Category Archives: Back Porch Bluegrass

This week I have some great music from Australian friends, including Pete Denahy, and Karen Lynne with Martin Louis. I've also featured the late Aaron 'Frosty' Foster from ETSU, plus the Bluegrass Alb...

After last week's interview with Alan & Julia Rhodes of the HCBB, I thought I'd just play some regular bluegrass this week, featuring such artists as Caroline Jones, Jeremy Stephens, the Stanley Broth...

Guesting in the studio for this show are my old friend and HCBB band-mate Alan Rhodes, and his wife Julia. We've had lots of musical adventures together, and recorded heaps of music. Today we'll be pl...

I hunted through some of my LP's for this show, and I'll be featuring some 1950's Reno & Smiley, some 1960's Greenbriar Boys, and some 1980's Doyle Lawson - all excellent music. Of course, there'll be...

Some favourite bands here, with lots of variety and some fine picking and singing.

I've been re-reading the book 'John Duffey's Bluegrass Life', and a couple of recordings from the early days of that bluegrass life have sneaked in to this show. I also feature a couple of tracks from...

This show features a couple of tunes from Roland White, who passed away in April 2022. I also talk about the celebration of Matariki in NZ, (the Mori New Year; and of course, there's some great music ...

Today we'll hear from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, the band Sideline, Dan Crary, NZ's Pam Crowe (Findlay), and some classic early 70's bluegrass from Del McCoury& the Dixie Pals, all mixed in with...

I've found some 1950's 'classic' bluegrass for you, as well as some great music from Sawmill Road, Nu-Blu, Tony Rice and even NZ's own Hamilton County Bluegrass Band.

Some band-leaders make a point of featuring their band members, so this week I'm playing Alison Krauss & Union Station - but featuring Tim Stafford and Adam Steffey as lead vocalists - and the Lynn Mo...