Filling in for "Bluegrass Rules" - 7/26/2011 & 8/2/2011

At this point, we hope you're aware that there's more than one Bluegrass music program on the airwaves at WHUS.  Longtime BG follower James Ward, and his mom, Cathy Ward, have been hosting their one-hour "Bluegrass Rules" every Tuesday from 3-4PM since mid-May.  However, the Wards have been away from the microphones for the last two weeks, as they attended the Ossipee Valley Music Festival in Maine, and then, extended their vacation a tiny bit.  No doubt, if you're attending the Podunk Bluegrass Festival this coming weekend, you'll find the Wards walking around and taking in all of the great music.  Be sure to join them next Tuesday afternoon from 3-4PM, won't you?

 

Speaking of Podunk, the reigning IBMA Bluegrass Event of the Year begins just two days from today, and promises to be a top-notch festival with something that will appeal to every BG listener -- from the traditional to the contemporary.  The lineup is a quality one, and boasts talent such as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Kruger Brothers, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Travelin' McCourys, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, the Grass Pistols, the Dixie Bee-Liners, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys, and a few others.  In addition, there's a very full workshop schedule, and a great band contest on Sunday.  It all happens at Martin Park in nearby East Hartford, CT.  Check it all out, if you can, by calling (860)282-8241 or visit www.podunkbluegrass.net.  See you there!

I've had fun filling in for the Wards for the last two weeks, but make no mistake -- programming BG music in one-hour is challenging.  I tried to feature music from a few of the Podunk performers over the two weeks, and think I managed to do that. 

Be sure to join the Wards next Tuesday from 3-4PM, and I'll see you in the "BG Cafe" this coming Sunday starting at 4PM.  

Amy

7/26/2011

• Maggie's Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Live At Vanderbilt University / Sony
• Lights On The Hill / Del McCoury Band / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Goodbye Old Pal / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia Legacy
• In Despair / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Must Be The Wind / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• No More Room / Thomas Porter & Copper River Band / Trolley Days / Self-Produced
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Down In Caroline / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• In A Groove / Terry Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Lonesome Without You / Donna Ulisse / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Nine Pound Hammer / Reno & Smiley with the Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass, 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Banjo Fling / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music

8/2/2011

• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• It's Mighty Dark To Travel / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia Legacy
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Don't Be Waitin' / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
• You Better Wake Up / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Top Of The World / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• Lonely Violet / Peg & Ed / Lonely Violet / Self-Produced
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Live In Japan / Copper Creek
• Stepping Stones / Terry Baucom with Paul Williams & Cindy Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Blind Man / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / no label
• Steel Rails / Louisa Branscomb / It's Time To Write A Song... / Lodestar
• Gone At Last / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• I Thought That She Loved Me / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Flat Creek / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Dixie Special / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder