"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/19/2026

Our Bluegrass Cafe broadcast last Sunday was a whole lot of fun, as we were able to share music from three of the newest inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame:  the Lost & Found, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, and the late fiddler, Byron Berline.  (The fourth Inductee for 2026 is the late Barry Poss, founder of Sugar Hill Records).  All four of these inductees will be honored in ceremonies at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Show in Chattanooga on October 22nd.  Congratulations to all!

We also took about 30 minutes to have a telephone chat with the fun and talented Becky Buller, as she will be bringing her band to play as part of the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Goshen, CT on Saturday, August 8th.  We shared lots of music from Becky -- both songs she wrote for other performers and herself, as well as selections from her IBMA nominated Album of the Year, "Songs That Sing Me."  Hope you've got plans to join me at the delightful Podunk Bluegrass Festival at the Goshen Fairgrounds.  The full schedule of performers can be found here.  See you there!

Join me again on the radio tomorrow afternoon, won't you?  We'll be there with another edition of Bluegrass Cafe from 4-7PM.  

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Music To My Ears / Ricky Skaggs / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family Records
• My Virginia Mama / The Grascals / Straighten The Curves / Mountain Home
• She Took The Tennessee River / Special Consensus / Rivers And Roads / Compass Records
• Little Bird / Becky Buller / Little Bird / Self-Produced
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee]
• Rocker Arm Reel / California / Traveler / Sugar Hill [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee (Byron Berline)]
• My Native Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / My Native Home / Rounder [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee]
• Sally Goodin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee (Byron Berline)]
• Ida Red / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee]
• Give It Away / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / Carter & Cleveland / Rebel 
• The Wandering Boy / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Hold To A Dream / Laurie Lewis / Restless Rambling Heart / Flying Fish
• The Nights Are So Long / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Another Day / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Red River Valley / Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Stoney Lonesome / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / Carter & Cleveland / Rebel
• A Hazy Shade Of Winter / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Telephone conversation with Becky Buller
• The Outlaw / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Another Love Gone Wrong / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• The Boys Are Back In Town / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee]
• I Ain't Goin' Down / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go / Sugar Hill [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee]
• I'd Rather Be A Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU! A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• A Cold July / Eddie Adcock Band / Talk To Your Heart / CMH Records
• Somehow Tonight / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• You Don't Know What You're Missing / Rick Faris / Life's Parade / Dark Shadow Recording
• I Can Read Between The Lines In Your Letters / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Highway / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Cardboard Mansion / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Count Me Out / Del McCoury Band / Del And The Boys / McCoury Music
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Little Community Church / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• Camel Train / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Get Behind Me Satan / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Come On Down / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee]
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Jesus Walked Upon The Water / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
• I'll Be Rested / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder [2026 Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductee]
• A Beautiful Life / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Sinners, You Better Get Ready / Ricky Skaggs / Ricky Skaggs Solo:  Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/29/2024

Two 2024 Bluegrass Hall of Famers --
Katy Daley & Alan Munde --
with one of their many fans.

As you might expect, Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe featured a whole lot of music from several newly-minted IBMA Award winners for 2024.  I had the pleasure of travelling to Raleigh, North Carolina for four days last week and was able to take in a good portion of the World of Bluegrass festivities.  Fun times.  This was the very last WoB event that will be held in Raleigh, and I was delighted to be there.  While there, I attended some useful workshops, heard lots of great music from lots of fine bands, visited a bit with our old WHUS pal, Jim Beaver, and witnessed my broadcasting friend, Katy Daley, being inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.  It was an outstanding week.

If you missed the IBMA Awards Show from last Thursday evening, the YouTube link of the show can be found here.  Check it out.

In addition to sharing some music from CDs we brought back from Raleigh, we also belatedly celebrated the birth anniversary of the great Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925 - December 8, 1982).  Though this Country Music Hall of Fame member performed lots of styles of music, Bluegrass wasn't really one of them.  Still, many of his songs have been covered by Bluegrass performers, so we shared a whole bunch of them from performers including the Gibson Brothers, the Spinney Brothers, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Jim Hurst, the Johnson Mountain Boys, and Special Consensus.

Hope you'll consider joining me once again this coming Sunday for another fun three-hour edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.  We'll see you at 4PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Date With An Angel / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle [IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, 2024]
• Something You Didn't Count On / Jaelee Roberts / Something You Didn't Count On / Pinecastle [IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2024]
• Fall In Tennessee / Authentic Unlimited with Jerry Douglas / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records [IBMA Song of the Year, 2024]
• San Joaquin / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Golden West / Nonesuch Records [IBMA Album of the Year, 2024]
• Alberta Bound / Special Consensus / Great Blue North / Compass Records [IBMA Music Video of the Year, 2024 (tie)]
• Brown's Ferry Blues / Tony Trischka with Billy Strings / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records [IBMA Collaborative Recording of the Year, 2024]
• Love Slippin' Away / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records [IBMA New Artist of the Year, 2024]
• If You Talk In Your Sleep / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music [IBMA Entertainer of the Year, 2024]
• Just A Little Ways Down The Road / Laurie Lewis / Trees / Spruce And Maple Music
• A Lonesome Feeling / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Montana Cowboy / Vern Williams Band / Traditional Bluegrass / Arhoolie
• Winsborough Cotton Mill Blues / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Flat Fork / Kentucky Colonels / Appalachian Swing! / Rounder
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky:  Songs Of Laurie Lewis / Rounder
• Trees / Laurie Lewis / Trees / Spruce And Maple Music
• Sincerity / Red Camel Collective / single / Pinecastle
• I Can't Help But Wonder (Where I'm Bound) / Tom Paxton & Della Mae / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
• If Something Should Happen / Wildfire / single / Pinecastle
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why) / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
• Ramblin' Boy / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
• Old Devil's Dream / Nick Chandler & Delivered / single / Pinecastle
• Blues Of The Night / Lonesome River Band / The Winning Hand / Mountain Home
• Tennessee Hound Dog / The Grascals / 20 / Mountain Home
• El Paso / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life:  The Best Of Marty Robbins / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• I Can't Quit / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Don't Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Big Iron / Jim Hurst / Second Son / Pinecastle [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / No One But You / Rebel [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Ghost Of A Love / Missy Raines with Dudley Connell / Highlander / Compass Records
• I'm Head Over Heels In Love / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Lost Indian / Deanie Richardson / Love Hard, Work Hard, Play Hard / Pinecastle [IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year, 2024]
• Over The Hills To The Poorhouse / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel 
• A Lonesome Night / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Home For / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording
• Cedar City Blues / Eddie Adcock / The Patuxent Banjo Project / Patuxent Music
• I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You / Full Cord / Cambium / Dark Shadow Recording
• Wanderers Like Me / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• God Walks The Dark Hills / Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / Just A Little Ways Down The Road / Rebel
• Goin' Up / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• God Already Has / Dale Ann Bradley / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle [IBMA Gospel Recording of the Year, 2024]
• Brighter Mansion Over There / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• We Shall Rise / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live 1984-2014 / Davis Music
• Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/2/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first for the month of October, and the first show as we begin our 41st year of broadcasting Bluegrass music at WHUS.  

For this edition of the program, we belatedly celebrated the September 26th birthday of a Country Music legend, Marty Robbins.  We included several Bluegrass covers of Marty Robbins classics -- some songs he wrote and some he did not.  

We also celebrated several Bluegrass birthdays from early October, including those of Chubby Wise, Terry Baucom, Blake Williams, Ray Deaton, Sammy Shelor, Johnny Williams, and Lynn Morris.  

And we couldn't forget what would have been the 76th birthday of the late Robert Fraker -- a good friend and wonderful musician and songwriter who was one of the founding members of the Bear Bridge Band.  Though he has been gone for 5 years now, Robert's music lives forever.  We included music from Bear Bridge, as well as a couple of recorded versions of Robert Fraker songs.  

We couldn't forget that the IBMA Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, September 28th in Raleigh.  We shared music from a few of the winners, including selections from Molly Tuttle, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Del McCoury, Rick Faris, and Dolly Parton.  

Thanks for listening, and we'll be looking for you this Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch [IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2022]
• Lazy Whippoorwill / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records [IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, 2022]
• What I've Learned / Rick Faris / The Next Mountain / Dark Shadow Recording [IBMA New Artist of the Year, 2022]
• My Little Darlin' / Del McCoury Band / Almost Proud / McCoury Music [IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, 2022]
• Vertigo / Bela Fleck / My Bluegrass Heart / Rounder [IBMA Instrumental Recording of the Year, 2022]
• My Little Darlin' / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• Hicker Nut Ridge / Kevin Prater Band / All I Ever Wanted / Patuxent Music
• Gotta Get You Near Me Blues / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• She's More To Be Pitied / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Louisville Suite / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song... / Bell Buckle Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Lilacs, Lilies, And Roses / Bear Bridge Band / live recording / no label [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Shelbyville Turnaround / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury
• I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury
• Cotton Eyed Joe / Chubby Wise / An American Original / Pinecastle [Remembering Chubby Wise:  10/2/1915 - 1/16/1996]
• Moundsville Pen / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel [Terry Baucom birthday, 10/6/1952]
• Pleasant Hill / Williams & Clark Expedition / The Old Kentucky Road / Self-Produced [Blake Williams birthday, 10/8/1956]
• Ezekiel Saw The Wheel / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Ray Deaton:  10/6/1952 - 6/4/2019]
• Ernest T. Grass / Sammy Shelor / Leading Roll / Sugar Hill [Sammy Shelor birthday, 10/8/1962]
• Helping Hand / Johnny Williams / Last Day Of Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings [Johnny Williams birthday, 10/6/1951]
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Lynn Morris birthday, 10/8/1948]
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Beggin' To You / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• I Can't Quit / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Knee Deep In The Blues / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / No One But You / Rebel [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Don't Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Big Iron / Jim Hurst / Second Son / Pinecastle [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life:  The Best Of Marty Robbins, 1952-1965 / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Mayberry / Randall Hylton / True Stories, Tall Tales, And Lies / Copper Creek ["Andy Griffith Show" debut, 10/3/1960]
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• These Crazy Dreams / East Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Cruel Love / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King 
• Back To Hancock County / Traditional Grass / The Blues Are Still The Blues / Rebel
• Trail Of Tears / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Greenlight On The Southern / Bob Minner with Ronnie Bowman / From Sulphur Springs To Rising Fawn:  The Songs Of Norman Blake / Engelhardt Music Group
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Do You Want To Go / Gospel Plowboys / Still Standing / Mountain Fever Records
• In The Sweet By And By / Dolly Parton / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records [IBMA Gospel Recording of the Year, 2022]
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Dan Tyminski with Billy Strings / One More Time Before You Go / North Star Records
• Let The Light Shine Down / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Inustrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• My God Will Set Me Free / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/3/2021

Robert Fraker at Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival
(Photo by MaryE Yeomans)

Our first Bluegrass Cafe of October 2021 featured music from some of the 2021 International Bluegrass Music Association award winners , as well as music from the three newly-minted members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, and birthday tributes to several performers.  Most notably, we shared seven songs from the pen of a good friend gone too soon:  Robert Fraker (October 1, 1946 - May 2, 2017).  Hope you were able to join us for all or part of the broadcast.

The annual gathering known as WoB (World of Bluegrass) took place this past week in Raleigh, NC.  While I wasn't an in-person attendee of the festivities this year, I was able to follow along virtually at some events that were posted on either the IBMA Facebook page or the group's YouTube.  To that end, we played some music from quite a few IBMA Award winners for 2021, and we mentioned the others.  

We also shared music from some of the performers who will be in Vermont next weekend at the first-time-ever Jenny Brook Minifest.  This annual event normally takes place at the end of June, but COVID meeting restrictions cancelled the big festival this year.  This smaller festival is "mini" in name only, as there will be a load of top-notch performers there, including IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year Danny Paisley, as well as the Po' Ramblin' Boys, the Feinberg Brothers, and others.  For more info, visit this website.  

As I will be in Vermont next weekend, our Bluegrass Cafe will be recorded during this week, and will air for you on Sunday afternoon.  Hope you'll consider joining us, if you can.

Have a great week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / Moxie And Mettle / Mountain Home [IBMA Song of the Year, 2021]
• Living On The Edge / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle [IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2021]
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle [IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, 2021]
• Letters Have No Arms / Del McCoury Band / Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass / McCoury Music [IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, 2021]
• Hollow Heart / Billy Strings / Home / Rounder [IBMA Entertainer of the Year, 2021]
• Readin', Rightin', Route 23 / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways [IBMA Album of the Year, 2021]
• Losing You Blues / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle [IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, 2021]
• Fiddler's Pastime / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Laura Orshaw / Fiddler's Pastime / Self-Produced [IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year, 2021]
• Are You Missing Me / Dailey & Vincent / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways [IBMA Album of the Year, 2021]
• No Other Man / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song... / Bell Buckle Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Louisville Suite / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• The Cheshire Tragedy / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Here Come The Teardrops / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / Fine Time To Get The Blues / Driving Duke Records [Terry Baucom birthday, 10/6/1952]
• Helping Hand / Johnny Williams / Last Day At Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings [Johnny Williams birthday, 10/6/1951]
• Ezekiel Saw The Wheel / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Ray Deaton:  10/6/1952 - 6/4/2019]
• Sparta Flash / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records [Blake Williams birthday, 10/8/1962]
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / VA Foundation for the Humanties [Sammy Shelor birthday, 10/8/1962]
• Old Rip / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder [Lynn Morris birthday, 10/8/1948]
• Blue Skies And Teardrops / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Blue Grass Breakdown / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music
• Tupelo County Jail / The Stonemans / Family Tradition:  The Stoneman Legacy / CMH
• Two Highways / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder
• Enough On My Mind / Rambler's Choice / Sounds Of The Mountains / Rounder
• The Memory Of Your Smile / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• I'm Feeling For You (But I Can't Reach You) / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Honeycat Hornpipe / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music
• Lonesome Riverboat Blues / Edgar Loudermilk Band with Jeff Autry / Lonesome Riverboat Blues / Rural Rhythm
• A Hundred Years From Now / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Teach Your Children / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Don't Weep For Me / Blue Highway / Original Traditional / Rounder
• Cannonball Yodel / Dede Wyland / Urge For Going / Patuxent Music
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Stagger Lee / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• I'd Jump The Mississippi / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• Whatcha Gonna Do / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• East Bound And Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys with Jason Carter & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / single / Sound Biscuit
• Ice Covered Birches / Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / Rebel
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Proud Mary / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• After While / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle [Gospel Recording of the Year, 2021]
• Take Me In The Lifeboat / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• I'll Be Singing Up There / Lonesome River Band / Singing Up There:  A Tribute to the Easter Brothers / Mountain Home
• Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass with Lizzy Long / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle 
• In The Resurrection Morning / Sacred Reunion / single / Billy Blue Records [Gospel Recording of the Year, 2021]
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/11/2020

Our 25th (!) pre-recorded Bluegrass Cafe hit the WHUS airwaves today.  Whoa!  Back in April when WHUS said we could start recording shows at home, I figured I'd record them until school started again in the fall, and then, we'd be allowed to come back to the studio in Storrs.  Clearly, 2020 had something else in store, as we now have 25 shows "in the can," and who knows how many more recorded shows there will be?  Time will tell...

Anyhow, today's show included songs from some of the big winners of the 2020 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, which were presented in virtual ceremonies on October 1st.  Congratulations to all of the winners!  If you'd like to read the full list of award winners, click here.  

We also shared music from two of the three 2020 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame:  the Johnson Mountain Boys and New Grass Revival.  These two bands -- both outstanding and with legions of fans -- presented two completely different forms of music, and we shared some from each of them on Sunday.  

And, of course, there were a few birthdays to celebrate and remember.  Today's birthday boy is Leigh Gibson (born October 11, 1970), so we shared two songs of the Gibson Brothers written by Leigh.  Another wonderful songwriter and performer is one who left us too soon:  Robert Fraker (October 1, 1946 - May 2, 2017).  Robert was a friend to all and a gifted songwriter and performer with the Bear Bridge Band, so we shared two songs from his creative brain during our gospel set.  And then, there's John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), who was NOT a Bluegrass performer, but who will always be remembered as one of the Beatles -- a band whose music
continues to inspire performers of all types of music.

Hope you were able to tune in this week, but if not, there's always next Sunday.  :)  See you then.

Enjoy the week, and stay healthy!

Amy O. 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Boy Records [IBMA Album Of The Year, 2020]
• City That Drowned / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records [IBMA New Artist Of The Year, 2020]
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording [IBMA Collaborative Recording Of The Year, 2020]
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records [IBMA Song Of The Year, 2020]
• Something To Lose / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle [IBMA Entertainer & Vocal Group Of The Year, 2020]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music [IBMA Male Vocalist Of The Year, 2020]
• Raleigh Ride / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder [Bluegrass Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2020]
• Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Five Speed / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder 
• Dry Run Creek / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• The Nights Are So Long / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Hold To A Dream / New Grass Revival / Best Of New Grass Revival / Liberty [Bluegrass Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2020]
• Sunrise / Sam Bush with Bela Fleck / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Some Old Day / John Cowan / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Callin' Baton Rouge / New Grass Revival / Best Of New Grass Revival / Liberty
• Your Love Is Like A Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / The Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Life Gets Up And Gets Gone / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• How Deep Is The Lonesome / Cedar Hill / Fall Singles 2020 / Mountain Fever Records
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1970]
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1970]
• I Feel Fine / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• Yesterday / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• What Goes On / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• You'd Better Wake Up / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• The Eastern Gate / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• I'm A Stranger / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Hold Fast To The Right / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Cast Aside / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• We'll Still Sing On / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mansion In The Grave / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Gonna Rise And Shine / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records [IBMA Gospel Recording Of The Year, 2020]
• Life Song / Blue Highway / Somewhere Far Away / Rounder
• God's Record Book Of Life / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Bill Boy Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder