"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

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/15/2026

Our Bluegrass Cafe presented on the Ides of March opened with a selection of Irish (or Irish-sounding) tunes in honor of St. Patrick's Day.  But that was just the start of our "celebration."

On March 14th, I celebrated my birthday, so for this program, I wanted to share music from a few other March 14th birthday celebrants in the World of Bluegrass, including Bob Paisley, Kristin Scott Benson, and Terry McGill.  We enjoyed music from all of these performers.  And, of course, I couldn't resist a bit of self-indulgence, so much of the remainder of the show included songs that I would put on a list of Bluegrass favorites (though, in truth, I could have played many, many others, as well).  Next time...   😀

New music was featured, too, including selections from Junior Sisk, the Po' Ramblin' Boys, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Southern Legacy, and the Travelin' McCourys.  

This week, the NCAA Basketball Tournament (aka "March Madness") begins.  At this point, we're not 100% sure of when a game might be played on Sunday, but there's always a possibility that there will be one, and if there's possibly a game, there's also possibly a preemption of some or all of our Bluegrass Cafe time.  Lots of "possibility" there, right?  We'll let you know what happens as soon as we know anything.  Until then, enjoy the week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Wild Irish Rose / Larry Stephenson Band / On Fire / Pinecastle
• When The Mist Comes Again / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records
• Irish Medley (The Traveler/Green Gates) / Special Consensus / Our Little Town / Pinecastle
• Colleen Malone / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Traditional Irish Medley / Bluegrass Etc. / Travelin' Band / Sierra Records
• A Walk In The Irish Rain / California / Traveler / Sugar Hill
• Irish Spring / Country Gentlemen / Complete Vanguard Recordings / Vanguard
• Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• The Hunt / Kristin Scott Benson / Straight Paths / Pinecastle [Kristin Scott Benson birthday, 3/14/1976]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• Great Waterton / Kristin Scott Benson / Stringworks / Mountain Home [Kristin Scott Benson birthday, 3/14/1976]
• No Vacancy / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• New Cluck Old Hen / Alison Brown & Steve Martin with Della Mae / Safe, Sensible And Sane / Compass Records
• Bluegrass Radio / Alison Brown & Steve Martin / Safe, Sensible And Sane / Compass Records
• To Make A Long Heartache Short / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Hold On Heart / Billy Blue Records
• Pardon Me / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Turnberry Records
• Steal My Today / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• A Brand New Whippoorwill / Junior Sisk / single / Turnberry Records
• Bill From Isonville / Southern Legacy / single / Pinecastle
• Straight Drive / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• The Angry Wife / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Poet With Wings / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Darling, Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder / Love Chooses You / Flying Fish
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Love Chooses You / Flying Fish
• Steppin' Stones / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• One More Dollar / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• Railroad Line / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Gas And Oil / Travelin' McCourys / single / McCoury Music
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
• Foxhounds / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Spruce And Maple Music
• Seeing Nellie Home / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / Moxie And Mettle / Mountain Home
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Lord, Show Me The Righteous Pathway / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / SSE
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bill Gaither / Spring House
• Springtime In Glory / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyloe Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• One Wide River / Counry Gentlemen / One Wide River / Rebel
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/8/2026

Before it's Sunday again, here's a look back at our March 8th Bluegrass Cafe.  It was a slightly abbreviated program, beginning 15 minutes later than 4PM as the UConn Women's Basketball team played in the Big East Tournament.  

March 8th was International Woman's Day, so we shared music from many of the fine women performers who have survived and thrived in the World of Bluegrass.  We included everyone from Sara and Maybelle Carter to Martha Adcock and Lynn Morris to Molly Tuttle.  

During our program, we took a few minutes to remember the music of Jim Buchanan (January 1, 1941 - March 6, 2026) -- a top-notch Bluegrass fiddler who worked for many years with Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys, as well as with country music performers like George Jones and Mel Tillis.  

And we took a few minutes to chat with Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance President Jeffrey Horton, as the RIBA folks have a wonderful concert event they are presenting at Bally's Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI on March 21st.  Find more info about RIBA, this event, and their upcoming Hall of Fame ceremonies in April by clicking on the hyperlinks.

We'll join you once again this coming Sunday afternoon for our next Bluegrass Cafe.  4PM is the time, so we'll see you then...

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• True Life Blues / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister! / Rounder
• Easy Come, Easy Go / Burnett Sisters Band / Easy Come, Easy Go / Pinecastle
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Billy In The Lowground / David Grisman, Vince Gill, Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan, Emory Gordy, Jr. / Here Today / Rounder [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Cheyenne / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Lonesome River / David Grisman, Vince Gill, Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan, Emory Gordy, Jr. / Here Today / Rounder [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Telephone conversation with Jeffrey Horton of the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance
• Anger And Tears / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish
• All Will Be Well / Sister Sadie / All Will Be Well / Mountain Home
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) / Cox Family / O Brother, Where Art Thou / Mercury
• Anywhere The Wind Blows / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Don't Neglect The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Red Rocking Chair / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden HIghway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Gentle On My Mind / Tony Trischka with Billy Strings / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Foolish Heart / Alison Krauss / Too Late To Cry / Rounder
• Poor Ellen Smith / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister 2 / Rounder
• I Can't Settle Down / Laura Orshaw with Jenee Fleenor & Brittany Haas / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• Blue Ain't The Word / The Kody Norris Show / Highfalutin' Hillbilly / Rebel
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• God Is Watching / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Abide With Me / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
• Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Speakin' To That Mountain / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Get On The Main Highway / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Light At The River / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope
• Jordan / Darin & Brooke Aldridge feat. Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney & Mark Fain / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/1/2026

We returned for our first three-hour, live-in-the-studio Bluegrass Cafe this past Sunday, March 1st!  After what seems like weeks away due to snow and ice (and one missed Sunday for attendance at the fabulous Joe Val Bluegrass Festival), I was ready for radio.  Hope you were able to join us!

During our program, we celebrated many birthdays, some for Country Music legends whose material has been greatly covered in the world of Bluegrass (Johnny Cash, Faron Young), and other birthdays of gentlemen who are important members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame (Doug Dillard, John Duffey, Don Stover, Doc Watson, Pete Wernick).  Lots of fine music to be heard there!  

We also had our annual telephone visit with Michelle Canning -- a Nashville-based songwriter/performer who is a Massachusetts native, and who, several years ago, when she was a 16-year-old banjo player/band leader decided to hold a benefit for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.  On March 21st, Michelle will host the 15th edition of this event -- called "A Night On The Edge" -- in Chelmsford, MA.  In her fifteen years of raising money to support research on this terrible disease, Michelle has raised nearly $100,000!  Her goal this year is to surpass that total, so please consider helping her reach that goal, if you can.  More info on the event or how to donate can be found here:  Michelle Canning - Alzheimer's Benefit

It was great to be back with our Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday, but since we have now entered tournament season for UConn Basketball, the means our show may be subject to preemptions here and there for the rest of the month.  To that end, the start of this coming Sunday's show (March 8th) will be delayed by about thirty minutes as the UConn Women play in the Big East Tournament game at 2:30PM.  We'll look for you around 4:30PM, and then, at 5PM we're planning to have a telephone chat with Jeff Horton of the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance about some of their upcoming events.  Should be a fun day.

Until then, enjoy the weekend, and we'll see you around 4:30PM on March 8th.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble & The Rose / Rounder [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• A World So Full Of Love / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• Give My Love To Rose / Sally Love Connell / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Alone With You / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-Produced [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Go Back You Fool / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• If You Talk In Your Sleep / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Please Mr. Postman / Special Consensus feat. Rick Faris / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• Uncle Ned / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
• Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced [Remembering Neil Sadaka:  3/13/1939 - 2/27/2006]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Scotland / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• I'll Love Nobody But You / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Banjo Player's Blues / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• It's All Fun And Games ('Til Someone Gets Hurt) / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records
• Hill Country Highway / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Come On Sunshine / Williamson Branch / Southern Sunshine / Pinecastle
• Chat with Michelle Canning re: her 15th annual "Night On The Edge" benefit for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America - 3/21/2026
• High Above The Mountains / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• Look Down That Lonesome Road / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• O California! / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Doc & Merle Watson / Elementary Doctor Watson / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• The Young Fisherwoman / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Mercury [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Things In Life / Don Stover / Hand-Picked:  25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records / Rounder [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Black Mountain Rag / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Little Maggie / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Reason For Being / The Seldom Scene / Act Two / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots, 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• Millworker / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Wild Ride / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill [Pete Wernick birthday, 2/25/1946]
• Which Train / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• I'm Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• I Can't Sit Down / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel 
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder