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
Back Porch Bluegrass - 19-12-2023
A Christmas treat for you all - I have my son Sam in the studio with me, and we talk about a life of playing music, encouraging others, writing songs, going surfing - all the important things! He sings a new song, recently written, right here in the s...
Dec 19, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 12-12-2023
The Rice Brothers, Sassafras, Don Parmley, Doyle Lawson form the first part of the show, what a line-up! We've got Caroline Jones & the Trenwiths doing a Christmas song, bluegrass style (of course!) as well as the Dry Branch Fire Squad, Mac Wiseman, a...
Dec 12, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 05-12-2023
We're on the rundown to Christmas, so we've got Caroline Jones & the Trenwiths doing a Christmas song, bluegrass style (of course!) as well as some classic bluegrass from the Bluegrass Album Band, the Stanley Brothers and the Spinney Brothers. Jeanett...
Dec 05, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 28-11-2023
I'm still exploring my shelves full of LPs and CDs, and I think I've come up with some gems for this show. The Kathy Kallick Band, Charlie Moore, JD Crowe, Earl Taylor, Craig Smith, Chubby Wise all contribute, as well as a host of others.
Nov 28, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 21-11-2023
I'm still exploring my shelves full of LPs and CDs, and I think I've come up with some gems for this show. The Kathy Kallick Band, Charlie Moore, J.D. Crowe, Earl Taylor, Craig Smith, Chubby Wise all contribute, as well as a host of others.
Nov 21, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 14-11-2023
I keep finding tracks that I've not previously played on Back Porch Bluegrass, and I think you'll enjoy them. The Earls of Leicester, Ivan Rosenberg, Bill Evans, Detour, Rhonda Vincent, the Gibson Brothers, and Tony Rice, all playing great bluegrass mu...
Nov 14, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 07-11-2023
All the elements of fine bluegrass music in this episode - driving banjo, punchy rhythms, soaring fiddles, incredibly dextrous mandolin playing, heartfelt vocals and wonderfully crafted songs. I've included songs from Dan Tyminski, Tony Ellis, Starlett...
Nov 07, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 31-10-2023
I've chosen some favourite albums and performers for this episode of BPBg, including Laurie Lewis, the Johnson Mountain Boys, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Merle Haggard singing songs of the great Jimmie Rodgers, and High Fidelity singing a song from t...
Oct 31, 2023
Back Porch Bluegrass - 24-10-2023
I've been buying bluegrass albums from County Sales (USA) since the mid-1960's, and I've just received another package from them, of albums I ordered from their catalogue. It's always exciting opening such a package, and I thought I'd share that with y...
Oct 24, 2023