Playlist 3/12/2026

 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)

Carson Peters & Iron Mountain ~ To Make a Long Heartache Short (Billy Blue) Hold On Heart [10/25/24.] (3:09)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Rider on an Orphan Train (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [5/16/25.] (3:50)

Kentucky Just Us ~ Blue Kentucky Morning (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (2:44)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ Charming Betsy (Rebel) My Daddy’s Grass [2016.] (2:56)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ Poor Ellen Smith (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:31)

Bill Monroe ~ Blue Grass Special take 3 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 2/13/45.] (2:26)

Allison’s Sacred Harp Singers ~ Primrose Hill OSH 43 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 5/1/28.] (3:08)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Songs My Mother Sang (Dear Family) The Sunny Side of Life 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/2/37.] (2:55)

Grant Brothers & Their Music ~ Tell It to Me (Bear Family) The Johnson City Sessions 1 [Columbia. 10/15/28.] (2:56)

Newberry & Verch ~ Blessing on the Wing (self produced) Blessing on the Wing [Eric Gibson. 3/17/26.] (3:28)

Luther Davis ~ Sweet Bird (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:27)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Going Home (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Carter Family. 12/5-7/2016.] (2:46)

Jim Childress ~ Awful Pretty (Bandcamp) Fly Away [5/2/23.] (3:06)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Travellin’ Railroad Man (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Alabama Sheiks.] (3:55)

Joseph Decosimo ~ I Had a Good Father and Mother (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [Washington Phillips. 8/15/25.] (3:36)

Jaybird Coleman ~ Man Trouble Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Burl. Birmingham, AL. Gennett, Champion. 8/3/27.] (3:05)

Dixon Brothers ~ Sales Tax on the Women (County) Hard Times in the Country [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/12/36.] (2:17)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ The Waggoner (Document) v. 2 [Asa Martin, g. NY. Perfect. 3/5/31.] (2:42)

Tidalwave Road ~ This Ol’ Place Is Home to Me (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (3:07)

Dan Tyminski ~ Say Won’t You Be Mine (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/24.] (3:23)

Burnett Sisters Band ~ Sorrow, Grief and Pain (Pinecastle) Easy Come, Easy Go [10/10/25.] (3:39)

Danny Paisley ~ Six More Miles (Pinecastle) Bluegrass State of Mind [5/23/25.] (2:31)

Lindsey Nale et al ~ Old Stone Wall (Mountain Roads) Close Kin: Our Roots Run Deep [2014.] (3:37)

Stanley Brothers ~ Train 45 (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45-11/3/58.] (2:46)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen ~ Leather Breeches (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/14/30.] (3:06)

Asa Martin ~ My Cabin Home among the Hills (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Ed Lewis-autoharp. Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/16/31.] (2:44)

Fiddlin’ Jim Pate ~ Prisoner Boy (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [Tom Pate, g. Dallas, TX. Victor. 10/16/29.] (2:37)

Burns Piro ~ Moses Hoe the Corn (Bandcamp) Browns Creek [2/18/26.] (2:52)

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

Tessa McCoy ~ Broke Down Gambler (self-produced) It’s Hard to Love [2018.] (2:52)

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ Knoxville Girl (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (3:54)

Peter Honig & His Pals ~ Old Aunt Jenny with Her Night Cap On (Bandcamp) Old Time Music 1990 to 2016 v. 1 [2023.] (3:12)

Onlies ~ Roll On Buddy (The Onlies) You Climb the Mountain [Aunt Molly Jackson. 9/19/25.] (3:08)

Watkins Band ~ Bob Murphy (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Tom & Charlie Watkins. Atlanta, GA. Victor 2/24/28.] (3:08)

Cannon’s Jug Stompers ~ Prison Wall Blues (Yazoo) Best of Cannon’s Jug Stompers [Memphis, TN. Victor. 11/28/30.] (2:38)

Sweet Brothers ~ I Got a Bulldog (Historical) Early Country Music [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 7/10/28.] (2:53)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ Fiddler Jones (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [Jeff White. 3/13/25.] (4:19)

Larry Sparks ~ Sleepin’ Lula (Rebel) Way Back When [10/24/25.] (2:12)

East Nash Grass ~ The Love We Gave Up (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [8/22/25.] (3:26)

Fiction Brothers ~ Leaving Lexington (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979.] (3:12)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ Lost to a Stranger (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [0050. 8/20/76.] (2:34)

Reno & Smiley ~ Banjo Special (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 11/14/58. 45-11/59.] (2:39)

Carter Family ~ My Little Home in Tennessee (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 4 [Camden, NJ. RCA (1968). 10/12/32.] (2:57)

Fleming & Townsend ~ Me, the Moon and My Gal (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Twin. 11/25/30.] (3:18)

Allen Brothers ~ Old Black Crow in the Hickory Nut Tree (JSP) The Allen Brothers A [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, HMV India. 11/22/30.] (2:53)

Lonesome Ace Stringband ~ Honey Babe Blues (self produced) single [2/20/26. Clarence Ashley.] (3:05)

Greg Hooven et al ~ Chilly Winds (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (2:06)

Ida Red ~ Train on the Island (Yodel Ay Hee) Old Time Music [Norman Edmonds. 1997.] (3:13)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Pikes Peak (Bandcamp) Parquet Seating [5/20/25.] (2:18)

Andrew Marlin ~ Pellinore’s Ride (Tanyard Branch Music) Witching Hour [2020.] (3:52)

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, Dorsey Dixon, the Watkins Band, Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys, Luther Davis, Greg Hooven, and The Fiction Brothers! New music from Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Andrew Marlin, Newberry & Verch, the Lonesome Ace Stringband, and Jim Childress! You won’t want to miss a moment!