Listen to the music that matters to Nicky Sanders,
fiddle player for The Steep Canyon Rangers

2. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
by Santana

3. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
by Derek & the Dominos
featuring Eric Clapton & Duane Alman

4. Mourning Dove
by The Steep Canyon Rangers
from Deep in the Shade

Listen to the music that matters to Sammy Shelor,
banjo player for The Lonesome River Band

1. Struttin’ to Ferrum
by The Lonesome River Band
from No Turning Back

2. Working on a Building
by Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit

3. Nit Pickin’
by Danny Gatton
from Live in 1977 – The Humbler Stakes His Claim

4. The Sky is Crying (Live)
by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

5. Them Blues
by The Lonesome River Band
from No Turning Back

Listen to songs from the musicians that matter to Jason Moore, bass player for Mountain Heart

1. I Don’t Know Why
by Alison Krauss & Union Station
from Every Time You Say Goodbye

2. My Girl
by The Temptations
with bass player James Jamerson

3. Sad But True
by Metallica

4. Paranoid
by Black Sabbath

5. I’m Just Here To Ride The Train
by Mountain Heart
from Road That Never Ends

Listen to songs from the musicians that matter to Shannon Whitworth

1. Foggy Mountain Rock
by Flatt & Scruggs

2. Dead Flowers
by The Rolling Stones
from Sticky Fingers

3. Eu E Voce
by The Stan Getz Quartet & Astrud Gilberto

4. Lullaby & Exile
by M. Ward
from Transistor Radio

5. Here But Never Home
by Shannon Whitworth
from No Expectations

Shannon Whitworth and the Refugees are performing next on November 21, 2009 in Carrboro, N.C. at the Cat’s Cradle.

Listen to the songs

1. Car Talk
from NPR

2. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
by Hank Williams

3.  Sarah Lynn Waltz
by Jason Barie
from The Past Is Present

Jason Barie plays fiddle with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.

Listen to the songs

1. 1-800-DO-U-CARE
by Larry Sparks
from 40

2. Bye Bye Bye
by *NSYNC
from No Strings Attached

3. Video Killed the Radio Star
covered by Cadillac Sky
from The Weary Angel EP

David Mayfield plays guitar with Cadillac Sky.

Listen to the songs and Steve Dilling’s discussion of why they matter to him.

1. Don’t Stop Believing
by Journey
from Escape

2. Summer Nights
by Rascal Flatts
from Unstoppable

Steve Dilling plays banjo with Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out. They recently released their first studio effort in 5 years, the self-titled Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out.

Listen to the songs

1. Fear of the South
by Tin Hat Trio
from Rodeo Eroded

2. (Nice Dream)
by Radiohead
from The Bends

3. The Notwist

Chris Pandolfi plays banjo with the Infamous Stringdusters and released a solo album, entitled Looking Glass, on Sugar Hill Records in May 2009.

Listen to the songs

1. Sarah Smile
Hall and Oates
from The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates
Darren likes “the way they sparcely put stuff in, when you don’t even expect it, here comes something with the harmony.”

2. The Gatlin Brothers
Darren appreciates “the intensity of the harmonies, really their idea’s. Sometimes they’ll sing two over [or] one under, one over, you know it’s all over the place.”

3. The Police
“I just love to hear Sting sing.”

Darren Beachley and the Legends of the Potomac have recorded a new EP, to be released by Patuxent Music this Summer.

Listen to the songs and Tim Surrett’s discussion of why they matter to him.

1. So What
Miles Davis with Paul Chambers on Bass
from the album “Kind of Blue”