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  • Behind The Mic with John Sentell

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    Many people believe that the best bluegrass is of the lonesome variety – trains, old homeplaces, and murderers named Willie. DJ John Sentell, however, looks more to the uplifting side of bluegrass to get his fill. As the host of

  • 47 years of bluegrass on WAMU

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    Normally, we wait for nice, smooth, round numbers to celebrate legacies. A golden wedding anniversary seems so much grander than a 49th. But in truth, 49 years is pretty remarkable as well. Today, our friends at WAMU's Bluegrass Country are remembering the

  • Behind The Mic with Bobby Franklin

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    Although bluegrass music is decidedly international these days, and has been for quite some time, in all actuality, it’s really a tightly-knit, interconnected community. North Carolina DJ Bobby Franklin knows all about those connections first hand. The legendary Pop Lewis

  • Behind The Mic with Jerry Mills

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    There are very few all-bluegrass radio stations these days, and the ones that do exist are mostly on the Internet. That means bluegrass DJs must carve out a space of their own on a radio station with a somewhat different

  • Behind The Mic with Annette Grady

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    While many people have strong opinions about how to best preserve and promote bluegrass music, most of us can agree that it’s important for younger generations to step in and help keep the music we all love alive. North Carolina

  • Behind The Mic with Ernie Evans

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    Behind The Mic is a new feature which we hope will be a weekly column highlighting the many bluegrass broadcasters who report their spins for our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. We want to give them a little bump for helping us create

  • Weekly Airplay Chart – 5/30/14

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    Have you checked this week's Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart? We see some changes at the top this week. Dailey & Vincent's version of Back To Hancock County has snagged the #1 spot away from Ashley Lewis, and both Detour and

  • Behind The Mic with Brian McNeal

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    Today we launch a new feature which we hope will be a weekly column highlighting the many bluegrass broadcasters who report their spins for our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. We want to give them a little bump for helping

  • Artist2Artist picked up by Stitcher Radio

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    Bluegrass Today columnist Lisa Jacobi has had her Artist2Artist podcast picked up by Stitcher Radio, whose free app for smart phones and tablets makes over 20,000 audio interview programs available for streaming. Stitcher charges no subscription fees for their service, which is