Black Diamond Show on WNHU

November 17, 2012

Playlist for Nov. 12 Black Diamond Show

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Forgotten Soldier Boy / The Lilly Bros & Don Stover: Bluegrass at the Roots, 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways / 2005
Earl Scruggs, family, and friends / Soldier’s Joy / Ultimate Collection: Live at the Ryman / Rounder / 2008
Red Mountain / Bloody War / Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence / Whoop It Up! / 2009
Chris Brashear / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2012
Chris Brashear / Lost Soldier Son / Wanderlust / Dog Boy / 1999
Charlie Louvin / There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / The Battle Rages On / True North / 2010
Special Consensus / On my way to the Kingdom Land / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass / 2012
The Montville Project / Marches: Road to Boston, Jamie Allen, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine / The Montville Project: 53 Essential New England Dance Tunes / self / 2008
Jim Eanes and the Shenandoah Valley Boys / Missing in Action / Bluegrass Early Cuts: 1931-1953 / JSP / 1951, 2004
John Gorka / Temporary Road / Fast Folk Volume 5, No. 8, Detours / Fast Folk / 1991
The Honey Dewdrops / When was the War / If the Sun will Shine / self / 2009
Pete Seeger / Tenting Tonight / Songs of the Civil War / self / ND, 1991
Kenny Baker and Jack Hicks / Brandywine / Master Fiddler / County / 1972, 1993
Rhonda Vincent / God Bless the Soldier / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder / 2006
Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out / Prayer for Peace / Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm / 2009
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Emmylou Harris / Mary Danced with Soldiers / Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2 / Geffen, MCA / 1989
The Stanley Brothers / Mastertone March / The Early King & Starday Years 1958-1961 / Gusto / 1958, 2003
Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys / Lord Build Me a Cabin in Gloryland / Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP / 1958, 2009
Valerie Smith / Rocky Island. Sally Goodin / That’s What Love Can Do / Bell Buckle / 2005
Kenny and Amanda Smith / Without a Trace / House Down the Block / Farm Boy / 2003
Red Hen / Copper Run / Crossing / self / 2009
Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers / I’ve Got Those Oklahoma Blues / Wizards of Country Guitar / JSP / c. 1935, 2011
Lou Reid and Carolina / Carolina Moonshine Man / Callin’ Me Back Home / KMA / 2012
Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive / Hard Rain / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
Merle Haggard / This Cold War / If We Make It Through December / Capitol / 1974, 2010
Dawn Kenney / Reach High / Sing Me Mome / Heart Roots / 2012
Bob Amos / Backwards and Forwards / Borrowed Time / self / 2012
Audie Blaylock and Redline / A Real Good Way to Lose / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm / 2012
Brandon Rickman / Let Me Walk Lord / Young Man, Old Soul / Rural Rhythm / 2009
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / Harvest Moon Blues / Starlight Hotel / Signature Sounds / 2011
Eric Uglum / Shenandoah Wind / Shenandoah Wind / Backcountry Music / 2004
The Country Gentlemen / Two Little Boys / Bluegrass: The World’s Greatest Show / Sugar Hill / 1987, 1993
Larry Sparks / Gunfighter’s Revenge / Almost Home / Rounder / 2011
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Black Diamond Show Playlist: 11/5/12

This show was scheduled for 10/29. Small matter of Sandy the Frank N. Storm interfering. So we played the show on 11/5/12, even if it made our Halloween set play after the real Halloween--but on the day that NJ Gov. Christie asked NJ residents to celebrate Halloween!

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
Del McCoury Band / Gold Brickin’ / Del and the Boys / McCoury Music/ 2001
The Western Swing Authority / Roly Poly / All Dolled Up / self / 2012
Shoregrass / I’m on my way back to the old home / Going Home / Shaw Family / 2007
Darin and Brooke Aldridge / I’m Building on the Rock of Ages / Darin and Brook Aldridge / Crossroads / 2010
Gary Nicholson, Darrell Scott, and Tim O’Brien / Texas Cookin’ / This one’s for him: A tribute to Guy Clark / Icehouse Music / 2011
Dawn Kenney / Out the Door / Sing Me Home / Hearts Root / 2012
Craver, Hicks, Watson, and Newberry / Uncle Charlie’s Revenge / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 2012
Chris Brashear / The Old Pueblo / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 2012
Kathy Mattea / Gone, Gonna Rise Again / Calling Me Home / Sugar Hill / 2012
Samantha Casey and the Bluegrass Jam / Walk the Way the Wind Blows / Casey’s Fair / Sweet Acoustic Music / 2012
O’Brien Party of Seven / In the Summertime / Reincarnation / Howdy Skies / 2012
Roger Miller / Kansas City Star / All Time Greatest Hits / Mercury / 1965, 2003
The Stanley Brothers / I’m Ready to Go / The Early King and Starday Years / Gusto / 1960, 2003
Emily Miller and Jesse Milnes / Bully of the Town / The New Young Fogies, Volume 1 / Roberts-Gevalt and DeJarnette / 2012
Walt Koken / Peas and Taters / Sittin’ in the Catbird’s Seat / Mudthumper Music / 2012
Bill Clifton / Just Another Broken Heart / The Early Years / Rounder / 1958, 2011
The Louvin Brothers / I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby / Live at the New River Ranch / Copper Creek / 1956, 1988
Carolina Road / What it Means to be Lonesome / Back to my Roots / Rural Rhythm / 2011
The Spinney Brothers / Making a Killing / Memories / Mountain Fever / 2012
Ernest Tubb / Sometimes I Do / Last Sessions / First Generation / c. 1979, 1999
Rhonda Vincent / Blue Sky Cathedral / Sunday Morning Singing / Upper Management Music / 2012
Audie Blaylock and Redline / Newton’s Grove / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm / 2012
Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive / John the Baptist / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
Akira Otsuka / Line Drive / First Tear / Patuxnet Music / 2012
Freeman and Williams / Wrong Road Again / Freeman and Williams / Mountain Roads Recordings / 2011
Loafer’s Glory / Milwaukee Blues / Loafer’s Glory / Arhoolie / 2012
Bob Amos / Jenny and Jimmy / Borrowed Time / self / 2012
Rick Paul / Halloween / single / self / 2010
John Hartford / Pumpkin Ridge / The Speed of the Old Long Bow / Rounder / 1998
The Country Gentlemen / Bringing Mary Home / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ /Rebel / 1964, 2005
Orville Johnson / The Ghost Picker / Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor / E1 Music / 2010
Marty Robbins / Ghost Riders in the Sky / The Essential Marty Robbins 1951-1982 / Columbia / c. 1967, 1991
Ashley & Foster / Haunted Road Blues / Greenback Dollar – The Music of Clarence Ashley / County / c. 1930, 2002
Detour / Quarterline Road / A Better Place / Bluegrass Ahead / 2012
The South Carolina Broadcasters / I’m Leaving You this Lonesome Song / A Thousand Miles Away From Here / self / 2011
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

October 23, 2012

Top 20 New Bluegrass Songs reported by WNHU's Black Diamond Show

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 10/23/12

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

This month's top song honors go to Mark Houser. Love the new album from him and his band Bluegrass Drive.

Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
The Boxcars, Crawford County
The Spinney Brothers, Makin' a Killin'
The Grass Cats, The Mountains, My Baby, and Me
Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
Rhonda Vincent, Blue Sky Cathedral
Special Consensus, Monroe's Doctrine
Detour, Quarterline Road
Joe Diffie, Rainin' on Her Rubber Dolly
Freeman & Williams, Wrong Road Again
Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, Brand New Silent Partner
Dailey & Vincent, Living in the Kingdon of God
Lou Reid & Carolina, Carolina Moonshine Man
Audie Blaylock & Redline, Newton's Grove
Akira Otsuka, Line Drive
Steep Canyon Rangers, Natural Disaster
Loafer's Glory, Milwaukee Blues
Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, Delilah
The Boxcars, Don't Fall In Love with a Girl Like That

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited and Bluegrass Music Profiles, we also report the 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.

WNHU's Black Diamond Show Playlist: 10/22/12

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
The Dillards / Old Cane Press / The Dillards vs. The Incredible LA Time Machine / Flying Fish / 1977
Don Gibson / Sea of Heartbreak / Greatest Hits / Sony / 1971, 2006 / re-recorded version of his 1961 hit.
Larry Sparks and Rhonda Vincent / 1-800-Do-U-Care / 40 / Rebel / 2005
Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper / Wicked Path of Sin / Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953 / JSP / 1946, 2004
The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters / The Richmond Cotillion / Welcome to Galax / Heritage / 2011
Ann and Phil Case / I’ve Loved and Lost Again / When Shadows Fall / Dry Run Records / 2012
Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / Another Day, Another Dollar / Rambler’s Call / Rebel / 2009
The Orpheus Supertones / Polly Put the Kettle On / Going to Town / Mud Thumper Music / 2011
Gold Heart / Lonely Rain / Never Let Go / Gold Heart / 2008
Donna Ulisse / An Easy Climb / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group / 2011
Steve Spurgin / Song for a Winter’s Night / Past Perfect / Blue Night / 2011
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 Recordings / 2011
O’Brien Party of 7 / You’re My Kingdom / Reincarnation / Howdy Skies / 2012
The Piros / Running Bear / The Piro’s / self / 2010
Steep Canyon Rangers / Natural Disaster / Nobody Knows You / Rounder / 2012
J.D. Crowe and the New South / Sin City / Black Jack / Rebel / 1978, 2005
Carolina Chocolate Drops / I Truly Understand that You Love Another Man / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch / 2012
Bob Amos / Where the Wild River Rolls / Borrowed Time / self / 2012
Foghorn Stringband / Gospel Ship / Outshine the Sun / self / 2011
Ernie Ashworth / She Don’t Drink, She Don’t Smoke, But She Lies / Grand Ole Opry 35th Anniversary Collection / WHP / 1999
Chris Brashear / Tell All My Pickin’ Friends Goodbye / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy / 2012
Rob Ickes and Tim O’Brien / Can’t Find My Way Home / Bluegrass Goes to Town / Rounder / 2002
Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive / Delilah / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm / 2012
Woody Pines / Red Rockin’ Chair / You Gotta Roll EP / self / 2012
Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand / Jetstream / All the Good Summers / Great Bear / 2010
Craver, Hicks, Watson, and Newberry / Texas Gals / You’ve Been a Friend to Me / Barker / 2012
The Time Jumpers / Ridin’ on the Rio / The Time Jumpers / Rounder / 2012
Frank Solivan / I’ll Go Steppin’ Too / Selfish Tears / Fiddlemon Music / 2006
Zeb Snyder et alia / Tennessee Grey Eagle / Close Kin / Mountain Roads Recordings / 2011
Jim and Jessee / Waiting for a Message / Best of the Early Years / Master Classics / 1952, 2002
Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Bluegrass Boys / Wicked Path of Sin / The Original Bluegrass Band / Rounder / 1946, 1978
David Peterson and 1946 / Cold Wind / David Peterson and 1946 / self / 2008
Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme