BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: What’s Goin’ On - May 7, 2022
host: PT
LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND: Lively Times: Live at the Anza Club (self/21)
- Highlander’s Farewell>Monroe’s Farewell to Long Hollow
- Too Much Water
- Long Hot Summer Day
THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: Never Slow Down (Smithsonian-Folkways/22)
- Blues Are Close at Hand
- Where Grass Won’t Grow
- Woke Up With Tears in My Eyes
CHRIS BRASHEAR & PETER McLAUGHLIN: St. Anne’s Reel>Fisher’s Hornpipe/Live at the Tucson Folk Festival (2022)
CALEB KALUDER-REEB WILLMS COUNTRY BAND: Innocent Road/ArtLab Sessions (2021)
AMY & HAILEY: What About You?/Sidekick Sessions (self/22)
KATHY KALLICK (with LAURIE LEWIS & SUZY THOMPSON): What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?/What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? (Live Oak/22)
DAVE BERRY: Mussel Rock/Morning Walk (self/22)
MISSION BLUE: Your Lone Journey/Live (2020)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Tear My Stillhouse Down/Live at WinterWonderGrass (Paste Studio/22)
SKILLET LICORICE (with THOMPSONIA): Babe/BOTMC Spring Situation (2021)
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Lonesome Ace Stringband -
- May 10: The Back Room, Berkeley
- May 11: Otter Opry - United Methodist Church, Monterey
The Po' Ramblin' Boys -
- May 12: Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City
- May 13: Moe's Alley, Sant Cruz; AJ Lee & Blue Summit opens
- May 14: The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa; Moonsville Collective opens
- May 15: Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Festival - Paramount Ranch, near Agoura Hills
Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin with Paul Knight -
- May 11: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- May 12: HopMonk Tavern, Sepastapol
- May 13: house concert Napa
- May 14: house concert in Marshall
- May 15 (4:30 pm): Chochmat HaLev, Berkeley
Caleb Klauder-Reed Willms Country Band -
- May 11: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- May 12: Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz
- May 14: Deep End Sessions, Santa Paula
- May 15 (4:30 pm): Chochmat HaLev, Berkeley
Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Suzy Thompson -
- May 24: Ray Fest: honoring Ray Edlund - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick; Thompsonia; High Country; The Road Oilers; High Water Line; North Country Blue
Dave Berry -
- May 13 (9 am): Lucy Smith & Dave Berry - Bernal Pop-Up Bakery @ Charlie’s Cafe, 3202 Folsom St. @Precita Park, SF
Mission Blue -
- May 21: Back Room, Berkeley
- June 3: Smiley’s Saloon, Bolinas
- June 4: HopDogma Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay
- Wednesdays (6 pm): Dana Frankel - Coast Cafe, Bolinas
AJ Lee & Blue Summit -
- May 12: Dying Breed Brewing, Oakdale
- May 13: Moe's Alley, Sant Cruz; opening for The Po' Ramblin’ Boys
- May 14: McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica
- May 15: Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Festival - Paramount Ranch, near Agoura Hills
- May 20: Castoro Cellars, Templeton; with The Coffis Brothers
- May 21: Winstons Beach Club, San Diego
- May 26: Strawberry Music Festival, Grass Valley
- May 27: Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
- May 28: Ember Stomp (wildfire prevention festival) - Marin Civic Center, San Rafael
Skillet Licorice & Friends -
- Tuesdays (5 pm): The Page, SF
- June 11: square dance at RiverTunes JAMboree - Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon; with Rowan McCallister; Robin Fisher calling
- June 15: Amado's, SF
Thompsonia -
- May 24: Ray Fest: honoring Ray Edlund - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - see above
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Remembering Roland - May 14, 2022
theme -
JERRY GARCIA: intro/Livin' In The Past (Briar/65) > KENTUCKY COLONELS: Bill Cheatham/Long Journey Home (Vanguard/64)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: I Am A Pilgrim/Appalachian Swing (World Pacific/64)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: If You're Ever Gonna Love Me/Livin' In The Past (Briar/65)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: Brakeman's Blues/Long Journey Home (Vanguard/64)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Walls of Time/1959-1969 (Bear Family/68)
LESTER FLATT & NASHVILLE GRASS: I’ll Be Over You/Kentucky Ridgerunner (RCA/72)
THE NEW KENTUCKY COLONELS: You Won't Be Satisfied That Way/Live In Sweden (RWM/73)
COUNTRY GAZETTE: Blue Blue Day/Live (Transatlantic/75)
COUNTRY GAZETTE: Still Feeling Blue/Out To Lunch (Flying Fish/76)
ROLAND WHITE: I'm Head Over Heels In Love With You/I Wasn't Born To Rock 'n Roll (Ridge Runner/76)
THE DREADFUL SNAKES: Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die/Snakes Alive! (Rounder/84)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Weary Blues From Waitin’/The Boys Are Back In Town (Sugar Hill/90)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Doorstep Of Trouble/Live In Munich (1991)
ROLAND WHITE & FRIENDS: Soldier’s Joy>Ragtime Annie/A Tribute To the Kentucky Colonels (Mountain Home/18)
KENTUCKY COLONELS REUNION: Pike County Breakdown/Live at the CBA’s Father’s Day Festival (2015)
ROLAND WHITE BAND: She’s Gone, Gone, Gone/Live at McCabe’s (2013)
ROLAND WHITE BAND: Roland’s Rag/Jelly On My Tofu (Copper Creek/03)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Dynamic Duos - May 21, 2022
host: Leah Wollenberg
DEL McCOURY & DAVID GRISMAN: Dark Hollow/Del and Dawg Live (Acoustic Disc/16)
MIKE BARNETT featuring STASH WYSLOUCH: Fire in the Hole/+1 (Compass/21)
LAURIE LEWIS featuring KATHY KALLICK: Old Friend/and Laurie Lewis (Spruce and Maple/20)
PAPER WINGS: Woods and Fields/Clementine (self/19)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: Seven Year Blues/Stay Awhile (Rounder/95)
JAKE BLOUNT & TATIANA HARGREAVES: We’re Gonna Hunt the Buffalo/Reparations (self/17)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: James Alley Blues/Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (Rounder/76)
ERIC THOMPSON featuring SUZY THOMPSON: Crapaud/Kleptograss (self/10)
MONROE BROTHERS: All the Good Times are Past and Gone/Complete RCA Victor Bluebird Recordings, Vol. 3 (37)
REEB WILLMS & CALEB KLAUDER: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister?/Oh Do You Remember (self/14)
KATHY KALLICK featuring TRISTAN SCROGGINS: Sittin' On Top of the World/What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? (Live Oak/22)
TOM ROZUM & LAURIE LEWIS: Millionaire/Live in Cedar Rapids (self/late ‘90s)
BILL MONROE & DOC WATSON: Where is My Sailor Boy? (aka What Does the Deep Sea Say?)/Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways/63)
JULIAN LAGE & CHRIS ELDRIDGE: Greener Grass/Mount Royal (Free Dirt/17)
NORMAN BLAKE & TONY RICE: I’m Comin’ Back But I Don’t Know When/Blake and Rice (Rounder/87)
SKILLET LICORICE: Dora Dean/Allsorts Orchestra (self/21)
ALVEY/CIACCIO/EVANS/JACKSON/KILIANSKI: Polecat Blues/Tune Hash Vol. 1&2: Smothered and Covered (self/22)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: All Kinds Of Country - May 28, 2022
Host: Sully Roddy
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: That Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore/Roundtable (Billy Blue Records/21)
RANDY NEWMAN: Dixie Flyer/Land of Dreams (Reprise/88)
ROY ACUFF: Wabash Cannon Ball/The Essential Roy Acuff (1936-1949) (Columbia Legacy/92)
AMANDA COOK: Get on Board/Narrowing the Gap (Mountain Fever/21)
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright/Dirt Does Dylan (NGDB/22)
EMMYLOU HARRIS: If I Could Only Win Your Love/Profile, Best of Emmylou Harris (Warner Brothers/78)
JIM & JESSE: She Left Me Standing On the Mountain/Bluegrass and More (Bear Family/94)
EVERLY BROTHERS: When Will I Be Loved/Heartaches and Harmonies (Rhino/1994)
JOHNNY GIMBLE: Lime Rock/Texas Fiddle Collection (CMH/1981)
SETH MULDER AND MIDNIGHT RUN: My, My, My/single (Mountain Fever/22)
MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY: Grass Valley/Crooked Tree (Nonesuch/22)
HAZEL DICKENS AND ALICE GERRARD: Won’t You Come and Sing for Me/Pioneering Women of Bluegrass (Smithsonian Folkways/1996)
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: Didn’t It Rain/I Brought Him With Me (House of Blues/1995)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Goodnight the Lord’s Coming/To Be His Child (Rounder/87)
CEDAR HILL: Number One At the Bottom/New Chapter (Mountain Fever/21)
HANK THOMPSON & HIS BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS: Number One On the Hurt Parade/Pathway Of My Life (Bear Family Records/13)
CHIP TAYLOR: 101 In Cashbox: Last Chance (Gadfly Records/73)
MASON VIA: Gettin' Gone/Gettin' Gone (Mountain Fever/22)
SCOTT VESTAL & BLUEGRASS 2022: EMD (Pinecastle/22)
host: PT
LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND: Lively Times: Live at the Anza Club (self/21)
- Highlander’s Farewell>Monroe’s Farewell to Long Hollow
- Too Much Water
- Long Hot Summer Day
THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: Never Slow Down (Smithsonian-Folkways/22)
- Blues Are Close at Hand
- Where Grass Won’t Grow
- Woke Up With Tears in My Eyes
CHRIS BRASHEAR & PETER McLAUGHLIN: St. Anne’s Reel>Fisher’s Hornpipe/Live at the Tucson Folk Festival (2022)
CALEB KALUDER-REEB WILLMS COUNTRY BAND: Innocent Road/ArtLab Sessions (2021)
AMY & HAILEY: What About You?/Sidekick Sessions (self/22)
KATHY KALLICK (with LAURIE LEWIS & SUZY THOMPSON): What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?/What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? (Live Oak/22)
DAVE BERRY: Mussel Rock/Morning Walk (self/22)
MISSION BLUE: Your Lone Journey/Live (2020)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Tear My Stillhouse Down/Live at WinterWonderGrass (Paste Studio/22)
SKILLET LICORICE (with THOMPSONIA): Babe/BOTMC Spring Situation (2021)
<><><> Concerts previewed <><><>
Lonesome Ace Stringband -
- May 10: The Back Room, Berkeley
- May 11: Otter Opry - United Methodist Church, Monterey
The Po' Ramblin' Boys -
- May 12: Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City
- May 13: Moe's Alley, Sant Cruz; AJ Lee & Blue Summit opens
- May 14: The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa; Moonsville Collective opens
- May 15: Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Festival - Paramount Ranch, near Agoura Hills
Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin with Paul Knight -
- May 11: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- May 12: HopMonk Tavern, Sepastapol
- May 13: house concert Napa
- May 14: house concert in Marshall
- May 15 (4:30 pm): Chochmat HaLev, Berkeley
Caleb Klauder-Reed Willms Country Band -
- May 11: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- May 12: Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz
- May 14: Deep End Sessions, Santa Paula
- May 15 (4:30 pm): Chochmat HaLev, Berkeley
Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Suzy Thompson -
- May 24: Ray Fest: honoring Ray Edlund - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick; Thompsonia; High Country; The Road Oilers; High Water Line; North Country Blue
Dave Berry -
- May 13 (9 am): Lucy Smith & Dave Berry - Bernal Pop-Up Bakery @ Charlie’s Cafe, 3202 Folsom St. @Precita Park, SF
Mission Blue -
- May 21: Back Room, Berkeley
- June 3: Smiley’s Saloon, Bolinas
- June 4: HopDogma Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay
- Wednesdays (6 pm): Dana Frankel - Coast Cafe, Bolinas
AJ Lee & Blue Summit -
- May 12: Dying Breed Brewing, Oakdale
- May 13: Moe's Alley, Sant Cruz; opening for The Po' Ramblin’ Boys
- May 14: McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica
- May 15: Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Festival - Paramount Ranch, near Agoura Hills
- May 20: Castoro Cellars, Templeton; with The Coffis Brothers
- May 21: Winstons Beach Club, San Diego
- May 26: Strawberry Music Festival, Grass Valley
- May 27: Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
- May 28: Ember Stomp (wildfire prevention festival) - Marin Civic Center, San Rafael
Skillet Licorice & Friends -
- Tuesdays (5 pm): The Page, SF
- June 11: square dance at RiverTunes JAMboree - Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon; with Rowan McCallister; Robin Fisher calling
- June 15: Amado's, SF
Thompsonia -
- May 24: Ray Fest: honoring Ray Edlund - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - see above
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Remembering Roland - May 14, 2022
theme -
JERRY GARCIA: intro/Livin' In The Past (Briar/65) > KENTUCKY COLONELS: Bill Cheatham/Long Journey Home (Vanguard/64)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: I Am A Pilgrim/Appalachian Swing (World Pacific/64)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: If You're Ever Gonna Love Me/Livin' In The Past (Briar/65)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: Brakeman's Blues/Long Journey Home (Vanguard/64)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Walls of Time/1959-1969 (Bear Family/68)
LESTER FLATT & NASHVILLE GRASS: I’ll Be Over You/Kentucky Ridgerunner (RCA/72)
THE NEW KENTUCKY COLONELS: You Won't Be Satisfied That Way/Live In Sweden (RWM/73)
COUNTRY GAZETTE: Blue Blue Day/Live (Transatlantic/75)
COUNTRY GAZETTE: Still Feeling Blue/Out To Lunch (Flying Fish/76)
ROLAND WHITE: I'm Head Over Heels In Love With You/I Wasn't Born To Rock 'n Roll (Ridge Runner/76)
THE DREADFUL SNAKES: Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die/Snakes Alive! (Rounder/84)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Weary Blues From Waitin’/The Boys Are Back In Town (Sugar Hill/90)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Doorstep Of Trouble/Live In Munich (1991)
ROLAND WHITE & FRIENDS: Soldier’s Joy>Ragtime Annie/A Tribute To the Kentucky Colonels (Mountain Home/18)
KENTUCKY COLONELS REUNION: Pike County Breakdown/Live at the CBA’s Father’s Day Festival (2015)
ROLAND WHITE BAND: She’s Gone, Gone, Gone/Live at McCabe’s (2013)
ROLAND WHITE BAND: Roland’s Rag/Jelly On My Tofu (Copper Creek/03)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Dynamic Duos - May 21, 2022
host: Leah Wollenberg
DEL McCOURY & DAVID GRISMAN: Dark Hollow/Del and Dawg Live (Acoustic Disc/16)
MIKE BARNETT featuring STASH WYSLOUCH: Fire in the Hole/+1 (Compass/21)
LAURIE LEWIS featuring KATHY KALLICK: Old Friend/and Laurie Lewis (Spruce and Maple/20)
PAPER WINGS: Woods and Fields/Clementine (self/19)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: Seven Year Blues/Stay Awhile (Rounder/95)
JAKE BLOUNT & TATIANA HARGREAVES: We’re Gonna Hunt the Buffalo/Reparations (self/17)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: James Alley Blues/Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (Rounder/76)
ERIC THOMPSON featuring SUZY THOMPSON: Crapaud/Kleptograss (self/10)
MONROE BROTHERS: All the Good Times are Past and Gone/Complete RCA Victor Bluebird Recordings, Vol. 3 (37)
REEB WILLMS & CALEB KLAUDER: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister?/Oh Do You Remember (self/14)
KATHY KALLICK featuring TRISTAN SCROGGINS: Sittin' On Top of the World/What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? (Live Oak/22)
TOM ROZUM & LAURIE LEWIS: Millionaire/Live in Cedar Rapids (self/late ‘90s)
BILL MONROE & DOC WATSON: Where is My Sailor Boy? (aka What Does the Deep Sea Say?)/Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways/63)
JULIAN LAGE & CHRIS ELDRIDGE: Greener Grass/Mount Royal (Free Dirt/17)
NORMAN BLAKE & TONY RICE: I’m Comin’ Back But I Don’t Know When/Blake and Rice (Rounder/87)
SKILLET LICORICE: Dora Dean/Allsorts Orchestra (self/21)
ALVEY/CIACCIO/EVANS/JACKSON/KILIANSKI: Polecat Blues/Tune Hash Vol. 1&2: Smothered and Covered (self/22)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: All Kinds Of Country - May 28, 2022
Host: Sully Roddy
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: That Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore/Roundtable (Billy Blue Records/21)
RANDY NEWMAN: Dixie Flyer/Land of Dreams (Reprise/88)
ROY ACUFF: Wabash Cannon Ball/The Essential Roy Acuff (1936-1949) (Columbia Legacy/92)
AMANDA COOK: Get on Board/Narrowing the Gap (Mountain Fever/21)
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright/Dirt Does Dylan (NGDB/22)
EMMYLOU HARRIS: If I Could Only Win Your Love/Profile, Best of Emmylou Harris (Warner Brothers/78)
JIM & JESSE: She Left Me Standing On the Mountain/Bluegrass and More (Bear Family/94)
EVERLY BROTHERS: When Will I Be Loved/Heartaches and Harmonies (Rhino/1994)
JOHNNY GIMBLE: Lime Rock/Texas Fiddle Collection (CMH/1981)
SETH MULDER AND MIDNIGHT RUN: My, My, My/single (Mountain Fever/22)
MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY: Grass Valley/Crooked Tree (Nonesuch/22)
HAZEL DICKENS AND ALICE GERRARD: Won’t You Come and Sing for Me/Pioneering Women of Bluegrass (Smithsonian Folkways/1996)
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: Didn’t It Rain/I Brought Him With Me (House of Blues/1995)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Goodnight the Lord’s Coming/To Be His Child (Rounder/87)
CEDAR HILL: Number One At the Bottom/New Chapter (Mountain Fever/21)
HANK THOMPSON & HIS BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS: Number One On the Hurt Parade/Pathway Of My Life (Bear Family Records/13)
CHIP TAYLOR: 101 In Cashbox: Last Chance (Gadfly Records/73)
MASON VIA: Gettin' Gone/Gettin' Gone (Mountain Fever/22)
SCOTT VESTAL & BLUEGRASS 2022: EMD (Pinecastle/22)