This week we focus on traditional music masters – both instrumentalists and singers – who have inspired the next generations of young tradition bearers. We’ll hear from Dwight Diller, Mike Seeger, Val Mindel & Emily Miller, Alice Gerrard, Norman Blake … Continue reading →
This week on the program we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. We have a great deal to be thankful for this year with the Covid vaccinations and boosters allowing us to travel and gather safely with family and friends. We’ll hear … Continue reading →
This week on the program, we complete our two-part feature focusing on music from California. We’ll hear David Grisman, The Blue Flame Stringband, Los Lobos, Cyrus Clark, The Dos Valley Trio, Laurie Lewis and many more. Tune in for some … Continue reading →
This week on the program we travel to “The Golden State” and listen to some great artists from California. Our feature recording is The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes. (Alan recorded a great deal of traditional … Continue reading →
This week on the program, we complete our two-part feature focusing on honky tonk music. We’ll hear selections from Asleep at the Wheel, Connie Smith, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Adolph Hofner, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Commander Cody, JJ Cale and … Continue reading →
When I was a kid, except for my birthday and Christmas, Halloween was my favorite holiday. It was the day when my friends and I could freely wander the neighborhood, playing pranks that seem tame today. We soaped car windows, … Continue reading →
The audience for country music in the years following the World War II was predominantly male, and many of the records were aimed at the jukeboxes that thrived in the bars and watering holes where working class audience gathered. This … Continue reading →
Bela Fleck has just released My Bluegrass Heart a massive two-CD collection of self penned bluegrass instrumentals. It’s a return to the music that initially established him as one of foremost performers on the 5-string banjo. So this week’s show … Continue reading →
Well, we’re a bit more than halfway through hurricane season, and as expected, it’s been quite extreme with the combination of wildfires in the west and extreme heat in the Midwest. Flooding has occurred at my home area in the … Continue reading →
On this week’s program, we celebrate my very favorite season, autumn, with a collection of classic and recent recordings which bring to mind falling leaves and cooler temperatures. We’ll hear music from Ranchwriters, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Martin Simpson, The … Continue reading →
