Belated Playlist: 10/24/11 Black Diamond Show WNHU

Sorry to post playlists out of order. Scroll down or follow this link to see the Halloween Playlist. Thanks for your support of WNHU and of all the artists whose music we play on the Black Diamond Show!

• Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Spring Creek / It’s a Bnajo Playin’ / Hold on Me / Self / 2011
• Steve Spurgin / Fire on the Kettle / Past Perfect / Blue Night / 2011
• Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Let Me Dream On / Satisfied / Rebel / 2011
• John Hoffman & Mac Benford / Mike in the Wilderness / It’s About Time / 5-String Productions / 2007
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / New San Antonio Rose / Legends of Country Music: Bob Wills / Sony BMG / 1941, 2006
• Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / Fort Smith / A Tribute to Fiddlin’ Paul Warren / self / 2009
• The Delmore Brothers / Blues Stay Away From Me / single / King / 1949
• Blue Highway / I Ain’t Gonna Lay My Hammer Down / Sounds of Home / Rounder / 2011
• Dead Fiddler’s Society / Sandy River Belle / Livin’ It Up / self / 2010
• Donna Ulisse / I Lied / Walk This Mountain Down / Hadley Music Group / 2008
• Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / I’ll Just Pretend / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury / 1958, 2003
• John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Consider Me Gone / Vintage & Unique / Corvus / 2011
• Dale Ann Bradley / Anybody Else’s Heart / Don’t Turn Your Back / Compass / 2009
• Hank Williams / At the First Fall of Snow / The Original Singles Collection Plus… / Mercury Nashville / c. 1951, 1955, 1990 / Originally recorded in 1951 or 1952, this was released posthumously in 1955.
• Bill Evans / Cory’s Slide / Bill Evans Plays Banjo / Mighty Fine / 2001
• The Stairwell Sisters / Little Moses / The Stairwell Sisters / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2003
• Carolina Road / A Light in the Window, Again / Back to My Roots / Rural Rhythm / 2011
• Merle Travis / Saturday Night Shuffle / In Boston / Rounder / 1959, 2003
• Charlie Sizemore / Turn it on, Turn it on, Turn it on / The Story Is… The Songs of Tom T. Hall / Rebel / 2002
• Unplugged Demos & Myrna D. Riquier / Too Many Bars / Momma’s Flowers, The Songs of Myrna D. Riquier / self / 2011 / Myrna had her songs recorded mostly by a group of Nashville session players who call themselves “Unplugged Demos” for projects like this one.
• The Infamous Stringdusters / The Deputy / Things That Fly / Sugar Hill / 2010
• Laurie Lewis / My Dixie Darlin’ / The Oak and the Laurel / Rounder / 1994 / with Tom Rozum
• Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / Round Up Time in Heaven / Canyoneers / Dog Boy / 2003
• The Rhythm Billies / You Ain’t Talkin’ to Me / North of North Carolina / self / 2004
• Border Radio / Lucky Roll / Golden State / Okie Pie Records / 2005
• Nate Leath / Cherokee Shuffle / I’ve Always Been a Rambler / Patuxnet Music / 2005
• Moon Mullican / Cherokee Boogie / Super Hits / Gusto / 1951, 2009
• Bobby Hicks / Cherokee Swing / Texas Crapshoother / County / 1978
• Bobby Osborne & Ronnie McCoury (gtr) / Cherokee Lady / Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza / Acoustic Disc / 1999
• The Missy Werner Band / I’d Rather Love a Memory / Three Kinds of Lonesome / self / 2011
• Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Moses / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Crossroads / 2010
• April Verch / Ducks on the Millpond / That’s How We Run / Slab Town / 2011
• Steep Canyon Rangers / Ain’t No Way of Knowing / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel / 2006
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Halloween Playlist: Black Diamond Show WNHU 10/31/11

Here's the Halloween playlist. Lots of fun stuff here! Thanks for your support of the music--and of WNHU!

• Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• The Country Gentlemen / Bringing Mary Home / Can’t You Hear Me Calling / Rebel / 1964
• John Hartford / Pumpkin Ridge / The Speed of the Old Long Bow / Rounder / 1998
• Tommy Gardner & The Uncle Brothers / Halloween Parade / Mooseltoe / Blackwater / 2009
• Emily Hay / Hank & Patsy’s Ghosts / Outtakes & Demos / WHP / 2010
• Hank Williams / Let the Spirit Descend / Live at the Grand Ole Opry / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1999
• Dale Ann Bradley / Ghost Bound Train / Don’t Turn Your Back / Compass / 2009
• Frank Sinatra / Ghost Riders in the Sky / Hit Parade Shows / Jazz Hour / 1949, 2006
• The Halloween Freaks / Someone Gave me Health Food on Halloween / Experience Halloween / Tunecore / 2010
• Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / Devil’s Dream / Anthology / MCA / 1963, 2003
• Cherryholmes / Devil in Disguise / Cherryholmes III, Don’t Believe / Skaggs Family / 2008
• The Hoover Uprights / Devil Ate the Groundhog / Known for their Reuputarion / 5-String Productions / 2006
• Hot Club of Cowtown / The Devil Ain’t Lazy / What Makes Bob Holler? / Proper / 2011
• Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Satan’s Got to Get Along Without Me / The Devil’s Rejects (Soundtrack) / Hip-O / 1996, 2005
• Rick Pearl / Halloween / single / self / 2010
• Bill Emerson / The Grey Ghost / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm / 2011
• The Crowe Brothers / Southern Moon / Bridging the Gap / Rural Rhythm / 2011
• Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Maine Line / Fired Up / Rounder / 2011
• Mike Stevens / Ghost Riders in the Sky / Blowin’ Up a Storm / Pinecastle / 2011
• Steve Spurgin / Collar to the Wind / Past Perfect / Blue Night / 2011
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gone Long Gone / Drive Time / Mountain Home / 2011
• Red Hen Stringband / Walnut Gap / Birds of a Feather / Wepecket Island / 2011
• Finders & Youngberg / I’ll Never Be Free / FY5 / self / 2011
• J. Raleigh Jones / Ballad of John Baylis / J. Raleigh Jones / Cashbox / 2010
• Chris Stuart & Backcountry / From Now On / Saints & Strangers /Backcountry / 2003
• The Stairwell Sisters / Cinderella / Get Off Your Money / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2008
• Mac Wiseman / Bringing Mary Home / Bluegrass Then & Now / CMH / 1976, 2000
• Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys / Long Journey Home / Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys: The Early Days of Bluegrass / Rounder / 1958, 1978
• The C-Denny Band / Devil’s Train / North to Ontario / Coot Music / 2010
• The Steep Canyon Rangers / Call the Captain / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel / 2006
• Clark Kessinger / Red Bird / Classic Old-Time Fiddle for Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 1966, 2006
• Larry Sparks / New Highway / 40 / Rebel / 2005
• Terry McGill / Dine-E-O / Straight Drive / Cabinwood / 2001
• Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys / Stormy Horizons / Y’all Come: The Essential Jim & Jesse / Epic / 1976, 1998
• Audie Blaylock & Redline / I Was Left on the Street / I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm / 2011
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Top 10 Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 10/23/11

Top 10 Newer Bluegrass Songs
for the period ending 10/23/11
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) Alison Krauss & Union Station, On the Outside Looking In
3) The Gibson Brothers, Love Nobody But You
4) John Reischman & The Jaybirds, Consider Me Gone
5) Grasstowne, Anchor in the Storm
6) Donna Ulisse, Let it Rain
7) Charlie Sizemore, I Don’t Remember Loving You
8) Balsam Range, East Virginia Blues
9) April Verch, Durang’s Hornpipe (if she counts for BU)
10) Paul Williams & His Victory Trio, Satisfied
11) Charlie Sizemore, No Lawyers in Heaven (In case April Verch doesn’t count for BU charting purposes)

We also report our actual airplay to FolkRadio.org and Bluegrass Today.

Playlist for 10/17/11 Black Diamond 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

Black Diamond Show: Playlist for 10/10/11

Here's the playlist for today's Black Diamond Show that will repeat on the WNHU2 stream on Th 10/13/11 from 10pm - midnight. Don't forget to check out the concert listings on the right hand side of this web page! Thanks for your support of WNHU and of bluegrass and old-time country music.

• Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Tony Rice / Church Street Blues / Sugar Hill 50 / Sugar Hill / 1983, 2009 / with Wyatt Rice
• The Rhythm Billies / Raggedy Ann / North of North Carolina / self / 2004
• Johnny Bond / Birmingham Jail / Country & Western Classics / Music & Melody / 1948, 2009
• Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / A Great Big Hand (Reaching Down) / Tell Someone / Rebel / 2005
• The Bluegrass Album Band / Chalk Up Another One / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder / 1981, 1993
• Donna Ulisse / Let It Rain / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group / 2011
• Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / The Legend of the Johnson Mountain Boys / ‘Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Columbia / 1961, 1997
• Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Charlotte Breakdown / Rambler’s Call / Rebel / 2009
• Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers / Black-Eyed Susie / Up In the Batten House / Snappin’ Bug / 2011
• Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys / Up This Hill and Down / The Hogtown Sessions / Vole-o-Tone / 2011
• Larry Sparks / Smoky Mountain Memories / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel / 1988
• The Morris Brothers / Salty Dog Blues / Early Bluegrass / RCA / 1945, 1969
• Ronnie McCoury, David Grisman, & Del McCoury / B Natural / Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza / Acoustic Disc / 1999
• Red Foley / Tennessee Saturday Night / Country & Western Classics / Music & Melody / 1948, 2009
• Dirk Powell / Moonshiner / Hand Me Down / Rounder / 1999
• April Verch / Moonshine Mac / That’s How We Run / Slab Town /2011
• Mark Graham / Kentucky Whiskey, Give the Fiddler a Dram / Southern Old-Time Harmonica / self / 2000
• New Southern Ramblers / Moonshine in the North Carolina Hills / Green Grass Cloggers: Through the Ears / Rounder / 1986
• The SteelDrivers / Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey / The SteelDrivers / Rounder / 2010
• Charlie Sizemore / I Don’t Remember Loving You / Heartache Looking for a Home / Rounder / 2011
• Blue Moon Rising / Barely Hangin’ On / Strange New World / Rural Rhythm / 2010
• Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners / Down In the Willow Garden / Bluegrass for Collectors / RCA / 1947, 1969
• Eddie Pennington & Warren Williams / Hey Bartender, There’s a Big Bug in My Beer / Down Home! Saturday Night / Smithsonian Folkways / 2004, 2007
• Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Somebody Loves Me / Satisfied / Rebel / 2011
• Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys with Carl Story / True Life Blues / Bill Monroe & Friends; Bill Monroe & the Stars of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame / Raven / 1985, 2010
• Jerry K. Green / Naggin’ Women and Braggin’ Men / Now and Then, Volume 1 / JKG / 1952, 2011
• Randy Morrison & The Flatt River Band / Good Ole Bluegrass For Fun / North to Ontario 2010 / Coot Music / 2010
• Acoustic Blue / Where the Dim Lights are the Dimmest / This is Now / self / 2009
• Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys / Whoa, Sailor! / Vintage Collections / Capitol / 1949, 1996
• The Steep Canyon Rangers / Pick Up the Blues / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel / 2006
• Clark Kessinger / Dill Pickle Rag / World Champion Fiddler, Live April 1968, Union Grove, North Carolina / Triagle Far / 1968, 2002
• Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / Cattle in the Cane / A Tribute to Fiddlin’ Paul Warren, Volume 2 / self / 2011
• Carolina Road / I Know What it Means to be Lonesome / Back to My Roots / Rural Rhythm / 2011
• Joe Wilson & Drew Howard / Where the Streetlights Fade / Steels Heal the World / Earthwork Music / 2008
• Big Medicine / Sit Down / Too Old to be Controlled / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2002
• Here Today / Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Here Today / Rounder / 1982
• Kentucky Colonels with Bill Keith / Old Hickory / Long Journey Home / Vanguard / 1964, 2006
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Black Diamond Show: Playlist for 10/3/11

Lots of good tunes this week! Don't forget to check the concert listing on the right hand side of this blog! Thanks for your support of WNHU and of bluegrass & traditional country music.

• Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Del McCoury / More Pretty Girls Than One / Mac, Doc & Del / Sugar Hill / 1998
• Spring Creek / Mocking Bird / Hold on Me / self / 2011
• Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / Pretty Girl Goin’ To Milk the Cow / A Tribute to Fiddlin’ Paul Warren / self / 2009
• The Dreadful Snakes / Story of the Pharisees / Snakes Alive / Rounder / 1983
• The Piro Family / Louisville Breakdown / The Piro’s / self / 2010 / myspace.com/thepiros
• Border Radio / Oklahoma Waltz / L’il Songbook / self / 2001
• Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Another Day, Another Dollar / Rambler’s Call / Rebel / 2009
• Dan Crary & Thunderation / Tumbleweed Town / Perfect Storm / Blue Night / 2011
• The Prairie Acre / Rye Straw / Jaybird and the Sparrow-Hawk / self / 2007
• John Cowan with Jim Hurst / Stormy Night / I’ll Take Love, Songs from the Pen of Louisa Branscomb / Compass / 2011
• Steve Spurgin / The Last Armadillo Waltz / Past Perfect / Blue Night / 2011
• Big Medicine / Dunbar / Pine to Pine / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2009
• Blackstone Valley Bluegrass / The Farmer / Momma’s Flowers, Songs by Myrna D. Riquier / self / 2011
• Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers / Daddy Killed the Brown Bull / Up in the Batten House / Snappin’ Bug / 2011
• Mark Graham / No Democracy in Heaven / Inner Life / self / 1998, 2006
• Mark Thornton / Thank God I’m a Country Boy / Bluegrass Then and Now / CMH / 2000
• Dailey & Vincent / By the Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder / 2009
• Ralph Stanley / Pretty Girls, City Lights / Old-Time Pickin’, A Clawhammer Banjo Collection / Rebel / c. 1999, 2008 / Charlie Sizemore singing lead.
• Downtown Ramblers / After We’re Gone / On the Other Side of the City / DTR Music Productions / 2011 / Bluegrass from Sweden!
• Steep Canyon Rangers / The Ghost of Norma Jean / One Dime at a Time / Rebel / 2005
• The Hot Club of Cowtown / Smith’s Reel / What Makes Bob Holler? / Proper / 2011
• Clark Kessinger / Turkey in the Straw / World Champion Fiddler, Live April 1968, Union Grove, North Carolina / Triagle Far / 1968, 2002
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Big City Blues / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm / 2009
• Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys with Flatt & Scruggs / Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong / The Original Bluegrass Band / Rounder / 1946, 1978
• Merle Haggard / This Cold War / If We Make It Through December / Capitol / 1974, 2010
• The Louvin Brothers / The Great Atomic Power / The Louvin Brothers / Rounder / 1952, 1978
• Katie Wilson / Seashells on the Shore / Katie Wilson / self / 2009
• Peter Rowan & Tony Rice (with Sharon Gilchrist & Bryn Davies) / Shady Grove / Quartet / Rounder / 2010
• Pharis & Jason Romero / Hillbilly Blues / A Passing Glimpse / Lula / 2011
• The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / You Broke Your Promise / Bluegrass Early Cuts, 1931-1953 / JSP / 1953, 2004
• The Improbabillies / Cotton-Eyed Joe / The Improbabillies / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2007
• Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group / Let Us Cross Over the River / Stonewall Country / Red House / 2011
• April Verch / Five Miles From Town / That’s How We Run / Slab Town / 2011 / Cody Walters on the banjo, April on the Fiddle
• Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys / Busted / The Hogtown Sessions / Vole-o-Tone / 2011
• Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Satisfied / Satisfied / Rebel / 2011
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme