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.

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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