Tag: WAMU’s Bluegrass Country

Submissions solicited for Bluegrass Country’s live WOB broadcasts

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments
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For the past five years, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has lugged hundreds of pounds of gear from their Washington, DC studios to the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville to broadcast live each day during the IBMA’s World Of Bluegrass. This year, they’ll make the trek to Raleigh, where [...]

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Bluegrass Country to launch the Spinney’s No Borders

| April 29, 2013 | 0 Comments
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WAMU’s Bluegrass Country will feature an official debut of No Borders, the brand new CD from the The Spinney Brothers on the Mountain Fever label, tomorrow, April 30th. The band, consisting of Allan Spinney (guitar and vocals), Rick Spinney (banjo and vocals), Gary Dalrymple (mandolin) [...]

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Audie and the boys on WAMU

| March 28, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Audie Blaylock and Redline will be making at stop in Washington, DC on Friday morning to perform live on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country. They’ll be on with Katy Daley at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) to pick and sing. The show can be heard in the DC Metro [...]

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Danny Paisley at DCBU

| February 27, 2013 | 12 Comments
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Here is David Morris’ interview with Danny and Ryan Paisley at the DC Bluegrass Festival this past weekend. Once again, thanks to Eric Tapp for technical assistance. The video is presented in B&W owing to the poor lighting in the hotel pool area where we [...]

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Home Town Special – vintage sounds on Bluegrass Country

| January 20, 2013 | 0 Comments
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WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is debuting a new program this evening, Home Town Special, which will air on Sunday evenings from 7:00-9:00 p.m. (eastern). Hosting will be Jay Bruder, who will focus on vintage music from the 1940s through the early ’60s. His interests are not limited to bluegrass, [...]

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After Hours With Junior Sisk

| September 26, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Is there any better singer in bluegrass today than Junior Sisk? When he’s at his best, maybe not. But even when he’s not at his best, he’s very, very good. Tuesday night was one of those times when Junior wasn’t at his best, at least [...]

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Getting airplay for your music

| September 25, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Yesterday afternoon at World of Bluegrass, WAMU’s Bluegras Country Program Director Chris Teskey moderated a panel discussion with a number of bluegrass radio notables. Billed as State of the Industry: Bluegrass Radio & Charts, the primary focus of the session was presenting artists and record [...]

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Bluegrass Today and WAMU at IBMA

| September 14, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Well, it’s that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the baseball playoffs are looming, and football is in full swing. The kids are back in school, our gardens are drying up, and the bluegrass world is making final plans to congregate in [...]

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Live from ROMP on Open Mic

| August 11, 2012 | 0 Comments
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This week’s edition of Open Mic on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is the first installment of many sets recorded live this past June at ROMP in Owensboro, KY. As you can see from our photo and video coverage of the event, ROMP featured top acts from both [...]

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Jimmy and Moondi on WFDU – UPDATED

| August 10, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Jimmy Gaudreau will be the guest on this morning’s edition of Lonesome Pine RFD, airing on WFDU. The signal is available over the air at 89.1 FM in the New York City metro market, or online at www.wfdu.fm. Host Carol Beaugard will welcome Jimmy at 11:00 [...]

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