Ray Davis Celebrates 60 years on the air!

On May 2, 1948 — on his 15th birthday– Ray Davis ventured away from Wango, Maryland to take his first radio job at WDOV-AM in Dover, Delaware. Sixty years later, he’s still at it! And we congratulate our own Ray Davis of Bluegrass Country on this milestone 60th Anniversary in Broadcasting!

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton read into the Congressional Record in part:

Davis provides area bluegrass fans and online listeners worldwide with a daily dose of the traditional American art form, from prison songs and “plum pitiful” tunes to the great train rides–and train wrecks–of bluegrass music, all delivered with Davis’ encyclopedic knowledge of the artists and the music. More than a DJ, Ray Davis is both a musicologist and an archivist who takes listeners on a stroll down bluegrass music’s memory lane.

Currently you can hear The Ray Davis Show LIVE every weekday from 3-6 p.m. (EDT) and on Sundays from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (EDT).

To request a song, ask Ray a question, or just say “Congrats!”, send an email. Read the press release.

News

Williams and Clark Expedition

LIVE on The Katy Daley Show. Fri. May 16 9 a.m.

Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein

LIVE on the Lee Michael Demsey Show. Wed. May 14th 11 a.m.

Open House: June 22

Lee Michael Demsey Visit hosts like Lee Michael Demsey at the very first Bluegrass Country Open House. Taking place in our Washington D.C. studios on Sunday, June 22nd. Stay tuned for more details.

Events

Homegrown Concert Series: Opalanga Pugh

American Folklife Center
Noon, Wednesday, May 28
Coolidge Auditorium
Thomas Jefferson Building, ground floor

Williams & Clark Expedition in Concert

Cherrydale United Methodist Church
7:30 p.m., Friday, May 16
3701 Lorcom Lane
Arlington, Virginia 22207

Highlights

May 10-16

Fri. 5 a.m. ET - Bluegrass Review
Sat. 7 a.m. ET - Open Mic: The Freighthoppers
Sun. 9:30 a.m. ET - Monroe Crossing Interview on SGBG
Sun. 6 p.m. ET - Bluegrass Signal: Mac Martin
Sun. 10 p.m ET - Sound Sessions: Jean Ritchie
Mon. 6 p.m. ET - Old Time Jam
Read More Highlights…

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