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Joe Val – Diamond Joe (1995)
For over 25 years, Joe Val was, in the words of Peter Rowan, the voice of bluegrass in New England. It didn’t matter that he was a short, skinny Italian (his last name was really Valiante) from a...
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The Nashville Bluegrass Band – Home of the Blues (1991)
320 kbps | 100 MB | UL | TB | OB Home of the Blues is one of the Nashville Bluegrass Band’s finest albums, boasting a handful of excellent originals like “Blue Train,” and interpretations of standards...
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Celebrating Christmas on the Radio
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for December 20, 2015 Since 1980, I have produced a Christmas radio special on WFDU-FM, a folk music Christmas program. I started doing this show because I had grown tired...
View ArticleSaving Country Music’s 2015 Song(s) of the Year
When it comes to picking the "best" songs from a given time period, it's a much more subjective chore than selecting the best albums or the best artists. Our relationship with songs is just so much...
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Podcast: Should Auld AquaintenceEpisode #15-53 | airing 12-30-15
Let’s ring in the New Year in fashion with some delighful tunes and celebration! LISTEN: http://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1553_podcast.mp3To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using...
View ArticleWHUP Playlist for December 30, 2015 - Americana Music Show Podcast
On this week's live show on WHUP, I count down the top albums of 2015 "WHUP Playlist for December 30, 2015" originated from Americana Music Show Podcast.
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THE MIKE RITCHIE ON SUNDAY SHOW, CELTIC MUSIC RADIO – DECEMBER 27, 2015 PLAYLIST
My latest show (a pre –recorded one) playlist with catch-up links. Opening tracks by Neil Young, Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams failed to appear: a festive spanner in the works. Hope you like the...
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VERA VAN HEERINGEN —PROPER BREW (Wood And Steel Records)
www.veravanheeringen.com Proper Brew released on Dirk Powell’s new created Wood And Steel record label follows in the footsteps of Holland-born Vera Van Heeringen’s debut record, Standing Tall....
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MIKE RITCHIE LOOKS BACK OVER 2015 ALBUMS – AND AHEAD TO SOME CRACKERS
New albums in the New Year already causing a stir – Cam Penner, Malcolm Holcombe, Dan Stuart, Norrie McCulloch, Lucinda Williams, Blue Rose Code among them. Before then, here are some of my...
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CHARLIE PARR —STUMPSTOMPER (Red House Records
http://www.redhouserecords.com Duluth, Minnesota bluesman Charlie Parr on this his Red House Records debut enjoys the benefit of a band (Phil Cook; Ryan Gustafson; James Wallace) for a change, and...
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VA – Moody Bluegrass – A Nashville Tribute to the Moody Blues (2004)
When many of the greatest musicians in Nashville put a bluegrass spin on classic songs by The Moody Blues, the results are irresistible. Here’s a perfect combination of the familiar and the new, sure...
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Best Live Shows 2015
It was quite a year. I saw a number of my favourite artists live for the first time in 2015 – Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Alison Krauss, Jerry Jeff Walker, Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Cash Savage,...
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I Wish
It’s New Year’s Eve as I write this (in Australia). I am not making any resolutions for 2016. Rather, I’m thinking of some modest improvements, rather than character renovations. You is what you...
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Episode 101: W.B. Walker’s Old Soul Radio Show Podcast (Jason James, Sarah...
The Music Featured On This Weeks Episode Is From The Following Albums: Jason James – Jason James (2015) Sarah Gayle Meech – Tennessee Love Song (2015) Daniel Romano – If I’ve Only One Time Askin’...
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Kevin Sekhani – Day Ain’t Done (2015)
Kevin Sekhani is a long-time songwriter and music veteran. He worked the Austin music scene for about twenty years honing his craft in bands like Radio Thieves and Two Minute Sinatra. Then in 2010 he...
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Keegan McInroe – Uncouth Pilgrims (2015)
320 kbps | 148 MB | UL | OB | TB Keegan McInroe is a Texas based singer-songwriter. Weaving threads from old country, old blues and folk together with his own unique voice and perspective, McInroe...
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Tokyo Rosenthal – Afterlife (2015)
Tokyo Rosenthal has been entertaining folks in the Raleigh Durham area for years both as a singer songwriter and as the producer of a music variety show on radio stations all over. He is one of those...
View ArticleSounds Irish: Sounds Irish 12-29-15, Segment 1
Sounds Irish is a weekly program coming straight from County Wicklow in Ireland, hosted by Joe Bollard, one of the elder statesmen of the Irish show band scene. Each program features a variety of Irish...
View ArticleSounds Irish: Sounds Irish 12-29-15, Segment 3
Sounds Irish is a weekly program coming straight from County Wicklow in Ireland, hosted by Joe Bollard, one of the elder statesmen of the Irish show band scene. Each program features a variety of Irish...
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