February 27, 2012

Playlist: Black Diamond Show--WNHU Fundraiser 2/27/12

Please help WNHU. Our annual fund-raising phone-a-thon began on Feb. 25 and runs through March 11. Please call 1-203-479-8807 and make a pledge.

Missy Werner
This week's show features a great interview with Missy Werner and tracks from many of the CDs we're offering as premiums for $50 donations to WNHU. Missy's new CD, Three Kinds of Lonesome, has been showing up on our playlists a lot. She's one of the most recent bluegrass artists with roots in the Cincinnati area. If you missed the interview, tune in for the repeat Thursday evening at 6pm on the WNHU2 stream at www.wnhu.net.

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

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Donna Ulisse / Crawlin’ Back / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group / 2011
  • Grant Dermody / Evening Train / Lay Down My Burden / self / 2010
  • April Verch / Slip Away / Steal the Blue / Slab Town Records / 2008
  • Travers Chandler & Avery County / Nobody Cares for Me / State of Depression / Patuxnet Music / 2010
  • Dan Crary & Thunderation / Muley was a Railroad Man / Perfect Storm / Blue Night / 2011
  • Bearfoot / Come and Get Your Lonesome / American Story / Compass / 2011
  • Mark Grobner & Ken Kolodner / Missouri / Sun Rise / Sun Rise Music / 2011
  • Missy Werner Band / I’d Rather Love a Memory / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • Missy Werner / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2012
  • Missy Werner Band / Drifting and Dreaming / Drifting and Dreaming / self / 2009
  • Missy Werner Band / Journey to My Savior’s Side / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds of Lonesome / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • Frank Solivan / I’ll Go Steppin’ Too / Selfish Tears / Fiddlemon Music / 2006
  • The Manic Mountain Boys / Without Any Heart / The Manics Pick on Monahan / Compassionate Care ALS / 2011
  • Chris Stuart & Backcountry / Twenty Naked Pentecostals in a Pontiac / Saints & Strangers / Backcountry Music / 2003
  • The Renegades / Highlander’s Farewell / Old Time Music on the Air, Volume Two / Rounder / 1996
  • Chris Stuart & Backcountry / From Now On / Saints & Strangers / Backcountry Music / 2003
  • Downtown Ramblers / I’ll Go / On the Other Side of the City / DTR Music Productions / 2011
  • Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / Walking in Jerusalem / Anthology / MCA / 1953, 2003
  • The Barefoot Movement / Calico Jack / Footwork / Lonesome Records / 2011
  • Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / The Hills of Tennessee / It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Day! / Raincoe Music / 2011
  • Jackstraw / Come on Back to Me / Sunday Never Comes / self / 2011
  • John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Shady Grove / Vintage & Unique / Corvus / 2011
  • Spring Creek / See Me On / Hold on Me / self / 2011
  • Ronnie Bowman / The Story in your Eyes / Moody Bluegrass Two… Much Love / Bunny Rae / 2011
  • Frank Solivan / Dirty Kitchen / I am a Rambler / Fiddlemon Music / 2002
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

February 25, 2012

Premiums for pledging to WNHU and the Black Diamond Show

Premium List updated for March 5 show!

Please call 1-203-479-8807 and and support WNHU during our shows on Feb. 27 and March 5.

Thanks for your support of WNHU and its mission to serve both the University of New Haven and the larger community: southern Connecticut via 88.7 FM and the entire world via www.wnhu.net! Pledges of any amount ($5 to $5,000 [I can dream, can't I?]) are welcome. In addition to the regular incentives for donors to WNHU, we have some special premiums for Black Diamond Show listeners who call in and pledge $25 $50 or more.

After the 2/27 show, we still have both pairs of Doyle Lawson tix ($50 donation) and most of the CDs ($25 donation--reduced!) available.

Tix for Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Hamden, April 27

After we prepared the Feb. 27 show, Chris Wuerth from Guitar Town contacted us and donated two (2) pair of tickets to the Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver concert at the Unitarian Society Hall in Hamden, CT, on Friday, April 27. For a donation of $50 to WNHU, you can get a pair of tickets to this fabulous show.

Doyle and his band are winners of 14 IBMA awards including vocal group of the year seven times. They also have four Grammy nominations, 37 SPBGMA awards, and five Dove gospel awards. You can order tix from Guitar Town now. OR you can save $10 and get a pair of tix by donating $50 to WNHU! This is a steal of a deal!

Pick a CD! Exclusive offer for Black Diamond Show listeners

We have a passel of great CDs available, too. Only one copy of each CD is available. First come first served. Call 1-203-479-8807 during the Black Diamond Show, make your pledge for $25 $50, and choose one of these CDs.
  1. 23 String Band, Catch 23, 2011. Courtesy 23 String Band.
  2. April Verch, Steal the Blue, 2008. Courtesy Fire in the Kitchen Concerts & Slab Town Records.
  3. Barefoot Movement, Footwork, 2011. Courtesy Jared Ingersol & Lonesome Records.
  4. Bearfoot, American Story, 2011. Courtesy Fire in the Kitchen Concerts, TG2 Artists & Compass Records. Thanks!
  5. Chris Stuart & Backcountry, Saints and Strangers, 2003. Courtesy Chris Stuart. Thanks!
  6. Dan Crary & Thunderation, Perfect Storm, 2011. Courtesy Blue Night Records.
  7. David Harvey et al., Moody Bluegrass Two… Much Love: a Nashville Celebration of the Moody Blues, 2011. Courtesy David Harvey and Bunny Rae Records.
  8. Donna Ulisse, An Easy Climb, 2011. Courtesy Hadley Music Group.
  9. Downtown Rambers, On the Other Side of the City, 2011. Courtesy DTR Music Productions.
  10. Frank Solivan II, I am a Rambler, 2002. Courtesy Frank Solivan & Fiddlemon Music.
  11. Frank Solivan II, Selfish Tears, 2006. Courtesy Frank Solivan & Fiddlemon Music.
  12. Grant Dermody, Lay My Burden Down, 2010. Courtesy Hearth Music & Grant Dermody.
  13. Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys, The Hogtown Sessions, 2011. Courtesy Hearth Music & Vole-o-Tone Records. Thanks!
  14. Jackstraw, Sunday Never Comes, 2011. Courtesy Hearth Music & Jackstraw.
  15. Jim Lauderdale, Reason & Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale, 2011. Courtesy Sugar Hill Records.
  16. John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Vintage & Unique, 2011. Courtesy Hearth Music & Corvus Records. Thanks!
  17. Manic Mountain Boys, The Manics Pick on Monahan: an irreverent tribute to Tom Monahan, 2011. Courtesy the Manic Mountain Boys and Compassionate Care ALS.
  18. Mark Grobner & Ken Kolodner, Sun Rise: Hammered dulcimer solos and duets, 2011. Courtesy Ken Kolodner.
  19. Missy Werner Band, Three Kinds of Lonesome, 2011. Courtesy Missy Werner.
  20. Nora Jane Struthers, Nora Jane Struthers, 2010. Courtesy Fire in the Kitchen Concerts, Blue Pig Music & Nora Jane Struthers.
  21. Scott Prouty, Puncheon Floor, 2010. (A good old-time music CD!)
  22. Spring Creek, Hold on Me, 2011. Courtesy Spring Creek.
  23. Steve Spurgin, Past Perfect, 2011. Courtesy Blue Night Records.
  24. Travers Chandler & Avery County, State of Depression, 2010. Courtesy Travers Chandler & Patuxnet Music.
  25. Various Artists, Old-Time Music On the Air Volume Two, 1996. (Used copy. I bought 2 by mistake. A classic from Rounder Records.)
  26. Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, It’s Gonna be a Beautiful Day!, 2011. Courtesy Raincoe Music.

Contacting WNHU

Try one of the following methods of contacting us.

  1. Call 1-203-479-8807. We are scheduled to have three people splitting the phone duties between Noon and 2pm on March 5.
  2. If no one answers at 1-203-479-8807, or if you call after the show is over, be patient. Let the phone ring up to 15 times. Voice mail will prompt you for your information (Name, address, show supporting, amount). If you get the machine prompt instead of one of the three people on phone duty and want a premium, email me.
  3. Mail WNHU a check and write "Black Diamond Show" on the memo line. The address is WNHU, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516. If you email me that you have donated at least $25, you can choose one of the CDs from the premium list. ($50 for Doyle Lawson tickets.)
  4. Email me the pledge you'd like to make and I'll forward the information to WNHU. If you're pledging $25 or $50 or more, choose a premium from the premium list.

Remember, all premiums are first come first served.

February 22, 2012

Top new bluegrass songs as reported by WNHU on 2/22/12

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited and Bluegrass Music Profiles, we also report the Black Diamond Show playlists and actual airplay to Bluegrass Today and FOLKDJ-L/folkradio.org.

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 2/22/12

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited (top 12) and Bluegrass Music Profiles (top 20)

01. Dailey & Vincent, Cast Aside
02. Blue Highway, I Ain’t Gonna Lay My Hammer Down
03. April Verch, Guide Me Home
04. The Missy Werner Band, I’d Rather Love a Memory
05. Charlie Sizemore, I Don’t Remember Loving You
06. Freeman & Williams, Wrong Road Again
07. Chris Jones & The Nightdrivers, Final Farewell
08. The Gibson Brothers, Just Lovin' You
09. Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
10. Alison Krauss & Union Station, On the Outside Looking In
11. Dailey & Vincent, Living in the Kingdom of God
12. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Greenbrier Hop
13. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Ominous Anonymous
14. Bearfoot, Come Get Your Lonesome
15. Donna Ulisse, Let it Rain
16. Crowe Brothers, Southern Moon
17. Del McCoury Band, My Rose of Old Kentucky
18. John Reischman & The Jaybirds, Consider Me Gone
19. (tie) The Bluegrass Martins, Happy on the Mississippi Shore
19. (tie) April Verch, Durang’s Hornpipe
19. (tie) The Gibson Brothers, I’ll Love Nobody But You

Thanks for your continued support of WNHU and traditional country music.

February 21, 2012

Black Diamond Show Playlist: Feb. 20 & Feb. 23 2012

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Freeman & Williams / Wrong Road Again / Freeman & Williams / Mountain Roads Recordings / 2012
  • Merle Travis / Divorce Me C.O.D. / Hot Pickin’ / Proper / 1946, 2003
  • Wolfe Brothers String Band / New Gal / Old Roots, New Journeys / Copper Creek / 2004
  • Dailey & Vincent / Living in the Kingdom of God / The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent / Rounder, Cracker Barrel / 2012
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle with the Mountain City Four / Log Driver’s Waltz / The Log Driver’s Waltz / National Film Board of Canada / 1979 / View at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8
  • Pharis & Jason Romero / My Flowers, My Companions and Me (Reprise) / A Passing Glimpse / Lula / 2011 / Watch a great video of Jason & Pharis playing and talking about making banjos: http://www.fretboardjournal.com/video/fretboard-films-trip-romero-banjos
  • The Steep Canyon Rangers / Mourning Dove / Deep in the Shade / Rebel / 2009
  • Jim & Jesse / Two Arms to Hold Me / Best of the Early Years / Master Classics / 1952, 2009
  • John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Liza Jane / The Road West/ Corvus / 2005
  • Chris Jones & The Night Drivers / Final Farewell / Lost Souls & Free Spirits – The Rebel Collection, Old & New / Rebel / 2011
  • Spring Creek / Mocking Bird / Hold on Me / self / 2011
  • Open Range & The Stampede Swing Band / Arizona Saturday Night / Swingtime in the Rockies / self / 2005
  • Donna Ulisse / Let it Rain / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group / 2011
  • Bearfoot / Kill the Rooster / American Story / Compass / 2011
  • Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / Gotta Travel On / Anthology / MCA / 1959, 2003
  • Kristin Scott Benson / The Gospel Way / Second Season / Pinecastle / 2009
  • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Greenbrier Hop / Drive Time / Mountain Home / 2011
  • Josh Williams / Blue Railroad Train / Down Home / Rounder / 2009, 2011
  • Red Hen String Band / Colours / Birds of a Feather / WePecket Island / 2011
  • Terry McGill / Honky Tonk Blues / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music / 2001
  • Hank Williams / Hey Good Lookin’ / Unreleased Recordings / Time-Life / 1951, 2008
  • The Orpheus Supertones / Going to Town / Going to Town / Mud Thumber Music / 2011
  • Scott Anderson / Be Proud of the Gray in Your Hair / Tales from the Swamp / Mato / 2011
  • Johnson Mountain Boys / There Goes My Love / Blue Diamond / Rounder / 1992
  • Nickel Creek / The Hand Song / Nickel Creek / Sugar Hill / 2000
  • The Honey Dewdrops / 1918 / If the Sun will Shine / self / 2009
  • Rhonda Vincent / Heart-wrenching Lovesick Memories / Destination Life / Rounder / 2009
  • Katie Wilson / Seashells on the Shore / Katie Wilson / self / 2009
  • The Missy Werner Band / Goodbye / Drifting and Dreaming / self / 2009
  • Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / When I Get Home / Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / Rounder / 1999
  • Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / Don’t Get Above Your Raising / Bluegrass Super Hits / Columbia Nashville / 1951, 1982
  • Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers / Up in the Batten House / Snappin’ Bug / 2011
  • The Stanley Brothers / Old Love Letters / The Early King and Starday Years 1958-1961 / Gusto / 1960, 2003
  • Freeman & Williams / John Henry / Freeman & Williams / Mountain Roads Recordings / 2012
  • Robin & Linda Williams / For Better or Worse / Buena Vista / Red House / 2008
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

February 13, 2012

Black Diamond Show Playlist: Feb 13 & Feb 16

Valentine's Day week! Songs of true love and songs of heartbreak! If you miss it Monday lunchtime, you can enjoy these tasty songs with your dinner on Thursday!
  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys / I’ll Love Nobody But You / In The Tradition / Rounder / 1986
  • Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Two Kindred Hearts / It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Day / Raincoe Music / 2011
  • The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tell Me Your Love Is Still True / Twenty Year Blues / Sugar Hill / 2004
  • Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys / You’re in my Heart to Stay / Western Swing Chronicles, Volume 2, Leon Chappelear / Origin Jazz Library / c. 1935, 2002
  • Nell Robinson / Turn Your Radio On / On the Brooklyn Road / Red Level / 2011
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Sweetheart Mountain Rose / In Concert, 1964 / Rounder / 1964, 1988
  • Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / Toy Heart / Anthology / MCA / 1962, 2003
  • The Charlie Sizemore Band / Hard Rock Bottom of your Heart / Good News / Rounder / 2007
  • Hank Williams / Cold, Cold Heart / 40 Greatest Hits / Polydor / 1950, 1978
  • Frank Wakefield & Buster Turner / You’re the one I see in my Dreams / Bluegrass Early Cuts, 1931-1953 / JSP / 1950, 2004
  • Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Heartbreakin’ Old Achin’ Blues / Ragin’ Live / Rounder / 2005
  • Red Molly / Does My Ring Burn Your Finger? / Light in the Sky / self / 2012
  • Bill Clifton / Dixie Darling / The Early Years / Rounder / 1957, 2011
  • Better Halves / My Internet Date / Tete a Tete / Hillabeanz Music / 2012
  • Robbie Fulks / I Told Her Lies / Lonely Hearts Valentine’s Day Sampler / Bloodshot, Amazon.com / 1995, 2011
  • TriBoro / Good Enough For Now / TriBoro / self / 2004 /
  • Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers / Jubilation Day / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder / 2011
  • Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury / 1958, 2003
  • Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Why Do You Do What You Do? / Always Never Enough / Rebel / 2005
  • The Gibson Brothers / I’ll Love Nobody But You / Help My Brother / Compass / 2011
  • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Speak Softly You’re Talking to My Heart / Once & For Always / Sugar Hill / 1983
  • Steep Canyon Rangers / Heartbreak Is Real / Deep in the Shade / Rebel / 2009
  • Ricky Skaggs / I Wouldn’t Change you if I Could / Highways & Heartaches / Epic / 1982
  • Lonesome River Band / Tune of a Twenty Dollar Bill / Window of Time / Mountain Home Music / 2006
  • The Louvin Brothers / I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby / Live at the New River Ranch / Copper Creek / 1956, 1988
  • Frank Solivan / Love in my Heart / Selfish Tears / Fiddlemon Music / 2006
  • The Johnson Mountain Boys / Mend This Heart of Mine / Walls of Time / Rounder / 1982
  • Kathy Mattea with Don Williams / Love at the Five and Dime / Walk the Way the Wind Blows / Mercury / 1985
  • Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm / 2011
  • Hot Club of Cowtown / Keeper of My Heart / What Makes Bob Holler? / Proper / 2011
  • The Missy Werner Band / My First Mistake / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • Carolina Road / I Know You’re Married, But I Love You Still / Back to My Roots / Rural Rhythm / 2011
  • Claire Lynch with Jim Hurst / I’m Gonna Love You / I’ll Take Love, Songs from the pen of Louisa Branscomb / Compass / 2011
  • Big Country Bluegrass / I Just Want to Grow Old Lovin’ You / Twenty Years of Grass / Hay Holler / 2007
  • Red Allen, Frank Wakefield & The Kentuckians / Somebody Loves You Darling / Bluegrass / Folkways / 1964
  • The Stanley Brothers / Sweetest Love / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Sony SBME / 1952, 1996
  • Larry Sparks / Those Blue Eyes Don’t Sparkle Anymore / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music / 2007 / Del McCoury, tenor vocal
  • Hank Williams / Baby We’re Really In Love / Live at the Grand Ole Opry / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1999
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

February 12, 2012

Black Diamond Show Playlist Feb. 6 & Feb. 9

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • David Peterson & 1946 / Some of These Days (You’re Gonna Be Sad) / In the Mountaintops to Roam / self / 2005
  • Gene & Gayla Mills / Talking to a Stone / If Stones Could Talk / Heart Pine / 2011
  • Johnnie Lee Wills / Rag Mop / Country & Western Classics/ Music & Melody / 1949, 2009
  • The Morgantown Rounders / Big Scioty / The Morgantown Rounders / Banjos For Peace / 2006
  • The Traditional Grass / Rest for His Workers / 10th Anniversary Edition / Rebel / c. 1988, 1993
  • Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring / Edward in the Treetop / Starch & Iron / Heard Her Squeal / 2005
  • Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / Bound to Ride / Bound to Ride / Rounder / 1979
  • The Manic Mountain Boys / Without any Heart / The Manics Pick on Monahan / CCALS / 2011
  • Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Heartbreak Express / Live and Learn / Rebel / 2008
  • Kenny & Amanda Smith / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2012
  • Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Pacific Time / Always Never Enough / Rebel / 2005
  • Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / I Can’t Sit Down / Tell Someone / Rebel / 2006
  • Kenny Smith / Billy in the Lowground / Return / GAT3 / 2011 / with Aubrey Haynie, fiddle, and Adam Hurt, banjo
  • Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Cruel Willie / Live and Learn / Rebel / 2008
  • The Orpheus Supertones / Jonah in the Windstorm / Going to Town / Mud Thumper Music / 2011
  • Larry Sparks / Gunfighter’s Revenge / Almost Home / Rounder / 2011
  • Katie Wilson / Feels so far Away / Katie Wilson / self / 2009
  • The Kathy Kallick Band / Where is my Little Cabin Home / Between the Holler and the High Rise / Live Oak / 2010
  • Merle Travis / Cane Bottom Chair / Hot Pickin’ /Proper / 1950, 2003
  • Adam Hurt / Josie-O / Earth Tones / Ubiquitone / 2010
  • The Johnson Mountain Boys / Too Late to Say Goodbye / Walls of Time / Rounder / 1982
  • Dailey & Vincent / Cast Aside / The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent / Rounder, Cracker Barrel / 2012
  • Joe Diffie / Rainin’ on her Rubber Dolly / Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album / Rounder / 2010
  • April Verch / Lost Boy / Verchuosity / Rounder / 2001
  • Hot Mud Family / No School Bus in Heaven / The Complete Vetco Recordings / self / 1975, 2010 / The true story of a 1958 school bus wreck. Was a popular Stanley Brothers song about 1959-1960.
  • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / My Life’s Been A Pleasure / Legends of Country Music: Bob Wills / Sony BMG / 1941, 2006
  • Red Allen / I Don’t Know Why / Keep on Goin’: The Rebel and the Melodeon Recordings / Rebel / 1965, 2004
  • David Holt / Wildwood Flower / Grandfather’s Greatest Hits / High Windy Audio / 1990
  • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / One of These Days / Help is on the Way / Horizon / 2008
  • Travers Chandler & Avery County / Let Me Fall / State of Depression / Patuxnet Music / 2010
  • The Stanley Brothers / Next Sunday Darling is my Birthday / The Early King & Starday Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto / 1959, 2003
  • Blue Moon Rising / Barely Hangin’ On / Strange New World / Rural Rhythm / 2010
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme