Playlist 12/28/2014

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Stanley Brothers ~ Christmas Time Is Near (Starday LP) Bluegrass Country Christmas (2:17)

Ricky Skaggs ~ Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ (Skaggs Family CD A Skaggs Family Christmas (2:49)

Bill Carroll ~ If You Are to Sin Inclined (Rebel LP) Christmas Time Back Home (2:45)

Nick Schillace ~ There Is a Place in This Old Town (Tompkins Square CD) Imaginational Anthem v. 5 (4:49)

Ann & Phil Case ~ Winter Night’s Waltz/What Child Is This? (Dry Run CD) Holiday Sampler (2:32)

John McCutcheon ~ Christmas in the Trenches (Rounder CD) Winter Solstice (5:23)

Fiddlin’ John Carson ~ Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over (Document CD) v.5 [10/11/27.] (2:46)

Heather Berry ~ Christmas Time Back Home (Mountain Fever CD) Have a Merry Berry Christmas (2:54)

Hylo Brown ~ Christmas in the Hills (Starday LP PO-317) Bluegrass Country Christmas (1:39)

6:30
Bill Carroll ~ Slowly Fall the Snowflakes (Rebel CD) Christmas in the Mountains (1:34)

Wilson Douglas ~ Old Christmas Morning (Rounder Select CD) Right Hand Fork of Rush’s Creek (1:47)

Reverend Gary Davis ~ Children Go Where I Send Thee (Field Recorders’ Collective CD) John Cohen’s 1952 Wire Recordings (2:39)

John Fahey ~ What Child Is This? (Varrick LP) Christmas Guitar v. 1 (1:28)

Dirk Powell ~ Christmas Coming (self produced CD) A Fret-Free Christmas (2:13)

Del McCoury ~ Call Collect on Christmas (Rebel CD) 35 Years of Best in Bluegrass [8/19/74.] (3:43)

Reno & Smiley ~ Christmas Reunion (King CD) The True Meaning of Christmas (2:30)

Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley ~ Christmas the Mountain Way (Rural Rhythm CD) Christmas the Mountain Way (3:07)

Laurelyn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Mike Compton, Joe Newberry & Jason Sypher ~ On This Christmas Day (Sycamore Road CD) The Gathering (3:36)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Week before Christmas (Field Recorders’ Collective CD) Illinois Old Time Fiddler (2:39)

Mabel Dalton & Ray Vass ~ Christmas Times a Coming (Field Recorders’ Collective CD) Galax Gems (1:28)

7:00
Basil Rathbone ~ The Night before Christmas (Nimbus CD) The Spirit of Christmas Past [1939.] (3:14)

Jimmy Martin ~ Old Fashioned Christmas (Starday LP) Bluegrass Country Christmas (2:50)

Emmylou Harris ~ Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (Warner LP) Light of the Stable (2:39)

Johnny Staats ~ Christmas Mandolin (Giant CD) Believe (4:24)

Norman & Nancy Blake et al ~ Blissful Meadows (Winter Harvest CD) An Americana Christmas (3:15)

Joel Mabus ~ How Like the Holly (Fossil CD 1299) How Like the Holly (3:20)

Ann & Phil Case ~ Leading of the Star/Snowdrop (Dry Run CD) Holiday Sampler (1:16)

Blue Sky Boys ~ One Cold Winter’s Eve (Bear Family CD) The Sunny Side of Life [1/31/49.] (2:49)

Ralph Stanley ~ The Christmas Spirit (Freeland CD) Christmas Time (2:43)

Rhonda Vincent ~ Christmas Time at Home (Rounder CD) Beautiful Star (2:46)

7:30
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers ~ Christmas Time's a Comin' (Starday LP) Bluegrass Country Christmas (2:03)

Norman & NancyBlake et al ~ Black Hawthorne (Winter Harvest CD) An Americana Christmas (4:30)

Ralph Stanley ~ Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (Rebel REB-CD-1800) Christmas in the Mountains (3:50)

Laurelyn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Mike Compton, Joe Newberry & Jason Sypher ~ First Day of the Year (Sycamore Road CD) The Gathering (3:55)

Russell Moore et al ~ Christmas Is Near (Red River CD) Christmas Grass the Collection (2:46)

Dan Crary ~ Carol of the Bells (Sugar Hill CD) Holiday Guitar (2:53)

Paul Williams ~ I Can’t Go Home This Christmas (Rebel CD) Christmas in the Mountains (3:01)

Wayne Taylor ~ Praise His Holy Name (Raincoe CD) Praise His Holy Name (4:32)

Ann & Pete Sibley ~ In the Bleak Midwinter (self produced CD) Winter on the Great Divide (4:18)

Playlist 12/21/2014

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road ~ Christmas in the Smokies (Pinecastle CD) Christmas in the Smokies [New release.] (2:11)

Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes ~ The Three Bells (Rounder CD) Three Bells (4:10)

Donna Ulisse ~ You Cannot Stay Here (Hadley Music Group CD) You Cannot Stay Here (3:37)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ John Doe Made the Crossing (Rebel CD) Memories of the Past (3:51)

Tammy Jones Robinette ~ I Can’t Go Back There (Little Creek CD) Let It Shine (3:06)

Springfield Exit ~ Till the Rivers All Run Dry (Patuxent CD) Springfield Exit [Advance single.] (3:23)

McMichen’s Melody Men ~ When Clouds Have Vanished (Columbia 78) N/A [12/18/30.] (3:23)

Milner & Curtis with the Magnolia Ramblers ~ North East Texas Breakdown (British Archive of Country Music CD) Vocalion Label [2/18/30.] (2:40)

6:30
Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Round Town Girls (JSP CD) Worried Blues [3/23/26.] (3:15)

Joe Wack ~ All Young (Old-Time Is a Good Time CD) Yew Pine Melodies (3:08)

Red Mountain ~ Georgia Waltz (Whoop It Up! CD) Throw the Old Cow over the Fence (3:28)

Magnolia Serenaders ~ Twinkle Little Star (self-produced CD) Saturday Night Breakdown (4:03)

Bill Grant & Delia Bell ~ My Little Silver Bells (Rounder CD) O Christmas Tree (2:59)

Roys ~ If We Make It through December (Rural Rhythm CD) Bluegrass Kinda Christmas [New release.] (3:15)

Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass ~ Tonight I’ve Got Kentucky on My Mind (RANDM CD) Leaving This Town (2:34)

Shannon Grayson & His Golden Valley Boys ~ I Like the Old Time Way (King 78) N/A [1950.] (2:58)

Karen Lynne ~ Christmas Star (Shoestring CD) Shine Your Light (3:01)

7:00
Village Singers ~ A Carpenter, a Mother and a King (Pinecastle CD) Christmas in the Smokies (3:43)

Parker & Woolbright ~ The Old Arm Chair (Columbia 78) N/A [11/10/27.] (3:00)

Southern Melody Boys ~ Wind the Little Ball of Yarn (British Archive of Country Music CD) Bluebird Label [Odus & Woodrow. 2/17/37.] (2:18)

Blue Sky Boys ~ One Cold Winter’s Eve (Bear Family CD) The Sunny Side of Life [1/31/49.] (2:49)

James Bryan & Carl Jones ~ Star of the East (Dittyville CD) Cricket’s Lullaby (3:37)

Hog-Eyed Man ~ Apple Blossom (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) 1 [New release. Jason Cade, fiddle & Rob McMaken.] (3:23)

Tom King ~ Old Christmas Morning (jMp CS) Green Mountain Cotillion (1:06)

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman ~ Louis Collins (Acoustic Disc CD) Shady Grove (5:57)

Shawn Lane ~ Charlestown (Cat Town CD) Mountain Songs (2:40)

7:30
Daniel Greeson ~ Twinkle Little Star (Patuxent CD) Daniel Greeson [New release.] (2:44)

Chris Coole & Ivan Rosenberg ~ Glory to the Day (self-produced CD) Return to Trion (2:46)

John Reischman & the Jaybirds ~ Shine Like a Star in the Morning (Corvus CD) On a Winter’s Night [New release.] (2:12)

Judy Hauff ~ Star in the East (Morning Trumpet CD) Angels on the Wing (2:57)

Carter Family ~ Dark and Stormy Weather (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [10/14/41.] (2:27)

Leake County Revelers ~ Lazy Kate (Columbia 78) N/A [12/18/30.] (3:07)

James Bryan ~ Star of Bethlehem (Rounder Select CD) The First of May (2:36)

Locust Hollow String Band ~ McMichen’s Breakdown (self-produced CD) Never Let Me Cross Your Mind (2:56)

Wilson Douglas ~ Old Christmas Morning (Rounder Select CD) The Right Hand Fork of Rush’s Creek (1:47)

Victor Furtado ~ The Peace of the Woods (Patuxent CD) Victor Furtado [New release.] (2:32)

Whitetop Mountain Band ~ Breakin’ Up Christmas (Arhoolie CD) Bull Plus 10% (1:59)

Norman Blake ~ Ice on the Road (Takoma CD) Directions (2:40)

Playlist 12/14/2014

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Balsam Range ~ Stacking Up the Rocks (Mountain Home CD) Five (2:28)

Bryan Sutton ~ Run Away (Sugar Hill CD) Into My Own (2:58)

Kenny & Amanda Smith ~ Huntington River (Farm Boy CD) Catch Me if I Try (4:17)

Mountain Faith ~ Never Out of His Mind (Mountain Fever CD) Blue (3:30)

Breaking Grass ~ There in Heaven (Mountain Fever CD) Just as Strong (2:35)

Bush Brothers ~ What Love (Columbia 78) N/A [12/18/30.] (3:23)

Carter Family ~ Lonesome Homesick Blues (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [10/14/41.] (2:28)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Susie Lee (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [6/20/29.] (2:46)

Buckhannon Brothers ~ Logan Water (self-produced CD) Little River Stomp (3:09)

6:30
$4 Shoe ~ Smokey Mountain Bill (self-produced CD) I’m Worried Now (2:51)

Loafers’ Glory ~ Just to Ease My Worried Mind (Arhoolie CD) Loafers’ Glory (2:34)

Emory Lester ~ Overland (Quiet Fire CD) At Dusk (4:17)

Daughters of Bluegrass ~ I’m Gonna Love You Now (Blue Circle CD) Bluegrass Bouquet [Frances Mooney, Heather Berry & Jeanette Williams.] (2:34)

Terry Baucom ~ Long Enough to Make Me Blue (JohnBoy & Billy CD) Never Thought of Looking Back (2:44)

Steve Gulley ~ Scars in His Hands (Rural Rhythm CD) Family, Friends & Fellowship (4:25)

Carl Story & the Rambling Mountaineers ~ Are You Washed in the Blood (ARTCO LP) I’ll Be a Friend (2:21)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ When He Sets Your Fields on Fire (County LP) Old Time Ballads & Hymns (2:42)

Dalhart & Hood ~ Hallelujah! There’s a Rainbow in the Sky (Columbia 78) N/A [3/31/30.] (3:07)

7:00
Floyd Ming & His Pep-Steppers ~ Tupelo Blues (JSP CD) Country Fiddle [2/13/28.] (3:24)

Ray Brothers ~ Jake Leg Wobble (County CD) Mississippi String Bands v. 1 [5/28/30.] (2:59)

Bill Mansfield & the Carolina Mockingbirds ~ Golden Slippers (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Root Hog or Die (1:45)

Tallboys ~ If You Take Me Back (self-produced CD) Fresh Daily (3:52)

James Bryan & Carl Jones ~ Piedmont (Dittyville CD) Cricket’s Lullaby (2:49)

Shad Cobb & Charlie Cushman ~ Pretty Polly (A Simple Life CD) Out of These Mountains (3:14)

Flatt Lonesome ~ I Can’t Be Bothered (Mountain Home CD) Too (3:46)

James King ~ Things Have Gone to Pieces (Rounder CD) Three Chords and the Truth (3:56)

7:30
Nu-Blu ~ Rhythm of the Train (Rural Rhythm CD) All the Way (3:21)

Crossroad ~ Render Your Heart (self-produced CD) A New Road (2:52)

Rhonda Vincent & the Sally Mountain Show ~ Let In the Guiding Light (Rebel CD) Bound for Gloryland (2:29)

Dry Branch Fire Squad ~ Brother, I’m Getting Ready to Go (self-produced CD) The Gospel Way (2:48)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Sleeping Lulu (Columbia 78) N/A [10/24/31.] (3:04)

Reaves White County Ramblers ~ Arkansas Traveler (County CD) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 2 [4/27/28.] (2:49)

David Miller ~ Cannon Ball Rag (County CD) Old-Time Mountain Blues [12/10/29.] (2:48)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~ Christmas Eve (Hazeldog CD) Stranger on a Mule (2:15)

Light & Hitch ~ Old Kentucky Whiskey (TruthFace CD) Light & Hitch (2:26)

Earl White Stringband ~ Hickory (self-produced CD) Fiddlin Earl White (2:29)

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out ~ Pretty Little Girl from Galax (Rural Rhythm CD) Prime Tyme (2:51)

Playlist 12/7/2014

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5
6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Travers Chandler & Avery County ~ I Could Change My Mind (Mountain Fever CD) Pardon Me (1:57)

Grascals ~ Five Miles to Milan (Mountain Home CD) When I Get My Pay (2:52)

Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice ~ All I Have to Offer You Is Me (Rebel CD) Trouble Follows Me (3:22)

Farm Hands ~ From Your Knees (Pinecastle CD) Better Than I Deserve (3:25)

Good Shepherd Quartet ~ There Is a Change in Me (self-produced CD) Beyond the Gold of Sunset (2:36)

New Line ~ The Old Churchyard (self-produced CD) Can’t Hold the Wheel (4:01)

Dr. Smith’s Champion Hoss Hair Pullers ~ Up in Glory (JSP CD) Country Fiddle [9/12/28.] (3:05)

Carter Family ~ You Tied a Love Knot in My Heart (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [10/14/41.] (2:48)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Giddap Napoleon (Columbia 78) N/A [10/29/29.] (3:09)

6:30
Christian Wig ~ Cripple Creek (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Lost Indian (3:04)

Albert Hash ~ Bile Them Cabbage Down (Field Recorders’ Collective CD) Volume 2 [New release.] (1:40)

John Boothroyd ~ Tomahawk (Rosine CD) Still Rollin’ On (1:50)

Don Rigsby ~ Medicine Springs (Rebel CD) Doctor’s Orders (2:49)

Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick ~ Little Birdie (Spruce & Maple CD) Sing the Songs of Vern & Ray (3:39)

Boxcars ~ Jeffrey's Hell (Mountain Home CD) All In (3:19)

Westwend ~ Somebody’s Praying Back Home (Ante Flow CD) Linger for a While (3:55)

Mill Run Bluegrass Band ~ Family Bible (self-produced CD) Go Build My Church (3:20)

Travis Alltop ~ I Must Tell Jesus (self-produced CD) The Hallelujah Side (4:50)

7:00
Ernst Phipps & His Holiness Quartet ~ I Want to Go Where Jesus Is (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions [7/26/27.] (2:59)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Kentucky (Bear Family CD) The Sunny Side of Life [5/7/47.] (2:53)

West Virginia Coon Hunters ~ Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy (County CD) Old-Time Music of West Virginia v. 1 [8/5/27.] (3:13)

New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters ~ Wreck of the Old 97 (Heritage CD) Once I Had a Fortune (2:41)

Charlie Beck ~ Splendid Solitude (self-produced CD) Leave on the Light (2:54)

Mike Compton & Joe Newberry ~ Fly Around My Pretty Lil’ Miss (self-produced CD) Live (2:25)

Sideline ~ Don’t Let My Love Get in the Way (Mountain Fever CD) Session 1 (2:16)

Mayfield Brothers ~ The Old Hometown (Patuxent CD) Vintage Recordings (2:26)

Becky Buller ~ Home (Dark Shadow CD) ‘Tween Earth and Sky (3:26)

Jussi Syren & the Groundbreakers ~ When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels (Snowflake CD) There’s No Greater Message (2:34)

7:30
Monroe Crossing ~ Heavenly Table (self-produced CD) The Road Has No End (3:15)

Stanley Brothers ~ Beautiful Life (Rimrock LP) A Beautiful Life [1960.] (2:37)

Dock Walsh ~ Bathe in That Beautiful Pool (Dust to Digital CD) Goodbye, Babylon [9/25/29.] (3:00)

George E. Harris ~ That’s the Blue Heaven for Me (Columbia 78) N/A [12/12/30.] (3:06)

Fiddlin’ Bob Larkan & His Music Makers ~ Kansas City Reel (County CD) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 2 [2/22/28.] (2:57)

Howard Rains ~ Glory Medley (self-produced CD) The Old Texas Fiddle (3:35)

Highwoods Stringband ~ Grey Cat on the Tennessee Farm (Rounder LP) Fire on the Mountain (3:35)

Bryan Sutton ~ Cumberland Reel (Sugar Hill CD) Into My Own (6:00)