UPCOMING RADIO SHOWS
Bluegrass Signal on KALW
The program is broadcast on Saturdays, 6:30 - 8:00 pm on www.KALW.org (91.7 FM in Bay Area).
It is then archived for one week here - select 'Bluegrass Signal'
Produced and hosted by Peter Thompson (PT), Allegra Thompson (AT), Leah Wollenberg (LW), and others.
Nov. 23: Music By and About Families; host: LW
Nov. 30: Hicks With Sticks; host: Jose Segue
Dec. 7: A Soldier's Song; host: AT
Dec. 14: Music From the True Vine; host: LW
Dec. 21: Seasonal Sounds & More; host: Ryan Breen
Dec. 28: That's a Wrap - highlights from the 2019 IBMA Awards Show plus some Bluegrass 78s, in honor of the 78th year of KALW broadcasts; host: PT
Jan. 4: I Can’t Stand To Ramble - Bay Area Favorites Of the 1980s; host: PT
Jan. 11: Bluegrass Memories - Favorites Of the 1980s; host: Todd Gracyk
Jan. 18 & 25: Short Life Of Trouble - The Legacy of Grayson & Whitter; host: PT
Feb. 1: Let An Old Racehorse Run - Happy BirthdayS, Del McCoury AND Jason Carter; host: LW
Feb. 8: Drifting and Dreaming Of You - a pre-Valentine’s exploration of sleep stories, romantic and otherwise; host: AT
Feb. 15: No Letter In the Mail - post-Valentine’s reflections on an earlier form of communication; host: AT
Feb. 22: All Kinds Of Country; host: Sully Roddy
Feb. 29: Taterbug Is Nine - Happy Birthday, Mike Compton; host: PT
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Bluegrass Signal on Bluegrass Country
New BG Signal shows on Fridays (6 pm), then rebroadcasts Mondays (11 pm) and Tuesdays (midnight), all times EASTERN -- available HERE.
Bluegrass Country now has an ARCHIVE PLAYER. Just pick the date and (Eastern) time of broadcast, and you can hear Bluegrass Signal -- or any of the other 33 shows on Bluegrass Country -- at your convenience!
Nov. 15-21: Across the (Mostly Instrumental) Tracks
PT surveys some new releases that feature a wide variety of instrumentals. The program begins with a song, but it’s vocal-free thereafter.
Nov. 22-28: Time Changes Everything
PT explores some bluegrass and old time attitudes about time – on the evening that Daylight Saving Time ended for 2019.
Nov. 29 and Dec. 2: A Bluegrass & Old Time Harvest
Allegra Thompson presents songs about corn, peaches (now why is that?!?), and other harvest-related matters.
Dec. 3-13: Fall Membership Campaign Special
PT provides a brief overview of the history of bluegrass and old time music in Northern California, which, it is hoped, will provide sufficient motivation to contribute to this listener-supported broadcast facility. Go HERE to keep the music playing! Thanks!!
Dec. 16-17: What’s Goin’ On?
We're beyond the sell-by date, but Allegra Thompson's previews of what was happening hereabouts in late October and early November has plenty of great music.
Dec. 20-26: Christmas Is Near
A rebroadcast of PT's 2015 program of seasonal sounds, featuring then-recently-released music by Megan Lynch Chowning & Mary Sue Englund, Rhonda Vincent, Becky Buller, Kathy Kallick Band, Claire Lynch Band, John Reischman & The Jaybirds, Antique Persuasion, and Bud’s Collective, as well as faves from the Stanley Clan.
Bluegrass Signal on KALW
The program is broadcast on Saturdays, 6:30 - 8:00 pm on www.KALW.org (91.7 FM in Bay Area).
It is then archived for one week here - select 'Bluegrass Signal'
Produced and hosted by Peter Thompson (PT), Allegra Thompson (AT), Leah Wollenberg (LW), and others.
Nov. 23: Music By and About Families; host: LW
Nov. 30: Hicks With Sticks; host: Jose Segue
Dec. 7: A Soldier's Song; host: AT
Dec. 14: Music From the True Vine; host: LW
Dec. 21: Seasonal Sounds & More; host: Ryan Breen
Dec. 28: That's a Wrap - highlights from the 2019 IBMA Awards Show plus some Bluegrass 78s, in honor of the 78th year of KALW broadcasts; host: PT
Jan. 4: I Can’t Stand To Ramble - Bay Area Favorites Of the 1980s; host: PT
Jan. 11: Bluegrass Memories - Favorites Of the 1980s; host: Todd Gracyk
Jan. 18 & 25: Short Life Of Trouble - The Legacy of Grayson & Whitter; host: PT
Feb. 1: Let An Old Racehorse Run - Happy BirthdayS, Del McCoury AND Jason Carter; host: LW
Feb. 8: Drifting and Dreaming Of You - a pre-Valentine’s exploration of sleep stories, romantic and otherwise; host: AT
Feb. 15: No Letter In the Mail - post-Valentine’s reflections on an earlier form of communication; host: AT
Feb. 22: All Kinds Of Country; host: Sully Roddy
Feb. 29: Taterbug Is Nine - Happy Birthday, Mike Compton; host: PT
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Bluegrass Signal on Bluegrass Country
New BG Signal shows on Fridays (6 pm), then rebroadcasts Mondays (11 pm) and Tuesdays (midnight), all times EASTERN -- available HERE.
Bluegrass Country now has an ARCHIVE PLAYER. Just pick the date and (Eastern) time of broadcast, and you can hear Bluegrass Signal -- or any of the other 33 shows on Bluegrass Country -- at your convenience!
Nov. 15-21: Across the (Mostly Instrumental) Tracks
PT surveys some new releases that feature a wide variety of instrumentals. The program begins with a song, but it’s vocal-free thereafter.
Nov. 22-28: Time Changes Everything
PT explores some bluegrass and old time attitudes about time – on the evening that Daylight Saving Time ended for 2019.
Nov. 29 and Dec. 2: A Bluegrass & Old Time Harvest
Allegra Thompson presents songs about corn, peaches (now why is that?!?), and other harvest-related matters.
Dec. 3-13: Fall Membership Campaign Special
PT provides a brief overview of the history of bluegrass and old time music in Northern California, which, it is hoped, will provide sufficient motivation to contribute to this listener-supported broadcast facility. Go HERE to keep the music playing! Thanks!!
Dec. 16-17: What’s Goin’ On?
We're beyond the sell-by date, but Allegra Thompson's previews of what was happening hereabouts in late October and early November has plenty of great music.
Dec. 20-26: Christmas Is Near
A rebroadcast of PT's 2015 program of seasonal sounds, featuring then-recently-released music by Megan Lynch Chowning & Mary Sue Englund, Rhonda Vincent, Becky Buller, Kathy Kallick Band, Claire Lynch Band, John Reischman & The Jaybirds, Antique Persuasion, and Bud’s Collective, as well as faves from the Stanley Clan.