During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we shared lots of wonderful music, including a tune or two in honor Earth Day. Hope you were able to join us!
Our main focus on Sunday was sharing music from several members of the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance (RIBA) Hall of Fame. Of the seventeen members who have been inducted since this honor was established in 2016, we heard music from nine of them during our program. This coming Sunday -- April 30th -- the RIBA folks will be holding their 2023 induction ceremonies, during which four pioneers (Gert Hall, Al Hawkes, Randy Hawkins, and the Lilly Brothers) will be honored. The inductees for 2023 include the delightful Neon Valley Boys -- one of my favorite local bands of the 1980s -- and, as you likely have heard by now, me. How do I fit in with the likes of Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell, and Jimmy Gaudreau? Honestly, I'm not sure, but I'm delighted to be there! 😁 If you'd like to know more about the RIBA event this coming Sunday, click here for more information or visit RIBluegrass.org
Oh, and if everything goes as planned, you'll get to hear an archived Bluegrass Cafe from May 2021 during our 4-7PM timeslot on April 30th. That's the plan, anyway.
We also included some newer music, this week from Tina Adair, Marty Raybon, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, (Wayne & Kristin Scott) Benson, and the Special Consensus, as well as 2023 releases from Boone & Foster, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Jason Barie, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and Larry Sparks.
We'll be back on the air with you with a live program on May 7th.
Have a good week!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
- Where The Wild River Rolls / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
- Deep River / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
- Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
- Do You Remember? / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
- Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie
- Country Pride / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
- Fourteen Carat Mind / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
- Your Eyes / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone
- Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
- Highway Of Sorrow / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
- Think Of What You've Done / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Memories / Mountain Fever Records
- Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Sparkling Brown Eyes / Rounder
- Fickle Wind / Bluegrass Cardinals / My Kinda Grass / BGC Records
- Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
- Bending The Strings / Allen Shelton / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
- Ace Of Hearts / Del McCoury Band / Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass / McCoury Music
- Cry Of The Loon / Stan Keach & Friends / Cry Of The Loon & Other Original Songs About Maine / Ayuh Records
- Lonesome Wind / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
- Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
- Me Oh My / Marty Raybon / single / Billy Blue Records
- Icy Cold / Benson / Pick Your Poison / Mountain Home
- Some Things You Can't Undo / Tina Adair / single / Engelhardt Music Group
- Snowbird / Special Consensus with Claire Lynch / Great Blue North / Compass Records
- Blow Whistle / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
- The Lovin' Of The Game / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
- Cowboys Dig Them High-Heeled Shoes / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records [RIBA Hall of Fame, 2023]
- That's When I Miss Her Most Of All / Bill Hall & Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead Records [Bill Hall - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2017]
- Friend Of Steel / Southern Rail / Roadwork / Turquoise [Jim Muller & Sharon Horovitch - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2019]
- Adrienne's Reel / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco [RIBA Hall of Fame, 2017]
- The Sun Also Rises / Shady Creek / The Old House / Self-Produced [Nick Anderson - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2021]
- Jubilation / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish [Mike Kropp - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2016]
- Headed Home For Maine / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records [Sam Tidwell - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2018]
- Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Fred & Earl Pike - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2020]
- I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
- Keep A Memory / Jason Barie with Doyle Lawson & Russell Moore / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
- East Bound And Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys with Jason Carter & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / single / Sound Biscuit
- Long Way To Denver / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
- Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
- How Mountain Girls Can Love / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
- Maple On The Hill / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
- Sundown And Sorrow / Jimmy Martin / Classic J.A.G. / Webco
- Let Time Ride / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
- On The Jericho Road / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 2 / Hay Holler
- Dust On The Bible / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
- When Jesus Comes Down / Chris Warner with Dudley Connell / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
- Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
- Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
- Speakin ' To That Mountain / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow
- I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
- Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder