BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Across the Tracks - Oct. 3, 2026
NOTE: all songs released in 2026, except as noted.
DOLLY PARTON & THE FIRST LADIES OF BLUEGRASS: Bound To Ride/Where the Soul Never Dies: Celebrating 80 Years of the Stanley Brothers (Compass)
HIGH FIDELITY: Red Ball Rocket Train/Never Say Goodbye advance single (Rebel)
MIKE MARSHALL: Shady Grove/Sings Bluegrass (self)
BELA FLECK: Blue Mountain Hop/Live Heart: My Bluegrass Heart at The Ryman (Thirty Tigers)
MOLLY TUTTLE: Old Me (New Wig)/So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP) (Nonesuch)
MOLLY TUTTLE: The Highway Knows/So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP) (Nonesuch
MATT COMBS: Stoppin' and a Startin’/Fifty Years Of Clown School (self)
HARD DRIVE: Don't Let Me Be In The Way/Wasting My Whole Life Away (self)
HARD DRIVE: Foggy Mountain Top/Wasting My Whole Life Away (self)
MR SUN: Road Mode/The Idea Guys (Adhyâropa)
KENNY & AMANDA SMITH: Good Thing Gone Wrong/Whole World Round (self)
KENNY & AMANDA SMITH: Whole World Round/Whole World Round (self)
NEW ACOUSTIC COLLECTIVE: Howie’s Breakdown/Double Course (Adhyâropa)
THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: A Tombstone Every Mile/Welcome To The Club (Turnberry)
THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: Welcome To The Club/Welcome To The Club (Turnberry)
Ticket giveaway –
SISTER SADIE: Marlboros in Muskogee/ Southern Gossip advance single (Down the Road)
SISTER SADIE: Raleigh’s Ride/Live at 2025 DelFest
ETTORE BUZZINI: Blue Blue Blue/Blue Blue Blue (Patuxent)
RHONDA VINCENT: Any Other Color Than Blue/A Possibility (Upper Management)
WATER TOWER: Put Your Shoes On/single (Sound Biscuit)
ROSINE: It Never Ends/single (Compass)
HIGH FIDELTY: The Lonesome Road/Never Say Goodbye advance single (Rebel)
ANDY LEFWICH: Cliffhanger/single (Crossroads)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: An Exploration Of “Shady Grove” - Oct. 10, 2026
theme -
RILEY BAUGUS: Shady Grove/Little Black Train’s a-Comin’ (Old Garden/19)
THE PRAIRIE RAMBLERS: Shady Grove My Darling/Sounds Of The South (Bluebird > Atlantic/34)
JEAN RITCHIE: Shady Grove/Live on Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest (1966)
*JEAN RITCHIE: Sweet William and Lady Margaret/Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition (Smithsonian-Folkways/61)
DOC WATSON: Shady Grove/Good Deal! Doc Watson In Nashville (Vanguard/68)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Shady Grove/Blue Grass, 1959-1969 (Bear Family/62)
THE KENTUCKY COLONELS: Shady Grove/Livin' In The Past (Sierra/64)
CLARENCE WHITE: Shady Grove/33 Guitar Instrumentals (Sierra/62 )
JERRY GARCIA & DAVID GRISMAN: Shady Grove/Shady Grove (Acoustic Disc/96)
*MUDCRUTCH: Shady Grove/Mudcrutch (Reprise/08)
*QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE: Shady Grove/Shady Grove (Capitol/69)
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Shady Grove/Roots (Warners/68)
THE EBONY HILLBILLIES: Shady Grove/Barefoot and Flying (EH Music/20)
RALPH STANLEY: Little Mathie Grove/Ralph Stanley (Sony-DMZ/02)
*FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Matty Groves/Liege and Lief (Island/69)
KATHY KALLICK: Shady Grove/My Mother's Voice (Coper Creek/02)
PETER ROWAN & TONY RICE: Shady Grove/Quartet (Rounder/07)
ANNIE STANINEC: Shady Grove/Annie Staninec (self/15)
JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS: Shady Grove/Vintage & Unique (Corvus/11)
THE CHIEFTAINS: Shady Grove/Further Down the Old Plank Road (RCA/03)
HOT RIZE: Shady Grove/Live In Kansas 1986 (Acoustic Disc/86)
THE DILLARDS with MAGGIE PETERSON: Shady Grove/"Divorce Mountain Style” episode of The Andy Griffith Show (3-30-64)
JOSEPH DECOSIMO (featuring ALICE GERRARD): Shady Grove/While You Were Slumbering (Sleepy Cat/22)
ticket giveaway –
HANNAH MAYREE: The Day/2025 submission to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
*TAJ MAHAL: Shady Grove/The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973 (Columbia/73)
*excerpts only
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Fall Membership Campaign Special - Oct. 17, 2026
NOTE: all songs released in 2026, except as noted.
DOLLY PARTON & THE FIRST LADIES OF BLUEGRASS: Bound To Ride/Where the Soul Never Dies: Celebrating 80 Years of the Stanley Brothers (Compass)
HIGH FIDELITY: Red Ball Rocket Train/Never Say Goodbye advance single (Rebel)
MIKE MARSHALL: Shady Grove/Sings Bluegrass (self)
BELA FLECK: Blue Mountain Hop/Live Heart: My Bluegrass Heart at The Ryman (Thirty Tigers)
MOLLY TUTTLE: Old Me (New Wig)/So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP) (Nonesuch)
MOLLY TUTTLE: The Highway Knows/So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP) (Nonesuch
MATT COMBS: Stoppin' and a Startin’/Fifty Years Of Clown School (self)
HARD DRIVE: Don't Let Me Be In The Way/Wasting My Whole Life Away (self)
HARD DRIVE: Foggy Mountain Top/Wasting My Whole Life Away (self)
MR SUN: Road Mode/The Idea Guys (Adhyâropa)
KENNY & AMANDA SMITH: Good Thing Gone Wrong/Whole World Round (self)
KENNY & AMANDA SMITH: Whole World Round/Whole World Round (self)
NEW ACOUSTIC COLLECTIVE: Howie’s Breakdown/Double Course (Adhyâropa)
THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: A Tombstone Every Mile/Welcome To The Club (Turnberry)
THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS: Welcome To The Club/Welcome To The Club (Turnberry)
Ticket giveaway –
SISTER SADIE: Marlboros in Muskogee/ Southern Gossip advance single (Down the Road)
SISTER SADIE: Raleigh’s Ride/Live at 2025 DelFest
ETTORE BUZZINI: Blue Blue Blue/Blue Blue Blue (Patuxent)
RHONDA VINCENT: Any Other Color Than Blue/A Possibility (Upper Management)
WATER TOWER: Put Your Shoes On/single (Sound Biscuit)
ROSINE: It Never Ends/single (Compass)
HIGH FIDELTY: The Lonesome Road/Never Say Goodbye advance single (Rebel)
ANDY LEFWICH: Cliffhanger/single (Crossroads)
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: An Exploration Of “Shady Grove” - Oct. 10, 2026
theme -
RILEY BAUGUS: Shady Grove/Little Black Train’s a-Comin’ (Old Garden/19)
THE PRAIRIE RAMBLERS: Shady Grove My Darling/Sounds Of The South (Bluebird > Atlantic/34)
JEAN RITCHIE: Shady Grove/Live on Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest (1966)
*JEAN RITCHIE: Sweet William and Lady Margaret/Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition (Smithsonian-Folkways/61)
DOC WATSON: Shady Grove/Good Deal! Doc Watson In Nashville (Vanguard/68)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Shady Grove/Blue Grass, 1959-1969 (Bear Family/62)
THE KENTUCKY COLONELS: Shady Grove/Livin' In The Past (Sierra/64)
CLARENCE WHITE: Shady Grove/33 Guitar Instrumentals (Sierra/62 )
JERRY GARCIA & DAVID GRISMAN: Shady Grove/Shady Grove (Acoustic Disc/96)
*MUDCRUTCH: Shady Grove/Mudcrutch (Reprise/08)
*QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE: Shady Grove/Shady Grove (Capitol/69)
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Shady Grove/Roots (Warners/68)
THE EBONY HILLBILLIES: Shady Grove/Barefoot and Flying (EH Music/20)
RALPH STANLEY: Little Mathie Grove/Ralph Stanley (Sony-DMZ/02)
*FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Matty Groves/Liege and Lief (Island/69)
KATHY KALLICK: Shady Grove/My Mother's Voice (Coper Creek/02)
PETER ROWAN & TONY RICE: Shady Grove/Quartet (Rounder/07)
ANNIE STANINEC: Shady Grove/Annie Staninec (self/15)
JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS: Shady Grove/Vintage & Unique (Corvus/11)
THE CHIEFTAINS: Shady Grove/Further Down the Old Plank Road (RCA/03)
HOT RIZE: Shady Grove/Live In Kansas 1986 (Acoustic Disc/86)
THE DILLARDS with MAGGIE PETERSON: Shady Grove/"Divorce Mountain Style” episode of The Andy Griffith Show (3-30-64)
JOSEPH DECOSIMO (featuring ALICE GERRARD): Shady Grove/While You Were Slumbering (Sleepy Cat/22)
ticket giveaway –
HANNAH MAYREE: The Day/2025 submission to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
*TAJ MAHAL: Shady Grove/The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973 (Columbia/73)
*excerpts only
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Fall Membership Campaign Special - Oct. 17, 2026