Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull. The program is posted here in two sections for broadcasters to insert breaks for station identification, etc. Please be careful to add enough additional material as the length of the segments will vary from week to week.
A few new releases this week, plus a preview of the Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival in New Hampshire. Here's how we picked it:
(Intro - Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - Watermelon Hanging On The Vine / Roanoke - Off The Record, Vol. 1: Live Recordings, 1956-1969 - Smithsonian Folkways)
THE BLUEGRASS BROTHERS - Memories Of My Childhood - Generations -
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MEGAN MCKAMEY - Here's Your Goodbye - Here's Your Goodbye -
RENO & SMILEY - Springtime In Dear Old Dixie - Reno & Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-Ups: 1951-1959 (disc 1) - King
THE EARL BROTHERS - Hard Times Down The Road - IBMA World of Bluegrass Ramble Showcase Preview, 2014 - IBMA
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BARBWIRE - Charlie Walker - IBMA World of Bluegrass Ramble Showcase Preview, 2014 - IBMA
DRIVEN - '49 Gold - You'll be Lonely, I'll Be Gone - Self
JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLER'S CHOICE - Lover's Quarrel - The Story Of The Day That I Died - Rebel
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RICH IN TRADITION - This Is The Girl I Love - Lonesomeville - Mountain Roads
THE RARELY HERD - Moonville Brakeman - Coming Of Age - Pinecastle
THE GRASS CATS - The Mountains, My Baby And Me - The Mountains, My Baby And Me - New Time
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FLATT LONESOME - How Long - Too - Mountain Home
(Gibson Brothers ID for Music For The Mountain)
THE GIBSON BROTHERS - Daddy's Gone To Knoxville - They Called It Music - Compass
(Caleb Smith (Balsam Range) IBMA World of Bluegrass 2014 Promo)
BALSAM RANGE - Better Days - Papertown - Mountain Home
(Sammy Shelor ID for Music For The Mountain)
THE LONESOME RIVER BAND - Don't Cry Blue - Still Learning - Rural Rhythm
JONATHAN EDWARDS & THE SELDOM SCENE - Only A Hobo - Blue Ridge - Sugar Hill
(Outro - Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - Y'all Come - Off The Record, Vol. 1: Live Recordings, 1956-1969 - Smithsonian Folkways)