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This Week: WAMU’s Tom “Cat” Reeder (1935-2012)

WAMU’s Bluegrass Country’s own Tom “Cat” Reeder was a friendly voice on radios across Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC for over 55 years. Tom passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012. He was 77 years old. (Read more here) Listen to Bluegrass Country’s hour long tribute to him on Tuesday, July 10 at 9 pm ET.

On Editor’s Picks, we’re featuring performances and interviews with The Carolina Chocolate Drops and the duo of Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton– two groups that are taking old time sounds to brand new places. (Click here for airtimes)

Also, be sure to check out the videos of recent live performances from our Washington, DC studios.

Read about all this and more in the July 7-13 Highlights.

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