*denotes part of our Roots and Branches series
*American Routes
Working class, self-styled and always opinionated, the late King of Bluegrass Jimmy Martin talks guitar-picking, hunting dogs and the Opry. And singer of songs, Percy Sledge recalls going from hospital orderly to Atlantic Records soul singer with “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
Banks of the Ohio
In the second half hour, hear 10 songs from 1936 that all pointed in the direction of bluegrass. There are also a couple of rousing Rose Maddox vocals, a classic Country Gentlemen song that has never been issued on CD, and some great live music from the Stanley Brothers (1960), Flatt & Scruggs (1963), the Stoneman Family (1964), the Lilly Brothers & Don Stover (1967), and Rhonda Vincent (2005). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, with host Fred Bartenstein.
Bluegrass Breakdown – Carry On
We’ll be examining the concept of carriage from a high lonesome perspective. With the invaluable guidance of The New Tradition, Dan Tyminski, Dave Evans, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Reno & Smiley, Bill Clifton and Bradley Walker, we’ll be carried away, carried back and carried home while carrying memories, traditions, promises and crosses.
Bluegrass Review
Ballads are old fashioned story-songs that are part of the bluegrass music song inheritance from Great Britain. We investigate ballads on the Gem of Bluegrass. Later on the show, we talk to great songwriter Larry Cordle about some of his songs and about the craft of songwriting. Plus we start a new thing, bluegrass songs with a rock and roll attitude.
Bluegrass Signal
This week Peter Thompson surveys some of the music that will be part of Redwood Bluegrass Associates‘ Spring Concert Series. There’s a new live recording from The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band (with Jody Stecher and Keith Little), new demos from Rustler’s Moon with Kathy Kallick & Bill Evans and The Mighty Crows, and recent releases from The Infamous Stringdusters, Jack & Molly Tuttle, and The David Thom Band.
*The Dick Spottswood Show
This week’s first hour focuses on mid-western 45 rpms, mostly from the Starday label and the 1950s. A few 78 and 45 rpms inthe second hour.
*etown with Nick Forster
The father and innovator of modern banjo pickin’, Earl Scruggs, and his band in this special show recorded at Boulder’s historic Chautauqua Auditorium last year. Also joining us are etown faves and bluegrass homeboys, Hot Rize in a rare public appearance, cutting through some of their most popular tunes, with Pete Wernick, Tim O’Brien, Nick Forster and Bryan Sutton. Plus, another committed e-chievement award winner shares his experience with us– all for you, in etown!
LIVE Friday Night Free for All – 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. ET
Bluegrass with Bob Webster Sunday 3 a.m. (2/17)
The Old Home Place with Lisa Kay Howard, LIVE Tuesday 12 p.m., Thursday 12 a.m., Sunday 3 a.m. (2/24)
LIVE The Gary Henderson Show Saturday 8-11 a.m.
The Katy Daley Show Mon-Fri, 7-10 a.m.
The Lee Michael Demsey Show Mon-Fri, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard
*Mountain Stage
Rebroadcast from March, 2007 featuring Bruce Cockburn, Brave Combo, Susan Werner, Nanci Griffith, and Jack Shimabukuro. Playlist.
Music from Foggy Hollow
Mike Kear is back from the beach where he’s been camping in the sun, and features a new CD from Tim Hensley called “Long Monday” (Rural Rhythm). Also, Mike introduces a new feature to the show – from time to time listeners will be programming part of the show. Listen to the show for details. It’s a big show, and all new, so don’t miss it!
Musician Tip - AndyHall
Open Mic – The Tom Cat Reeder Show
*Old Time Jam
This week Hubie King compares and contrasts Bluegrass and Old Time banjo styles and illustrates trends which tend to blur the differences. Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, Jim Mills, Tom Adams and Hubert Davis exemplify the Bluegrass banjo sound. John Herrmann, Bruce Molsky, Paul Brown, Laura Boosinger, Hubie King and David O’Dell hold up the Old Time end. Mark Johnson, Tony Ellis and the Foghorn Stringband show merging trends. Fiddle Fans will hear Michael Cleveland, Dave Bing, Rayna Gellert and Stephen Sammy Lind of the Foghorn Boys.
LIVE The Ray Davis Show Sunday 10a.m.- 1 p.m., Mon-Fri, 3-6 p.m.
Special Programming
Sound Sessions from Smithsonian Folkways: Bill Monroe. With Host Sam Litzinger and Archivist Jeff Place. More information on the music played in this program is available from Smithsonian Folkways.
LIVE Stained Glass Bluegrass Hosted by Bob Webster
We’ll celebrate the conclusion of the Winter Membership Campaign by devoting the entire second hour to the old favorites requested over the years by members of the Stained Glass Bluegrass family. And of course we’ll start the third hour with another selection of those old hymns from those song books hidden in the piano bench.
*Thistle and Shamrock – Song Beat
Hebridean tweed workers’ songs, rowing songs, hiking songs, mouth music — their lyrics take a back seat to their integral rhythms, lightening the work and keeping the singer going. Get into the rhythm of the song this week with Catherine-Ann MacPhee, Ossian, Christy Moore and many more.
LIVE *Traditions with Mary Cliff, Saturday 2-6 p.m.
