Black Diamond Show on WNHU

May 25, 2014

Mandorichard now at WVUD (Newark, DE)

Alas the Black Diamond Show is no more.

My thanks to WNHU and its audience for their support for the 4 years of the show!

I'm currently on WVUD, 91.3 FM, Newark DE (www.wvud.org). My shows are Campus Voices and The Music Room.

June 17, 2013

Playlist 6/17/13

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.

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

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

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!

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

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 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!

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

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 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.

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

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

December 31, 2012

WNHU Black Diamond Show Playlist, December 31, 2012

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
Hank Williams / Wedding Bells / Health and Happiness Shows / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
Bill Evans / A Hard Day’s Night / In Good Company / Native and Fine / 2012
Doc Watson / Ready for the Times to Get Better / Legacy / High Windy Audio / 2002
Kenny and Amanda Smith / Winter’s Come and Gone / Slowly but Surely / Farm Boy / 2002
Hank Williams / A House of Gold / The Complete Hank Williams / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1998
The Haints Old Time String Band / Milwaukee Blues / Shout Monah / self / 2009
The Western Swing Authority / All Dolled Up / All Dolled Up / self / 2012
Tater Patch / Grubb Springs / Old Time Country Music / self / 2012
Hank Williams / Where the Soul Never Dies / The Unreleased Recordings / Time-Life / 1950, 2008
Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive with Joanne Williams / When Standin’ Up Stood for Something / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
Coty Hogue / Blue and Lonesome / When We Get to Shore / Perpetual Hoedown Music / 2012
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys / You’re Drifting Away / Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys 1951-1954 / JSP / 1952, 2009
Hot Mustard / The Banks of the Ohio / Live at the Mole Hill Theater / self / 2012
Hank Williams / Dear John / Live at the Grand Ole Opry / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1999
The Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band / A Rovin’ on a Winter’s Night / A Fiddler’s Holiday / Rounder / 2012
Wayne Taylor and Friends / Winter Wonderland / Praise His Holy Name: A Christmas Collection / Raincoe Music / 2012
Cahelen Morrison and Eli West / All I Can Do / Our Lady of the Tall Trees / self / 2012
Hank Williams / Happy Roving Cowboy / Health and Happiness Shows / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
Hank Williams / I’m a Long Gone Daddy / Health and Happiness Shows / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
Jerry Rivers, Hank Williams, and the Drifting Cowboys / Bill Cheatum / Health and Happiness Shows / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
Hank Williams / When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels / Health and Happiness Shows / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
Jerry Rivers, Hank Williams, and the Drifting Cowboys / Sally Goodin / Health and Happiness Shows / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
Bob Amos / Where the Wild River Rolls / Borrowed Time / self / 2012
Shel Sandler / Chinquapin Pie / Tater Patch: Old Time Country Music / self (Tater Patch) / 2012
Akira Otsuka / Long Black Jacket / First Tear / Patuxnet Music / 2012
Mariel Vandersteel / Three Forks of the Cumberland / Hickory / self / 2012
Red Molly / By the Mark / Light in the Sky / self / 2012
Merle Haggard and the Strangers / If We Make It Through December / If We Make It Through December / Capitol / 1974, 2010
Chris Jones and the Night Drivers / If That Was Love / Single / Rebel / 2012
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / If I Can’t Trust You With a Quarter (How can I trust you with my heart?) / Starlight Hotel / Signature Sounds / 2011
Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out / If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm / 2011
Hank Williams / I Can’t Help It (If I’m still in love with you) / The Unreleased Recordings / Time-Life / 1951, 2008
The Boxcars / Crawford County / All In / Compass / 2012
Chris Brashear / The Old Pueblo / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 2012
Rhonda Vincent / Blue Sky Cathedral / Sunday Mornin’ Singing / Upper Management Music / 2012
Jerry Rivers, Hank Williams, and the Drifting Cowboys / Fire on the Mountain / Health and Happiness Shows / MCA Nashville / 1949, 1993
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

December 24, 2012

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

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

It's Christmas Season. There were a bunch of good holiday songs this year--my two favorite holiday projects were Donna Ulisse's All the Way to Bethlehem and Wayne Taylor's Praise His Holy Name, A Christmas Celebration. Donna's project is an all original telling of the Christmas story; Wayne's is a mixture of sacred and secular holiday songs done up with great cheer by Wayne and a bunch of his musical friends. I particularly like Keith Arneson's banjo work.

I'm picking tracks from both projects at the top of this month's list, with the nod going to.... Donna Ulisse's "You Cannot Stay Here," one of four tracks we played from her project during the holiday season.

Donna Ulisse, You Cannot Stay Here
Wayne Taylor and Friends, Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Boxcars, Crawford County
Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
The Spinney Brothers, Makin' a Killin'
Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
Rhonda Vincent, Blue Sky Cathedral
The Grass Cats, The Mountains, My Baby, and Me
Detour, Quarterline Road
Steep Canyon Rangers, Natural Disaster
Akira Otsuka, Line Drive
Holiday Honorable Mention: Wayne Taylor and Friends, Dueling Jingle Bells
Holiday Honorable Mention: The Cockman Family, Maker of the Stars
Holiday Honorable Mention: Donna Ulisse, All the Way to Bethlehem

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