"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/1/2026

On the last Sunday of October, there was not a live presentation of our Bluegrass Cafe for two reasons:  number one reason is that there was a UConn Basketball broadcast on our WHUS airwaves on October 25th.  (The second reason is that I was still on my back home from a couple of days away from Connecticut).  Anyhow, since our November 1st broadcast was the show that aired closest to Halloween, we couldn't NOT populate a good portion of our broadcast with Bluegrass songs about ghostly passengers, mysterious lights, and cold, icy fingers.  Hope you enjoyed our two sets our scary songs!

There has been another sad loss in the world of Bluegrass this past week.  Bluegrass Ambassador (and member of the BG Hall of Fame since 2008) Bill Clifton passed on October 30th at the age of 95.  Born William August Marburg, Bill Clifton was a great cheerleader and supporter of the Carter Family, and while he wasn't raised in a rural environment, he surrounded himself with musicians who were.  He also spent many years living in England, and it was there that he became an amazing ambassador spreading the music he loved to residents of other countries and lands.  We remembered this sometimes-overlooked Hall of Fame member with several songs featuring his strong, pleasant voice.  Rest in peace, Bill Clifton.

A little bit of newer music found its way into the show, as well, with new selections from Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland, High Fidelity, the Sullivan Sisters, Junior Sisk, Rhonda Vincent, and Balsam Range.  We also shared the recent release from Authentic Unlimite
d, who recently won their 4th consecutive Vocal Group of the Year honor at the International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA) Awards.  Congratulations to them, as well as to the other recent IBMA Award winners whose music was shared on Sunday, including East Nash Grass, Blue Highway, and 5-time Entertainer of the Year, Billy Strings.

Hope you can join us once again this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Travelin' This Lonesome Road / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• That's Just Lonesome / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• High Lonesome / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• The Lonesome Road / High Fidelity / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• I'm One Of Those / Billy Strings / So Much For Goodbyes / Reprise Records
• Hill Country Highway / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• City Of Angels / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edisonic Records
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Clinch Mountain Mystery / Larry Stephenson / Clinch Mountain Mystery / Pinecastle
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Ghost Stories / Lost Highway / Bluegrass The Way You Like It / Hay Holler
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Same Old Town / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland with Dudley Connell / single / Fiddleman Records
• Cold Front / Sullivan Sisters / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Lonesome Cloudy Days / Junior Sisk / True To The Bone / Turnberry Records
• Far Away From Home / Rhonda Vincent / A Possibility / Upper Management Music
• Simple Man / Balsam Range / single / Self-Produced
• Cattle In The Corn / High Fidelity / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• March Winds / Bill Clifton & His Dixie Mountain Boys / Carter Family Memorial Album / Starday Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Are You From Dixie? / Bill Clifton & Red Rector / Around The World To Poor Valley / Bear Family Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Little White Washed Chimney / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• My Clinch Mountain Home / Bill Clifton & His Dixie Mountain Boys / Carter Family Memorial Album / Starday Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• I'm Living The Right Life Now / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Beautiful / Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau / River Of Memories / Elf Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Home Of The Soul / Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH Records [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• The Ghost Of Eli Renfro / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• Burying Ground / Kathy Kallick / Call Me A Taxi / Sugar Hill
• Cold, Icy Fingers / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Do You Live What You Preach / Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• In The City Where The Lamb Is The Light / High Fidelity / Never Say Goodbye / Rebel
• You Go To Your Church / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Clifton:  4/5/1931 - 10/30/2026]
• John In The Jordan / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm
• Gathering In The Sky / Ricochet / Carolina Memories / Rebel
• In His Love I'll Abide / Wyatt Rice & Santa Cruz / Picture In A Tear / Rounder
• All Aboard / Del McCoury Band / Del & The Boys / McCoury Music
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU!:  A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder