"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/28/2025

During this last Sunday of September, Bluegrass Cafe celebrated the birthdays of two of Bluegrass music's finest who were both born on September 28th:  Ronnie Reno and Laurie Lewis.  What better way to celebrate these folks than to share some of their music?  We did that quite easily.  

From time to time, we like to remember certain members of the Country Music Hall of Fame whose influence has been deeply felt by the World of Bluegrass Music.  For today, we celebrated the King of Country Music, Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992), with several selections from his song catalog performed by Joe Val, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Bear Minimum, Special Consensus, David Peterson & 1946, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  There was also music from the man, himself, as well as a tribute to Roy Acuff from the Osborne Brothers.  

New music played a small part in the show, including selections from Larry Sparks, Shawn Camp, Grasstime, Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountains Boys, and the Grass Daddies.

Thanks for joining us for this week's radio visit.  We'll hope to have you join us once again next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Home Run Man / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Dreaming / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill
• She's Gone, Gone, Gone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Milwaukee Here I Come / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Universal
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky:  Songs Of Laurie Lewis / Rounder [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/30/1950]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Bully Of The Town / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Once More / The Grascals / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Just A Little Ways Down The Road / Laurie Lewis / Trees / Spruce And Maple Music [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/30/1950]
• Big Train / Don Rigsby with Ronnie Reno / Kentucky Troubadour:  The Rebel Collection / Rebel [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• In Spite Of Me / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• Cruel Love / Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Pinecastle [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• No One But My Darlin' / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Boogie Grass Band / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / Self-Produced [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
• Since I Met You Baby / Larry Sparks / single / Rebel
• The Death Of Sis Draper / Shawn Camp / The Ghost Of Sis Draper / Truly Handmade Records
• Cotton, Corn And Hay / Grasstime / single / Self-Produced
• Where The Dim Lights Are The Dimmest / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Stanley Family Records
• Missin' That Drawl / Grass Daddies / Missin' That Drawl / Prairie Grass Records
• Preacher Mike / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird (And Other Nearly True Stories) / Self-Produced [Remembering Frank Shaw:  12/15/1947 - 9/21/2025]
• Hummingbird / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird (And Other Nearly True Stories) / Self-Produced [Remembering Frank Shaw:  12/15/1947 - 9/21/2025]
• Never Will Forget / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird (And Other Nearly True Stories) / Self-Produced [Remembering Frank Shaw:  12/15/1947 - 9/21/2025]
• Old Roy And Brother Oz / Osborne Brothers / Class Of 96 / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Freight Train Blues / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wreck On The Highway / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / SME [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Muddy Waters / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Something In The Wind / The Seldom Scene / Act Four / Sugar Hill [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Seeing The Best Of You / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• I'll Be In My Happy Home / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• By The Side Of The Road / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• A Beautiful Life / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Daniel Prayed / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Pinecastle [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/30/1947]
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/28/1950]
• Take Him In / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• This World Can't Stand Long / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / SME [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/21/2025

Since tomorrow -- Monday, September 22nd -- is the first day of Fall, we began Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe with a few "fall" songs.  The rest of the show was filled with new music, classic favorites, and music from two of the newest members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, as well as songs featuring several winners of IBMA Awards.  We also spent a little bit of time belatedly celebrating the birth anniversary of the Father of Bluegrass Music -- Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1994).  

By all accounts, the IBMA World of Bluegrass (held this past week for the first time in Chattanooga, Tennessee) was a big hit.  One of the highlights of the week is always the IBMA Awards, and for this year, the biggest winners were Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter.  Their first-ever duet record -- simply entitled "Carter & Cleveland" -- may have been fifteen years in the making, but still, it won three big IBMA Awards in 2025, including Song of the Year and Album of the Year.  Conference keynote speaker Billy Strings won the Entertainer of the Year Award once more.  A full list of winners can be found here.

There are now officially three new members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame:  Arnold Shultz, the Bluegrass Cardinals, and Hot Rize.  The latter two bands are no longer working as bands, but reunited for the IBMA Awards ceremony.  How nice to hear them once again.

A bit of new (or newish) music was also part our playlist, with selections included from Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Shawn Camp, Will Clark, the Burnett Sisters Band, Mike Mitchell, Trey Hensley, Becky Buller, and Rrinaco.

Hope you have a good week!  

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Falling, Falling, Falling / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• Fall In / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek Music
• Autumn Fell / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• If I Fall / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Blue Is Fallin' / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• When You Are Lonely / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & HIs Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• John Deere Tractor / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder [2025 IBMA Entertainer of the Year]
• Nora McNally / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records [2025 Male Vocalist of the Year]
• Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle [2025 New Artist of the Year]
• Ralph's Banjo Special / Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt, & Alison Brown / single / Compass Records [2025 Collaborative Recording of the Year]
• Cost Of Living / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edisonic Records [2025 Vocal Group of the Year]
• Outrun The Rain / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records [2025 Song of the Year; Collaborative Recording of the Year; Album of the Year]
• Leaning On A Travelin' Song / Billy Strings / Highway Prayers / Reprise [2025 IBMA Entertainer of the Year]
• Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Stanley Family Records
• Sis Draper / Shawn Camp / The Ghost Of Sis Draper / Truly Handmade Records
• Different Kind Of Lonesome / Will Clark / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Song Of The Mountains / Burnett Sisters Band / single / Pinecastle
• Little Mountain Home / Mike Mitchell / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Mountain Laurel / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• Nellie Kane / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• Eighteen Wheels / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• Just Like You / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• I'm Just A Used To Be To You / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• Think Of What You've Done / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• Can't Outrun The Blues / Trey Hensley / single / Pinecastle
• Tall Stands Of Timber / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• Fling Ding / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Row Number 2, Seat Number 3 / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
• Kentucky Waltz / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Color Of The Blues / Strictly Country Records
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• Coming On Strong / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Coming On Strong / Rebel
• Many A Mile / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• You Can't Roll A Seven Every Time / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Lord I've Been A Hard Working Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• Let The Light Shine Down / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• Abide With Me / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• Church Bells A-Ringin' / Danny Paisley / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Reno & Smiley / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• The Touch Of The Master's Hand / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder 
• Boat Of Love / Lost & Found / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
• Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Climb The Ladder / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/6/2025

 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Arleigh / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Grandma's Gift / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records
• Grandma's Hand / Tim O'Brien / Where The River Meets The Road / Howdy Skies Records
• Grandpa's Way Of Life / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Radio Boogie / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• I Got Wise / Eddie & Martha Adcock / TwoGrass / Pinecastle
• Memphis Mandolin / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Just Ain't / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow / Tony Trischka with Vince Gill / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• I'm Only A Phone Call Away / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle
• Highway Of Sorrow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Another Long Sleepless Night / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• The Devil's Train / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records
• Better Times A-Coming / Jim & Jesse / Classic Bluegrass Collection, Volume 3 / Time Life
• Anywhere The Wind Blows / Missy Raines & Allegheny with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Auction At The Home Place / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Love Through Time / Amanda Cook / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Kentucky Highway / Williamson Branch / Southern Sunshine / Pinecastle
• Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico / Jeff Brown & Wayne Taylor / single / Huckleberry Records
• Wall Around Your Heart / Becky Buller with Jim Lauderdale / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Broken Angels / The Grascals with Dolly Parton / single / Billy Blue Records
• I Love You A Thousand Ways / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / From The Heart--Homespun II / Happy Appy Records
• Hill Country Highway / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Dying All Over Again / Volume Five / Leave A Light On / Mountain Fever Records
• Waiting For A Train / Jimmie Rodgers / The Early Years, 1928-1929 / Rounder [Remembering Jimmie Rodgers:  9/8/1897 - 5/26/1933]
• Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas) / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Jimmie Rodgers:  9/8/1897 - 5/26/1933]
• Jimmie Rodgers Rode A Train / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music [Remembering Jimmie Rodgers:  9/8/1897 - 5/26/1933]
• Marianne / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Modern Times / Rebel [Paul Adkins birthday, 9/9/1952]
• Leavin' / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder [Remembering James King:  9/9/1958 - 5/19/2016]
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel [Paul Adkins birthday, 9/9/1952]
• Thirty Years Of Farming / James King / Thirty Years Of Farming / Rounder [Remembering James King:  9/9/1958 - 5/19/2016]
• Way Back When / Larry Sparks / single / Rebel
• Hot Burrito Breakdown / Alan Munde / Festival Favorites Revisited / Rounder
• Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Hank / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• Hills And Home / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Knee Deep In Lovin' You / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definitive Collection / CMH Records
• What Am I Doing Hangin' Round / Special Consensus with Chris Jones / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• The Veil Has Been Lifted / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
• I John Saw / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel [Paul Adkins birthday, 9/9/1952]
• Beyond The Sunset / Jason Hannan / Duets Volume 1:  We'll Meet Again Someday / Waiting For Lester Records
• Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Remembering James King:  9/9/1958 - 5/19/2016]
• He Put A Rainbow In The Clouds For Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Let Me Be The Best Bible / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• It's Just Like Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/31/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first of this new semester to be shortened by a UConn Sports preemption.  Still, we crammed a whole lot of fine music into our two hours on the last Sunday of August.

As this is Labor Day weekend -- the unofficial ending of the Summer season -- we started the program with eight songs related to the working man and woman.   Hope you're having an enjoyable holiday weekend!

We also continued the 100th birthday celebration of the great Carter Glen Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966).  During his lifetime, Carter was credited with writing right around 100 songs -- many of which have become Bluegrass standards.  We shared several covers of Stanley material in our second and final hour on Sunday, including both secular and gospel material.  We also remembered the late August birthdays of Jeanette Williams (born August 28, 1965) and Shawn Camp (born August 29, 1966).  

With a shorter show, there wasn't much new music to share, but we did include songs from two new projects recently released by Mountain Fever Records from Volume Five, East Nash Grass, and the Gospel Plowboys.

Enjoy the week, and we hope to join you for another three-hour edition of our Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• I Ain't Goin' To Work Tomorrow / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder
• Working Girl Blues / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel & Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• Too Late To Say Goodbye / Jeanette Williams / Cherry Blossoms In The Springtime / Doobie Shea Records [Jeanette Williams birthday, 8/28/1965]
• Sam's Place / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• Banjo Boy Chimes / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Old Blue Records
• You're The Reason / Flatt Lonesome / Silence In These Walls / Mountain Home
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Shawn Camp birthday, 8/29/1966]
• Wildwood Flower / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• The Water Lily / Amanda Cook / Restless Soul / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow / Volume Five / Leave A Light On / Mountain Fever Records
• Jump Through The Window / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Lonesome Night / Ricky Skaggs / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Loving You Too Well / Ralph Stanley with Dolly Parton / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Late Last Night / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Darlin' Think Of What You've Done / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven / Ralph Stanley II / Stanley Blues / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Going To The Races / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Gonna Paint The Town / James King / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Have You Someone In Heaven Awaiting / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I Can Tell You The Time / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side / Gospel Plowboys / Something To Be Said / Morning Glory Music [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Southern Rail / Roadwork / Turquoise Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• My Lord's Going To Set Me Free / Junior Sisk / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/24/2025

Before this afternoon's session of our Bluegrass Cafe begins, here's a quick recap from last week's edition:

We shared lots of music in celebration of the birth anniversaries of two Bluegrass Hall of Famers -- Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966) and J.D. Crowe (August 27, 1937 - December 24, 2021).  Where would the Bluegrass world be without the stylings of these two greats?  Who wants to think about that?  Not me!

There were also a few new songs to share from several performers, including Greg Blake, Matt Wallace, and Authentic Unlimited, among others.

We'll be joining you once again today -- Sunday, August 31st -- from 4-6PM, cutting out a bit early to make way for the broadcast of a UConn Soccer match.  Hope you can join us for today's Bluegrass Cafe, as we'll pack in a whole bunch of fine tunes!

See you later!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Blackjack / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• I'll Take The Blame / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / King [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Lonesome Wind Blues / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Lonesome / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Can't Live Without Love / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• I Like Beer / Travelin' McCourys / One Chord That Rings True / McCoury Music
• Sweet Thang And Cisco / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• I Can Read Between The Lines In Your Letters / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• 32 Acres / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH
• Crazy Blues / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Cost Of Living / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edisonic Records
• Telluride / Caroline Owens / single / Billy Blue Records
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Matt Wallace / Close The Door Lightly / Huckleberry Records
• Lonely Me, Lonely You / Dre Anders with the Gibson Brothers / single / McCoury Music
• Nora McNally / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• Red Dirt, White House, Blue Ridge Mountain Home / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / Nolichucky / Flagpond Records
• That's What Kentucky Means To Me / Hammertowne / single / Self-Produced
• The Light In Carter Stanley's Eyes / Peter Rowan / Carter Stanley's Eyes / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I Wish That I Could Have Met Carter / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Carter / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is II / Lonesome Day Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Stanley Brothers / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Carolina Mountain Home / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Country Gentlemen / Sing And Play Folk Songs And Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Memory Of Your Smile / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Bear Tracks / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Old Home Place / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Sledd Ridin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Flashback / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Crowe On The Banjo / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / J.D. Crowe/Doyle Lawson/Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel, All Bluegrass / Starday King [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Take Him In / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Prettiest Flower There / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live / Upper Management Music
• I'm Gonna Hold To His Hand / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
• What A Wonderful Savior Is He / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• I Hear My Savior Calling / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/10/2025

As Sunday was the 98th birth anniversary of the King of Bluegrass, we spent a whole lot of time during our Bluegrass Cafe sharing music performed by or written about the one-and-only Jimmy Martin (August 10, 1927 - May 14, 2005).  

We couldn't skip a couple of other August birthdays, either, including the 80th birthday of Steve Martin (born August 14, 1945), as well as a couple of songs written by Bluegrass musician and songwriter, Jake Landers (August 14, 1938 - February 13, 2018).  And we paid our annual tribute to Country Music Hall of Famer, Buck Owens (August 12, 1929 - March 25, 2006) with several Bluegrass covers of Buck standards.  

A tiny bit of newer music made it onto the show, as well, including songs from brand-new supergroup, Southern Legacy, as well as Jason Hannan, Wyatt Ellis, and a newly-released single from the Del McCoury Band.  

On August 17th, I will be away from the radio once again, but we've got a show from the archives ready to go for your listening pleasure.  We'll join you once again with a fresh Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday, August 24th.  

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• White Dove / Ralph Stanley with Jimmy Martin / Live! At McClure / Rebel [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• On And On / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner / Gary Brewer & the Kentucky Ramblers / Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner / Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner / Self-Produced [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Yanceyville Jail / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Ode To Jimmy / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Hold Whatcha Got / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin, The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Sophronie / David Grisman with Tony Rice / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Tennessee / Kody Norris Show / Highfalutin' Hillbilly / Rebel [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Steppin' Stones / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin, The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Night / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock & Dale Ann Bradley / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Hi Dee Diddle / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• The Hills Of Carter County / Southern Legacy / single / Pinecastle
• So Black And White / Del McCoury Band / single / McCoury Music
• When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / Jason Hannan / Duets Volume 1:  We'll Meet Again Someday / Waiting For Lester Records
• Country Boy Rock And Roll / Wyatt Ellis / single / Knee High Records
• Senses / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill [Remembering Jeannie Seely:  7/6/1940 - 8/1/2025]
• Leavin' And Sayin' Goodbye / Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent Music [Remembering Jeannie Seely:  7/6/1940 - 8/1/2025]
• Don't Touch Me / Jeannie Seely / Opry By The Decades - The 1960s / Opry Music [Remembering Jeannie Seely:  7/6/1940 - 8/1/2025]
• My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Tall Dark Stranger / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Open Up Your Heart / Terry Baucom with the Gibson Brothers / In A Groove / JohnBoy & Billy [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• I Don't Care / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• The Ballad Of Buck And Don / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• (I'll Love You) Forever And Ever / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Roll Out The Red Carpet For Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Bluegrass Radio / Alison Brown & Steve Martin / single / Compass Records [Steve Martin birthday, 8/14/1945]
• Pitkin County Turnaround / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder [Steve Martin birthday, 8/14/1945]
• Not Too Fast / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird (And Other Nearly True Stories) / Self-Produced
• Don't Tell Me Your Troubles / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records 
• Stoney Lonesome / Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records
• I'll Never See You Anymore / Bill Harrell / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Jake Landers:  8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
• Your Heart Now Tells The Truth / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Jake Landers:  8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder [Remembering Jake Landers:  8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
• Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / The Gospel Side Of Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Rural Rhythm
• Stormy Waters / Jimmy Martin / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Crying Holy Unto The Lord / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Angels Rejoiced / Strictly Country Records
• See God's Ark A Movin' / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Kneel At The Cross / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Drowning Sailor / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Goodbye / Jimmy Martin / This World Is Not My Home / MME [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/27/2025

Some weeks, I go to WHUS on Sunday afternoons with a start-to-finish plan of what music we're going to play for you during our three-hour Bluegrass Cafe broadcast.  Other weeks, I haven't a clue.  This past Sunday, I leaned more toward the latter category, but I think everything turned out okay.  Hope you agree!

There was a little bit of newer music from the likes of the great Larry Sparks, as well as Becky Buller's new project of covers.  We also shared recent music from Red Camel Collection, the Seldom Scene, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Danny Paisley, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams, Rick Faris, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Laura Orshaw, and the Kody Norris Show.

Thanks for joining me on Sunday.  We'll see you again tomorrow afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

See you then!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Cruel Love / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Gold Watch And Chain / Eddie & Martha Adcock / TwoGrass /  Pinecastle
• This Heart Of Mine / After 5 / Walls Of Time / Meridian
• Life's Highway / After 5 / Walls Of Time / Meridian
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• The Old Home Town / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Let Me Love You One More Time / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• Dare To Dream / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Fling Ding / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• The Story Of My Life / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Marianne / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Modern Times / Rebel
• Banjo Pickin' Girl / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• Slow Down (You'll Hit A Moose) / Stan Keach & Friends / Cry Of The Loon & Other Original Songs About Maine / Ayuh Records
• Nellie Kane / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish
• Way Back When / Larry Sparks / Way Back When / Rebel
• Looking Past The Pain (The Cowboy Song) / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Coming On Strong / Rebel
• Till Lonesome Comes Around / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• Circling The Drain / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Lovin', Fightin', Losin' Sleep / Billy Blue Records
• Bramble And The Rose / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / From The Heart--Homespoun II / Happy Appy Records
• San Antonio Stroll / Kody Norris Show with Sister Sadie / Highfalutin' Hillbilly / Rebel
• The Story Of My Life / Rick Faris / Life's Parade / Dark Shadow Recording
• A Hazy Shade Of Winter / Becky Buller / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Leaning On A Travelin' Song / Billy Strings / Highway Prayers / Reprise
• Outrun The Rain / Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records
• Will You Ever Be Mine / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Richmond On The James / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Arcadia / Down The Road Records
• Roll On Buddy / Tony Trischka with Del McCoury / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Ode To Jimmy / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• The Last Log Drive / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Dreams / Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter with Del McCoury / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records
• And Eye For And I Do / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records
• Hillbilly Heartache / Don Rigsby / Kentucky Troubadour:  The Rebel Collective / Rebel
• Seeing The Best Of You / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Scraps From Your Table / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• I'll Never Go Back (To The Ways Of Sin) / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group
• Get On Board / Williamson Branch / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• I Am Weary, Let Me Rest / Po' Ramblin' Boys / God's Love Is So Divine / Sound Biscuit Productions
• Cry From The Cross / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• When We Meet To Part No More / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Beyond The Shadows / Sugar Hill
• Angels Rock Me To Sleep / Bluegrass Cardinals / Sunday Mornin' Singin' / Daywind Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/20/2025

Our Bluegrass Cafe this past Sunday began with lots of music from two of the three newest members of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame -- two wonderful bands which began in the 1970s and continued making wonderful records for the next several decades:  the Bluegrass Cardinals and Hot Rize.  Such fabulous music was created by all of these gentlemen, and how wonderful that members of each band still continue to create fine music for all of us to enjoy.  While we have always shared music from these performers during our Bluegrass Cafe shows, we'll emphasize each band a bit more as we get closer to their official HoF induction ceremonies in September at IBMA.  Congratulations to both bands!

Also, congratulations to the third posthumous 2025 inductee to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame -- someone whose influence was important to the beginnings of Bluegrass Music and especially to the Father of Bluegrass Music (Bill Monroe, of course!).  Arnold Shultz and his music were important early influences to Bill Monroe, and while Mr. Shultz never recorded, his music has lived on through our Bluegrass music.  

Staying in the Hall of Fame "theme" a bit, we celebrated the July birthdays of several important members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame:  Sara Carter (July 21, 1898 - January 8, 1979), Foggy Mountain Boy Jake Tullock (July 23, 1923 - June 18, 1988), Bobby Hicks (July 21, 1933 - August 16, 2024), and Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971).  

And, of course, new music was heard as well, from several performers, including Junior Sisk, Nick Chandler & Delivered, a band called Throwback Thursday, Hammertowne, and the late Bobby Osborne & C.J. Lewandowski & Friends.

Hope you're able to join us once again this Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!  

Until then, enjoy the weekend!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hard Pressed / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill [2025 Inductee -- International Bluegrass Hall Of Fame]
• Mountain Laurel / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definitive Collection / CMH [2025 Inductee -- International Bluegrass Hall Of Fame]
• Colleen Malone / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [2025 Inductee -- International Bluegrass Hall Of Fame]
• Darlin' Corey / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [2025 Inductee -- International Bluegrass Hall Of Fame]
• Toy Heart / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe, 1945-1949 / SME
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Little Maggie / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records
• Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Brown's Ferry Blues / Tony Trischka with Billy Strings / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• You're That Certain Someone / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live, 1984-2014 / Davis Music
• Amelia Earhart / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Nobody Loves Me / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• I Love You A Thousand Ways / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / From The Heart--Homespun II / Happy Appy Records
• Freight Train Blues / Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• It's All Fun And Games (Till Someone Gets Hurt) / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records
• Hazel Creek / Nick Chandler & Delivered / single / Pinecastle
• More Than Tell Me / Throwback Thursday / single / Mountain Fever Records
• That's What Kentucky Means To Me / Hammertowne / single / Self-Produced
• Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Bobby Osborne & C.J. Lewandowski with Molly Tuttle / Keep On Keepin' On / Turnberry Records
• Go Back You Fool / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records
• Anywhere The Wind Blows / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Bluegrass State Of Mind / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• Fox On The Run / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Two Highways / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder [Alison Krauss birthday, 7/23/1971]
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder [Remembering Sara Carter:  7/21/1898 - 1/8/1979]
• Last Road Going Home / Amanda Cook / Restless Soul / Sugar Hill
• Don't Sell Daddy Anymore Whiskey / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Banjo Bop / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Raining In L.A. / IIIrd Tyme Out / Letter To Home / Rounder
• Barefoot Nellie / Jim Lauderdale & High Fidelity / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways 
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Arleigh / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Go Home / Leser Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia [Remembering Jake Tullock:  7/23/1923 - 6/18/1988]
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Nick Anderson & the Gospel Friends / Nick Anderson & the Gospel Friends / Self-Produced
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Abide With Me / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
• Sunday Mornin' Singin' / Bluegrass Cardinals / Sunday Mornin' Singin' / CMH [2025 Inductee -- International Bluegrass Hall Of Fame]
• Where Shall I Be? / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Home Of The Soul / Jimmy Gaudreau with Bill Clifton / In Good Company / CMH
• Won't You Come And Sing For Me / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill [2025 Inductee - International Bluegrass Hall Of Fame]
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Carter Family / Last Sessions:  Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934-1941) / Rounder [Remembering Sara Carter:  7/21/1898 - 1/8/1979]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/13/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe included lots of fine music, as you might expect.  Specifically, we heard some brand-new from a couple of different performers, including several selections from Connecticut's own Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams.  We also celebrated several July birthdays, so it was a full three-hours.

The July birthdays included a couple that were celebrated exactly on June 13th:  those of Mike Barber (a/k/a "The Third Gibson Brother"), the late Larry McPeak, and the Queen of Bluegrass, Rhonda Vincent.  Other July celebrants from whom we shared music include Wayne Taylor (of Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa fame), and Bluegrass Hall of Fame members Richard Underwood (long-time banjo player with the Johnson Mountain Boys) and Ricky Skaggs.  Happy Birthday to all!

New music selections came as singles from forthcoming recordings by the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Dale Ann Bradley, and Danny Roberts.  We also heard selections from recently-released recordings by Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, the Kody Norris Show, Rrinaco, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Missy Raines & Allegheny, and Danny Paisley.  We also shared several selections from the brand-new recording by Connecticut performers, Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams.  Hope you were able to join us.  

We look forward to our next visit with you this coming Sunday afternoon.  Please tune in from 4-7PM, won't you?  

Enjoy the weekend!

Amy O.

P.S.  The "worts & all" broadcast -- as we learn how to navigate our shiny new soundboard -- can be heard for two weeks after each broadcast.  To listen to this particular show, here's the link that will remain in effect until July 27th.   Bluegrass Cafe Sun Jul 13 with Amy Orlomoski on WHUS Radio

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Am I A Fool / Lonesome River Band / Finding The Way / Sugar Hill
• Dixie In My Eye / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle
• It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got The Swing / Claire Lynch & the Front Porch String Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cardboard Mansion / Lonesome River Band / Finding The Way / Sugar Hill
• Up On Little Round Top / Stan Keach & Friends / Cry Of The Loon & Other Original Songs About Maine / Self-Produced
• Soldier's Last Request / Rick Lang with Trey Hensley / A Tale To Tell / Dark Shadow Recording
• The Open Road / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [Mike Barber birthday, 7/13/1970]
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Blue Grass Special / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Stone Cold Loneliness / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records
• Blue / Beth & April Stevens / O Sister! / Rounder
• Your Old Standby / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-Produced
• Bells Of Every Chapel / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Coming On Strong / Rebel
• Blue Ain't The Word / Kody Norris Show / Highfallutin' Hillbilly / Rebel
• Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Friend Of Mine / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder [Mike Barber birthday, 7/13/1970]
• Oh So Many Years / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / From The Heart--Homespun II / Happy Appy Records
• Are You Teasing Me / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / From The Heart--Homespun II / Happy Appy Records
• I've Been A Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be A Long Time Gone) / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / From The Heart--Homespun II / Happy Appy Records
• Red Dirt, White House, Blue Ridge Mountain Home / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Self-Produced
• Uncle Jake / Dale Ann Bradley / single / Pinecastle
• Leitchfield / Danny Roberts / single / Mountain Home
• The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Lovin', Fightin', Losin' Sleep / Billy Blue Records
• Seeing The Best Of You / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Cry Of The Whippoorwill / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder [Rhonda Vincent birthday, 7/13/1962]
• Five Speed / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder [Richard Underwood birthday, 7/14/1956]
• My Smoky Mountain Home / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music [Wayne Taylor birthday, 7/18/1952]
• Lost River / McPeak Brothers / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Remembering Larry McPeak:  7/13/1947 - 9/18/2014]
• Ridin' That Midnight Train / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Bluegrass Rules! / Skaggs Family Records [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
• Newton Grove / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder [Richard Underwood birthday, 7/14/1956]
• If That's The Way You Feel / Ricky Skaggs / Favorite Country Songs / Epic [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
• One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder [Rhonda Vincent birthday, 7/13/1962]
• Used To Be / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / single / Billy Blue Records
• Up For Losing Sleep / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Yanceyville Jail / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• 20/20 Vision / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Won't You Think Of Me / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• Counting The Miles / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation For The Humanities
• Indecision / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• The Veil Has Been Lifted / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder 
• So Happy I'll Be / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder [Rhonda Vincent birthday, 7/13/1962]
• Everytime I Feel The Spirit / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• It's Gonna Take More / Larry McPeak / There's Always A Calm / Fat Dog Records [Remembering Larry McPeak:  7/13/1947 - 9/18/2014]
• A Beautiful Life / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• River Of Jordan / Ricky Skaggs / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
• On The Jericho / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live 1984-2014 / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/6/2025

Here's a quick look at last Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.  We included new music from several performers including Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Laura Orshaw, Rick Faris, and Rrinaco (Corrina Rose Logston Stephens).  We also belatedly celebrated the 79th birthday of Rhode Island native, Jimmy Gaudreau (born July 3, 1946).

Hope you'll join us this afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.  We'll be there for three big hours beginning at 4PM.

See you then!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Loneliness And Desperation / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Two Fools / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Walkin' Shoes / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
• Head Hung Down / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Years Ago / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• How's It Feel? / Daughters Of Bluegrass feat. Jeanette Williams / Back To The Well / Blue Circle Records
• Right Back To The Start / Summertown Road / Summertown Road / Rounder
• Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Last Day At Gettysburg / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Kentucky Gold / Dale Ann Bradley / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
• Running Razorback / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Summer Wages / J.D Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder
• Duncan & Brady (He's Been On The Job Too Long) / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Roll On Mississippi / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• I'd Rather Be Alone / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Till Lonesome Comes Around / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• Time Adds Up (If You're Lucky) / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Lovin', Fightin', Losin' Sleep / Billy Blue Records
• Seeing The Best Of You / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Bend, Don't Break / Rick Faris / Life's Parade / Dark Shadow Recording
• Where Love Goes To Die / Junior Sisk / single / Turnberry Records
• Please Mr. Postman / Special Consensus with Rick Faris / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• Introvert Me / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
• Nolichucky / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Flagpond Records
• Hartfordtown 1944 / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' And Flyin' / Spruce And Maple Music
• Sea Of Heartbreak / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Jimmy Gaudreau birthday, 7/3/1946]
• Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH [Jimmy Gaudreau birthday, 7/3/1946]
• If I Were Free / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Jimmy Gaudreau birthday, 7/3/1946]
• This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Jimmy Gaudreau birthday, 7/3/1946]
• Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys with Del McCoury / The Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Skycrunch Records
• Crooked As You Go / Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road / Yellow Line / Pinecastle
• She's On A Different Train / Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys / The Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Skycrunch Records
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• Cold Wind / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Live And Let Live / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Mountain Bill / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Coming On Strong / Rebel
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Joshua / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live / Upper Management Music
• Hold To God's Unchanging Hand / Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• Jordan / Stanley Brothers / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Masterpieces
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume One / Billy Blue Records
• A Lover Of The Lord / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heavenly Treasures / Sugar Hill
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul / SME
• On The Mountain Top / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume One / Billy Blue Records
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• Voice From On High / Bill Monroe / High Lonesome / CMH
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder