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*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series
2009 Year in Review Programming
Bluegrass Master Class – Year in Review 2009
Happy New Year! This week we highlight even more wonderful interviews and live in-studio performances from 2009. Featuring Rockledge, Dixie Bee-liners, Keith Sewell, Town Mountain, the Infamous Stringdusters, David Mayfield, Missy Raines & The New Hip, Orrin Starr & John Seebach, The Gibson Brothers, Shannon Whitworth, Town Mountain, David Peterson, Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein, and Bearfoot
Open Mic - 2009 Bluegrass Unlimited Top 40 Countdown
Lee Michael Demsey hosts a special Bluegrass Unlimited Top 40 Countdown for the year of 2009.
Special Programming - Audie Blaylock & Patrick McAvinue, Adam Steffey & Kym Warner
This week we feature live in-studio performances and interviews from two dynamic duos- Audie Blaylock & Patrick McAvinue of Audie Blaylock and Redline and the dueling mandolins of virtuosos Adam Steffey and Kym Warer (the Greencards).
Regular Programming
*American Routes – A Change is Gonna Come: Words and Music in the Spirit of Martin Luther King
American Routes reflects on the legacy of Martin Luther King in both words and music. We’ll talk music with Civil Rights activist and college professor Julian Bond. Jazz trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard stops by to share stories of his life in the jazz world during those tumultuous times. All this, plus songs and voices to commemorate our past and look to our future.
Bluegrass Breakdown – Bluegrass Men, A-B
We’ll be meeting some of the colorful men that inhabit the land where freedom and the banjo ring. Honi Deaton, the Gibson Brothers, Cadillac Sky, the Greenbriar Boys and Del McCoury will be giving us intense high-lonesome snapshots of such characters as alligator men, angry men, big men, blind men, blue men, boat men and bullet men.
Bluegrass Review
New bluegrass dominates the beginning of the broadcast. Our Gem of Bluegrass is a study of the song “Log Cabin in the Lane” which exists in many variants. Later, we talk to Donna Ulisse, Nashville-based songwriter and singer. Donna writes on unusual subject matter. Plus we play some certifiable classics. We also found one more Merle Haggard song done as a bluegrass song. . If you want to contact host Phil Nusbaum, the email address is pnusbaum@bitstream.net.
Bluegrass Signal – 2009 IBMA Awards Show
Highlights from the IBMA Awards Show, recorded at the Ryman in Nashville on 10-1-09. There are performances by both the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and The Dillards, following their inductions into the IBMA Hall Of Fame, and by co-hosts Hot Rize & Kathy Mattea following some onstage banter. There are also songs from Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Danny Paisley & Junior Sisk, Dale Ann Bradley, Del McCoury Band, Gibson Brothers, and Lonesome River Band, and tunes from a group of Instrumental All-Stars, as well as Steve Martin with Steep Canyon Rangers.
*The Dick Spottswood Show
Mel Tillis shanghais the Bray Brothers, and a couple of calypsonians would like to jump ship too. Shot Jackson is featured on both Dobro and lap steel with Johnnie & Jack, Kitty Wells, the Bailes Brothers, Osborne Brothers, and Red Allen. Then we’ll hear Buck (Uncle Josh) Graves from 1953-4, backing Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper in the days before he joined Flatt & Scruggs. In the second hour, a Cajun/Creole medley featuring the legendary Amédé Ardoin, Buck Owens and Moon Mullican. We’ll wind up with an excerpt from a 1944 Charlie Monroe broadcast with Lester Flatt.
*etown – etown in Portland with Sarah McLachlan, Darrell Scott and Griffin House
eTown and hosts Nick & Helen Forster travel to Portland, Oregon for the first time to record a show at the charming Newmark Theater in this repeat ‘back by-popular-demand’ airing. Sarah McLachlan is back with us, this time solo, selecting songs from her amazing catalog of new and classic material presented sparsely and in solid style. Phenomenal multi-instrumentalist and Grammy-nominated hit songwriter, Darrell Scott joins us, too, with a powerful set of songs. Plus, talented newcomer, singer-songwriter Griffin House, is in eTown for his first visit as well.
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.,
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
On Saturday, January 16 Lee will host a special Bluegrass Unlimited Top 40 Countdown for the year of 2009.
Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard – Mon. 12 a.m., Wed. 9 p.m., Thurs. 12 p.m.
*Mountain Stage
Featuring Shelby Lynne, James McMurtry, Malcolm Holcombe, The Lee Boys, Jim Bianco. Playlist.
Music from Foggy Hollow
In Music from Foggy Hollow from Australia this week Mike Kear’s featuring a new CD from banjo player Chris Warner – his 22nd in fact. Also on the show this week, new music from great young banjo player Jessie Baker, the most well kept 41 year old secret in bluegrass – High Country, Larry Sparks and Canadians Hungry Hill. And believe it or not, Beyonce Knowles even makes an appearance! Mike doesn’t take himself too seriously in Foggy Hollow there’s always time for some fun too. It’s another show jam packed with bluegrass goodness. Don’t miss it!
Old Time Jam
We honor fiddler Henry Reed this week with a program sampling the many tunes he played. Alan Jabbour, who collected and recorded Henry’s music plays a prominent role in the show, and lots of others play the tunes that Henry Reed played, including the New Lost city Ramblers, The Fuzzy Mountain String Band, Franklin George and David O’Dell, Gandydancer, the New North Carolina Ramblers, Dave Bing, Dwight Diller, Jake Krack, Adam Hurt and Kirk Sutphin.
The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p
Rotating Shows
The Tom “Cat” Reeder Show – Sunday 3 a.m. (January 17)
The Old Home Place with Lisa Kay Howard – Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (January 24)
LIVE Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster
Guests Darin & Brooke Aldridge will provide their comments about their new self titled CD on this week’s edition. This will be the official radio debut the recording which will be released January 19th. The recording was produced by Jerry Salley who also adds to the vocals on several tracks. East Public Relations’ Kimberly Williams reports that “audiences in every venue have been stunned by the conviction, commitment, and depth of performances by Darin and Brooke Aldridge. Presenting songs of faith in God and love of each other, their connection with their audiences is extraordinary. Brooke’s voice is powerful and emotional with Darin’s harmony work tightly matched and phrased as only family can do. Compared to a female and male version of the Everly Brothers, Darin and Brooke bring a freshness to traditional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel. It is old but new; still bluegrass but also contemporary acoustic music with perfect instrumentation.” You can learn more at www.DarinAndBrookeAldridge.com. And keep those hymn books at the ready for the sing along at the beginning of the third hour as usual.
*Thistle and Shamrock – John Doyle
Guitar master, singer, producer John Doyle is one of the most versatile artists in Irish music. Find out about his signature rhythmic guitar style, how he develops his irresistible arrangements and his life as a ransplanted Dubliner in the mountains of North Carolina.
LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 2-6 p.m.
Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – West Coast Bands
This show features West Coast Bluegrass Bands – from both Canada and the USA. We include the music of early bluegrass on the West Coasts to the present day. We hope you will enjoy the creative talents of these entertainers especially the awesome “very vinyl moments” with tunes from the long play records in our collection.
