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WoodSongs celebrates 700th broadcast

| January 28, 2013 | 0 Comments
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WoodSongs Radio Old-Time Radio Hour, the internationally renowned stage-set radio show, celebrates an amazing milestone tonight (1/28), its 700th broadcast. The 700th show will feature the longtime purveyors, custodians and distillers of a modern big band swing sound Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The show is [...]

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Festival of the Bluegrass unites with BOB

| January 17, 2013 | 0 Comments
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The popular Lexington, KY event, Festival of the Bluegrass held during June each year, is now partnering with a number of local civic and business entities in a major expansion and rebranding for 2013 and beyond. Though the festival itself will continue to function as [...]

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Woodsongs HD Fund drive

| August 3, 2012 | 0 Comments
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We’ve posted many times about The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, and their ongoing support of bluegrass music. The program, which is now available on both radio and television, originates from Lexington, KY (deep in bluegrass country), has featured most every prominent bluegrass artist amidst [...]

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Woodsongs to BlueHighways TV

| March 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Michael Jonathan, long-time host of the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, has announced that his live music program will soon be offered to cable subscribers of BlueHighways TV. This gives the show an enviable reach, as it is already carried by more than 500 radio [...]

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Donna Ulisse on Woodsongs

| October 3, 2011 | 0 Comments

Donna Ulisse and a scaled-back version of her Poor Mountain Boys will make appearance tonight (10/3) on Michael Jonathan’s Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. She will be joined by her husband, Rick Stanley on guitar and banjoist Greg Davis, both of whom will also provide [...]

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Two great performances from Woodsongs

| July 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour has featured both up-and-coming and established bluegrass acts for as long as they have been on the air. What started as a simple radio program in Lexington, KY – hosted by folksinger Michael Jonathan – is now heard by over [...]

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Lonesome County on Woodsongs

| June 7, 2010 | 0 Comments

Lonesome County made an appearance on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour in December of last year. They perform primarily on a regional basis near their home in Michigan, and guitarist/vocalist Chad Jeremy said that he sent submissions in to Woodsongs for several years before [...]

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Crooked Still on Woodsongs

| May 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

We’ve written several times of late about Some Strange Country, the fine new CD from Crooked Still. There were a couple of videos, and a lengthy interview with banjoist Greg Liszt published here earlier this month. The band also appeared recently on the Woodsongs Old [...]

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Quebe Sisters on Woodsongs

| April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

We’ve posted a few times about The Quebe Sisters, a fascinatingly retro sibling trio from Fort Worth who combine triple fiddles with tight three-part harmony on both original and classic Texas swing music. They were a smash hit at IBMA in 2009, and are making [...]

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Kruger Brothers on Woodsongs

| March 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Kruger Brothers were a guest on The Woodsongs Old-Time Music Hour earlier this month, and video from the program is now available online. Woodsongs tapes live each Monday evening from Lexington, KY with performances from an eclectic mix of folk, blues, bluegrass and Americana [...]

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