Brent Maher brings selections from his audiobook ‘Night of the Orphan Train: A Musical Novel’ to the nationally syndicated WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour on Monday, March 2nd at 7 pm ET, streaming live and airing on RFD TV. Joining him for the evening are Grammy-winning bluegrass artist Trey Hensley, vocalist Brooke Spencer, Meagan Taylor and the Kiddos, and multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin. The performance draws from a 20-song soundtrack built around a story inspired by the true Orphan Train Movement, which relocated more than 250,000 children across America between 1854 and 1929.
Alongside the broadcast announcement, the music video for “I Will Hold You In My Heart” is out now, a duet featuring Brooke Spencer and Sarah Holbrook that sits at the emotional center of the project. The song is one of the standout tracks from the full soundtrack, built around devotion, separation, and the kind of love that holds across distance and uncertainty. ‘Night of the Orphan Train,’ published by One Audio Books, is available on Amazon, Audible, and Barnes & Noble.
Maher carries seven Grammy-winning records, more than 20 number-one singles, and a production history that runs through The Judds, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson, and Jelly Roll, among others. He was inducted into the Audio Engineering Society Hall of Fame in 2017 and has been honored by the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Music Masters series. His song “Why Not Me” is currently featured in the 2025 season of The Bear on FX/Hulu, and “Lesson in Leavin’,” recut by Sierra Ferrell featuring Nikki Lane, dropped in July 2025.