BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: The Forgotten Soldier Boy - Nov. 6, 2021
host: Allegra Thompson
THE MONROE BROTHERS: The Forgotten Soldier Boy/Protest! American Protest Songs 1928-53 (Viper/36)
BILL MONROE: Rotation Blues/Bluegrass 1950-1958 (Decca/51)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Pray For The Boys/King 1961-1965 (King/66)
KRISTIN SCOTT BENSON: Bugle Call Rag/Second Session (Pinecastle/09)
ANNA & ELIZABETH: Goin' Across the Mountain/Anna & Elizabeth (Trade Roots Music Group/15)
THE BLUE GRASS CARDINALS: Blue-Eyed Boston Boy/Welcome To Virginia (Rounder/77)
THE WALLER BROTHERS: Faded Coat of Blue/The Old Photograph (Strictly Country/08)
HAZEL DICKENS, CAROL ELIZABETH JONES, GINNY HAWKER: Not A Word Of That Be Said/Heart Of A Singer (Rounder/88)
JOHN DOYLE: Clear the Way/Shadow and Light (Compass/11)
THOMM JUTZ: Shelton Laurel Valley/To Live In Two Worlds Vol. 1 (Mountain Home/20)
RHIANNON GIDDENS: Julie/Freedom Highway (Nonesuch/17)
TIM O'BRIEN: Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden/Fiddler's Green (Sugar Hill/05)
TOM, BRAD, & ALICE: Fair Beauty Bright/Carve That Possum (Copper Creek/05)
JERRON PAXTON: Civil War Medley/Jalopy Records 7" Series: Jerron Paxton (Jalopy/18)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Between the Wars - Nov. 13, 2021
host: Allegra Thompson
THE BUCKING MULES: The Soldier And The Lady/Smoke Behind The Clouds (Free Dirt/17)
FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Pretty Fair Miss Out In The Garden/Rock Island Grange (self/18)
UNCLE EARL: Willie Taylor/She Waits For Night (Rounder/05)
LAURIE LEWIS: Manzanar/Freight ’98 (Spruce and Maple/21)
OLD & IN THE WAY: Down Where the River Bends/The Complete Boarding House Shows (Acoustic Disc/73)
DEL MCCOURY: Take Me To The Mountains/Classic Bluegrass (Rebel/94)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Bird/Time
T SISTERS: I Have a Hammer/T Sisters (Three-headed Sounds/16)
FRONT COUNTRY: The Strangest Dream/Impossible World (AntiFragile/20)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: Miner’s Lullaby/Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs Of Utah Phillips(Rounder/97)
MOLSKY'S MOUNTAIN DRIFTERS: Between TheWars/Molsky's Mountain Drifters (Tree Frog/16)
JAKE BLOUNT: Beyond This Wall/Spider Tales (Free Dirt/20)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Banjo Boy Chimes - A Memorial Celebration of Sonny Osborne - Nov. 20, 2021
theme -
BILL EVANS: Big Chief Sonny/In Good Company (Native & Fine/12)
LOU & SONNY OSBORNE: Now You Have My Name/45 (Kitty/51)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Pike County Breakdown/1950-1959 (Bear Family/52)
SONNY OSBORNE & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Sunny Mountain Chimes/The Early Recordings Of Sonny Osborne (Gateway/53)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: That's How I Can Count On You/Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/55)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: Teardrops In My Eyes/1956-1968 (Bear Family/56)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: You’ll Never Know (How Much It Hurts)/1956-1968 (Bear Family/59)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Each Season Changes You/1956-1968 (Bear Family/60)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Banjo Boy Chimes/1956-1968 (Bear Family/62)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Me and My Old Banjo/1956-1968 (Bear Family/64)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Up This Hill and Down/1956-1968 (Bear Family/65)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: One Tear/1956-1968 (Bear Family/65)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Making Plans/1956-1968 (Bear Family/65)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Lonesome Feelin'/1956-1968 (Bear Family/67)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Too Old To Die Young/Live On “New Country” (1988)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Rocky Top/1956-1968 (Bear Family/67)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Kentucky/In Concert at Renfro Valley (Pinecastle/92)
DALE ANN BRADLEY: This Old Heart Of Mine/Old Southern Porches (Pinecastle/99)
GARY BURTON: Tennessee Firebird/Tennessee Firebird (RCA/67)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: What's Goin' On - Nov. 27, 2021
theme -
THE NEW ACOUSTIC COLLECTIVE: Key Signator/Art of Acoustics (self/21)
LAURIE LEWIS: I'll Take Back My Heart/Freight ’98 (Spruce and Maple/21)
MOLLY TUTTLE: She’ll Change/single (Nonesuch)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Footprints In the Snow/forthcoming - What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? (Live Oak/22)
PETER ROWAN: Wild Geese Cry Again/Bluegrass Boy (Sugar Hill/96)
BLOOMFIELD BLUEGRASS BAND: Ruby Ridge/demo (self/21)
BLUE & LONESOME: I Hope You Have Learned/A Tiny Taste Of Blue & Lonesome (self/19)
SKILLET LICORICE: Geese Honking/Allsorts Orchestra (Old Time Tiki Parlor/21)
THE GOAT HILL GIRLS: Banjo Pickin’ Girl/Live (self/19)
WILDCAT MOUNTAIN RAMBLERS: Ask My Dog/Turn Your Radio On (Bluegrass Signal/19)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Back To Bluegrass/I’ll Come Back (Old White Horse)
FOG HOLLER: Spider Dance/Turn Your Radio On (Bluegrass Signal/18)
BROKEN COMPASS: Ghost On That Train/Live on KZFR, Chico (self/21)
WINDY HILL: You'll Never Know/ Live From the Ratz Nest (Hoss Unit Records/18)
MISSION BLUE: Brown Eyed Darling/Live At the Back Room (self/8-3-19)
BELA FLECK: Vertigo/My Bluegrass Heart (BMG/21)
CONCERTS PREVIEWED
Nov. 27: The New Acoustic Collective - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 27: Laurie Lewis & Friends (including Molly Tuttle, Kathy Kallick, and Peter Rowan) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 28: Peter Rowan - The Chapel, SF (with Ramblin' Jack Elliot; Rainy Eyes)
Nov. 30 (and every Tuesday): Skillet Licorice - The Page, SF
Dec. 2 (and first two Thursdays of month): Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Dec. 2 (and every 1st Thursday): The Goat Hill Girls - Summit House, Los Gatos
Dec. 4: Broken Compass - The Back Room, Berkeley
Dec. 4: Kathy Kallick Band - Sebastopol Community Center
Dec. 5: Kathy Kallick Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (with The High Water Line)
Dec. 5: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - Club Fox, Redwood City (with Dante Marino)
Dec. 9 (and every 2nd Thursday): Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Summit House, Los Gatos
Dec. 10: Fog Holler - River Road Gallery, Locke (Walnut Grove)
Dec. 12: Fog Holler - Sweetwater, Mill Valley (with Hank & Ella & the Fine Country Band(
Dec. 12: Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart - UC Theatre, Berkeley (also 12/10 - 12/17 in Redding, Reno, Carmel, San Diego, and LA)
Dec. 16 (and every 3th/4th Thursday): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Dec. 17: Windy Hill; Mission Blue - Bottom of the Hill, SF (with False Bottom)
Dec. 31: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz (with the Coffis Brothers)
Jan. 27: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - The Sweetwater, Mill Valley (also 1/25 - 2/2 in Grass Valley, Sacramento, Morro Bay, Santa Barbara, San Juan Capistrano, and LA)
host: Allegra Thompson
THE MONROE BROTHERS: The Forgotten Soldier Boy/Protest! American Protest Songs 1928-53 (Viper/36)
BILL MONROE: Rotation Blues/Bluegrass 1950-1958 (Decca/51)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Pray For The Boys/King 1961-1965 (King/66)
KRISTIN SCOTT BENSON: Bugle Call Rag/Second Session (Pinecastle/09)
ANNA & ELIZABETH: Goin' Across the Mountain/Anna & Elizabeth (Trade Roots Music Group/15)
THE BLUE GRASS CARDINALS: Blue-Eyed Boston Boy/Welcome To Virginia (Rounder/77)
THE WALLER BROTHERS: Faded Coat of Blue/The Old Photograph (Strictly Country/08)
HAZEL DICKENS, CAROL ELIZABETH JONES, GINNY HAWKER: Not A Word Of That Be Said/Heart Of A Singer (Rounder/88)
JOHN DOYLE: Clear the Way/Shadow and Light (Compass/11)
THOMM JUTZ: Shelton Laurel Valley/To Live In Two Worlds Vol. 1 (Mountain Home/20)
RHIANNON GIDDENS: Julie/Freedom Highway (Nonesuch/17)
TIM O'BRIEN: Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden/Fiddler's Green (Sugar Hill/05)
TOM, BRAD, & ALICE: Fair Beauty Bright/Carve That Possum (Copper Creek/05)
JERRON PAXTON: Civil War Medley/Jalopy Records 7" Series: Jerron Paxton (Jalopy/18)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Between the Wars - Nov. 13, 2021
host: Allegra Thompson
THE BUCKING MULES: The Soldier And The Lady/Smoke Behind The Clouds (Free Dirt/17)
FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Pretty Fair Miss Out In The Garden/Rock Island Grange (self/18)
UNCLE EARL: Willie Taylor/She Waits For Night (Rounder/05)
LAURIE LEWIS: Manzanar/Freight ’98 (Spruce and Maple/21)
OLD & IN THE WAY: Down Where the River Bends/The Complete Boarding House Shows (Acoustic Disc/73)
DEL MCCOURY: Take Me To The Mountains/Classic Bluegrass (Rebel/94)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Bird/Time
T SISTERS: I Have a Hammer/T Sisters (Three-headed Sounds/16)
FRONT COUNTRY: The Strangest Dream/Impossible World (AntiFragile/20)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: Miner’s Lullaby/Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs Of Utah Phillips(Rounder/97)
MOLSKY'S MOUNTAIN DRIFTERS: Between TheWars/Molsky's Mountain Drifters (Tree Frog/16)
JAKE BLOUNT: Beyond This Wall/Spider Tales (Free Dirt/20)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Banjo Boy Chimes - A Memorial Celebration of Sonny Osborne - Nov. 20, 2021
theme -
BILL EVANS: Big Chief Sonny/In Good Company (Native & Fine/12)
LOU & SONNY OSBORNE: Now You Have My Name/45 (Kitty/51)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Pike County Breakdown/1950-1959 (Bear Family/52)
SONNY OSBORNE & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Sunny Mountain Chimes/The Early Recordings Of Sonny Osborne (Gateway/53)
JIMMY MARTIN & THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: That's How I Can Count On You/Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/55)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: Teardrops In My Eyes/1956-1968 (Bear Family/56)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: You’ll Never Know (How Much It Hurts)/1956-1968 (Bear Family/59)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Each Season Changes You/1956-1968 (Bear Family/60)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Banjo Boy Chimes/1956-1968 (Bear Family/62)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Me and My Old Banjo/1956-1968 (Bear Family/64)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Up This Hill and Down/1956-1968 (Bear Family/65)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: One Tear/1956-1968 (Bear Family/65)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Making Plans/1956-1968 (Bear Family/65)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Lonesome Feelin'/1956-1968 (Bear Family/67)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Too Old To Die Young/Live On “New Country” (1988)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Rocky Top/1956-1968 (Bear Family/67)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Kentucky/In Concert at Renfro Valley (Pinecastle/92)
DALE ANN BRADLEY: This Old Heart Of Mine/Old Southern Porches (Pinecastle/99)
GARY BURTON: Tennessee Firebird/Tennessee Firebird (RCA/67)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: What's Goin' On - Nov. 27, 2021
theme -
THE NEW ACOUSTIC COLLECTIVE: Key Signator/Art of Acoustics (self/21)
LAURIE LEWIS: I'll Take Back My Heart/Freight ’98 (Spruce and Maple/21)
MOLLY TUTTLE: She’ll Change/single (Nonesuch)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Footprints In the Snow/forthcoming - What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? (Live Oak/22)
PETER ROWAN: Wild Geese Cry Again/Bluegrass Boy (Sugar Hill/96)
BLOOMFIELD BLUEGRASS BAND: Ruby Ridge/demo (self/21)
BLUE & LONESOME: I Hope You Have Learned/A Tiny Taste Of Blue & Lonesome (self/19)
SKILLET LICORICE: Geese Honking/Allsorts Orchestra (Old Time Tiki Parlor/21)
THE GOAT HILL GIRLS: Banjo Pickin’ Girl/Live (self/19)
WILDCAT MOUNTAIN RAMBLERS: Ask My Dog/Turn Your Radio On (Bluegrass Signal/19)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT: Back To Bluegrass/I’ll Come Back (Old White Horse)
FOG HOLLER: Spider Dance/Turn Your Radio On (Bluegrass Signal/18)
BROKEN COMPASS: Ghost On That Train/Live on KZFR, Chico (self/21)
WINDY HILL: You'll Never Know/ Live From the Ratz Nest (Hoss Unit Records/18)
MISSION BLUE: Brown Eyed Darling/Live At the Back Room (self/8-3-19)
BELA FLECK: Vertigo/My Bluegrass Heart (BMG/21)
CONCERTS PREVIEWED
Nov. 27: The New Acoustic Collective - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 27: Laurie Lewis & Friends (including Molly Tuttle, Kathy Kallick, and Peter Rowan) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 28: Peter Rowan - The Chapel, SF (with Ramblin' Jack Elliot; Rainy Eyes)
Nov. 30 (and every Tuesday): Skillet Licorice - The Page, SF
Dec. 2 (and first two Thursdays of month): Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Dec. 2 (and every 1st Thursday): The Goat Hill Girls - Summit House, Los Gatos
Dec. 4: Broken Compass - The Back Room, Berkeley
Dec. 4: Kathy Kallick Band - Sebastopol Community Center
Dec. 5: Kathy Kallick Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (with The High Water Line)
Dec. 5: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - Club Fox, Redwood City (with Dante Marino)
Dec. 9 (and every 2nd Thursday): Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Summit House, Los Gatos
Dec. 10: Fog Holler - River Road Gallery, Locke (Walnut Grove)
Dec. 12: Fog Holler - Sweetwater, Mill Valley (with Hank & Ella & the Fine Country Band(
Dec. 12: Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart - UC Theatre, Berkeley (also 12/10 - 12/17 in Redding, Reno, Carmel, San Diego, and LA)
Dec. 16 (and every 3th/4th Thursday): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Dec. 17: Windy Hill; Mission Blue - Bottom of the Hill, SF (with False Bottom)
Dec. 31: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz (with the Coffis Brothers)
Jan. 27: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - The Sweetwater, Mill Valley (also 1/25 - 2/2 in Grass Valley, Sacramento, Morro Bay, Santa Barbara, San Juan Capistrano, and LA)