Top New Bluegrass Songs: Period ending 12/23/12

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.

1. Donna Ulisse, You Cannot Stay Here
2. Wayne Taylor and Friends, Go Tell It on the Mountain
3. The Boxcars, Crawford County
4. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
5. The Spinney Brothers, Makin' a Killin'
6. Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
7. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
8. Rhonda Vincent, Blue Sky Cathedral
9. The Grass Cats, The Mountains, My Baby, and Me
10. Detour, Quarterline Road
11. Steep Canyon Rangers, Natural Disaster
12. 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

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Top 20 New Bluegrass Songs: Report from WNHU Black Diamond Show 7/22/12

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 7/22/12

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

I love summer--so many great new CDs come out as artists go on the festival circuit. In particular, two new CDs caught my attention this month: Rhonda Vincent's Sunday Mornin' Singin' and Bob Amos's Borrowed Time. Because when I heard Bob Amos's "Where the Wild River Rolls" I immediately bought the entire CD on line, that song gets my vote as number one this month. Rhonda Vincent's "Blue Sky Cathedral" is a great Gospel song that I've been telling people about all month. Two great songs: getting my vote for number one and number two.

1. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
2. Rhonda Vincent, Blue Sky Cathedral
3. Lou Reid & Carolina, Carolina Moonshine Man
4. Dailey and Vincent, Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
5. Darrin & Brooke Aldridge, Lonely Ends Where Love Begins
6. April Verch, Guide Me Home
7. Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Moon Magic
8. Freeman & Williams, When Halley Came to Jackson
9. Steep Canyon Rangers, Reputation
10. Mike Scott, Aubrey Haynie, Mike Compton, Bryan Sutton & BenIsaacs, Road to Columbus
11. Donna Ulisse, Let it Rain
12. The Missy Werner Band, I’d Rather Love a Memory
13. Ronnie Bowman, The Story in your Eyes
14. Johnny Williams, Jeanette Williams, Adam Steffey, TinaSteffey, SamanthaSnyder, Zeb Snyder, Scott Freeman & Bud Snyder, Chilly Winds(Close Kin)
15. Jim Lauderdale, Cruel Wind and Rain
16. The Boxcars, Don't Fall In Love With a Girl Like That
17. Steep Canyon Rangers, Nobody Knows You
18. Chris Brashear, Mama’s Opry
19. (tie) The Bluegrass Martins, Don’t Laugh
    (tie) Detour, I’ve Just Seen the Rock of Ages
    (tie) Dailey & Vincent, Living in the Kingdom of God

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Top New Bluegrass Songs: 6/23/12 (WNHU Black Diamond Show)

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 6/23/12

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

1. Lou Reid & Carolina, Carolina Moonshine Man
2. Darrin & Brooke Aldridge, Lonely Ends Where Love Begins
3. Detour, I’ve Just Seen the Rock of Ages
4. Donna Ulisse, Let it Rain
5. The Bluegrass Martins, Don’t Laugh
6. Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Moon Magic
7. Johnny Williams, Jeanette Williams, Adam Steffey, Tina Steffey, Samantha Snyder, Zeb Snyder, Scott Freeman & Bud Snyder, Chilly Winds (Close Kin)
8. April Verch, Guide Me Home
9. Dailey and Vincent, Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
10. Freeman & Williams, When Halley Came to Jackson
11. Steep Canyon Rangers, Reputation
12. Chris Brashear, Mama’s Opry
13. The Missy Werner Band, I’d Rather Love a Memory
14. Jim Lauderdale, Cruel Wind and Rain
15. Ronnie Bowman, The Story in your Eyes
16. Crowe Brothers, Southern Moon
17. Steep Canyon Rangers, Nobody Knows You
18. Mike Scott, Aubrey Haynie, Mike Compton, Bryan Sutton & Ben Isaacs, Road to Columbus
19. Dailey & Vincent, Living in the Kingdom of God
20. (tie) Charlie Sizemore, I Don’t Remember Loving You
    (tie) Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Ominous Anonymous

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

Top New Bluegrass Songs: 5/24/12 (WNHU Black Diamond Show)

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Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 5/24/12

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

1. Darrin & Brooke Aldridge, Lonely Ends Where Love Begins
2. April Verch, Guide Me Home
3. Crowe Brothers, Southern Moon
4. Jim Lauderdale, Cruel Wind and Rain
5. The Missy Werner Band, I’d Rather Love a Memory
6. Freeman & Williams, When Halley Came to Jackson
7. Donna Ulisse, Let it Rain
8. Lou Reid & Carolina, Carolina Moonshine Man
9. Steep Canyon Rangers, Reputation
10. Chris Brashear, Mama’s Opry
11. Mike Scott, Aubrey Haynie, Mike Compton, Bryan Sutton & Ben Isaacs, Road to Columbus
12. Dailey & Vincent, Living in the Kingdom of God
13. Blue Highway, I Ain’t Gonna Lay My Hammer Down
14. Charlie Sizemore, I Don’t Remember Loving You
15. Ronnie Bowman, The Story in your Eyes
16. Bearfoot, Come Get Your Lonesome
17. Dailey & Vincent, Cast Aside
18. Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
19. Jeanette Williams, Adam Steffey, Tina Steffey, Samantha Snyder, Zeb Snyder, Scott Freeman & Bud Snyder, Little Bird of Heaven
20. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Ominous Anonymous

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