*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Five Years After the Storm
It has been five years since Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the Federal levee system in New Orleans, and we speak with local activists, musicians and residents to gauge the progress of recovery in the city and region. Rebirth Brass Band’s Derrick Tabb talks about his after-school program “The Roots of Music;” we visit the Musician’s Village in the 9th Ward to meet drummer Smokey Johnson; then head out into the bayous with blues guitarist Tab Benoit to talk about his work to save the wetlands. Also, conversation with Eric Overmyer and Lolis Eric Elie from HBO’s “Treme,” and commentary from New Orleanian James Carville on the importance of the culture of the city.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Dollars And Cents, Part 2
Our walk on the wild financial side of BluegrassLand continues as we turn our attention from coins to the almighty dollar. From top dollars to bottom dollars, David Parmley, the Dappled Grays, the Lonesome River Band and Charlie Sizemore will have the subject covered.

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #97
A tribute to the late Kentucky fiddler Art Stamper includes four of his cuts spanning 1961 to 1990, with the Stanley Brothers, Bill Clifton, Larry Sparks, and a solo project. There’s interesting trivia (during a 26-year hiatus in his bluegrass career, Stamper was a successful Louisville hairdresser; Fincastle, VA, site of the first multi-day bluegrass festival, was once capital of the entire Kentucky and Ohio territories) and controversy (about nasal singing, poor grammar, and the Osborne Brothers’ bluegrass/hip-hop version of “Rocky Top” — which made some listeners madder than hornets). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum.

Bluegrass Review – #1036
It’s the last broadcast of this Summer with guests Adam Granger and Lyle Lofgren. This time, we cover a type of song that is slowly rising in prominence, the cover song. A cover song is one that has been a hit in another idiom. Why songs from other idioms enter bluegrass is a question we attempt to answer. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we study the importance of the Beatles to bluegrass. The Beatles was an iconic pop group a generation ago. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – Previews Of the Good Old Fashioned BG Festival
Musical previews of the 17th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, which showcases emerging and non-touring California bands. Included: traditional bluegrass from the David Thom Band, Dark Hollow, and Highway One; old time music by The Wronglers and Luke Abbott; progressive bluegrass from 49 Special, Savannah Blue, and Houston Jones; the party grass of Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys and Sidesaddle & Co.; and, yes, more.

*Capital Americana – Wed. 8 p.m. ET, Sat. 2 p.m. ET

*The Dick Spottswood Show – #303

Editor’s Picks – 2010 IBMA Nominations
We’ll review the 2010 nominees, criteria, and some of the voting process for the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards. The Awards ceremony takes place on September 30th in Nashville, Tenn. at the Ryman Auditorium.

*etown – Loudon Wainwright III & Bettye LaVette
This week we bring you a rebroadcast of a fantastic eTown road show taped in Colorado Springs. Our old friend, ultimate singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, returns to eTown. Loudon shares a set of both hilarious and touching songs, as only he can do, with Nick & Helen Forster and the eTones backing him up here and there. Then, it’s legendary soul singer Bettye LaVette in her return to the eTown stage. A force to be reckoned with, Bettye sings, teases and taunts the audience into tapping their feet to her dynamic set of tunes, all backed up in top-notch style by the eTones.

The Free for All – Monday-Thursday, 6-8 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

*Irish Heartbeat with Dervish – Saturday 6 p.m. ET

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Squirrel Nut Zippers, Southern Culture on the Skids, These United States, The Coal Men, Grace Pettis- NewSong Contest Winner. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow – #201034
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring a new CD from a young fella who’s already a legend in bluegrass. Darrell Webb has a new band and a new CD called Bloodline and Mike’s playing some of it for you in this show. And this week, for the first time, Mitch Harrell, some old music he just found from the Forbes Family and music from a couple of the best Australian acoustic musicians, Ian Simpson and John Kane. Also Mike hasn’t forgotten his regular segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and he looks back 5 years to see what was in the show back then. There’s lots lots more of the best new bluegrass around too. It’s only for fun, so don’t miss it!

Old Time Jam – #131 (Chickens)
Your host returned from Clifftop with some new CDs to introduce from Rachel Eddy, Kristian Herner, Jason and Pharis Romero (and nineteen different fiddlers), Jake Krack, the Tallboys, Rhys Jones, Kellie Allen and Pete Peterson, The Contra Rebels and Chris Via. We’ll hear selections from all of these plus other recent releases by the Albemarle Ramblers and the Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin duo.

Open Mic – Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown
Lee Michael Demsey hosts the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown for the month of September.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 29)
The Old Home Place with Lisa Kay Howard – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (Sept 5)

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
Rick Lang in New Hampshire has recently written fourteen gospel songs recorded by the likes of Russell Moore (IIIrd Tyme Out), Dale Ann Bradley (reigning IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year for the last 3 years), Junior Sisk (who heads Ramblers Choice), and Jeff Parker (from the Dailey & Vincent band) as well as several others on the project titled “Look To The Light.” Tune in for part one of an interview with Rick to learn more about his background and the inspiration for these wonderful and meaningful songs. Don’t forget your songbook so you can sing the old hymns at the start of the third hour as usual.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 3-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Memories of John (rebroadcast)
Something special this week, with our show “John”. We feature a tribute to John Hartford and several tunes from a great new CD “Memories of John” by the Hartford String Band, a terrific group of musicians (Red Clay Records). As well, we’ve included several tunes from some of the different bands and groups John made with music over the many years of his career. John’s love for the music and fun he had with it shines through with many of his recordings.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Bustin’ Loose: Go-Go and Zydeco with Chuck Brown and Jeffrey Broussard
Come meet us at the club as we jump into two distinct American musics: go-go and zydeco. From the nation’s capital, we’ll visit with the “Godfather of Go-Go,” funk and jazz guitarist Chuck Brown, who’ll explain the finer points of jamming and showing the audience some love. Then we’re back in Louisiana getting down to the Creole sounds of zydeco with the Creole cowboy Jeffrey Broussard, whose fiddle and accordion playing brings the music back its source. The son of the late accordion legend Delton Broussard, Jeffery knows the deep roots of d’vrais zarico (real zydeco), but also the appeal of tradition in a modern sound.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Dollars And Cents, Part 1
We’ll be embarking on the first of an ambitious two part excursion into the many peculiarities and vagaries of the high lonesome monetary system which has left financial experts scratching their heads and hollering for more Xanax. Lynn Morris, Lost Highway, David Davis, Chris Stuart, The Freight Hoppers and Ricky Skaggs will giving us the scoop on coinage—this penny pinching, nickel plugged, dime dropping, no quarter given or asked edition of The Breakdown.

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #97

Bluegrass Review – #1035
Guests Adam Granger and Lyle Lofgren, with host Phil Nusbaum, give their views on the evolution of bluegrass. The Gem of Bluegrass gives special attention to evolution of the progressive edge of bluegrass music. What else? Bluegrass songs sing the poverty blues, and we slip in a little summer fluff. (It meets most folks’ weekly minimum requirement.) The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – Happy Birthday, Dave Evans!
Originally broadcast on Dave Evans’s 60th birthday, this too-brief tribute features his music from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, but also includes a couple recent songs and a couple when he was in Larry Sparks’ band. County Sales’ Dave Freeman, in several reviews, summarizes the birthday celebrant: “Dave Evans’ recordings have been consistently good, showcasing a vocal talent that is one of the most distinctive and soulful in bluegrass music. He is no slouch as a banjo player, but his voice is one of the treasures of modern day bluegrass. If any one artist captures the essence of bluegrass as it used to be, it could be Dave Evans. Steeped in tradition, but highly individualistic, Evans has always gone his own way, and, in the process, has left us some memorable music.”

*Capital Americana – Wed. 8 p.m. ET, Sat. 2 p.m. ET

*The Dick Spottswood Show – #302
A Jim & Jesse suite starts things off, a Gold Rush suite keeps them going and, even though it’s August, we follow little footprints in the snow. Obsolete friends this week include Hank Snow, Bill Monroe, Barbecue Bob, John Lee Hooker, the Blue Sky Boys, Cliff Carlisle, Johnnie & Jack, and lots more. To a man, they’re all Obsolete, but they mean well.

Editor’s Picks – The Desert Rose Band
Our pick of the week is the Desert Rose band. They were in town for a reunion concert at the Birchmere on August 7th and Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen and John Jorgensen visited with Katy Daley and Lee Michael Demsey and performed live in our Washington, DC studios.

*etown – Lila Downs & Gregory Alan Isakov
This week’s show, when originally broadcast in 2008, happens to be the eTown debut of two talented musical guests. First, multi-cultural singer-songwriter Lila Downs joins us along with her amazing band. Lila was raised in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico and in Minnesota, and her music reflects her diverse roots. We also welcome emerging artist Gregory Alan Isakov, a fantastic singer and songwriter who shares some of his original tunes.

The Free for All – Monday-Thursday, 6-8 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

*Irish Heartbeat with Dervish – Saturday 6 p.m. ET

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Regina Spektor, Yo La Tengo, Sonny Landreth, Will Hoge, Great Lake Swimmers. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow – #201033
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring a new CD a lot of people have been waiting for for a long time – “Still Learning” – the new one from the Lonesome River Band. Mike’s playing some of it for you in this show. Also this week, for the first time, music from a band called No One You Know, Marty Marrone & Tangled Roots, Thunder Creek, Darrell Webb Band, A tribute to regional legend Cullen Galyean, Lou Reid and Carolina’s new gospel project, and more. Also there’s the regular Portuguese segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and Mike prys open the heavy doors of the vaule to look back 5 years to see what was happening on the show way back then. It’s only for fun, it’s not too serious, so don’t miss it!

Old Time Jam – #130
Your host returned from Clifftop with some new CDs to introduce from Rachel Eddy, Kristian Herner, Jason and Pharis Romero (and nineteen different fiddlers), Jake Krack, the Tallboys, Rhys Jones, Kellie Allen and Pete Peterson, The Contra Rebels and Chris Via. We’ll hear selections from all of these plus other recent releases by the Albemarle Ramblers and the Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin duo.

Open Mic – FestivaLink.net MerleFest Review
This week we Open the Mic for LIVE performances from MerleFest. The folks at FestivaLink.net gave us their favorite bluegrass picks from MerleFest 2010, including Dehlia Low, Anne & Pete Sibley, The Tony Williamson Band, and of course Doc Watson.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
The Bill Miller Show – Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 22)
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 29)

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
New Found Road has contributed remarkably to our enjoyment for several years since forming as a bluegrass gospel band in July of 2001. Tim Shelton remains as an original member of the band and we’ll enjoy several of the band’s songs on this edition. The group sings “Rock of Ages” as part of our old hymns portion of the program at the start of the third hour.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 3-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Late Summer
Gosh, it goes by fast! This week’s show features music to be heard in the latter part of summer, with CD releases, festivals and special events.  This week we have a strong international flavor to the show, with bands and artists from Europe, USA, Canada and Toronto (Editor’s note: Is this a Canadian inside joke?).

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Alabama Bound
American Routes takes a trip through the music of the Yellowhammer State–Alabama. Visit the Muscle Shoals Sound studio and find out what’s in the water around “the Shoals” to make it a historic hotbed for R&B hits by Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and more. Also, a trip through Hank Williams’ childhood home in Georgiana, and the W.C. Handy Music Festival in Florence. And music from Shelby Lynne, the Birmingham Sunlights and the Delmore Brothers.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Blue Highway Live

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #96
Bluegrass child prodigies, East Texas, and cataclysmic natural events are just three of the themes Fred Bartenstein explores this week. Listen to 12-year-old Ronnie Reno sing high baritone on Reno & Smiley’s “Please Remember That I Love You” (1960) and 12-year-olds Sierra Hull and Ryan Holladay burn up “Salt Creek” from IBMA’s “Discover Bluegrass” DVD (2004). In tribute to disaster victims, we hear the Seldom Scene’s “Muddy Water,” the Lewis Family’s “The Storm,” and songwriter Rodney Crowell’s own version of “California Earthquake.” A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.

Bluegrass Review – #1034
Our show begins with a little new Lonesome River Band music. Then, Lyle Lofgren, Adam Granger and host Phil Nusbaum present “Plays Well with Others…or Not.” Playing old-time recordings, the segment shows how some old time musicians were able to better play with a solid group feel than others. Later, the Gem of Bluegrass focuses on the development of professionalism in old time music leading into bluegrass. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – When You Go Walking (part 3 of 3)
The third of three programs exploring bluegrass songs about perambulating, with music from Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys (3 songs), the Stanley Brothers (2), Ralph Stanley, Jimmy Martin, Jim & Jesse, Hazel Dickens, Dave Evans, Big Country Bluegrass, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Lonesome River Band, and others.

*Capital Americana – Wed. 8 p.m. ET, Sat. 2 p.m. ET

*The Dick Spottswood Show – #301
Bill Monroe from the 1980s and 1940s, and brother Charlie shows up too. Big Bill Broonzy picks, sings, and enjoys a tribute from Bob Wills. The Country Gentlemen live and on stage from the mid-sixties, and cameo appearances from te Blue Sky Boys, Memphis Slim, Bumble Bee Slim (both on diets), Red Allen, Connie & Babe, and a host of other Obsolete Music stars.

Editor’s Picks – The Desert Rose Band
Our pick of the week is the Desert Rose band. They were in town for a reunion concert at the Birchmere on August 7th and Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen and John Jorgensen visited with Katy Daley and Lee Michael Demsey and performed live in our Washington, DC studios.

*etown – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals and Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore
eTown treats you to an eclectic and exciting musical journey this week. Hosts Nick & Helen Forster welcome for their first visit, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. Grace and her band are emerging as one of the nation’s foremost rock bands with a rabid fan following. (Rolling Stone named them one of the Best New Bands of 2010!). There’s also the acoustic driven duo of Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, featuring Ben on cello and vocals and Daniel on guitar and vocals. “Sollee’s deft stringwork adds an uncommon dimension to his songs about life and love.” (Paste Magazine).

The Free for All – Monday-Thursday, 6-8 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Indigo Girls, Chris Smither, Alison Brown, Jill Hennessy, Gary Jules . View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow – #201032
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring a new CD by Rich in Tradition – a band who’s well rich in tradition. They have a new CD just out called Black Mountain Special and Mike will play some of the songs and talk about the band members. Also this week, for the first time, music from Thunder Creek, Girl band Larkin Poe, the Darrell Webb Band and a new version of an old song from Rodney Dillard, and a sneak look at Lou Reid and Carolina’s new gospel project, and more. Also our regular segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and we look back 5 years to see what we were doing back then, and lots lots more. It’s only for fun, so don’t miss it!

Old Time Jam – Bill Mansfield LIVE
This week Hubie welcomes old time musician, recording artist, banjo champion, and folklorist Bill Mansfield to our Washington, DC studios for a live performance and interview. Bill plays banjo, guitar, and harmonica and sings in the styles of his home state of North Carolina and Uncle Dave Macon.

Open Mic – FestivaLink.net MerleFest Review
This week we Open the Mic for LIVE performances from MerleFest. The folks at FestivaLink.net gave us their favorite bluegrass picks from MerleFest 2010, including Dehlia Low, Anne & Pete Sibley, The Tony Williamson Band, and of course Doc Watson.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
Foster’s Corner with Bill Foster – Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 15)
The Bill Miller Show – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 22)

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
This week we’ll enjoy some of the most requested numbers over the years of this program plus some of the new releases as well. Do you know where your hymn book is for the third hour sing along?

*Thistle and Shamrock – New Waves
Celtic music is constantly evolving and finding new pathways. Join us for new music from the crest of the wave.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – More New Cds
This week we’re featuring many new CDs, especially from the entertainers at the Blueberry Bluegrass Festival over Alberta. Lots of sparkling new songs and tunes to be heard.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Earth & Blood: James Blood Ulmer & Tracy Nelson
Elemental blues, jazz and country from two performers with deep roots and cosmic connections. In the ’60s, young Tracy Nelson left the midwest for psychedelic San Francisco to front the R&B rock band Mother Earth. Now deep in the Tennessee hills, she’s looking back to country sounds. From South Carolina to deep space, guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer takes us on his journey from childhood gospel to free-form harmolodic jazz with Ornette Coleman. Blood now brings it all to bear on a brutal, personal version of the blues.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Darin & Brooke Aldridge Live
Their harmonies are lush and rich; their delivery is full of passion and the truth; they evoke memories of the great brother acts of the 50’s; and they sweep audiences off their feet wherever they showcase their prodigious musical wares. Darin & Brooke Aldridge will be demonstrating just how tight close harmonies can be in a special live appearance. We’ll also be checking out what’s new in the bins as we sample tunes from Audie Blaylock and Redline, the Kruger Brothers, Nu-Blu, Wildfire and Cadillac Sky.

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #96
Bluegrass child prodigies, East Texas, and cataclysmic natural events are just three of the themes Fred Bartenstein explores this week.  Listen to 12-year-old Ronnie Reno sing high baritone on Reno & Smiley’s “Please Remember That I Love You” (1960) and 12-year-olds Sierra Hull and Ryan Holladay burn up “Salt Creek” from IBMA’s “Discover Bluegrass” DVD (2004).  In tribute to disaster victims, we hear the Seldom Scene’s “Muddy Water,” the Lewis Family’s “The Storm,” and songwriter Rodney Crowell’s own version of “California Earthquake.” A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.

Bluegrass Review – #1033
After sampling a piece of new bluegrass, we play a couple of songs with nearly the same themes and very nearly the same titles. The songs were recorded over a half century apart, and listening to them now offers a good indication of some ways bluegrass has changed. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, Lyle Lofgren Adam Granger and host Phil Nusbaum speculate on the earliest influences on Bill Monroe’s bluegrass. Later in the show, we present Monroe’s mature musical style. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – Keep On Walkin’ (Part 2 of 3)
The second of three programs exploring bluegrass songs about perambulating, with music from, among others, the Bray Brothers, Doyle Lawson, The Grascals, Hot Rize, Jack Cooke, James Reams & Walter Hensley, Kathy Kallick Band, Larry Sparks, Lynn Morris Band, Ronnie & Rob McCoury, Shannon Grayson & His Golden Valley Boys, Special Consensus, and Tim Graves, And others!

*The Dick Spottswood Show – #300
We’ll commence with early ’50s bluegrass etc. from the Blue Ridge label ifrom North Wilkesboro in western North Carolina. We’ll hear a 1920s jazz tune that evolved into western swing, and dine out with Uncle Dave and Merle Travis. There’ll be selected classics by Wade and J.E. Mainer, Cajun waltzes and two steps, and noteworthy gospel from Dolly Parton, Joe Franklin (The Friendly Farm Boy), the Stanley Brothers and Staple Singers. It’s a good week for great Obsolete music.

*etown – Del McCoury Band and Eddie Kowalczyk
We offer a very special eTown rebroadcast this week, featuring the return of popular bluegrass legends, The Del McCoury Band. Del (at the time of the original airing celebrating his 50th year in bluegrass) and his amazing band (sons Ronnie & Robbie, plus Alan Bartram and Jason Carter) deliver their signature stellar musicianship and harmony vocals. Also with us, powerful singer and superb songwriter (he’s also a fan of both Del McCoury and eTown), Eddie Kowalczyk, stepping out from his multi-platinum, alt-rock band LIVE to perform some rare solo acoustic songs.

The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Colin Hay, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears, Cordis, The Proclaimers, Amy Speace. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow – #201031
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring a new CD by the Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen band called “Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen”. Mike looks at Frank’s amazing background and plays some of the songs. Also this week, great new music from Rich In Tradition, Tribute band Retro & Smiling and the Tennis Shoe Cutups, Canadians The Foggy Hogtown Boys, The Blue Canyon Boys, Ned Crisp & Bottomline, Lonesome Meadow, and lots more. Also, there’s the regular segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and Mike opens the vault to look back 5 years to see what was goign on way back then. That’s not all, there’s lots lots more. It’s only for fun, so don’t miss it!

Old Time Jam – #129 (Trains)
This week we’re riding trains all over the place with such musicians and singers as Adam Hurt; Mac and Jenny Traynham; Craig Johnson; Tom, Brad & Alice; David Holt, Joe Newberry, Wade and Julia Mainer; and bands like the Foghorn Stringband; The Foghorn Duo; the Indian Creek Delta Boys; the Tallboys; the Albemarle Ramblers; Georgia Mudcats; Run of the Mill Stringband; and the Critton Hollow String Band. Get your suitcase and ride along with us.

Open Mic -Common Ground on the Hill: Kathy Mattea
Common Ground on the Hill is a community organization focused on cultural traditions. For the past 16 years, in Westminster, MD, about an hour North West of Baltimore, a community of artists: musicians, dancers, writers, have been sharing their skills through concerts and workshops.

For two weeks each Summer, people come together on the 1850’s Carroll County Farm Museum to learn and be entertained. We’ll hear a recording from July 10th, 2010, with Kathy Mattea. Also excerpts of Katy Daley’s interview with with Kathy Mattea about her current project, Coal.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
The Old Home Place with Lisa Kay Howard – Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 8)
Foster’s Corner with Bill Foster – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 8)

Special Programming - Bluegrass Program Sampler
We’ll highlight some of our nationally produced programs this week: Bluegrass Signal from Oakland California, Bluegrass Review from Saint Paul, Minnesota and Bluegrass Breakdown from Nashville, Tennessee.

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
This week some tracks from the new gospel recording “Looking Down Upon The Sunrise” by the Good Shepherd Quartet plus many of your old favorites.

*Thistle and Shamrock – Little Windows
Meet Julee Glaub and Mark Weems who mix Appalachian and Irish music and relish the beauty of two unaccompanied voices in close harmony. Hear them weave their timeless harmonies and talk about the power of communal song.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Brand New
This week’s show features 9 new groups never heard previously on Uptown Bluegrass, plus 20 new versions of songs in the bluegrass genre. Also, there are several bands with young and up and coming bluegrass musicians all demonstrating fresh and vital energy in their delivery of the music.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – How Blue Can You Get? Howard Tate and Lyle Lovett
When we asked Lyle Lovett why he didn’t stick with journalism, he said, “It’s hard to sing the newspaper.” From blues to country to Texas swing, Lyle and his large band can tell some good stories, and they’re not all about penguins. We’ll hear all about it (and more) when we sit down in conversation with Lyle. Howard Tate is a master of soulful singing, bringing his bluesy touch and deep meaning to such classics as “Get it While You Can” and “Ain’t Nobody Home.” We’ll talk about his life in Philadelphia’s gospel and soul scenes, and his path back to the stage today.

Bluegrass Breakdown

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #95
Special treats this week include early gospel numbers from Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley, the Lewis Family, Mac Wiseman, Carl Story, Margie Sullivan, and a Curly Seckler/Marty Stuart duet. The Osborne Brothers travel light years from “Cotton Fields” (1964) and I’ll Be Alright Tomorrow” (1965) to “Rocky Top Championship Mix” (1997). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.

Bluegrass Review – #1032
Today’s show begins with a focus on fiddlers. Then guests Adam Granger and Lyle Lofgren arrive. Together, we consider the origins of the “high lonesome sound.” Then, we take a detailed look and Bill Monroe’s mandolin playing in the 1950’s, when he evolved a “driving downstroke” style. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – I’m Walkin’ (Part 1 of 3)
The first of three programs exploring bluegrass songs about perambulating, with music from, among others, Charles Sawtelle, Charlie Monroe, Country Gentlemen, Doyle Lawson, Good Ol’ Persons, Hazel & Alice, J. D. Crowe & the New South, Jimmy Martin, Kathy Kallick Band, Larry Sparks, Ralph Stanley, Tom Rozum, and Wilma Lee Cooper. And others!

*The Dick Spottswood Show – #290
Juanita Moore sings the original melody of “Man of Constant Sorrow,” while mouth harps, banjos and even the Blue Sky Boys chase the wily fox. Old and new world versions of two fiddle classics vie for your affection, followed by visits with several Cajun fiddle kings and the forgotten Delaware blues giant Frank Hovington. Kitty Wells, Johnnie & Jack, Jim & Jesse, Gid Tanner, the Bailes Brothers and many more will make cameo appearances.

*etown – Del McCoury Band and Eddie Kowalczyk
We offer a very special eTown rebroadcast this week, featuring the return of popular bluegrass legends, The Del McCoury Band. Del (at the time of the original airing celebrating his 50th year in bluegrass) and his amazing band (sons Ronnie & Robbie, plus Alan Bartram and Jason Carter) deliver their signature stellar musicianship and harmony vocals. Also with us, powerful singer and superb songwriter (he’s also a fan of both Del McCoury and eTown), Eddie Kowalczyk, stepping out from his multi-platinum, alt-rock band LIVE to perform some rare solo acoustic songs.

The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Madeleine Peyroux, Ben Sollee, Poco, Jill Sobule. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow – #201030
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring “Mountain Bound”, a new CD by the Blue Canyon Boys from the Rocky Mountains. Mike looks at their background and plays some of the songs. Mike is also joined by Maro Kawabata live from Seattle, to talk about his new CD and his tours of Japan. Also this week, great new music from Net Crisp & Bottomline, Lonesome Meadow, Ronnie King, Tribute band Retro & Smiling and the Tennis Shoe Cutups, Thomas Porter, The Bartley Brothers, and Big River Bluegrass. As if all that isn’t enough, there’s the regular segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and Mike looks back 5 years to see what was on the show way back then. It’s another big show, that’s only for fun. Don’t miss it!

Old Time Jam – #127
This week, Hubie reviews a batch of CDs, some brand new, some older, but all new to the program. We’ll hear from Tatiana Hargreaves; Christian Wig, Whitt Mead & Joe LaRose; the New North Carolina Ramblers; Cliff Perry & Laurel Bliss; Beverly Smith & Carl Jones; Evie Ladin; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin; Soundwagon; Kellie Allen & Pete Peterson; Chris Coole & Ivan Rosenberg and The Whitetop Mountaineers.

Open Mic – Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown
Lee Michael Demsey hosts the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown for the month of August.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 1)
The Old Home Place with Lisa Kay Howard – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 8)

Special Programming - Best & Brightest
We’ll focus on the personalities in bluegrass and hear some of the Best & Brightest recordings from our hosts, and favorite bluegrass musicians. Also, hear part of a previously un-aired interview with Dr. Ralph Stanley.

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
A new gospel recording by the North Carolina all women band Sweet Potato Pie is featured this week. The Louvin Brothers add the 1894 hymn “That Great Judgment Morning” to our singing during the third hour. Where is your song book?

*Thistle and Shamrock – Song of the Times
An old ballad may offer a fascinating glimpse of the past but what do today’s songwriters have to say about our contemporary concerns? Find out this week.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight -
This week’s show features songs about the color, shade, and flavor of bluegrass music. Plus, some tunes you may not have heard in the past.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Big Voices with k.d. Lang & Topsy Chapman
From shouters to chanteuses, R&B melisma to the high lonesome sound of bluegrass, this week we bring you some of the biggest voices on the American soundscape. Neo-retro vocalist k.d. lang comes by to talk about her loves and influences from 50’s country to smoky lounge music. New Orleans singer Topsy Chapman tells us how a stint as a singing waitress on Bourbon Street and growing up with 15 siblings led her to an international career as a song stylist.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Lovell Sisters Live
They’ve officially disbanded, but the memory of their sweet, soaring harmonies and hard-impacting songs will live forever. Those genre-crossing, soul stirring, always enchanting girls from Calhoun, GA, Jessica, Megan and Rebecca, the fabulous Lovell Sisters, will be our special live guests. We’ll also be traipsing down to the new Bluegrass CD bins with the expectation of snagging new tunes from Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac, the Farewell Drifters and Sweet Potato Pie.

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #95
Special treats this week include early gospel numbers from Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley, the Lewis Family, Mac Wiseman, Carl Story, Margie Sullivan, and a Curly Seckler/Marty Stuart duet. The Osborne Brothers travel light years from “Cotton Fields” (1964) and I’ll Be Alright Tomorrow” (1965) to “Rocky Top Championship Mix” (1997). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.

Bluegrass Review – #1031
A lot about bluegrass founder Bill Monroe. Song collector and musician Lyle Lofgren, and guitarist Adam Granger are on hand to give detailed looks at the volcal arrangements of Monroe’s group, the Blue Grass Boys. Then we talk about the players influencing one of Monroe’s mandolin styles, and how Monroe influenced others. Plus, we have some new things to play and we really have a lot of fun listening to the “outside” version of “Gonna lay Down My Old Guitar” by Bryan Sutton and Chris Thile. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – Further Across the Tracks (More New Releases & A Reissue)
Still catching up with the new ones. The show includes two 7+-minute workouts: Roland White’s “Marathon” and a jam among Mark O’Connor, Chris Thile, Bryan Sutton, and Byron House. The traditional sounds range from Larry Gillis and Junior Sisk to the John Hartford String Band and E.C. Ball. And there’s edge-of-grass contributions from Cadillac Sky, Cherryholmes, Dierks Bentley, and the Cana Ramblers. And, yes, more.

*The Dick Spottswood Show – #299
Five-string dobro tunes from Allen Shelton and Bobby Thompson, and Roosevelt Sykes introduces Papa Sweetback, a master of keeping up appearances when he’s broke. In Hour Two, an early version of “Lee Highway Blues” and a quietly terrific new County cd called Rural Parlor Guitar. Jim Eanes, Marty Robbins, the Blue Sky Boys and Stanley Brothers will be on hand as well.

*etown – Michael Franti & Spearhead / Mavis Staples
In this encore broadcast, eTown returns to the stunningly beautiful natural amphitheatre Red Rocks, with this special two-part broadcast taped in front of a packed house of 9,000 attendees. Part One of this two-part program brings you exciting live performances and intimate, ‘behind-the-scenes’ artist interviews with Mavis Staples and Michael Franti.

The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Robert Cray Band, Flatlanders, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson , Robin & Linda Williams, Riley Baugus. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow – #201029
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring “Sunset Drive”, a new CD by a good friend of the show, Maro Kawabata. Mike talks about Maro’s background and plays some of the songs. Also this week, great new music from Net Crisp & Bottomline, Lonesome Meadow, Ronnie King, The High Desert Band from Idaho, Volume Five, and Fiddler Tim Martin. Also the regular segment from soccer-besotted Erio Meili in Brazil and Mike looks back 5 years to see what he was doing back then, and lots lots more. It’s only for fun, so you’d be a wombat if you missed it!

Old Time Jam – #128

Open Mic – Common Ground on the Hill: Kathy Mattea
Common Ground on the Hill is a community organization focused on cultural traditions. For the past 16 years, in Westminster, MD, about an hour North West of Baltimore, a community of artists: musicians, dancers, writers, have been sharing their skills through concerts and workshops.

For two weeks each Summer, people come together on the 1850’s Carroll County Farm Museum to learn and be entertained. We’ll hear a recording from July 10th, 2010, with Kathy Mattea. Also excerpts of Katy Daley’s interview with with Kathy Mattea about her current project, Coal.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
The Bill Miller Show – Sunday 3 a.m. (July 25)
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (Aug 1)

Special Programming - Bluegrass Spectacular Concert: March 25, 1989
We have a great team of interns here at WAMU’s Bluegrass Country and this summer we tasked them with organizing our music library and in the process we found some old concert recordings. This programs features the WAMU 10th Annual Bluegrass Spectacular Concert held March 26, 1989 at Fairfax High School. We’ll hear from music from Blue Rose (Laurie Lewis, Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Sally Van Meter, Molly Mason) and The Country Gentlemen, we’ll hear the classic emcee work of Ray Davis and we’ll even hear a bit of warble from the tape the show was recorded on.

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
This week features some early recordings by J. E. Mainer, Zeke Morris, and Wade Mainer from the 1930’s. Their version of “Lights In The Valley” sounds very close to “Do Lord.” You can decide after you sing along to this old song during the old hymns at the top of the third hour. We’ll also enjoy a few more numbers from the new CD by Greenbrier.

*Thistle and Shamrock – Armorica
The peninsula that became Brittany was first named “Armorica” after the Roman conquest of ancient Gaul. Migration from Britain created a distinct community in culture and language and this is reflected in the music and song of today’s “Bretagne” or Brittany. Join us to discover the intoxicating music of this coastal area.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Traveling
This show features traveling songs and tunes, many new and fresh and some jewels from the past as well.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Roadside Attractions and Wilderness Trails
It’s summertime and the living’s easy. Jump in as we hit the road in search of new faces and places. Head north out of New Orleans, across Lake Pontchartrain, to the Abita Mystery House at UCM Museum in Abita Springs. And a refreshing visit to a local New Orleans favorite, Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, servin’ up the best sno-cones you’ve ever tasted. Finally, we remember the late Secretary of the Interior and noted conservationist Stewart Udall as Routes digs into the archives for a raft run on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Kati Penn & Newtown Live
She’s one of the genre’s fastest rising stars, a fiery fiddler who has a knack for finding hard-hitting songs which she sings like the proverbial angel. From Lexington, KY, Kati Penn & Newtown will be front and center doing the live thing. We’ll also be featuring new tunes from the bins from high lonesome stalwarts such as Donna Ulisse, The Grascals, The Infamous Stringdusters, Summertown Road and Black Prairie.

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #93
Featured is music performed and written by Tex Logan, including cuts with the Lilly Brothers and Don Stover, Bill Monroe, the Charles River Valley Boys, Country Gazette, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Peter Rowan & Jerry Douglas, and Big Wu. Other highlights include Kenny Baker’s recording debut with the 7 Flat Mountain Boys, and the Blue Sky Boys, Flatt & Scruggs, and Mac Wiseman on live radio from the ‘40s and ‘50s. A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.

Bluegrass Review – #1030
Lyle Lofgren and Adam Granger are back, and with host Phil Nusbaum the three talk about wrecks again. This time, on the Gem of Bluegrass, the trio offers an explanation of why there have never been many American songs written about shipwrecks. Later in the broadcast the three play some American songs where shipwrecks are mentioned, but the wrecks are not the main points of the songs, but vehicles to express some other theme. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – Across the Tracks (New Releases & A Reissue)
Lots of new music from the west coast, with selections by bluegrass bands (The Earl Brothers, Kitchen Help, Redwing) as well as old time musicians (The Knuckle Knockers, Canote Brothers, Luke Abbott). Also, some tasty trad grass (Junior Sisk, Big Country Bluegrass, Larry Gillis, Roland White in ‘76, Louie Setzer) and contemporary grass (Blue Highway, The Chapmans, Darren Beachley). And James Alan Shelton’s tribute to Don Rich. And more.

*The Dick Spottswood Show – #298
In the first hour we open a couple of new reissues from Gusto, hear a few old songs done dance band style by Ted Lewis, and take note of a few insects. Though we knew already, Hour Two starts with a medley warning us about the evils of strong drink, lingers a bit with Carl Butler and the Webster Brothers, and finishes with superior gospel songs from Skip James and the Sauceman Brothers (with Carl Butler again, and Joe Stuart too).

*etown – eTown’s 19th B’Earthday Celebration with Natalie Merchant & The Horse Flies
eTown celebrates the return one of the world’s most respected recording artists, Natalie Merchant. Backed by her band, Natalie shares both brand new tunes and beloved favorites. It’s been ten years since she was last with us, so this is a very special show indeed. Hosts Nick & Helen Forster also welcome the Horse Flies for their first-ever eTown appearance, bringing their mesmerizing blend of rock, roots, folk, bluegrass and ethnic grooves.

The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Marcia Ball, Hill Country Revue, Other Lives, Cracker, Maia Sharp. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow – #201028
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring a “Guilty”, a CD by a terrific new band called Jett’s Creek. Mike will look at the band’s background and play some of the songs. Also this week, great new music from Singer songwriter Nora Jane Struthers, Lonesome Meadow, Ronnie King, The High Desert Band from Idaho, Volume Five, and young up-and-coming songwriter Thomas Porter. Also there’s the regular Portuguese segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and Mike looks back 5 years to see what was in the show back then, and lots lots more. It’s only for fun, so you’d be a ring-tailed bandicoot if you missed it!

Old Time Jam – #126 (New Tunes)
There are many new tunes composed since the old-time revival started back in the 1960s, and which have been accepted into the jam session repertoire. This is a program consisting entirely of these tunes, which with their authors identified. See what you think of them as we “Move the Tradition Forward.” Among the pieces, you may recognize such favorites as “Squirrel Heads and Gravy,” “Snake River Reel,” and “Boys, them Buzzards Are Flying.” The musicians will include Bruce Molsky, Adam Hurt, the Martin Family, the Boiled Buzzards, Matt Brown, “Chirps” Smith and the Piney Creek Weaselsw, to name only a few. In many cases, we’ll have the tunes being played by the people who wrote them.

Open Mic – WAMU Concerts from 1980 & 1986
This week we Open the Mic for two archival recordings. We’ll hear The Johnson Mountain Boys from 1986 and the Seldom Scene from1980 recorded at WAMU concerts…or at least that’s what the pencil scratchings on the tape box read.

For two weeks each Summer, people come together on the 1850’s Carroll County Farm Museum to learn and be entertained. We’ll hear a recording from July 10th, 2010, with Kathy Mattea. Also, we feature excerpts from Katy Daley’s interview with with Kathy Mattea about her current project, Coal.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
Foster’s Corner with Bill Foster – Sunday 3 a.m. (July 18)
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (July 25)

Special Programming - Bluegrass Spectacular Concert: March 25, 1989
We have a great team of interns here at WAMU’s Bluegrass Country and this summer we tasked them with organizing our music library and in the process we found some old concert recordings. This programs features the WAMU 10th Annual Bluegrass Spectacular Concert held March 26, 1989 at Fairfax High School. We’ll hear from music from Blue Rose (Laurie Lewis, Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Sally Van Meter, Molly Mason) and The Country Gentlemen, we’ll hear the classic emcee work of Ray Davis and we’ll even hear a bit of warble from the tape the show was recorded on.

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
New songs from the band Greenbrier add spice to this edition of Stained Glass Bluegrass designed to get us thinking. We also add a nice bluegrass arrangement of “Just As I Am” by the Marksmen Quartet to our old hymns list to start the third hour. Got your song book?

*Thistle and Shamrock – Soundtracks
The Chieftains created an Oscar award-winning soundtrack to the 1975 movie Barry Lyndon. In the decades since, the film industry has provided a platform for many commissions of new music drawn from Celtic roots and traditions. We listen to some memorable contributions for the cinema and small screen.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Blueberry Picks
This show features songs of the sterling line-up of artists of the Blueberry Bluegrass Country and Bluegrass Music festival.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – July 4th with Ponderosa Stomp, Del McCoury Band & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
This Fourth of July, American Routes celebrates our nation’s birthday with two live concerts of all-American music. We’ll stop by the Ponderosa Stomp, dedicated to the “unsung heroes of rock n’ roll” for a good dose of rockabilly, soul, country and R&B classics, done by the originators themselves. Then it’s down the street to Preservation Hall, where bluegrass masters the Del McCoury Band mix it up with the Crescent City’s own purveyors of traditional jazz, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. So fire up the grill, pull out your lawn chair and turn up the radio for American Routes.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Larry Sparks/King Wilkie/Cadillac Sky Live
We’ll be featuring live segments from the Breakdown’s vaults. Larry Sparks will lend some insight into his landmark Rebel CD, 40, which celebrates his 4 decades in the Bluegrass biz; King Wilkie will be ganging around the microphones presenting their hard-driving, high, blue and lonesome wares; and Cadillac Sky will follow with their patented brand of new grass with songs about trains, drinking and … “cash crops.”

Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #90
This week’s show profiles Norman Blake with three early recordings from the 50s and 60s, and three from his more recent work. Other highlights include songs about demon trains, banjo great Mike Lilly, female pioneer Rose Maddox, and live cuts from Flatt and Scruggs (with Benny Martin and Curly Seckler) and Bill Monroe (with Del McCoury and Bill Keith). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.

Bluegrass Review
We start out with new bluegrass by Brand New Strings, and find that the group’s style comes in part from Del McCoury’s. And why not? Del has been a bluegrass standard bearer for a couple of decades. The Gem of Bluegrass deals with high singing and how it marks passionate emotions in bluegrass music. In part II of the show, our focus stays on singing, as we play fancy singing, especially song endings, inspired by the Osborne Bros. We wind up with some bluegrass from Tin Pan Alley sources. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – Up A Creek
This week, Bluegrass Signal’s Peter Thompson is up a creek. There are several renditions of creek-ish tunes by Jimmy Martin, Earl Scruggs, Clarence White, Watson/Blake/Rice, and The Roadoilers, plus songs from creek-ish bands based in NorCal (Adobe Creek, Bean Creek, Mossy Creek) and elsewhere (Nickle Creek, Polecat Creek, Spring Creek). Let’s go up whatever creek and have a little fun.

*The Dick Spottswood Show
Don’t miss this one! Besides being the birthday of our nation, It’s the silver anniversary of the Obsolete Music Hour, which first aired July 6, 1985, and the 43d anniversary of July 3, 1967, when Lyndon Johnson was still President, and the first Bluegrass Unlimited show, with Gary Henderson and me, aired on WAMU. Along with Independence Day anthems, we’ll hear excerpts from a 1969 show featuring the Stonemans, and one from 1968 with banjo giant Bill Emerson.

Very special thanks to Bluegras Country’s Katy Daley, who’s promoted the occasion on the Bluegrass Blog. She makes us all look good!

*etown – Vienna Teng (featuring Alex Wong) and Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Hosts Nick & Helen Forster welcome back guitarist and songwriter Dan Hicks. And of course he brings those great back up singers, The Hot Licks. His eclectic style and counter-culture appeal, driven by sharp-tongued and dry-witted lyrics, has twice landed him on the cover of Rolling Stone! Also with us in this encore airing is pianist and singer-songwriter Vienna Teng. She’s a Stanford computer science grad and software engineer whose career took a sharp turn several years ago, when she ditched that world to pursue her musical passions. She has since released two critically acclaimed independent albums which landed her on the Billboard album charts and Amazon’s bestseller list.

The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

Irish Heartbeat with Dervish – Saturday 6 p.m. ET

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Marc Cohn *Special One-Hour Performance*, Kate Miller-Heidke, Sahara Smith,
David Broza, Bob Thompson Unit. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring the new CD from a new band called Volume Five. The CD is called “Down In A Cell” and Mike plays some songs from the CD and talks about the band members. Also this week, we have some great new music from Big River Bluegrass, Nashville singer songwriter Nora Jane Struthers, Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford, some classic bluegrass from JD Crowe & the New South the Bluegrass Album Band, Kenny Baker and Roland White and lots more. Also there’s the regular Portuguese segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and Mike looks back 5 years to see what was in the show back then, and lots lots more. It’s only for fun, so you’d be a wombat if you missed it!

Old Time Jam
Hubie reports on the Henry Reed Memorial Fiddler’s Convention at Glen Lyn, Virginia, with news from Kirk Sutphin, and plays a medley of Henry Reed’s tunes. Charleston, South Carolina is featured in a set of tunes with “Charleston” in their names. The rest is a variety including such artists as Chris Coole, Brad Leftwich, Rhys Jones, Gandydancer, the Cliffhangers, Boiled Buzzards, Mysterious Redbirds, New North Carolina Redbirds, and more.

Open Mic – Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown
Lee Michael Demsey hosts the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown for the month of July.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Sunday 3 a.m. (June 27)
Tom will be joined by special guest Mitch Harrell, the son of the late Washington, DC bluegrass great Bill Harrell. During the 3rd hour, Nora Jan Struthers visits our Washington, DC studios for an interview and live performance.
The Old Home Place with Lisa Kay Howard– Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (July 11)

Special Programming - Nora Jane Struthers & Dierks Bentley
This week we feature a live performance and interview from our Washington, DC studios with up and coming Americana artist Nora Jane Struthers.

Also, we showcase an interview that Katy Daley conducted recently with Dierks Bentley at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in downtown Washington, D.C. Dierks discusses 5 cuts from his new bluegrass project and explains his long-time love of bluegrass music.

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
On this very significant holiday we’ll enjoy some patriotic songs for the 4th of July weekend plus a few new selections from Little Roy Lewis & Lizzy Long.  Arthur Smith & The Crossroads Quartet add the 1903 hymn “Ready,” written by Charles Davis Tillman, to our list and start our singing at the start of the third hour.  (Tillman, a popularizer of the gospel song, had a knack for adopting material from eclectic sources and creating a mix now known as Southern Gospel.  Tillman gave us the popular versions of “My Mother’s Bible” and “I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger” among others.  As for our addition of “Ready,” research reflects “Ready to suffer grief or pain” had a British author in the tradition of the Keswick Hymn-Book, but Tillman wrote the tune which is invariably and exclusively used in the United States.)

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Some Er’ Previews
This week’s show is a preview package of upcoming summer music, festivals and events in bluegrass music.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Poets of Twang: Buddy Miller and John Doe
What happens when two guys from the East Coast head West with guitars? They become country singers, naturally. But the path there wasn’t so obvious. Buddy Miller has been everywhere: Austin, Los Angeles, New York and now Nashville. We’ll talk about his musical journey from outlaw to alt-country and how he’s carving out a new “old” style in the Music City. Then we’ll visit with Los Angeles poet and punk rocker John Doe of the band X, who has found inspiration in the Countrypolitan sounds of the 1960s.

Bluegrass Breakdown – Barry Scott & Second Wind
He honed his craft playing bass and singing soaring vocals with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver for almost 10 years. He now is at the helm of his own powerful, dynamic and trend-setting band. He writes uplifting songs and sings them with authority and panache. The ex-heartthrob of Bluegrass, Barry Scott and Second Wind, will be picking and singing ‘em live.

Bluegrass Master Class – Dudley Connell: Seldom Scene Years
Earlier this year, we aired part one of a two-part interview chronicling the storied career of Washington, D.C., bluegrass great Dudley Connell. The first part was wildly popular and covered Dudley’s involvement with The Johnson Mountain Boys.

Sunday, June 27 at 3pm ET we’ll rebroadcast the second part of this interview on Bluegrass Master Class, featuring Dudley’s years with The Seldom Scene.

Go here for more information about this interview and to view videos from Akira Otsuka featuring stories about John Duffey’s mandolins.

Bluegrass Review
We play a couple of new or recent pieces right at the git-go, then it’s our Gem of Bluegrass. There isn’t much Latin music influence in bluegrass. On today’s Gem, we muse over that fact. Later, we talk to Becky Schlegel, the singer and songwriter. Our conversation picks up with Becky’s experience in her mother’s country band in Kimball, SD to her writing today as a Nashville, TN musician. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – June Birthdays
Selections from musicians who happen to have been born in the month of June, including banjo players Eddie Adcock, Bob Black, and Craig Smith; guitarists Clarence White, Tony Rice, and Larry Perkins; songwriters Hazel Dickens, Vicki Simmons, and Jamie Dailey; legends Lester Flatt, Earl Taylor, and Stringbean; plus Joe Val, Dan Tyminski, and three members of the Cox Family. Next Sunday, Darlin’, might be your birthday …

*The Dick Spottswood Show

*etown – BoDeans & Over The Rhine
BoDeans (Sammy Llanas and Kurt Neumann) return to eTown in this repeat broadcast. Also, Over the Rhine (married couple Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist), along with their band, bring their exceptional tunes to the stage.

The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

Irish Heartbeat with Dervish – Saturday 6 p.m. ET

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Nanci Griffith, The Greencards, Todd Snider, Holsapple and Stamey, Ashleigh Flynn. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow
In Mike Kear’s Music from Foggy Hollow this week he’s featuring the new album from Californians the Kathy Kallick Band.  It’s called “” and Mike plays some songs from the CD,  talks about the band members and Kathy joins Mike on the phone from her home in San Francisco.   Also this week, we have some great new music from Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford, Jett’s Creek,  Karen Lynne & Blue Mountain Rain, The John Hartford String band, Roland White, Donna Ulisse, Mark ‘Brink’ Brinkman, and lots more.   Also there’s the regular Portuguese segment from Erio Meili in Brazil and Mike looks back 5 years to see what was in the show back then, and lots lots more. It’s only for fun, so you’d be a wombat if you missed it!

Old Time Jam
This week, we’re back with recorded Old Time Music from fiddlers like Jim Childress, Mark Simos, Matt Brown, Dave Bing, Craig Johnson, Erynn Marshall, Stephanie Coleman and others. And we’ve got banjo artists like Arnie Naiman, Joe Newberry, Bill Mansfield, Kyle Creed, Tim Bing and Adam Hurt. Vocalists, besides ARTISTS already named, include Mike Seeger, with Peggy and Penny Seeger, Emily Spencer, and Allison Williams. Bands like the Boiled Buzzards, Foghorn Stringband, Big Medicine and the Cliffhangers help round out the program.

Open Mic – Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown
Lee Michael Demsey hosts the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown for the month of July.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
The Bill Miller Show – Sunday 3 a.m. (June 27)
It’s a full-tilt “LesterFest” on The Blue Miller Show this week. Saturday, June 19th, marks the 96th anniversary of Lester Flatt’s birth. We’ll feature cuts from Lester & Earl & The Foggy Mountain Boys, tracks from Lester as a solo artist and with the Nashville Grass, and songs associated with or written by Lester Flatt and performed by other artists.
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (July 4)
Tom will be joined by special guest Mitch Harrell, the son of the late Washington, DC bluegrass great Bill Harrell.

Special Programming - Dierks Bentley & The Grass Cats
This week we feature an interview that Katy Daley conducted recently with Dierks Bentley at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in downtown Washington, D.C. Dierks discusses 5 cuts from his new bluegrass project and explains his long-time love of bluegrass music.

Also, host Bob Webster visits with The Grass Cats and discusses their new album A Good Way To Get The Blues.

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
Tune in for a big serving of Jimmy Martin songs this week! Former Sunny Mountain Boys J. D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson and Paul Williams got together a few years ago, along with Ben and Sonya Isaacs, Cia Cherryholmes and Ron Stewart, to record twelve bluegrass gospel classics originally recorded with Jimmy Martin. These new recordings have been on the shelf for a few years but have been newly released by the fine folks at Mountain Home Records for us to enjoy. We’ll get J. D., Doyle and Paul to open our old hymns at the top of the third hour with the 1892 gospel number “Lord, I’m Coming Home” from the new CD so you can sing along. Immerse yourself in these special numbers this week.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Special Men
This week we honor Father’s Day with tunes about Dads, G’pa, Uncles and other ’special men’. Old & new, old country and bluegrass, and all about some of the special men of our lives.

*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series

*American Routes – Words & Music: Ralph Ellison’s Jazz-Shaped America & James Talley
Find the connections between the literary landscape and soundscape. We talk with Columbia University jazz scholar Robert O’Meally about the music writings of the Harlem Renaissance author best known for the novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison. And visit with songsmith and wordsmith James Talley.

Bluegrass Breakdown – April, May And June, 1970
On this week’s BGB, we’ll be bluegrassically celebrating April, May and June, 1970 when, among other things: Martha White Foods announces that “The Nashville Grass” is the winner of the Lester Flatt name the band contest; Raymond K, Raymond W., Ruth and Alice McLain perform under the name of “The Bluegrass State”; Eddie Adcock leaves the Country Gentlemen and heads to California where he plans to play rock under the name of Clinton Kodak; Sam Bush graduates from high school and reportedly will be joining the Bluegrass Alliance; and Bill Monroe, the Osborne Brothers, Larry Sparks and Jimmy Martin otherwise rule the roost.

Bluegrass Master Class – Dudley Connell: Seldom Scene Years
Earlier this year, we aired part one of a two-part interview chronicling the storied career of Washington, D.C., bluegrass great Dudley Connell. The first part was wildly popular and covered Dudley’s involvement with The Johnson Mountain Boys.

Sunday, June 20 at 3pm ET we’ll premiere the second part of this interview on Bluegrass Master Class, featuring Dudley’s years with The Seldom Scene.

Go here for more information about this interview and to view videos from Akira Otsuka featuring stories about John Duffey’s mandolins.

Bluegrass Review
On our Gem of bluegrass, we explore bluegrass songs that are about farming. There’s been a big change over the years. Then, it’s songs about father. It turns out that a lot of songs about dad are also farming songs. Then, some songs about mom. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review.

Bluegrass Signal – Father’s Day Festival Previews: Then & Now
Early and current recordings of some of the performers playing this year’s California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Festival, including the Good Ol’ Persons (plus the Kathy Kallick Band and Laurie Lewis), Sally Mountain Show (and Rhonda Vincent & the Rage), Michael Cleveland (with Rhonda and leading Flamekeeper), High Country, IIIrd Tyme Out, and the James King Band, with songs from his first solo album (“It’s A Cold, Cold World”) and one from his newest (“It’s Hot Down Here”) that inspired this approach.

*The Dick Spottswood Show
Some hard times songs in the first Obsolete Music Hour, followed by narrative ballads about jealousy and murder. In the second hour, a Jimmie Rodgers suite highlights songs for and about us Daddies.

*etown – Jakob Dylan and Danny Barnes
This week’s eTown highlights writers and readers! Singer-songwriter and Grammy winner Jakob Dylan returns to eTown with a haunting new sound and a brand new band (for this show he pared down to a trio with Kelly Hogan and Paul Rigby). Jakob features music from his latest project, Women & Country. Also, innovative and genre-bending artist and banjo pioneer Danny Barnes visits. He’s been called “one of the most wildly inventive musicians on the planet.”

The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. LIVE, Friday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Gary Henderson Show – Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.

Irish Heartbeat with Dervish – Saturday 6 p.m. ET

The Katy Daley Show - Monday- Friday LIVE, 7-10 a.m. ET

The Lee Michael Demsey Show – Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday- Friday LIVE, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.

*Mountain Stage
Featuring Dave Alvin & Guilty Women, Ben Kweller, The Duke and The King, Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers, Cyril Neville. View Playlist.

Music from Foggy Hollow (Rebroadcast)
In Music from Foggy Hollow from Australia this week Mike Kear’s featuring the songwriting work of Mark ‘Brink’ Brinkman – his new CD and lots of his songs performed by other artists. Mike also talks on the phone interview with Brink about his songwriting and how he manages to write such evocative emotional songs. Also, Mike has a phone interview with Caroline Wright about her new book, ‘STILL INSIDE: THE TONY RICE STORY’. In addition, there’s new music from the Lonesome River Band, Nu-Blu, Donna Ulisse’s new Gospel CD, the Hillbenders, Mark Johnson and Emory Lester, and heaps more. It’s another packed show of wholesome bluegrass fun, so don’t miss it!

Old Time Jam
This week, we sample the wide variety of music now found within the old time genre. Grounded in tradition, we’ll hear Emily Spencer singing to Kyle Creed’s banjo, as well as square-dance tunes by Killer Grits, Light and Hitch, the New Southern Cowtippers, and others. But departing from that, we’ve got Chris Coole singing a Country hit with gourd banjo accompaniment, and Red Hen singing a new version of a Child Ballad accompanied by fretless banjo, both showing what can be done by sliding the banjo strings. Joe Herrmann plays a late 17th-century song by Irish harper O’Carolan on the guitar with horns joining in, Kate Lissauer sings “Walking in My Sleep,” adding a verse about banjo men, while Joe Newberry sings his own song about “Mother.”

Open Mic – A Prairie Home Companion
This week we Open the Mic for A Prairie Home Companion. A few grassy groups performed on the show in recent months: Robin & Linda Williams joined the show on March 20th from a cruise in the Caribbean. Bluegrass band, The Steep Canyon Rangers performed on the show on May 22nd at the Fox Theater in Atlanta Georgia. Fiddler Sara Watkins along with her brother Sean Watkins joined the show on June 5th at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Southern California.

The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p

Rotating Shows
Foster’s Corner with Bill Foster – Sunday 3 a.m. (June 20)
The Bill Miller Show – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (June 20)
It’s a full-tilt “LesterFest” on The Blue Miller Show this week. Saturday, June 19th, marks the 96th anniversary of Lester Flatt’s birth. We’ll feature cuts from Lester & Earl & The Foggy Mountain Boys, tracks from Lester as a solo artist and with the Nashville Grass, and songs associated with or written by Lester Flatt and performed by other artists. The Bill Miller Show on Tuesday at Noon, Wednesday at Midnight, and Monday morning at 3 AM (all times Eastern) on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country.

Special Programming - Jimmy Dean & The Grass Cats
Country music legend, actor, sausage king, and good friend of WAMU’s Bluegrass Country Jimmy Dean passed away at his home in Henrico, VA on Sunday evening. In honor of Jimmy Dean, we’ll be airing a very special edition of Special Programming featuring his music and portions of a recent interview with Tom “Cat” Reeder.

Also, host Bob Webster visits with The Grass Cats and discusses their new album A Good Way To Get The Blues.

Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
This week we honor and remember all the fathers on the annual Father’s Day program. Some of the songs are sad, some inspirational, and some sentimental, but all enjoyable nonetheless. Be ready to sing the old hymns at the start of the third hour when we kick off that portion of the program with “This Is My Father’s World” dating to 1901.

LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.

Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – Northern Grass
This week we feature bluegrass music from mostly north of the border; Canadian bands and entertainers. We span all the regions across Canada plus there are some new releases for your enjoyment. Canadian bluegrassers’ love their music as you can here in this cross country sampler.