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.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Morris Brothers	Salty Dog Blues	Legends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3]
2	Bill Monroe	I'm Travelin' On and On	1947-1949 (Warped 4988)
3	Bill Monroe	Crossing the Cumberlands	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 4]
4	Jimmy Martin	Footprints in the Snow	First Time Together
5	The Dillards	Dooley	There Is A Time: 1963-70
6	Rhonda Vincent	Lonesome Wind Blues	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
7	The Gentlemen of Bluegrass	Old Old House	Carolina Memories
8	John Hartford	Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
9	John Hartford	Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
10	Blue Highway	Riding the Danville Pike	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
11	The David Thom Band	Home Is Where The Heart Is	That Old Familiar
12	The David Thom Band	The Little White Church	That Old Familiar
13	Alison Krauss & Union Station	So Long So Wrong	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
14	Ricky Skaggs	I Hope You've Learned	Ricky Skaggs
15	Ralph Stanley	Dad's Old Rocky Field	Old Songs & Ballads
16	The Rice Brothers	Grapes On the Vine	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
17	Hazel Dickens	I Can't Find Your Love Any More	O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
18	Del McCoury	A Far Cry	Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 4)
19	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	As Long As the World Stands	The Hard Game of Love
20	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Randy Lynn Rag	The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
21	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Duncan & Brady	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
22	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Orange Blossom Special	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
23	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Dusty Miller	Bill Monroe: Anthology
24	Mac Wiseman	I Wonder How The Old Folks Are	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
25	Steep Canyon Rangers	As I Go	Nobody Knows You
26	Laurie Lewis	Tall Pines	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
27	Jim Lauderdale	Old Time Angels	Old Time Angels
28	Jim & Jesse	Nine Pound Hammer	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
29	The Seldom Scene	Muddy Water	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
30	Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury	We're Steppin' Out Tonight	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
31	Lynn Morris Band	The Bramble and the Rose	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
32	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys	Hit Parade of Love	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
33	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]