Better late than never... after a busy first of the year I am finally getting around to updating this blog for last week.
Bluegrass Cafe was a full five hours on the first Sunday of 2010 because of the opportunity provided by the winter break at UCONN, and I had a ball programming songs that I might not normally have time to get on the air.
I also got to debut th
e brand new album from Darin & Brooke Aldridge - a newlywed couple making some excellent bluegrass music. Brooke's flawless vocals backed by Darin's harmony will just grab you by the heart and won't turn loose. Their self-titled CD is half-secular and half-gospel, and there is something for practically everyone on the disk. When you hear it, you will be a fan.
Another great album debut on the show was Massachusetts banjo picker Dan Menzone's second solo release, "Frostbite.
" Dan has a great cast of support artists on this effort including Wyatt Rice, Rickie Simpkins, Don Rigsby, and Richard Bennett. Dan's picking is second to none, and although mostly an instrumental album, the three vocal tracks round out the package very well.
Other new music came from Chris Warner, Jesse Baker, Patty Loveless, Blue Highway, and Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset.
I had great fun
raiding the Heritage Corner archives for some great music from the past. This included a set of songs tracing the early career of The Dillards, a great re-release of old and previously unreleased songs from Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers, Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys, Wade Mainer, J.E. Mainer, Charlie Moore, and The Hillmen.
Be sure to tune in at 2pm this Sunday when Amy Orlomoski will make the banjos and fiddles ring for another big five hours of the best in bluegrass music on Bluegrass Cafe.
Jim Beaver
requests in blue
Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label
- Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
- Grin and Bear It / Gold Heart / My Sisters And Me / Rural Rhythm
- Fools Thin Air / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul II / Saguaro Road
- Rutland's Reel / Patrick McAvinue / Rutland's Reel / Patuxent
- I Thought I'd Seen It All / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
- Cold And Lowdown Lonesome Blues / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
- Taxes, Troubles, And Heartaches / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
- Sugarloaf Mountain Special / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
- Follow the Leader (Farewell Blues) / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
- Just To Ease My Worried Mind / Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers / A Dark Starless Night / White Oak
- All I Want Is You / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-released
- A Hundred Years From Now / The Infamous Stringdusters / Normal 9-13-2008 / Sugar Hill
- Mule To Ride / The Bluegrass Brothers / As Time Goes By / Self-released
- Second Chances / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
- Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
- Train 45 / Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives w. Josh Graves / Live At The Ryman / Superlatone
- Katy Cline / The Dillards / Early Recordings - 1959 / Varese Sarabande
- Groundhog / The Dillards / A Long Time Ago / Varese Sarabande
- Hickory Hollow / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
- Somebody Touched Me / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
- Dooley / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
- The Whole World Round / The Dillards / Live! Almost / Elektra
- Wild John / The Dillards with Byron Berline / Pickin' & Fiddlin' / Elektra
- There Is A Time / The Dillards / Live! Almost / Elektra
- Have Mercy / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
- Sweet Appalachia / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
- Heart & Soul / Larry Gillis / Old Man Dreaming / Tinman
- Daddy Phone / Marty Raybon / Single / GrandVista
- Pioneers / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
- Dang This Heart Of Mine / Mike Jackson / When We Goin' Back / Red Oak
- Black Jack / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
- I'll Always Cherish You / The Virginia Cutups / Cherishing Memories / Fayette County
- Caleb / Various Artists (O'Reilly - Miller - Lester) / North To Ontario 2009 / Self-released
- You Love Me Today / Josh Williams / Lonesome Highway / Pinecastle
- Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
- I Didn't See It Coming / Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset / The Songs of Tom T. & Dixie Hall (Promotional) / Blue Circle
- Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
- Corn / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
- The Little Paper Boy / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
- Bramble and the Rose / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul II / Saguaro Road
- Leftover Biscuits / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
- Sycamore Hollow / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
- Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Jesse Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
- Mountain Girl / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Self-released
- Days Of Grey And Black / Various Artists / Born Into Bluegrass - The Songs of Cullen Galyean / Mountain Roads
- Big Wind / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
- You Don't Know My Mind / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
- The Letter / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-released
- My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Whatcha Gonna Do / Rounder
- Struttin' To Ferrum / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
- The Fiddler / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / The Fiddler / Old Homestead
- A Good Way To Get The Blues / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
- Going Back To Old Virginia / Linda Lay and Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folklife
- Blue And Lonesome / Seldom Scene / Scene It All / Sugar Hill
- Paradise / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
- Dreaming Of A Little Cabin / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
- Home Run Man / Crowe, Williams, Blaylock, Ingram / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin "The King Of Bluegrass" / Koch
- A Dark Starless Night / Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers / A Dark Starless Night / White Oak
- Little Maggie / Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
- Two Little Boys / Bob Paisley & The Southern Grass / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
- Who Will Calm The Storm / Liz Meyer / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
- Eight More Miles To Louisville / Jim Lauderdale, Jack Lawrence, & Tony Williamson / Merlefest April 25 2009 / FestivaLink
- Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
- Mary Of The Wild Moor / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
- Can't You Hear Me Calling / The Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country
- Bury Me In Dixie / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-released
- Church Street Blues / Bryan Sutton and Friends / Almost Live / Sugar Hill
- Bad Money / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
- Farm Of Yesterday / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
- Last Time Loving You / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
- Blue Night / Dan Menzone with Don Rigsby / Frostbite / LC Productions
- Philadelphia Lawyer / The Virginia Cutups / Cherishing Memories / Fayette County
- Doing All I Can / Gena Britt Tew / Doing All I Can / Self-released
- Revenuer's Blues / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
- Colonel Prentiss / Ricky Skaggs / Solo / Skaggs Family
- Roanoke / Roger Williams / A Resophonic Retrospective / Happy Appy
- I'm Building On The Rock of Ages / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
- In Perilous Times Like These / Easter Brothers / By Request - Their Greatest Hits / Thoroughbred
- I Am The Man Thomas / Newfound Road / Same Old Place / Rounder
- Will He Wait A Little Longer / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea
- I'm Not Turning Backward / Mainer's Mountaineers / Good Ole' Mountain Music / King
- I'll Be Long Gone / The Churchmen / I'll Be Long Gone / Pinecastle
- Do You Live What You Preach / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
- Listen To The Word Of God / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-released
- Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / Conley - Schmidt and First Love / Conley - Schmidt and First Love / Self-released
- The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / The Best of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
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