"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/8/2026

Before it's Sunday again, here's a look back at our March 8th Bluegrass Cafe.  It was a slightly abbreviated program, beginning 15 minutes later than 4PM as the UConn Women's Basketball team played in the Big East Tournament.  

March 8th was International Woman's Day, so we shared music from many of the fine women performers who have survived and thrived in the World of Bluegrass.  We included everyone from Sara and Maybelle Carter to Martha Adcock and Lynn Morris to Molly Tuttle.  

During our program, we took a few minutes to remember the music of Jim Buchanan (January 1, 1941 - March 6, 2026) -- a top-notch Bluegrass fiddler who worked for many years with Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys, as well as with country music performers like George Jones and Mel Tillis.  

And we took a few minutes to chat with Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance President Jeffrey Horton, as the RIBA folks have a wonderful concert event they are presenting at Bally's Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI on March 21st.  Find more info about RIBA, this event, and their upcoming Hall of Fame ceremonies in April by clicking on the hyperlinks.

We'll join you once again this coming Sunday afternoon for our next Bluegrass Cafe.  4PM is the time, so we'll see you then...

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• True Life Blues / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister! / Rounder
• Easy Come, Easy Go / Burnett Sisters Band / Easy Come, Easy Go / Pinecastle
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Billy In The Lowground / David Grisman, Vince Gill, Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan, Emory Gordy, Jr. / Here Today / Rounder [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Cheyenne / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Lonesome River / David Grisman, Vince Gill, Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan, Emory Gordy, Jr. / Here Today / Rounder [Remembering Jim Buchanan:  1/1/1941 - 3/6/2026]
• Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Telephone conversation with Jeffrey Horton of the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance
• Anger And Tears / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish
• All Will Be Well / Sister Sadie / All Will Be Well / Mountain Home
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) / Cox Family / O Brother, Where Art Thou / Mercury
• Anywhere The Wind Blows / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Don't Neglect The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Red Rocking Chair / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden HIghway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Gentle On My Mind / Tony Trischka with Billy Strings / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Foolish Heart / Alison Krauss / Too Late To Cry / Rounder
• Poor Ellen Smith / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister 2 / Rounder
• I Can't Settle Down / Laura Orshaw with Jenee Fleenor & Brittany Haas / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• Blue Ain't The Word / The Kody Norris Show / Highfalutin' Hillbilly / Rebel
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• God Is Watching / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Abide With Me / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
• Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Speakin' To That Mountain / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Get On The Main Highway / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Light At The River / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope
• Jordan / Darin & Brooke Aldridge feat. Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney & Mark Fain / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/10/2024

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe got an unexpected (to me) delayed start due to the WHUS broadcast of a UConn Women's Basketball semifinal game in the 2024 Big East Tournament.  In the days before COVID, it was not at all unusual for our showtime to be preempted during basketball season at UConn, but that hasn't happened all that often in recent years...until yesterday.  We began the show around 4:30PM, so hope you were still able to enjoy 150 minutes of Bluegrass music on Sunday afternoon.

We began our delayed program with a belated birthday tribute to the great Bluegrass Hall of Fame banjo picker of The Dillards, Doug Dillard (March 6, 1937 - May 16, 2012).  Somehow or other, Doug's birthday got overlooked during our broadcast on March 3rd.  For this week, we celebrated the birthdays of Norman Blake (born March 10, 1938), as well as those of Marshall Wilborn, Raymond Fairchild, Bob Paisley, Kristin Scott Benson, Ronnie McCoury, and Tim O'Brien.

International Women's Day was celebrated on March 8th, and while we could -- and should -- devote more airtime to the music of Bluegrass Women, we took a few minutes on Sunday to belatedly celebrate a few of the fine women in Bluegrass music.  To that end, we heard music from Becky Buller, Wilma Lee Cooper, Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard, Alison Krauss, Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris, Laura Orshaw, and Rhonda Vincent.  

And there was some new music to share, too, this time from a new band named Red Camel Collective, as well as newer selections from the Price Sisters, Barry Abernathy (from the forthcoming Rick Lang-penned Gospel recording), Volume Five, Darren Nicholson, Michelle Canning, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, the Travelin' McCourys, Missy Raines & Allegheny, and Junior Sisk.

It was a busy, abbreviated show!  Sure hope you could join us, but if not this week, then I hope you'll seek out our next broadcast on Sunday, March 17th.  We should have three big hours of Bluegrass Cafe to share beginning at 4PM.

Until then, have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Somebody Touched Me / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Are You Missing Me / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP&CD Records
• Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Mama & Daddy's Little Girl / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Select Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• You're Not A Drop In The Bucket / The Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Roll On Mississippi / Red Camel Collective / single / Pinecastle
• There's A Song In There Somewhere / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• We Just Disagree / Volume Five / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Ain't No Sin / Darren Nicholson / single / Mountain Home
• Outside The Lines / Michelle Canning / Outside The Lines / Self-Produced
• A Man Like Me / Junior Sisk with Dan Tyminski / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Silence Or Tears / Norman & Nancy Blake / Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To / Shanachie [Norman Blake birthday, 3/10/1938]
• Black Pony / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Beer Barrel Polka / Raymond Fairchild / Little Zane / Copper Creek [Remembering Raymond Fairchild:  3/15/1939 - 10/13/2019]
• Margie / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• Quicksburg Rondezvous / Del McCoury Band / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder [Ronnie McCoury birthday, 3/16/1967]
• Colleen Malone / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [Tim O'Brien birthday, 3/16/1954]
• Great Waterton / Kristin Scott Benson / String works / Mountain Home [Kristin Scott Benson birthday, 3/14/1976]
• You Are My Sunshine / Norman Blake / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost HIghway Records [Norman Blake birthday, 3/10/1938]
• Runaway Train / The Travelin' McCourys / single / McCoury Music
• Fast Moving Train / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Highlander / Compass Records
• Foolish Heart / Alison Krauss / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Montana Cowboy / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister 2 / Rounder
• Eight More Miles / Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris & Rhonda Vincent / O Sister! / Rounder
• Another Love Gone Wrong / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'll Be Hurtin' Either Way / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• Poor Ellen Smith / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister 2 / Rounder
• Just Beyond / Barry Abernathy with John Meador, Tim Raybon & Bradley Walker / Blue Collar Gospel / Billy Blue Records
• The Mighty Name Of Jesus / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope Records
• Just Any Day Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Virginia Squires / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I Love God's Way Of Living / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• These Men Of God / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / rebel
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/14/2021

Another March Sunday -- more extra innings for UConn Baseball!  Our Bluegrass Cafe began four hours later than the normal 4PM start time on Sunday afternoon, but still, we were happy to present some really excellent Bluegrass music, including several of my favorite tunes, of course!

As March 14th happens to be my birthday, I (naturally) included lots of music from some of my Bluegrass favorites -- big surprise there, huh?  :)  We also included birthday tunes from the late Bob Paisley and the former IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, Kristin Scott Benson, as well as the late Raymond Fairchild, Tim O'Brien, and Ronnie
McCoury.

There was a set of music from some women of Bluegrass, as we celebrated International Women's Day on March 8th, and we included a few newer songs from recently released or forthcoming projects from several acts, including Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Matt Dudman, Rock Hearts, Greg Blake, Carolyn Eyerly, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

The hope is that next Sunday's show will air from 4-7PM, but we shall see what happens.  Check out our Bluegrass Cafe Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe) for the latest info.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill  / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Margie / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• Great Waterton / Kristin Scott Benson / Stringworks / Mountain Home [Kristin Scott Benson birthday, 3/14/1976]
• I Over Looked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• I Can't Stand To Ramble / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'N' Live / Sugar Hill
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky / Rounder
• Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Scraps From Your Table / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Tell Me How To Mend A Broken Heart / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Whither You Roam / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• One Short Year / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Fine Time To Get The Blues / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / First Time To Get The Blues / Driving Duke Records
• Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• People, Places, And Songs / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• Where Are You Darlin' / Amanda Cook / Narrowing The Gap / Mountain Fever Records
• Destination Love / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Farewell Blues / Kristin Scott Benson / Stringworks / Mountain Home
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• The Convict And The Rose / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Whoa Mule / Raymond Fairchild / Live! In McClure! / Rebel [Remembering Raymond Fairchild:  3/15/1939 - 10/13/2019]
• Nellie Kane / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish [Tim O'Brien birthday, 3/16/1954]
• Quicksburg Rondezvous / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder [Ronnie McCoury birthday, 3/16/1967]
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Poet With Wings / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Sad Situation / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• 'Til The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 
• Remembering / Mac Wiseman / 
• I'll Never Do Better Than You / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Will I Be That Lucky Man? / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Durham Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Live At Carnegie Hall / Koch Records
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Louvin Brothers / 
• Over In The Glory Land / Carolyn Eyerly / The Sunny Side Of Life / Patuxent Music
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / Jimmy Martin / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Walk Through The Shadows / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Angel Band / Stanley Brothers / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• You Must Be Born Again / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey Now / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Shield Of Faith / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• I'm Rollin' Through This Unfriendly World / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• One Wide River / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder