BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Bluegrass (and Old Time) In the Movies (and on TV) - Aug. 2, 2025
Producer/host: Bria Light
O Brother Where Art Thou? (Mercury/2000)
- DAN TYMINSKI: I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
- ALISON KRAUSS/EMMYLOU HARRIS/GILLIAN WELCH: Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby
- THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Angel Band
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
- BROKEN CIRCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Over In the Gloryland
- BROKEN CIRCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn
- BROKEN CIRCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Country In My Genes
Deliverance (Warner Brothers/1973)
ARTHUR SMITH & DON RENO: Feudin’ Banjos (1955); first wide-scale airing was on "The Andy Griffith Show” in 1963, played by the Darlings (portrayed by The Dillards) and Griffith himself.
- ERIC WEISBERG & STEVE MANDELL: Dueling Banjos
- JOHNNY GIMBLE & BENNY MARTIN: Dueling Fiddles
Cold Mountain (DMZ-Columbia/2003)
- JACK WHITE: Wayfaring Stranger (Jack White)
- TIM ERIKSON: Am I Born To Die? (Tim Erikson)
Cold Mountain (DMZ-Columbia/2003)
- SACRED HARP SINGERS: I’m Going Home
- STUART DUNCAN & DIRK POWELL: Ruby With the Eyes That Sparkle
The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
- THE DILLARDS: Dooley/Back Porch Bluegrass (Elektra/63)
- THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Seeing Nellie Home/Live In Japan (Rebel/72)
- BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS: Stay All Night/The Essential Bob Wills (Columbia/46)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
- THE JOHNSON BOYS: Boil Them Cabbage Down/Singin’ & Pickin’ (Bethelem/63)
- ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION: Little Liza Jane/So Long So Wrong (Rounder/97)
Songcatcher (2003)
- CROOKED STILL: Wind and Rain/Shaken by a Low Sound (Signature Sounds/06)
- BRUCE MOLSKY & BIG HOEDOWN: Pretty Saro/Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown (Rounder/97)
- KOSSY SISTERS: Single Girl/Bowling Green and Other Folk Songs From the Southern Mountains (Tradition/56)
- BILLY STRINGS & BRYAN SUTTON: Mary of the Wild Moor/Live at the Legion (self/25)
BYRON BERLINE: Arkansas Traveller/Dad’s Favorites (Rounder/77) (cf., Stay Hungry, 1976)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Blue Moon of Kentucky/Blue Grass, 1950-1959 (Bear Family/54) (cf., King of the Hill “the bluegrass is greener,” 2002)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Petticoat Junction/16 Biggest Hits (Columbia/64) (cf., Petticoat Junction, 1963-1970)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Foggy Mountain Breakdown/1947-1959 (Bear Family/49) (cf., Bonnie & Clyde, 1967)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Two Anniversaries - Aug. 9, 2025
NOTE: Aug. 9th is the date of the first Stanley Brothers recordings for Mercury Records (1953) -- and the date of Jerry Garcia's passing (1995).
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/53)
- (Say) Won't You Be Mine
- This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)
- I'm Lonesome Without You
- Our Last Goodbye
OLD & IN THE WAY: Goin' to the Races/Breakdown (Acoustic Disc/73)
OLD & IN THE WAY: White Dove/Old & In the Way (Round/73)
OLD & IN THE WAY: Pig in a Pen/Old & In the Way (Round/73)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/53-4)
- Dickenson County Breakdown
- Could You Love Me (One More Time)
- Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
- I Just Got Wise
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND: Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, October 31, 1987
- If I Lose
- Bright Morning Stars
- Short Life of Trouble
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/56)
- A Lonesome Night
- I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
- Who Will Call You Sweetheart
- The Cry From The Cross
- Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
GRATEFUL DEAD: Jordan/Dick’s Picks, Vol. 8 (5-15-70)
HART VALLEY DRIFTERS: Think Of What You’ve Done/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1962)
HART VALLEY DRIFTERS: Clinch Mountain Backstep/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1962)
HART VALLEY DRIFTERS: Handsome Molly/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1962)
BLACK MOUNTAIN BOYS: She’s More To Be Pitied/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1963)
BLACK MOUNTAIN BOYS: Who Will Sing for Me?/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1963)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/54, 57)
-Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- Loving You Too Well
- Fling Ding
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: What’s Goin’ On - Aug. 16, 2025
KATHY KALLICK BAND featuring TOM BEKENY: Never Been So Lonesome/The Lonesome Chronicles (Live Oak/23)
SWEET SALLY: Lies/single (self/25)
SKILLET LICORICE & THE ALLSORTS ORCHESTRA: Arizona Stomp/Live at The Freight, Berkeley, CA (Berkeley Old Time Music Convention/22)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Fishin’ In the Dark/Sierragrass Sessions (5-25)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: It Takes One To Know One/Live at Carter Vintage Guitars (11-5-24)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Faithful/Live at Millennium Stage (Kennedy Center/6-25-25)
NEVER COME DOWN: Red Tail/Live at Filoli, Woodside, CA (8-16-24)
BAY AREA SPECIAL: I Could Change My Mind/single (self/25)
REBECCA FRAZIER: High Country Road Trip/Boarding Windows In Paradise (Compass/24)
THE TOWN HOWLERS: Dickenson County Breakdown > Montana Cowboy/Live at Vern’s Stage, Grass Valley, CA (6-24)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Thinking Of Home/Laurie & Kathy Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple/14)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Oh! Susanna/Laurie & Kathy Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple/14)
SIERRA HULL & BILLY STRINGS: Midnight on the Stormy Deep/Live on Austin City Limits (2025)
SIERRA HULL: Bombshell/Live at Billsville House Concerts, Manchester, VT (Less Than Face Productions/6-15-24)
SIERRA HULL: All I Ever Need Is You/Live on the Grand Olde Opry (2025)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: I Still Remember June/I Still Remember June (EMG/25)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Roland/I Still Remember June (EMG/25)
NEVER COME DOWN: Greener Pastures/Greener Pastures (self/24)
BAY AREA SPECIAL: Knee Deep In Lovin’ You/Live at Vern's Stage, Grass Valley, CA (6-14-25)
REBECCA FRAZIER: Make Hay While the Moon Shines/Boarding Windows In Paradise (Compass/24)
BELA FLECK: Rhapsody In Blue/Rhapsody In Blue (self/24)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Gelndale Train/single (self/25)
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Events previewed ...
Aug. 17 (3 pm): Tom Bekeny & Friends (Avram Siegel, Bethany Sorkey, Jim Nunally) - O'Reilly’s Pub, SF
Aug. 30: Tom Bekeny & Friends (Larry Chung, Avram Siegel, Steve Pottier, Jim Mintun) - Rite Spot, SF
Aug. 17 (6 pm): AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Sweet Sally - HopMonk Novato
Aug. 19 & 26 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Aug. 28 (5:30 pm): Skillet Licorice - Filoli (Woodside) Summer Nights series
Aug. 23-25: BOWER'S BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Washoe Valley, NV
with the Rebecca Frazier Band, Never Come Down, The Town Howlers, Bay Area Special
Aug. 26: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - UC Theatre, Berkeley (co-presented by The Freight)
Aug. 29: Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Rancho Nicasio (outdoor Sunset Series)
Rebecca Frazier Band -
- Aug. 21: The Otter Opry, Monterey
- Aug. 22: Crazy Horse Saloon, Nevada City
- Aug. 23-24: Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival
Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick Band (with Annie Staninec, Christine Wilhoyte, and Jesse Appelman) -
- Aug. 22: Rancho Nicasio
- Aug. 23: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Aug. 24: The Hillside Club, Berkeley
ticket giveaway -
Sept. 10: Sierra Hull - The Independent, SF
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Road Trip! - Aug. 23, 2025
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: Oregon Line (aka That Oregon Trail)/Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie’s 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways/17)
TONY FURTADO & KRISTIN ANDREASSEN: Portland Town to Klamath Falls/Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie’s 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways/17)
CHRIS BRASHEAR: This Oregon Country/Heart Of the Country (Dog Boy/12)
GEORGE REZENDES, DAVID GRISMAN, & TRACY GRISMAN: The Song of the Grand Coulee Dam (Way up in That Northwest)/Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie’s 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways/17)
JACK COOKE: North To Alaska/Sittin' On Top Of the World (Pinecastle/06)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: Alaska/Live (Spruce and Maple/07)
DONE GONE: Idaho Sands/Done Gone Band (Police/79)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: My Montana Home/Foxhounds (Live Oak/15)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: Montana Cowboy/Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (Rounder/76)
BECKY BULLER: On the South Dakota Wind/Little Bird (Bell Buckle/04)
KANE’S RIVER: Sea of South Dakota/Kane’s River (Doobie Shea/00)
FINNDERS & YOUNGBERG: Nebraska/FY5 (Hearth Music/11)
FRONT PORCH STRING BAND: If You're Ever In Oklahoma/Front Porch String Band (Leather/81)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: In Texas/Foxhounds (Live Oak/15)
CLIFF PERRY & LAUREL BLISS: My Texas Girl/Old Pal (Telegraph/94)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: Texas Bluebonnets/Live (Spruce and Maple/07)
JOHNSON MOUNTAIN BOYS: Waltz Across Texas/At the Old Schoolhouse (Rounder/88)
NICKEL CREEK: Deep In The Heart Of Texas/Little Cowpoke (self/93)
JEFF SCROGGINS & COLORADO: New Mexico/Western Branches (self/13)
JIM & JESSE: Colorado Calling Me/Today! (CMH/89)
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Colorado/Let It Go (High Country Recordings/14)
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS: Arizona/These Old Dark Hills (Red House/12)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: BOTMC Preview - Aug. 30, 2025
producer/host: Allegra Thompson
JAKE BLOUNT: Beyond This Wall/Spider Tales (Free Dirt/20)
SARAH KATE MORGAN: Won’t You Come and Sing For Me/Old Tunes & Sad Songs (self/23)
ERIC & SUZY THOMPSON: Basile Waltz/Adam & Eve Had the Blues (Arhoolie/89)
THE HORSE FLIES: Who Throwed Lye/The Horse Flies: Recordings from the collection of Ray Alden (Field Recorders Collective/84)
MOLSKY’S MOUNTAIN DRIFTERS: Let Me Fall/Closing the Gap (Tree Frog/19)
OZARK HIGHBALLERS: Ridin' Old Paint>Hell Amongst the Yearlings/Going Down to 'Leven Point (Jalopy Records/19)
SUZY THOMPSON: In The Pines/Stop & Listen: Live at the Freight (Arhoolie/05)
BRUCE MOLSKY: Fishin' Blues/Poor Man's Troubles (Rounder/00)
JAKE BLOUNT: Boll Weevil/Spider Tales (Free Dirt/20)
SARAH KATE MORGAN: Maysville/Old Tunes & Sad Songs (self/23)
BRUCE MOLSKY: New Cut Road/If It Ain't Here When I Get Back (Tree Frog/13)
JUDY HYMAN & JEFF CLAUS: Yell In The Shoats/Old-Time Sweethearts - Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (self/21)
BLAKE MILLER & THE OLD-FASHIONED ACES: Madame Bosso/Quelle Belle Journée (self/18)
PATRICE STRAHAN, DARCY FORD-JAMES, JOE Z. JOHNSON: Run Mourner Run/Live at The Freight (BOTMC/24)
WB REID & BONNIE ZAHNOW: Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase/Ryestraw (self/16)
SARAH KATE MORGAN: Muddy Creek/Old Tunes & Sad Songs (self/23)
OZARK HIGHBALLERS: Get Along Home Miss Cindy/Going Down to 'Leven Point (Jalopy Records/19)
BLAKE MILLER & THE OLD-FASHIONED ACES: Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin/Quelle Belle Journée (self/18)
GEOFF MULDAUR & THE TEXAS SHEIKS: Yellow Dog Blues/Texas Sheiks (Tradition & Moderne/09)
THE ONLIES: Spectacle Lake/You Climb The Mountain (self/25)
Producer/host: Bria Light
O Brother Where Art Thou? (Mercury/2000)
- DAN TYMINSKI: I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
- ALISON KRAUSS/EMMYLOU HARRIS/GILLIAN WELCH: Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby
- THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Angel Band
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
- BROKEN CIRCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Over In the Gloryland
- BROKEN CIRCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn
- BROKEN CIRCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Country In My Genes
Deliverance (Warner Brothers/1973)
ARTHUR SMITH & DON RENO: Feudin’ Banjos (1955); first wide-scale airing was on "The Andy Griffith Show” in 1963, played by the Darlings (portrayed by The Dillards) and Griffith himself.
- ERIC WEISBERG & STEVE MANDELL: Dueling Banjos
- JOHNNY GIMBLE & BENNY MARTIN: Dueling Fiddles
Cold Mountain (DMZ-Columbia/2003)
- JACK WHITE: Wayfaring Stranger (Jack White)
- TIM ERIKSON: Am I Born To Die? (Tim Erikson)
Cold Mountain (DMZ-Columbia/2003)
- SACRED HARP SINGERS: I’m Going Home
- STUART DUNCAN & DIRK POWELL: Ruby With the Eyes That Sparkle
The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
- THE DILLARDS: Dooley/Back Porch Bluegrass (Elektra/63)
- THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Seeing Nellie Home/Live In Japan (Rebel/72)
- BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS: Stay All Night/The Essential Bob Wills (Columbia/46)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
- THE JOHNSON BOYS: Boil Them Cabbage Down/Singin’ & Pickin’ (Bethelem/63)
- ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION: Little Liza Jane/So Long So Wrong (Rounder/97)
Songcatcher (2003)
- CROOKED STILL: Wind and Rain/Shaken by a Low Sound (Signature Sounds/06)
- BRUCE MOLSKY & BIG HOEDOWN: Pretty Saro/Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown (Rounder/97)
- KOSSY SISTERS: Single Girl/Bowling Green and Other Folk Songs From the Southern Mountains (Tradition/56)
- BILLY STRINGS & BRYAN SUTTON: Mary of the Wild Moor/Live at the Legion (self/25)
BYRON BERLINE: Arkansas Traveller/Dad’s Favorites (Rounder/77) (cf., Stay Hungry, 1976)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Blue Moon of Kentucky/Blue Grass, 1950-1959 (Bear Family/54) (cf., King of the Hill “the bluegrass is greener,” 2002)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Petticoat Junction/16 Biggest Hits (Columbia/64) (cf., Petticoat Junction, 1963-1970)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Foggy Mountain Breakdown/1947-1959 (Bear Family/49) (cf., Bonnie & Clyde, 1967)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Two Anniversaries - Aug. 9, 2025
NOTE: Aug. 9th is the date of the first Stanley Brothers recordings for Mercury Records (1953) -- and the date of Jerry Garcia's passing (1995).
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/53)
- (Say) Won't You Be Mine
- This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)
- I'm Lonesome Without You
- Our Last Goodbye
OLD & IN THE WAY: Goin' to the Races/Breakdown (Acoustic Disc/73)
OLD & IN THE WAY: White Dove/Old & In the Way (Round/73)
OLD & IN THE WAY: Pig in a Pen/Old & In the Way (Round/73)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/53-4)
- Dickenson County Breakdown
- Could You Love Me (One More Time)
- Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
- I Just Got Wise
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND: Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, October 31, 1987
- If I Lose
- Bright Morning Stars
- Short Life of Trouble
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/56)
- A Lonesome Night
- I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
- Who Will Call You Sweetheart
- The Cry From The Cross
- Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
GRATEFUL DEAD: Jordan/Dick’s Picks, Vol. 8 (5-15-70)
HART VALLEY DRIFTERS: Think Of What You’ve Done/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1962)
HART VALLEY DRIFTERS: Clinch Mountain Backstep/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1962)
HART VALLEY DRIFTERS: Handsome Molly/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1962)
BLACK MOUNTAIN BOYS: She’s More To Be Pitied/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1963)
BLACK MOUNTAIN BOYS: Who Will Sing for Me?/Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead (1963)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: 1953-1959 (Mercury > Bear Family/54, 57)
-Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- Loving You Too Well
- Fling Ding
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: What’s Goin’ On - Aug. 16, 2025
KATHY KALLICK BAND featuring TOM BEKENY: Never Been So Lonesome/The Lonesome Chronicles (Live Oak/23)
SWEET SALLY: Lies/single (self/25)
SKILLET LICORICE & THE ALLSORTS ORCHESTRA: Arizona Stomp/Live at The Freight, Berkeley, CA (Berkeley Old Time Music Convention/22)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Fishin’ In the Dark/Sierragrass Sessions (5-25)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: It Takes One To Know One/Live at Carter Vintage Guitars (11-5-24)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Faithful/Live at Millennium Stage (Kennedy Center/6-25-25)
NEVER COME DOWN: Red Tail/Live at Filoli, Woodside, CA (8-16-24)
BAY AREA SPECIAL: I Could Change My Mind/single (self/25)
REBECCA FRAZIER: High Country Road Trip/Boarding Windows In Paradise (Compass/24)
THE TOWN HOWLERS: Dickenson County Breakdown > Montana Cowboy/Live at Vern’s Stage, Grass Valley, CA (6-24)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Thinking Of Home/Laurie & Kathy Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple/14)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Oh! Susanna/Laurie & Kathy Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple/14)
SIERRA HULL & BILLY STRINGS: Midnight on the Stormy Deep/Live on Austin City Limits (2025)
SIERRA HULL: Bombshell/Live at Billsville House Concerts, Manchester, VT (Less Than Face Productions/6-15-24)
SIERRA HULL: All I Ever Need Is You/Live on the Grand Olde Opry (2025)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: I Still Remember June/I Still Remember June (EMG/25)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Roland/I Still Remember June (EMG/25)
NEVER COME DOWN: Greener Pastures/Greener Pastures (self/24)
BAY AREA SPECIAL: Knee Deep In Lovin’ You/Live at Vern's Stage, Grass Valley, CA (6-14-25)
REBECCA FRAZIER: Make Hay While the Moon Shines/Boarding Windows In Paradise (Compass/24)
BELA FLECK: Rhapsody In Blue/Rhapsody In Blue (self/24)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Gelndale Train/single (self/25)
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Events previewed ...
Aug. 17 (3 pm): Tom Bekeny & Friends (Avram Siegel, Bethany Sorkey, Jim Nunally) - O'Reilly’s Pub, SF
Aug. 30: Tom Bekeny & Friends (Larry Chung, Avram Siegel, Steve Pottier, Jim Mintun) - Rite Spot, SF
Aug. 17 (6 pm): AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Sweet Sally - HopMonk Novato
Aug. 19 & 26 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Aug. 28 (5:30 pm): Skillet Licorice - Filoli (Woodside) Summer Nights series
Aug. 23-25: BOWER'S BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Washoe Valley, NV
with the Rebecca Frazier Band, Never Come Down, The Town Howlers, Bay Area Special
Aug. 26: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - UC Theatre, Berkeley (co-presented by The Freight)
Aug. 29: Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Rancho Nicasio (outdoor Sunset Series)
Rebecca Frazier Band -
- Aug. 21: The Otter Opry, Monterey
- Aug. 22: Crazy Horse Saloon, Nevada City
- Aug. 23-24: Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival
Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick Band (with Annie Staninec, Christine Wilhoyte, and Jesse Appelman) -
- Aug. 22: Rancho Nicasio
- Aug. 23: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Aug. 24: The Hillside Club, Berkeley
ticket giveaway -
Sept. 10: Sierra Hull - The Independent, SF
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Road Trip! - Aug. 23, 2025
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: Oregon Line (aka That Oregon Trail)/Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie’s 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways/17)
TONY FURTADO & KRISTIN ANDREASSEN: Portland Town to Klamath Falls/Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie’s 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways/17)
CHRIS BRASHEAR: This Oregon Country/Heart Of the Country (Dog Boy/12)
GEORGE REZENDES, DAVID GRISMAN, & TRACY GRISMAN: The Song of the Grand Coulee Dam (Way up in That Northwest)/Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie’s 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian-Folkways/17)
JACK COOKE: North To Alaska/Sittin' On Top Of the World (Pinecastle/06)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: Alaska/Live (Spruce and Maple/07)
DONE GONE: Idaho Sands/Done Gone Band (Police/79)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: My Montana Home/Foxhounds (Live Oak/15)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: Montana Cowboy/Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (Rounder/76)
BECKY BULLER: On the South Dakota Wind/Little Bird (Bell Buckle/04)
KANE’S RIVER: Sea of South Dakota/Kane’s River (Doobie Shea/00)
FINNDERS & YOUNGBERG: Nebraska/FY5 (Hearth Music/11)
FRONT PORCH STRING BAND: If You're Ever In Oklahoma/Front Porch String Band (Leather/81)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: In Texas/Foxhounds (Live Oak/15)
CLIFF PERRY & LAUREL BLISS: My Texas Girl/Old Pal (Telegraph/94)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: Texas Bluebonnets/Live (Spruce and Maple/07)
JOHNSON MOUNTAIN BOYS: Waltz Across Texas/At the Old Schoolhouse (Rounder/88)
NICKEL CREEK: Deep In The Heart Of Texas/Little Cowpoke (self/93)
JEFF SCROGGINS & COLORADO: New Mexico/Western Branches (self/13)
JIM & JESSE: Colorado Calling Me/Today! (CMH/89)
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Colorado/Let It Go (High Country Recordings/14)
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS: Arizona/These Old Dark Hills (Red House/12)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: BOTMC Preview - Aug. 30, 2025
producer/host: Allegra Thompson
JAKE BLOUNT: Beyond This Wall/Spider Tales (Free Dirt/20)
SARAH KATE MORGAN: Won’t You Come and Sing For Me/Old Tunes & Sad Songs (self/23)
ERIC & SUZY THOMPSON: Basile Waltz/Adam & Eve Had the Blues (Arhoolie/89)
THE HORSE FLIES: Who Throwed Lye/The Horse Flies: Recordings from the collection of Ray Alden (Field Recorders Collective/84)
MOLSKY’S MOUNTAIN DRIFTERS: Let Me Fall/Closing the Gap (Tree Frog/19)
OZARK HIGHBALLERS: Ridin' Old Paint>Hell Amongst the Yearlings/Going Down to 'Leven Point (Jalopy Records/19)
SUZY THOMPSON: In The Pines/Stop & Listen: Live at the Freight (Arhoolie/05)
BRUCE MOLSKY: Fishin' Blues/Poor Man's Troubles (Rounder/00)
JAKE BLOUNT: Boll Weevil/Spider Tales (Free Dirt/20)
SARAH KATE MORGAN: Maysville/Old Tunes & Sad Songs (self/23)
BRUCE MOLSKY: New Cut Road/If It Ain't Here When I Get Back (Tree Frog/13)
JUDY HYMAN & JEFF CLAUS: Yell In The Shoats/Old-Time Sweethearts - Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (self/21)
BLAKE MILLER & THE OLD-FASHIONED ACES: Madame Bosso/Quelle Belle Journée (self/18)
PATRICE STRAHAN, DARCY FORD-JAMES, JOE Z. JOHNSON: Run Mourner Run/Live at The Freight (BOTMC/24)
WB REID & BONNIE ZAHNOW: Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase/Ryestraw (self/16)
SARAH KATE MORGAN: Muddy Creek/Old Tunes & Sad Songs (self/23)
OZARK HIGHBALLERS: Get Along Home Miss Cindy/Going Down to 'Leven Point (Jalopy Records/19)
BLAKE MILLER & THE OLD-FASHIONED ACES: Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin/Quelle Belle Journée (self/18)
GEOFF MULDAUR & THE TEXAS SHEIKS: Yellow Dog Blues/Texas Sheiks (Tradition & Moderne/09)
THE ONLIES: Spectacle Lake/You Climb The Mountain (self/25)