"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/25/2011 Christmas Day

Hi Folks, and Merry Christmas.

At the start of this show Marti and I knew we would be playing a good number of Christmas-themed bluegrassy songs with our usual mix, but as the show progressed we found that it was easy to make the whole show Christmas-themed because of all the great Christmas bluegrass music available.  In a nod to our old roots music show, Red Rooster Party, we started with the theme song from that show titled "Breaking Up Christmas" by Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham.

Probably the song I'm most proud of playing is a rare single recorded in the early 1970s by Doc Watson called "New Born King."  I first heard this song played on the radio nearly 20 years ago when I lived under the radio umbrella of WAMU in Washington DC.  That was one of those pull-off-the-road-and-listen moments that comes along once in a rare while.

Other newer songs include singles from Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Valerie Smith, Donna Ulisse, and Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday when Amy will ring in the New Year with the banjos and fiddles.

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Breaking Up Chrismas / Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham / Tommy & Fred / County
• Bluegrass, White Snow / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass, White Snow / Epic
• The Friendly Beasts / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Christmas Time's A-Comin' (collection) / Time-Life
• Christmas Time Back Home / The Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time's A-Comin' (collection) / Time-Life
• Christmas In Dixie / Nu-Blu with Greg Luck / Christmas In Carolina (collection) / Blue Circle
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / Pine Creek / Recorded Live at WHUS 8/20/2008
• New Born King / Doc Watson / Lonesome Road/Look Away / EMI
• Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection / Rounder
• Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over / Fiddlin' John Carson / Complete Recorded Works Volume 5 / Document
• On Christmas Eve / John Hartford / Me Oh My, How The Time Does Fly / Flying Fish
• Corn, Water and Wood / Riders In The Sky / Christmas The Cowboy Way / Rounder
• Pretty Paper / Willie Nelson / Pretty Paper / Sony
• The Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / Country's Best Christmas (collection) / Vintage Masters
• Christmas Time On Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / Christmas On The Mountain (collection) / Universal South
• When It's Snowin' In The Mountains / Wildwood Valley Boys / Christmas In The Mountains (collection) / Rebel
• Mary's Little Lamb / Balsam Range / A Mountain Home Christmas (collection) / Crossroads
• Send Yourself Home For Christmas / Valerie Smith / Single / Bell Buckle
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant and Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree (collection) / Rounder
• All I Want Is Mary For Christmas / The Lonesome River Band / Tinsel Tunes (collection) / Sugar Hill
• Christmas Time Back Home / Darin & Brook Aldridge / Single / Crossroads
• Mary, Merry Christmas / Ralph Stanley II / Listen To My Hammer Ring / Rebel
• Christmas In The Mountains / Larry Sparks / Christmas In The Hills (collection) / Rebel
• Your Christmas Gift / Steve Ivey / Mountain Top Bluegrass Christmas (coll.) / Madacy Christian
• You Cannot Stay Here / Donna Ulisse / Single / Hadley Music Group
• The Christmas Letter / Tommy Edwards / Christmas In The Mountains (collection) / Rebel
• The Carpenter Shop / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Sugar Plums (collection) / Sugar Hill
• Grandpa In The Santa Suit Show / Dr Elmo Shropshire / Dr. Elmo Bluegrass Christmas / Time-Life
• Christmas In the Hills / Hylo Brown / Christmas Jamboree (collection) / Hollywood
• It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• It Won't Seem Like Christmas / Jim Eanes / Christmas Jamboree (collection) / Hollywood
• Ring The Bells At Midnight / Kathy Kallick & the Little Big Band / Tinsel Tunes (Collection) / Sugar Hill
• Christmas On The Line / Michael Martin Murphey / Cowboy Christmas / Warner Brothers
• Old Fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Jamboree (collection) / Hollywood
• Up On The House Top / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• Santa Claus Is From The South / Benny Martin / Christmas Jamboree (collection) / Hollywood
• The Christmas Guest / Andy Griffith / The Christmas Guest / Sparrow Records
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (bed) / Various Artists / Christmas Grass vol. 2 (collection) / Koch
• Bluegrass Christmas / The Del McCoury Band feat. Ronnie McCoury / Christmas On The Mountain (collection) / Universal South
• Riding Home On Christmas Eve / Riders In The Sky / Acoustic Holidays (collection) / Rounder
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / The Stanley Brothers / Christmas Jamboree (collection) / Hollywood
• When The Time Had Fully Come / Northern Lights / Acoustic Holidays (collection) / Rounder
• Christmas Reunion / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• That's Christmas Time To Me / Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A-Comin' (collection) / Time-Life
• Don't Make Us Cry On Christmas Day / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley / CR Freeland
• Cherry Tree Carol / Emmylou Harris / Light Of The Stable / Warner Brothers
• Something You Can't Buy / The Statler Brothers / The Statler Brothers Christmas Collection / Mercury
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring / Dr Elmo Shropshire / Dr. Elmo Bluegrass Christmas / Time-Life
• Christ Was Born In Bethlehem / Tim & Mollie O'Brien / Sugar Plums (collection) / Sugar Hill
• Children Go / Ricky Skaggs / A Skaggs Family Christmas Vol. Two / Skaggs Family
• Will We Have Room For Jesus / Jimmy Martin / To Mother At Christmas / Gusto
• Silent Night / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• I Can Hear The Angels Singing / Reno & Smiley / Christmas Jamboree (collection) / Hollywood
• Mary, Did You Know / Sonya Issacs / Christmas Grass vol. 2 (collection) / Koch
• What Child Is This / David Grisman / The Rounder Christmas Album (collection) / Rounder
• The First Noel/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Joy To The World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / O Christmas Tree (collection) / Rounder
• Auld Lang Syne / Bill Keith / O Christmas Tree (collection) / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/18/2011

'Tis the week before Christmas, and you can bet that a pretty healthy dosage of BG Christmas music made it to the airwaves at WHUS today.  We didn't totally forsake the non-Christmas music, though, so I'm hopeful the mix was enjoyable for our listeners.

It's pretty safe to say that 2011 has been a pretty decent year for BG.  In addition to the music gaining a whole bunch of exposure through Steve Martin's super-successful Rounder release (and concert tour) with the Steep Canyon Rangers, there has been a BG star born on YouTube:  a now 9-year-old banjo picker named Jonny Mizzone.  With his two older brothers, Robbie and Tommy (ages 12 and 14), the three have performed as the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys on several national TV shows this year, including "Late Show With David Letterman" and "The Mike Huckabee Show."  These young men are pretty amazing, and the fact that they're from the BG hamlet of New Jersey gives them even more notoriety, I suppose.  The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys have a new CD available now called, "America's Music," and we played a couple of songs from the recording on today's show.  Doubtless, we'll be hearing a lot from these talented kids in the months (and perhaps years) to come.  If you've not seen these boys in action, check out their website.  There, you can see video clips of some of their TV and YouTube appearances, and read more about the Mizzone brothers.

Monadnock's debut CD is called "House Upon The Hill"

We also shared a couple of songs from the debut CD of a mostly New Hampshire-based band called Monadnock.  Their new recording is called "House Upon The Hill," and it includes some band originals, as well as some BG standards.  I look forward to hearing more from the disc in future weeks at WHUS.  You can learn more about this band, and see some video clips, by clicking here.  


So, if Christmas is just a week away, that means 2012 is only two weeks away. Where the heck did the year go?  Already, I've seen a couple of different listings of the "Top 10" BG CDs released in 2011, and for the most part, I can't argue with the choices I've seen on either list.  Of course, all of these Top 10 lists are so subjective that it's almost pointless to put them together.  The fact is that each person likes something different.  Still, when I join you again on the airwaves at WHUS on January 1st, I'll be sure to play music from some of my favorite BG recordings received at WHUS over the past 12 months.  I don't think I'll be making any ranked lists of favorites, but I'm sure I'll have no problem finding plenty of great music to share when I'm next on the air.  


Thanks to all of you for your continued support of our programming at WHUS. Best wishes to you for a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!


Amy






REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Christmas Doll / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• Frosty The Snowman / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• Bluegrass Christmas / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• That White Christmas Song / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• Age / Bluegrass Gospel Project / The Blue Morpho / Self-Produced
• Blame It On The Bluegrass / Valerie Smith / Blame It On The Bluegrass / Bell Buckle Records
• To Warm And Comfort You / Gail & Gordon Pike / Hard Words / Self-Produced
• Tidwell Pike / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces & Bits / Goose Creek Music
• Stonewall / Hylo Brown / In Concert / Copper Creek
• You Better Wake Up / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• White Christmas / Heather Berry / Have A Merry Berry Christmas / Mountain Fever Records
• Crying My Heart Out Over You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Used To These Old Blues / Special Consensus / 35 / Compass Records
• I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Ricky Skaggs / Country Hits Bluegrass Style / Skaggs Family Records
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• The Story Of The Lawson Family / Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Copper Creek
• Footprints In The Snow / Lonesome River Band / Rural Rhythm Records Salutes Bill Monroe:  Live At Bean Blossom / Rural Rhythm
• Molly / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord Records
• It Gets Better All The Time / Nothin' Fancy / Nothin' Fancy / Virginia Dreams Records
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm Records Salutes Bill Monroe:  Live At Bean Blossom / Rural Rhythm
• Dark Hollow / Monadnock / House Upon The Hill / Self-Produced
• Home In The Heart Of Maine / Maranacook String Band / Bear In The Barn / Self-Produced
• Back Up And Push / Monadnock / House Upon The Hill / Self-Produced
• Bugle Call Rag / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / America's Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Jingle Bells / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / America's Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Carolina Dreams / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• String, Eraser And Blotter / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Many A Mile / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Red Wicked Wine / Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Walking West To Memphis / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Bluegrass Gospel Project / The Blue Morpho / Self-Produced
• Gitup The Banjo Man / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Lake Champlain / BearTracks / Rough Edges / Self-Produced
• This Morning At Nine / Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass / Rustic Little Cabin / Self-Produced
• AppleJack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions
• Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Christmas In Virginia / Lost & Found / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Christmas At The Old Home Place / David Parmley & Continental Divide / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• Precious Child / Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell & James King / Glory Shone Around / Rounder
• You Cannot Stay Here / Donna Ulisse / single / Hadley Music Group
• Christmas Lullaby / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK 
• Light Of The Stable / The Whites / A Skaggs Family Christmas, Volume Two / Skaggs Family Records
• Christmas Story / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Follow The Star / Rick Lang & Friends / The Season Of My Heart / Haley Anna Music
• Silent Night / Seldom Scene / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• Joy To The World / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• Jingle Bells / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/11/2011

J.E. Mainer (L) and Morris Herbert (R)

Hi Folks,

We honored two musicians who have left us:  Morris Herbert from Kannapolis, North Carolina, who was a well-known Piedmont North Carolina banjo picker and singer who was most known for his leading role in a series of 20 albums recorded by J. E. Mainer on the Rural Rhythm label in the 1960s; and Beecher Ray (Pete) Kirby, more popularly known as (Bashful Brother) Oswald.  Morris Herbert passed away October 17 at age 81, and this year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oswald (Dec. 26).  Oswald, who died in 2002, was a pioneer of the resophonic guitar in country music and had his greatest impact during his long tenure with Roy Acuff.

Oswald autographed this copy of his last CD - 1995

We also played several seasonal songs of Christmas and winter, including songs from Chris Jones, Ronnie Bowman, Alecia Nugent, Earl Scruggs, Tim O'Brien, Patty Loveless, Ralph Stanley, and Jimmy Martin.

We also included new releases from Laurie Lewis, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Lee Marcus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, IIIrd Tyme Out, Missy Werner, Nu-Blu, NewTown, Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass, and Maranacook String Band -- the latter two from Maine.

Our Heritage Corner reached back to The Brown's Ferry Four, The Country Gentlemen Live in Japan, and a rare LP from Al Hawkes' Event label of Tiny Martin and the Countrysiders.

Amy will make the banjos, fiddles, and sleigh bells ring next Sunday, so be sure to tune in.


Jim Beaver

Tributes to Morris Herbert and Oswald in red

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Merry Christmas Ho Ho Ho / Ronnie Bowman / Christmas Grass vol. 2 / Koch
• Wild Horses / Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren Vol. 2 / Self-released
• I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' and Flyin' / Spruce And Maple
• Sing Me To Memphis / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• That's When I Miss Him (Her) Most Of All / Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass / Rustic Little Cabin / Self-released
• Heartbreak Express / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / Sam Bush / A Very Special Acoustic Christmas / Lost Highway
• Carolina Dreams / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Must Be The Wind / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• My First Mistake / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• Jingle Bells / Earl Scruggs / A Very Special Acoustic Christmas / Lost Highway
• Bread And Gravy / J.E. Mainer with Morris Herbert / The Legendary J.E. Mainer: Vol. 9 / Rural Rhythm (LP)
• Coal Miner's Grave / J.E. Mainer with Morris Herbert / The Legendary J.E. Mainer: Vol. 9 / Rural Rhythm (LP)
• The Working Man / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-released
• Cold Iron Door / NewTown / NewTown / Self-released
• Bear In The Barn / Maranacook String Band / Bear In The Barn / Self-released
• Bluegrass, White Snow / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
• Whippoorwill / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• Uncle Pen / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration / Rural Rhythm
• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Molly / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• When You're Holding Me / Rhonda Vincent / Single / Upper Management
• Next Time's A Charm / Thomas Porter & Copper River Band / Trolley Days / Self-released
• Kicking Up Dust / Grasstowne / Kickin Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• Bah Humbug / Tim O'Brien / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff / Great Train Songs / Varese Sarabande
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Oswald / Carry Me Back / RME
• The Precious Jewel / Oswald with George Jones / Carry Me Back / RME
• Stuck Up Blues / Oswald / Carry Me Back / RME
• Eunita / Oswald / Carry Me Back / RME
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & The Nightdrivers / Single / Self-released
• Whitewater / Bela Fleck / Drive / Rounder
• Christmas Time's A Coming (bed) / Various Artists / Christmas Grass / Koch
• What Child Is This (bed) / Various Artists / Christmas Grass / Koch
• Silver Bells (bed) / Various Artists / Christmas Grass / Koch
• Kentucky Noel / Chris Jones & The Nightdrivers / Single / Self-released
• Home In The Heart Of Maine / Maranacook String Band / Bear In The Barn / Self-released
• Trusty Lariat / Michael Marin Murphey / Tall Grass & Cool Water / Rural Rhythm
• Christmas Is Near / Ralph Stanley / A Very Special Acoustic Christmas / Lost Highway
• Seeing Nellie Home / The Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Old Country Church / Tiny Martin & the Countrysiders / Singing Bluegrass Gospel / Event (LP)
• Count Your Blessings / Tiny Martin & the Countrysiders / Singing Bluegrass Gospel / Event (LP)
• Battle / Mickey Harris / A Gospel Collection / MJH
• Jingle Bells / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / CRFreeland
• Will We Have Room For Jesus? / Jimmy Martin / To Mother At Christmas / Gusto
• Rock Of Ages Hide Thou Me / Brown's Ferry Four / 16 Greatest Hits / Starday
• The Lord Is Watching Over Me / Brown's Ferry / Four 16 Greatest Hits / Starday
• God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign / Kathy Kallick / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Alecia Nugent / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Cripple Creek / Maranacook String Band / Bear In The Barn / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/4/2011

It's a new month at the BG Cafe, and since it's December, that means it's really time to break out the Christmas music.  Many moons ago, when I first began broadcasting BG music on the radio, there was maybe one or two BG Christmas LPs, so the choices for Bluegrass Christmas music programming were really pretty limited.  Now, there are many, many BG Christmas recordings, and we shared selections from two of the newest 2011 entries on today's show:  Heather Berry's Mountain Fever Records CD is named (of course), "Have A Berry Merry Christmas," and the second volume of Christmas music from Ricky Skaggs, the Whites, and their various family members is "A Skaggs Family Christmas, Volume II."  In addition, there's a new Christmas tune written by New Hampshire songwriter, Rick Lang, and recorded by Jana & Stephen Mougin.  Other Christmas tunes were featured throughout the program, as well, from performers like the Stanley Brothers, Rhonda Vincent, Larry Stephenson, and the Johnson Mountain Boys.  


In addition to the new Christmas music from Heather Berry, Ricky Skaggs & the Whites, and the Rick Lang/Jana Mougin, a few other newer recordings made their way onto the WHUS airwaves this afternoon.  Other 2011 releases we heard from today came from Bill Emerson, Thomas Porter & Copper River Band, Della Mae, David Grisman, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Nothin' Fancy, Newtown, the Expedition Show, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Missy Werner Band, Lee Marcus, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Kathy Kallick, and Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice.  

Alton & Rabon Delmore

Today, we also paid tribute to one of the sweetest-sounding brother duets of all time:  Alton & Rabon -- the Delmore Brothers.  These stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s and Country Music Hall of Famers were both born in the month of December (Alton on December 25, 1908 and Rabon on December 3, 1916), so the time seemed perfect to shine a spotlight on them by playing several BG versions of tunes from their incredible song catalog.  Even though both of the Delmores have been dead for close to 50 years (Alton died in 1964, Rabon in 1952), the songs they wrote and sang continue to be recorded.  Just within the last year or so, several prominent BG performers have recorded Delmore music, including Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, the Crowe Brothers, Josh Williams, and Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out.  Terrific stuff.  

There doesn't appear to be a photo
of this quartet in action during the
1940s, but all three of these acts ended
up in the Country Music Hall of Fame

While shining the spotlight on the Delmore Brothers, it would have been impossible to not play a few songs by the Brown's Ferry Four.  This gospel quartet was born while the Delmores were working on the radio for WLW in Cincinnati in the early 1940s.  At the same time, there were two other members of the WLW staff who were performers:  Merle Travis and Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones.  The story goes that the 3 acts would sometimes work on the Saturday night radio show at WLW and other personal appearances.  Through a mutual love of gospel music, the two Delmores, Travis, and Grandpa found they could sing gospel songs together and have a great sound.  The Brown's Ferry Four were born (the name taken from the Delmores Alabama hometown of Brown's Ferry) after WLW gave the Brown's Ferry Four their own radio show.  Plenty of other folks enjoyed their gospel harmonies, too, and their music has gone on to inspire many other purveyors of BG gospel music, most especially Doyle Lawson.  World War II broke up the quartet when Alton and Grandpa both joined the service, but their music certainly lives on, and it's good to play it on the air every now and then.  


Hope you're enjoying your holiday season, and that you'll be sure to join Jim on the air next Sunday for three more big hours of the BG Cafe.


Amy




REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• If We Make It Through December / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Winter's Grace / Signature Sounds
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent Music
• Crazy Heart / Ben Greene with James King / Bluegrass Sideman / Blue Circle Records
• Christmas Is Near / Stanley Brothers / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Jesse James / Bill Emerson with Marshall Wilborn & Lynn Morris / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / The Grascals with Tom T. Hall / The Grascals & Friends / Cracker Barrel
• Trolley Days / Thomas Porter & Copper River Band / Trolley Days / Self-Produced
• Bowling Green / Della Mae / I Built This Heart / Self-Produced
• My Little Georgia Rose / David Grisman with Del McCoury / Dawg Plays Big Mon:  Happy Birthday Bill Monroe / Acoustic Disc
• Silence Or Tears / Country Gentlemen / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
• Fireball Express / Mark Delaney / Sidecar / Patuxent Music
• Christmas Time's A Comin' / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• Ain't It Funny / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• When The Springtime Comes Again (Little Annie) / Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Comin' On Strong / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• New Kid In Town / Heather Berry / Have A Berry Merry Christmas / Mountain Fever Records
• Wall Around Your Heart / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• Old Joe Clark / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• I'll Sign My Heart Away / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• The Hills Of Tennessee / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Self-Produced
• Lookin' Out My Back Door / Nothin' Fancy / Nothin' Fancy / Virginia Dreams Records
• Flora, The Lilly Of The West / Newtown / Newtown / Self-Produced
• When You're Holding Me / Rhonda Vincent / single / Upper Management Music
• Rock Bottom / Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• Long Forgotten Dream / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Weary Lonesome Blues / Delmore Brothers / The Delmore Brothers / JSP Records
• I've Got The Railroad Blues / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Happy On The Mississippi Shores / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
• Freight Train Boogie / Bear Minimum / Live At The Finnish Hall / no label
• When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / Louvin Brothers / A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Gusto
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Southern Moon / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Railroad Train / Josh Williams with Tony Rice / Down Home / Pinecastle
• Little Did They Know / Jana Mougin / single / Self-Produced
• Christmas Country Style / Larry Stephenson / Close My Eyes To Heaven / Webco
• Pretty Little Girl From Galax / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• Blind Man / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Women Like To Slow Dance / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• You Must Be Born Again / Brown's Ferry Four / 16 Greatest Hits / Starday
• Journey To My Savior's Side / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-Produced
• Thankful For Each Day / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Daniel Prayed / Kathy Kallick with Laurie Lewis / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak Records
• Whispering Now / Czech Drivers with Chris Jones / Live In Holland, 1985-2004 / Strictly Country
• Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Columbia
• Children Go / Ricky Skaggs & the Whites / A Skaggs Family Christmas, Volume II / Skaggs Family
• Over In The Gloryland / Brown's Ferry Four / 16 Greatest Hits / Starday
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder