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Category Archives: Bluegrass
Jim Rooney and Tish Hinojosa Visit “Hillbilly Central” on May 15th, 1999
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD “Hillbilly Central.” That’s what Sinc called it, in Studio B with Tish Hinojosa, as Jim Rooney was waving goodbye, Tom Pittman of the Austin Lounge Lizards had dropped by to say hello (the Lizards were … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Austin Lounge Lizards, Big Country Bluegrass, Brad Paisley, Chip Dolan, Cousin Kate Walker, Gordy Brown, Jim Rooney, John Lincoln Wright, John Prine, Marvin Dykhuis, Tish Hinojosa, Tom Pittman
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It’s October 24, 1992, and We’ve Got Kate MacKenzie and D. L. Menard!
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It’s October 24th, 1992. The Boston Bluegrass Union is bringing in Kate MacKenzie and her band Stoney Lonesome from the Twin Cities, to play at the First Church Congregational, on the corner of Garden and … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Cajun Music, Country History, Hillbilly History, Program Notes, Radio Talk, Rounder Records
Tagged Bill Monroe, Boston Bluegrass Union, D. L. Menard, Dave Dillon, Kate MacKenzie, Margaret Gerteis, Richard Brown, Stoney Lonesome, The Reunion Band
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June 1993: Iris DeMent Was in Town, and Live on HAH
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It’s Saturday, June 5th, 1993. Hillbilly at Harvard had been preempted for a couple of weeks (probably by Orgies®) and was limited, we were told, to three hours that day. But Iris DeMent was in … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Program Notes, Radio Talk, Record Business, Rounder Records
Tagged Cuzin Isaac Page, Grace Furnari, Harry Lipson, Infamous Angel, Iris Dement, Jim Rooney, John Hartford, John Lincoln Wright, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Scott Alarik
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January 20, 2001: James King, Dudley Connell, Don Rigsby Together in Studio B
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD The Boston Bluegrass Union was celebrating its 25th Anniversary, and for the occasion was hosting a concert at the (then named) Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, with a group they called the Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Program Notes
Tagged Aubrie Haynie, Bobby Hicks, Boston Bluegrass Union, DonRigsby, Dudley Connell, Gene Libea, James King, Joe Val Festival, Old Sinc, Sammy Shelor, The Lonesome River Band, The Seldom Scene
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Hear New IBMA Hall of Famer Lynn Morris on Hallowe’en 1992
ALERT UPDATE: SHOW DID NOT RUN AT ALL, FOR UNKNOWN REASON. I WILL ASK THEM TO RUN THIS SHOW NEXT SATURDAY. /CL ALERT! SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THE ARCHIVAL SHOW IS NOT RUNNING. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE WHO … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Radio Talk, Record Business, Rounder Records
Tagged Chris Jones, Flo Murdock, IBMA Hall of Fame, Jesse Brock, John Lincoln Wright, Ken Irwin, Lynn Morris, Marshall Wilborn, Old Sinc, The Lynn Morris Band, The Stoneman Family
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Back to 1986, with Bay State Bluegrass
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It was November 8th, 1986, back in the WHRB studios under Sanders Theater in Memorial Hall, and I was having trouble with Left Turntable during The Down Home Show. One channel was not broadcasting. This … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Dave Haney, Ed Muller, Hillbilly at Harvard, IBMA, Jim Roillins, Jimmy Martin, Joe Val, Lisa Baldwin, Randy Travis, Stan Zdonik, Steve Aby, The Boston Bluegrass Union, The Down Home Show, The New England Bluegrass Boys, WDLW, WHRB
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Jenny Brook Lives!
Just received this email from Candi Sawyer: We had to cancel the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival two years in a row due to the pandemic so we are thrilled to be able to present the Jenny Brook MiniFest October 8-10, … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Festivals, HA'pennings
Tagged Candi Sawyer, Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, Jenny Brook MiniFest, Tunbridge VT
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No Joe Val Festival This February
From the Boston Bluegrass Union: Bluegrass Breakdown September 9th, 2021 Joe Val 2022 Postponed Due to COVID-19 Greeting to all friends of the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival. Much has changed since we were all together in February of 2020. The Sheraton … Continue reading
Boston City Limits with Chris Jones, in 1988
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It’s Friday night, and I just remembered I forgot to post a notice about this Archival Show. So here’s what I say in the introduction: Today we’re going back in time to February 6th, 1988. … Continue reading
OId Devils Dream. . . of 1986
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD I just finished listening to an old Hillbilly show, which ended with a live performance from The Nashville Bluegrass Band, and a lengthy Old Sinc recitation of the Country Calendar as the boys played ‘Cumberland … Continue reading