Host Paul Trenwith is a founding member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band in NZ, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. Paul has always been an enthusiastic advocate for and promoter of bluegrass music, and the show includes tracks from classic bands, traditional stylists, and contemporary groups as well as some ‘roots’ bluegrass and newgrass. The show originally airs on FREE-FM in New Zealand and we rebroadcast it every Sunday at 6pm.
Back Porch Bluegrass - 23-12-2025
Repeat from 24-12-2019.
Dec 23, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 16-12-2025
Many of the selections in this show come from 'compilation' albums, featuring tracks from performers that I don't have in my general collection. As always, there's some great picking and singing, from the likes of Ricky Skaggs, reno & Smiley, Arthur S...
Dec 16, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 09-12-2025
Quite a few of the selections on this show have an 'old-timey' feel to them, making it all sound very relaxed. Mark Johnson & Emory Lester get us started after a burst of 'Sunburst', then Nothing Fancy, Chad Manning, Dix Bruce and Jim Nunally and Raymo...
Dec 09, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 18-11-2025
Lots of 'classic' bluegrass, from the likes of Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, the Johnson Mountain Boys, and the Friendly City Playboys. The Dillards play a couple of tunes, as do Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, and we've a couple of songs from Beth ...
Nov 18, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 11-11-2025
We've got a disparate selection of songs from the very broad 'bluegrass' genre; with some classic bluegrass, some songs from Arizona, songs about home towns, great instrumentals, and sad love songs. Bluegrass Album Band, Peter McLaughlin, Iris DeMent, ...
Nov 11, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 04-11-2025
While on my weekend away in Wellington for the Wellington Folk Festival 60th Anniversary, I visited Slow Boat Records in Cuba St, and found some bluegrass CDs there that I considered necessary to add to my collection. Consequently, I've featured some m...
Nov 04, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 21-10-2025
Another deep dig into my shelves, and I've found some lesser-known bluegrass artists for your enjoyment. I've also featured a brand-new album from the master, Larry Sparks. The Osborne Brothers, Louie Setzer, Leon Morris all feature, as does Dailey & V...
Oct 21, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 14-10-2025
Special Consensus are first up (after the opening track by Colleen Trenwith & myself), followed by the Bluegrass Album Band, the Kruger Brothers and the Brombies. We've also got the Price Sisters, Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys from the 1960'...
Oct 14, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 07-10-2025
Some familiar artists this week, with maybe a few you've missed. Longview play some driving bluegrass to get us started, then it's the Skaggs & Rice duet, fiddling Kenny Baker, old-timer Clyde Moody, and Cliff Waldron. The Country Gentlemen get a coupl...
Oct 07, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 30-09-2025
It doesn't get more bluegrassy than Ricky Skaggs singing 'Little Maggie', but then we have the Gibson Brothers, Bill Evans and Bill Monroe in a couple of 'live' performances. The Cox Family sing one of their best-known songs, David Grisman (together wi...
Sep 30, 2025
