Playlist 12/4/2025

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Appalachian Road Show ~ Won’t Be Long (Billy Blue) Della Jane’s Heart [11/21/25. Cahalen Morrison. Victor Furtado-cbg.] (3:28)

Blue Highway ~ Muddy Shoes (Down the Road) Labor of Love [11/19/25.] (3:48)

Deeper Shade of Blue ~ Nothing (Turnberry Records) Changes of Scenery [1/24/25.] (3:11)

Norman Blake ~ Valley Head (Flying Fish) Old and New [Charlie Collins. 9/76.] (1:44)

James King ~ She’s Left Me Again (Webco) It’s a Cold Cold World [Jimmy Martin. 1989.] (3:55)

Stanley Brothers ~ Rabbit in a Log (CC) Stanley Series v. 1 n. 3 [New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (2:14)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Only One Step More, Are You from Dixie (Patuxent) 1939 to 1949 Radio 1 [WGST. Atlanta, GA. 10/18/47.] (2:10)

Smith & Woodlieff ~ It Won’t Be Long Till My Grave Is Made (Document) v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone, Champion. 3/20/29.] (3:08)

Marion Underwood ~ Coal Creek March (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Silvertone, Supertone. 4/8/25.] (3:08)

Phoeba Parsons ~ Hard Times (Field Recorders’ Collective) Old Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV [1975 Brandywine.] (2:38)

Old Hollow Stringband ~ Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase (Flyin’ Cloud) Old Time Music from North Carolina [1989.] (2:39)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Streak O’ Lean, Streak O’ Fat (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (3:22)

Parley Parsons ~ Piney Woods Girl (Field Recorders’ Collective) Old Galax Fiddling [Early 1980s.] (2:26)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ Piney Mountains (Barker) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Craig Johnson. 2012.] (2:24)

Indian Creek Delta Boys ~ Pete and Nancy (Field Recorders’ Collective) Indian Creek Delta Boys [Fletcher Fulk, Ingraham, IL. 1984.] (2:09)

Da Costa Woltz ~ John Brown’s Dream (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music D [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Silvertone. 5/27.] (2:54)

Charley Patton ~ Rattlesnake Blues (JSP) Complete A [Henry Sims-f. Grafton, WI. Paramount. c. 10/29.] (2:48)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Cheat ‘Em (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:31)

Chicken Wire Empire ~ Fiddle and Song (independent) Growing Pains [5/7/25. Wisconsin.] (3:10)

Junior Sisk ~ Still Be Blue (Turnberry) It’s All Fun and Games [7/18/25.] (3:47)

Will Clark ~ Lost in Austin (Mountain Fever) Carolina Lightning [9/26/25.] (3:55)

Joe Val ~ Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair (Rounder) Diamond Joe [A Cold Wind. Bob Miller. 1983.] (3:13)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & the Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ How Mountain Girls Can Love (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Brothers [1987.] (2:06)

Reno & Harrell ~ I’m Afraid My Darling’s Gone (Starday) Bluegrass on My Mind [Cincinnati, OH. King. 6/29/72.] (2:17)

Boyd Asher ~ Hickory Jack (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Library of Congress. Alan & Elizabeth Lomax.. 10/15/37.] (1:17)

Little Hat Jones ~ Bye Bye Baby Blues (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [Dennis. San Antonio, TX. Okeh. 6/14/30.] (3:22)

Frank Hutchison ~ The Wild Horse (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 1/28/27.] (3:00)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ Last Gold Dollar (JL) Call Your Dogs [Ephraim Woody. Furches, NC. 2003.] (4:38)

Erynn Marshall ~ Poor Hobo (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Harry Choates. 2013.] (2:56)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ Ground Hog (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (1:26)

Compton and Newberry ~ Home in My Heart (Englehardt Music Group) Home in My Heart [2024.] (3:10)

Howard Miller ~ Midnight Waltz (Field Recorders’ Collective) Sixty Years of North Carolina Fiddling [Harold Dean Miller-g. 1978.] (2:40)

Pat Conte ~ Burned a White Man’s Barn (Jalopy Records) American Songs with Fiddle and Banjo [11/11/2011.] (7:27)

Newton County Hillbillies ~ The Little Princess Footsteps (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/16/30.] (3:13)

Richard ‘Rabbit’ Brown ~ The Sinking of the Titanic (Yazoo) Times v. 1 [12” New Orleans, LA. Victor. 3/11/27.] (3:49)

Carter Family ~ Single Girl, Married Girl alt. (Bear Family) Shadow of Clinch Mt. 11 [NY. ARC unissued. 5/8/35.] (2:20)

Flatt Out Blue ~ Coal Town (Turnberry) The Maggard Sessions [12/2/25.] (3:34)

Greg Blake ~ Nora McNally (Turnberry) single [8/8/25.] (3:18)

Billy Strings ~ Catch and Release (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (2:14)

Creek Bend ~ I Feel Like Traveling On (Copper Creek) That Home Far Away [1992.] (1:56)

Billy Baker ~ Lee Highway Blues (Old Homestead) Fiddle Classics v. 2 [1978.] (2:30)

Monroe Brothers ~ Little Red Shoes (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 2/17/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (3:00)

Mississippi Possum Hunters ~ ‘Possum on a Rail (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Aurora. 5/28/30.] (2:40)

Narmour & Smith ~ Sweet Milk and Peaches (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:49)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Otto Wood (Old Hat) In the Pines [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/27/32.] (2:58)

Ralph Blizard ~ The Blizard Train (Centrum Enterprises) 1988 Fiddle Tunes [7/4/1988.] (3:55)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Give the Fiddler a Dram (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Mike Burns, Scott Nelson, Al Tharp.] (3:25)

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Swamper’s Revenge on the Windfall (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [Leonard Finseth. Mondavi, WI. 4/5/2025.] (3:04)

Jerry Correll et al ~ Walk Along John to Kansas (Mountain Roads) Close Kin [2011.] (3:06)

Ethan Setiawan ~ Victoria (Adhâropa Records) Encyclopedia Mandolinnica [2025. Mike Marshall.] (3:17)

Come join us this Thursday and enjoy three hours of Bluegrass, Old Time and those wonderful Country 78s! The fine music of the Monroe Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and the Carter Family in this week’s lineup! Archival treasures from James King, Napier & Taylor, Charley Patton, Howard Miller & Pat Conte! Plus new music headed your way from Will Clark, Deeper Shade of Blue, George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins, Flatt Out Blue, Junior Sisk, Swamper’s Revenge, and Chicken Wire Empire! Stop on by! 

Playlist 11/27/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz ~ Wall Dogs (self) Wall Dogs [10/18/24.] (3:24)

Gina Furtado Project ~ Riding (Mountain Home) single [11/21/24.] (2:58)

Junior Sisk ~ Wild and Wicked World (Mountain Fever) If There’s a Will There’s a Way [3/29/24.] (3:02)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Where the Roses Never Fade (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (3:46)

Jim & Jesse ~ Are You Missing Me (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Louvin Brothers. Nashville, TN. Capitol. 6/13/52. 78&45-9/52] (2:25)

Bill Monroe ~ Walk Softly on My Heart (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. Decca. 10/28/69. 45-3/9/70.] (2:34)

Aiken County String Band ~ Charleston Rag (Tompkins Square) Work PLAY Pray Hard [Winston-Salem, NC. OKeh, Parlophone British. 9/19/27.] (2:48)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford ~ Lulu Walls (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Vocalion. 2/6/28.] (3:03)

Rex Kelly ~ Down by the Railroad Track (JSP) Paramount Old Time B [Buck Nation. Airport Boys. Grafton, WI. Paramount. 4/2/28.] (2:51)

Corndrinkers ~ Sail Away Ladies, Miller’s Reel (Bee Balm) The Corndrinkers [J. P. & Annadeene Fraley. 1997.] (3:38)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Run, Johnny, Run (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Frank Clay, Tommy Jackson.] (2:08)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Little Brown Jug (Marimac) Midwestern Harvest [Hurley Bennet, Bridgeport, IL.] (2:47)

A. J. Srubas & Rina Rossi ~ Red Apple Rag (Central Standard Tone) Sweet Bunch of Daisies [2022. Lynn ‘Chirps’ Smith.] (2:18)

Dwight Diller ~ O Death (Yew Piney) O Death! [1992.] (3:51)

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis ~ When I Get Home (Flying Fish) Wilder Joy [E. C. Ball. 1987.] (3:05)

Hill Billies [Roe Brothers] ~ Bristol Tennessee Blues (Document) v. 1 [Fred & Henry. NY. Vocalion, Brunswick. 10/22/26.] (2:45)

Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] ~One More Time (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/20/30.] (3:02)

Carter Family ~ New River Train/Lover’s Lane (Arhoolie) On Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (2:50)

Danny Paisley ~ Diagnosis Broken Heart (Pinecastle) single [11/22/24.] (3:07)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ Love Me Darling Just Tonight (MG&CB) 10 [2022.] (2:51)

Kathy Kallick Band ~ Foggy Mountain Chimes (Live Oak) The Lonesome Chronicles [10/17/23.] (2:30)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Why Did You Wander? (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/9/52. 78&45-4/3/53.] (2:45)

Norman Blake ~ The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Poole. Charlie Collins. 1976.] (2:51)

Vern & Ray ~ Last Old Shovel (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:06)

Roane County Ramblers ~ Alabama Trot (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions 3 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/21/29.] (2:50)

Eva Davis ~ Wild Bill Jones (Yazoo) My Rough and Rowdy Ways v. 2 [Samantha Bumgarner. NY. Columbia, Harmony. 4/22/24.] (3:24)

Hershal Brown & His Boys ~ Soldier’s Joy (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh unissued. 8/6/28.] (3:03)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ John Brown’s Dream (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (1:41)

Lonnie Austin, Buck & Alice Easley ~ Richmond (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [1989.] (2:35)

Paine Trio ~ Watchman, Ring That Bell (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (3:52)

Tune Hash ~ Fontaine’s Ferry (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (3:30)

Ron Hughey ~ Yellow Gals (American Heritage Music Corp.) Country Fiddlin’ Ozark Style [Fresno, CA. 12/3/73.] (2:16)

Canote Brothers ~ Walk Along John to Kansas (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. K. C. Kartchner.] (3:24)

Kentucky String Ticklers ~ Crooked John (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Challenge. 3/1/33.] (3:29)

Henry Thomas ~ Old Country Stomp (Yazoo) The Cornshucker’s Frolic 1 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 6/13/28. ] (2:55)

Howard & Peak [The Blind Musicians] ~ I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 10/30/28.] (2:47)

Song from the Road Band ~ Where the Road Goes (Lucks Dumpy Toad) Get Me Where I’m Going [11/22/21.] (3:02)

Kristy Cox ~ The Wrong Girl (Billy Blue) Let It Burn [5/31/24.] (3:24)

Adam McIntosh ~ Come Along, Pond (Billy Blue) Restless [3/22/24.] (3:12)

Tony Ellis ~ Snow Camp (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (2:49)

Tommy Jackson ~ Ricestrow (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Ryestraw. Gallatin, TN. WHIN. 5/52. Dot 78&45-4/55.] (2:34)

Stanley Brothers ~ A Life of Sorrow (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/15/57. Mercury-Starday. 78&45-1/15/58.] (2:27)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Little Maggie with a Dram Glass in Her Hand (Document) v. 2 [NY. Victor. 8/1/28.] (3:25)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Ain’t Gonna Marry No More (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:13)

Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters ~ Throw the Old Cow over the Fence (County) Nashville Early SBs 1 [Atlanta, GA. Vo. 3/3/28.] (2:50)

Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt ~ Dora Dean (Fiddle Star & Adam Hurt) Inside Out [Ed Haley. 2016.] (2:50)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Old Sledge (Augusta Heritage Records) Elk River Blues [1986.] (1:59)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ The Man from Tennessee (Barker Records) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Georgia Yellow Hammers. 2012.] (2:44)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Paddy on the Pike (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Chris McGrath, Mike & Mary Sue Burns. Wilson Douglas.] (2:34)

Albert Hash ~ What Are You Gonna Do with the Baby-O (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:29)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Vichy (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Lyman Enloe.] (2:08)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, the Carter Family, Norman Blake & Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Ernie Carpenter, The Shady Mountain Ramblers, Eva Davis, the Paine Trio, Rex Kelly & Albert Hash! New music from the Gina Furtado Project, Danny Paisley and the Song from the Road Band! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 11/20/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Tony Trishka & the SteelDrivers ~ Lost John (Down the Road) single [11/13/25.] (2:35)

Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mt. Boys ~ Polly’s Revenge (Stanley Family) Rollin’ on Rubber Wheels [6/6/25.] (3:50)

Route 3 ~ Down the Road (Pinecastle) Live at the Station Inn [5/9/25. Recorded 11/2/24.] (2:04)

Mike Mullins ~ Windows of Time (Mike Mullins) Windows of Time [2014.] (4:05)

Norman Blake & Tony Rice ~ Lost Indian (Rounder) Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2 [Doc Watson. 1976.] (3:06)

Bill Monroe ~ Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 4 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/16/46.] (3:05)

Riley Puckett ~ I Only Want a Buddy (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/31/34.] (2:48)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Little Bessie (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/31/29.] (3:17)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Kohalo Rag (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/19/29.] (3:04)

Tune Hash ~ The Cannon Ball (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (2:42)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Last of Harris (Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 1 (2:18)

Red Mules ~ Shortenin’ Bread (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Jeff, Rich, Susie. 1992.] (3:12)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ The Roosian Rabbit (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [Richard Fraley. 1974.] (2:08)

Albert Hash ~ I Saw a Man at the Close of Day (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:30)

Marc Rennard ~ Scott #1 (CB Records) Earthenware [R.P. Christeson, Sam Driver. 2016.] (3:26)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Under the Double Eagle (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:23)

Tommy Johnson ~ I Want Someone to Love Me (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be v. 8 [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 2-sided Test. 12/29. 2001.] (3:09)

Kessinger Brothers ~ Forked Deer (Document) v. 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Supertone. 2/10/28.] (2:51)

Bryan Sutton & Molly Tuttle ~ Grandfather’s Clock (Mountain Home) single [Henry Clay Work. 1876. 11/13/25.] (4:43)

Ashleigh Graham ~ As Good as Dead (Pinecastle) I’ll Just Drive [6/6/25.] (2:51)

Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett ~ Grey Wind (Bonfire) 1682 [2/13/24.] (4:40)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Give Me the Roses while I Live (Elf) River of Memories [1994.] (2:47)

Tommy Magness & the TN Buddies ~ Little Country Preacher (King) 1951 to 1959 1 [Cincinnati, OH. Federal. 3/6/51.] (2:36)

Kenny Baker ~ White Horse Breakdown (County) Country [Bill Monroe. 1972.] (2:14)

Hill Billies ~ Going down the Road Feeling Bad (Document) v. 2 [NY. Vocalion. 10/22/26.] (2:53)

Anglin Twins [Jack & Jim] ~ They Are All Going Home but One (Old Homestead) South’s Favorite Trio [San Antonio, TX. Vocalion, ARC, Conqueror. 11/6/37.] (2:46)

Carter Family ~ Bye and Bye, We Shall Rise (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (3:22)

Brad Kolodner ~ Old Growth (Brad Kolodner) Old Growth [Brad Kolodner. 5/30/25.] (2:47)

Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans ~ Glory in the Meeting House (Native & Fine) Songs Mostly Older than Us [Luther Strong. 2016.] (2:06)

Jim Childress ~ The Road to Malvern (Jim Childress) Turkey Sag [2016.] (2:49)

John Heneghan & His Henpecked Husbands ~ Cocaine (East River Records) Ever Felt the Pain? [Dick Justice. 2016.] (3:09)

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Piney Woods (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain String Band [Burl Hammons. 1971.] (1:22)

Todd Clewell & Friends ~ Quadrilles #63 & #41 (Happy Dog) Sarah Armstrong’s Tunes [2007.] (2:07)

W. A. Hinton ~ Leather Britches (County) Old Time Mountain Banjo [San Antonio, TX. Victor. 1/31/31.] (2:43)

Son House ~ My Black Mamma part 1 (Yazoo) Best There Ever Was [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 5/28/30.] (3:08)

Rutherford & Foster ~ I’m As Free Little Birdie As Can Be (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone. 1/14/29.] (2:58)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ Mary’s Rock (Pinecastle) single [11/12/25.] (3:31)

Tyler Grant ~ Waning Moon (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2/21/25.] (4:14)

Remedy Tree ~ Adaline (Mountain Fever) Beyond What I Can See [9/12/25.] (3:16)

Vern & Ray ~ Happy I’ll Be (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:31)

Billy Baker ~ Lover of the Pound (Mountain and Grass) Wise County Special [Bully of the Town. 1980.] (2:20)

Stanley Brothers ~ Say You’ll Take Me Back (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/28/54. Mercury 78&45-5/24/58.] (2:00)

Clarence Ashley ~ Dark Hollow Blues (County) Old Time Mountain Ballads [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/23/29.] (2:56)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Don’t Go Out Tonight My Darling (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down A [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/18/27.] (3:04)

Frank Hutchison ~ Worried Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 3 [NY. Okeh. 9/28/26.] (3:18)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Puncheon Camps (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [Clyde Davenport.] (3:08)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Memory’s Door (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [Lacey J. Daugherty. 1973.] (2:30)

Canote Brothers ~ Sandy River (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. Marcus Martin.] (1:55)

Old Hollow String Band ~ Molly Put the Kettle On (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Kirk Sutphin. 1989.] (2:21)

Humdingers ~ Lost Indian (Chubby Dragon) The Humdingers [2005.] (2:32)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Unnamed Tune in D (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Joe Politte, Washington County, MO.] (2:17)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Stanley Brothers, Norman Blake & Tony Rice, Tommy Magness & the Tennessee Buddies, the Carter Family, and Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Mike Mullins, Vern & Ray, Billy Baker, John Morgan Salyer, Tommy Johnson, the John Heneghan & the Henpecked Husbands, and Albert Hash! New music from Dale Ann Bradley, Remedy Tree, Bryan Sutton & Molly Tuttle, and Tony Trischka & the SteelDrivers! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 11/13/2025

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Lonesome River Band ~ No Business Mountain (Mountain Home) single [10/16/25.] (3:30)

Magnolia Street String Band ~ Slowdown Rabbit (MSSB) By the Light of the Moon [7/26/24.] (4:20)

Bobby Osborne & C. J. Lewandowski ~ Keep On Keepin’ On (Turnberry) Keep On zKeepin’ On [8/22/25.] (2:52)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Arkansas Traveler(Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (2:25)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (3:22)

Stanley Brothers ~ The Knoxville Girl (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. 5/21/61.] (3:52)

Original Sacred Harp Choir ~ Pleyel’s Hymn OSH 143 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [NY. Brunswick. 6 or 7/22.] (2:48)

Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ There’ll Come a Time (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Ashland, KY. Brunswick. 2/16/28.] (2:53)

Narmour & Smith ~ The New Charleston No. 2 (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/30/34.] (2:46)

Horsenecks ~ Never Been So Far from Home (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [6/27/25.] (3:01)

Esker Hutchins ~ Black Mountain Rag (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (1:47)

Hog Eyed Man, Paddy ‘Otis’ League, Michael Starkey ~ Wolves a Howling (Tiki Parlour) Across the Sea [Rayna Gellert & John Herrmann. 7/4/25.] (3:02)

Earl White Stringband ~ Texas Barbed Wire (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014. Kenny Hall?] (2:19)

Reed Martin ~ Chilly Winds, June Apple (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998.] (1:22)

Wild Shoats ~ I’m Going Away (Bandcamp) Yell In the Shoats [2/7/2025.] (2:35)

Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters ~ Mississippi Breakdown (Document) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Aurora. 5/28/30.] (2:38)

Blind Joe Reynolds ~ Cold Woman Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 11/29.] (2:56)

Four Pickled Peppers ~ When I Was a Baby (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/9/40.] (2:45)

Red Camel Collective ~ In the Mexican Sun (Pinecastle) single [10/16/25.] (3:26)

Max Wareham ~ Gone, Baby, Gone (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [Peter Rowan. 2/21/25.] (3:25)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers~ Good Ole Days (Billy Blue) Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep [2025.] (4:31)

Don Rigsby ~ These Golden Fields (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Hillbilly Heartache, 2006.] (4:04)

Becky Buller ~ I Don’t Know Why Goodbye (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (4:46)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Foggy Mountain Chimes (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. rec. 8/29/53. Columbia. 78 & 45-10/9/54.] (2:18)

Carter Family ~ When the World’s on Fire (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Electrodisk, Sunrise, Bluebird, Zonophone/Regal Zonaphone Australian. 5/24/30.] (3:09)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Babe (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (3:20)

Clyde Evans Band ~ How I Got My Gal (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/4/29.] (2:58)

Susan Graham Pepper ~ Pretty Saro (Ballad Records) Where the Islands Overflow [2024.] (4:39)

Delbar Tarpley ~ Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan? (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [10/5/75.] (1:43)

Squirrel Butter ~ Wishing Blues (Tiki Parlour) Hazelnut [Charlie Beck. 2022.] (2:45)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ Darlin’ Nellie Grey (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Kyle Creed. 1997.] (2:14)

Ausrin Derryberry ~ Lost Child (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [Charlie Stripling. 2020.] (1:55)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Sugar Hill (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [Tommy Jarrell. 2009.] (3:47)

Luke Highnight’s Ozark Strutters ~ Bailey Waltz (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 11/22/28.] (2:39)

Arthur McClain & Joe Evans~ Old Hen Cackle (JSP) Richer Tradition B [Colman & Harper. NY. 5/20/31.] (2:56)

Emry Arthur ~ I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 1/18/29.] (3:21)

Bryan McDowell ~ Garden Gate (Mountain Fever) Bryan McDowell [10/21/25.] (3:50)

Volume Five ~ I’m Gonna Love You Like There’s No Tomorrow (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (3:12)

Casey Conners ~ Another Day (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [Reno & Smiley. 3/18/25.] (3:12)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ East Virginia Blues (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (3:08)

Del McCoury ~ Dreams (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (4:17)

Bill Monroe ~ Big Ball in Brooklyn (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. 4/26/62. Decca.] (1:36)

Riley Puckett ~ I’m Going to Georgia (JSP) Riley Puckett B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/23/28.] (3:00)

Ernest Stoneman & the Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers ~ Possum Trot School Exhibition (JSP) Serenade A [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/22/28.] (6:31)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Texas Waltz (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:40)

Clinton Davis ~ Fisher’s Hornpipe (Tiki Parlour) Ever Returning [2025.] (2:54)

Kerry Blech ~ Dry and Dusty (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC 571 Appalachian Master [2025.] (3:47)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Far in the Mountain (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [2007.] (2:18)

John Hatcher ~ Farewell Whiskey (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) Great Big Yam Potatoes [1985.] (2:08)

John Engel, John Herrmann, Meredith McIntosh ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Yodel Ay Hee) Chicken Train [2012.] (2:09) 

New music from the Lonesome River Band, Clinton Davis, the Magnolia Street String Band, Wild Shoats, the Horsenecks, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Hog Eyed Man, and the Red Camel Collective! Mining the archives for the music of John Hatcher, the Original Sacred Harp Choir, the Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters, Esker Hutchins, and Colman & Harper! Classics from Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Norman Blake with Tut Taylor, Del McCoury, and the Stanley Brothers! Don’t miss a minute!

Playlist 11/6/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Burnett Sisters Band ~ Whispering Wind (Pinecastle) Easy Come, Easy Go [10/10/25.] (3:25)

Mike Mitchell ~ Hinge on the Gate (Mountain Fever) Love Songs, Torch & Bluegrass [10/22/25.] (3:37)

Kentucky Just Us ~ Homeward Bound (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (3:29)

Fiction Brothers ~ Steal Away Home (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979. Alan Senauke.] (3:10)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ Rubber Dolly (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (1:26)

Stanley Brothers ~ Train 45 (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45-7/13/64.] (2:46)

Allison’s Sacred Harp Quartette ~ Jewett Original Sacred Harp 105 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 5/1/28.] (3:03)

Dutch Coleman ~ Gonna Raise Some Bacon at Home (County) Hard Times in the Country [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 12/11/29.] (2:36)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ All That I’ve Got’s Done Gone (Document) v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/14/30.] (3:03)

Onlies ~ You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies) You Climb the Mountain [Gaither Carlton. 9/19/25.] (2:15)

Luther Davis ~ Black Eyed Susie (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:38)

Doug Phillips & Hilary Dirlam ~ East Tennessee Blues (Silver Circle Productions) Wagoner [Tommy Hunter, Mars Hill, NC. 1993?] (1:56)

Pilot Mountain Bobcats ~ Natchez under the Hill (Yodel Ay Hee) Dance by the Light of the Moon [1999.] (2:21)

Clyde Davenport ~ Dandy Jim (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (2:21)

Geoff Seitz ~ Gravois Creek Pump (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995.] (3:11)

Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers ~ Sal’s Gone to the Cider Mill (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/26.] (3:01)

Burnett & Rutherford ~ Willie Moore (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/27.] (3:15)

Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers ~ Wake Up Jacob (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 6/26/29.] (2:52)

Tidalwave Road ~ Skin and Bones (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (3:11)

Dan Tyminski ~ The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (7:36)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Coming On Strong (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [2025.] (3:33)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ Crying My Heart Out over You (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (3:53)

Cousin Emmy ~ I Wish I Was in Bowling Green (Decca 78) single [3/26/47. Hollywood, CA.] (2:20)

Bill Monroe ~ Nobody Loves Me take 1 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 2/13/45.] (2:38)

Georgia Crackers ~ Stockade Blues (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 10/12/27.] (3:08)

Fleming & Townsend ~ I’ll Tell You about the Women (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor. 11/20/30.] (2:54)

Alfred G. Karnes ~ Where We’ll Never Grow Old (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (3:17)

Bob Carlin ~ Spring Creek Gal (Rounder) Banging & Sawing [James Bryan & Norman Blake. Al Murphy.] (2:15)

Frank Blade ~ Old Man Winter, Sudden Chill (Joyswing) Dance Band [2011. Pete Sutherland, Frank Blade. 1988.] (3:25)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~ The Girl I Left behind Me (Hazeldog) Rare Old Chestnuts [Jake Phelps. 2005.] (2:52)

Greg Hooven et al ~ Fall on My Knees (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (2:36)

Wilson Douglas ~ Little Rose (Marimac) Boatin’ Up Sandy [French Carpenter. 1989.] (1:40)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Lonesome Valley (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Carter Family. 12/5-7/2016.] (3:05)

Carter Family ~ Sweet as the Flowers in Maytime (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Bluebird, Electrodisk, Sunrise, Montgomery Ward, Zononphone South African, HMV India. 10/12/32.] (2:46)

Papa Harvey Hull & Long ‘Cleve’ Reed ~Hey! Lawdy Mama, The France Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Chicago, IL. Black Patti, Gennett. 4/3/27.] (3:01)

Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers ~ Nine Pound Hammer (Old Hat) Music from the Lost Provinces [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/17/28.] (3:03)

Larry Sparks ~ Way Back When (Rebel) Way Back When [10/24/25.] (3:30)

East Nash Grass ~ Hill Country Highway (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [8/22/25.] (2:04)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ Stoney Lonesome (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [Del McCoury Band. 3/13/25.] (2:58)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Weary Heart (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (3:35)

Reno & Smiley ~ Wall Around Your Heart (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 11/14/58. 45-1/59.] (2:42)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ My Little Girl in Tennessee (Mercury) The Complete Mercury Sessions [Cincinnati, OH. 12/11/49. 78&45-10/15/50.] (2:40)

Dixon Brothers ~ The Girl I Left in Danville (Bear Family) A Blessing to People 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/5/37.] (3:01)

Frank Stokes ~ How Long (Yazoo) Before the Blues 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 8/30/28. Dan Sane, Beale Street Sheiks.] (3:17)

Leake County Revelers ~ Sweet Rose of Heaven (JSP) Country Fiddle B [New Orleans, LA. Columbia. 12/10/29.] (3:06)

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ Pig in a Pen (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (2:31)

Walter McNew ~ Brickyard Joe (Appalachian Center) Blackjack Grove [1992. Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts. “Soft Spoken.”] (2:06)

Horse Flies ~ Thank You Frank (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC602 The Horse Flies [1988.] (4:54)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ Weary Lonesome Blues (Dittyville) Glow [Alton Delmore. 2009.] (2:50)

W. E. Claunch & Christine Haygood ~ Grub Springs (Mississippi Department of History & Archives) Great Big Yam Potatoes [5/10/39.] (1:09)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Glory in the Meetinghouse (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [8/15/25.] (4:00)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from Reno & Smiley, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, and Bill Monroe! Rarities from Al Jones & Frank Necessary, Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers, “Soft Spoken” Walter McNew, Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys, Luther Davis, Greg Hooven, and The Fiction Brothers! New music from the Onlies, Mike Mitchell, the Burnette Sisters Band, Tidalwave Road, & Larry Sparks! You won’t want to miss a moment!

Playlist 10/30/25 [repeat of 9/11/25]

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Radio

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Magnolia Street String Band ~ By the Light of the Moon (MSSB) By the Light of the Moon [7/26/24.] (4:20)

Max Wareham ~ Rexford Falls (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [2/21/25.] (3:25)

Volume Five ~ You Don’t Care Enough for Me to Cry (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (4:05)

Del McCoury ~ Used to Be (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (1:55)

Becky Buller ~ Why Don’t You Just Say Goodbye (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (2:39)

Stanley Brothers ~ Man of Constant Sorrow (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. 5/21/61.] (2:44)

Riley Puckett ~ Though You’re Not Satisfied with Me (JSP) Riley Puckett B [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird, Regal/Zonophone Australian. 2/1/39.] (2:15)

Uncle Eck Dunford ~ The Savingest Man on Earth (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains A [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 10/22/27.] (3:00)

Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/6/28.] (3:19 )

Clinton Davis ~ Swannanoa Tunnel (Tiki Parlour) Ever Returning [2025. Lunsford, George Pegram.] (2:54)

Kerry Blech ~ Chillicothe Beauty (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC 571 Appalachian Master [2025.] (3:47)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Clinton (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [Judy Hyman, John Ashby. 2007.] (3:09)

Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers ~ A Lazy Farmer Boy (Flying Crow) Old Familiar Tunes [Buster Carter & Preston Young. 1978.] (2:57)

John Hatcher ~ Going Up to Hamburg (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) Great Big Yam Potatoes [1985.] (0:49)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Going Up to Hamburg (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [John Hatcher, MS. 2018.] (2:16)

Fiddlin’ Sam Long ~ Sandy Land (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Challenge, Buddy. 1 or 2 1926.] (2:39)

Alabama Sheiks ~ Travelin’ Railroad Man Blues (JSP) Richer Tradition B [Camden, NJ. Victor. 1/20/31.] (2:56)

Emry Arthur & William Rexroat ~ The Wanderer (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 1/8/29.] (2:56)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers~ Black and Decker Blues (Billy Blue) Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep [2025.] (3:16)

Grasstime ~ Cotton, Corn and Hay (Grasstime) single [Bob Minner/Thomm Jutz. 9/5/25.] (3:24)

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ Smokey Mountain Home (Smithsonian Folkways) Wanderers Like Me [8/16/24.] (3:07)

Don Rigsby ~ Hillbilly Heartache (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Hillbilly Heartache, 2006.] (3:04)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ Cora Is Gone (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (2:36)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ I’d Rather Be Alone (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. rec. 8/29/53. Col 78 & 45 rel. 5/3/54.] (2:47 )

Carter Family ~ When the Springtime Comes Again (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Electrodisk, Sunrise, Bluebird, Zonophone/Regal Zonophone Australian. 5/24/30.] (2:47)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Sweetest Flower (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/2/27.] (3:04)

Dixie Crackers ~ Bile Them Cabbage Down (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 [Chicago, IL. Paramount. c. 1/29.] (2:58)

Susan Graham Pepper ~ Rye Whiskey (Ballad Records) Where the Islands Overflow [2024.] (1:52)

Fletcher Fulk ~ Pete and Nancy (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [1950s? 1/28/76.] (1:13)

Squirrel Butter ~ Waltz for Charmy (Tiki Parlour) Hazelnut [Charlie Beck. 2022.] (2:45)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ The Blackest Crow (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Brad Leftwich. 1997.] (3:12)

Trenton ‘Tater’ Caruthers ~ Five Miles from Town (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [Clyde Davenport. 2020.] (1:59)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Red Bird (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [Ward Jarvis. 2009.] (4:18)

Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers ~ I’ve Got No Honey Babe Now (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/8/27.] (2:31)

Gene Clardy & Stan Clements ~ Black Mustache (Document) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 2/18/30.] (2:59)

Byron Parker & His Mountaineers ~ Peanut Special (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/9/40.] (2:45)

Williamson Branch ~ Come On, Sunshine (Pinecastle) Southern Sunshine [3/20/25.] (2:40)

Casey Conners ~ Monroe’s Dream (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [Herschel Sizemore. 3/18/25.] (3:12)

Special Consensus ~ Like a Train (Compass) Been All Around This World [Robbie Fulks-L. 6/20/25.] (3:07)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Lost Indians (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (2:26)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Cheap Love Affair (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (4:16)

Bill Monroe ~ When the Bees Are in the Hive (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. 4/26/62. Bluegrass Special, 1963. Decca.] (2:11 )

Original Sacred Harp Choir ~ Canaan’s Land Original Sacred Harp 101T (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [NY. Brunswick. 6 or 7/22.] (3:07)

Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ What Is Home without Love (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Ashand, KY. Brunswick. 2/16/28.] (2:58)

Narmour & Smith ~ The New Carroll County Blues No. 1 (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/30/34.] (2:52)

Horsenecks ~ Little Old Sod Shanty (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [6/27/25.] (5:13 )

Esker Hutchins ~ Unnamed Fiddle Tune (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (2:00)

Hog Eyed Man, Paddy ‘Otis’ League, Michael Starkey ~ Georgia Belles (Tiki Parlour) Across the Sea [Manco Sneed. 7/4/25.] (2:27)

Earl White Stringband ~ Raleigh and Spencer (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014. Tommy Jarrell.] (2:40)

Reed Martin ~ The Old Stillhouse (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998.] (1:22)

Wild Shoats ~ Moonshiner (Bandcamp) Yell In the Shoats [2/7/2025.] (4:20 )

New music from Clinton Davis, the Magnolia Street String Band, Wild Shoats, the Horsenecks, Williamson Branch, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Hog Eyed Man, and Grasstime! Mining the archives for the music of Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers, Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers, the Original Sacred Harp Choir, the Dixie Crackers, Esker Hutchins, and the Alabama Sheiks! Classics from Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Norman Blake with Tut Taylor, Del McCoury, and the Stanley Brothers! Don’t miss a minute!

Playlist 10/23/2025

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Songs from the Road Band ~ Halfway Home (Shift Music) single [10/1/25.] (2:45)

Rock Hearts ~ Tall Stands of Timber (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [10/4/24.] (2:58)

Red Camel Collective ~ Dare to Dream (Pinecastle) Red Camel Collective [11/29/24.] (3:01)

Harmonic Tone Revealers ~ My True Love Away (Corvus) Harmonic Tone Revealers [From Eliza Carthy & Kate Rusby. 2017.] (4:37)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ Hop Light Ladies (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [Previously unreleased. 2^nd 1965.] (2:15)

Stanley Brothers ~ The Lonesome River (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [11/20/49. Nashville, TN. Columbia 78&45-5/7/51.] (2:46)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Did You Ever Hear a Goldfish Sing (OH) Stay on the Farm [Chicago, IL. Ba Me Or Pe Ro. 11/1/34.] (3:24)

Carter Family ~ Little Moses (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 6/5/52.] (3:16)

Delmore Brothers ~ I’m Gonna Change My Way (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/17/36.] (2:31)

Knackered Ramblers ~ Long Way to Vicksburg (Knackered Ramblers) Knackered Ramblers [9/1/25.] (3:24)

Hus Caudill ~ George Booker (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Sparta, NC. 1/4/74.] (0:34)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ Darlin Nellie across the Sea (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old-Time Duets [2006.] (2:52)

Bob Smakula ~ Reuben’s Ridge (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [Glen Smith, Elizabeth, WV. 2007.] (3:28)

Boiled Buzzards ~ Little Billy Wilson (Buzzard) Salt and Grease [2003.] (1:48)

Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt ~ Bumblebee in the Gourd Vine (FiddleStar) Inside Out [Benny Thomasson. 2016.] (2:42)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Green Mountain Polka (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:15)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet 3 [ NY. Vocalion. 4/14/26.] (2:48)

Short Creek Trio ~ Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster Crowed (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham, AL. Gennett, Silvertone, Supertone, Herwin. 8/17/27.] (2:55)

Becky Buller ~ Auction at the Home Place (Dark Shadow) Songs That Sing Me [7/25/25.] (3:35)

Bryan McDowell ~ Toy Heart (Mountain Fever) single [9/23/2025.] (3:23)

Sister Sadie ~ Availability (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, John Hartford Fiddle Tunes Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:48)

Norman Blake ~ Fiddler’s Dram, Whiskey before Breakfast (Rounder) Old Ties [Whiskey before Breakfast. 1976.] (3:33)

Reno & Smiley ~ Fisher’s Hornpipe (Rural Rhythm) Bluegrass 1963 [Spartanburg, SC. 9/19/63.] (1:38)

Bill Monroe ~ The Old Cross Road take 3 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936 to 1949 6 [WBBM. Chicago, IL. Columbia. 10/28/47.] (2:39)

Martin & Roberts ~ The Roundup in the Spring (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [NY. Banner, Melotone, Oriole, Perfect, Vocalion, Regal/Zonophone Australian, Conqueror. 2/3/33.] (2:45)

AC ‘Eck’ Robertson ~ Ragtime Annie (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [NY. Victor. 7/1/22.] (3:24)

Evie Ladin & Ruby John ~ Little Liza Jane (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [Ruby John, Traverse City, MI.] (2:48)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ The Old Ark’ a-Movin’ (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Backside of Buncombe. 1989.] (2:55)

Tom Carter & Tom Sauber ~ Little Carpenter (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache 1 [Library of Congress, Blind James Howard. 2021.] (3:28)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Benton’s Dream (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [Benton Flippen. 1999.] (2:00)

Spencer & Rains ~ John Booker (Tiki Parlour) The Old Texas Fiddle v. 3 [2023. Alton Mead, Anderson County, TX.] (4:18)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Poor Johnny’s Gone to War (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Kahle Brewer.] (1:51)

Crook Brothers String Band ~ Love Somebody (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Nashville, TN. Victor, Aurora. 10/5/28.] (2:50)

Wilmer Watts & the Lonely Eagles ~ Bonnie Bess (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [NY. Paramount. c. 10/29.] (2:56)

Stripling Brothers ~ My Isle of Golden Dreams (Document) v. 2 [New Orleans, LA. Decca. 3/12/36.] (2:38)

Rhonda Vincent ~ Old Brown County Barn (Upper Management) Destinations & Fun Places [8/14/24.] (1:53)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ Remember Who You Are (Rebel) Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass [3/28/25.] (3:12)

Trish Imbrogno ~ Cherokee Shuffle (BassBar Media) Bluegrass Love Songs, v. 1 [9/12/25.] (2:57)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Newton Grove (Rounder) Let the Whole World Talk [3/27/1986.] (2:55)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Hills of Home (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Hills of Home. 8/68. King.] (1:55)

Todd Phillips ~ Down in the Valley to Pray (Gourd Music) In the Pines [1995.] (2:29)

Cranford & Thompson ~ How I Love My Mabel (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to NC 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 6/13/29.] (3:02)

Blue Sky Boys ~ The Unfinished Rug (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Nashville, TN. RCA Victor. 3/26/50. 78&45-5/50.] (2:41)

Reaves White County Ramblers ~ Arkansas Wagner (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 2 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 4/27/28.] (2:49)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Cripple Creek (Augusta Heritage) Elk River Blues [1986.] (2:03)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Hog Went through the Fence, Yoke and All (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (2:08)

George Jackson & Brad Kolodner ~ Green Backed Dollar Bill (GJ & BK) Shady Lane [Dr. Humphrey Bate. 10/11/24.] (3:04)

Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon ~ Down the Road (Featherbed) Featherbed [2025.] (1:58)

Pete McMahan ~ Pretty Polly (Voyager) 50 Old-Time Fiddle Gems 2 [1979. Missouri Fiddlin’ No. 4.] (3:03)

Dirk Powell ~ Brown Eyed Rabbit (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [1996.] (3:01)

The Monks ~ Prettiest Little Miss in the County O (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Ragged but Righteous [2002.] (2:31)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley & Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Bob Smakula, Norman Blake, the Blue Sky Boys, Wilmer Watts, and Hus Caudill! New music from Featherbed, the Knackered Ramblers, Evie Ladin, Big Country Bluegrass, the Red Camel Collective, the Songs from the Road Band, Becky Buller, and Rhonda Vincent! Get comfortable, and settle on in!