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! 

Playlist 10/16/2025

 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)

David Mayfield Parade ~ Papaw’s Spirit (Mountain Fever) single [4/1/25.] (3:09)

Alison Krauss & Union Station ~ Looks Like the End of the Road (Down the Road) Arcadia [3/28/25.] (3:39)

Tyler Grant ~ Goat Canyon Trestle (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2025.] (3:39)

Tony Ellis ~ Straw Dolls (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (2:27)

Jim & Jesse ~ My Little Honeysuckle Rose (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Leslie York, 1942. Nashville, TN. Capitol. 3/16/53. 78&45-] (2:21)

Bill Monroe ~ Going Up Caney (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. MCA. 11/25/69. 45-1971.] (2:15)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Shanghai Rag (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/24/28.] (3:06)

Almoth Hodges ~ Hobo from the T&P Line part 2 (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [NY. Brunswick, Brunswick Australian. 12/20/29.] (3:03)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Beggar Joe (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (2:55)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Paddy on the Turnpike (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Kicked Up the Devil of a Row [Sammie Dyer. Macon County, TN.] (2:56)

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Wild Hogs in the Woods (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain SB [Taylor Kimble. 1971.] (2:15)

Red Mules ~ Gypsy Dance (Vigortone) Old Time Music [George Hawkins, KY. 1992.] (2:00)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Don’t Cause Mother’s Hair to Turn Grey (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [Mainer’s Mountaineers. 1973.] (2:41)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Little Liza Jane (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Bradley Kincaid.] (2:54)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Roscoe Waltz (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [Muckin’o Geordies’s Byre.] (3:20)

Bill Cox ~ My Rough & Rowdy Ways (Yazoo) My Rough & Rowdy Ways 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone. 4/28/30.] ()

Riley Puckett ~ Back on the Texas Plains (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Regal-Zonophone. 8/23/39.] (2:46)

Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland ~ Just Pickin’ (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/22/29.] (2:58)

Bob Minner ~ Listening to the Rain (Billy Blue) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon [Rhonda Vincent, John Meador. 3/25/25.] (4:39)

Jackson Hollow ~ Light in My Life (Mountain Fever) Appalachia [4/4/25.] (2:54)

Missy Raines & Allegheny ~ Anywhere the Wind Blows (Compass) single [3/31/25.] (3:35)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Shall We Gather at the River (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (2:16)

Tommy Jackson ~ Polk County Breakdown (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Dot. 78&45, 4/55.] (2:47)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ If I Should Wander Back to You (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/9/52. 78&45-1953.] (2:42)

Grayson & Whitter ~ You’ll Never Miss Your Mother until She Is Gone (JSP) Appalachian SD [NY. Gennett, Champion, Silvertone, Supertone, Challenge. 10/27.] (3:08)

Luther B. Clarke ~ Wish to the Lord I Had Never Been Born (JSP) Worried Blues [NY. Columbia. 3/24/26.] (2:54)

Freeny’s Barn Dance Band ~ Mississippi Square Dance part 2 (Yazoo) Cornshucker’s Frolic v. 1 [Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/16/30.] (3:14)

Albert Hash ~ Little Brown Hand (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (2:14)

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis ~ Hot Corm (Minstrel) Days of Forty Nine [1977.] (1:53)

Tune Hash ~ Hannahmariah (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (1:21)

Paine Trio ~ Wild Hog in the Woods (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (2:55)

Jim Scancarelli ~ Leather Britches (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Gasoline Alley. 1989.] (3:02)

Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich ~ Johnson Boys (Marimac) A Moment in Time [1993.] (3:02)

Buell Kazee ~ The Butcher’s Boy [The Railroad Boy] (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [banjo. NY. Brunswick, Brunswick Canadian. 1/16/28.] (3:04)

Hill Billies ~ Cumberland Gap (Document) v. 2 [NY. (Hill Billies) Vocalion, (Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters) Brunswick. 10/22/26.] (2:55)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts Trio ~ Honeymoon Stomp (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [NY. Conqueror. 8/17/33.] (2:57 )

Special Consensus ~ Been All Around This World (Compass) single [3/24/25. 50^th Anniversary rel. 6/6/25.] (3:39)

DownRiver Collective ~ Come On Back (dunno) single [4/4/25. Dan Tyminski.] (3:32)

Travelin’ McCourys ~ Daydreamer (McCoury Music) single [Gibson Brothers & Ronnie Bowman. 1/31/25.] (3:34)

Norman Blake ~ Macon Rag (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Collins. 1976.] (2:42)

Vern & Ray ~ Panhandle Rag (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:03)

Stanley Brothers ~ Meet Me Tonight (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [WCYB, Bristol, VA. 2/58. Mercury. 45-3/31/58.] (2:42)

Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers ~ Stone Rag (County) Nashville Early String Bands 1 [Chicago, IL. Paramount, Broadway. 6/27.] (2:49)

Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] ~ She’s a Fool Gal (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 12/4/30.] (3:09)

Carter Family ~ The Curtains of Night (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (1:38)

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

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Magnolia One Step (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Nations Brothers.] (2:06)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, the Carter Family, Norman Blake & Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Jim Scancarelli, Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich, the Paine Trio & Albert Hash! New music from Alison Krauss & Union Station, Special Consensus, the David Mayfield Parade, the Travelin’ McCourys & Jackson Hollow! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 10/9/2025

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

Red Camel Collective ~ Leavin’ You and Mobile, Too (Pinecastle) Red Camel Collective [Pete Goble, Leroy Maxey Drumm.11/29/24.] (3:01)

Rhonda Vincent ~ I Miss Missouri (Upper Management) Destinations & Fun Places [8/14/24.] (2:39)

Maddie Wittler & Natalie Haas ~ Gasoline Alley No. 1 (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (2:48)

Harmonic Tone Revealers ~ Queen of the Earth, Child of the Stars (Corvus) Harmonic Tone Revealers [Edden Hammons. 2017.] (3:05)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ Wild Over Me (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [1965.] (2:12)

Stanley Brothers ~ The Fields Have Turned Brown (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [11/20/49. Nashville, TN. Columbia 78-2/13/50.] (2:34)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Roving Gambler (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Richmond, IN. Champion, Supertone, Superior, Melotone C. 8/8/30.] (3:09)

Carter Family ~ When the Sunset Turns the Ocean Blue to Gold (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 4/52.] (1:58)

Delmore Brothers ~ It’s Takin’ Me Down (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Twin. 2/17/36.] (2:32)

Spencer & Rains ~ Tater Blossom (YouTube) single [2023. Noah Beavers.] (1:38)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Orphan Child (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Carter Family.] (4:05)

Ernie Carpenter ~ The Forked Deer (Augusta Heritage) Elk River Blues [1986.] (2:30)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ Finley’s Bend (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old Time Duets [2006.] (3:05)

Kate Brett & Bill Schmidt ~ Wild Horses at Stoney Point (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [Melvin Wine. 2007.] (3:11)

Evie Ladin & David Greely ~ Bayou Pon Pon (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [Breaux Bridge, LA.] (2:26)

Hus Caudill ~ Poor Ellen Smith (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Sparta, NC. 1/4/74.] (0:41)

Grant Brothers & Their Music ~ Tell It to Me (JSP) Worried Blues D [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/15/28.] (2:43)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ The Bible’s True (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy 3 [Sam McGee-g. NY. Vocalion. 4/14/26.] (3:03)

Cliff Click & the Short Creek Trio ~ The Buckin’ Mule (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham, AL. Gennett, Silvertone, Supertone, Challenge, Herwin, Bell. 7/30/27.] (2:57)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass (Rebel) Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass [3/28/25.] (2:41)

Rock Hearts ~ Town Hall Clock (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [10/4/24.] (2:10)

Sami Braman, Ellie Hakanson et al ~ Not Soft Enough (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:22)

Norman Blake ~ Down Home Summertime Blues (Rounder) Old Ties [Back Home in Sulphur Springs. 1972. 2002.] (3:39)

Reno & Smiley ~ Arkansas Traveler (Rural Rhythm) Bluegrass 1963 [Spartanburg, SC. 9/19/63.] (1:33)

Bill Monroe ~ The Old Cross Road alt. take (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936 to 1949 6 [WBBM. Chicago, IL. Columbia. 10/27/47.] (1:48)

Lonnie Johnson ~ Baby Will You Please Come Home (Yazoo) Rose Grew 2 [St. Louis, MO. OKeh. 4/25/27.] (2:53)

Jules Allen ~ ‘Long Side the Sante Fe Trail (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [Los Angeles, CA. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Aurora. 4/8/29.] (3:15)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Texas Quickstep (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 10/18/28.] (2:55)

George Jackson & Brad Kolodner ~ Johnny Court the Widow (George Jackson & Brad Kolodner) Shady Lane [Roy Bennett. 10/11/24.] (2:49)

Pete McMahan ~ Eighth of January (Voyager) 50 Old-Time Fiddle Gems 2 [Missouri Fiddlin’ No. 4, 1979.] (3:08)

Dirk Powell ~ Rubin (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [1996.] (3:44)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ Remus (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Backside of Buncombe. 1989. Fred Campeau.] (3:07)

Tom Carter & Tom Sauber ~ Kit Carson (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache 1 [Bruce Cockburn. 2021.] (3:44)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Cold Frosty Morning (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [Melvin Wine. 1999.] (1:58)

Crook Brothers String Band ~ Jobbin Getting’ There (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Nashville, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward. 10/5/28.] (2:49)

Carolina Twins ~ Southern Jack (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 11/28/29.] (2:38)

Stripling Brothers ~ Pallet on the Floor (Document) v. 2 [New Orleans, LA. Decca. 3/12/36.] (2:52)

Eli West ~ I’d Like to Be a Train (Tender & Mild) The Shape of a Sway [7/11/25.] (4:32)

Woody Platt ~ One Last Goodbye (Compass) Far Away with You [Barry Bales, Chris Stapleton. 10/11/24.] (3:11)

Laurie Lewis, Suzy Thompson et al ~ Champagne Blues (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:34)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Shouting in the Air (Rounder) Let the Whole World Talk [3/27/1986.] (2:27)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Prepare Me O Lord (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Over the Sunset Hill. 8/68. King.] (2:42)

Todd Phillips ~ Sugar in the Gourd (Gourd Music) In the Pines [1995.] (1:45)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Shake Hands with Your Mother Today (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Atlanta, GA. RCA Victor. 1/31/49. 45-4/49.] (2:51)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Stolen Love (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to North Carolina 1 [1/28/28.] (2:49)

Grinnell Giggers ~ Ruth’s Rag (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Sunrise, Montgomery Ward. 5/30/30.] (2:51)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Prettiest Little Girl in the County (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (4:12)

Oscar Wright ~ Liza Jane (County) Clawhammer Banjo v. 3 [1978.] (1:25)

New Dixie Entertainers ~ Fiddler’s Reel (Yodel Ay Hee) Maybelle Rag [Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith. 1994.] (2:27)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers & Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Norman Blake, the Blue Sky Boys, Oscar Wright, Dirk Powell, and Hus Caudill! New music from Maddie Witler & Natalie Haas, Suzy Thompson & Laurie Lewis, Woody Platt, the Red Camel Collective, Eli West, Sami Braman & Ellie Hakanson, and Rhonda Vincent! Get comfortable, and settle on in!

Playlist 10/2/2025

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

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

Will Clark ~ On My Way back to You (Mountain Fever) Carolina Lightning [9/26/25.] (1:57)

Olivia Jo ~ Down Life’s Road (Shift Music) single [9/30/25.] (3:34)

Pitney Meyer ~ White Corn Graves (Curb) Cherokee Pioneer [4/18/25.] (3:21)

Joe Val ~ I’ve Been All Around This World (Rounder) Diamond Joe [A Cold Wind. Grandpa Jones. 1983.] (2:33)

Jeanette Williams et al ~ Come All You Coal Miners (Mountain Home) Close Kin [Sarah Ogden Gunning. 2011.] (3:19)

Monroe Brothers ~ What Would You Give in Exchange (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 2/17/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (3:12)

Carter Brothers & Son ~ Old Joe Bone (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Memphis, TN. OKeh. 2/24/28.] (3:14)

Narmour & Smith ~ Winona Echoes (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:58)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Mountain Sweetheart (Old Hat) In the Pines [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone. 6/28/28] (2:58)

Compton and Newberry ~ Vacant Chair (Englehardt Music Group) Home in My Heart [Frank & James McCravy, 1928. 2024.] (3:42)

Howard Miller ~ Stoney Point (Field Recorders' Collective) Sixty Years of North Carolina Fiddling [Harold Dean Miller-g. 1978.] (2:19)

Pat Conte ~ Come On, Buddy, Don't You Want to Go (Jalopy Records) American Songs with Fiddle and Banjo [Uncle Dave Macon. 11/11/2011.] (3:28)

Heartbeats ~ Red Rocking Chair (Centrum Enterprises) 1988 Fiddle Tunes [7/4/1988.] (2:23)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Jenny, Won’t You Drink Some Good Old Cider (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Bruce Greene.] (3:25)

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Five Miles Out of Town (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [Frame Davis, Des Moines, IA. 4/5/2025.] (3:31)

Newton County Hillbillies ~ Going to the Wedding (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/16/30.] (3:13)

A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly ~ Streak of Lean (Yazoo) Times v. 1 [Atlanta, GA. Vocalion. 3/20/30.] (3:05)

Carter Family ~ Worried Man Blues alt. (Bear Family) Shadow of Clinch Mountain 11 [NY. American Recording Company unissued. 5/10/35.] (3:02)

Asheville Mountain Boys ~ Flood of 1916 (Shift Music) single [9/26/25.] (2:44)

Billy Strings ~ Malfunction Junction (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (4:51)

Deeper Shade of Blue ~ Roller Coaster Love (Turnberry Records) Changes of Scenery [1/24/25.] (3:35)

Norman Blake ~ Sweet Heaven (Flying Fish) Old and New [Charlie Collins. 9/76.] (4:16)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & the Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ I Got Wise (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Brothers [1987.] (2:41)

Reno & Harrell ~ I Couldn’t Win (Starday) Bluegrass on My Mind [Cincinnati, OH.  6/29/72.] (2:43)

Henry L. Bandy ~ Sail Away Ladies (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Richmond, IN. Gennett rejected. 10/17/28.] (3:00)

Rube Lacy ~ Mississippi Jail House Groan (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [Lamar Life Insurance Building, Chicago, IL. Paramount c. 3/28.] (3:22)

Frank Hutchison ~ Stackalee (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 1/28/27.] (2:47)

Parley Parsons ~ Yellow Rose of Texas (Field Recorders' Collective) Old Galax Fiddling [Early 1980s.] (2:09)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ Lowe Bonny (Barker) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Darby & Tarlton. 2012.] (3:00)

Indian Creek Delta Boys ~ Leg Shy (Field Recorders' Collective) Indian Creek Delta Boys [Dave Spaugh, Charleston, IL. 1994.] (2:59)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ The Dying Soldier (JL) Call Your Dogs [Buell Kazee. Magoffin County, KY. 2003.] (4:38)

Erynn Marshall ~ Going Down to Georgie-O (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Melvin Wine. 2013.] (2:55)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (2:11 )

Da Costa Woltz ~ Richmond Cotillion (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music D [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Silvertone, Challenge, Herwin. 5/27.] (2:54)

Charley Patton ~ I Shall Not Be Moved (JSP) Complete A [Grafton, WI. Paramount. c. 10/29.] (3:06)

Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band ~ Cuban Two Step Rag (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [Dallas, TX. Vocalion. 10/26/28.] (3:10)

Junior Sisk ~ Weather Woman (Turnberry) It’s All Fun and Games [7/18/25.] (3:01)

Throwdown Thursday ~ More Than Tell Me (Mountain Fever) single [9/26/25.] (3:09)

Larry Sparks ~ Since I Met You Baby (Rebel) Way Back When [10/24/25. Ivory Joe Hunter, 1956] (2:16)

James King ~ It Must Be Love (Webco) It’s a Cold Cold World [James King. 1989.] (2:15)

Creek Bend ~ Waiting for Winter (Copper Creek) That Home Far Away [1992.] (4:38)

Stanley Brothers ~ Will He Wait a Little Longer (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1 n. 3 [New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (2:10)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Jeep, Uncle Josh, Just One Way to the Pearly Gates (Patuxent) 1939 to 1949 Radio Broadcasts 1 [WGST. Atlanta, GA. 10/18/47.] (4:04)

Smith & Woodlieff ~ I Ain’t Gonna Grieve My Lord Anymore (Document) v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone, Champion, Conqueror. 3/20/29.] (2:56)

John Hammond ~ Purty Polly (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Silvertone, Challenge, Buddy. 4/8/25.] (3:08)

Wilson Douglas ~ Elzic’s Farewell (Field Recorders' Collective) Old Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV [1975 Brandywine.] (2:52)

Old Hollow Stringband ~ Backstep Cindy (Flyin’ Cloud) Old Time Music from North Carolina [1989.] (2:41)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Policeman (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (2:17)

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, Throwback Thursday, Larry Sparks, Junior Sisk, Swamper’s Revenge, and the Ashville Mountain Boys! Stop on by!