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*American Routes – Guitar Heroes: Pat Martino & Ben Hall
Join us this week for an exploration of the guitar in jazz, blues and country music. We’ll visit with modern jazz guitarist Pat Martino at his home in Philadelphia and find out more about his formulas for playing jazz solos. Then it’s a conversation with up and coming thumbpicking guitarist Ben Hall, who walks us through the Merle Travis songbook.
Bluegrass Breakdown – Barry Scott & Second Wind Live, Part 2
He honed his craft with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, playing an integral role in that band’s unprecedented seven consecutive year run as IBMA Vocal Group of the Year. In 2006, he formed his own group, Second Wind, with whom he garnered a 2009 Grammy nomination for the gospel album, “In God’s Time.” Barry Scott and Second Wind will be our special live guests.
Bluegrass Gospel USA! – Tues. 8 p.m. ET
Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #120
Bluegrass from 1955 is profiled in the “Starving Out” segment. From that watershed year you’ll hear Carl Story go rockabilly, Don Reno and Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith’s “Feudin’ Banjos,” Buzz Busby’s “Lost” (with Scotty Stoneman, Don Stover, and Charlie Waller), and a reunion of the Monroe Brothers at New River Ranch. Later in the program, pioneer female musicians Roni and Donna Stoneman and Gloria Belle ace a couple of classics from the early ‘70s, and the Dillards perform a homecoming concert with John Hartford in Salem, MO. A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.
Bluegrass Review – #1141
Our show begins with songs about kids. In bluegrass there are a lot of tragic songs about kids, but this time we mix in a lot of cute and uplifting songs. Check out the new Blue Highway song Heather and Billy, about a couple that finds kids no one wants, and gives them good homes. Our Gem of Bluegrass details the broad effects of bluegrass banjo. Then, we play some recent tribute songs, including some for Bill Monroe. Then we talk to Audie Blaylock, who has done a recent set of Bill Monroe songs. We’re asking listeners to suggest Bluegrass to be Thankful for to be aired about Thanksgiving. This is the bluegrass that really moves listeners. To tell us which songs you are thankful for, and why, use the contact link at www.bluegrassreview.com or on Facebook. If you want to contact host Phil Nusbaum, the email address is pnusbaum@bitstream.net. The playlist is located at www.bluegrassreview.com.
Bluegrass Signal – #165 (In Memory Of Wade Mainer – rebroadcast)
Originally broadcast on the 100th(!) birthday of Wade Mainer, who was born near Asheville, NC, on April 21, 1907, this week’s “Bluegrass Signal” provides a musical overview of and memorial tribute to the musician who’s been called the “Grandfather Of Bluegrass.” His music provides a vital transitional link between the old-time stringbands of the 1920s and the emerging bluegrass style of the 1930s and ‘40s, and his repertoire is the basis for numerous now-standard bluegrass songs. This overview of his music includes the earliest recordings in 1935 with brother J.E. Mainer, a 1941 radio show with Wade’s Sons Of the Mountaineers band, and more recent sessions with his wife Julia (aka Hillbilly Lilly), to whom he was married for over 70 years.
*Capital Americana – Wed. 8 p.m. ET, Sat. 2 p.m. ET
*The Dick Spottswood Show – #359
Obsolete songs by various Stoneman Family members, songs about impossible demands, mules, rabbits and Darby’s legendary ram, and mournful classics by the Lilly Brothers and Blue Sky Boys—be sure to have an extra handkerchief on hand.
Editor’s Picks – Darin and Brooke Aldridge
This week we’re featuring a performance and interview with Darin and Brooke Aldridge. This bluegrass duo stopped by our Washington, DC studios to chat with Lee Michael Demsey and play songs from the new album “So Much In Between”
*etown – Meklit Hadero / Jackie Greene
Dubbed “The Prince of Americana” by The New York Times, Jackie Greene is a young, evolving singer-songwriter who has certainly lived up to the media hype he’s received during his short career. He brings a healthy dose of his blues inspired, folk-rock to the eTown stage. Ethiopian born and American bred singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero visits eTown as well.
The Free for All – Monday-Thursday, 6-8 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.
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 performances from Vince Gill, David Mayfield Parade, Red Molly, Jim Lauderdale and John Lilly. View Playlist.
Music from Foggy Hollow – #201142
Old Time Jam – #178 (Simos, Verch, Monks, Sibley)
On this week’s jam, we’ll hear tunes that make us think of the summer’s music festivals and jams! We’ll hear James Leva & Purgatory Mountain, Nate Leath & Friends, The Monks, Joe Herrmann, Red Hen Stringband and more! There will be an Old Hotel, an Amish Town, a Drowsy Sleeper, and a Forked Deer! So join me, for Old-Time Jam!
Open Mic – Chatham County Line & The Woodshedders (Rebroadcast)
This week we highlight recent live performances from Chatham County Line and The Woodshedders recorded in the Washington, D.C. area.
The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p
Rotating Shows:
- Tom “Cat” Reeder Show with host Tom “Cat” Reeder – Tues. 12 p.m. ET, Thurs. 12 a.m. ET, Sun. 3 a.m. ET (Oct 23)
- The Old Home Place with host Lisa Kay Howard – Tues. 12 p.m. ET, Thurs. 12 a.m. ET, Sun. 3 a.m. ET (Oct 30)
Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
Tune in for some rare, previously unissued recordings from the new box set of Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers’ songs produced by the Bear Family. This is a wonderful addition to our Stained Glass inventory and well enjoy this collection for many Sundays to come. Keep the song book handy for the old hymn sing as well.
*Thistle and Shamrock – Live Vibe
From Old Blind Dogs in the Midwestern U.S. and The Chieftains in Dublin, to Skolvan in Italy and Skyedance in Spain, this week’s live recordings prove what we already know: Celtic music has worldwide appeal, is on the move and is best experienced live.
*Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 3-6 p.m. LIVE
Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – #1549 (Breakin’ Loose)
This show features music about breaking out, turn loose, get on with it and movin’ on. Lots of fun tunes on this one.
