Category Archives: Radio Talk

Talkin’ about Trains

Posted on June 8, 2018 by

The High 48s Bluegrass Band Back on the May 26th show I rediscovered the 2014 album of train songs, called Great Northern Railroad, from a band called The High 48s, a slim cardboard volume hiding amidst the plastic jewel boxes … Continue reading →

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WHRB Updates Web Streaming

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

Here’s new information about the streaming Web addresses for the WHRB Internet stream.  If you just go to WHRB.org, and click on the Listen button, you won’t need to do anything else.  But if you are using an application like … Continue reading →

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Becky Buller Live on January 20th!

Posted on January 19, 2018 by

That’s right, fiddler and singer Becky Buller and her hot-pickin’ band will be at the former National Heritage Museum (now the unmemorably-named Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library) this Saturday, January 20th, sponsored of course by the Boston Bluegrass Union.  … Continue reading →

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Rare Stanley Brothers Radio Transcription—You Can Help Save It!

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

Yesterday, this note arrived from audio engineer Frank Cunningham: Hi Lynn, your listeners might find this interesting: Bristol, VA/Tenn. (January 10, 2018) – A rare transcription disc containing a live broadcast performance of The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2001

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

Years rush by.  Memory recedes.  I’ve always remembered the anniversary of that terrible day, but this year I was preoccupied with the Saturday off the week before, the spider bite, Don Williams’s and John Cooke’s deaths, Number Two Son Nathan’s … Continue reading →

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The Annual Fall Football Chopping Block

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

Every fall Harvard Football cuts into some Hillbilly shows.  The Pre-Game Show is usually a half-hour before game time (except for the Yale game, which is an hour).  This year HAH will be curtailed at 11:30 AM for a record … Continue reading →

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Done in by. . . a Spider?

Posted on September 2, 2017 by

Last Sunday, after a visit with two old friends on a sunny afternoon at Castle Island Park, we came home and I switched from shorts to jeans.  It was an ordinary evening, of catching up with email and the blogs/websites … Continue reading →

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Off Again—Pre-Recorded Saturday the 13th

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

UPDATE (19May17)—or maybe it’s a ‘Downdate’:  We’re back from Wisconsin, but I’m down with a nasty cold (are there other kinds?) that seems to be devolving into bronchitis.  So you’ll be treated to four full hours of pre-recorded HAH tomorrow.  … Continue reading →

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Pre-recorded Show Saturday the 22nd–with Update

Posted on April 21, 2017 by

We finally made it down to Virginia to visit with daughter Sarah and her family.  Last December we were frustrated by our dog Ali’s problems with a corneal abrasion, requiring daily eyedrops and an ‘Elizabethan Collar’.  This Tuesday Ali developed … Continue reading →

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Another Excellent Joe Val Festival!

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

NOTE: For higher-resolution versions of the photographs, go to Flickr, HERE. (They won’t be super high, because with my Rebel T2i-Tamron 18-270 combination, I still needed to shoot at 3200 ISO, but they will be better than the ones that … Continue reading →

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