All times listed are Eastern Time
*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series
*American Routes
American Routes has been on the air for a decade and it’s time to celebrate. From the House of Blues in New Orleans, Nick is joined on stage with Dr. Michael White and his Liberty Jazz Band, the young Cajun band Feufollet, and New Orleans jump blues legend Deacon John, along with several special guests. Party with American Routes this Mardi Gras season!
Banks of the Ohio with George McKnight
Music Maker – Our listeners get to hear some of the different stories and ways of the music makers in bluegrass.
Bluegrass Breakdown – The Gibson Brothers Live
Eric & Leigh return with the some of the toughest-edged, tightest singing in the business. They’ll be ganging around the microphones live in honor of their Sugar Hill outing, Iron & Diamonds.
Bluegrass Master Class
Bluegrass Master Class this week features a rebroadcast of Banks of the Ohio: The third half hour features bluegrass from 1987, including debut recordings from Blake & Rice, Emerson & Goble, a 16-year-old Alison Krauss, and Summer Wages. There’s also a great selection of musicians from southwestern Ohio (Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Gerald Evans & Paradise, Suzanne Thomas, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers) and the Czech Republic (Druha Trava, Kreni, and Roll’s Boys). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.
Bluegrass Review
Towards the beginning of the show, we play a modern take on the end-of-relationship theme. In “Friday Once Again,” Ernie Thacker is a divorced man who looks ahead to Friday when he can see his daughter. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass feature, a look at how bluegrass handles time and age. Later on the broadcast, we talk to fine songwriter Charlie Sizemore. On our show, he talks about the writing of country and bluegrass songwriting icon, Tom T. Hall. Then, we play some recent Tom T Hall compositions. Contact host Phil Nusbaum at pnusbaum@bitstream.net.
Bluegrass Signal– Musical Previews
This week’s Bluegrass Signal presents music by some of the performers taking part in the San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival and the Redwood Bluegrass Associates concert series. Featured are LOTS of Jimmy Martin songs — by the Kathy Kallick Band, Bluegrass Intentions, James King, Adobe Creek, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, High Country, and Claire Lynch — plus non-Jimmy music from the first releases of Foghorn Stringband, Crooked Jades, Blue Highway, and John Reischman & the Jaybirds. In addition, there are a couple of recent live recordings of Mac Martin, plus Longview’s version of a Mac song.
*The Dick Spottswood Show
2/22 Artist medleys by Mac Wiseman and St. Lous bluesman Walter Davis. Early 1960s midwestern bluegrass from the Bray Brothers (Indiana) and Barrier Brothers (Illinois). Heartfelt Valentines from the Stanley Brothers, Carter Family, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, and the Maddox Brothers and Rose. This delayed broadcast was originally scheduled for Valentine’s Day week.Even if it’s Obsolete, love delayed is never love denied, and it does love you madly!
2/25 & 2/27 Lester & Earl with Hylo Brown precede President’s Day tributes to Washington, Garfield, McKinley, FDR, Truman and Jackson. In the seond hour, melodic visits to Mardi Gras in Cajun country and New Orleans, and to Carnival celebrations in 1930s Trinidad. We follow the calendar closely to prevent becoming even more Obslete.
*etown
Etown takes to the road for a taping of the show at Colorado College’s Armstrong Hall in Colorado Springs. Joining us are two first-time Etown guests, Flobots and Nada Surf’s front man, Matthew Caws. Flobots are a progressive hip-hop collective from Denver, described as “rap music’s most singular breakthrough act in years.” (Boston Herald). Singer & guitarist Matthew Caws brings us his solo versions of Nada Surf’s poppy, thinking-person’s indie-rock songs. The LA Times calls him “the decade’s foremost purveyor of power pop.” Nick & Helen Forster and the Etones back him up instrumentally and vocally, in fine style. This week there’s cutting edge music in Etown, bundled with the story of a dedicated E-Chievement Award winner. Don’t miss it!
The Free for All – Wednesday, 6-9 p.m.LIVE
The Gary Henderson Show Saturday 8-11 a.m. LIVE, Monday 12 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.
The Katy Daley Show Monday-Friday 7-10 a.m. ET LIVE
The Lee Michael Demsey Show - Saturday 11a.m.-2p.m., Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET LIVE,
Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard, Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m.
*Mountain Stage
Featuring Jakob Dylan & the Gold Mountain Rebels, Hayes Carll, Krista Detor, Andy Davis, and Priscilla Ahn. Playlist.
Music from Foggy Hollow – In Music from Foggy Hollow from Australia this week, Mike Kear is featuring a new CD from Special Consensus called “Signs.” As usual, he plays some of the songs from the CD and talks about some of the band members. Also on the show: new music from Darin Aldridge and Brooke Justice, Dry Branch Fire Squa; we take a sneak look at Dailey and Vincent’s as-yet unreleased CD, and we take a look back to a historic Australian band from 20 years ago. It’s another show jam packed with bluegrass goodness, so don’t miss it!
Open Mic - IBMA 2008 – Live recorded segments from IBMA 2008, featuring The Whites, Becky Buller, Carrie Hassler, and The Gibson Brothers.
Old Time Jam – In honor of Presidents’ Day last week, Hubie King plays tunes all connected in some way with presidents and presidential elections. Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Lincoln, Garfield, Cleveland, McKinley and Franklin Roosevelt are all included, as are unsuccessful candidates Sam Tilden and Al Smith. Join us for a grand parade of old-time politicians.
The Ray Davis Show Mon-Fri 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p, LIVE
Rotating Shows
The Old Home Place - Sunday 3 a.m. (2/22)
Foster’s Corner – Tuesday 12 p.m. , Thursday 12 a.m. , Sunday 3 a.m. (3/01)
Special Programming
Featuring the new album from Steve Martin, and Gold Heart Bluegrass interviewed by Lee Michael Demsey.
LIVE Stained Glass Bluegrass Hosted by Bob Webster
Thanks to all those who became members or renewed their membership in Bluegrass Country during last week’s Stained Glass Bluegrass program. In response to those supporters I’ll honor several requests for songs by Rock Springs Reunion, the Rochesters, and the Spencers. We’ll also enjoy a few more from Nothin’ Fancy’s new gospel recording as well as Dailey & Vincent’s upcoming release and noted during the official Winter Membership Campaign. (You can still join now and we welcome your support anytime.) Find an old hymn book so you can sing along with the old songs at the beginning of the third hour.
*Thistle and Shamrock – Underneath the Stars
Our music looks to the Northern and Western skies for inspiration this week from ancient landscapes that have always drawn meaning, guidance and solace from the sun, moon and stars.
LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff, Saturday 2-6 p.m.
