Hi Folks,
New music was again the order of the day as the flow of new releases continues in 2010. I had the pleasure of introducing several new projects to the WHUS airwaves along with many very recent releases and a handful of "Heritage Corner" legacy songs.
The new list included the w
orld radio debut of the new project from The Old Time Bluegrass Singers (Herb Applin, Dick Bowden, Lillian Fraker, Robert Fraker, and Terry McGill) titled "Plastic Heart." This is the second release by this band that has historic roots going back many decades in New England, and it is very good.
Also new to WHUS was the new release from songwriter Mark Brinkman, "On The Brink of a Dream," that is chock full of great songs that Brink wrote and performs. A fine
tribute album to John Hartford by The John Hartford String Band titled "Memories of John" was on the playlist, and a new CD from Jett's Creek titled "Guilty," a single from The Urban Monroes out of O
regon, and a track from Cadillac Sky (playing at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Massachusetts, this coming week) and their newest CD, "Letters In The Deep" all debuted on this show.
Rebel has released a compilation of coal mining songs called "Dark As A Dungeon - Songs of the Mines" that prompted a coal mining song set (always a favorite here).
I topped it off with a reprise of songs that The Spinney Brothers peformed live in the WHUS studio during a visit May 8, 2010.
There are many festivals coming up in this area soon, including Strawberry Park (Preston, CT), Blistered Fingers (Waterville, Maine), Jenny Brook (Tunbridge, VT), Podunk (East Hartford, CT), and several more that I'm sure I've left out. We will be featuring music from the bands performing at those venues in coming weeks along with our usual mix of new and legacy bluegrass.
Amy is on next week. Don't miss it.
Regards,
Jim Beaver
requests in blue
Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label
- Shuckin' The Corn / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals / Rounder
- Getup The Banjo Man / The Spinney Brothers / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010
- Mule To Ride / The Bluegrass Brothers / As Time Goes By / Self-released
- Silver Tongue and Gold Plated Lies / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
- Do You Know You Are My Sunshine / Dailey & Vincent / Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
- Cold Wind (On Fletcher Hill) / Open Road / Cold Wind / Rounder
- Made In The Shade / Last Road Bluegrass / Highway 81 / Self-released
- Frostbite / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / Self-released
- Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
- Banjo Am The Instrument For Me / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
- Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Till I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
- What Can I Do / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
- Live and Let Live / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
- The Old Coal Mine / Mark Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Self-released
- In Those Mines / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Dark As A Dungeon - Songs of the Mines / Rebel
- Last Train From Poor Valley / Norman Blake / Harlan County USA / Rounder
- Daddy's Dinner Bucket / Ralph Stanley II / Dark As A Dungeon - Songs of the Mines / Rebel
- M.I.S.I.P. / The John Hartford String Band / Memories of John / Red Clay
- Gun Powder And Lead / Jett's Creek / Guilty / Self-released
- Rita Mae / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
- The Knoxville Boy / Larry Stephenson / Life Stories / Pinecastle
- Shot Man Blues / The Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-released
- My Angeline / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
- Pretty Flowers / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
- Going Home / The Spinney Brothers / Live at WHUS May 8, 2008 /
- Plastic Heart / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
- When The Aspens Turn / Urban Monroes / When The Aspens Turn / single release
- Don't Lie To Me / Carolina Native Sons / Rank 'Ol Bluegrass / Patuxent
- In The Mountaintops To Roam / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-released
- Human Cannonball / Cadillac Sky / Letters In The Deep / Dualtone
- Fiddlin' John / Summertown Road / Summertown Road / Rounder
- My Sweet Carolyn / Nu-Blu / Nights / Self-released
- Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
- Cluck Old Hen [bed] / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals / Rounder
- John Henry [bed] / Tony Furtado / Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals / Rounder
- Back Up And Push [bed] / Jason Carter / Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals / Rounder
- Didn't It Rain / Lizzy Long & Little Roy Lewis / Straight From The Heart of Dixie / Crossroads
- I Thought I'd Seen It All / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
- Tennessee Backroads / Mark Brinkman / On The Brink of a Dream / Self-released
- Poor Ramblin' Boy / Darrell Webb / Bloodline [pre-release single] / Rural Rhythm
- Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
- My Friend Clyde / The Spinney Brothers / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010
- He Is Near / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
- The Gospel Way / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
- Lucius Gray / Mark Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Self-released
- Beautiful Is The Land Where I Am Going / Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset / I Didn't See It Coming / Blue Circle
- Near My God To Thee / Dewey Brown featuring Ralph Stanley / Hard Times For A Fiddler / Dew Bug
- Armor Of God / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Muddy Sunshine
- River Of Jordan / Sweet Potato Pie / Journey Called Life / Mountain Fever
- Sailing On / Russell Moore, Dale Ann Bradley and others / Look To The Light - Songs of Faith from the pen of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm
- Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / The Spinney Brothers / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010
- The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
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