The Music City Roots program, which airs live online from Nashville each Wednesday evening, is most commonly given over to alt-country and Americana acts. But this week a special bluegrass showcase is scheduled in honor of Mac Wiseman, and the
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WVTF’s Back To The Blue Ridge to end after 16 years
Back To The Blue Ridge, a popular bluegrass and old time music program on WVTF in Roanoke, VA, will end production this week after 16 years on the air. The retirement of host Kinney Rorrer is the reason for the
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Ozark Highlands Radio comes to Radio Bristol
Radio Bristol keeps adding new programming to a lineup already jam-packed with interesting content. The latest addition to the station’s schedule is Ozark Highlands Radio, a show that features both archival recordings and contemporary roots music, largely from musicians based
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If You Can’t Play, Get Off the Stage from Garret Woodward
For many bluegrass followers in the US, our first introduction to Garret K. Woodward was when his name showed up as a nominee for the 2016 Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association. But
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Congratulations to Bob Mitchell for 400
Persistence can count for a lot, even when skills may be lacking. But when you add that diligence to passion, opportunity, and capability, great things can happen. In bluegrass we find many examples of people who dedicate time and energy to
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Bluegrass Country Radio losing a DC presence
Bluegrass Country Radio, which kept bluegrass alive in the Washington, D.C., area after WAMU decided to end its bluegrass programming, is losing one of its main outlets in the capital region. As of June 21, Bluegrass Country won’t be found on
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Sound Sessions from Smithsonian Folkways on Radio Bristol
Radio Bristol has been adding new programs left and right this year, utilizing the wealth of great music and great musical knowledge to be found in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. For the station’s latest program, however, they’ve called upon
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Electric City Bluegrass radio in South Carolina
Folks in northwestern South Carolina now have a dedicated, all-bluegrass channel on their radio dial. WRIX 1020 AM and 104.7 FM in Anderson, SC are blasting the grass 24/7 with a signal that reaches as far north as Hendersonville, NC, west
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New app available for Bluegrass Country
Bluegrass Country, the 24/7 streaming radio operation from our nation's capitol may be under new management, but they are playing the same bluegrass music that made them a favorite for fans in the DC Metro market, and for many thousands
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New ride for Dennis Jones
Dennis Jones, MC at the 2011 Darin & Brooke Aldridge Bluegrass Festival in Cherryville, NC - photo © Ted Lehmann Folks in western North Carolina know Dennis Jones as a bluegrass radio personality at WNCW in Spindale. His popular Goin' Across