"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/26/2023

For our Thanksgiving weekend edition of Bluegrass Cafe, we played several songs celebrating eating, turkeys, pilgrims, home, and gratitude.  In addition, we shared selections from two new Christmas releases from Billy Blue Records:  "Because It's Christmas Time" by Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers and Darin & Brooke Aldridge's "Hometown Holiday."  There was also new (or newish) music from the likes of Greg Blake, (Gary) Ferguson & (Colin) Henry, Full Cord, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Marty Falle, Sister Sadie, Balsam Range, and David Peterson.  

Hope you enjoyed something you heard on Sunday.  Please consider joining me once more for another Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday from 4-7PM, won't you?

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Eat At The Welcome Table / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Turkey In The Straw / Eddie Adcock & Don Reno / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel
• Feast Here Tonight / David Grisman with Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Ride The Wild Turkey / Jerry Douglas / Slide Rule / Sugar Hill Records
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope 
• Home / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• The Old Home Town / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• Flame In My Heart / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Dickson County Breakdown / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Old Rusty Gate / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Old Rusty Gate / Rebel
• Fraulein / Lost & Found / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Christmas At The Old Home Place / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Because It's Christmas Time / Billy Blue Records
• Who Do You Think? / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Hometown Holiday / Billy Blue Records
• The Christmas Cookies / Greg Blake / People, Places And Songs / Turnberry Records
• With Bells On / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Hometown Holiday / Billy Blue Records
• Old Fashioned Christmas / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers with Paul Williams / Because It's Christmas Time / Billy Blue Records
• Chasing A Dream / Ferguson & Henry / Distant Brothers / Self-Produced
• Maces Springs / Full Cord / Cambium / Dark Shadow Recording
• Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
• Kentucky Proud / Marty Falle / My Farm, My Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Fourteen Carat Mind / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Where The Old Red River Rolls / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Willow / Sister Sadie / single / Mountain Home
• I'll Have To Make Some Changes / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• We'll All Drink Money / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Mountain Laurel / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definite Collection / CMH
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Will You Be Leavin' / Carley Arrowood / Goin' Home Comin' On / Mountain Fever Records
• Sam's Place / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Queen Anne's Lace / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• I've Been All Around This World / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Reno Ride / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Lord I've Been A Hard Working Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Zion's Hill / David Peterson / Sacred Requests / Self-Produced
• Shouting Time In Heaven / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Press On O' Pilgrim / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Gospel Medley:  Paul And Silas/Just A Little Talk With Jesus/Uncloudy Day / Bass Mountain Boys / Carolina Calling Me / Pinecastle
• I Am Just A Pilgrim / Appalachian Road Show / Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show / Billy Blue Records
• I'm A Weary Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / There's A Light Guiding Me / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/12/2023

Before a new week begins, it's time to share last Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe playlist.  During this show, we shared several songs from Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (who brought her tour to the UConn campus the previous evening with a fine show at the Jorgensen Auditorium), as well as a couple of songs honoring veterans, and a whole bunch of songs from performers whose band name or last name began with the letter "N."  In addition, there was new or recent music from the likes of Amanda Cook, Cory Walker, Williamson Branch, David Parmley, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, the Kathy Kallick Band, the Seldom Scene, Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys, Appalachian Roadshow, Kristen Bearfield & Brooke Aldridge, High Fidelity, and Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out.

Thanks for listening, and we hope to be with you tomorrow from 4-7PM.  Join us, if you can!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• 'Til The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Stanley Brothers / The Coplete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Jim & Jesse / Y'all Come:  The Essential Jim & Jesse / Epic Legacy
• On And On / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• The Army Vet Song / Volume Five / For Those Who Care To Listen / Mountain Fever Records
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Margie / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / CRF Records
• Waiting For The Boys / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Bugle Call Rag / Cory Walker / School Project / Mountain Fever Records
• Grass Valley / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• It Takes A Train To Cry / The Tuttles & A.J. Lee / Introducing The Tuttles with A.J. Lee / Back Studio Records
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Oh Darlin' / Bradley & Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• Don't Throw Your Life Away / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Apartment #9 / Bradley & Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• New Star / Amanda Cook / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Kentucky Highway / Williamson Branch / single / Pinecastle
• What Makes You Think / David Parmley / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Never Been So Lonesome / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Reason To Believe / The Seldom Scene / single / Down The Road Records
• Troubled Life / Appalachian Road Show / Jubilation / Billy Blue Records
• Last Resort / Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys / The Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Sky Crunch Records
• Winterhawk / Northern Lights / Take You To The Sky / Flying Fish Records
• Sweet Virginia / No Speed Limit / Sweet Virginia / Arhoolie Records
• Train On The Island / Mark Newton Band / No Boundaries / Rebel 
• Watson's Blues / Nixon, Blevins & Gage / Pickin' On Doc / Self-Produced
• Wild Bill Jones / New Coon Creek Girls / Ain't Love A Good Thing / Pinecastle
• If You're Ever Gonna Love Me / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Self-Produced
• Twilight Time / Northern Lights / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Mountain Rosalie / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel 
• Old Devil's Dream / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Frog On A Lilly Pad / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• It's Just A Road / The Boxcars / It's Just A Road / Mountain Home
• Autumn Fell / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Walking With Joanna / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill Records
• Once More / The Grascals / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Blackbird / Special Conensus / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• Don't You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown? / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Kristen Leigh Bearfield & Brooke Aldridge / Heaven's Getting Sweeter Each Day / single  / Thoroughbred Records
• I Touch God's Loving Hand / NorthernBound / Granddad Hank
• The Lord's Last Supper / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Get Behind Me Satan / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• When I Get There / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / single / Self-Produced
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Lord, Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/5/2023

Really late in posting this playlist for the November 5th edition of our Bluegrass Cafe, but during this show, we shared songs about changing time, a little bit of new music from the likes of Nu-Blu, Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve, and Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys, birthday songs in honor of Alan Munde and Junior Sisk, and 16 songs about trains. 

Read on to thoroughly review the playlist, won't you?

Amy O. 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Time Changes Everything / Reno Brothers / Swing West / Pinecastle
• Time / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• Time Has Made A Change In Me / Jeff Parker & Company / Time Has Made A Change / Truegrass Entertainment
• Grandfather's Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• My Dying Day / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• I'm So Dog Gone Used To Lovin' You / Reno Brothers / Swing West / Pinecastle
• If That's The Way You Feel / Amanda Smith / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Cheek To Cheek With The Blues / Del McCoury / High Lonesome And Blue / Rounder
• How Could I Love Her So Much / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• No Longer A Sweet Heart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Bill Clifton / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• The Old Home / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Wheel Hoss / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• Not Loving Me / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-Produced
• Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• I'll Stay Around / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-Produced
• The Will / Nu-Blu with Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White Skaggs / single / Self-Produced
• Geronimo's Cadillac / Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve / Mile 77 / Self-Produced
• Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys / The Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Sky Crunch Records
• Blue Hold Stroll / Alan Munde / Excelsior / Patuxent Music [Alan Munde birthday, 11/4/1946]
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• Longfellow's Excelsior Hornpipe / Alan Munde / Excelsior / Patuxent Music [Alan Munde birthday, 11/4/1946]
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• Here Comes The Train / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Steel Rails / Alison Krauss / I've Got That Old Feeling / Rounder
• The Spell Of A Freight Train / Ricochet / Raised By The Railroad Line / Rebel
• Railroad Line / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Old Train / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / New Coon Creek Girls / The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Pinecastle
• She's On A Different Train / Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys / The Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Sky Crunch Records
• The Engineers Don't Wave From The Trains Anymore / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• I'm Watching The Train Passing By / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Flatland Girl / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway with Margo Price / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Blue Train (Of The Heartbreak Line) / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Hard Game Of Love / Sugar Hill
• The Train Song / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• California Zephyr / Larry Sparks / Raised By The Railroad Line / Rebel
• Get A Transfer / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Little White Church / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• My Savior's Train / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Journey To My Savior's Side / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• When I Wake Up (To Sleep No More) / Soul Pickers / Beautiful River Of Life / Blue Circle Records
• Hold On / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• Good News When I Die / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/29/2023

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe featured -- as you might expect -- included nearly two dozen tunes which featured stories of ghosts and other spooky incidents.  Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

We also included a tiny bit of newer Bluegrass, including the debut single from Connecticut Bluegrasser Austin Scelzo and a brand-new single from Lonesome River Band guitar picker/lead singer, Jesse Smathers.  We also included music from 2023 releases from the Kathy Kallick Band, Nothin' Fancy, RockHearts, the Henhouse Prowlers, and High Fidelity.

Hope you're having a wonderful week,.  We'll look forward to having you join us this coming Sunday, 4-7PM.  See you then!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Your Love Is Dying / Reno & Smiley / On Stage / Copper Creek
• Have You Lost Your Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Matterhorn / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• The Grey Ghost / Bill Emerson / Banjo Man / Pinecastle
• Wild, Wild Rose / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Rock Hearts / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / MCA
• Airmail Special / Jim & Jesse / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Sad And Blue / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• A Lonesome Night / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Why Don't You Tell Me So? / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• The Long Black Veil / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Ghostbound Train / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• The Ghost Of Cecil Martin / Audie Blaylock / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Cold, Icy Fingers / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Second Fiddle Blues / Austin Scelzo feat. Vickie Vaughn / single / Self-Produced
• A Lonesome Feeling / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Sing Darling Sing / Jesse Smathers / single / Self-Produced
• Tired Of These Little Games You're Playing / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Forgotten Gravestones / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording
• Here We Go Again / Nothin' Fancy / Here We Go Again / Mountain Fever Records
• Midnight Flyer / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Clinch Mountain Mystery / Larry Stephenson Band / Clinch Mountain Mystery / Pinecastle
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Self-Produced
• The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records
• Old Tom's Restless Bones / Gary Ferguson & Sally Love / Our Old Home / Eureka Recordings
• The Ballad Of Sarah Malone / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Jim Bob Wilson / Wildfire / Rented Room On Broadway / Pinecastle
• Ballad Of Maudie Dawson / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• All Aboard / Del McCoury Band / By Request / McCoury Music
• Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho / Dailey & Vincent / Singing From The Heart / Rounder
• I Love God's Way Of Living / White Mountain Bluegrass / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country Records
• My Lord Is Taking Me Away / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Jesus Is Whispering Now / Whetstone Run / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country Records
• Down The Road To Gloryland / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• A Beautiful Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder