"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/10/2026

On Sunday, we celebrated two wonderful events at our Bluegrass Cafe:  Commencement Day at UConn and, of course, Mother's Day!  While we could only wish all UConn graduates a heartfelt congratulations, we did a bit more celebrating of Mothers on Sunday afternoon.  Hope you were able to celebrate the day in a special way, either being honored by your children, celebrating your mother in person, or remembering her with many fond memories.  

As you likely know, there are MANY songs celebrating mothers in the World of Bluegrass.  We included many of those during our broadcast on Sunday from performers as varied as the Gibson Brothers, Reno & Smiley, Kathy Kallick, Lou Reid, the Louvin Brothers, High Fidelity, Lynn Morris, the Lonesome River Band, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, and many others.  

Appropriately, Mother's Day also happened to be the birth anniversary of Maybelle Carter (May 10, 1909 - November 23, 1978) -- who became known as "Mother Maybelle" for many years after the breakup of the original Carter Family.  

A tiny bit of new music also made it onto our playlist for this week, including another new single from the Kody Norris Show, as well as Bryan Sutton with Tommy Emmanuel, Darren Nicholson, and Jaelee Roberts.

Finally, we briefly remembered Evelyn Cox Hobbs - a Grammy Award-winning member of the Cox Family who died on May 6th at the age of 66.  

Hope you had a wonderful day!  Please consider joining me once again this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another Bluegrass Cafe, won't you?

See you then!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Know Whose Tears / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White, And Bluegrass / Bear Family Records
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother) / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart:  A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom / Sugar Hill
• Thank God For Mama / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Mama Tried / The Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Memories Of Mother / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• How I Miss My Darling Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Good Ol' USA / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Bryan Sutton with Tommy Emmanuel / single / Mountain Home
• I'm Putting You Out Of My Misery / Jaelee Roberts / single / Mountain Home
• Get Me Down The Line / Darren Nicholson / single / Mountain Home
• Marbletown / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU! A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• Look Down That Lonesome Road / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• Red River Valley / Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Legacy [Remembering Maybelle Carter:  5/10/1909 - 10/23/1978]
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs feat. Mother Maybelle Carter / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia [Remembering Maybelle Carter:  5/10/1909 - 10/23/1978]
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder [Remembering Maybelle Carter:  5/10/1909 - 10/23/1978]
• Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder [Remembering Evelyn Cox Hobbs:  6/20/1959 - 5/6/2026]
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Allison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder [Remembering Evelyn Cox Hobbs:  6/20/1959 - 5/6/2026]
• I Can Read Between The Lines In Your Letters / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Mama's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• From The Hollow / Beartracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• My Mother's White Rose / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Don't You Want To Go There / BlueRidge / Gettin' Ready / Pinecastle
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I'll Wear A White Robe / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Soul Condition / Billy Blue Records
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• My Mother Prays So Loud In Her Sleep / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• My Mother's Bible / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Mother Sweet Mother / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / 
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/26/2026

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe had us wandering through many decades of fine Bluegrass selections from the early 1950s through brand-new music.  

In the latter category of "brand-new" or "recent" Bluegrass, we heard from Caroline Owens, Izaak Atlas Schwartz, Doug Rorrer, Alison Brown & Steve Martin, Appalachian Road Show, and the new live recording from Blue Highway.

And we revisited some more now-classic tunes that were featured in the Top 30 of the National Bluegrass Survey according to Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine in February 1996. 

This coming Sunday, I will away from the microphone enjoying some live music from the talented Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, so the Bluegrass Cafe you hear will be one from the COVID-era archives.  

As always, thanks for listening, and have a wonderful week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I'm Bound To Ride / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• The Wandering Boy / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Tall Stands Of Timber / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Daughter Of The Stars / Pinecastle
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Old Rusty Gate / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Old Rusty Gate / Rebel
• Where The Old Red River Flows / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Wing And A Prayer / David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide / David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide / Pinecastle 
• Walk Out In The Rain / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder
• Cowboy's Dream / Cox Family / Beyond The City / Rounder
• Tear My Stillhouse Down / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• A Few Old Memories / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Mountains And Memories / Country Gentlemen / Souvenirs / Rebel
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Traditional Grass / The Blues Are Still The Blues / Rebel
• Dark Wind Of Missouri / Chris Jones / Blinded By The Rose / Strictly Country Records
• Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Evangeline / Caroline Owens / single / Billy Blue Records
• Rockwood Deer Chase / Izaak Atlas Schwartz / Black Oak Ridge / Patuxent Music
• George Collins / Doug Rorrer / Songs I Learned At My Mother's Knee / Patuxent Music
• In The Gravel Yard / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU! A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• Cedar City Blues / Eddie Adcock / The Patuxent Banjo Project / Patuxent Music
• A Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / 25 Years Of Strictly Country Magazine / Strictly Country Records
• Flame In My Heart / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder
• Going And Gone / Trey Hensley with Molly Tuttle / Can't Outrun The Blues / Pinecastle
• Little Joe / Jeff White / The White Album / Rounder
• In Memory / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
• Thinking About You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• That's Just Lonesome / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Let's Get Out Of Here / Alison Brown & Steve Martin / Safe, Sensible, And Sane / Compass Records
• Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• The HIlls That I Call Home / Bob & Sarah Amos / Ever Onward / Self-Produced
• Rosalee McFall / Appalachian Road Show / Della Jane's Heart / Billy Blue Records
• Old Liberty / Bass Mountain Boys with Chubby Wise / Fiddlin' With Tradition / BMM Records
• Ragged Man / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Where I'm Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Calamity Jane / Becky Buller with Rhonda Vincent / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• Red, Red Robin / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• I Know His Voice / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder
• Where Could I Go But To The Lord / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Soul Condition / Billy Blue Records
• The Mighty Name Of Jesus / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Three Rusty Nails / Ronnie Bowman / The Man I'm Tryin' To Be / Sugar Hill
• A Brighter Mansion Over There / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• Standing In The Need Of Prayer / Jim Mills with Dan Tyminski / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• Heaven's Joy Awaits / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• I'm Getting Ready To Leave This World / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/19/2026

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we shared new music, looked back at some popular songs of 30 years ago, and celebrated both Earth Day and the birthday of a Bluegrass Hall of Famer.  It was a certainly a full three-hour program, so hope you were able to join us.

New music came from a young banjo player named Izaak Atlas Schwartz and the trio of Shelton & Williams.  We also included newer music from the Po' Ramblin' Boys and Southern Legacy.

We shared several tunes from the great Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Doyle Lawson, who celebrated his 82nd birthday on April 20th.

And, for something different, we put a small spotlight on nine songs from the Top 30 songs featured in the National Bluegrass Survey as published in the February 1996 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited.  Among the performers who were on the charts that month was a very new band who had three songs on the chart, including the top song and top album, Blue Highway.  Other songs we featured were performed by the Laurel Canyon Ramblers, Gary Ferguson, Lynn Morris, Claire Lynch, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Byron Berline with Vince Gill, IIIrd Tyme Out, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  We'll plan to feature a look back at other National Bluegrass Survey songs in future editions of our Bluegrass Cafe.  

Hope you are having a good week, and that you'll consider tuning in once again to our Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday from 4-7PM.

See you then - 

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Old Devil's Dream / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / JSP Records
• Another Day / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• Love You In Vain / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Richmond On The James / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Arcadia / Down The Road Records
• Walk The Way The Wind Blows / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Say You'll Take Me Back / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Another Town / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Straight Drive / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• Trail Of Tears / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Honky Tonk Blues / Terry McGill with Jen Larson / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• Early Morning Rain / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Grandfather's Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Bright Sherman Valley / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Down Where The River Bends / NorthernBound / Grandad Hank / Self-Produced
• Red River Valley / Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Black Oak Ridge / Izaak Atlas Schwartz / Black Oak Ridge / Patuxent Music
• Shifting Sand / Shelton & Williams / single / Huckleberry Records
• Pardon Me / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Turnberry Records
• Bill From Isonville / Southern Legacy / single / Pinecastle
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Clear Cut / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• Paradise / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• It's A Long, Long Road / Blue Highway / It's A Long, Long Road / Rebel
• Rambler's Blues / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Rambler's Blues / Sugar Hill
• Past The Point Of Rescue / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Sleepy-Eyed John/Tom And Jerry / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / The Oak And The Laurel / Rounder
• Rose Of Old Kentucky / Byron Berline with Vince Gill / Fiddle And A Song / Sugar Hill
• Can't Say Goodbye / IIIrd Tyme Out / Letter To Home / Rounder
• Pee Wee And Fern / Claire Lynch / Moonlighter / Rounder
• Walking The Blues / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Sweet Rosie Jones / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Cabin Song / Billy Strings / Highway Prayers / Reprise
• Are You Wasting My Time / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Walking Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• Pretending I Don't Care / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• Rock My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Just As The Sun Went Down / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• So Happy I'll Be / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• I'm Going Up When He Starts Down / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Soul Condition / Billy Blue Records
• I Can't Sit Down / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• Goodbye / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/12/2026

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe began with two sets of cover songs in honor of the great Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) -- a man who is probably the favorite male country singer of many Bluegrass performers, as loads of his songs have been covered over the years.  Merle even recorded his own Bluegrass(ish) record, so how can we not celebrate his life and music during our Bluegrass show?  (Answer:  we can't).  

Several newer songs made their way onto our program on Sunday, as well, with selections from Dailey & Vincent, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Blue Highway, Anthony Howell, and the Grammy Award-winning duo of Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland.  

Hope you'll consider joining us once again this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.  It'll be fun, so don't miss it, okay?

See you then - 

Amy O. 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Slowly But Surely / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Happy Appy Records [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Silver Wings / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Back To The Barrooms / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• The Fightin' Side Of Me / Merle Haggard / Vintage Collections / Capitol [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Big City / U.S. Navy Band Country Current / Live / Altissimo [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Swinging Doors / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Hobo Blues / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Seven Year Blues / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Bright Lights & Country Music / Rhonda Vincent / Only Me / Upper Management Music
• I'll Never Shed Another Tear / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Pardon Me / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• Handsome Molly / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Lonesome Pine Breakdown / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family Records
• Stone Cold Loneliness / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Moon Shines On The Still / Dailey & Vincent / A Beautiful Life / Pillar Stone Records
• Big Daddy Rabbit / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / single / Yeah Man Records
• I'd Rather Be A Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU!  A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• Ground Speed / Anthony Howell / single / Noxubee Hills Music Group
• Let's Sing Our Song / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland with John Cowan / single / Fiddleman Records
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU!  A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH Records
• Cowboys Dig Them High-Heeled Shoes / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Heading Home For Maine / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• Just Wondering Why / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• That's All Right / Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Rock Hearts / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder
• Trouble Keeps Hanging 'Round My Door / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music
• Come On Back / DownRiver Collective / single / Self-Produced
• I Got Wise / Eddie & Martha Adcock / TwoGrass / Pinecastle
• How Could I Love Her So Much / The Travelers / Ridin' The Lines / Hay Holler
• Sweetest Love / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Bend, Don't Break / Rick Faris / Life's Parade / Dark Shadow Recording
• I Never Was Too Much / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Dreams About The Hills Of Home / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather Records
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• God Loves His Children / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Heaven's Bright Shore / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Working On A Building / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• The Eastern Gate / Traditional Grass / I Believe In The Old-Time Way / Rebel
• I Want To Be A Christian Soldier / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• He Will Roll You Over The Tide / Merle Monroe / Back To The Country / Pinecastle
• Walkin', Runnin', Flyin' / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/5/2026

The Easter Sunday edition of our Bluegrass Cafe wasn't supposed to happen, as the UConn Women's Basketball team was supposed to play in the National Championship game that day at 3:30PM.  Since the team lost on Good Friday, though, UConn was not part of the championship game, so that gave us a full three-hour radio program.  We were ready!

As you might expect on an Easter Sunday, we included many songs all about the events of Easter and Holy Week.  Hope you enjoyed the holiday!

We also had a proper remembrance of Ronnie Bowman (July 9, 1961 - March 22, 2026).  It's still hard to believe that such a vital singer and songwriter is no longer with us, but wonderful to know that his music always will be.  We included selections from some of Ronnie's solo records, as well as his recordings with Lost & Found, the Lonesome River Band, and Band of Ruhks.  

There was a bit of new music to share on Easter Sunday, too, with selections from Jim Hurst, Bryan Sutton with Kenny Smith, the Kody Norris Show, Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours, Edgar Loudermilk Band, the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, Red Camel Collective, and the Lonesome River Band.

We look forward to joining you for another full three-hour program this coming Sunday, so please check out our Bluegrass Cafe starting at 4PM.

Enjoy the weekend!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Herd / What About Him / Pinecastle
• Were You There / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Purple Robe / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Cry From The Cross / Charlie Sizemore / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Matches / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
• Stormy Horizons / The Expedition Show / Stormy Horizons / Mountain Fever Records
• Air Mail Special / Jim & Jesse / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Baby's Gone / Lost & Found / New Day / Rebel [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Old Country Town / Lonesome River Band / Old Country Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Till We Meet Again / Ronnie Bowman / It's Gettin' Better All The Time / Koch Records [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Between The Devil And The Deep / Bank Of Ruhks / Band Of Ruhks / 101 Ranch Records [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Talkin' To Myself / Lonesome River Band / Talkin' To Myself / Sugar Hill [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• If You Were My Tomorrow / Lost & Found / New Day / Rebel [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Pretty Little Widow / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Mile Marker 203 / Jim Hurst / Travels & Time / Pinecastle
• Three Star Hornpipe / Bryan Sutton with Kenny Smith / single / Mountain Home
• Train Robbery Of The River Bridge / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Pinecastle
• The First Time I Heard About Heaven / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Walk On John / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Bonfire Recording Co.
• Spirit Of America / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• A Brand New Whippoorwill / Junior Sisk / single / Turnberry Records
• Finding Your Way Home / Red Camel Collective / single / Pinecastle
• The Old Home / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Cold And Windy Night / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Old Swingin' Bridge / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• The Old Spinning Wheel / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Carolina In The Pines / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• Long Way Around / Del McCoury Band / single / McCoury Music
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Wall Around Your Heart / Becky Buller with Jim Lauderdale / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• The Mountains Or You / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Hold On Heart / Billy Blue Records
• Where Is My Little Cabin Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow & The High-Rise / Live Oak Records
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• I Got A Date / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• He Is Risen / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
• He's Passing This Way / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• From The Manger To The Cross / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends Together / Wango
• The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• The Empty Tomb / Gary Ferguson / Without You / Turquoise Records
• Remember The Cross / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/29/2026

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was probably one of the shortest shows I have presented in more than 25 years of hosting this program.  Why?  Well, it's March, and that generally means that both UConn Basketball teams are participating in the NCAA Tournament (aka "March Madness.")  Today was a day where one team played a game at 1PM and the other was due to start at 5PM.  I opted to come in for the hour, but the Sports Department asked us to trim that just a bit, so we ended up with a 45 minute program.  Still, I included some newer music -- brand new single from the Del McCoury Band! -- as well as a few classic favorites.  Hope you were able to join us for our super-condensed show!

Here's a program note:   both UConn Basketball teams won their games today.  That means there will be more basketball hitting the WHUS airwaves next weekend.  My understanding is this:  IF the UConn Women win their Final Four game on Friday evening (April 3rd), they will play in the National Championship game on Sunday afternoon (April 5th -- Easter Sunday) at 3:30PM.  That means no live Bluegrass Cafe that day at all.  We'll let you know what's happening as soon as we officially know anything.  

Thanks for listening to our abbreviated Bluegrass Cafe!

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Palms Of Victory / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Red River Valley / Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Blackbirds And Crows / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• Johnston's Grocery Store / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Dusty Miller / Alison Krauss / Too Late To Cry / Rounder
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH 
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Never See My Home Again / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Down In The Willow Garden / Tony Trischka with the Gibson Brothers / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Long Way Around / Del McCoury Band / single / McCoury Music
• Tennessee 1949 / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume 1 / Pinecastle
• Walkin' Back To Georgia / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Hold On Heart / Billy Blue Records
• San Joaquin / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch
• Follow The Leader / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/22/2026

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was celebratory, but also, a bit sad.  The sadness, of course, came with the news of the passing of the great Ronnie Bowman at the age of 64.  One of the greatest singers of his generation, Ronnie Bowman was a winner of multiple International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, both singly and with the Lonesome River Band.  As we didn't learn about his death until the middle of the show, we will remember Ronnie Bowman and his music properly during a future Bluegrass Cafe program.  May he rest in peace.

The celebratory portion of our program came because after many long years of waiting, the Stanley Brothers are finally going to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.  It's very exciting, as there are not-so-many "pure" Bluegrass musicians represented in the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the music of Ralph and Carter has impacted just about every performer to come after them.  We shared lots of songs from the Stanleys, as well as many renditions of their tunes from other Bluegrass performers.  

Of course, if you'd like to read more about the Stanley Brothers (or Ralph Stanley), there are several books which may be of interest to you:

• Johnson, David W.  Lonesome Melodies:  The Lives And Music Of The Stanley Brothers. (University Press of Mississippi, 2013).
• Reid, Gary B.  The Music Of The Stanley Brothers.  (University of Illinois Press, 2014).
• Stanley, Ralph with Eddie Dean.  Man Of Constant Sorrow:  My Life And Times.  (Penguin, 2010).
• Wright, John.  Traveling The High Way Home:  Ralph Stanley And The World Of Traditional Bluegrass Music.  (University of Illinois Press, 1995).

There was a small portion of newer music represented this show, too, with additions of music by Tony Trischka, Blue Highway, Jerry Salley, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, the Lonesome River Band, and the Grascals.

March Madness continues for both UConn Basketball teams.  As of this writing, we know that at least the UConn Women's team will be playing a game on Sunday, and there's also a possibility that the Men's team will advance and play on Sunday, as well.  IF we have a show preemption this coming Sunday (March 29th), we will let you know as soon as we know.  

Thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records
• Hard Times / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• The Angels Are Singing / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records
• The Memory Of Your Smile / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music
• Going To The Races / James King / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Is It Over Now? / Ronnie Bowman / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Cold Wind A Blowin' / Ronnie Bowman / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Carolina Mountain Home / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Midnight Storm / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Our Last Goodbye / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Tony Trischka with Del McCoury / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Is Now The Time / Blue Highway / single / Down The Road Records
• Hold On Heart / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Hold On Heart / Billy Blue Records
• Bernadette / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Mom & Dad's Waltz / Tony Trischka with Farayi Malek / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Bend In The River / The Grascals / single / Billy Blue Records
• Crossroads / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill [Remembering Ronnie Bowman:  7/9/1961 - 3/22/2026]
• Dream Softly My Love / Lost & Found / My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Jeffrey's Hell / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• Working Girl Blues / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands with Alice Gerrard / The Hazel & Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Shenandoah Breakdown / Northern Connection / Northern Connection / Patuxent Music
• Little White Washed Chimney / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• So My Tears Won't Show / The Boys From Indiana / Touchin' Home / Rebel
• Johnson Island Prison / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• My Little Girl In Tennessee / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• You'll Get No More Of Me / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• I Wish We Had Our Time Again / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• The Stanley Brothers / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• You Love Me Just A Little At A Time / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Room Over Mine / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Way Back When / Larry Sparks / Way Back When / Rebel
• If These Old Walls Could Talk / Jerry Salley / The Believer / Very Jerry Records
• Jesus Walked Upon The Water / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
• Little Community Church / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• Let The Light Shine Down / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / James King / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records
• I'm Ready To Go / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder