June 17, 2013

Playlist 6/17/13

    Artist / Song / Album
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life
  • Chris Jones / Witness / A Few Words
  • Art Stamper / Lady of the Lake / The Lost Fiddler
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops / I Truly Understand you Love Another Man / Leaving Eden
  • Sharon, Cheryl, and Buck White / This Side of Heaven / I'll Take Love: Songs from the Pen of Louisa Branscomb
  • The Infamous Stringdusters / Fork in the Road / Fork in the Road
  • Mike Compton and Joe Newberry / Rocky Island / Live at the Brandywine Friends
  • Wayne Hancock / Fair Weather Blues / Ride
  • American Drive / Long Haul Truckin' Man / American Drive
  • Larry Sparks / Mommy Please Stay Home with Me / Blue Sparks
  • Sons of the Pioneers / Cigareets and Whuskey and Wild Wild Women (1947) / 100 Cowboy Classics
  • Keith Daniels and his Blue Ridge Ramblers / Live and Let Live (Rebel single) / Bluegrass 78s and 45s, Volume 1
  • April Verch / No Other Would Do / Bright Like Gold
  • Cedar Hill / Pearl / Portrait of a Song: The Drasco Sessions
  • Byron Berline, Dan Crary, and John Hickman / Northern Slope / BCH
  • Emerald Rae / Sugar Baby / If Only I Could Fly
  • Rebecca Frazier / Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / When we Fall
  • Walt Koken / Peas and Taters / Sitting in the Catbird's Seat
  • Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys / Get in Line Brother (1957) / Radio Gems
  • Phil and Dan Rosenthal / I'll Fly Away / Fly Away
  • Kathy Mattea / West Virginia, My Home / Calling me Home
  • Donna Ulisse / Out of Sight, Out of Mind / Trouble at the Door
  • Red Tail Ring / Ladies' Choice Waltz / The Heart's Swift Foot
  • Donna Ulisse / Walk this Mountain Down / Walk This Mountain Down
  • Dailey and Vincent / Back to Jackson County / Brothers of the Highway
  • Rita Hosking / Nothing Left of Me / Little Boat
  • Sutton, Holt, and Coleman / 15 Cents / Ready for the Times
  • Big Country Bluegrass / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Memories of the Past
  • The Carper Family / Fancy Pants / Old-Fashioned Gal
  • The Gibson Brothers / Daddy's Gone to Knoxville / They Called It Music
  • The Spinney Brothers / Whiskey Daniels / No Borders
  • Marty Hays / Up This Hill and Down / Wish we had our Time Again
  • The Hoover Uprights / Vincent Crawford's Tune, Richmond Cotillion / Known for their Reputation

June 10, 2013

Playlist: 6/10/13

  • Artist / Song / Album
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life
  • Daily and Vincent / When I Stop Dreaming / Brothers of the Highway
  • Atlas String Band / Long Journey Home / Strong Shoulder
  • Don Gibson / Sea of Heartbreak / Greatest Hits Volumes 3 and 4
  • Sarah Alden / Dink's Tune / Fists of Violets
  • Special Consensus / Sea of Heartbreak / Scratch Gravel Road
  • Sutton, Holt, and Coleman / Hangman's Reel / Ready for the Times
  • Larry Sparks / These Blue Eyes don't Sparkle Anymore / The Last Suit You Wear
  • “Arkie Woodchopper” (Luther Ossenbrink) / The Little Green Valley (1931) / Old Time Songs and Square Dances
  • Balsam Range / Row by Row / Papertown
  • Sue Shumaker and Diane Jones / Wild Rose of the Mountain / Live on WVUD's Fire on the Mountain
  • Claire Lynch / Buttermilk Road, The Arbours / Dear Sister
  • The Stanley Brothers / Little Glass of Wine (1960) / On Radio
  • Rebecca Frazier / Babe in Arms / When we Fall
  • April Verch Band / Big Eared Mule / Bright Like Gold
  • The VW Boys / Blues Stay Away From Me / Listen to the Music
  • Alex and Ola Belle Reed and the New River Boys / Just Over in the Glory Land (New River Single) / Bluegrass 78s and 45s, Volume 8
  • Jeff Scroggins and Colorado / Falling Leaves / Western Branches
  • Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen with Rob Ickes / I Fell Short / On the Edge
  • John Reischman with Bruce Molsky / Ice on the Dogwater / Walk Along John
  • Flatt Lonesome / Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / Flatt Lonesome
  • Mike Compton and Joe Newberry / Raleigh and Spencer / Live at Brandywine Friends
  • Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies / In El Rio Grande (1934) / Daddy of Western Swing: Volume 1, Brownies' Stomp
  • Brad Leftwich and Linda Higginbotham / Rio Grande / No one to Bring Home Tonight
  • Della Mae / Empire / The World Can Oft Be
  • Doc and Merle Watson / Summertime / Elementary Doctor Watson
  • Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals / Don't you Call my Name / High on a Mountain
  • Roy Acuff, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, et al. / The Wreck on the Highway / Will the Circle be Unbroken
  • Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers / Dark Hollow / Ramblin' Bluegrass
  • Detour / Put a Little Love in Your Heart / A Better Place
  • Stolen Thyme / Brushy Fork of John's Creek / Time is Possibility
  • The Boxcars / Never Again / It's Just a Road
  • The Dustbowl Revival / New River Train / Carry Me Home
  • Mike Scott et al. / Ashokan Farewell / Home Sweet Home

June 3, 2013

Playlist: 6/3/13

  • Artist / Song / Album
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life
  • Claire Lynch / Once the Teardrops Start to Fall / Dear Sister
  • Red Allen / Out on the Ocean / Lonesome and Blue: The complete County recordings
  • Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / You Can't Judge a Book By a Cover / Road into Town
  • Hank Williams / Half as Much (July 13, 1952) / The Lost Concerts
  • Red Allen / White Dove (Kentucky single) / Bluegrass 78s and 45s, Volume 13
  • Adam Hurt and Beth Williams Hartness / Bill Cheatham / Fine Times at our House
  • Jimmy Wakely and Velma Williams / I Love you so Much it Hurts / The Early Years of a Sensational Country Star
  • Marty Hays / Pick me up on Your Way Down / Wish we had our Time Again
  • The Gibson Brothers / Buy a Ring, Find a Preacher / They Called it Music
  • Bob Black / Limerock (1979) / Ladies on the Steamboat
  • Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / I've Been Deceived / Old Gold EP
  • Bob Amos / The Road Home / Borrowed Time
  • The Hillbenders / Past the Point of Rescue / Can You Hear Me
  • Clyde Davenport / Kitty Puss (1978) / Clydeoscope
  • Jim and Jesse / He Walks on the Water (1967) / Y'all Come: The essential Jim and Jesse
  • April Verch Band / Edward in the Treetop, Yellow Jacket, Quit that Ticklin' Me / Bright Like Gold
  • Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / When the Snow Falls on my Foggy Mountain Home / They're Playing my Song
  • Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters / Like I Used to Do / Phoenix
  • The Steeldrivers / Cry No Mississippi / Hammer Down
  • New River Bluegrass / When I Look Back Down the Road / Heart on the Run
  • Mike Scott et al. / Buffalo Gals / Home Sweet Home
  • Pharis and Jason Romero / It Just Suits Me / Long Gone Out West Blues
  • The Redstick Ramblers / My Ramblin' Heart / Right Key, Wrong Keyhole
  • The Stray Birds / My Brother's Hill / The Stray Birds
  • David Grisman / Caravan / Early Dawg
  • West Virginia Coonhunters / Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy (1927) / RCA Country Legends: The Bristol Sessions, Volume 1
  • Carl Jackson / 1943 Martin D28 Herringbone (spoken) / Grace Notes
  • Carl Jackson / Just as I am, Softly and Tenderly / Grace Notes
  • John Reischman / Itzbin Reel / Walk Along John
  • The Seldom Scene / Hobo on a Freight Train to Heaven / Baptizing
  • The Stanley Brothers / A Few More Seasons (1960) / On Radio
  • The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters / Nine Pound Hammer / Welcome to Galax
  • John Hartford Band, April Verch, et al. / Squirrel Hunter / Youtube video from John Hartford Tribute Concert

May 27, 2013

Playlist: 5/27/13

  • Artist / Song / Album
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life
  • Rhonda Vincent / God Bless the Soldier / All American Bluegrass Girl
  • Jim and Jesse / Purple Heart (1952) / Best of the Early Years
  • French Carpenter / Camp Chase / Back Roads to Cold Mountain
  • ShoreGrass / Soldier / Going Home
  • Bradley Walker / Last Day at Vicksburg / God Didn't Choose Sides: Civil War stories about real people
  • Mac Wiseman / Boys in Blue / Civil War Memories
  • Red Mountain / Bloody War / Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence
  • Jimmy Rodgers / The Soldier's Sweetheart (1927) / Bristol Sessions, Volume 1
  • Kagey Parrish (Honey Dewdrops) / Interview / WNHU
  • Honey Dewdrops / Don't Leave Me Here / If The Sun Will Shine
  • Honey Dewdrops / Nobody In This World / These Old Roots
  • Honey Dewdrops / Silver Lining / Silver Lining
  • Honey Dewdrops / Bright Morning Stars / Silver Lining
  • Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys / Dear Old Dixie (1952) / Foggy Mountain Jamboree
  • Charlie Louvin / There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / The Battle Rages On
  • Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Soldier's Joy / Civil War Memories
  • Jim Eanes and the Shenandoah Valley Boys / Missing in Action (1951) / Jim Eanes and the Shenandoah Valley Boys: The early days of bluegrass
  • Chris Brashear / Lost Soldier Son / Wanderlust
  • Robin Williams / The War's Gone Bad on Us / Robin and Linda Williams: Stonewall Country
  • Scott Vestal, et al. / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / More Ultimate Pickin'
  • Robin and Linda Williams / Let Us Cross Over the River / Stonewall Country
  • Della Mae / Pinetree / The World Oft Can Be /
  • Harold Hausenfluck and Dallas Mullens / Crooked Fork / Bluegrass 78s and 45s, Volume 14
  • Ernest Tubb / Don't Trade Your Old-Fashioned Sweetheart (for a Honky-Tonk) / The Singer, The Writer, The Country Pioneer
  • Buzz Busby / Me and the Jukebox (Rebel single) / Bluegrass 78s and 45s, Volume 11
  • The Carper Family / Old-Fashioned Gal / Old-Fashioned Gal
  • The Quebe Sister Band / Shame on You / Timeless
  • Critton Hollow String Band / Irina's Waltz / The Dulcimer Collection
  • Marty Raybon / God Didn't Choose Sides / God Didn't Choose Sides: Civil War stories about real people
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life

May 25, 2013

Top 12 Bluegrass Songs: 5/25/13

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 5/25/13

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

This month, I'm voting for songs I like best at the top, and dropping my predictive vote for Dailey and Vincent's Steel Drivin' Man down to number 9.

There are still a ton of great songs out there.

  1. Sutton, Holt, & Coleman: Ready for the Times to Get Better
  2. Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers: She Left Me Standing on the Mountain
  3. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive: John the Baptist
  4. Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass: I Been Walkin'
  5. Della Mae: Empire
  6. The Gibson Brothers: They Called It Music
  7. The Steel Drivers: Wearin' a Hole
  8. The Spinney Brothers: Memories
  9. Dailey and Vincent: Steel Drivin' Man
  10. The Boxcars: Coal Miner's Blues
  11. Flatt Lonesome: Draggin' My Heart Around
  12. The Hillbenders: Train Whistle

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited, we also report 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.

May 20, 2013

Playlist: 5/20/13

  • Artist / Song / Album
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life
  • The Gibson Brothers / Sundown and Sorrow / They Called it Music
  • Donna Ulisse / Shady Glen / An Easy Climb
  • The Primitive Quartet / He Included Me / Single: He Included Me
  • Willie Nelson and Family / Nuages / Let's Face the Music and Dance
  • Evie Ladin Band / Sleepy Eyed Joe / Evie Laden Band
  • Dry Branch Fire Squad / Please, Mommy, Please / Good Neighbors and Friends
  • Walt Koken / Frankie and Albert / Sitting in the Catbird's Seat
  • J.D. Crowe and the New South / I'm Walkin' (1974) / J.D. Crowe and the New South
  • The Boxcars / The Devil Held the Gun / It's Just a Road
  • Red Tail Ring / My Heart's Own Love / The Heart's Swift Foot
  • The Western Swing Authority / One of us is Lying / All Dolled Up
  • Red Allen / Plant some Flowers by my Graveside / Keep on Going: The Rebel and Melodeon Recordings
  • Bigfoot / Chase the Squirrel / I've got a Bulldog
  • Long Road Home / Headed Back to Dixieland / Headed Back to Dixieland (EP)
  • Blue Moon Rising / Freight Train / One Lonely Shadow
  • Frank Wakefield and Buster Turner / You're the one I see in my Dreams (1950) / Bluegrass Early Cuts: 1931-1953
  • Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen / Ominous Anonymous / Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen
  • Buck Owens and Rose Maddox / Mental Cruelty / The Buck Owens Story, Volume 1: 1956-1964
  • Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters / Bb Polka / Phoenix
  • The Special Consensus / I Can't Sit Down / 25th Anniversary
  • O'Brien Party of Seven / You're My Kingdom / Reincarnation: The songs of Roger Miller
  • Steve Spurgin / The Wall Came Tumbling Down / Folk Remedies
  • The Hillbenders / Clutch / Can You Hear Me?
  • The Infamous Stringdusters / Don't Mean Nothin' / Silver Sky
  • Guy Clark / Analog Girl / Workbench Songs
  • Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass / Margie / Road into Town
  • Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys / The Legend of the Johnson Boys (1962) / 'Tis Sweet to be Remembered
  • Tater Patch / Grubb Springs / Old Time Country Music
  • Iris DeMent / Let the Mystery Be / Infamous Angel
  • The Time Jumpers / Texas on a Saturday Night / The Time Jumpers
  • The Buckstankle Boys / Cacklin' Hen / The New Young Fogies, Volume One
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / S-A-V-E-D / A Thousand Miles from Home
  • Loafer's Glory / Crow Little Rooster / Loafer's Glory
  • Dailey and Vincent / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Brothers of the Highway
  • Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys / I'll Love Nobody But You / Bluegrass Class of 1990
  • American Cafe Orchestra / Liquor Seller / Egyptian Dominoes

April 24, 2013

Top 12 Bluegrass Songs: 4/24/13

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 4/24/13

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

  1. Dailey & Vincent, Steel Drivin' Man
  2. The Steeldrivers, Wearin' a Hole
  3. The Gibson Brothers, They Called It Music
  4. Della Mae, Empire
  5. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, She Left Me Standing on the Mountain
  6. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
  7. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, I Been Walkin'
  8. Balsam Range, Papertown
  9. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
  10. Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
  11. The Steep Canyon Rangers, Nobody Knows You
  12. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, A Blue Million Tears

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited, we also report 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.

April 1, 2013

Black Diamond Show Playlist: 4/1/13

Just great music--no foolin' around!
  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Wayne Hancock / Lone Road Home / Ride / Bloodshot / 2013
  • The Hillbenders / Talking in Your Sleep / Can You Hear Me? / Compass / 2012
  • Balsam Range / One Way Out / Papertown / Crossroads / 2012
  • Bill Emerson and Cliff Waldron / Early Morning Rain / Bluegrass Session / Rebel / 1970
  • Adam Hurt and Beth Williams Hartness / Shakin’ Down the Acorns / Fine Times at Our House / Ubiquitone / 2012
  • Jeff Barbara and Sarah Pirkle / I’m Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Family Singing: The Gospel Collection / Barb Hollow Music / 2011
  • Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys / Get in Line, Brother / Radio Gems / NL / 1954, 1991
  • Troublesome Creek / River of Jordan / Fast as Time Can Take Me / County / 2005
  • The Spinney Brothers / Grandpa’s Way of Life / single / Mountain Fever / 2013
  • Kris Kristofferson / Feeling Mortal / Feeling Mortak / KK / 2013
  • Flatt Lonesome / Jackson / Flatt Lonesome / Crossroads / 2013
  • Suzy Boggus / Back to the South: A Tribute to the Music of Ron Davies / Little Chickadee / 2013
  • Michelle Nixon and Drive / Harper Valley PTA / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever / 2011
  • Scott Brannon / I Overlooked an Orchid / Your Old Standby / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • Amy Gallatin and Roger Williams / Forever has Come to an End / Something ‘Bout You / Happy Appy / 2004
  • Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Dancin’ With Sally / Road into Town / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • The Gibson Brothers / The Darker the Night, The Better I See / They Called It Music / Compass / 2013
  • Moore and Moore / Not Tonight, I’ve got a Heartache / Show Me Your Country / self / 2012
  • The Steeldrivers / When You Don’t Come Home / Hammer Down / Rounder / 2013
  • New American Farmers / Good and Sober / Brand New Day / Big Barncat Records / 2013 (forthcoming)
  • Dale Ann Bradley / I Pressed Through the Crowd / Somewhere South of Crazy / Compass / 2011
  • Sutton, Holt, and Coleman / Forked Deer / Ready for the Times / High Windy Audio / 2013
  • Pharis and Jason Romero / It Just Suits Me / Long Gone Out West Blues / Lula / 2013
  • Ronnie Bowman / The Lady in Gray / God Didn’t Choose Sides: Civil War Stories about Real People / Rural Rhythm / 2013
  • The Stray Birds / Dreams in Blue / The Stray Birds / self / 2013
  • Rhonda Vincent / I’d Rather Hear I Don’t Love You (Than Nothing at All) / single / Upper Management Music / 2013
  • Kathy Mattea / West Virginia, My Home / Calling Me Home / Sugar Hill / 2012
  • Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / Our Old Kentucky Home / They’re Playing My Song / Rebel / 2012
  • Sutton, Holt, and Coleman / Ready for the Times to Get Better / Ready for the Times / High Windy Audio / 2013
  • Bob Black / Nervous Breakdown / Ladies on the Steamboat / Green Valley / 1979, 2005
  • Wood and Wire / Fool Out of Me / Wood and Wire / self / 2013
  • Marty Raybon and Full Circle / That Janie Baker / The Back Forty / Rural Rhythm / 2013
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

March 26, 2013

Black Diamond Show Playlist for 3/25/13

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Dailey and Vincent / Steel Drivin' Man / Brothers of the Highway / Rounder / 2013 (Forthcoming)
  • Lauren Sheehan / The Memory of Your Smile / Rose City Ramble / self / 2011
  • Johnny Cash / The Long Black Veil / Live from Austin, TX / New West / 1987, 2007
  • Akira Otsuka / Long Black Jacket / First Tear / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • The Stanley Brothers / The Memory of Your Smile / The Early King and Starday Years / Gusto / 1958, 2003
  • Curtis Burch / Black Ridge Ramble / Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor / E1 Music / 2010
  • Pharis and Jason Romero / Out on the Western Plains / A Passing Glimpse / Lula / 2011
  • Kathy Mattea / A Far Cry / Calling Me Home / Sugar Hill / 2012
  • The Steeldrivers / Wearin' a Hole / Hammer Down / Rounder / 2013
  • Junior Brown / My Wife Thinks You're Dead / Guit With It / Curb / 1993
  • Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys / Poison Love / Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys: 1950-1951 / JSP / 1951, 2009
  • Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / A Blue Million Tears / They're Playing My Song / Rebel / 2012
  • Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / Come On / Hymns from the Hills / Rebel / 2010
  • Mike Compton / Hallie's Hornpipe / Rotten Taters / Tater Bug Music / 2011
  • Kenny and Amanda Smith / Never Win Again / House Down the Block / Rebel / 2003
  • Della Mae / Empire / This World Oft Can Be / Rounder / 2013 (forthcoming)
  • The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters / Roscoe / Welcome to Galax / Heritage / 2011
  • Jack White / You Know that I Know / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / Columbia / 2011
  • Teddy Thompson / Touching Home / Up Front and Down Low / Verve / 2007
  • The Delmore Brothers / Brown's Ferry Blues / The Delmore Brothers: Chicago 1933, New Orleans, 1935 / JSP / 1933, 2004
  • The Delmore Brothers / Brown's Ferry Blues Part 2 / The Delmore Brothers: Chicago 1933, New Orleans, 1935 / JSP / 1935, 2004
  • Mariel Vandersteel / Flannery's Dream / Hickory / self / 2012
  • The Bluegrass Album Band / Cheyenne / Tony Rice: The Bill Monroe Collection / Rounder / 1984, 2012
  • Jane Rothfield with Dan Rublee, banjo, and Joe Dejarnette, bass / Boys Them Buzzards are Flying / iFiddle They Banjo / iFiddle Recordings / 2008
  • Johnny Warren and Charlie Cushman / Smith's Rag / A Tribute to Fiddlin' Paul Warren, Volume 2 / Warren-Cushman / 2011
  • Blackstone Valley Bluegrass / The Farmer / Momma's Flowers: My Bluegrass Collection By Myrna D. Riquier / Natchaug Music / 2011
  • Bob Amos / Seen It All / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone / 2012
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Can You Hear Me Now? / Can You Hear Me Now? / Flaming Heart / 2012
  • Robin and Linda Williams / Let Us Cross Over the River / Stonewall Country / Red House / 2011
  • Scott Anderson / The One / Rivers / Mato / 2001
  • The Morgantown Rounders / Policeman / The Morgantown Ramblers / Banjos for Peace / 2006
  • Donna Ulisse / He Ain't That / When I Look Back / Hadley Music Group / 2007
  • John Reischman and the Jaybirds / Holy Jump Up / Field Guide / Corvus / 2002
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

March 24, 2013

Top New Bluegrass Songs: Reported March 24, 2013

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 3/24/13

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

This month, I'm making a predictive vote: The single from the upcoming Dailey and Vincent album due out in May is gonna be a big hit. Like, if I drop my pen it will fall. I'm not claiming that Dailey and Vincent are a force of nature like unto gravity, but their new album, Brothers of the Highway, is likely to be one of the biggest sellers during the 2013 festival season.

There are still a ton of great songs out there. This month, I started off with about 35 songs on my list of nominees. It took me quite a time to listen and juggle things to get it whittled down to a top 12. The more I listen to the Danny Paisley, Steeldrivers, Mark Houser, Kenny and Amanda Smith, and Joe Mullins records, the harder it is for me to pick out a favorite track! And I obviously liked the new song from Rhonda Vincent. And there's more great music coming this spring and summer!

  1. Dailey & Vincent, Steel Drivin' Man
  2. Rhonda Vincent, I'd Rather Hear I Don't Love You (Than Nothing At All)
  3. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
  4. The Steeldrivers, Wearin' a Hole
  5. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, I Been Walkin'
  6. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, She Left Me Standing on the Mountain
  7. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
  8. The Hillbenders, Train Whistle
  9. Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
  10. The Steep Canyon Rangers, Nobody Knows You
  11. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, A Blue Million Tears
  12. Kenny and Amanda Smith, Catch me if I Try

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited, we also report 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.

March 18, 2013

Black Diamond Show Playlist 3/18/13 WNHU

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Ricky Wasson / Old John Burns / God Didn't Choose Sides / Rural Rhythm / 2013
  • Big Medicine / Dunbar / Pine to Pine / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2009
  • Hank Williams / Cold, Cold Heart / Hank Williams: Lost Concerts / Time-Life / 1952, 2012
  • Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / Moses, Set My People Free / They're Playing My Song / Rebel / 2012
  • The Stanley Brothers / The Jealous Lover / Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s / Rounder / 1948, 2004
  • Kentucky Wild Horse / Richmond Blues / Spirits of the Lonesome Hills / self / 2006
  • Troublesome Creek / Gypsy Davy / Fast as Time Can Take Me / County / 2006
  • Alison Krauss and Union Station / Dimming of the Day / Paper Airplane / Rounder / 2011
  • Wayne Hancock / Ride / Ride / Bloodshot / 2013
  • Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You / Road Into Town / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / Harvest Moon Blues / Starlight Hotel / Signature Sounds / 2011
  • The Louvin Brothers / Are You Afraid to Die? / Satan is Real, Handpicked Songs / Light in the Attic, Capitol / 1958, 2011
  • Audie Blaylock and Redline / Newton's Grove / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm / 2012
  • Kathy Mattea / Gone, Gonna Rise Again / Calling Me Home / Sugar Hill / 2012
  • Pharis and Jason Romero / Lost Lula / Long Gone Out West Blues / Lula / 2013
  • Wendy Crowe / Muddy River / The Way I Am / Ante Flow / 2012
  • Bob Black / Little Black Moustache / Ladies on the Steamboat / Green Valley / 1979, 2005
  • The Honey Dewdrops / One Kind Word / Silver Lining / self / 2012
  • Cecil Surratt and His West Virginia Ramblers / The Bright Crystal Sea / Bluegrass Early Cuts: 1931-1953 / JSP / 1951, 2004
  • Crowe, Lawson, and Williams / Give Me Your Hand / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home / 2010
  • The Time Jumpers / Someone Had to Teach You / The Time Jumpers / Rounder / 2012
  • The Steeldrivers / Hell on Wheels / Hammer Down / Rounder / 2013
  • Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys / I Hope You Have Learned / Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys 1951-1954 / JSP / 1953, 2009
  • Jussi Syren and the Groundbreakers / Some old side Road / Sea of Changes / Bluelight / 2004
  • Detour / Wind in the Willows / A Better Place / Bluegrass Ahead / 2012
  • Jerry Douglas with Alison Krause / I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby / Now That I've Found You: A Collection / Rounder / 1992, 1995
  • Chris Brashear / How Could I Explain / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 2012
  • The Foghorn Stringband / Fine Time at Our House / Rattlesnake Tidal Wave / self / 2002
  • Steve Spurgin / Long Gone / Folk Remedies / Blue Night / 2012
  • Dubl Handi / C'mon Buddy / Up like the Clouds / self / 2012
  • Kickin' Grass Band / Sugar / Walk With Me / Superfan / 2012
  • Blue Highway / I Ain't Gonna Lay My Hammer Down / Sounds of Home / Rounder / 2011
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

February 22, 2013

Top New Bluegrass Songs: Reported Feb. 22, 2013

The SteeldriversTop Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 2/22/13

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

I hope I'm not too fickle. A new record comes out and I fall in love it immediately. Then have a hard time figuring out what I think the "hit" will be. Well, The Steeldrivers' Hammer Down is such an album. Great stuff. Love about 5 of the tracks and like all the rest. So I picked "When You Don't Come Home."

Still a lot of great music out there! Support your favorite artists by going to their shows and buying their songs!

  1. The Steeldrivers, When You Don't Come Home
  2. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
  3. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
  4. The Grass Cats, The Mountains My Baby and Me
  5. Detour, Quarterline Road
  6. Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
  7. The Spinney Brothers, Memories
  8. Rhonda Vincent, Blue Sky Catherdral
  9. The Steep Canyon Rangers, Nobody Knows You
  10. Kenny and Amanda Smith, Catch me if I Try
  11. The Hillbenders, Train Whistle
  12. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, Road into Town

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited, we also report 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.

February 1, 2013

WNHU Black Diamond Show: Playlist January 28, 2013

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Peter Rowan and Tony Rice / Walls of Time / Quartet / Rounder / 2007
  • Red Steagall / The Walls of this old Honky Tonk / Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music / Circle D Western / 1976
  • Yankee Ingenuity with Tony Parks (caller) / Crockett’s Honeymoon, Yellow Rose of Texas / Heating up the Hall / Varrick / 1989
  • The Seldom Scene / Love of the Mountains / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill / 1996
  • Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Gentle Annie / Civil War Memories / Wango / 2005
  • Cahelen Morrison and Eli West / On God’s Rocky Shore / The Holy Coming of the Storm / self / 2011
  • Hank Williams / When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels / Health and Happiness Show / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
  • Cathy Fink / Rush in the Pepper / Old-Time Music on the Air, Volume 2 / Rounder / 1996
  • Allen Shelton / Shelton Special / Rounder Banjo / Rounder / 1987
  • Bob Wills / Sugar Moon / The Essential Bob Wills / Columbia Classics / 1935, 1992
  • Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys / I’ve Been All Around this World / Rounder Old-Time Music / Rounder / 1983, 1987
  • Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice / Talk About Suffering / Skaggs and Rice / Sugar Hill / 1980
  • The Wandering Ramblers / The North Country / The Marimac Anthology, Deep in Old-Time Music / Rounder / c. 1985, 1996
  • Tut Taylor / Griffith Mandolin Society / Dobrolic Plectral Society / Takoma / 1976 / Butch Robins, bass; Curtis Burch, guitar; Norman Blake, mandocello; Sam Bush, mandola; Tut Taylor, mandolin Chris Brashear / Mama’s Opry / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 2012
  • The Fly By Night String Band / Three Thin Dimes / The Fly By Night String Band / Fretless / 1980
  • Larry Sparks / Smoky Mountain Memories / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel / 1988
  • Merle Travis / I’ll See You in my Dreams / In Boston, 1959 / Rounder / 1959, 2003
  • The Stanley Brothers / I’ll Be True to the One I Love / Long Journey Home / County / 1964, 1973
  • The Louvin Brothers / My Baby’s Gone / Hand-Picked / Light in the Attic, Capitol / 1960, 2011
  • The Bluegrass Martins / Don’t Laugh / World of our Own / self / 2011
  • Amy Gallatin and Roger Williams / Slowly but Surely / Something About You / Happy Appy / 2007
  • Dale Ann Bradley / Ghost Bound Train / Don’t Turn Your Back / Compass / 2009
  • Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen / Same Old Love / Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen / Fiddlemon Music / 2010
  • Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive / River of Regret / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
  • The Johnson Mountain Boys / See God’s Ark A-Movin’ / Blue Diamond / Rounder / 1992
  • Tim O’Brien / Sinner / Chicken and Egg / Howdy Skies / 2010
  • Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / Hey Little Darlin’ / Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / self / 2009
  • The Missy Werner Band / Last Goodbye Today / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
  • April Verch / Reels Tadoussac et Lindbergh / Steal the Blue / Slab Town / 2008
  • Hedy West / Lady Beauty Bright / Hedy West, Volume 2 / Vanguard / 1964
  • Mike Auldridge / Almost to Tulsa / Eight String Swing / Sugar Hill / 2006
  • Karl Shiflett and Big Country / Take Me Back to Tulsa / Take Me Back / Pinecastle / 2012
  • Leon Mcauliffe / Tulsa Straight Ahead / Tulsa Straight Ahead / Bear Family / 1950, 2009
  • Critton Hollow String Band / Oklahoma Rooster / The Young Fogies / Rounder / c. 1988, 1994
  • Foghorn Stringband / Lover’s First Quarrel / Outshine the Sun / self / 2011
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

January 22, 2013

Top New Bluegrass Songs: Period ending 1/22/13

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 1/22/13

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

There is still a lot of great music out there. I love tracks from Bob Amos' Borrowed Time, Mark Houser's Uneven Road (In fact, I'm voting for two tracks from his album this month!), Chris Brashear's Heart of the Country, and many other great releases. But this month, I'm picking the title track from the Steep Canyon Rangers' Nobody Knows You--a Graham Sharp composition. Gotta love a song written by the "Steep's" banjo player! It's a great song on a very good album.

  1. Steep Canyon Rangers, Nobody Knows You
  2. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
  3. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
  4. The Boxcars, Crawford County
  5. The Grass Cats, The Mountains, My Baby, and Me
  6. The Spinney Brothers, Makin' a Killin'
  7. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, Delilah
  8. Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
  9. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, I Been Walkin'
  10. Rhonda Vincent, Blue Sky Cathedral
  11. Detour, Quarterline Road
  12. Kenny and Amanda Smith, Catch Me If I Try

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited, we also report 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.

January 21, 2013

WNHU Black Diamond Show: Playlist 1/21/13

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive with Joanne Williams / When Standin’ Up Stood for Something / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch / 2012
  • Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong / Barnyard Dance / Barnyard Dance / Rounder / 1972
  • Byron Parker and His Mountaineers / We Shall Rise / Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953 / JSP / 1940, 2004
  • Jacqueline Schwab / Battle Cry of Freedom / The Civil War (PBS) Soundtrack / Nonesuch / 1990
  • Amy Gallatin / Baton Rouge / The Long Way Home / Happy Appy / 1998
  • Phil Rosenthal / He Rocks Me to Sleep / Indian Summer / Flying Fish / 1978
  • Al Dexter / Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry / Pistol Packin’ Mama / Living Era / 1942, 1999
  • Red Hen String Band / Copper Run / Red Hen Crossing / self / 2009
  • Wayne Hancock / Goin’ to Tulsa When I’m Through / Tulsa / Bloodshot / 2006
  • Blue Moon Rising / Angeline / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day / 2008
  • Akira Otsuka / Line Drive / First Tear / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • Missy Werner Band / I’d Rather Love a Memory / Three Kinds of Lonesome/ self / 2011
  • Donna Ulisse / Caney Creek to Canaan Land / Holy Water / Hadley Music Group / 2010
  • Balsam Range / Caney Fork River / Last Train to Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home Music / 2009
  • Hank Williams / Tennessee Border / Unreleased Recordings / Time-Life / 1947, 2008
  • Wayne Scott / This Weary Way / This Weary Way / Full Light / 2005
  • Too Blue / Turnpike Reel / The Trouble with the Grey / self / 2011
  • Betsy Rome (Too Blue) / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2013
  • Too Blue / Yesterday’s Eyes / The Trouble with the Grey / self / 2011
  • Dale Ann Bradley / Blue Eyes Boy / Don’t Turn Your Back / Compass / 2009
  • Gene and Gayla Mills / Bright Blue Eyes / If Stones Could Talk / Heart Pine / 2011
  • Dailey and Vincent / Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord / The Gospel Side of Dailey and Vincent / Rounder, Cracker Barrel / 2012
  • The Spinney Brothers / What a Wonderful Life / Memories / Mountain Fever / 2012
  • Waylon Jennings / Wastin’ Time / Goin’ Down Rockin’ / Saguaro Road / 2000, 2012
  • Patty Loveless / Why Baby Why / Sleepless Nights / Saguaro Road / 2008
  • Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, and Del McCoury / I’ll Sail My Ship Alone / Mac, Doc, and Del / Sugar Hill / 1998
  • Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck, and Bill Keith / Salt Creek / Fiddle Tunes for Banjo / Rounder / 1981, 1999
  • The New Main Street Singers / The Good Book Song / A Mighty Wind Soundtrack / DMZ, Sony / 2000
  • The Gibson Brothers / I’ll Love Nobody But You / Help My Brother / Compass / 2011
  • Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top X Press / Man from Rosine / Memories / Rural Rhythm / 2010
  • Joe Newberry / The Train that Carried My Girl From Town / Two Hands / 5 String Productions / 2005
  • Kenny and Amanda Smith Band / Why Don’t You Just Say Goodbye / House Down the Block / Rebel / 2003
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

January 14, 2013

WNHU Black Diamond Show: Playlist January 14, 2013

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Cherokee Shuffle / Road into Town / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / Heart Like a Wheel / Old Gold EP / Signature Sounds / 2012
  • Ricky Skaggs / Things in Life / Music to My Ears / Universal Music Enterprises / 2012
  • Art Stamper / Angeline the Baker / Piney Woods / Old Homestead / 1985
  • Scott Brannon / Mountain Church / Your Old Standby / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • The Hillbenders / Talking in Your Sleep / Can you Hear Me? / Compass / 2012
  • Tater Patch / Doc Roberts’ Shortenin’ Bread / Old Time Country Music / self / 2012
  • The Western Swing Authority / Yearning / All Dolled Up / self / 2012
  • Seldom Scene / Chim-Cher-Ee / Act 3 / Rebel / 1973
  • Phil Rosenthal / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2013
  • Mike Auldridge / Dobro Island / Dobro / Takoma / 1972
  • Seldom Scene / Muddy Water / Act 3 / Rebel / 1973
  • Mike Auldridge and Old Dog / Age / Mike Auldridge and Old Dog / Flying Fish / 1978
  • Emerson and Waldron / Who Will Sing? / Bluegrass Session / Rebel / 1970
  • Mike Auldridge / Redskin Rag / Eight String Swing / Sugar Hill / 2006
  • Phil and David Rosenthal / This Rainy Afternoon /Fly Away / American Melody / 2013 / upcoming release
  • Bruce Stockwell / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2013
  • Mike Auldridge and Old Dog / Sweet Georgia Brown / Mike Auldridge and Old Dog / Flying Fish / 1978
  • Phil Rosenthal (with Mike Auldridge and Old Dog) / Juanita / Indian Summer / Flying Fish / 1978
  • Emerson and Waldron / Fox on the Run / Bluegrass Country / Rebel / 1970 Newgrass Revival / Rainbow Bridge / Too Late to Turn Back Now / Flying Fish / 1976, 1977
  • Mike Auldridge and Old Dog / Bud’s Bounce / Mike Auldridge and Old Dog / Flying Fish / 1978
  • Kelly Stockwell / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2013
  • Hot Mustard / Clinch Mountain Backstep / Live at the Mole Hill Theatre / Howling Cat / 2012
  • Anadama / Trip to Durrow, Ward’s Downfall, Suffer the Child / Demo / anadama.bandcamp.com / 2012
  • Allison Krauss and Gillian Welch / I’ll Fly Away / O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack / Lost Highway / 2012
  • Milk Drive / Gargamel’s Cat / Wave / self / 2012 / Dennis Ludiker is the name of the mandolinist I couldn’t quite spit out on the air. His sister, Kimber Ludiker, is the fiddle player in Della Mae.
  • Della Mae / Jamie Dear / I Built This Heart / self / 2011
  • Dan Carlucci / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2013
  • The String Fingers Band / Here and Now Blues / Don’t Forget / Railroad Crossing / 2011
  • Dale Ann Bradley / Rusty Old Halo / Don’t Turn Your Back / Compass / 2009
  • The Spinney Brothers / Rebels Ye Rest / Memories / Mountain Fever / 2012
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

January 7, 2013

WNHU Black Diamond Show: Playlist January 7, 2013

  • Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
  • Mike Auldridge / This Ain’t Grass / Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor / E1 Entertainment / 2011
  • Seldom Scene / If I Were a Carpenter / Seldom Scene Recorded Live at the Cellar Door / Rebel / 1975
  • Mike Auldridge / Eight String Swing / Eight String Swing / Sugar Hill / 2006
  • Seldom Scene / California Blues / Act Four / Sugar Hill / 1979
  • Seldom Scene / Wait a Minute / Old Train / Rebel / 1974
  • Mike Auldridge with Bob Brozman and David Grisman / Whispering / Tone Poems III / Acoustic Disc / 2000
  • Seldom Scene / Something in the Wind / Act Four / Sugar Hill / 1979
  • Mike Auldridge / Caravan / Eight String Swing / Sugar Hill / 2006
  • Mike Auldridge / Fort Worth Drag / Tone Poems III / Acoustic Disc / 2000
  • Don Stover / Things in Life / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972
  • The Duhks / New Rigged Ship (Live in Australia) / Festivalink presents the Duhks Live / Festivalink /2008
  • Hot Mustard / Elkhorn Ridge / Live at the Mole Hill Theatre / Howling Cat / 2012
  • Buck Owens / Above and Beyond / The Buck Owens Story, Volume 1 / Blanicum CD Company / 1960, 1994
  • Mike Auldridge with Bob Brozman and David Grisman / The Great Speckled Bird / Tone Poems III / Acoustic Disc / 2000
  • The Duhks with the Lovell Sisters / Things in Life / 22nd MerleFest Welcome Home Jam / Festivalink / 2010
  • Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass / I Been Walkin’ / Road into Town / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • The Manic Mountain Boys / His Love / The Manics Pick on Monahan / Compassionate Care ALS / 2011
  • The Dreadful Snakes / Story of the Pharisees / Snakes Alive / Rounder / 1983
  • Bill Clifton / You go to your Church / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder / 1957, 2011
  • Big Medicine / Lone Pilgrim / Pine to Pine / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2009
  • The Hillbenders / Radio / Can you hear me? / Compass / 2012
  • Tater Patch / Hobb Dye / Old Time Country Music / self / 2012
  • The Folksmen / Never did no Wanderin’ / A Mighty Wind Soundtrack / DMZ, Sony / 2003 / Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
  • Carrie Rodriguez / Brooklyn / Give Me All You Got / Ninth Street Opus / 2012
  • Kathy Boyd and Phoenix Rising / Billy in the Lowground / Lowground / Ground Zero / 2011
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops / Kerr’s Negro Jig / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch / 2012
  • Travis Chandler and Avery County / Things in Life / Pardon Me / Mountain Fever / 2012
  • The Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band / Waltz of the Little Girls’ Toys / A Fiddler’s Holiday / Rounder / 2012
  • Country Gazette / Kentucky Waltz / Bluegrass Tonight / Flying Fish / 1986
  • Lefty Frizzell / Mom and Dad’s Waltz / Look What Thoughts Will Do / Sony / 1951, 1997
  • The Alabama Country Boys / Tik-a-tee, Tik-a-tay / 25 Years of Strictly Country Magazine / Strictly Country / c. 1993, 1996
  • The Duhks / The Magnolia Set / The Duhks / Sugar Hill / 2005
  • Scott Brannon / Sing, Sing, Sing / Your Old Standby / Patuxnet Music / 2012
  • Craver, Hicks, Watson, and Newberry / Sally Ann / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 2012
  • Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme