Category Archives: Back Porch Bluegrass

Classic bluegrass from David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, some great picking from Billy Hurt, Leroy Mack, and contemporary bluegrass from Doyle Lawson, Michelle Nixon, Blue Highway and Dale Ann Bradley, and...

Selections from my vinyl LP collection, as well as from my shelves of CD's. Jim & Jesse, Leon Morris, Jerusalem Ridge, early Mike Auldridge, the great band Country Gazette from the early 1970's, as we...

Some artists we haven't heard from on Back Porch Bluegrass recently, and some favourites. Join me in listening to Rhonda Vincent, Bill Clifton, David Grier, the Waller Brothers from California, and th...

I've dug into my 'compilation' albums to come up with songs from several artists that don't usually feature on the show. Performers like Charlie Sizemore, Tom Ewing, Gillian Welch, Bill Harrell, Junio...

Bluegrass Album Band playing some 'classic' bluegrass, Thomas Porter, Dolly Parton, Mike Scott, Tony Ellis, Lynn Morris - real variety here. Gospel from Doyle Lawson, and some top tracks from NZ's own...

Some seriously 'Industrial Strength' bluegrass in this show; from Mo Pitney, LeeAnn Womack, Walter Hensley, Dave Evans, Larry Sparks and Joe Mullins, to the West Coast of the USA with Kathy Barwick, S...

The singer-songwriters have always played a big part in shaping bluegrass music. This show looks at just some of the bands whose members have written the songs and tunes that they play.

I've dug deep into my LP's to find Bill & James Monroe, Red Allen music from the 1970's; there's some contemporary tracks from Hammertowne, Mike Compton; and some favourites like Claire Lynch, Lonesom...

Laurie Lewis, Adam Steffey, Tony Rice, Kathy Kallick - some of my favourites, and some selections from way back when, including the Dillards and the HCBB.

This week I'm featuring Steve Martin playing banjo from his album 'The Crow', as well as bands Bluestone, the Dreadful Snakes, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and the Price Sisters. Some excellent bluegra...