Back Porch Bluegrass - 27-02-2024
I've dug deep into my shelves of LPs, and hauled out a few favourites - the Blue Velvet Band, Seldom Scene, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, fiddler Glen Duncan, to find some tracks I've not played on the show previously. We've got a little more contemporar...
Feb 27, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 20-02-2024
Jim Hurst, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Dale Ann Bradley, Tim O'Brien with some fine bluegrass; a 'classic' tune from Bill Monroe, and some offerings from the HCBB, Trev Warner, Alison Krauss & the Cox Family. There's a strangely-named fiddle tune from ...
Feb 20, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 13-02-2024
Classic bluegrass from Jim and Jesse, some 'hardcore' from Chris Henry & the Hardcore Grass, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Ricky Skaggs , some contemporary songs from Irene Kelley, and some 1970's Californian bluegrass from Country Gazette. Real variety in...
Feb 13, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 06-02-2024
I enjoyed the first 'live' concert from Sassafras at Tauranga this past weekend, with more to come this week. So they are featured in this episode along with some classic bluegrass from Curly Seckler, George Shifflet, Bill Harrell, and the Country Ge...
Feb 06, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 30-01-2024
I had a weekend of live music - some of it is represented in the songs I've selected, and the usual eclectic selection of bluegrass from many sources makes up the programme. Claire Lynch, Po' Ramblin' Boys, Dark Hollow Bluegrass Band, Sassafras and the...
Jan 30, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 23-01-2024
We kick off with some 'original ' bluegrass from Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, and include both contemporary bluegrass (Sassafras, Jordan Tice, Del McCoury), some 'classic' bluegrass (Country Gentlemen, Joe Mullins, Nashville Bluegrass Band and t...
Jan 23, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 16-01-2024
Mark Newton, High Fidelity, Scott Vestal & Co, Sierra Hull, and some classic bluegrass from 'Here Today', with all sorts of supporting music. Something for all tastes.
Jan 16, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 09-01-2024
Created by Free FM, Hamilton, New Zealand
Jan 09, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 02-01-2024
Created by Free FM, Hamilton, New Zealand
Jan 02, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 26-12-2023
Holiday listening, with some of my favourite musicians. Skaggs & Rice, Byron Berline (with 3 banjos!) John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Country Gentlemen, Jerry Douglas all get to present their songs and tunes, as do Flatt & Scruggs, Doyle Lawson, the HCB...
Dec 26, 2023