Tuesday, April 29, 2025

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/27/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe featured three hours' worth of fine Bluegrass music, including a post-birthday tribute to one-half of possibly the greatest brother duet in the history of music; and if that wasn't enough, we also included LOTS of new music.  It was a fun show, so sure hope you were able to join us.

Ira Lonnie Loudermilk (April 20, 1924 - June 20, 1965) was considered as sort of the "hothead" of the Louvin Brothers, 

but there is no question whatsoever that he was an excellent mandolin player and songwriter.  Ira and his younger brother, Charlie, recorded so many fine songs together, and their harmonies are easily identifiable and wickedly enjoyable.  Though these singing brothers were not a Bluegrass act, their music has inspired many a Bluegrass performer, and their songs have been covered so many times in the world of Bluegrass.  We included several Louvin songs and a more Louvin covers during Sunday's show.

New music played a very large part in our programming on Sunday.  We featured a full half-hour of brand-new music from several performers, including Balsam Range, Alison Brown & Steve Martin (with Tim O'Brien), the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, Darren Nicholson, the Kody Norris Show, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Shelton & Williams, Junior Sisk, and the Special Consensus.  In addition, there was recent music from Becky Buller, Carter & ClevelandJoe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and the Seldom Scene.  

If you missed the show's April 27th airing, but would like to try to listen, please visit this link:  https://spinitron.com/WHUS/pl/20573197/Bluegrass-Cafe and click on the player at the top of the page.  You can listen to each show for two weeks after it airs.

Enjoy the rest of the week, and we'll look forward to joining you once again for three big hours of the Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday afternoon!

Amy O.


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

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
  • Separating Hearts / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
  • Why Baby Why / Cox Family / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Stealing Second / Chris Thile / Stealing Second / Sugar Hill
  • I Do / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Carolina Blue / I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Pinecastle
  • Before I Met You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
  • Say I Do / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
  • Bad Case Of Lovin' You / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
  • Prettier All The Time / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
  • Ain't Nobody Gonna Me When I'm Gone / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits / Rural Rhythm
  • Green Mountain Hop / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
  • Don't Tell Me Your Troubles / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
  • Outrun The Rain / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records
  • Come Walk With Me / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • The Story Of My Life / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Sweeter Than Tupelo Honey / Junior Sisk / single / Turnberry Records
  • In The Circle / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
  • The Door Is Always Open / Shelton & Williams / A Time For Every Season / Turnberry Records
  • Seesaw / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Now And Then Records
  • 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back / Alison Brown & Steve Martin with Tim O'Brien / single / Compass Records
  • When It Comes To Loving You / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
  • Any Highway / Darren Nicholson / single / Mountain Home
  • Been All Around This World / Special Consensus / single / Compass Records
  • When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1944-1964 / Raven [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • My Baby's Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • My Baby Came Back / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / The Oak And The Laurel / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • I Take The Chance / Jim & Jesse / Saluting The Louvin Brothers / Epic [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • Seven Year Blues / Longview / Longivew / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / Malpass Brothers / Live At The Paramount Theatre / Minnow Media [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • Cash On The Barrelhead / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1944-1964 / Raven [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • Anywhere The Wind Blows / Missy Raines & Allegheny with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / single / Compass Records
  • Wait A Minute / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill [Herb Pedersen birthday, 4/27/1944]
  • Music Of The Mountains / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
  • I Got A Notion / Radio Flyer / Old Strings New Strings / Turquoise Records
  • Reach / Becky Buller / single / Dark Shadow Recording
  • You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • He Sees The Little Sparrow / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Thankful And Blessed / Billy Blue Records
  • Joshua / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live / Upper Management Music
  • My Lord Grows Sweeter Each Day / Paul Williams & Cliff Waldron / Higher Ground / Rebel
  • Are You Afraid To Die? / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • I'll Never Go Back (To The Ways Of Sin) / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • I Have Found The Way / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
  • Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
  • Make Him A Soldier / Whitstein Brothers / Sweet Harmony / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • Just Rehearsing / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, April 20, 2025

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/20/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first live show in three weeks, and it was a busy one!  We included a bit of newer music, and celebrated the April 20th birthdays of both Doyle Lawson and Hylo Brown.  And, of course, since it was Easter Sunday, we couldn't forget to share many songs relating to this most holy season.

If you happened to miss this show's original airing on Easter Sunday, you have another week and a couple of days to check out the streaming show.  Click on this link if you'd like to hear it.

Hope you'll consider joining us for another Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Amy O.


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Herd / What About Him / Pinecastle
  • The Empty Tomb / Gary Ferguson / Without You / Turquoise Records
  • Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
  • Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
  • You Can't Hurt Ham / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family Records
  • Come Early Morning / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
  • Leftover Biscuits / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH Records
  • Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Someone Took My Place With You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
  • I'll Be Around Somewhere / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
  • Walkin' Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
  • Please Search Your Heart / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1994]
  • Big Spike Hammer / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 3:  California Connection / Rounder [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
  • Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Doyle Lawson & Paul Williams / Chapter 3 / Mountain Home  [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
  • C.G. Express / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
  • Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow - 16 Greatest Starday Recordings / Starday [Remembering Hylo Brown:  4/20/1922 - 1/17/2003]
  • The Prisoner's Song / Earl Scruggs & Hylo Brown / Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 / Vanguard [Remembering Hylo Brown:  4/20/1922 - 1/17/2003]
  • Look Up To The Sky / Henhouse Prowlers / Unravel / Dark Shadow Recording
  • Dance 'Til Your Socks Are Hot And Ravelin' / The Dillards / Songs That Made Charlene Cry / Dillard Song Records
  • Listening To The Rain / Bob Minner feat. Rhonda Vincent & John Meador / single / Billy Blue Records
  • Poor Boy Like Me / Henhouse Prowlers / Unravel / Dark Shadow Recording
  • There Is A Time / The Dillards / Songs That Made Charlene Cry / Dillard Song Records
  • Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains / Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
  • When There's Nothing But The Crickets Left To Sing / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
  • The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
  • He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
  • Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
  • 20/20 Vision / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing
  • White House Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
  • I Call Her Sunshine / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
  • Let's / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  • I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
  • Broke Down Engine / Woody Platt with Del McCoury / Far Away With You / Compass Records
  • Leaving London / Greg Blake / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
  • Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
  • Memories That We Shared / Sideline / Front And Center / Mountain Home
  • I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  • It's Lonesome Everywhere I Go / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
  • Listen To The Lonesome Wind / Missy Raines / Highlander / Compass Records
  • The Cry From The Cross / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
  • He Took Your Place / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
  • Were You There / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
  • Rock My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
  • I Am The Man, Thomas / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
  • Purple Robe / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
  • He's Passing This Way / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
  • By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
  • Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder