Friday, October 30, 2026

Playlist 10/29/2026

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

Bobby Osborne & C. J. Lewandowski ~ Keep On Keepin’ On (Turnberry) Keep On Keepin’ 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. Recorded 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 10/22/2026

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)

Nick Chandler & Delivered ~ Why I Love You (Pinecastle) Look for Me [Lowell Varney. 8/7/26.] (2:35)

Will Clark ~ Another Road (Mountain Fever) Carolina Lightning [9/26/25.] (4:14)

Jesse Appelman ~ So Close (self produced) Where We Go [2/20/26.] (3:29)

John Reischman ~ Salt Spring (Corvus) New Time & Old Acoustic [8/9/21.] (5:30)

Audie Blaylock ~ Steal Away Somewhere and Die (no label) Trains Are the only Way... [Earl Yonger & Jimmy Martin. 2002.] (3:12)

Bill Monroe ~ Beyond the Gate(Bear Family) Bluegrass 1970 to 1979 1 [Bradley’s Barn, Mt. Juliet, TN. MCA. 1/19/1970.] (1:57)

Grayson & Whitter ~ I’ll Never Be Yours (Document) v. 1 [NY. Gennett. Champion, Silvertone, Supertone, Challenge. c. 10/27.] (2:59)

Fiddlin’ Bob Larkan Family ~ Prairie County Waltz (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 2 [Chicago. Vocalion. 11/21/28.] (2:47)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Just Tell Them That You Saw Me (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet 3 [Sam McGee, g. NY. Vocalion. 4/16/26.] (3:13)

Brett Morris ~ Fair and Tender Ladies (Brett Morris Music) Dream Souvenirs [9/22/26.] (3:53)

Gary Lee Moore ~ New Broom (Voyager) Uncle Pig [Herman Johnson. 2004.] (1:57)

Reeltime Travelers ~ Swing Low (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Reeltime Oldtime String Band Music [2000.] (3:08)

Rhythm Rats ~ Indian War Whoop Fiddle (5-String Productions) Pretty Crowin’ Chicken [2006. Ed Sutherland.] (2:32)

The Monks ~ Frisky Jim (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Ragged but Righteous [Bob Walters. 2002.] (2:59)

Hellbenders ~ Tight Old Sally Ann (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Hellbenders [1990.] (2:37)

Delmore Brothers ~ Southern Moon (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/17/37.] (2:23)

Reaves White County Ramblers ~ Arkansas Wagner (British Archive of Country Music) The Vocalion Label [Chicago, IL Vocalion. 4/27/28.] (2:51)

Carter Family ~ Farewell Nellie (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 9 [NY. Decca, Melotone Canada. 6/18/37.] (3:15)

Marty Raybon & Jimmy Fortune ~ I’ve Got the Big River Blues (Billy Blue) Century of Strings [A Tribute to the DelmoreBrothers. 12/6/33. 10/1/26.] (3:06)

Blue Highway ~ In the Gravel Yard (Down the Road) Live at ETSU [3/27/26.] (2:54)

Appalachian Road Show ~ Step Stones (Billy Blue) Della Jane’s Heart [2/21/25.] (3:05)

Norman Blake ~ Bristol in the Bottle (Rounder) Old Ties [Old and New. 19745] (2:05)

Buddy Pendleton ~ Red Skinned Girl (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [Pendleton, 1971. Previously unreleased. 1965.] (3:14)

Stanley Brothers ~ Fields Have Turned Brown alt. take (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [Castle Studio, Nashville, TN. 11/20/49.] (2:24)

Pie Plant Pete ~ You’ll Find Her with the Angels (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone. 8/8/30.] (3:11)

A. A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly ~ Tallapoosa Bound (Yazoo) Times 2 [Atlanta, GA. Vocalion. 3/20/30.] (3:08)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Round Town Girls (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:15)

Evie Ladin & Clinton Davis ~ Lost Hornpipe (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [Charlie Kinney. 2024.] (3:32)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Yew Piney Mountain (Augusta Heritage) Elk River Blues [1986.] (1:19)

Hard Drive ~ Cold Rolled Steel (bandcamp) Wasting My Whole Life Away [8/7/26.] (2:46)

Otis Burris & Fortune ~ Walking in My Sleep (Heritage) Otis Burris & Fortune [1989.] (1:37)

Pete McMahan ~ Grey Eagle (Voyager) 60 Old Time Fiddle Gems 2 [1979. Missouri Fiddlin’ No. 4.] (1:58)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin ~ Twilight Is Stealing (Rounder) Our Town [Aldine S. Kieffer & Benjamin C. Unseld. 1993.] (3:33)

Carolina Twins ~ I Want My Black Baby Back (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 11/28/29.] (2:34)

Carl Sprague ~ The Last Longhorn (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy 1 [Dallas, TX. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Aurora. 10/13/29.] (3:03)

Leake County Revelers ~ Molly Put the Kettle On (County) Mississippi String Bands 2 [New Orleans, LA. Columbia. 12/3/28.] (3:00)

Grascals ~ Bend in the River (Billy Blue) Not That Gone [8/7/26] (3:11)

Betty Harford Gilbert et al ~ No End of Love (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:59)

Marty Falle ~ Shift Whistle Blues (Appalachia Rust) Song of the Holler [7/20/26.] (1:34)

Alvin Breeden & the Virginia Cutups ~ Sophronie (Lark) Bluegrass in Four Wheel Drive [1979.] (2:28)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Teardrops Fell Like Raindrops (Rounder) Blue Diamond [1993.] (2:26)

Ralph Stanley ~ Dug Gunn Shame (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Hills of Home. 7/15/69.] (1:51)

Paul Miles & the Red Fox Chasers ~ Under the Double Eagle (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to NC 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 6/29/28.] (3:16)

Swamp Rooters ~ Swamp Cat Rag (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 6 [Atlanta, GA. Brunswick. 11/12/30.] (3:07)

Emry Arthur ~ Six Months in Jail Ain’t Long (JSP) Clarence Ashley C [Chicago, IL. Decca, Minerva. 1/17/35.] (2:58)

Dirk Powell ~ Old Virginia (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [DP-bj. Dirk’s grandfather. 1996.] (1:57)

Veranda ~ If Tomorrow {Si Demain} (Big in the Garden) Veranda [5/22/26.] (3:16)

Simmons Family ~ Carol of the Birds (Dancing Doll) Stone County Dulcimer [Jean, Patti & Tommy.] 1970s?] (1:52)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ Tough Luck (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Tough Luck. 1991.]4:43)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Natural Bridge Blues (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [1999.] (1:45)

Spencer & Rains ~ Lea Ray Wolf Chase, 1,027 Dogs (TP) The Old Texas Fiddle v. 3 [2023. Alton Mead.] (3:52)

Lulu Belle & Scotty ~ Homecoming Time in Happy Valley (Starday) The Sweethearts of Country Music [December, 1962.] (1:54)


Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Paul Miles & the Red Fox Chasers, and Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Audie Blaylock, Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin the Simmons Family, the Hellbenders, Lulu Belle & Scotty, the Reeltime Travelers, and Otis Burris! New music from the Grascals, Hard Drive, Veranda, Blue Highway, Evie Ladin & Clinton Davis, Marty Raybon & Jimmy Fortune, and Appalachian Road Show! Get comfortable, and settle on in!

Friday, October 16, 2026

Playlist 10/15/2026

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 (S-K) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45, 7/13/64.] (2:46)

Allison’s Sacred Harp Quartette ~ Jewett OSH 105 (JSP) SH & SH 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 (FRC) 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 (U Press of KY) Old Time KY 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 Bone [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 Mountain 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Bluebird, Electradisk, Sunrise, Montgomery Ward, Zonophone South Africa, His Master’s Voice 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 [1939.] (1:09)

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

Jim Childress & Uncle Henry’s Favorites ~ The Road to Malvern (Jim Childress) Turkey Sag [2003.] (2:47)


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!

Friday, October 9, 2026

Playlist 10/8/2026

 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)

Junior Sisk & Don Rigsby ~ Honey, I’m Ramblin’ Away (Billy Blue) A Century of Strings [10/1/26. Delmores.] (2:56)

Po’ Ramblin Boys ~ Bottom of a Glass (Turnberry) Welcome to the Club [9/3/26.] (2:24)

Colebrook Road ~ The Real You (Mountain Fever) Too Far to Let Go [4/24/26.] (2:37)

Norman Blake ~ Greycoat Soldiers (Flying Fish) Fields of November [Flying Fish #4. Nancy Short. 9/74] (3:11)

James King ~ I Don’t See What I Once Saw (Rounder) Thirty Years of Farming [2002.] (3:55)

Stanley Brothers ~ Angel Band (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1 n. 3 [New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (2:43)

Cartwright Brothers ~ Get Along Little Dogies (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/6/28.] (3:00)

Blue Sky Boys ~ A Beautiful Life (Patuxent) 1939 to 1949 Radio 1 [Sam “Curley” Parker-f. WPTF, Raleigh, NC. 1941.] (2:40)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Hawkins’ Rag (Document) v. 6 [San Antonio, TX. Bluebird. 3/29/34.] (2:50)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Greasy Coat (bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (3:21)

Pat Conte ~ Rat Cliff Hollow (Jalopy) American Songs [Inspired by Alan Lomax. 11/11/2011.] (5:22)

Rhys Jones & Christina Wheeler ~ Jack of Diamonds (Vigortone) Starry Crown [W. H. Stepp. 2005.] (3:40)

Jim Childress ~ For Old Time’s Sake (Bandcamp) Fly Away [5/2/23.] (3:18)

Parley Parsons ~ Fire on the Mountain (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC705 Old Galax Fiddling [Early 1980s.] (1:06)

Erynn Marshall ~ Going Down to Charleston (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Owen “Snake” Chapman. 2013.] (4:10)

Frank Hutchison ~ Stackalee (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 1/28/27.] (3:02)

Charley Patton ~ Devil Sent the Rain Blues (JSP) Complete B [Henry Sims-f. Grafton, WI. Paramount. 10/29.] (3:05)

Da Costa Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters ~ Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South (JSP) Gennett Old Time D [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Challenge, Herwin. 5/27.] (2:50)

Tim Stafford & Dudley Connell ~ Typhoon (Hedge Drive) single [9/28/26.] (2:53)

Carolyne Van Lierop Boone ~ Leave Me Lonely (Mountain Fever) Leave Me Lonely [9/30/26.] (2:45)

Flatt Out Blue ~ Never Leave Harlan Alive (Turnberry) The Maggard Sessions [Caleigh Barnett-L. 12/2/25.] (4:35)

Joe Val ~ Why Don’t You Tell Me So (Rounder) Not a Word from Home [Lester Flatt. 1977.] (2:26)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & the Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ Where We Shall Never Die (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Brothers [1987.] (2:28)

Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain ~ Haunted House (Blue Circle) Dancin’ in the Dirt [2008.] (3:06)

Carter Family ~ On My Way to Canaan’s Land (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 3 [Memphis, TN. Bluebird. 11/25/30.] (3:07)

Willie Walker ~ Dupree Blues (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 12/6/30.] (2:47)

Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band ~ Rag Time Annie (Document) Texas Fiddle Bands v. 1 [San Antonio, TX. Vocalion. 3/12/29.] (2:59)

Geoff Seitz ~ Cumberland Gap (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [Uncle Am Stewart. 1995.] (4:20)

Howard Miller ~ Old Hen Cackle (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC706 Sixty Years of NC Fiddling [1978.] (2:07)

Old Hollow Stringband ~ Ladies on the Steamboat (Flyin’ Cloud) Old Time Music from North Carolina [1989.] (2:00)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Black Jack Grove (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Andy Williams & Mike Burns-fs. Chapman.] (2:10)

Franklin George ~ Soldier’s Joy (Kanawha) Traditional Music [John Summers-f, FG-f. 1967.] (2:30)

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Sweet Rose of Heaven (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [Leake County Revelers. 4/5/2025.] (3:12)

Carolina Tar Heels ~ My Home’s across the Blue Ridge Mountains (Old Hat) In the Pines [Richmond, IN. Champion, Superior. 8/26/31.] (3:20)

J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers ~ Write a Letter to Mother (Old Homestead) v.1 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/6/35.] (3:08)

Mississippi Possum Hunters ~ Rufus Rastus (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 5/28/30.] (2:47)

High Fidelity ~ The Lonesome Road (Rebel) Never Say Goodbye [Album out 10/30/26. Single released 9/25/26.] (2:16)

Tony Trischka ~ I Still Miss Someone (Down the Road) Earl Jam 2 [Sister Sadie. 3/13/26.] (3:19)

Billy Strings ~ Happy Hollow (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (2:46)

Ernie Thacker & Junior Blankenship ~ I’m Lost and I’ll Never Find the Way (Atteiram) Tears of Gold [1995.] (2:02)

Billy Baker ~ Black Mountain Rag (Old Homestead) Fiddle Classics v. 2 [1978.] (2:28)

Monroe Brothers ~ This World Is Not My Home (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 2/17/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (2:39)

Oaks Family ~ Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like 1 [Blind Charlie. Birmingham, AL. Victor. 6/4/30.] (2:59)

Lulu Jackson ~ After You’ve Had Your Way (Story of Blues) Female Country Blues 1 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 8/15/28.] (3:19)

B. F. Shelton ~ Pretty Polly (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Banjo. Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (4:27)

Mitch Depew & Sophie Wellington ~ Lake Erie (bandcamp) Viejos Tiempos en la Finca [rec. 12/24.] (3:11)

Ira Mullins ~ Lost Train (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC202 Old Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV [1975 Brandywine.] (1:11)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ Glow (Dittyville) Glow [2009.] (4:25)

Andrew Marlin ~ Lake on the Island (Tanyard Branch Music) Witching Hour [2020.] (2:48)

Wayne Taylor ~ Cedar Creek (Wayne Taylor Records) It’s About Time [4/10/2012.] (4:31)


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 Charley Patton, James King, Lulu Jackson, Jim Childress, plus the Ernie Thacker & Junior Blankenship Band! New music headed your way from High Fidelity, Tim Stafford & Dudley Connell, the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Tony Trischka with Sister Sadie, Mitch Depew & Sophie Wellington, George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins, Junior Sisk & Don Rigsby, and Swamper’s Revenge! Stop on by!

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Playlist 10/1/2026

 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 Peterson & 1946 ~ Put It Off until Tomorrow (Necktie) single Dolly Parton tribute. 8/30/26. recorded 2024.] (2:22)

Carson Peters & Iron Mountain ~ Used to Be (Billy Blue) Hold On Heart [10/25/24.] (3:03)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Old Reuben No. 1 (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [Don Stover. 5/16/25.] (2:18)

Cullen Galyean ~ Bluegrass Time (Mountain Roads) Born into Bluegrass [2009.] (3:41)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Knoxville Girl (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:38)

Bill Monroe ~ Summertime Is Past and Gone Take BD 2 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/16/46.] (1:48)

Allison’s SH Singers ~ Esther OSH 37T (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [“Flee also youthful lusts.” Richmond, IN. Gennett. organ? 5/1/28.] (2:38)

Blue Sky Boys ~ On the Old Plantation (Bear Family) The Sunny Side of Life 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 8/2/37.] (2:50)

Roane County Ramblers ~ Tennessee Waltz (Bear Family) The Johnson City Sessions 1 [Columbia. 10/15/28.] (3:30)

John Engle, John Herrmann & Meredith McIntosh ~ Take Sick and Die (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Chicken Train [2012. Muddy Waters.] (3:34)

Bucking Mules ~ Irish Washerwoman (Free Dirt) Smoke behind the Clouds [Blaine Smith. 2017.] (1:47)

Austin Derryberry ~ Cumberland Blues (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [3/15/20.] (2:33)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ John Henry (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [1997.] (4:08)

Esker Hutchins ~ Ain’t Got No Sugar Baby Now (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [EH-bj. 2007.] (1:22)

Blue Ridge Girls ~ Blue Ridge Mountain Bound (Blue Ridge Girls) Mountain Heartbeats [7/23/26.] (2:40)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train (County) Hard Times in the Country [Sam McGee, bjg. Jackson, MS. Okeh. 12/17/30.] (3:08)

Mississippi Sheiks ~ Stop and Listen Blues (Yazoo) Stop and Listen [Shreveport, LA. Okeh. 2/17/30.] (3:35)

Theo. & Gus Clark ~ Wimbush Rag (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. Okeh. 3/12/29.] (3:09)

Lonesome River Band ~ Square Dance Friday Night (Mountain Home) 2025-2026 Singles [5/15/25.] (3:50)

Kentucky Just Us ~ Last Train (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (2:29)

Max Vendetti ~ Gold Rush (Waiting for Lester) Different Kind of Ride [Monroe. 5/22/26.] (2:47)

Jared Boyd, et al ~ One Morning in May (Mountain Roads) Close Kin: Our Roots Run Deep [2014.] (3:03)

John Reedy & His Stone Mt. Hillbillys ~ Somebody Touched Me (JSP) Authentic Bluegrass C [Hymns from the heart of Harlan Co. Lundy LP. 1982.] (2:34)

Stanley Brothers ~ He Said if I Be Lifted Up (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 2/10/59.] (2:29)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ Sally Ann (Document) v. 2 [Asa Martin, g. NY. Banner, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo, Conqueror. 3/5/31.] (2:45)

Lewis Black ~ Gravel Camp Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Memphis, TN. Columbia. 12/10/27.] (2:48)

Fields Ward ~ The Birds Are Returning (Historical) Early Country Music [‘Sweet Fern.” Richmond, IN. Gennett rej. 3/7/29.] (3:12)

Frank Blade & Friends ~ Bumpercrop (Joyswing) Dance Band [2011.] (2:40)

Squirrel Butter ~ Native Home (Squirrel Butter) Banjo Clog [Carter Family. 2010.] (2:36)

Newberry & Verch ~ Neighbors (self produced) Blessing on the Wing [3/17/26.] (3:06)

Clinton Davis ~ Willie Moore (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Ever Returning [Burnette & Rutherford. 2025.] (3:54)

Double Decker Stringband ~ God Leads His Dear Children (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Joseph Callender.] (2:40)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Puncheon Camps (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [Clyde Davenport, Monticello, KY. 8/15/25.] (5:34)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers ~ Fiddler’s Convention in Georgia parts 1 & 2 (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/1/27.] (6:06)

Buell Kazee ~ The Sporting Bachelors (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [NY. Brunswick, Supertone, Aurora. 4/21/27.] (2:45)

Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band ~ Cuban Two Step Rag (County) Old Time Texas String Bands v. 2 [Dallas, TX. Vocalion. 10/26/28.] (3:09)

David Mayfield Parade ~ Wired to Break (Mountain Fever) Follow by Example [6/25/26.] (2:49)

Tidalwave Road ~ You Put the Blue in Bluegrass (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (2:37)

Tennessee Bluegrass Band ~ I’m on My Way (Flagpond Records) Nolichucky [2025.] (2:36)

Fiction Brothers ~ No More Cane on the Brazos (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979.] (3:21)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ Come Back to Me in My Dreams (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (2:30)

Reno & Smiley ~ Pick and Hold (King) 1959 to 1963 1 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 6/27/60. Wanted, 1961.] (2:26)

Carter Family ~ The Winding Stream (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Montgomery Ward. 10/13/32.] (3:06)

Fleming & Townsend ~ I Feel So Blue (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Charlotte, NC. Victor, Bluebird. 5/19/31.] (3:19)

Allen Brothers ~ Red Pajama Sal (JSP) The Allen Brothers A [NY. Vocalion. 10/3/34.] (2:57)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Mike in the Wilderness (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (3:01)

Fred McBride ~ Backstep Cindy (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC722 North Carolina Fiddle & Banjo [Lucas Pasley, bj. Allegheny County, NC.] (2:25)

Burns Piro ~ Rochester Schottische (Bandcamp) Browns Creek [2/18/26.] (2:57)

Tessa Dillon McCoy ~ Morris Allen’s Brickyard Joe (self-produced) It’s Hard to Love [2018.] (2:52)


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, Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys, the Mississippi Sheiks, Theo & Gus Clark, Cullen Galyean, Fred McBride, and Esker Hutchins! New music from the Blue Ridge Girls, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Max Vendetti, Newberry & Verch, the Onlies, and BurnsPiro! You won’t want to miss a moment!

Friday, September 25, 2026

Playlist 9/24/2026

 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)

Billy Strings ~ I’m One of Those (Reprise) So Much for Goodbyes [8/28/26.] (4:23)

Izaak Atlas Schwartz ~ Faded Love (Patuxent) Black Oak Ridge [4/10/26.] (3:32)

Benson ~ Firsts and Forevers (Mountain Home) single [7/24/26.] (3:54)

Jeff Michael & Johnny Williams ~ My Book of Memories (Flyin’ Cloud) Memories and Tears [1999.] (3:25)

Del McCoury ~ Fire on the Mountain (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/1967.] (2:36)

Bill Monroe ~ Drifting Too Far from the Shore (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 v. 2 [Nashville. 5/16/62. I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning. Decca. Released 6/15/64.] (2:28)

Eck Robertson & Family ~ Brown Kelly Waltz (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Cowboy Waltz. Dallas, TX. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Regal Zonophone Australian. 8/12/29.] (5:29)

J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers ~ Kiss Me Cindy (JSP) Classic Sides 1937 to 1941 A [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/5/37.] (2:39)

Spindale Quartet ~ Lift Him Up (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions 3 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/22/29.] (2:48)

Lucas Pasley & Martha Spencer ~ Albert’s Cumberland Gap (Lucas Pasley) Knight & Walrus [12/28/25.] (2:01)

Noah Beavers ~ Going to London (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [Cotton Eyed Joe. 4/28/79. Garry Harrison-g.] (1:41)

J. P. & Danielle Fraley ~ Fiddler’s Dream (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [Arthur Smith? 1974.] (2:09)

Canote Brothers ~ Prisoner Boy (Clonetone) Calico Pie [Fiddlin’ Jim Pate.] (2:41)

Hushpuppies ~ When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing (Old 97 Wrecords) Homestead on the Farm [Delmore Brothers. 2006.] (3:34)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Jenny on the Railroad (bandcamp) Parquet Seating [5/20/25.] (3:09)

Ray Brothers ~ Tuscaloosa Waltz (Document) Mississippi String Bands 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 11/21/30.] (2:46)

Tommy McClennon ~ Deep Blue Sea Blues (Yazoo) Before Blues 2 [Joe McCoy-tub bass. Chicago, IL. Bluebird. 9/15/41.] (3:00)

Riley Puckett ~ Careless Love (JSP) Selected Sides B [San Antonio, TX. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 3/29/34.] (3:04)

Wyatt Ellis ~ West Dakota Rose (Wyatt Ellis) single [2/6/26.] (5:54)

Backline ~ Not All Roads (Mountain Fever) Turning New Ground [7/1/26.] (2:29)

Bobby Osborne & C. J. Lewandowski ~ Blue Heartache (Turnberry) Keep On Keepin’ On [8/22/25.] (2:08)

Rock County ~ Mary Jane, Won’t You Be Mine (Rebel) Rock Solid [9/2003.] (2:39)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Heartbreak Mountain (Necktie) Losing Game [Buck Owens. 2021.] (2:53)

Stanley Brothers ~ Keep a Memory (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. Rising Sun, MD. 5/21/61.] (2:00)

Ashley’s Melody Men ~ Searcy County Rag (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 10/2/29.] (2:51)

South Georgia Highballers ~ Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Aloose (Musical Traditions) Push Them Clouds Away [Atlanta. Okeh. 10/5/27.] (2:54)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Say a Little Prayer for Me (JSP) Country Fiddle C [Dallas, TX. Decca. 2/20/37.] (2:54)

Lynn ‘Chirps’ Smith ~ Yeller Gal (Marimac) Midwestern Harvest [St. Lawrence Jig? 1994. Jesse James Abbott. Toledo, IL.] (2:14)

Earl White Stringband ~ Yew Piney Mountain (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014.] (2:28)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Polly Put the Kettle On (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Across the Sea [Byard Ray. Sodom Laurel, NC. 2025.] (3:59)

Horsenecks ~ Sweater Bag (Tiki Parlour) In the West [6/27/25.] (2:37)

Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers ~ How Long (Marimac) When the Yankees Came Down [Cofer Brothers. 1986.] (3:04)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Hold Fast to the Right (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [1973.] (2:58)

J. H. Howell’s Carolina Hillbillies ~ Girl That Worries My Mind (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 1/29/38.] (2:46)

Georgia Yellow Hammers ~ Childhood Days (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 White Lightning [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 11/27/29.] (3:10)

Narmour & Smith ~ Captain George, Has Your Money Come (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains A [Memphis, TN. OKeh, Velvetone, Clarion. 2/15/28.] (2:51)

Grassy Creek Bluegrass Band ~ Fire on the Hill (Sound Biscuit/Gravy) single [9/11/26.] (2:59)

Throwdown Thursday ~ Friday Night Blues (Mountain Fever) Throwdown Thursday [5/15/26.] (3:53)

Laura Leigh Jones ~ Have to Hold (CanaMania) single [9/11/26.] (2:29)

Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome ~ Woman You Should Be in the Movies (Turnberry) Old Kentucky Moon [10/7/22.] (2:32)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Rosinea (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (3:52)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Till the End of the World Rolls Around (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville. Recorded 5/19/54. 78 & 45 released 11/22/54.] (2:36)

Carter Family ~ Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy to Me (Bear Family) v. 2 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Zonophone South Africa. 2/15/29.] (3:17)

Ed Bell ~ Mean Conductor Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition B [“The weird guitar player.” Chicago, IL. Paramount. 9/27.] (2:56)

Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ A Young Boy Left His Home One Day (JSP) Charlie Poole B [NY. Columbia. 7/23/28.] (3:07)

Doug Rorrer ~ Fallen by the Wayside (Patuxent) Songs I Learned at My Mother’s Knee [Charlie Poole. 2026.] (3:04)

Don Pedi & Bruce Greene ~ Pop Goes the Weasel (Hazeldog) Rare Old Chestnuts [2005. Sammie Dyer, Lafayette, TN.] (1:23)

John Ashby & the Free State Ramblers ~ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC 108 [NY. April, 1972.] (3:09)

Lost Keys ~ Who Broke the Lock? (Tiki Parlour Recordings) The Lost Keys [2026. Mick Kinney. Atlanta, GA.] (3:05)

Ann & Phil Case ~ Where We’ll Never Grow Old (Dry Run Recordings) Never Grow Old [1999. James C. Moore.] (3:03)


New music from The Lost Keys, Billy Strings, Lucas Pasley & Martha Spencer, Backline, Wyatt Ellis, Benson, Throwdown Thursday, The Grassy Creek Bluegrass Band & Doug Rorrer! Mining the archives for the music of Ann & Phil Case, Chirps Smith, "Boots" & J. H. Howell, Charlie Poole, Mainer’s Mountaineers and Ashley’s Melody Men! Classics from Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Norman Blake with Tut Taylor, and the Stanley Brothers! Don’t miss a minute!