Now…while I have ‘filed’ this page under the Bluegrass Radio menu, I have to make a confession. While Radio Velvet is a Bluegrass internet radio station my program – Bluegrass & Beyond – is not a typical Radio Velvet show. Bluegrass & Beyond is a mixture of Bluegrass (mostly progressive Bluegrass), Americana, Country, Folk and whatever else takes my fancy to play – no-one has complained yet so I shall continue to play tracks from the likes of Chris Pandolfi, Missy Raines & The New Hip, Sturgill Simpson, The Cactus Blossoms, Martin Simpson, Darrell Scott and many others.
Bluegrass & Beyond airs via the internet every Tuesday between 5-6pm UK (6-7pm CET) with the show being repeated on Thursday between 2-3pm UK (3-4pm CET).
While the playlists for the shows are posted onto the Radio Velvet Facebook page, I shall start posting them here as well.
Lately, on the Radio Velvet Facebook page I have been posting ‘teasers’ of some of the artists whose tracks will be included in the current week’s programme – I shall post these here as a preface to the playlists.
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 12th April 2016
- The Dillards – There Is A Time
- The Railsplitters – Goosetown
- The Railsplitters – Family Waltz
- Ozere – Keeper
- Keegan McInroe – Woody & Ruth
- Corinne West – Sweet Rains of Amber
- The Stray Birds – Dream in Blue
- The Railsplitters – Evil Apple
- The Railsplitters – The Estuary
- Hillfolk Noir – North Idaho Zombie Rag (Mix B)
- Darrell Scott – After All
- Kelly Joe Phelps – Lass of Loch Royale (If I Prove False to Thee)
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 5th April 2016
- Duhks – The Magnolia Set
- Ozere – The Parting
- Ozere – Keeper
- Pharis and Jason Romero – A Wanderer I’ll Stay
- Pharis and Jason Romero – Backstep Indi
- The Duhks – Toujours Vouloir
- Ozere – Pony Ride
- Ozere – Anyplace
- Pharis and Jason Romero – Ballad of Old Bill
- Duhks – Pretty Boy Floyd/Stoney Point
- Ozere – Song For Tina
- Pharis and Jason Romero – Lonesome & I’m Going Back Home
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 29th March 2016
- Jon Stickley Trio – Valse De Wasso
- Hillfolk Noir – Shimmy
- Section House – Koopa’s Road
- Velvet & Stone – Fisherman’s Blues
- Bronwynne Brent – Like the Thunder
- Keegan McInroe – Woody & Ruth
- Troy Boone – Dream Catcher
- Underhill Rose – Montana
- Larry Keel – Ripchord
- James McMurtry – See The Elephant
- John Hartford – In Tall Buildings
- 3hattrio – Western City Nights
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 22nd March 2016
- Fairport Convention – The Brilliancy Medley & Cherokee Shuffle
- Robert Mabe – Nothing But Highway
- Béla Fleck – The Legend
- Ry Cooder – Cherry Ball Blues
- Joe Bonamassa – Jelly Roll
- Duhks – The Dregs Of Birch
- Rising Appalachia – Cumberland Gap
- Brittany Haas – Black Jack Grove
- Hillfolk Noir – Little Sadie/Walkin’ Boss
- Lincoln Durham – Last Red Dawn
- Jonah Tolchin – Mockingbird
- Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors – American Beauty
- Grateful Dead – Box of Rain
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 15th March 2016
- Hayes Carll – Drunken Poet’s Dream
- The Red Stick Ramblers – Les Oiseaux Vont Chanter
- Dirk Powell – That Ain’t Right
- Beausoleil – Valse a Thomas Ardoin
- Matt Flinner Trio – Yard Games
- Corinne West – Cry of the Echo Drifter
- The Steel Wheels – Second of May
- Shovels & Rope – Lay Low
- Leo Kottke – Sonora’s Death Row
- Hillfolk Noir – Round I Sing/Mile On Up
- Big Virginia Sky – Southbound (Back Where I’m From)
- John Hiatt – Cry Love
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 8th March 2016
- Hank Williams – Settin’ the Woods on Fire
- Gram Parsons – Cash on the Barrelhead/Hickory Wind
- Emmylou Harris – Too Far Gone
- Kelly Joe Phelps – Frankenstein Party of Three: Your Table Is Ready
- Corinne West – Audrey Turn the Moon
- Kristen Grainger & Dan Wetzel – Far And Away
- Sofia Talvik – Give Me a Home
- American Aquarium – Southern Sadness
- 3hattrio – Tammy’s Sister
- The Avett Brothers – The Perfect Space
- Hank Williams – Howlin’ at the Moon
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 1st March 2016
- The Cactus Blossoms – Yes Sir!
- Alison Krauss & Union Station – Lie Awake
- Angel Snow – Secret
- Jane Kramer – Your Ever Green Heart
- Evie Ladin Band – Drinking About You
- Corinne West – Audrey Turn the Moon
- Ollabelle – John the Revelator
- Levon Helm – A Train Robbery
- Levon Helm – Kingfish
- Locust Honey String Band – Just One More
- Robert Mabe – What You Deserve/Into the Sun
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 23rd February 2016
- Creole Belles – Bernadette
- Corinne West – Starlight Highway
- Strength in Numbers – The Lochs of Dread
- Velvet & Stone – Fisherman’s Blues
- Underhill Rose – Whispering Pines Motel
- Josh Harty – The Kind
- Gurf Morlix – Voice Of Midnight
- Steve Earle – Lonelier Than This
- Patty Griffin – Rider of Days
- Susan McKeown – Sweet Liberty/Promenade
- Jon Stickley Trio – The High Road
- Sam Bush – The Mahavishnu Mountain Boys
- Jane Kramer – My Dusty Wings
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 9th February 2016
- Locust Honey String Band – Henry Lee
- The Honeycutters – Jukebox
- Parker Millsap – Old Time Religion
- Jane Kramer – Highways, Rivers & Scars
- Matt Flinner Trio – The Terry Cloth Warriors
- Béla Fleck & The Flecktones – Gravity Lane
- Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin – Lost John Dean
- Polecat Creek – Never Mind
- The Cactus Blossoms – Adios Maria
- Kenny Vaughan – Hot Like That
- Texas Tornados – Marina
- Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers – On Monday
- Growling Old Men – Last Hill Before Home
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 2nd February 2016
- Locust Honey String Band – McMiche’s Breakdown
- Sierra Hull – Wings of the Dawn
- Matt Flinner Trio – Pioneer Coffey
- Carly Dow – This Dress
- Sofia Talvik – Big Sky Country
- Jane Kramer – Carnival of Hopes
- Jon Stickley Trio – The High Road
- Evie Ladin Band – Drinking About You
- The Cactus Blossoms – Lost John Dean
- Martha Scanlan – August Is A Gate
- John Hiatt – Down Around My Place
- Locust Honey String Band – Columbus Stockade Blues
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 19th January 2016
- Locust Honey String Band – When the Whiskey’s Gone
- The Lone Bellow – Marietta
- American Aquarium – Man I’m Supposed to Be
- Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas & Russ Barenberg – Why Don’t You Go Back to the Woods
- Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Mike Marshall – Child’s Play
- Darol Anger & Mike Marshall – Little Jaco
- Townes Van Zandt – Tecumseh Valley
- Guy Clark – That Old Time Feeling
- Oliver Swain’s Big Machine – No Strange Thing
- Jon Stickley Trio – Point To Point
- James McMurtry – Broken Bed
- Jenny Ritter – Lost And Found
- Locust Honey String Band – Boogerman
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 12th January 2016
- The Delmore Brothers – Down Home Boogie
- The Honeycutters – Jukebox
- Tellico – Morning Haze
- Jake & Rebekah Workman – Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Locust Honey String Band – Boogerman
- Adam Hurt – Old Beech Leaves/Sheep and Hogs Walking Through the Pasture
- Christopher Paul Stelling – Too Far North
- Norrie McCulloch – Hard To Be The Man That You Are Not
- Old Hannah – West
- Rita Hosking – Spirit Canoe
- Patty Griffin – Gunpowder
- Ryan Culwell – I Will Come For You
- Chris Stapleton – More of You
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 24th November 2015
- Fiddle & Banjo – The Old French Set
- Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham – Sophie’s Lullaby
- Tim O’Brien – One Girl Cried
- Pharis and Jason Romero – Poor Boy
- Jenny Ritter – Been So Kind
- Mike & Ruthy – Rock On Little Jane
- The Duhks – Mighty Storm
- Jason Isbell – To a Band That I Loved
- Sturgill Simpson – Long White Line
- Rhiannon Giddens – She’s Got You
- Aidan O’Rourke – An Tobar
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 17th November 2015
- Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston – Red Prairie Dawn
- John Hiatt – Cry Love
- The Greencards – Su Prabhat
- Dave Swarbrick – Once I Loved a Maiden Fair
- Mike Marshall’s Big Trio – Honey Bee’s Secret
- Adam Steffey – Pitchin’ Wedge
- Ricky Skaggs – Get Up John
- Sam Bush – Girl from the North Country
- Rory Gallagher – Going to My Home Town
- Hershel Sizemore – Fancy Gap
- Cory Piatt – Ride The Wild Turkey
- Troy Boone – Rock Creek
- Sierra Hull – Daybreak
- Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby – Mandolin Rain
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 10th November 2015
- April Verch – Slip Away
- Krüger Brothers – Cork Harbor
- JigJam – Jack of the Woods
- The John Hartford Stringband – Bring Your Clothes Back Home
- Finnders and Youngberg – Back Door
- Front Country – One Kind Word
- Front Country – Undertaker
- JigJam – Beeswing
- Robert Earl Keen – Vincent Black Lightning
- Backyard Buskers – The Tailor’s Daughter
- April Verch – Polska from Kumla
- Kruger Brothers/Kontras Quartet – Margarete
- Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley – Pride and Joy
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 3rd November 2015
- Presley Barker – Nashville Pickin’
- Allen Shadd – Miles From the Hard Road
- Chet Atkins & Doc Watson – Texas Gales – Old Joe Clark
- John Carlini; Tony Rice – Devlin
- Bill Mize – The Captain’s Friend
- W.G. Snuffy Walden – Alone
- John Renbourn – Pavan d’Aragon
- Kenny Vaughan – Hot Like That
- Guthrie Trapp – Mambo Cheeks
- Keb’ Mo’ – Am I Wrong
- Jarekus Singleton – Crime Scene
- Edgar Meyer; Jerry Douglas; Russ Barenberg – Big Bug Shuffle
- Snyder Family Band – Trick Shot
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 20th October 2015
- Rhiannon Giddens – Shake Sugaree
- The Slocan Ramblers – Call Me Long Gone
- Wilson Banjo Co. – Darlin’ Corey
- Finnders and Youngberg – Watch Out for the Blues
- Mike & Ruthy – The Farmer
- Hurray for the Riff Raff – I Know It’s Wrong (But That’s Alright)
- Hank Smith & Lindsey Tims – Django’s Dream
- Front Country – Old Country
- Jim Hurst & Roberto Della Vecchia – Poor Hobo/There’s An Old Spinning Wheel
- Rita Hosking – Spirit Canoe
- JigJam – Hornpipe/Reels: The Brown Coffin/Monster Stormy Blues/The WIld Irishman
- Jason Isbell – Hudson Commodore
- Eliza Gilkyson – Wildwood Spring
- Gillian Welch – Tear My Stillhouse Down
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 13th October 2015
- Maxida Märak & Downhill Bluegrass Band – East of the Mountain
- Darol Anger & Mike Marshall Band – Emu’s Blues
- Dom Flemons – Hot Chicken
- Martin Simpson – Swannanoa Tunnel
- Jenny Ritter – Slide Mountain
- Gurf Morlix – Walkin’ To New Orleans
- Christopher Paul Stelling – Horse
- James McMurtry – Red Dress
- Gillian Welch – Pass You By
- Reeltime Travellers – Halleluiah
- Duhks – The Magnolia Set
- Ry Cooder – Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai
Bluegrass & Beyond Playlist 6th October 2015
- Christopher Paul Stelling – Warm Enemy
- Mason Via – Synesthesia
- Adam Hurt – Fortune
- Kyle Murphy – Speed Bump
- Rita Hosking – Wetiko
- Stray Birds – Simple Man
- Darrell Scott – Nobody Eats at Linebaugh’s Anymore
- Buddy And Julie Miller – Chalk feat. Patty Griffin
- Keb’ Mo’ – Do It Right
- David Grisman & Sam Bush – Intimo
- Front Country – Gospel Train
- Mason Via – Sweet Dreams