Black Diamond Show on WNHU

February 22, 2013

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 2/22/13

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

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.

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