The Grammy Awards launched the Best Bluegrass Album category in 1989. Bill Monroe won for Southern Flavor. A young banjo player named Bela Fleck was nominated for his album Drive. More than three decades later, Mr. Fleck won in 2022 for his epic My Bluegrass Heart instrumental masterwork. Just before we put together this show, the nominees were announced for the February 5, 2023 awards and the nominees included artists we love and albums we’ve been playing: the Infamous Stringdusters, Molly Tuttle, Peter Rowan, Del McCoury and Yonder Mountain String Band. We’ve sprinkled music from those nominees, not necessarily from the new recordings, in to shows #36 and 37. Yonder launches us this week with “I Just Can’t” from their 2022 album Get Yourself Outside, which is not hard advice to those from their Colorado mountain home base. Also in the hour, new music from Colorado’s Jake Leg and Breakin’ Strings from Maine. And we remember what it sounded like when Chris Stapleton was a
We have an archive special episode this weekend from 2013 featuring The Del McCoury Band, The Travelin' McCourys with Keller Williams, Mandolin Orange, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, and Susan Werner.
Every year since 2005, Relix has partnered with Del McCoury to present our A Cold Turkey Thanksgiving audio special. Over the years, we’ve offered live
We salute the IBMA award-winning Blueberry Bluegrass Festival in Stony Plain, Alberta in advance of this weekend s festival. We have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy! Stay Safe!Bill KirchenThe Proper YearsRockabilly FuneralKayla Hotte & Her Rodeo PalsKayla Lotte & Her Rodeo PalsSo Long BluesMiss Leslie & Her Juke JointersHonky Tonk Happy HourYes Ma am (He Found Me in a Honky Tonk)BigdumbhickLive! On the RadioA Little Bit WeirdGeoffrey MillerLeaving 101Cold Coffee, Warm BeerAndy LeftwichRideQueen Anne s LaceBecky BullerDistance & TimeInglewood Upon StratfordJohn ReischmanNew Time & Old AcousticHappy HollowBill Monroe1950-1958Big MonMac Martin & The Dixie TravelersA Dark Starless NightAre You Lonely NowDave EvansDave Evans & River Bend99 Years-Tis Almost For LifeSlocan RamblersUp the Hill and Through the FogBill FernieLaura OrshawSolitary DiamondI ll Be Hurtin Either WayValerie Smith & Liberty