November 28, 2012

Playlist 11/26/12: Black Diamond Show, WNHU

Repeating the broadcast of this year's IBMA show. Hope all had a safe and healthy Thanksgiving.
  • Various Artists / 23rd Annual IBMA Show / The 23rd International Bluegrass Music Awards, September 27, 2012, The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA / IBMA / 2012
  • Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys / No One But My Darlin' / Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys Anthology / JSP /1957, 2009
  • Special Consensus / Sea of Heartbreak / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass / 2012

November 23, 2012

Top New Bluegrass Songs Report: WNHU 11/23/12

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 11/23/12

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

For the second month in a row, I've voted for Mark Houser's "John the Baptist" as the top Bluegrass song this month. Love the new album from him and his band Bluegrass Drive: lot of good tracks on it--"Hard Rain" and "Delilah" are two other favorites. Lots of good music out there!

  1. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
  2. The Boxcars, Crawford County
  3. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
  4. Rhonda Vincent, Blue Sky Cathedral
  5. The Grass Cats, The Mountains, My Baby, and Me
  6. Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
  7. The Spinney Brothers, Makin' a Killin'
  8. Detour, Quarterline Road
  9. Loafer's Glory, Milwaukee Blues
  10. Audie Blaylock & Redline, A Real Good Way to Lose
  11. Lou Reid & Carolina, Carolina Moonshine Man
  12. Akira Otsuka, Line Drive
  13. Steep Canyon Rangers, Natural Disaster
  14. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, Bottom of a Mountain
  15. Special Consensus, Monroe's Doctrine
  16. Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, Brand New Silent Partner
  17. Freeman & Williams, Wrong Road Again
  18. Dailey & Vincent, Living in the Kingdon of God
  19. The Boxcars, Don't Fall In Love with a Girl Like That
  20. Joe Diffie, Rainin' on Her Rubber Dolly

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 the the FOLKDJ-L email list and folkradio.org.

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

November 19, 2012

Playlist for Nov. 19 Black Diamond Show on WNHU

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • The Grass Cats / The Mountains, My Baby, and Me / The Mountains, My Baby, and Me / New Time / 2012
  • Keith Whitley / I Never Go Around Mirrors / The Rounder Records Story / Rounder / 1990, 2010 / A remake of a great Lefty Frizzell song.
  • Mariel Vandersteel / Sitting on the Ridge / Hickory / self / 2012
  • The Missy Werner Band / Gypsy, Joe, and Me / Drifting and Dreaming / self / 2009
  • The 23 String Band / Deer Tick / Catch 23 / self / 2011
  • The Delmore Brothers / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Delmore Brothers Anthology / JSP / 1993, 2004
  • Hank Williams / Where the Soul Never Dies / Unreleased Recordings / Time-Life / 1950, 2008
  • Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / I’d Rather Live by the Side of the Road / Home from the Mills / Rebel / 2012
  • Kenny and Amanda Smith / I’d Jump the Mississippi / Live and Learn / Rebel / 2008
  • Big Medicine /Wild Bill Jones / Too Old to be Controlled / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2002
  • Ernest Tubb / A Month of Sundays / Last Sessions / First Generation / c. 1979, 1999
  • The Morgantown Rounders / Dance All Night With a Bottle in Your Hand / The Morgantown Rounders / Banjos for Peace / 2006
  • Charlie Sizemore / Red Wicked Wine / Heartache Looking for a Home / Rounder / 2011 / Ralph Stanley singing tenor on the choruses.
  • The Steeldrivers / Guitars, Whiskey, Guns, and Knives / Reckless / Rounder / 2010
  • Red Steagall / The Walls of this old Honky Tonk / Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music / Circle D Western / 1976
  • Myrna Riquier / Too Many Bars / Momma’s Flowers / self / 2011
  • Karl and Harty / Don’t Mix Whiskey With Women / Pioneers of Country, Early Western Music / Vintage Masters / 1947, 2011 / Karl Davis and Hartford Connecticut Taylor were a pair of musicians from Kentucky who were one of the earliest guitar and mandolin duos to hit the big time. They were early stars of the WLS Barn Dance (Chicago).
  • Big Country Bluegrass / Wreck on the Highway / The Boys in Hats and Ties / Rebel / 2010
  • Junior Brown / My Baby Won’t Dance to Nothing but Ernest Tubb / 12 Shades of Brown / Curb / 1990, 1993
  • David Peterson and 1946 / The Drunkard’s Hell / The Howling Blue Winds / self / 2003
  • Faron Young / Wine Me Up / Golden Hits / Mercury Nashville / 1969, 1995
  • Larry Sparks / Girl at the Crossroads Bar / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel / 1978, 1988
  • Kitty Wells / It wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels / The Devil’s Rejects (movie soundtrack) / Hip-O / 1952, 2005
  • The Seldom Scene / Bottom of the Glass / Old Train / Rebel / 1974
  • Scott Vestal, Adam Steffey, Aubrie Haynie, et al. / Temperance Reel / More Ultimate Pickin’ / Pinecastle / 2009
  • Annie Lou / Grandma’s Rules for Drinking / Grandma’s Rules for Drinking / self / 2012
  • Wayne Scott / It’s the Whiskey that Eases the Pain / This Weary Way / Full Light / 2005
  • Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys / Honky Tonk Girl / Vintage Collections / Capitol / 1954, 2003
  • Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerard / Don’t Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There / The Rounder Records Story / Rounder / 1973, 2010
  • Ann and Phil Case / Rocky Mountain Goat / When Shadows Fall / Dry Run Recordings / 2012
  • Sierra Hull / I’ll Always be Waiting for You / Secrets / Rounder / 2011
  • Joel Mabus / Grieve My Lord No More / American Anonymous / self / 2011
  • Kenny Baker / Ragtime Annie / A Baker’s Dozen / County / 1971
  • Akira Otsuka / Long Black Jacket / First Tear / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • The Bluegrass Martins / Just Lovin’ You / World of Their Own / self / 2011
  • The Traditional Grass / You Can Keep Your Nine-Pound Hammer / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel / 1993, 1994
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

November 17, 2012

Playlist for Nov. 12 Black Diamond Show

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Forgotten Soldier Boy / The Lilly Bros & Don Stover: Bluegrass at the Roots, 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways / 2005
  • Earl Scruggs, family, and friends / Soldier’s Joy / Ultimate Collection: Live at the Ryman / Rounder / 2008
  • Red Mountain / Bloody War / Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence / Whoop It Up! / 2009
  • Chris Brashear / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2012
  • Chris Brashear / Lost Soldier Son / Wanderlust / Dog Boy / 1999
  • Charlie Louvin / There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / The Battle Rages On / True North / 2010
  • Special Consensus / On my way to the Kingdom Land / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass / 2012
  • The Montville Project / Marches: Road to Boston, Jamie Allen, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine / The Montville Project: 53 Essential New England Dance Tunes / self / 2008
  • Jim Eanes and the Shenandoah Valley Boys / Missing in Action / Bluegrass Early Cuts: 1931-1953 / JSP / 1951, 2004
  • John Gorka / Temporary Road / Fast Folk Volume 5, No. 8, Detours / Fast Folk / 1991
  • The Honey Dewdrops / When was the War / If the Sun will Shine / self / 2009
  • Pete Seeger / Tenting Tonight / Songs of the Civil War / self / ND, 1991
  • Kenny Baker and Jack Hicks / Brandywine / Master Fiddler / County / 1972, 1993
  • Rhonda Vincent / God Bless the Soldier / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder / 2006
  • Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out / Prayer for Peace / Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm / 2009
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Emmylou Harris / Mary Danced with Soldiers / Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2 / Geffen, MCA / 1989
  • The Stanley Brothers / Mastertone March / The Early King & Starday Years 1958-1961 / Gusto / 1958, 2003
  • Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys / Lord Build Me a Cabin in Gloryland / Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP / 1958, 2009
  • Valerie Smith / Rocky Island. Sally Goodin / That’s What Love Can Do / Bell Buckle / 2005
  • Kenny and Amanda Smith / Without a Trace / House Down the Block / Farm Boy / 2003
  • Red Hen / Copper Run / Crossing / self / 2009
  • Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers / I’ve Got Those Oklahoma Blues / Wizards of Country Guitar / JSP / c. 1935, 2011
  • Lou Reid and Carolina / Carolina Moonshine Man / Callin’ Me Back Home / KMA / 2012
  • Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive / Hard Rain / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
  • Merle Haggard / This Cold War / If We Make It Through December / Capitol / 1974, 2010
  • Dawn Kenney / Reach High / Sing Me Mome / Heart Roots / 2012
  • Bob Amos / Backwards and Forwards / Borrowed Time / self / 2012
  • Audie Blaylock and Redline / A Real Good Way to Lose / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm / 2012
  • Brandon Rickman / Let Me Walk Lord / Young Man, Old Soul / Rural Rhythm / 2009
  • Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / Harvest Moon Blues / Starlight Hotel / Signature Sounds / 2011
  • Eric Uglum / Shenandoah Wind / Shenandoah Wind / Backcountry Music / 2004
  • The Country Gentlemen / Two Little Boys / Bluegrass: The World’s Greatest Show / Sugar Hill / 1987, 1993
  • Larry Sparks / Gunfighter’s Revenge / Almost Home / Rounder / 2011
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Black Diamond Show Playlist: 11/5/12

This show was scheduled for 10/29. Small matter of Sandy the Frank N. Storm interfering. So we played the show on 11/5/12, even if it made our Halloween set play after the real Halloween--but on the day that NJ Gov. Christie asked NJ residents to celebrate Halloween!
  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Del McCoury Band / Gold Brickin’ / Del and the Boys / McCoury Music/ 2001
  • The Western Swing Authority / Roly Poly / All Dolled Up / self / 2012
  • Shoregrass / I’m on my way back to the old home / Going Home / Shaw Family / 2007
  • Darin and Brooke Aldridge / I’m Building on the Rock of Ages / Darin and Brook Aldridge / Crossroads / 2010
  • Gary Nicholson, Darrell Scott, and Tim O’Brien / Texas Cookin’ / This one’s for him: A tribute to Guy Clark / Icehouse Music / 2011
  • Dawn Kenney / Out the Door / Sing Me Home / Hearts Root / 2012
  • Craver, Hicks, Watson, and Newberry / Uncle Charlie’s Revenge / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 2012
  • Chris Brashear / The Old Pueblo / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 2012
  • Kathy Mattea / Gone, Gonna Rise Again / Calling Me Home / Sugar Hill / 2012
  • Samantha Casey and the Bluegrass Jam / Walk the Way the Wind Blows / Casey’s Fair / Sweet Acoustic Music / 2012
  • O’Brien Party of Seven / In the Summertime / Reincarnation / Howdy Skies / 2012
  • Roger Miller / Kansas City Star / All Time Greatest Hits / Mercury / 1965, 2003
  • The Stanley Brothers / I’m Ready to Go / The Early King and Starday Years / Gusto / 1960, 2003
  • Emily Miller and Jesse Milnes / Bully of the Town / The New Young Fogies, Volume 1 / Roberts-Gevalt and DeJarnette / 2012
  • Walt Koken / Peas and Taters / Sittin’ in the Catbird’s Seat / Mudthumper Music / 2012
  • Bill Clifton / Just Another Broken Heart / The Early Years / Rounder / 1958, 2011
  • The Louvin Brothers / I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby / Live at the New River Ranch / Copper Creek / 1956, 1988
  • Carolina Road / What it Means to be Lonesome / Back to my Roots / Rural Rhythm / 2011
  • The Spinney Brothers / Making a Killing / Memories / Mountain Fever / 2012
  • Ernest Tubb / Sometimes I Do / Last Sessions / First Generation / c. 1979, 1999
  • Rhonda Vincent / Blue Sky Cathedral / Sunday Morning Singing / Upper Management Music / 2012
  • Audie Blaylock and Redline / Newton’s Grove / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm / 2012
  • Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive / John the Baptist / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
  • Akira Otsuka / Line Drive / First Tear / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • Freeman and Williams / Wrong Road Again / Freeman and Williams / Mountain Roads Recordings / 2011
  • Loafer’s Glory / Milwaukee Blues / Loafer’s Glory / Arhoolie / 2012
  • Bob Amos / Jenny and Jimmy / Borrowed Time / self / 2012
  • Rick Paul / Halloween / single / self / 2010
  • John Hartford / Pumpkin Ridge / The Speed of the Old Long Bow / Rounder / 1998
  • The Country Gentlemen / Bringing Mary Home / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ /Rebel / 1964, 2005
  • Orville Johnson / The Ghost Picker / Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor / E1 Music / 2010
  • Marty Robbins / Ghost Riders in the Sky / The Essential Marty Robbins 1951-1982 / Columbia / c. 1967, 1991
  • Ashley & Foster / Haunted Road Blues / Greenback Dollar – The Music of Clarence Ashley / County / c. 1930, 2002
  • Detour / Quarterline Road / A Better Place / Bluegrass Ahead / 2012
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / I’m Leaving You this Lonesome Song / A Thousand Miles Away From Here / self / 2011
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme