We’re taking a trip up into hill country to celebrate a true Americana sound. From it’s simple roots rolling out of Appalachia, celebrating music and culture going back even further, bluegrass music evolved from many different corners with a combination of many styles, including old-time mountain music, square dance fiddling, blues, gospel, jazz, and popular music. You can count on high energy, fast tempos and a most distinctive sound. This week’s show has the syncopated rhythms moving along like a freight train, those nostalgic remembrances, and heel-kicking improvisations…not to mention those high lonesome vocals. We’ve got Blue Highway, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs, The Rice Brothers and a couple dozen others in a Friday morning bluegrass extravaganza, sharing both classic and contemporary performers. If you’re close by, tune into KOWS 92.5 FM or, better yet, stream us almost anywhere on planet Earth at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Morris Brothers
Salty Dog Blues
Legends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3]
3
Bill Monroe
I'm Travelin' On and On
1947-1949 (Warped 4988)
4
Bill Monroe
Crossing the Cumberlands
Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 4]
5
Jimmy Martin
Footprints in the Snow
First Time Together
6
The Dillards
Dooley
There Is A Time: 1963-70
7
Rhonda Vincent
Lonesome Wind Blues
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
8
The Gentlemen of Bluegrass
Old Old House
Carolina Memories
9
John Hartford
Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew
Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
10
John Hartford
Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home
Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
11
Blue Highway
Riding the Danville Pike
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
12
The David Thom Band
Home Is Where The Heart Is
That Old Familiar
13
The David Thom Band
The Little White Church
That Old Familiar
14
Alison Krauss & Union Station
So Long So Wrong
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
15
Ricky Skaggs
I Hope You've Learned
Ricky Skaggs
16
Ralph Stanley
Dad's Old Rocky Field
Old Songs & Ballads
17
The Rice Brothers
Grapes On the Vine
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
18
Hazel Dickens
I Can't Find Your Love Any More
O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
19
Del McCoury
A Far Cry
Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 4)
20
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
As Long As the World Stands
The Hard Game of Love
21
Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt
Randy Lynn Rag
The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
22
The Johnson Mountain Boys
Duncan & Brady
Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
23
The Johnson Mountain Boys
Orange Blossom Special
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
24
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Dusty Miller
Bill Monroe: Anthology
25
Mac Wiseman
I Wonder How The Old Folks Are
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
26
Steep Canyon Rangers
As I Go
Nobody Knows You
27
Laurie Lewis
Tall Pines
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
28
Jim Lauderdale
Old Time Angels
Old Time Angels
29
Jim & Jesse
Nine Pound Hammer
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
30
The Seldom Scene
Muddy Water
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
31
Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury
We're Steppin' Out Tonight
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
32
Lynn Morris Band
The Bramble and the Rose
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs