backed Gull is among the birds that nest there, and ospreys, once almost extinct in this region, include the pickings on and around Wepecket in their mealtime rounds. You'll also see piping plovers, cormorants, black ducks, Mergansers and several varieties of terns, including the endangered Roseate (whose principal breeding ground is West by Northwest about 10 miles away on Ram Island, off the coast of Mattapoisett Neck).     Since the performers and the music we record are themselves an endangered species, when it was time to name our fledgling label back in 2004, it seemed an appropriate choice. In 2009 we incorporated, with a handful of investors who share our love of the music and our support of the people who keep it alive. Our mission remains the same: Preserving traditional American music and spreading its message through the recordings of modern masters of the craft.    We also find an affinity between traditional music's homemade approach and the more gentle way of getting into the outdoors exemplified by sail and paddle power. Jack Radcliffe, President, Packer/Shipper and Dishwasher, Wepecket Island Records, Inc.    For more information call me at 508-292-5632.   -------------------------------------------------------------------- © Wepecket Island Records 573 Rockdale Avenue, New Bedford, MA p: 508.292.5632 e-mail: info@wepecket.com Host your Web site with IPOWER!