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*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 …
*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.
