"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/1/2026

On the last Sunday of October, there was not a live presentation of our Bluegrass Cafe for two reasons:  number one reason is that there was a UConn Basketball broadcast on our WHUS airwaves on October 25th.  (The second reason is that I was still on my back home from a couple of days away from Connecticut).  Anyhow, since our November 1st broadcast was the show that aired closest to Halloween, we couldn't NOT populate a good portion of our broadcast with Bluegrass songs about ghostly passengers, mysterious lights, and cold, icy fingers.  Hope you enjoyed our two sets our scary songs!

There has been another sad loss in the world of Bluegrass this past week.  Bluegrass Ambassador (and member of the BG Hall of Fame since 2008) Bill Clifton passed on October 30th at the age of 95.  Born William August Marburg, Bill Clifton was a great cheerleader and supporter of the Carter Family, and while he wasn't raised in a rural environment, he surrounded himself with musicians who were.  He also spent many years living in England, and it was there that he became an amazing ambassador spreading the music he loved to residents of other countries and lands.  We remembered this sometimes-overlooked Hall of Fame member with several songs featuring his strong, pleasant voice.  Rest in peace, Bill Clifton.

A little bit of newer music found its way into the show, as well, with new selections from Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland, High Fidelity, the Sullivan Sisters, Junior Sisk, Rhonda Vincent, and Balsam Range.  We also shared the recent release from Authentic Unlimite
d, who recently won their 4th consecutive Vocal Group of the Year honor at the International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA) Awards.  Congratulations to them, as well as to the other recent IBMA Award winners whose music was shared on Sunday, including East Nash Grass, Blue Highway, and 5-time Entertainer of the Year, Billy Strings.

Hope you can join us once again this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Travelin' This Lonesome Road / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• That's Just Lonesome / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• High Lonesome / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• The Lonesome Road / High Fidelity / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• I'm One Of Those / Billy Strings / So Much For Goodbyes / Reprise Records
• Hill Country Highway / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• City Of Angels / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edisonic Records
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Clinch Mountain Mystery / Larry Stephenson / Clinch Mountain Mystery / Pinecastle
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Ghost Stories / Lost Highway / Bluegrass The Way You Like It / Hay Holler
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Same Old Town / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland with Dudley Connell / single / Fiddleman Records
• Cold Front / Sullivan Sisters / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Lonesome Cloudy Days / Junior Sisk / True To The Bone / Turnberry Records
• Far Away From Home / Rhonda Vincent / A Possibility / Upper Management Music
• Simple Man / Balsam Range / single / Self-Produced
• Cattle In The Corn / High Fidelity / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• March Winds / Bill Clifton & His Dixie Mountain Boys / Carter Family Memorial Album / Starday Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Are You From Dixie? / Bill Clifton & Red Rector / Around The World To Poor Valley / Bear Family Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Little White Washed Chimney / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• My Clinch Mountain Home / Bill Clifton & His Dixie Mountain Boys / Carter Family Memorial Album / Starday Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• I'm Living The Right Life Now / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Beautiful / Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau / River Of Memories / Elf Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Home Of The Soul / Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• The Ghost Of Eli Renfro / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• Burying Ground / Kathy Kallick / Call Me A Taxi / Sugar Hill
• Cold, Icy Fingers / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Do You Live What You Preach / Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• In The City Where The Lamb Is The Light / High Fidelity / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• You Go To Your Church / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• John In The Jordan / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm
• Gathering In The Sky / Ricochet / Carolina Memories / Rebel
• In His Love I'll Abide / Wyatt Rice & Santa Cruz / Picture In A Tear / Rounder
• All Aboard / Del McCoury Band / Del & The Boys / McCoury Music
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU!:  A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/18/2026

The October 18th edition of Bluegrass Cafe featured lots and lots of music in honor of the Stanley Brothers, as Ralph and Carter were finally inducted as members into the Country Music Hall of Fame that day.  The majority of the music played that day was either from the Stanleys, themselves, or from one of the many performers who have recorded their music from the earliest days.

In addition to music of the Stanleys, we heard a few newer songs, too, including music from High Fidelity, Authentic Unlimited, Andy Leftwich, Kristy Cox, the Travelin' McCourys, and a new song from Alison Brown & Steve Martin joined by Dan Tyminski & Del McCoury.  

As the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards were to be presented on Thursday, October 22nd in Chattanooga, we played each of the songs nominated for the 2026 Song of the Year.  (Spoiler alert:  the dark horse winner in this category turned out to be "Can't Outrun The Blues" by Trey Hensley).  

And for fun, we listened to three tracks from a bona fide LP released in 1980:  "Opening Roll" by Spectrum on Rounder Records.  This four-piece sort of contemporary band included Glenn Lawson on lead vocals & guitar, Jimmy Gaudreau on mandolin & vocals, Bela Fleck on banjo & vocals, and Mark Schatz on bass.  

Thanks - as always - for listening to our Bluegrass Cafe!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Molly And Tenbrook [sic] / Stanley Brothers / Earliest Recordings:  The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s / Rounder
• Sweetest Love / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1953 / JSP Recording
• A Lonesome Night / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Clinch Mountain Backstep / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / 100 Greatest Classics
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• The Stanley Brothers / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records
• Let Me Be Your Friend / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Carolina Mountain Home / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• 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
• I'm 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
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away / Dan Tyminski / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records
• Think Of What You've Done / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Ridin' That Midnight Train / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Bluegrass Rules! / Skaggs Family Records
• If That's The Way You Feel / Amanda Smith / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Sharecropper's Son / Ernie Thacker / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / High Fidelity with Joe Mullins & Mark Rader / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• City Of Angels / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edisonic Records
• Cedars Of Lebanaon / Andy Leftwich / single / Mountain Home
• Graveyard Lonesome / Kristy Cox / Winds Of Change / Billy Blue Records
• She Did Break / Travelin' McCourys / single / McCoury Music
• Old Town Road / Alison Brown & Steve Martin with Dan Tyminski & Del McCoury / single / Compass Records
• Fling Ding / High Fidelity / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• Broken Angels / The Grascals with Dolly Parton / Not That Gone / Billy Blue Records [Nominee, IBMA Song of The Year 2026]
• Can't Outrun The Blues / Trey Hensley / Can't Outrun The Blues / Pinecastle [Nominee, IBMA Song of the Year 2026]
• Cost Of Living / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edison Records [Nominee, IBMA Song of the Year 2026]
• New Cluck Old Hen / Alison Brown & Steve Martin with Della Mae / Safe, Sensible And Sane / Compass Records [Nominee, IBMA Song of the Year 2026]
• Finding Your Way Home / Red Camel Collective / Finding Your Way Home / Pinecastle [Nominee, IBMA Song of the Year 2026]
• Are You Waiting Just For Me? / Spectrum / Opening Roll / Rounder
• I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Spectrum / Opening Roll / Rounder
• Little Pete / Spectrum / Open Road / Rounder
• Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Blackbirds And Crows / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• Ralph's Banjo Special / Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt & Alison Brown / single / Compass Records
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Going To The Races / James King / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Bound To Ride / First Ladies Of Bluegrass with Dolly Parton / Bound To Ride / Compass Records
• Keep A Memory / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / All Bluegrass, All Gospel / Federal
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• My Lord's Going To Set Me Free / Junior Sisk / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records
• Wings Of Angels / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• Shouting On The Hills Of Glory / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Producedl
• Paul And Silas / Ronnie Bowman / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records
• I Can Tell You The Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Jordan / Darin & Brooke Aldridge with Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney & Mark Fain / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Who Will Sing For Me / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• The White Dove / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel, All Bluegrass / Federal
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/11/2026

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we included lots of new music, shining a spotlight on the new tribute recording to the Delmore Brothers.  We also celebrated two Bluegrass birthdays -- and one definitely NOT Bluegrass birthday.  It was a fun and fast-moving show, so hope you were able to join us!

We've been reorganizing our Bluegrass Music Library at WHUS in recent weeks -- and will continue to do so for several more weeks, I'm quite certain.  The good thing about doing this reorganizing and shifting shelves is that I have to touch and look at pretty much every CD we own, and so, have been "rediscovering" music we haven't played in a long, long time.  It's a strange method, but I'm working on the shelves in a backwards order starting work in the Zs and heading to the As.  This week, I began working on the "S" selections.  To that end, we found several "S" recordings that we hadn't shared in a while, so it was time to play music from Steve Sparkman, John Starling & Carolina Star, Southern Rail, Orrin Star, the South Carolina Broadcasters, Izaak Atlas Schwartz, Jerry Salley, the Steep Canyon Rangers, and more.  Since there are so many "S" recordings, we will probably hear more "S" performers next week, too.

New music was part of the broadcast, too.  There was a spotlight on the brand-new recording which features an all-star cast singing the music of the Delmore Brothers, as well as new songs from Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Red Camel Collective, Tim Stafford, and Big Howdy.

Hope you were able to join us for this edition of our Bluegrass Cafe, but if not, you can always go back and listen for another two weeks by visiting this link.  Have a wonderful week, and we'll see you once again on Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hello / Lonesome River Band / The Lonesome River Band / Rebel
• Maple On The Hill / Tony Trischka with Sister Sadie / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury Band / Del And The Boys / McCoury Music
• My True Love Loves Me / Laurie Lewis / One Evening In May / Spruce And Maple Music
• The Yodelling Muleskinner Blues / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• The Old Man In The Shanty / Lonesome River Band / The Lonesome River Band / Rebel
• Movin' On / Shannon Slaughter / Never Standing Still / Self-Produced
• Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
• Going To The Races / Stanley Brothers / Shadows Of The Past / Copper Creek
• I Didn't Ask / Southern Rail / Drive By Night / Turquoise
• Muskrat Ramble / Orrin Star / No Fret Barred / Good Ear Records
• Waitin' For A Train / John Starling & Carolina Star / Slidin' Home / Rebel
• I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When / The South Carolina Broadcasters / Home To Stay / Patuxent Music
• Hard Times / Steve Sparkman / Smith Ridge / Copper Creek
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• The Night Flatt & Scruggs Played Carnegie Hall / Jerry Salley / Front Porch Philosophy / Very Jerry Records
• Honey, I'm Ramblin' Away / Don Rigsby & Junior Sisk / A Century Of Strings, Stories & Songs:  A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Billy Blue Records
• Put Me On The Trail To Carolina / Malpass Brothers / A Century Of Strings, Stories & Songs:  A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Billy Blue Records
• Life's Too Short / Gibson Brothers / A Century Of Strings, Stories & Songs:  A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Billy Blue Records
• Blue Railroad Train / Ricky Skaggs & Bradley Walker / A Century Of Strings, Stories & Songs:  A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Billy Blue Records
• Blue Railroad Train / Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts, 1933-41 / JSP Records
• I'm On My Way Back Home Again / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / single / Rebel
• All Along / Big Howdy / Big Howdy / Patuxent Music
• Finding Your Way Home / Red Camel Collective / single / Patuxent Music
• Typhoon / Tim Stafford feat. Dudley Connell / single / Hedge Drive Records
• Let The Whole World Talk / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Bacon In My Beans / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Dry Run Creek / The Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1971]
• The Barn Song / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1971]
• I Almost Told Her / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• The Devil Went Down To Deep Gap / Bryan Sutton & Bill Strings / From Roots To Branches (Volume 1) / Mountain Home
• A Hazy Shade Of Winter / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording [Paul Simon birthday, 10/13/1941]
• Mrs. Robinson / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Paul Simon birthday, 10/13/1941]
• Red Rubber Ball / Spectrum / Opening Roll / Rounder [Paul Simon birthday, 10/13/1941]
• Shelton Special / Isaak Atlas Schwartz / Black Oak Ridge / Patuxent Music
• Bluegrass Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel 
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Josh Crowe birthday, 10/11/1957]
• When Jesus Comes Down / Chris Warner with Dudley Connell / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
• I Want To Know More About My Lord / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Shouting Time In Heaven / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• You Better Be Prepared / Virginia Squires / Hard Times & Heartaches / Rebel
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• I'm S-A-V-E-D / South Carolina Broadcasters / Home To Stay / Patuxent Music
• Get In Line Brother / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler 
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/4/2026

 

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Roll On Big Mama / The Grascals / When I Get My Pay / Mountain Home
• Diesel On My Tail / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Ralph Stanley II / Stanley Blues / Rebel
• Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• Truck Driving Man / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Worries On My Mind / Rebel
• Eighteen Wheels / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH
• She'll Change / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch
• Clinch Mountain Backstep / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Better Time's A Comin' / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Songs From Mark Twain:  Words & Music / Mailboat Records
• Leaving London / Greg Blake / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
• Face The Music / Too Blue / Trouble With The Grey / Self-Produced
• I Won't Be Hanging Around / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Denver / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Bonfire Recording Co.
• Delta Dirt / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• The Last Thing On My Mind / Sister Sadie / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
• How's It Feel? / The Daughters Of Bluegrass feat. Jeanette Williams / A Blue Circle Sampler / Blue Circle
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Ramblin' Boy / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
• Mill Town Flood / Billy Strings / So Much For Goodbyes / Reprise
• The Lonesome Road / High Fidelity / single / Rebel
• When I Drive Through Cincinnati / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Pinecastle
• East Kentucky Two-Lane / Michael Prewitt / single / Common Loon Records
• Lonesome Pine / Alaskan Sunnyside Sisters / The Sunnyside Of Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Welcome To The Club / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Welcome To The Club / Turnberry Records
• I Like Train Songs / Billy Strings / So Much For Goodbyes / Reprise
• A Tombstone Every Mile / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Welcome To The Club / Turnberry Records
• Life Or Love / Bradley Walker / Highway Of Dreams / Rounder
• Hello City Limits / Two High String Band / Hot Texas Bluegrass Burrito / Self-Produced
• Hills Of Home / Hazel Dickens / Blue Trail Of Sorrow / Rounder
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel
• If I Lose / Thunder Mountain Bluegrass / Another Season / Self-Produced
• The Story Of My Life / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
• Bound To Ride / Dolly Parton with the First Ladies Of Bluegrass / single / Compass Records
• All God's Children / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Gonna Have Myself A Ball / Ron Stewart / Time Stands Still / Rounder
• Cruel Love / Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Pinecastle
• You Better Hold On To Your Heart / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Row Number 2, Seat Number 3 / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
• Brown Hill / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Any Old Stretch Of Blacktop Will Do / RC Harris & Friends / The Scenic Route / RCH Records
• I'll Keep Going / Dailey & Vincent / A Beautiful Life / Pillar Stone Records
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams & Dudley Connell / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• In The Sweet By And By / Dolly Parton with Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, Bradley Walker / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• Shall We Gather At The River / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• Every Humble Knee Must Bow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1953 / JSP Records
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / The Promise Land / McCoury Music
• I Heard My Savior Calling Me / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
• There's A Higher Power / Malpass Brothers / Satisfied:  Country Gospel Classics Live / Gaither Music Group
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/20/2026

Looking back at our Bluegrass Cafe of September 20th, it was a day to celebrate the mid-September birthdays of two Country Music legends:  Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992) and Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953).  The song catalogs of both of these Hall of Famers have been heavily covered by Bluegrass performers over the years, so we shared lots of fine country music performed in a Bluegrass style.  Hope you liked it.

In addition to classics, we shared a few newer recordings, as well, including selections from Wyatt Ellis, Donna Ulisse, the Grascals, and David Peterson.  We also played the first song recorded by Dolly Parton that has been released since her passing.  Dolly teamed up with the First Ladies of Bluegrass (Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines, Molly Tuttle) to record "Bound To Ride" -- a track featured on the new Stanley Brothers tribute recording on Compass Records.  

We look forward to joining you with a new Bluegrass Cafe once again this coming Sunday afternoon.  Consider tuning in from 4-7PM, won't you?  

See you then!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper / Sugar Hill
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• El Doggo / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek Music
• Six Feet Under The Ground / New Vintage / Changing Times / Pinecastle
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Precious Jewel / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent Music
• Julia Belle / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry Music
• Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Grass Special / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Room Over Mine / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• Lovely, Lovely World / Alan Munde & Country Gazette / Keep On Pushing / Flying Fish
• Bound To Ride / Dolly Parton & the First Ladies Of Bluegrass / single / Compass Records
• Rocky Top Bottom / Wyatt Ellis / single / Lost Highway
• The Pacific / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Crazy Always Comes Back / Donna Ulisse / single / Turnberry Records
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow / David Peterson / single / Self-Produced
• I Can't Stand Me / The Grascals / Not That Gone / Billy Blue Records
• Square Dance Friday Night / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good N' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• You Win Again / Ralph Stanley with Melba Montgomery / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I Can't Get You Off My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Weary Blues From Waitin' / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hard Travelin' / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Sawmill Road / Lost & Found / Down On Sawmill Road / Rebel
• Why I Love You / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Look For Me / Pinecastle
• Just One Time / New Coon Creek Girls / Ain't Love A Good Thing / Pinecastle
• Bill From Isonville / Southern Legacy / single / Pinecastle
• Lonesome With Heartaches / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Walking Down The Line / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Larry Sparks with Jesse McReynolds & Curly Seckler / Lonesome And Then Some / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Nailed To The Cross / Clay Hess / Red Haired Boy / Legend Records
• When My Last Song Is Sung / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• When My Time Comes To Go / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/13/2026

With the exception of three songs, today's Bluegrass Cafe exclusively featured music originally written by, performed by, or written about Bill Monroe (who is, of course, widely considered to be the Father of Bluegrass Music).  Why?  The reason is quite simple:  Bill Monroe would have celebrated his 115th birthday today -- born September 13, 1911.  If a birthday isn't reason enough to celebrate a music legend, what is?  We wouldn't have a Bluegrass radio program without Bill Monroe, so celebrating him is the best thing to do.  

We couldn't forget to acknowledge Grandparents Day, so we shared one song about a grandfather and one about a grandmother.  Happy Grandparents Day to all!

Today is also the birthday of another noted Bluegrass musician, as Lou Reid of the Seldom Scene was born September 13, 1954.  

Hope you enjoyed our Monroe-centric broadcast today!  Please consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!

Have a good week!

Amy O.

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

• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Foxhounds / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• Bill Monroe For Breakfast / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
• The Ninth Of July / Butch Waller / The Ninth Of July / Big Chicken Records
• Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Kentucky King / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Arleigh / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [Grandparents Day]
• Grandma's Gift / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records [Grandparents Day]
• My Long Journey Home / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• What Would You Give In Exchange? / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• True Life Blues / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister! / Rounder
• Wheel Hoss / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
• Used To Be / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / True Life Blues:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / Sugar Hill
• I Believe In Your Darling / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• In Despair / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder
• On And On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• When It Rains / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill [Lou Reid birthday, 9/13/1954]
• Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Shenandoah Breakdown / Northern Connection / Northern Connection / Patuxent Music
• Kentucky Waltz / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records
• Footprints In The Snow / IIIrd Tyme Out / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Doghouse Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family Records
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine / Billy & Terry Smith / Bill Monroe Tribute / K-Tel
• My Little Georgia Rose / Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• Sally Goodin / Byron Berline / Fiddle And A Song / Sugar Hill
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Bluegrass Swing / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Rose Of Old Kentucky / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• I Was Left On The Street / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
• I'm Blue I'm Lonesome / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• Southern Flavor / Becky Buller / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse McReynolds with Bill Monroe / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• You're Drifting Away / Lost & Found / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Lord Lead Me On / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Voice From On High / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / High Lonesome / CMH
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Little Community Church / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Big Mon / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/6/2026

Today's broadcast of our Bluegrass Cafe was both abbreviated and expanded at the same time.  As UConn Men's Soccer action took over the WHUS airwaves starting at 5PM, we opted to start the show an hour earlier at 3PM.  We had a lot of ground to cover this week, so didn't want to try to squeeze it all into one hour.

It's a holiday weekend, so the show started with several songs centering on the theme of "working" or "labor."  Hope everyone is enjoying the last unofficial weekend of summer!  

I wasn't in the studio last week to do a live version of our program, so I wasn't able to pay tribute to the wonderful Dolly Parton (January 19, 1946 - August 25, 2026).  We've long celebrated Dolly during our Bluegrass Cafe, as she was many things, as we know.  If Dolly had never sung a note or written a song, we would still know her from her many charitable contributions to the world.  Fortunately for us, though, Dolly was an incredible songwriter who wrote many songs that have been covered by many Bluegrass performers over the years.  In her later years, Dolly successfully recorded several Bluegrass-themed records, and often appeared as a guest vocalist with various performers.  We will spotlight some of her guest vocalist recordings in a future Bluegrass Cafe.  Dolly will be missed forever, but what a legacy she left for all!

We hope to join you for a full three-hour Bluegrass Cafe next week.  Have a wonderful week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Working Girl Blues / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel And Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Maria / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Look For Me / Pinecastle
• No Regrets / Kristy Cox / single / Billy Blue Records
• Working Man / Daryl Mosley / Little Moments / Pinecastle
• Walk On John / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Bonfire Recording Co.
• Puppy Love / Dolly Parton / Dolly Box Set Sampler / RCA Legacy [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• My Tennessee Mountain Home / Dolly Parton / My Tennessee Mountain Home / RCA Legacy [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• The Grass Is Blue / Dolly Parton / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Heartsongs (Live From Home) / Columbia [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• I Wasted My Tears / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Celebration / Rebel [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Gypsy, Joe And Me / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Kentucky Gambler / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• AppleJack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man / Volume Five with Rhonda Vincent / Voices / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• When Someone Wants To Leave / The Seldom Scene / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Jolene / Monroe Crossing / Live From Silver Dollar City / Self-Produced [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble & The Rose / Rounder [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Living The Dream / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• I'd Rather Be Alone / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Somehow Tonight / Joe Diffie / Homecoming:  The Bluegrass Album / Rounder
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / Rebel
• Come On Down / Lost & Found / Hymn Time / Rebel
• Follow The Leader / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Follow The Leader / Pinecastle
• Goodnight, The Lord's Coming / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder