All times listed are Eastern Time
*denotes part of our Roots and Branches Block
*American Routes – Festival Time in Lafayette, LA
Join us on the festival grounds in Lafayette, LA for the 25th annual Festival International. We’ll sample outstanding live performances in Cajun, Creole, Latin and Blues, including Keb Mo, Sonny Landreth, and Steve Riley. Be sure to get out your dancing shoes for cumbia with Miami’s Locos Por Juana, two-steps with Yvette Landry and cajun waltzes with the Lost Bayou Ramblers. Plus an all-star South Louisiana tribute to the best of swamp pop, Cajun classics and zydeco.
Bluegrass Breakdown – Hollows
They’re some of BluegrassLand’s most beautiful … and feared areas. They’re shrouded in secrecy, often fraught with danger, but curiously, are some of the most joyous and idyllic places in the land that Bill Monroe begat … and time forgot. They’re small valleys between hills known as hollows, or in Appalachian parlance, hollers. We’ll be headin’ up Dark, Sycamore, Simpson’s , Donnaly’s, Toby’s, Moonshine, Sleepy, Slocum’s and Dead Man’s Hollows. (originally aired July 2010).
Bluegrass Gospel USA! – Tues. 8 p.m. ET
Bluegrass Master Class – Banks of the Ohio #117
The second half hour features music from 1952, including Don Reno & Red Smiley’s first recording together as the Tennessee Cut-ups, Jimmy Martin with Bill Monroe, and Curly Seckler and Benny Martin with Flatt & Scruggs. Some fascinating live performances include the Lilly Brothers & Don Stover (1952), the New Lost City Ramblers (1962), David Grisman and the New York Ramblers (1964), the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Vassar Clements (1974), Hot Rize (1996), and Rhonda Vincent (2005). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.
Bluegrass Review – #1135
The program opens with some western songs we wish we’d had time to play earlier this summer. After that, our Gem of Bluegrass focuses on fiddling traditions. Later, we spin some recent additions to the vein of Latin influenced bluegrass music. We’d love to hear your comments 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 – Sun. 10 p.m. ET, Tues. 1 a.m. ET, Wed. 6 a.m. ET, Thurs. 8 p.m. ET
*Capital Americana – Wed. 8 p.m. ET, Sat. 2 p.m. ET
Capital Americana’s Very First Anniversary Show
It’s the very first anniversary of Capital Americana this week. The show was started on August 14th, 2010. And we’ve had some amazing in studio guests over the past year. This week and for the next three weeks we’ll feature excerpts from each of those guest performances. And if you want to hear the entire interview for any of them, visit the interview archive, where we’ll be posting four full interviews each week.
*The Dick Spottswood Show – #352
Out on the farm, down in the mine, digging for oil, and other songs by and for working folks to celebrate Labor Day. The Carter Family, Stanley Brothers, Champion Jack, Uncle Dave, Jimmy Martin, Bob Willa and Sonny Boy Williamson all promise to work hard on your behalf. And, with printed lyrics, you can sing along with Lord Invader and the Growling Tiger—call it calypso karaoke.
Editor’s Picks – The Chapmans, Kati Penn & NewTown
This week we head back to IBMA 2010 for live performances from The Chapmans and Kati Penn and Newtown.
*etown – Steve Earle / Anais Mitchell / Allison Moorer (Part 2 of 2)
The fun continues at the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont, as we bring you part two of a special two-part program featuring visiting musical guests Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, and Anais Mitchell. This week, we hear more from Steve Earle, legendary American sage and singer-songwriter extraordinaire. Also with us is talented writer/musician/songstress (whose husband happens to be Steve Earle) Allison Moorer, she shares her special blend of sophisticated, country-flavored tunes. Gifted Burlington native Anais Mitchell returns to share a song too.
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
Jenny and Johnny, Jason D. Williams, Dwight Twilley, The Alternate Routes, James Maddock. View Playlist
Music from Foggy Hollow – #201135
Old Time Jam – #172 (New Records, Part 1)
Open Mic – Sat. 6 a.m. ET, Mon. 5 a.m. ET, Thurs. 3 a.m. ET, Fri. 6 p.m. ET
Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown
Hosted by Lee Michael Demsey, the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown features the top 30 songs as reported to Bluegrass Unlimited for the upcoming month, in the familiar countdown format. Demsey also includes brief comments from some of the artists and/or songwriters whose music is included.
The Ray Davis Show – Monday- Friday LIVE, 3-6p.m., Sunday 10am-1p
Rotating Shows:
- The Old Home Place with host Lisa Kay Howard – Tues. 12 p.m. ET, Thurs. 12 a.m. ET, Sun. 3 a.m. ET (Sep 4)
- Foster’s Corner with host Bill Foster – Tues. 12 p.m. ET, Thurs. 12 a.m. ET, Sun. 3 a.m. ET (Sep 11)
Stained Glass Bluegrass hosted by Bob Webster – Sunday LIVE 6-10 a.m., Tues. 9 p.m.
On this Labor Day weekend we’ll enjoy a few of the many artists that will be with us live during our broadcast from Nashville, Tennessee during the IBMA World of Bluegrass the last week of September. Don’t forget – we’ll sing some old hymns at the beginning of the third hour.
*Thistle and Shamrock – Heading South
Join us to explore the Celtic roots of music from the Southern Mountains of the US, with songs and tunes from flat pick guitarist Norman Blake, fiddler James Bryan, multi-instrumentalist Mark O’Connor and others.
*Traditions with Mary Cliff – Saturday 3-6 p.m. LIVE
Uptown Bluegrass with George McKnight – #1542
