BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Across the Tracks - July 5, 2025
NOTE: all tracks released in 2025.
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: O California! (Spruce & Maple)
- O California!
- Look Down That Lonesome Road
- Hell Broke Loose In Georgia
HOT RIZE: Mighty Mississippi/From the Vault (self/89)
HOT RIZE: Brown Eyes Rabbit/From the Vault (self/14)
TIM O’BRIEN & JAN FABRICIUS: Lonesome Armadillo/Paper Flowers
PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: I Can’t Stand Me (with a bit of Always Late With Your Kisses)/single (Sound Biscuit)
PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: I’ve Always Been A Rambler/single (Sound Biscuit)
C.J. LEWANDOWSKI & FRIENDS: She’s No Angel/Keep On Keepin’ On (Turnberry)
SISTER SADIE & THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: Just A Holler Over/single (Mountain Home)
JAELEE ROBERTS: Love Gone Missing/single (self)
DALE ANN BRADLEY: Uncle Jake/single (Pinecastle)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Annalina/I Still Remember June (EMG)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Down the Coast/I Still Remember June (EMG)
SWEET SALLY: Lies/single (self)
SWEET SALLY: Been A While/single (self)
SETH MULDAR & MIDNIGHT RUN: Comin’ On Strong (Rebel)
- Old Rueben No. 1
- Comin’ On Strong
- Heartbreak Express
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: I’m A Believer/single (self)
EAST NASH GRASS: Bend in the Road/single (Mountain Fever)
RRINACO: Get Along Somehow/Little Songs (Rebel)
JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS: Time Adds Up (If You’re Lucky)/Lovin', Fightin', Losin’ Sleep (Billy Blue)
CHRIS JONES & THE NIGHT DRIVERS: Plenty Ventured/single (Mountain Home)
DANNY ROBERTS: Leitchfield/single (Mountain Home)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Industrial Strength Bluegrass - July 12, 2025
NOTE: All selections from Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy (Smithsonian-Folkways/21 & 24), except as noted.
JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS: Readin', Rightin’, Route 23
LARRY CORDLE: The Rolling Mills of Middletown
BOBBY OSBORNE: We’ll Head Back to Harlan
Vintage recordings, included on 2024 vinyl reissue:
THE TRADITIONAL GRASS: You'll Never Be the Same/Howdy Neighbor Howdy (Rebel/92)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: I'm Bound to Ride/The King Years, 1961-1965 (King/64)
LARRY SPARKS & HIS LONESOME RAMBLERS: He's Everything to Me/New Gospel Songs (Pine Tree/71)
JOSH WILLIAMS, BRADLEY WALKER, & RUSSELL MOORE: Larry Sparks Medley: Dark Hollow/A Face in the Crowd/These Old Blues
RONNIE BOWMAN, DON RIGSBY, & KENNY SMITH: Stone Walls and Steel Bars
LEE ANN WOMACK: From Life’s Other Side
Vintage recordings, included on 2024 vinyl reissue:
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: Ninety-Nine Years Is Almost for Life/Highway 52 (Vetco/79)
THE HOTMUD FAMILY: The Singer/Buckeyes In the Briar Patch (Vetco/75)
RED ALLEN & THE ALLEN BROTHERS: Stone Wall/Family & Friends (Folkways/81)
VINCE GILL: Baby Blue Eyes
SIERRA HULL: Mountain Strings
JIM LAUNDERDALE & HIGH FIDELITY: Barefoot Nellie
MO PITNEY & MERLE MONROE: Suzanne
DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: Housework Is My Life > Red Rocking Chair/Live! At Last (Rounder/95)
DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: A House Divided/Long Journey (Rounder/91)
HOTMUD FAMILY: If You Don’t Love Your Neighbor/Years in the Making (Vetco/78)
HOTMUD FAMILY: Please Don’t Wake Me/ Live, As We Know It (Flying Fish/79)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: Highway 52/Highway 52 (Vetco/79)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: If I Ever Get Back To Old Kentucky/Bluegrass Memories (Rebel/84)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass/Highway 52 (Vetco/79)
DAVE EVANS: Buffalo Chips/Just Look At Me Now (Rebel/02)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Happy Birthday, #73987 - July 19, 2025
- All selections are by BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS and, except as noted, are available on various Bear Family releases. Recording dates for each selection are included.
- Songs and tunes selected by Neil Rosenberg (NR), Martino Coppo (MaC), Tom Bekeny (TB), Tom Rozum (TR), Jody Stecher (JS), Skip Gorman (SG), Mike Compton (MiC), John Reischman (JR), Butch Waller (BW), Ed Neff (EN), and myownself (PT).
theme –
Bluegrass Breakdown (10-31-64 - NR)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky (10-27-47 - MaC)
When You Are Lonely (10-28-47 - TB)
I'm Travelin' On and On (10-28-47 - TR)
Along About Daybreak (10-28-47 - JS)
Rawhide (1-20-51 - JS, TR)
On the Old Kentucky Shore (1-20-51 - SG)
The First Whippoorwill (10-28-51 - JS, MiC)
When Golden Leaves Begin To Fall (10-15-50 - JS, SG, JR)
Get Up John (11-28-53 - BW, JR)
Used to Be - 9-16-55 - MiC)
Out In the Cold World (5-15-57 - EN)
Bluegrass Part One aka Blue Grass Twist (12-3-60 - BW)
Dusty Miller (12-6-66 - SG, TB, TR)
John Henry (11-16-63 - MiC)/Live At Mechanics Hall (Acoustic Disc)
On and On (11-16-63 - MiC)/Live At Mechanics Hall (Acoustic Disc)
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (12-3-70 - MaC, EN)
True Life Blues (2-13-45 – MaC)
Can't You Hear Me Calling (10-22-49 – BW)
Bluegrass Stomp (9-23-56 - PT)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
Brakeman's Blues (9-23-56 - PT)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
Close By (5-13-56 - PT)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
Lord Protect My Soul (10-15-50 - JS)
I’ve Found a Hiding Place (3-20-58 - TR)
Old Ebenezer Scrooge (2-3-81 - MaC)
My Last Days On Earth (2-19-81, 4-7-81, 4-28-81 – EN)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Big Mon’s Mando Legacy - July 26, 2025
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND with MIKE COMPTON: Monroebillia/My Native Home (Rounder/88)
RED WINE with MARTINO COPPO: W.S.M./Italian Cats (self/01)
JOHN REISCHMAN: Joe Ahr’s Dream/Walk Along John (Corvus/13)
JOHN REISCHMAN: Indiana Firefly/Up In the Woods (Corvus/99)
HIGH COUNTRY with BUTCH WALLER: Long Hollow Getaway/Blue Highway (Turquoise/87)
RHONDA VINCENT: Is The Grass Any Bluer (On The Other Side)/The Storm Still Rages (Rounder/01)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: You're Drifting Away/Live at the Brandywine Mountain Music Convention (Brandywine Friends Of Old Time Music/90)
MIKE COMPTON & JOE NEWBERRY: Evening Prayer Blues/Live (self/13)
SIERRA HULL: Get Up John/Pandemic Sessions (self/20)
KATHY KALLICK BAND with TOM BEKENY: Kentucky Mandolin/Foxhounds (Live Oak/15)
KATHY KALLICK BAND with MARTINO COPPO: I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome/Live at La Roche (2011)
THE PRICE SISTERS: The Lee Wedding Tune/A Heart Never Knows (Rebel/17)
SKIP GORMAN: The Lloyd Loar/The Old Style Mandolin Vol. Two - Monroesque (Old West/03)
TOM ROZUM: On the Old Kentucky Shore/Jubilee (Dog Boy/99)
BLUE & LONESOME with ED NEFF: Summertime Is Past And Gone/Some Old Day (e’Neff Said/09)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS with TOM ROZUM: The Golden West/The Golden West (Hightone/06)
THE WALLER BROTHERS: Letter From My Darling/The Old Photograph (Strictly Country/08)
BLUE & LONESOME with ED NEFF: Toy Heart/Live From Harrietville, Australia (e’Neff Said/10)
PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND with JODY STECHER: In the Pines/In the Deep Rolling Hills Of San Francisco (Bluegrass Signal/07)
KATHY KALLICK BAND with TOM BEKENY: Lord Protect My Soul/Time (Live Oak/12)
LAUREN PRICE NAPIER with Joe Newberry: Lonesome Midnight Waltz/Mandolin Camp North (2023)
SKIP GORMAN & RICHARD STARKEY: Have a Feast Here Tonight/Late Night Feast (No Part A Nothin’/06)
MIKE COMPTON: Let’s Get Close Together Blues/Rare & Fine - Uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe (self/22)
NOTE: all tracks released in 2025.
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: O California! (Spruce & Maple)
- O California!
- Look Down That Lonesome Road
- Hell Broke Loose In Georgia
HOT RIZE: Mighty Mississippi/From the Vault (self/89)
HOT RIZE: Brown Eyes Rabbit/From the Vault (self/14)
TIM O’BRIEN & JAN FABRICIUS: Lonesome Armadillo/Paper Flowers
PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: I Can’t Stand Me (with a bit of Always Late With Your Kisses)/single (Sound Biscuit)
PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: I’ve Always Been A Rambler/single (Sound Biscuit)
C.J. LEWANDOWSKI & FRIENDS: She’s No Angel/Keep On Keepin’ On (Turnberry)
SISTER SADIE & THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: Just A Holler Over/single (Mountain Home)
JAELEE ROBERTS: Love Gone Missing/single (self)
DALE ANN BRADLEY: Uncle Jake/single (Pinecastle)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Annalina/I Still Remember June (EMG)
CRYING UNCLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Down the Coast/I Still Remember June (EMG)
SWEET SALLY: Lies/single (self)
SWEET SALLY: Been A While/single (self)
SETH MULDAR & MIDNIGHT RUN: Comin’ On Strong (Rebel)
- Old Rueben No. 1
- Comin’ On Strong
- Heartbreak Express
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: I’m A Believer/single (self)
EAST NASH GRASS: Bend in the Road/single (Mountain Fever)
RRINACO: Get Along Somehow/Little Songs (Rebel)
JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS: Time Adds Up (If You’re Lucky)/Lovin', Fightin', Losin’ Sleep (Billy Blue)
CHRIS JONES & THE NIGHT DRIVERS: Plenty Ventured/single (Mountain Home)
DANNY ROBERTS: Leitchfield/single (Mountain Home)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Industrial Strength Bluegrass - July 12, 2025
NOTE: All selections from Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy (Smithsonian-Folkways/21 & 24), except as noted.
JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS: Readin', Rightin’, Route 23
LARRY CORDLE: The Rolling Mills of Middletown
BOBBY OSBORNE: We’ll Head Back to Harlan
Vintage recordings, included on 2024 vinyl reissue:
THE TRADITIONAL GRASS: You'll Never Be the Same/Howdy Neighbor Howdy (Rebel/92)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: I'm Bound to Ride/The King Years, 1961-1965 (King/64)
LARRY SPARKS & HIS LONESOME RAMBLERS: He's Everything to Me/New Gospel Songs (Pine Tree/71)
JOSH WILLIAMS, BRADLEY WALKER, & RUSSELL MOORE: Larry Sparks Medley: Dark Hollow/A Face in the Crowd/These Old Blues
RONNIE BOWMAN, DON RIGSBY, & KENNY SMITH: Stone Walls and Steel Bars
LEE ANN WOMACK: From Life’s Other Side
Vintage recordings, included on 2024 vinyl reissue:
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: Ninety-Nine Years Is Almost for Life/Highway 52 (Vetco/79)
THE HOTMUD FAMILY: The Singer/Buckeyes In the Briar Patch (Vetco/75)
RED ALLEN & THE ALLEN BROTHERS: Stone Wall/Family & Friends (Folkways/81)
VINCE GILL: Baby Blue Eyes
SIERRA HULL: Mountain Strings
JIM LAUNDERDALE & HIGH FIDELITY: Barefoot Nellie
MO PITNEY & MERLE MONROE: Suzanne
DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: Housework Is My Life > Red Rocking Chair/Live! At Last (Rounder/95)
DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: A House Divided/Long Journey (Rounder/91)
HOTMUD FAMILY: If You Don’t Love Your Neighbor/Years in the Making (Vetco/78)
HOTMUD FAMILY: Please Don’t Wake Me/ Live, As We Know It (Flying Fish/79)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: Highway 52/Highway 52 (Vetco/79)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: If I Ever Get Back To Old Kentucky/Bluegrass Memories (Rebel/84)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass/Highway 52 (Vetco/79)
DAVE EVANS: Buffalo Chips/Just Look At Me Now (Rebel/02)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Happy Birthday, #73987 - July 19, 2025
- All selections are by BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS and, except as noted, are available on various Bear Family releases. Recording dates for each selection are included.
- Songs and tunes selected by Neil Rosenberg (NR), Martino Coppo (MaC), Tom Bekeny (TB), Tom Rozum (TR), Jody Stecher (JS), Skip Gorman (SG), Mike Compton (MiC), John Reischman (JR), Butch Waller (BW), Ed Neff (EN), and myownself (PT).
theme –
Bluegrass Breakdown (10-31-64 - NR)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky (10-27-47 - MaC)
When You Are Lonely (10-28-47 - TB)
I'm Travelin' On and On (10-28-47 - TR)
Along About Daybreak (10-28-47 - JS)
Rawhide (1-20-51 - JS, TR)
On the Old Kentucky Shore (1-20-51 - SG)
The First Whippoorwill (10-28-51 - JS, MiC)
When Golden Leaves Begin To Fall (10-15-50 - JS, SG, JR)
Get Up John (11-28-53 - BW, JR)
Used to Be - 9-16-55 - MiC)
Out In the Cold World (5-15-57 - EN)
Bluegrass Part One aka Blue Grass Twist (12-3-60 - BW)
Dusty Miller (12-6-66 - SG, TB, TR)
John Henry (11-16-63 - MiC)/Live At Mechanics Hall (Acoustic Disc)
On and On (11-16-63 - MiC)/Live At Mechanics Hall (Acoustic Disc)
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (12-3-70 - MaC, EN)
True Life Blues (2-13-45 – MaC)
Can't You Hear Me Calling (10-22-49 – BW)
Bluegrass Stomp (9-23-56 - PT)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
Brakeman's Blues (9-23-56 - PT)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
Close By (5-13-56 - PT)/Live Recordings 1956-1969 (Smithsonian-Folkways)
Lord Protect My Soul (10-15-50 - JS)
I’ve Found a Hiding Place (3-20-58 - TR)
Old Ebenezer Scrooge (2-3-81 - MaC)
My Last Days On Earth (2-19-81, 4-7-81, 4-28-81 – EN)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Big Mon’s Mando Legacy - July 26, 2025
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND with MIKE COMPTON: Monroebillia/My Native Home (Rounder/88)
RED WINE with MARTINO COPPO: W.S.M./Italian Cats (self/01)
JOHN REISCHMAN: Joe Ahr’s Dream/Walk Along John (Corvus/13)
JOHN REISCHMAN: Indiana Firefly/Up In the Woods (Corvus/99)
HIGH COUNTRY with BUTCH WALLER: Long Hollow Getaway/Blue Highway (Turquoise/87)
RHONDA VINCENT: Is The Grass Any Bluer (On The Other Side)/The Storm Still Rages (Rounder/01)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: You're Drifting Away/Live at the Brandywine Mountain Music Convention (Brandywine Friends Of Old Time Music/90)
MIKE COMPTON & JOE NEWBERRY: Evening Prayer Blues/Live (self/13)
SIERRA HULL: Get Up John/Pandemic Sessions (self/20)
KATHY KALLICK BAND with TOM BEKENY: Kentucky Mandolin/Foxhounds (Live Oak/15)
KATHY KALLICK BAND with MARTINO COPPO: I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome/Live at La Roche (2011)
THE PRICE SISTERS: The Lee Wedding Tune/A Heart Never Knows (Rebel/17)
SKIP GORMAN: The Lloyd Loar/The Old Style Mandolin Vol. Two - Monroesque (Old West/03)
TOM ROZUM: On the Old Kentucky Shore/Jubilee (Dog Boy/99)
BLUE & LONESOME with ED NEFF: Summertime Is Past And Gone/Some Old Day (e’Neff Said/09)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS with TOM ROZUM: The Golden West/The Golden West (Hightone/06)
THE WALLER BROTHERS: Letter From My Darling/The Old Photograph (Strictly Country/08)
BLUE & LONESOME with ED NEFF: Toy Heart/Live From Harrietville, Australia (e’Neff Said/10)
PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND with JODY STECHER: In the Pines/In the Deep Rolling Hills Of San Francisco (Bluegrass Signal/07)
KATHY KALLICK BAND with TOM BEKENY: Lord Protect My Soul/Time (Live Oak/12)
LAUREN PRICE NAPIER with Joe Newberry: Lonesome Midnight Waltz/Mandolin Camp North (2023)
SKIP GORMAN & RICHARD STARKEY: Have a Feast Here Tonight/Late Night Feast (No Part A Nothin’/06)
MIKE COMPTON: Let’s Get Close Together Blues/Rare & Fine - Uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe (self/22)