Bluegrass for me begins with the first recordings Bill Monroe made with Earl Scruggs. We’ll hear that initial tune and some additional music from Bill and the Bluegrass Boys, some classics from Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, … Continue reading →
Our program this time around will focus on the innovators in the genre of bluegrass music. Almost from its inception, players began to alter bluegrass music – much to the dismay of Bill Monroe and many other traditionalists. We’ll hear … Continue reading →
This week we continue our occasional feature focusing on a distinctive style of folk music. It’s time to highlight old-time music with selections from the Golden Age of the music through today’s finest players. We’ll hear Gid Tanner & his … Continue reading →
This week we celebrate Accordion Awareness Month. The month-long celebration was created to promote one of the most versatile of instruments. We’ll hear players and music from the world over, including the band Phonix from Denmark, Pekka Pentikainen & Antii … Continue reading →
Generations of singers have sung, played and loved the folk music found in the United Kingdom, and this week’s podcast features some examples. Collectors A.L. Lloyd and Ralph Vaughn Williams transcribed and recorded traditional music and made it available to … Continue reading →
On this week’s program, we continue with our occasional feature focusing on the fundamentals of a particular style of music. Piedmont blues is a ragtime inspired music played mostly on the guitar. Originally it emanated from Virginia and traveled south … Continue reading →
On the podcast this time around, we complete our Acoustic Eclectic feature with more recent music that pushes and expands the envelope of acoustic music. We’ll hear from Corkey Siegel’s Chamber Blues, Luminescent Orchestrii, Jayme Stone’s Folklife, Aly Bain-Ale Moller-Bruce … Continue reading →
It’s time for a collection of musicians who play in a wide variety of styles, from bluegrass to swing to blues, and John Hartford’s unique music, too. Included are The Acousticats, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, John Mayall, and Gillian … Continue reading →
We’ll continue to explore musical duos on this podcast, choosing from selections that are familiar and not so familiar. We’ve got music from Ken and Brad Kolodner, Jay Unger and Molly Mason, Jane Voss and Hoyle Osborne, and many others. … Continue reading →
The duo is one of the strong traditions in folk music, and on this program, we’ll present some pairs of musicians who play well with others. You’ll hear Robin and Linda Williams, James Bryan and Carl Jones, Hazel Dickens and … Continue reading →
