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!