Bluegrass Signal on KALW
The program is broadcast on Saturdays, 5-6 pm (Pacific) on www.KALW.org (91.7 FM in Bay Area).
It is then archived for one week here - select 'Bluegrass Signal'
Unless otherwise noted, the theme music is: JOHN REISCHMAN: Bluegrass Signal/Up In the Woods (Corvus/99)
Produced and hosted by Peter Thompson (PT), Leah Wollenberg (LW), Sully Roddy (ST), and others.
Jan. 1: "New" Songs For A New Year
host: PT
MARK SCHATZ: New Year's Song/Brand New Old Tyme Way (Rounder/95)
NEVER COME DOWN: New Year’s Day Blues/Better Late Than Never (self/21)
WIL MARING: Things Will Be Better Next Year/An Ocean From Home (Bear Family/98)
JUNIOR SISK & JOE MULLINS: Brand New Shoes/Hall Of Fame (Rebel/13)
TREVOR & TRAVIS STUART: New Five Cents/Mountaineer (self/05)
LARRY SPARKS: Brand New Broken Heart/Ramblin’ Bluegrass (Starday/72)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: New Mule Skinner Blues/Castle Studio, 1950-1951 (RWA/51)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: New White House Blues/Between the Hollow & the High-Rise (Live Oak/10)
THE NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: New Lost Train Blues/String Band Instrumentals (Smithsonian-Folkways/64)
THE STRANGE CREEK SINGERS: New River Train/Strange Creek Singers (Arhoolie/72)
JIM & JESSE: When the Wagon Was New/The Old Dominion Masters (Pinecastle/76)
LYNN MORRIS BAND: New Patches/The Bramble & the Rose (Rounder/92)
THE ROADOILERS: New Money/The Roadoilers (self/07)
RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: Brand New Tennessee Waltz/1971-1973 (Rebel/72)
THE KODY NORRIS SHOW: Brand New Hit In Nashville/All Suited Up (Rebel/21)
FLOYD TILLMAN: Go Out and Find Somebody New/The Columbia & RCA Years (Columbia/46)
ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION: New Fool/Every Time You Say Goodbye (Rounder/91)
IVAN ROSENBERG: New Year's Waltz/The Littlest Dobro (Slosh Tone/16)
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Jan. 8: (Hell On) Church Street (Blues)
host: LW
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Hold Whatcha Got/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
J.D. CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Sally Goodin/J.D. Crowe & the New South aka 0044 (Rounder/75)
TONY RICE: Fare Thee Well/Cold on the Shoulder (Rounder/84)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Orphan Annie/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
TONY RICE: Orphan Annie/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
TONY RICE: Cattle in the Cane/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Cattle in the Cane/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY: She’ll Change/single (Nonesuch/21)
BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND: Blue Ridge Cabin Home/The Bluegrass Album Band (Rounder/81)
TONY RICE: Any Old Time/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Any Old Time/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Faithful/I’ll Come Back (self/21)
EVIE LADIN: Precious Days/Float Downstream (Evil Diane/10)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Church Street Blues/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
TONY RICE: Church Street Blues/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Ocean of Diamonds/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
TONY RICE: Eighth of January/Tony Rice (Rounder/77)
TONY RICE: Farewell Blues/Tony Rice (Rounder/77)
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Jan. 15: Crow On the Banjo
host: PT
theme -
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Crow On the Banjo/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/66)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Hit Parade Of Love/Hit Parade Of Love (Music Mill/58)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Ocean Of Diamonds/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Bear Tracks/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Somehow Tonight/Ramblin' Boy (Lemco/69)
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Little Girl In Tennessee/Live at the Red Slipper Inn, Lexington, KY (11-22-68)
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: I’ll Talk It All Over With Him/The Model Church (Lemco/70)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: You Can Have Her/Bluegrass Evolution (Starday/73)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Old Home Place/JD Crowe & The New South aka 0044 (Rounder/75)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Dark Hollow/Live In Japan (Towa/75)
THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND: Blue Ridge Cabin Home/Bluegrass Album Band (Rounder/80)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Blue Eyes Cryin’ In the Rain/Live In Japan (Rounder/79)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Born To Be With You > Old Joe Clark/Live at Crowe Fest, Wilmore, KY (2004)
JD CROWE: interview with Jim Mills/Live at the Banjo Showroom (2014)
JD CROWE: solo banjo/Live on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (2006)
JD CROWE: interview with Michael Johnathon/Live on Woodsongs OTRH (2006)
JD CROWE, DOYLE LAWSON, & PAUL WILLIAMS: Prayers Bells of Heaven/Live at IBMA Fan Fest (2010)
TRIBUTE TO JD CROWE: Blackjack/IBMA Awards Show (2020)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Crow On the Banjo (aka Bugle Call Rag)/Live In Japan (Towa/75)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Jimmy Martin, J.D.Crowe, Paul Williams, Lightnin Chance, Chubby Wise or Gordon Terry
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS (1968): JD Crowe, Red Allen, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Slone
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS (1969-70): JD Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Larry Rice, Bobby Slone
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (1973): JD, Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Hal Rugg, Pig Robbins, et al
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (1975): JD, Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Bobby Slone
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (1979): JD, Keith Whitley, Jimmy Gaudreau, Bobby Slone, Steve Bryant
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (2005): JD, Rickey Wasson, Dwight McCall, Ron Stewart, Harold Nixon
THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND: JD Crowe, Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Hicks, Todd Phillips
TRIBUTE TO JD CROWE: Kristin Scott Benson, Ned Luberecki, Gena Britt, Scott Vestal, Gina Furtado (IBMA 2020 Banjo Player of the Year Nominees)
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Jan. 22: Bye Felicia
host: Allegra Thompson
BILL MONROE: I’m Sitting On Top of the World/Best of Bill Monroe (Decca/57)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: I Don’t Care Anymore/Selected Cuts (Columbia/58)
STANLEY BROTHERS: Just Because/The King Years '61-'65 (King/63)
RENO & SMILEY: There’s Another Baby Waiting ForMe Down The Line/The Very Best of (King/52)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: When I Loved You/Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (Rounder/76)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: You’ll Get No More Of Me/The Hazel and Alice Sessions (Spruce & Maple/16)
PAPER WINGS: Winter Storm/Paper Wings (self/17)
JESSE MILNES & EMILY MILLER: My Better Years/Deep End Sessions Vol. II (Deep End Sessions/15)
OSBORNE BROTHERS: Who Done It?/The Osborne Brothers & Red Allen (Rounder/77)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: How Many Times/Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce & Maple/14)
BLUE FLAME STRING BAND: What Was I Supposed To Do?/Blue Flame String Band (Flying Fish/82)
RICHARD BRANDENBURG: That Ain’t Gonna Happen Anymore/Flickering Dreams (Pine Pitch/10)
EMILY MILLER & VAL MINDEL: Lover’s Return/In the Valley (Yodel-ay-hee/06)
LOUVIN BROTHERS: You’re Running Wild/ 20 All Time Greatest Hits (Capitol/56)
KITTY WELLS: Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On?/Makin’ Believe (Decca/55)
HOOT AND HOLLER: Too Many Reasons To Run/Reasons To Run (self/17)
WINDY HILL: Love You Miss You Bye/Lonesome Garbage Man (self/13)
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Jan. 29: All Kinds Of Country
host: SR
BILLY STRINGS: Red Daisy/Renewal (Rounder/21)
THE GOODBYE GIRLS: Pretty Little Girl/Sunny Side of the Mountain (self/16)
DAVID HOLT Sail Away Ladies/I Got a Bullfrog (self/05)
TRISTAN SCROGGINS: Seneca Square Dance/One-Ring Circus (self/21)
MIMI & RICHARD FARINA: Pack Up Your Sorrows/Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard/65)
CHRIS JONES AND THE NIGHT DRIVERS: Silver City/Make Each Second Last (Mountain Home/20)
TIM AND MOLLIE O’BRIEN: Wichita/Away Out On the Mountain (Sugar Hill/91)
A.J. LEE AND BLUE SUMMIT: Back to Bluegrass/I’ll Come Back (Old White Horse/21)
BILL MONROE: Little Cabin Home on the Hill/Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bear Family/48)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down/1948-1959 (Bear Family/57)
RICK FARIS: Moonshine Song/The Next Mountain (Dark Shadow/21)
COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN: Hot Rod Lincoln/Too Much Fun (MCA/72)
BILLER AND WAKEFIELD: Martian Guts/The Hot Guitars of Biller and Wakefield (Hightone/99)
RED CLAY RAMBLERS: Milwaukee Blues/Merchants Lunch (Flying Fish/77)
JOEL MABUS: Doc’sology/Omnibus (Fossil/08)
DOC WATSON: Doc’s Guitar/Doc Watson (Vanguard/64)
SIERRA FERRELL: The Sea/Long Time Coming (Rounder/21)
SIERRA HULL: In the Middle of the Woods/25 Trips (Rounder/20)
MERLE MONROE: Harlan Darlin’/Songs of a Simple Life (Pinecastle/21)
AMANDA COOK: Lonesome Leaving Train/Narrowing the Gap (Mountain Fever/21)
DAISY CAIRE: La Murcura/Chasin’ After the Wind (self/21)
The program is broadcast on Saturdays, 5-6 pm (Pacific) on www.KALW.org (91.7 FM in Bay Area).
It is then archived for one week here - select 'Bluegrass Signal'
Unless otherwise noted, the theme music is: JOHN REISCHMAN: Bluegrass Signal/Up In the Woods (Corvus/99)
Produced and hosted by Peter Thompson (PT), Leah Wollenberg (LW), Sully Roddy (ST), and others.
Jan. 1: "New" Songs For A New Year
host: PT
MARK SCHATZ: New Year's Song/Brand New Old Tyme Way (Rounder/95)
NEVER COME DOWN: New Year’s Day Blues/Better Late Than Never (self/21)
WIL MARING: Things Will Be Better Next Year/An Ocean From Home (Bear Family/98)
JUNIOR SISK & JOE MULLINS: Brand New Shoes/Hall Of Fame (Rebel/13)
TREVOR & TRAVIS STUART: New Five Cents/Mountaineer (self/05)
LARRY SPARKS: Brand New Broken Heart/Ramblin’ Bluegrass (Starday/72)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: New Mule Skinner Blues/Castle Studio, 1950-1951 (RWA/51)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: New White House Blues/Between the Hollow & the High-Rise (Live Oak/10)
THE NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: New Lost Train Blues/String Band Instrumentals (Smithsonian-Folkways/64)
THE STRANGE CREEK SINGERS: New River Train/Strange Creek Singers (Arhoolie/72)
JIM & JESSE: When the Wagon Was New/The Old Dominion Masters (Pinecastle/76)
LYNN MORRIS BAND: New Patches/The Bramble & the Rose (Rounder/92)
THE ROADOILERS: New Money/The Roadoilers (self/07)
RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: Brand New Tennessee Waltz/1971-1973 (Rebel/72)
THE KODY NORRIS SHOW: Brand New Hit In Nashville/All Suited Up (Rebel/21)
FLOYD TILLMAN: Go Out and Find Somebody New/The Columbia & RCA Years (Columbia/46)
ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION: New Fool/Every Time You Say Goodbye (Rounder/91)
IVAN ROSENBERG: New Year's Waltz/The Littlest Dobro (Slosh Tone/16)
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Jan. 8: (Hell On) Church Street (Blues)
host: LW
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Hold Whatcha Got/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
J.D. CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Sally Goodin/J.D. Crowe & the New South aka 0044 (Rounder/75)
TONY RICE: Fare Thee Well/Cold on the Shoulder (Rounder/84)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Orphan Annie/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
TONY RICE: Orphan Annie/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
TONY RICE: Cattle in the Cane/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Cattle in the Cane/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY: She’ll Change/single (Nonesuch/21)
BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND: Blue Ridge Cabin Home/The Bluegrass Album Band (Rounder/81)
TONY RICE: Any Old Time/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Any Old Time/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Faithful/I’ll Come Back (self/21)
EVIE LADIN: Precious Days/Float Downstream (Evil Diane/10)
PUNCH BROTHERS: Church Street Blues/Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch/22)
TONY RICE: Church Street Blues/Church Street Blues (Sugar Hill/83)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Ocean of Diamonds/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
TONY RICE: Eighth of January/Tony Rice (Rounder/77)
TONY RICE: Farewell Blues/Tony Rice (Rounder/77)
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Jan. 15: Crow On the Banjo
host: PT
theme -
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Crow On the Banjo/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/66)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Hit Parade Of Love/Hit Parade Of Love (Music Mill/58)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Ocean Of Diamonds/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Bear Tracks/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/58)
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Somehow Tonight/Ramblin' Boy (Lemco/69)
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Little Girl In Tennessee/Live at the Red Slipper Inn, Lexington, KY (11-22-68)
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: I’ll Talk It All Over With Him/The Model Church (Lemco/70)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: You Can Have Her/Bluegrass Evolution (Starday/73)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Old Home Place/JD Crowe & The New South aka 0044 (Rounder/75)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Dark Hollow/Live In Japan (Towa/75)
THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND: Blue Ridge Cabin Home/Bluegrass Album Band (Rounder/80)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Blue Eyes Cryin’ In the Rain/Live In Japan (Rounder/79)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Born To Be With You > Old Joe Clark/Live at Crowe Fest, Wilmore, KY (2004)
JD CROWE: interview with Jim Mills/Live at the Banjo Showroom (2014)
JD CROWE: solo banjo/Live on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (2006)
JD CROWE: interview with Michael Johnathon/Live on Woodsongs OTRH (2006)
JD CROWE, DOYLE LAWSON, & PAUL WILLIAMS: Prayers Bells of Heaven/Live at IBMA Fan Fest (2010)
TRIBUTE TO JD CROWE: Blackjack/IBMA Awards Show (2020)
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Crow On the Banjo (aka Bugle Call Rag)/Live In Japan (Towa/75)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Jimmy Martin, J.D.Crowe, Paul Williams, Lightnin Chance, Chubby Wise or Gordon Terry
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS (1968): JD Crowe, Red Allen, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Slone
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS (1969-70): JD Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Larry Rice, Bobby Slone
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (1973): JD, Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Hal Rugg, Pig Robbins, et al
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (1975): JD, Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Bobby Slone
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (1979): JD, Keith Whitley, Jimmy Gaudreau, Bobby Slone, Steve Bryant
JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH (2005): JD, Rickey Wasson, Dwight McCall, Ron Stewart, Harold Nixon
THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND: JD Crowe, Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Hicks, Todd Phillips
TRIBUTE TO JD CROWE: Kristin Scott Benson, Ned Luberecki, Gena Britt, Scott Vestal, Gina Furtado (IBMA 2020 Banjo Player of the Year Nominees)
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Jan. 22: Bye Felicia
host: Allegra Thompson
BILL MONROE: I’m Sitting On Top of the World/Best of Bill Monroe (Decca/57)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: I Don’t Care Anymore/Selected Cuts (Columbia/58)
STANLEY BROTHERS: Just Because/The King Years '61-'65 (King/63)
RENO & SMILEY: There’s Another Baby Waiting ForMe Down The Line/The Very Best of (King/52)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: When I Loved You/Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (Rounder/76)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: You’ll Get No More Of Me/The Hazel and Alice Sessions (Spruce & Maple/16)
PAPER WINGS: Winter Storm/Paper Wings (self/17)
JESSE MILNES & EMILY MILLER: My Better Years/Deep End Sessions Vol. II (Deep End Sessions/15)
OSBORNE BROTHERS: Who Done It?/The Osborne Brothers & Red Allen (Rounder/77)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: How Many Times/Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce & Maple/14)
BLUE FLAME STRING BAND: What Was I Supposed To Do?/Blue Flame String Band (Flying Fish/82)
RICHARD BRANDENBURG: That Ain’t Gonna Happen Anymore/Flickering Dreams (Pine Pitch/10)
EMILY MILLER & VAL MINDEL: Lover’s Return/In the Valley (Yodel-ay-hee/06)
LOUVIN BROTHERS: You’re Running Wild/ 20 All Time Greatest Hits (Capitol/56)
KITTY WELLS: Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On?/Makin’ Believe (Decca/55)
HOOT AND HOLLER: Too Many Reasons To Run/Reasons To Run (self/17)
WINDY HILL: Love You Miss You Bye/Lonesome Garbage Man (self/13)
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Jan. 29: All Kinds Of Country
host: SR
BILLY STRINGS: Red Daisy/Renewal (Rounder/21)
THE GOODBYE GIRLS: Pretty Little Girl/Sunny Side of the Mountain (self/16)
DAVID HOLT Sail Away Ladies/I Got a Bullfrog (self/05)
TRISTAN SCROGGINS: Seneca Square Dance/One-Ring Circus (self/21)
MIMI & RICHARD FARINA: Pack Up Your Sorrows/Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard/65)
CHRIS JONES AND THE NIGHT DRIVERS: Silver City/Make Each Second Last (Mountain Home/20)
TIM AND MOLLIE O’BRIEN: Wichita/Away Out On the Mountain (Sugar Hill/91)
A.J. LEE AND BLUE SUMMIT: Back to Bluegrass/I’ll Come Back (Old White Horse/21)
BILL MONROE: Little Cabin Home on the Hill/Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bear Family/48)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down/1948-1959 (Bear Family/57)
RICK FARIS: Moonshine Song/The Next Mountain (Dark Shadow/21)
COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN: Hot Rod Lincoln/Too Much Fun (MCA/72)
BILLER AND WAKEFIELD: Martian Guts/The Hot Guitars of Biller and Wakefield (Hightone/99)
RED CLAY RAMBLERS: Milwaukee Blues/Merchants Lunch (Flying Fish/77)
JOEL MABUS: Doc’sology/Omnibus (Fossil/08)
DOC WATSON: Doc’s Guitar/Doc Watson (Vanguard/64)
SIERRA FERRELL: The Sea/Long Time Coming (Rounder/21)
SIERRA HULL: In the Middle of the Woods/25 Trips (Rounder/20)
MERLE MONROE: Harlan Darlin’/Songs of a Simple Life (Pinecastle/21)
AMANDA COOK: Lonesome Leaving Train/Narrowing the Gap (Mountain Fever/21)
DAISY CAIRE: La Murcura/Chasin’ After the Wind (self/21)
