Playlist 2/12/2026

 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)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ Planting Potatoes with Pappy (Rebel) Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass [3/28/25.] (3:07)

Red Camel Collective ~ Halfway Down (Pinecastle) Red Camel Collective [11/29/24.] (4:26)

Appalachian Road Show ~ Me against the Mountain (Billy Blue) Della Jane’s Heart [2/21/25.] (4:31)

Todd Phillips ~ Spotted Pony (Gourd Music) In the Pines [1995.] (3:42)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ Sandy River Belle (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [County 705. 2^nd County session 1965.] (2:16)

Stanley Brothers ~ Pretty Polly (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [11/20/49. Nashville, TN. Columbia 78 & 45-12/18/50.] (2:54)

Carter Family ~ Beautiful Home (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 3/1/56.] (2:08)

Delmore Brothers ~ Lonesome Yodel Blues No. 2 (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 2/17/36.] (2:25)

Stripling Brothers ~ Forty Drops (Document) v. 2 [New Orleans, LA. Decca. 3/12/36.] (2:49)

Knackered Ramblers ~ Sandy River Belle(Knackered Ramblers) Knackered Ramblers [9/1/25.] (2:08)

Hus Caudill ~ Holly Ding (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Tom Carter-bj. Sparta, NC. 9/11/73.] (2:47)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ Goin across the Sea (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old-Time Duets [2006.] (2:43)

The Monks ~ Black Cat Waltz (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Ragged but Righteous [2002.] (3:17)

Rick Good ~ Flowery Girls (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [Hot Mud Family. Omer Forster. 2007.] (3:04)

Evie Ladin & Laurie Lewis ~ Ain’t Broke (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [Hank Bradley.] (2:45)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Soldier’s Joy (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:04)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ On the Dixie Bee Line (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet 3 [NY. Vocalion, Brunswick. 4/14/26.] (2:52)

Akins Birmingham Boys ~ There Ain’t No Flies on Auntie (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham, AL. Columbia. 10/31/28.] (2:52)

Rock Hearts ~ Lonesome Man in a Lonesome Town (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [10/4/24.] (2:52)

Becky Buller ~ Wall around Your Heart (Dark Shadow) Songs That Sing Me [Jim Lauderdale. 7/25/25.] (3:33)

Jesse Appelman ~ Liminal Criminal (self produced) Where We Go [John Mailander-hf. 2/20/26.] (3:01)

John Reischman ~ The Coyote Trail (Corvus) New Time & Old Acoustic [9/9/21.] (5:07)

Reno & Smiley ~ Cross Roads (Gusto) Box Set 1963 to 1972 2 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 6/1/64. On the Road: Songs Truck Drivers Love. Rel. 8/64.] (2:27)

Bill Monroe ~ Little Community Church take 2 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936 to 1949 6 [WBBM. Chicago, IL. Columbia. 10/28/47.] (2:54)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Acorn Stomp (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/25/28.] (2:58)

Bobby Leecan & His Need More Band ~ Washboard Cut Out (Yazoo) Times 2 [Camden, NJ. Victor, HMV, Electrola. 4/5/27.] (2:56)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Goin’ back to ‘Tucky (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Chicago, IL. ARC. 6/18/35.] (3:02)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ Home, Happy Home, Coal Harbor Bend (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Backside of Buncombe. 1989.] (3:46)

Tom Carter & Tom Sauber ~ Sail Away Ladies (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache 1 [Tommy Jarrell. 2021.] (3:01)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ John Brown’s Dream (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [Tommy Jarrell. 1999.] (2:04)

Emry Arthur ~ The Broken Wedding (JSP) Clarence Ashley C [Grafton, WI. Paramount, Broadway [Elroy Anderson. 9/29.] (3:19)

Dave & Howard ~ Bay Rum Blues (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [Charlotte, NC. Victor. 5/19/31.] (2:55)

Crowder Brothers ~ Wild West Rambler (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [NY. ARC, Conqueror. 9/22/37.] (2:55)

Grascals ~ Bend in the River (Billy Blue) Not That Gone [2/6/26.] (2:57)

Sharon Gilchrist, et al ~ Spirit of the South (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, the John Hartford Fiddle Tunes Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:45)

Bryan Sutton & Jake Stargel ~ Crazy Creek (Mountain Home) single [Tommy Jackson. 2/5/26.] (5:02)

Norman Blake & Tony Rice ~ Lost Indian (Rounder) Old Ties [Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2. 1990.] (3:06)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ My Better Years (Rounder) Blue Diamond [Hazel Dickens. 1993.] (3:24)

Ralph Stanley ~ My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Hills of Home. 1/70. King. 7/15/69.] (2:01)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Lord Be with Us, Amen (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Nashville, TN. RCA Victor. 3/26/50. 78 & green vinyl 45-5/50.] (2:34)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Murder of the Lawson Family (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to North Carolina 1 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/26/31.] (3:02)

Fiddlin’ Bob Larkan ~ The Higher Up the Monkey Climbs (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 2 [Memphis, TN. OKeh. 2/22/28.] (2:59)

Spencer & Rains ~ The Blind Man (Tiki Parlour) The Old Texas Fiddle v. 3 [2023. Claude Parker. Gonzales, TX.] (3:24)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Shelvin Rock (Augusta Heritage) Elk River Blues [1986.] (1:39)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Shortening Bread (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (1:18)

George Jackson & Brad Kolodner ~ Donald Blue (GJ & BK) Shady Lane [10/11/24.] (2:15)

Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon ~ If I Were a Featherbed (Featherbed) Featherbed [John McCutcheon & Sarah's mother. 10/24/25.] (4:15)

Pete McMahan ~ Ragtime Annie (Voyager) 60 Old Time Fiddle Gems 2 [1979. Missouri Fiddlin’ No. 4.] (3:03)

Dirk Powell ~ Craggy Spring (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [John Herrmann-bj. 1996.] (2:09)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley and Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from the Crowder Brothers, the Akins Birmingham Boys, the Blue Sky Boys, and Hus Caudill! New music from Bryan Sutton & Jake Stargel, Jesse Appelman, the Grascals, Featherbed, the Knackered Ramblers, Evie Ladin, Big Country Bluegrass, the Red Camel Collective, and Becky Buller! Get comfortable, and settle on in!