November 29, 2011

Playlist for 11/28/11 Black Diamond Show

This week's show is a repeat of our 10/17 show.
  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Dates / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Various Artists / 22nd Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards / 22nd Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, Recorded Live at the Ryman / IBMA / September 29, 2011
  • Johnson Mountain Boys / It Don't Bring You Back to Me / Blue Diamond / Rounder / 1992
  • Dan Crary & Thunderation / Tumbleweed Town / Perfect Storm / Blue Night / 2011
  • Kathy Mattea / Sally in the Garden / Coal / Captain Potato / 2008
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

November 21, 2011

Top New Bluegrass Songs Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited: November 21, 2011

Top 10 Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 11/21/11
As reported to Bluegrass Unlimited
by The Black Diamond Show WNHU 88.7 FM, West Haven, CT

  1. Blue Highway, I Ain’t Gonna Lay My Hammer Down
  2. Bearfoot, Come Get Your Lonesome
  3. John Reischman & The Jaybirds, Consider Me Gone
  4. Grasstowne, Anchor in the Storm
  5. Donna Ulisse, Let it Rain
  6. Alison Krauss & Union Station, On the Outside Looking In
  7. April Verch, Durang’s Hornpipe (if she counts for BU)
  8. Charlie Sizemore, I Don’t Remember Loving You
  9. Larry Sparks, Almost Home
  10. The Missy Werner Band, I’d Rather Love a Memory
  11. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Gone at Last (In case April Verch doesn’t count for BU charting purposes)
We also report actual airplay on the Black Diamond Show to www.folkradio.org and Bluegrass Today.

Black Diamond Show Playlist: 11/21/11 WNHU

Here's this week's playlist. If you missed it today, it's scheduled to be repeated on the WNHU2 stream at www.wnhu.net on Thanksgiving night from 10pm-midnight EST. Thanks, as always, for your support!
  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Longview / The Lost Cave / Lessons in Stone / Rebel / 2002
  • Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm / 2011
  • Chris Stuart & Backcountry / Time Was / Mojave River / Backcountry / 2004
  • Dailey & Vincent / Near the Cross / Singing from the Heart / Rounder / 2009
  • Big Medicine / Ida Red / Too Old to be Controlled / Yodel-Ay-Hee/ 2002
  • Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers / Long Journey Home / Rambling Bluegrass / Starday / 1972
  • The Dixie Bee Liners / The Bugs in the Basement / Ripe / Pinecastle / 2008
  • Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / Pretty Polly Ann / A Tribute to Fiddlin’ Paul Warren, Volume 2 / self / 2011
  • Nancy Griffith with Jerry Douglas, Ally Bain, et al. / Simple Life / Celtic Connections, Scotland / YouTube / 2009
  • Steep Canyon Rangers / Cumberland Moon / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel / 2007
  • Doc Watson, David Holt, Richard Watson / Little Log Cabin in the Lane / Philadelphia Folk Festival, Aug. 17, 2007 / Festivalink / 2007
  • Tim O’Brien / Dear Diary / Moody Bluegrass Two. . . Much Love / Bunny Rae / 2011
  • Any Old Time String Band / Falls of Richmond, Camp Chase / I Bid You Good Night / Arhoolie / 1980, 2011
  • Cherryholmes / Tattoo of a Smudge / Cherryholmes IV, Common Threads / Skaggs Family / 2010
  • Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Paul & Silas / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Fiddlemon Music / 2010
  • Jim and Kim Lansford / Cowboy Sings to his Herd / The American Fogies, Volume 2 / Rounder / 1996
  • Teddy Thompson / Walking the Floor Over You / Up Front and Down Low / Verve / 2007
  • Bela Fleck & Jerry Douglas / Another Morning / Rounder Records 40th Anniversary Concert / Rounder / 2010
  • Blue Moon Rising / Old Time Preacher Man / On the Rise / Lonesome Day / 2005
  • Donna Ulisse / Flat Broke in Arkansas / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group / 2011
  • John Cowan / Nights in White Satin / Moody Bluegrass / Rounder / 2004
  • Lefty Frizzell / It Gets Late So Early / Look What Thoughts Will Do / Sony / 1968, 1997
  • The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy to Me / The Early Recordings of the Lilly Brothers / County / 1956, 1970
  • Spring Creek / I’ll Bet it All / Hold on Me / self / 2011
  • The Lonesome Strangers / Billy in the Lowground / Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / c. 1978, 2002
  • Downtown Ramblers / I’ll Go / On the Other Side of the City / DTR Music Productions / 2011 / Swedish Bluegrass
  • Warrior River Boys / Lovin’ Lies / Sounds Like Home / Rounder / 1993
  • John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Lonesome Dove / Field Guide / Copper Creek / 2002
  • Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / Doin’ My Time / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury / 1958, 2003
  • Mark Graham & Orville Johnson / Oedipus Rex / The Kings of Mongrel Folk / self / 2001, 2005
  • Tasty Licks / (Now and then there’s) A Fool Such as I / Bluegrass Goes to Town, Pop Songs Bluegrass Style / Rounder / 1979, 2002
  • The Charles River Valley Boys / I Feel Fine / Beatle Country / Elektra / 1966
  • The Country Gentlemen / Teach Your Children / Sound Off / Rebel / 1970
  • The Missy Werner Band / Journey to My Savior’s Side / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • Jerry Rivers & The Hank Williams Band / Cotton-Eyed Joe / Health & Happiness Shows / Mercury Nashville / 1949, 2007
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

November 14, 2011

Black Diamond Show 11/14/11: David Peterson, Nora Jane Struthers (Bearfoot), and lots of good music!

We manage to squeeze in two interviews this week: David Peterson (performing in Hamden, CT, for Guitar Town on Th 11/17) and Nora Jane Struthers of Bearfoot (performing in Madison, CT, for Fire in the Kitchen on Sa 11/19) and a pretty good mix of music, if I do say so myself. As usual, Chris Brashear's "Lost Soldier Son" anchored our Veterans' Day tribute. If you miss the Monday broadcast, remember the show will be repeated on the WNHU2 stream at wnhu.net on Thursday from 10pm-midnight.

Thanks for your support of WNHU and of bluegrass and traditional country music!

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • The Improbabillies / Sandy Boys / The Improbabillies / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2007
  • Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / Just Wondering Why / Bound to Ride / Rounder / 1979
  • Steve Spurgin / Getting’ Outta Here Alive / Past Perfect / Blue Night / 2011
  • Sonny Osborne / I’m on my way to the old home / Bluegrass Early Cuts: 1931-1953 / JSP / 1950, 2004
  • Ralph Stanley / The Man in the Middle / Mountain Preacher’s Child / Rebel / c. 1980, 2007 / Charlie Sizemore, lead vocal
  • Scott Prouty / Nancy Dalton / Puncheon Floor / self / 2010
  • Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / We Missed You / Hymns from the Hills / Rebel / 2010
  • Riders in the Sky / Never Go to Church on Sunday / A Pair of Kings / Oh Boy / 2002
  • David Peterson / You Can’t Judge a Book by its Cover / Comin’ On Strong / Necktie / 2009
  • David Peterson / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2011
  • David Peterson / The Crazy Blues / Comin’ On Strong / Necktie / 2009
  • David Peterson / Loving Lies / Comin’ On Strong / Necktie / 2009
  • Joel Mabus / Henhouse Door / Old-Time Music On the Air, Volume 2 / Rounder / 1996
  • Missy Werner Band / Last Goodbye Today / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Folk Music at Newport, Part 1 / Vanguard / 1965, 1995
  • Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Ominous Anonymous / Frak Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Fiddlemon Music / 2010
  • Bearfoot / Eyes Cast Down / American Story / Compass / 2011
  • Nora Jane Struthers / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2011
  • Bearfoot / Come Get Your Lonesome / American Story / Compass / 2011
  • Bearfoot / The Dust / American Story / Compass / 2011
  • Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rock Bottom Blues / Americana Master Series: Best of the Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill / 2006, 2007
  • Leon Payne / I Love You Because / Country & Western Classics / Music & Melody / 1949, 2009
  • Red Hen Stringband / Off the Griddle / Birds of a Feather / WePecket Island / 2011
  • Chris Brashear / Lost Soldier Son / Wanderlust / Copper Creek / 2000 / In honor of Veteran’s Day 11-11-11
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Searching for a Soldier’s Grave / The Blue Sky Boys / Rounder / 1975 / In honor of Veteran’s Day 11-11-11
  • Norman Blake & Tony Rice / The Two Soldiers / Blake & Rice 2 / Rounder / 1990 / In honor of Veteran’s Day 11-11-11
  • Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Soldier’s Joy / Civil War Memories / Wango / 2005 / In honor of Veteran’s Day 11-11-11
  • Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rockin’ Chair Money / Twenty Year Blues / Sugar Hill / 2004 / In honor of Veteran’s Day 11-11-11
  • Bluegrass Album Band / River of Beath / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder / 1981, 1987
  • Kenny Baker / Gold Rush / Master Fiddler / County / 1970, 1993
  • Steep Canyon Rangers / There Ain’t No Easy Street / Deep in the Shade / Rebel / 2009
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

November 12, 2011

Black Diamond Show Playlist: 11/7/11 WNHU

Finally, here's the playlist for the show that aired on 11/7 and that was repeated on 11/10. Again, thanks to Dan Crary for spending so long with us. I was thrilled to be able to digitize and play some tracks from that 1969 Bluegrass Alliance LP.
  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / ‘Til the end of the World Rolls Round / The Golden Era / Rounder / 1954, 1977
  • Dan Crary & Thunderation / Thunderation / Perfect Storm / Blue Night / 2011
  • Dan Crary / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2011
  • Byron Berline, Dan Crary, & John Hickman / Northern Slope / BCH / Sugar Hill / 1986
  • Dan Crary & Thunderation / Sail Away Ladies, Sally Ann / Perfect Storm / Blue Night / 2011
  • Byron Berline, Dan Crary, & John Hickman / East Tennessee Blues / BCH / Sugar Hill / 1986
  • The Bluegrass Alliance / Sweet Sunny South / The Bluegrass Alliance / American Heritage Music Corp. / 1969
  • The Bluegrass Alliance / East Virginia Blues / The Bluegrass Alliance / American Heritage Music Corp. / 1969
  • Dan Crary & Thunderation / Suite 222 / Perfect Storm / Blue Night / 2011
  • The Bluegrass Alliance / Beaumont Rag / The Bluegrass Alliance / American Heritage Music Corp. / 1969
  • Dan Crary & Thunderation / Long Journey Home, Reuben’s Train / Perfect Storm / Blue Night / 2011
  • The Stanley Brothers / It’s Raining Here This Morning / The Best of the Stanley Brothers / Starday / c. 1960, 1975
  • John Reischman & The Jaybirds / The First Whippoorwill / Vintage & Unique / Corvus / 2011
  • Lonesome River Band / Forty Days in the Desert / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm / 2010
  • April Verch / Jim Shank, T-Jacques Jarret / That’s How We Run / Slab Town / 2011
  • Wayne Taylor & Apaloosa / Mash Your Finger / It’s Gonna be a Beautiful Day / Raincoe Music / 2011
  • Bearfoot / Come Get Your Lonesome / American Story / Compass / 2011
  • David Peterson & 1946 / 1946 / In the Mountaintops to Roam / self / 2005
  • Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan, & Tex Logan / Shady Grove / Folk Music at Newport, Part 1 / Vanguard / 1965, 1995
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station / Dust Bowl Children / Paper Airplane / Rounder / 2011
  • Southern Schoolhouse Rascals / Ship in the Clouds / Old School, Mountain Style / 5-String Productions / 2006
  • Leon Mcauliffe / Run ‘ Em Off / Tulsa Straight Ahead / Bear Family / 1953, 2009
  • Larry Sparks / Somebody Touched Me / Almost Home / Rounder / 2011
  • Doc Watson & Junior Husky / Cannonball Rag / Will the Circle Be Unbroken / United Artists / 1972
  • Missy Werner Band / My First Mistake / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

November 10, 2011

Dan Crary Interview & Black Diamond Show Playlist for 11/7/11

I'll get the playlist for this week's show up as soon as I can. The highlight for me was the hour-long interview we had with Dan Crary. Some great stories from one of my early guitar heroes. If you didn't hear the show on Monday, tune into the WNHU2 stream on wnhu.net on Thursday 11/10 from 10pm-midnight EST. The Crary interview begins right after an opening track from Flatt &Scruggs. Thanks for your support