"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/4/2025

On the May 4th edition of Bluegrass Cafe, we shared lots of fine music -- some classic and some of the very new variety.  We even included some non-Bluegrass music...but not too much.

For the new music, we shared songs from forthcoming projects by Rrinaco (a new musical endeavor from High Fidelity's Corrina Rose Logston Stephens) as well as the Tidalwave Road Bluegrass Band, as well as recent releases from the Seldom Scene, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Big Country Bluegrass, the Travelin' McCourys, the Henhouse Prowlers, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.  In addition, we shared music from a soon-to-be-released recording from Missy Raines & Allegheny on Compass Records called "Love & Trouble."  Missy and her fine, energetic band have been performing all over the northeast for the last week or so in support of this new record, and it's a dandy.  We hope to have a chat with Missy on the air over the next few weeks, so we'll let you know when that happens.  

For the non-Bluegrass music, we shared a selection from Country Music Hall of Famer, Randy Travis (who was born on May 4, 1959).  In addition to two Bluegrass covers of Randy Travis songs, we played Randy's first chart record, "1982." 

One week from today is Commencement at the University of Connecticut.  Parking is always a big whoop on campus during graduation, so we'll have to let you know if there will be a live edition of our Bluegrass Cafe on May 11th or not.  We'll post on our WHUS Bluegrass Cafe Facebook page, so keep your eyes open...

...and have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Mighty Mississippi / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Red River Valley/Back To Red River / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• The River / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Mis'ry River / Doyle Lawson / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Will I Be That Lucky Man / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• Puddle Jumper / Ray Legere & Roger Williams / River Of No Return / Strictly Country Records
• Radio Boogie / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill
• A Hundred Miles To Go / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• Broke Down And Lonesome / King Wilkie / Broke / Rebel
• Medley:  The Wild Side Of Life/Take These Chains From My Heart/They'll Never Take Her Love From Me/Don't Be Angry/Wedding Bells/The Wild Side Of Life / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky:  Songs Of Laurie Lewis / Rounder
• Raw Hide / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Diagnosis Broken Heart / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / single / Pinecastle
• With Body And Soul / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Get Along Somehow / Rrinaco / single / Rebel
• Daydreamer / Travelin' McCourys / One Chord That Rings True / McCoury Music
• Low Down And Lonesome / Tidalwave Road Bluegrass Band / Low Down & Lonesome / Pinecastle
• I Like Beer / Travelin' McCourys / One Chord That Rings True / McCoury Music
• Yanceyville Jail / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Cold Wind / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Anywhere The Wind Blows / Missy Raines & Allegheny with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• 1982 / Randy Travis / Storms Of Life / Warner Bros. [Randy Travis birthday, 5/4/1959]
• Digging Up Bones / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Country Grass / Pinecastle [Randy Travis birthday, 5/4/1959]
• Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder [Randy Travis birthday, 5/4/1959]
• Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico / Bluegrass Etc. / Bluegrass Etc. / Sierra Records
• Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / In Concert, Volume One -- All The Rage / Upper Management Music
• Poor Monroe / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Roll On Buddy / Tony Trischka with Del McCoury / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Back In The Country / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Honey Will You Be Mine / Henhouse Prowlers / Unravel / Dark Shadow Recording
• If I Lose / Roland White Band / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• The Memory Of Your Smile / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Jerry Wicentowski / Thanks, Mac!:  Songs Of Mac Wiseman / Self-Produced
• Walking Down The Line / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Rock Bottom / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• He Set Me Free / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Thankful And Blessed / Billy Blue Records
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• God's Record Book Of Life / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Along The Way / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Two Wings / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Just Beyond / Barry Abernathy with John Meador, Tim Raybon & Bradley Walker / Blue Collar Gospel:  Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Give Me The Roses While I Live / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• Goin' Up / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• He Put A Rainbow In The Clouds For Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder