WAMU’s Bluegrass Country

  • Video on inaugural DC Bluegrass Festival

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    We had posted earlier this year about the first-ever DC Bluegrass Festival, which was held March 27 in McLean, VA. Much of our pre-event focus was on banjo legend Bill Emerson, and him being the recipient of the first Washington Monument

  • Lee Michael Demsey celebrates 20 years in BU

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    With the upcoming May 2010 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, Lee Michael Demsey will celebrate 20 years compiling National Bluegrass Survey, the singles and album chart that has appeared in the magazine since 1990. The chart debuted in the May 1990 issue,

  • C-Sky live on WAMU

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    Cadillac Sky will be live on the radio at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon (4/26) on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. The guys will be on with Jen Hitt to discuss - and deliver - some music from their upcoming Dualtone CD, Letters

  • Bill Emerson and DC fest on WAMU

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    As we've mentioned before, Bill Emerson is set to be honored this Saturday with the very first Washington Monument Award from the DC Bluegrass Union during their first bluegrass festival on March 27. The award will be given annually to DC-area

  • Dudley Connell melts the switchboard

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    Over this past weekend, WAMU's Bluegrass Country ran the first 3 hours of the lengthy interviews they are conducting with Dudley Connell.He spoke in depth with Katy Daley and Lee Michael Dempsey about having grown up in the DC bluegrass

  • Darin and Brooke on Stained Glass Bluegrass

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    Darin & Brooke Aldridge will be featured guests on Sunday's (1/17) edition of Stained Glass Bluegrass on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. The show airs from 6:00-10:00 a.m. each Sunday morning. This week's focus will be on Darin and Brooke's new, self-titled CD

  • Congratulations to Lee Michael Demsey

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    Now here is a number that all our radio friends will appreciate... 1000. That is the number of shows that Lee Michael Demsey is celebrating today on WAMU's Bluegrass Country.  He has been with WAMU for nearly 30 years, spinning bluegrass

  • Bill Emerson debuts Southern on WAMU

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    Banjo legend Bill Emerson will be in the studio on Tuesday morning (1/12) at 9:00 a.m. (EST) with Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. He'll be on to celebrate the release of his 6th solo CD, Southern, on Rural Rhythm