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Tag: WAMU’s Bluegrass Country
Major milestone for Mike Kear
This weekend will mark the 500th episode of Music From Foggy Hollow, hosted by Australia’s Mike Kear on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country. That’s quite an accomplishment in any medium, even more so in a niche market like bluegrass, and yet even more still outside the US. Way [...]
WAMU looking for photos
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is getting ready to celebrate 45 years of playing bluegrass music on WAMU on July 2, and is asking listeners, fans and current/former colleagues to help them assemble a comprehensive photo history of the experience. A special commemorative scrapbook is being prepared, [...]
Herb Pedersen on WAMU
Herb Pedersen will be the featured interview guest with Katy Daley Wednesday morning (4/11) on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country at 9:00 a.m. (EDT). The pre-recorded piece features discussion about Herb’s new band, Loafer’s Glory, with whom he plays guitar, along with Bill Bryson on bass, Tom Sauber on fiddle, [...]
Rhonda turns ‘em loose
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has posted a new video of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage tearing through a cool medley of instrumental bluegrass favorites when they performed on the Katy Daley Show on February 2. Rhonda featured each of her top shelf pickers in turn (Brent Burke [...]
Boxcars, Lawson do radio Wednesday
Big doin’s on the radio tomorrow (3/21) for bluegrass lovers. Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. marks the official premier of the highly-anticipated sophomore release from The Boxcars, All In, on Sirius-XM’s Bluegrass Junction. All five members of the band sat recently with Kyle Cantrell for [...]
Mike Scott on WAMU
Veteran bluegrass artist Mike Scott will be the subject of an interview this afternoon (2/29) with Bob Webster on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country. Mike’s early career was as a banjo picker, logging time with Carl Story, Jim & Jesse, Ronnie Reno and Danny Davis & The [...]
Jerry Gray: 1934 – 2012
This remembrance of popular Washington, DC radio personality Jerry Gray is a contribution from Bill Foster with the DC Bluegrass Union. Jerry Gray (nee Gerald Ralph Poulsen) passed away on February 2, 2012. Jerry and his wife Kay lived in Hardy, VA near Roanoke, VA. Jerry [...]
Big doin’s with Katy Daley
Katy Daley has a couple of major guests scheduled this week during her morning show on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country. Tuesday (1/31) at 9:15 (EST), Graham Sharp from Steep Canyon Rangers will join Katy by phone to talk about the band’s upcoming CD, their Grammy nomination [...]
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country in American Magazine
For half a century, Washington, DC’s WAMU has been a staple in bluegrass broadcasting. Fans and professional artists alike tune in daily to get their fix from the 24/7 online bluegrass broadcast outlet. American Magazine, published by American University (the home of WAMU), recently ran [...]
Seldom Scene week at WAMU’s Bluegrass Country
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is celebrating the 40th anniversary of hometown heroes Seldom Scene with a special week of programming, running through November 25. They will be highlighting the group’s many recordings, featuring interviews with current and former members, and some archival live audio. Still to come [...]
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