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Category Archives: Radio Talk
Off Again—Pre-Recorded Saturday the 13th
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
Posted in Administrivia, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Amtrak, The Empire Builder, The Lake Shore Limited
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Pre-recorded Show Saturday the 22nd–with Update
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
Posted in Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Northeast Regional, Powhatan
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Mark Brine Stopping By Saturday the 31st
UPDATE 6Jan17: Had fun chatting with Mark about old times and new. A couple of corrections: Mark is currently back in Maryland, to be closer to his grandchildren. And his musical history goes back farther than the ’80s. Looking forward … Continue reading
Posted in Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged Hillbilly at Harvard, Mark Brine, Sally O'Brien's
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Time for “The Montreal Express”!
(16Dec) Yep, it was 3º F on the river in Saxonville this morning. Although the storm tomorrow is supposed to change from snow to rain and warmer temps during the day, I’ll try to remember to play “The Montreal Express”—see … Continue reading
Program Notes for December
UPDATE 4B! (23Dec16): No, not another schedule change. Had a pleasant half hour or so chatting with David Greely last Saturday (though I had to run out in the snow in my sandals to bring him to the correct door), … Continue reading
Posted in Country Calendar, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Bluegrass Unlimited, David Greely, Hillbilly at Harvard, Hillbilly at Harvard Christmas Extravaganza, Hillbilly Ranch, Ruth Rappaport, The Burren, The Christmas Revels, The Lilly Brothers, The Poodles, Victor Evkokimoff
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Here’s the Met Opry Schedule for 2016-7
The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season begins December 3rd. There are only four Saturdays (including the first one) with an earlier start (12:30 PM). So HAH will be mostly curtailed by only about 15 minutes for David Elliott‘s Prelude to the … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Radio Talk
Tagged David Elliott, Hillbilly at Harvard, Metropolitan Opry Broadcasts
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HAH History: The Committee Saves the Show!
Back about 1965 or 1966, Cousin Dave Schmalz was living in an apartment on Upland Rd. in Cambridge, which of course he called Upland Downs. At one of his weekly poker parties, a WHRB member (whose name escapes me) turned … Continue reading
The 2016 Harvard Football Pregame Show Airtimes
Here’s the Harvard football schedule for 2016. I list the Pregame show airtimes because that’s when WHRB’s invaluable coverage begins, and, in just five cases this year, when Hillbilly at Harvard will end. We lose only half an hour on … Continue reading
After 50 Years, the Second Stanley Brother Leaves Us
I have been reading one memorial after another, eulogies, tributes, encomia, to and for Ralph Stanley. Most of them focus on his voice (click on the links for the full articles): “You don’t replace a Ralph Stanley,” said Eric … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country News, Old-Timey, Radio Talk
Tagged Buddy Miller, Carter Stanley, Charlie Sizemore, Coen Brothers, David Rawlings, Del McCoury, Dierks Bentley, Eric Gibson, George Jones, Gillian Welch, Grand Ole Opry, James King, Jerry Carcia, Jim Lauderdale, Kyle Young, Larry Sparks, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Primitive Baptist, Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley II, Roy Lee Centers, Steve Morse, The Grateful Dead, The Stanley Brothers
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